LIVEwire Poetry

We round off our first Blackburn workshop series on Saturday 25 May, with guest facilitator Ruth Awolola! As with the previous sessions, we’re at Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery from 10am-12pm and tickets are Pay As You Feel (£3, £5, £7) – on sale here.

Ruth Awolola

Ruth Awolola is a Nigerian Jamaican poet, performer, theatremaker and creative facilitator based in Manchester. She writes and performs for a variety of different audiences including poetry for children and young people and has performed her work across the UK and internationally.

Her poetry first features in ‘Rising Stars: New Young Voices in Poetry’ and has since been included in numerous anthologies. She is a Obsidian Foundation Alum, a Writing Squad Graduate and former Roundhouse Resident Artist and currently works as the Learning Officer for Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University.