Liverpool SLAMbassador Finalists Announced

The voice of young Britain takes the stage by storm! Slambassadors Liverpool semi-final

The Great Georges Community Cultural Project was host to feast of literary talent as the SLAMbassadors semi final saw the cream of Liverpool’s young talent battle it out for a place in the London Final. After months of workshops in schools and community groups across Liverpool and Merseyside, 13 semi finalists performed to a riveted audience of the general public.

Local Hip Hop Diva Nikki Blaze hosted with her usual lyrical mastery and there were scintillating performances from spoken word artist, Curtis Watt (aka C Zero) and internationally acclaimed Dub Poet Levi Tafari.

With baited breath we waited for Levi to announce the finalists…and they are… Benedit Sebuyunge, Daniel Sebuyunge, Jaya Bhaynani from Calderstones School and Terrence Whinnet from St Francis Xavier’s College. Levi Tafari will now nurture these young talents to prepare them to go head to head with the London finalists at the Southbank Centre in April.

SLAMbassadors has been run by Writing on the Wall in partnership with The Poetry Society.

“This is the first time that SLAMbassadors has been run outside of London and the whole competition has been a huge success! This is a great achievement for spoken word artistry and young people’s ability to make it come to life.”

Mike Morris, WoW Trustee