Ex actress, ex long-haul traveller Trudy Howson’s poetry explores landscapes, internal and external. She writes about the landscape of the LGBT community with warmth and humour. Her work is topical and inspirational. She is currently developing a living interactive form of poetry.
Trudy has performed her poetry in pubs, clubs, theatres, fields and forests. On Boats, Buses, Local and National Radio and TV. She has performed extensively in India, South East Asia and Burma
Her poetry has been published in The Telegraph, The Times, and The London Review, as well as numerous magazines and online publications.
Trudy wrote a living-interactive poem for The London Olympics called “Going for Gold” which the BBC filmed and used as a trailer in the run up to the event.
For the last 3 years Trudy has been performing her work and hosting INCITE@The Phoenix, a popular monthly LGBT poetry event in an iconic theatrical venue in the West End.
SELECTED CREDITS
Sky TV “What’s Up” Culture Show
British Library Poetry of the LGBT Poet Laureate recorded for posterity in Dec 2016
Pride: London, Isle of Wight, San Francisco, Hastings, Stoke-on-Trent
Incite@The Phoenix: 3 yr residency, Phoenix Artist Club WC2
Library Club Camp Confidential Cabaret Show
National Trust: London and East Sussex
Polari Gay Literary Salon on the Southbank
Bloomsbury Festival 2017 & 2018
Tate Modern Love Happens Here
St Paul’s Cathedral Poem for launch of ‘No to Hate Crime Week’
Channel 4 “Homes by the Sea” Beach hut Poetry
“Together” Film for LGBT History Month
“Schwule” International Holocaust Day
Raise The Bar Soho
L’ Escargot Soho
Vauxhall Tavern South London
Two Brewers South London
Out in Brighton Radio
“Banned!” Brighton Town Hall/Library
Roundhouse Radio Queer Quips
The L Word The Poetry Café, WC2
Russia With Love Ku Bar, WC1 / ITN News
The Outlaws London/Norfolk various venues
Kino Teatro Hastings
De La Warr Pavilion Secret Screening – film shorts and poetry
LGBT History Month: Bristol, Leeds, Bolton Museums
Launch of Gay UK