PoeticaOpenBookFirst up in our series of introductions to performers taking part in International Poetry ReIncarnation at the Roundhouse in Camden on 30th May 2015 is the marvellous Francesca Beard.

Described as ‘witty and narcotic’, (Independent), ‘one of our finest cartographers of the human heart’, (London Metro) and ‘a quality guarantee’, Francesca Beard is a poet whose shows have toured nationally with Apples and Snakes and internationally with the British Council. She’s written for the Royal Court, Young Vic, BBC Radio 3 and 4 and has been writer in residence at the BBC, Barbican, Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Natural History Museum, Metropolitan Police and Clissold Leisure Centre. She runs workshops abroad and at home for all ages. She is currently writing a new one woman show  ‘A Lie’, and developing  ‘Storyverse’, a participatory experience for live audiences and on-line communities with B3 Media, supported by ACE and residencies at Banff Centre Canada and Mixed Reality Lab, Nottingham University.

Get your tickets for the evening’s star-laden performance here: The International Poetry ReIncarnation