In tonight's Glasgow Lives, Imogen speaks about how she first became involved in the world of performance poetry, what a typical day on tour looks like for her, and why audience connection is at the heart of what she does.
I studied English Literature and Theatre Studies at Glasgow University where I did a lot of acting, before spending 18 months on a music tour around Europe. While I was abroad, I began writing poetry to document the experiences I had and the people I met. When I returned to Glasgow, I was struck by the blossoming, vibrant spoken word poetry scene which I hadn’t been aware of when I lived there before.
When I’m on tour, a typical day can be a long drive before pitching up at a music festival or arts venue, getting to know the site or city and then performing into the night. When I’m writing, days can be focused and solitary - depending on what I’m working on, I’ll either shut myself at my desk and write in silence or I’ll find a noisy cafe and write for hours surrounded by voices.
Audience connection is the beating heart of everything I do. And my career allows me to take my art to the most eclectic groups of people and experience connections that are genuinely life-affirming. I remember being on tour last year when, in the same week, I performed my poetry with a live jazz band in London, at an open-air festival in Finland and then in a tiny arts venue in the north of Scotland.
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