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Ellen Renton

Amy Rushby — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:53:32 +0000

Since performing her own work for the first time in 2015, Ellen Renton has read at venues including The Scottish Parliament, The Roundhouse, and Leith Theatre, and at festivals such as Verve, and Norwich + Norfolk Festival. While always keeping poetry at its core, her work is varied and has included theatre, journalism, and multimedia collaborations. In 2021, her debut poetry pamphlet was published with Stewed Rhubarb Press and she undertook a Scottish Emerging Writer Residency at Cove Park.

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Anne Torreggiani

Amy Rushby — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:26:50 +0000

Anne is founder and Chief Executive of The Audience Agency, the UK national charity for public engagement and participation. She is a specialist in audience strategy and research, trends and patterns across arts and heritage. She has a special interest in the use of data and digital especially for better access to arts and heritage, increased participation and cultural democracy. Linked to this, she has developed a particular focus on human centred design as a path to innovation

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Wanda Wyporska

Amy Rushby — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:41:59 +0000

Dr Wanda Wyporska has just stepped down from leading The Equality Trust, the national charity that works to improve the quality of life in the UK by reducing social and economic inequality. She is a Visiting Fellow at the University of York. She is a trustee of Redthread Youth, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and ACEVO. She regularly comments in the media, having appeared on Newsnight, Question Time and BBC Radio 4’s The Moral Maze.

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Cheddar Gorgeous

Amy Rushby — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:41:19 +0000

Cheddar Gorgeous is drag artist based in Manchester UK. Their work explores the political and social dimensions of drag beyond a gender binary. They have been featured in ID, Vice magazine and the New York Times. When not dressed as a queen, king, cat, unicorn or any number of other assorted creations they spend their time writing and drawing in anthropology.

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