Description
Hannah Lavery has been a freelance writer and performer since 2014. She has had commissions from Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh University and Greater Glasgow NHS. Her most recent spoken word show, The Drift was part of National Theatre of Scotland’s Just Start Here festival in January 2018, previewing at the Tron theatre with the National Theatre of Scotland as part of Black History Month in October 2018, and will go on a Scotland wide tour as part of National Theatre of Scotland’s Season 2019.
Hannah Lavery was the Scottish Book Trust Reader in Residence for East Lothian in 2015. She was awarded a Tom McGrath Playwriting Grant in 2015, a Megaphone Residency from The Workers’ Theatre in 2017 and a Summerhall Lab in 2019. She was also, shortlisted for the Bridgeport Prize (poetry) in 2017.
Her poetry has been published by Gutter Magazine, 404 ink and others and her first pamphlet of short fiction, Rocket Girls, was published by Postbox Press in 2018.
She is also the director of CoastWord Festival and the Scottish Poetry Library’s Learning and Engagement Coordinator.
www.hannahlavery.com | @hanlavery
Praise for The Drift
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman: Hannah Lavery’s wonderful performance-poetry monologue The Drift […] asks the most challenging questions of the western world – and in this case of Scotland – about our real views on race and belonging.
Kevin Gilday: An incredibly moving piece, a mix of delicately crafted words and raw humanity. It doesn’t shy away from the truth, but the best art never does.
Catherine Simpson: Hannah Lavery’s poetry sings; her words demand to be heard with their tough delicacy, their intimacy, their hypnotic rhythms and the knowledge she is taking you somewhere you’ve never quite been before. Go with her – you’ll be glad you did.
Elizabeth K Reeder: Hannah Lavery’s work is emotionally rich and visually arresting. In the play between dark and light, grief and joy, she encourages our own memories to mingle with her own, which give the work a particularly satisfying resonance.
Praise for The Rocket Girls
Janice Galloway: The sheer pace and intensity are remarkable. Just remarkable.
