Joelle Taylor: Maryville – Arnolfini – Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival 2026

Joelle Taylor brings a staged reading of her new poetry collection to Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival this weekend.

Described as a ‘searing, poetic excavation’ of 50 years of lesbian counterculture, the collection follows on from her TS Eliot Prize-winning poetry collection C+nto & Othered Poems.

Maryville charts the lives of four butch lesbians through five decades of underground queer history; tracing the culture, clubs and resistance that shaped their world.

The performance is directed by writer and director Neil Bartlett, with visuals from artist and filmmaker Sweatmother.

Joelle Taylor: Maryville will be at the Arnolfini as part of Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival 2026 on Sunday 19 April 2026

For more information or to book, visit: https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/arnolfini/sun-19-apr-joelle-taylor-maryville-150134#e150134

For more Lyra Bristol Festival 2026 events, visit: https://www.lyrafest.com/