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Connor Allen

Poet

Connor was Children’s Laureate for Wales 2021-2023 a poet and multidisciplinary artist from Newport. Connor has worked with companies such as Taking Flight Theatre, Sherman Theatre, Royal Exchange Manchester, Tin Shed Theatre, BBC Wales, National Theatre Wales, Literature Wales and collaborates with DARPL. He is a member of National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and was also the winner of Triforces Cardiff MonologueSlam, representing Wales at the London winners edition. Connor’s work is heavily inspired by elements of his own life such as grief, love, masculinity, identity, and ethnicity. He has written for BBC Wales, Sherman Theatre, BBC Radio 4 and Dirty Protest, and received Arts Council of Wales funding. Connor is a dynamic award winning poet with significant theatre and media adaptations. Connor’s work empowers children and young people to tell their own unique stories through poetry.

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