Francesca Beard

Francesca Beard is an internationally acclaimed spoken word artist who collaborates with communities and institutions to create public-facing experiences that ask challenging questions with kindness and good humour. She’s been artist in residence with B3 Media at Banff Centre, Canada and Mixed Reality Labs, Nottingham University, researching different ways of telling stories. Her solo shows, ‘Chinese Whispers’, ‘How to Survive A Post-Truth Apocalypse’ and ‘Confabulation’, were made in conversation with scientists and researchers, supported by Arts Council England. Recent commissions include ‘Geology Rocks’ for British Geological Survey as part of Hot Poets, ‘Face the Music’ for Almeida Theatre with All Change Arts and Bodies of Water, for Greenwich and Docklands Festival, with ATC. She’s been called 'Brilliant' (The Scotsman), 'Spine-tingling' (The Independent) and 'The Queen of British performance poetry' (London Metro) She comes from London, by way of Malaysia. To find out more, please visit www.francescabeard.com