14:15 – 15:15

Come and discover the power of poetry and words as Children’s Laureate for Wales Connor Allen makes poetry cool again and empowers you along the way.

Connor is the current Children’s Laureate of Wales. Since graduating from Trinity Saint David as an Actor, has worked with companies such as Sherman Theatre, Tin Shed Theatre and National Theatre Wales. He is a member of National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and was also the winner of Triforce’s Cardiff MonologueSlam, representing Wales at the London winners edition.
As a writer he was a member of the BBC Wales Welsh Voices and The Welsh Royal Court writing groups and has written for BBC Wales, BBC Radio 4, Sherman Theatre, Literature Wales and Dirty Protest. Connor’s work is heavily inspired by elements of his own life such as grief, love, masculinity, identity, and ethnicity. Most recently he wrote and starred in the Wales Millennium Centres production The Making of a Monster, Won the Rising Star Wales Award 2021 and was a Jerwood Live Work Fund recipient. He is associate artist of his hometown theatre The Riverfront in Newport. Recommended age range 10+