Rommi Smith is a poet and playwright. She has held numerous prestigious international residencies for organisations ranging from the British Council, to the BBC, The Florence Nightingale Museum to Parliament. 

Rommi was Poet in Residence for the Commonwealth Games in Manchester and Poet in Residence for BBC Music Live. She has written for and performed, extensively, on BBC Radio, featuring on programmes such as: From Fact to Fiction, BBC Radio 4’s Afternoon Drama, Poetry Please, Late Junction, The Verb and Woman's Hour. Rommi’s contribution to a feature on Blueswomen was selected for Weekend Woman’s Hour. 

Rommi was appointed Parliamentary Writer in Residence - the first such appointment in British and Parliamentary history. Invited to be Poet in Residence at Keats’ House, London [former home, now museum, celebrating the life of Romantic poet, John Keats], Rommi also served as British Council Poet in Residence at California State University in Los Angeles. Whilst in residence, she directed a brand new piece of theatre about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, in collaboration with English MA students and the University's Jazz Orchestra. 

Rommi teaches creative writing for a wealth of organisations and institutions, including: The International Schools Theatre Association, The ARVON Foundation, The Poetry School. She mentored Masters’ students on the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama’s performance courses.

Commissioned to write libretto for a chamber opera exploring the recent riots in London and Birmingham, Rommi was commissioned by The Museum of London, to write a brand new work in celebration of the life of maverick actor, Charlotte Charke. 

Rommi features in the documentary We Are Poets. The award-winning film follows the lives of six-young poets from Leeds, whom she mentored to attend Brave New Voices USA; widely recognised as the biggest and most prestigious poetry slam championships in the world.  

She is delighted to have acted as a consultant/advisor to Yemeni civil rights campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Tawakul Karman, during preparations for her speech to Parliament.

Awarded a prestigious Hedgebrook Fellowship in the United States in 2014, Rommi is the recipient of the Elizabeth George Award. www.rommi-smith.co.uk



Dana Fuchs is one of the most admired blues-rock stars in the world today. Her hypnotic voice and presence have led critics to compare her to Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, and Mick Jagger. Born in New Jersey and raised in Wildwood, Florida, the raspy-voiced blues-rock-soul singer-songwriter found inspiration in her parents Ray Charles and Hank Williams record collection. Upon leaving high school, Fuchs had no choice but to follow her muse to New York City finding herself as the toast of Broadway when starring in the Janis Joplin musical, Love, Janis. Soon thereafter, she did another star turn in Julie Taymor's romantic musical drama Across the Universe, which was nominated for Best Picture at the Golden Globe Awards.
 
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Gelman studied music and worked briefly as a songwriter in earlier days, then took a couple decades off to make a living and have a son. Now he is back writing songs. They are about universally shared experiences; with an open mind and the thrill of discovery, reflecting on where the road might lead.

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