Yasmine Dankwah

I'm a British-Ghanaian neurodivergent, spoken ​word poet and performer who writes plays ​amongst other things! I'm interested in fusing ​nostalgia (expect everything from Patrice Rushen, SWV to Daddy Lumba and Paramore...yes, Paramore), lyricism, and music in my writing to ​examine resistance through the lens of identity-based discrimination and use it as a springboard ​for joy within live narratives.

Credits

Spoken Word Poet, Poetry Foyer, Theatre Peckham, one-off, 2022
Spoken Word Poet, Black History Month, Royal Borough of Chelsea and Kensington, 2022
Actor/Devisor, Eclectic Bevy, Rose Bruford, one-off, 2022
Spoken Word Poet, Roundhouse Poetry Slam Final, 2022
Spoken Word Poet, Roundhouse Poetry Slam Heat, 2022
Spoken Word Poet, Fire, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 2022
Writer, rite to party, Dear Black People Festival 2.0, 2022
Writer, rite to party, Omnibus Theatre, one-off, 2022
Spoken Word Poet, Final Drafts, Theatre Peckham, 2021
Writer, Mixtape Mind, Nottingham New Theatre, 2019

Training

Boundless Accelerator Artist Programme - 2022-3
London Library Emerging Writers Programme - 2022-3
Epic Stages, National Youth Theatre - 2022
Soho Writers Lab - 2021-2
BA Writing for Performance, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - 2020-2
VAULT New Writers Programme - 2020