Poet. Playwright. Producer.
My Work
Buskers
Directors:
Carolyn Yates and Viven Jones
A spoken word performance company celebrating the creative processes of women in Galloway, Scotland.
My writing practice…
…is rooted in feminism and a fascination with the impact science and technology has on women’s life-cycles.
Performance Collective Stranraer
Carolyn Yates: Founder, Trustee, Executive Producer.
Set up in 2017, Performance Collective Stranraer to nurture and develop young theatre makers’ ambitions and skills. The programme of activity includes a mentoring, artists’ development labs and touring productions.
Recently…
I gained an MSc in Playwriting from the University of Edinburgh in 2017. In 2019 I was one of the thirteen artists awarded a Luminate Professional Development Bursary and I currently hold a Bright Sparks award from DG Unlimited.
And
I live with a husband, an elegant black and white greyhound and a huge black and white cat.
Poetry
My poetry published in print in The St Giles Anthology, Southlight Magazine, Writers’ café, Northword and Domestic Cherry and on line at:
#UsTogether http://www.wildwomenpress.com/UsTogether
LabLit Science verse series 26 October 2009 http://www.lablit.com/article/552
London Grip Spring 2015 http://londongrip.co.uk/2015/02/london-grip-new-poetry-spring-2015/#yates;
NatureVolve https://www.naturevolve.com/
and on Stanza’s Poetry Map of Scotland.
Short Story
Hunters in the snow Writers’ cafe magazine https://thewriterscafemagazine.wordpress.com/2017/12/16/the-writers-cafe-magazine-issue-3-ice-and-snow/
Carolyn A Yates 