Reece Lyons: Page to Stage: Performance Techniques for Poets Dashboard

Reece will demonstrate her personal approach, which lies somewhere between acting and being yourself, sharing techniques on how to incorporate acting techniques, such as Psychological Gesture by Chekhov, into poetry performances.

Participants will have the opportunity to showcase their work and receive constructive feedback from Reece and other participants on how to strengthen their performance skills and better engage with their audience, whether it be for poetry slams or promoting 
their work.

Reece Lyons is an award winning transgender actress, writer and poet based in London. In 2018, she was a Roundhouse Poetry Slam Finalist, where her poem 'I am a Woman and I have a Penis' went viral, accumulating over 4 million views online. In 2020, she appeared alongside legendary poet Professor Benjamin Zephaniah on the BAFTA award winning spoken word TV show, 'Life & Rhymes. In 2020/21, she was cast as the lead role in Travis Alabanza's one woman show, 'Overflow'. A hilarious and devastating tour of women's bathrooms which debuted at the Bush Theatre to critical acclaim and was later streamed online in over 22 countries. In 2022, Reece won an Off West End Theatre Award (OFFIE) for her Lead Performance in the show.