Dan Simpson

Dan Simpson is a spoken word poet, compere, live literature projects and events organiser, and workshop facilitator. He was Canterbury's Laureate 2013-14, Poet in Residence at Waterloo Station for Transport for London, Bexley's poet for Southbank Centre's London Lines project, and Canterbury's Roman Museum Poet in Residence.Dan has performed at both a hen party and a death metal gig, as well as at major festivals, events, and venues around the UK. Appearances include: Glastonbury Festival, The...See more

Dan Simpson is a spoken word poet, compere, live literature projects and events organiser, and workshop facilitator. He was Canterbury's Laureate 2013-14, Poet in Residence at Waterloo Station for Transport for London, Bexley's poet for Southbank Centre's London Lines project, and Canterbury's Roman Museum Poet in Residence.Dan has performed at both a hen party and a death metal gig, as well as at major festivals, events, and venues around the UK. Appearances include: Glastonbury Festival, The National Theatre, Southbank Centre, Roundhouse, BBC Radio, BBC Edinburgh Slam, Bang Said the Gun, Tongue Fu, Literary Death Match, Hit the Ode, Utter!, and Festival of the Spoken Nerd. He was Larmer Tree Festival's Lyrical Laureate in 2014.He co-produces and co-hosts regular spoken word events Stand Up & Slam and The Anti-Slam, and is resident host of The Word House. His poetry has featured on the BBC and London Underground, and in publications from Sidekick Books and Inc. Magazine.Dan regularly delivers workshops for both adults and young people, working as a Poet Coach on Apples and Snakes' poetry in education project Spoke 'n' Word. He also creates pioneering work with crowdsourced and outdoor poetry, and has done so for organisations such at the Royal Academy of Arts, European Commission, and Beaney Art Museum and Library. See less