No previous writing experience is needed,  just a willingness to have a go!

Kirsty Taylor is a writer and educator, inspired by her beloved hometown of Bradford. She is passionate about story telling through poetry and has performed all over the country telling tales about people, class and the realities of Broken Britain.  Kirsty was a BBC Verb New Voice in 2017 and was awarded the Apples and Snakes & Jerwood Arts Poetry in Performance award in 2020. She is the creator of the imitable Front Room Poetry, which takes nanna style living rooms and world class poets to unusual settings such as car parks and housing estates.

In 2022 Kirsty’s first full length play Cashy C’s: The Musical, a unique rap and bassline show about poverty and austerity, sold out all it’s shows in under twenty four hours, received five star reviews and was voted in The Guardian Readers favourite stage shows of 2022. In January 2024 she was awarded the Kay Mellor Fellowship and is pursuing her writing with support from Rollem Productions and Leeds Play House, developing an idea for screen and theatre about mothers who have had their children removed.

Kirsty performed at Bradford 2025’s opening event, RISE, in January performing her words to 20,000 across the weekend in City Park.

This event is exclusively for Youth Pass members and you must be 16-25 years old to attend.

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