The focus of this workshop will be for attendees to develop their confidence and performance technique.

We are honoured to have the legendary Kat Francois facilitating this workshop, find out more about her here and on her website:

Kat Francois is a performance artist, poet, actor, playwright, director, and comedian, who has performed internationally.

She is an experienced youth and adult workshop facilitator and has led workshops all over the world, most recently in Amsterdam; for international students and teachers at Anne Frank House, exploring the legacy of Anne Frank and its relation to current themes of migration and conflict.

Kat was the first person to win a televised poetry slam in the UK, on BBC3 in 2004, and a year later went on to win the World Slam Poetry Championships in Rotterdam.As a playwright, Kat has written and performed two solo plays, SEVEN TIMES ME, RAISING LAZARUS, and two comedy shows, KAT’S GOT YOUR TONGUE and THE KAT FRANCOIS COMEDY SHOW, which received a 5 star review at the Camden Fringe Festival.Kat is an established director of youth theatre, devising plays for theatres including Theatre Royal Stratford East, Roundhouse Camden, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, as well as performances at Arcola Theatre, and Camp Bestival. She runs her own young people’s poetry collective, developing writing and poetic theatre on themes such as mental health and identity.

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