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Back to the comedy stage
There are two opportunites to see me performing comedy routines at the end of the year
Performing Poetry with BBC Symphony Orchestra
Friday 18th October, 2024, at Hackney Empire. Click the photo for tickets
I’m very excitited to announce that I have been commissioned to write a piece with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Voiceover for Cartier Women’s Initiative
Kat in Dove advert
The River Poem, as featured on BBC2 Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers
Jawdance with Apples & Snakes
Wonderful to be back hosting Jawdance at Rich Mix after several years. Looking forward to my next outing in September.
pics by sloetry.co.uk
WORD BECOME FLESH
WORD BECOME FLESH
The performance on Saturday night at Word Become Flesh was an experience I will never forget!
I could feel electricity building in my body over the last two weeks. The dress rehearsal went well, I hit all my markers and was able to pull off the tricks with the hoop I had been concerned about.
Later on during the performance I felt as if I was flying. I can’t explain it but words and body melded into one and new super powers were released.
This is just the beginning.
There is much more to come.
My mind and body are one again.
Thank you to everyone who came to support, It was deeply appreciated.
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Special shout out to Jonzi D and Breakin Convention for your direction, support, belief and just the opportunity to try something new. It has been years since I have danced and moved in this way but it is just what my body has been waiting for!
pics by sloetry.co.uk
BBC2
Paul Whitehouse :
Our Troubled Rivers
The River Poem
© Kat François
Humans come and humans go
but I pay no mind to the passage of time
as my watery form ebbs and flows
This is an ancient journey
with a jurassic legacy
oh the many tales I could tell
of the things I've seen.
But my secrets are mine to keep
embedded in twists and turns
swirls and surges
in the daily dance
of the high and low tide
from an embryonic Cotswold trickle
to the incessantly glorious tug
of the North Sea.
Humans come and humans go
but I pay no mind to the passage of time
For many, I am a playground
a place to frolic, swim, paddle or fish
and for others, I am nothing but
a liquid wasteland
Humans come and humans go
but I pay no mind to the passage of time
as my watery form ebbs and flows.
As featured on BBC2 Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers
Raising Lazarus,
just published
The book of my play, Raising Lazarus, has just been published by TSL Publications and is currently on sale. This book is in theatre format, reflecting the play as on stage, charting my journey in discovering my relative who fought in World War One, and telling the story of Caribbean soldiers who took part in the war.
Click the pic to purchase your copy.
Published - Hidden Realms
Last year I won a short story competition in conjunction with Conscious Dreams Publishing & Flame Tree Press… and it’s now published and available internationally.
The book is absolutely beautifully presented and there are sooooo many wonderful stories within.
Click the pic to order your copy.
Word become flesh
I’m currently in rehearsals for a performance with the spectacular Breakin’ Convention, at the Yard Theatre on 11th March. Click the pic to book
JAWDANCE
IT’S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE I HOSTED JAWDANCE REGULARLY, BUT I’M BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THE STAGE WITH SOME GREAT POETS.
MY FIRST HOSTING WILL BE WEDNESDAY 15TH MARCH AND THEN I SHALL BE ALTERNATING WITH YOMI SODE.
CLICK THE PIC TO BOOK!!
spoken word at the V&A
Really enjoyed performing at the V&A along with friends and writers, Yomi Sode, Be Manzini and Inua Ellams. Our poems were linked to themes within the African Fashion Exhibition which is still on, and well worth a visit.
(pic sloetry.co.uk)
St Stephens
Lol I am in full action here, had a great time, and always good to have so many willing volunteers to hold up the props!
Poetry narration for Asthma + Lung UK
It was an honour to be asked to be involved in the poetry radio advert for Asthma + Lung UK, which you can listen to here
I had the pleasure of writing and narrating this poem for the Cartier Women’s Initiative
An absolute joy to work with students at Lapage Primary School, Bradford, to create this poem
I created this Digital Poetry Workshop for Bradford Literature Festival. For ages 4 to 11.