LAUREN TEMPLE (she/her) is a poet, performer, workshop facilitator, and events producer from Manchester, England. She is a member of the poetry and performance collective Young Identity, producer of variety night Shenanigans at the Shed, and runs monthly collage workshops at The Cosy Collage Club. Seeing herself primarily as a storyteller, Lauren often uses a narrative style that weaves fantasy with mundanity to examine our contemporary life. Lauren’s work often focuses on queerness, feminism, and mental health. Her workshops often involve playfulness, mixed media, and mindfulness. Lauren has worked with organisations such as Manchester International Festival, Apples and Snakes, HOME theatre, and Manchester City of Literature.
2026 – Actor – Oyez Arts Advertisement
2026 – Workshop Facilitator – Well Proud LGBTQ+ Youth Group (The Brunswick Centre)
2025 – Young Producer – Imperial War Museum North
2025 – Published – An Anthology of Queer Poetry & Prose – Edited by Kay Fulbrook
2025 – Zine Workshop Facilitator – Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People
2025 – ‘The Ladybird Killer’ (Poem) – Asylum Magazine
2025 – Editor – Creation Through Form Anthology (No Disclaimers Press)
2025 – ‘The Ladybird Killer’ – Spoken Word Performance- Balmy Army Showcase for Manchester International Festival (at Contact Theatre)
2025 – ‘Creativity is the Cure’: a personal essay on art and play as an effective form of mental health treatment’ – Asylum Magazine
2025 – Zine Workshop Facilitator – Victoria Baths (Big Fun Day Out)
2025 – Longlisted poem ‘Let Love Into Your Life’ – Hive Young Writers Competition
2025 – Spoken Word Workshop Facilitator – Making Tracks (The Irene Taylor Trust)
2025 – Poetry Performance – Sapphic Serenade (Hadrian’s Lover)
2025 – Poetry Commission – ‘ORIGIN’ – The National Trust and A Right/Left Project
2025 – ‘Nail-biting’ (poem) – Terra Firma Magazine
2025 – Producer and Host – The Golden Age Big Band
2024 – Co-host – Manchester Culture Awards
2024 – Performance and Workshop Facilitator – World Mental Health Day (Blue Sci)
2024 – Workshop Facilitator – Month of Hope wellbeing workshops (Blue Sci)
2024 – Youth Worker – Manchester Youth Academy
2024 – Workshop Facilitator – The Garden City at Castelfeild Viaduct (The National Trust)
2024 – Workshop Facilitator – StretFest (Streford Library)
2024 – Poetry Performance – Manchester Youth Market (42nd Street)
2024 – Workshop Facilitator – Young Identity (OT Creative Spaces)
2024 – Workshop Facilitator – ‘Celebrating Life and Death’ for a Religious Education day at Altrincham College
2021-2024 – Activities Coordinator – Bowfell House Care Home
2024 – Poetry Performance – The Future is Ours Symposium (42nd Street)
2024 – Poetry Short Film Commission – Apples and Snakes (Future Voices)
2024 – Workshop Facilitator – Young Identity (HOME Theatre)
2024 – Poetry Performance – Sapphic Showcase (LGBT Foundation)
2024 – Workshop Faciliator – World Book Day (Mauldeth Road Primary School)
2023 – Assistant Editor – An Island Under Water’ Poetry Anthology (No Disclaimers Press)
2023 – Facilitator and Producer – Poetry Together (an intergenerational project)
2023 – Poetry Performance – Limelight Live Lounge
2023 – Poetry Performance – Ethereal (West Art Collective)
2023 – ‘Red is a lucky colour’ and ‘Club Revenge, 2am, Brighton’ (poems) – No Disclaimers: Volume Two (No Disclaimers Press)
2023 – Poetry Performance – MEA Central Academy
2022- ‘Utopia’ (poem) – Sink Magazine
2022 - Poetry Performance – The Muses, Reverb (Altrincham Arts Festival)
2022- Poetry Performance – English Shared Futures: HOME
2022 – Poetry Performance – First Street Festival (HOME)
2022 – Poetry Performance – Reverb (Altrincham Arts Festival)
2022 – Poetry Performance – One Mic Stand (Young Identity)
2021 – ‘Is sister supposed to feel like grief?’ (poem) – #WriteThroughThis (Spread The Word)
2021 – Poetry Performance – Cabaret For Freedom (Manchester Literature Festival)
2021 – ‘After-Birth’ (poem) – Ecosystems of Fury (No Disclaimers Press)
2021 – Honourable Mention – Magdalena Young Poets Prize
2020 – Poetry Performance – Festival of Libraries (Manchester City of Literature)
2020 – Poetry Performance – One Mic Stand (Young Identity)
2020 – Poetry Performance – International Women’s Day (Manchester Central Library)
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