Faculty of Arts

Theatre Department Guest Lecturer: Zena Edwards

Zena Edwards is a London-based performance poet, writer and musician. Her vibrant poetry is inspired by her experiences of travel, particularly through Africa, as well as traditional African music and song. She has been a performance poet since 1998, performing professionally and facilitating workshops in poetry and creative writing since 2002. Raised in Tottenham, North London, Zena has become known as one of the 'new generation' of female performance poets to come out of London and was nominated for the Arts Foundation Award for Performance Poetry 2007. She has toured to festivals around the world and has created one-woman theatrical pieces including "Broken Words" and "Security".