Rose Condo  Writer | Performer | Poet

Past Gigs:

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Feature Performances

2023

• ​Word Courage Workshop, Lawrence Batley Theatre

• Acoustic Amnesty, Sacred Trinity Church, Salford

• The 4 Johns, The Crooked Man, Prestwich​

• Huddersfield Literature Festival Slam

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2022

• SisterHood - City Library, Bradford

• Acoustic Amnesty - 53Two, Manchester

• ​Panel Host:  Publishing Poetry, A Lovely Poetry Festival, Liverpool

• The Quiet Compere, Marsden Mechanics Hall

• How to Starve an Artist, University of Brighton Everyday Creativity: Towards an International Research Network

• Spoken Word in the UK Panel, Huddersfield Literature Festival

• Host - Huddersfield Literature Festival Poetry Slam

• Tickle Your Fancy - The Edge Theatre, Chorlton

 

2021

• Have Poems Will Travel - Huddersfield Literature Festival

• An Evening Out with Flapjack Press 

• Chronicles - Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield

• Henry Normal in Conversation with ... Rose Condo

• Punk in Drublic Poetry's Summer Party

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2020​

• Sonnet Youth

• A Lovely Word

• Testify Poetry

• An Evening in with Flapjack Press

• After the Storm Book Launch - Flapjack Press Online event

• Rise! Spoken Word Event

• The Geography of Me, Yorkshire Festival of Story

• An Evening in with Flapjack Press #3

• Cellar Stories, LBTV

• Punk in Drublic Poetry Livestream

• Spoken Worth, Keighley

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2019

• Verbalise, Kendal

• Guest Reader, Garsdale Retreat

• The Anti-Slam, Edinburgh Fringe

• That's What She Said, Edinburgh Fringe

• Sacrificial Poet, BBC Edinburgh Fringe Slam

• She Grrrowls, Edinburgh Fringe

• Motif Poetry Slam, Edinburgh Fringe

• Loud Poets, Edinburgh Fringe

• Words in the City, Bradford Festival  

• Word Weavers Cabaret, WOVEN in Kirklees

• Outspoken, Leeds 

• She Grrrowls, The Poetry Cafe, London

• The Wandering Poet, The Eagle Inn, Salford

• Waffle, Ramsbottom

• WITC: Outspoken, Leeds

• That's What She Said, Manchester

• Joanne Harris In Conversation, HLF 2019

• Poetry Slam, HLF 2019

• 10x10 Poetry Cabaret, Huddersfield Literature Festival

• The Something New Show, Old Courts, Wigan

• Word Central, Manchester

• Word War Champion of Champions Slam, Salford

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2018

• When Words Collide, Manchester

• Punk in Drublic Poetry, Manchester

• Carlton Cabaret - Women in Music, Manchester

• Ciaran Hodgers: Cosmocartography Launch, Drogheda

• ​Other Voices: Spoken Word Cabaret, Edinburgh

• Loud Poets #EdFringe Guest Spot 

• Testify, Chester

• Say Owt Clash of Champions, York

• SPEAK, Manchester

• Long Division Festival, Wakefield

• Just Write Speaks, Bury

• Off Yours, Leeds

• 10 x 10 Poetry Cabaret, Huddersfield Literature Festival

• Rhyme & Reason, Bath

• Outspoken, Leeds

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2017

• Pub Poets, Blackpool

• Great Northern Slam, Newcastle  

• Loud Poets, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 

• Apples & Snakes / Say Owt present Shane Koyczan

• Hammer & Tongue, Oxford

• Babble Gum, Newcastle

• Women of Words, Hull

• Poets Sing, Singers Poet, Acoustic Amnesty, Manchester

• Lindisfarne Festival, Northumberland

• Fine Rhyming, Huddersfield Literature Festival  

• Bad Language, Manchester

• Evidently, The Eagle, Salford

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2016

• Sonnet Youth, Glasgow

• The Great Yorkshire Gob-Off, Take Off Festival, York

• Rhymes and Records, Liverpool

• ​Verbalise, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

• The Papercut (Round 4), The Old Courts, Wigan

• Great Weather for Media, 3MT Manchester

• Shakespeare Slam, Winter Gardens, Morecambe

• The Spoken Word Shindig, Hebden Bridge

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2015

• National Poetry Day, Bolton

• Hit The Ode, Birmingham

• Words & Whippets 3, York Theatre Royal

• Lawrence Batley Theatre 21st Birthday Gala, Huddersfield

• Spoken Weird 2.9, Halifax

• Quiet, quiet LOUD! Chorlton

• Stirred:  Patti Smith, Manchester

• The Stanza, Newcastle

• Loud Poets, Glasgow

• Working Title, Lancaster

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2014

• Evidently present Hollie McNish

• ​Risk A Verse, Red Shed, Wakefield

• Creative Kirklees Launch, Huddersfield

• 32 Flavours Cabaret of Women's Voices

• WordWalk, Wakefield Literature Festival

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How To Starve An Artist on tour

• Oldham Library, 2023

• Exploring the power of poetry for social change conference, University of Warwick, Coventry 2022

• Everyday Creativity Conference, University of Brighton 2022

• The WORD Theatre, Lincoln 2018

• Women's Voices Ring Out, Wakefield 2018

• Winnipeg Fringe Festival 2017

• Poetry Jam, Durham 2017

• York International Women's Festival 2017

• Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield 2016

• PBH Free Fringe, Edinburgh 2016​

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The Geography of Me on tour

• Keele University, 2023

• Buxton Fringe, 2021

• Holmfirth Arts Festival, 2019

• Ilkley Literature Festival Fringe 2016

• Honley Library / Huddersfield Literature Festival 2015

• Better Than Telly, Milnsbridge 2014

• PBH Free Fringe, Edinburgh 2014

• Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Winnipeg, Canada 2014

• PBH Bedford Free Fringe, London 2014

• The Playground Scratch Night, West Yorkshire Playhouse 2014

• Queenie's Coffee House Night, Chol Theatre, Huddersfield 2014

• The Media Centre, Huddersfield 2014

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The Empathy Experiment on tour

• Oldham Library, 2022

• The Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, 2022

• ​The Old Courts, Wigan, 2022

• Westwood Centre, Slaithwaite, 2021

• Theatre Deli Sheffield, 2021

• Saboteur Awards Festival (online), 2021

• Bradford Literature Festival, 2020

• The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster, 2020

• Wolverhampton Lit Fest, 2020

• Kings Arms Salford, 2020

• Pub Poets, Blackpool, 2019

• PBH Free Fringe, Edinburgh, 2019

• Greater Manchester Fringe, 2019

• Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, 2019​

• Scrutinise, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, 2019

• Charlbury Speakeasy, Cotswolds, 2019

• Harrogate Theatre  (captioned performance), 2019

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Desert Bloom on tour

• Brighton Fringe 2016

• Paradise in the Vault, Edinburgh Fringe 2015

• CAST, Doncaster 2015

• Three Minute Theatre, Manchester 2015

• Red & Green Club, Huddersfield 2015

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