Weave/Gwehyddu 2023 - Connor Allen

Connor Allen, Children’s Laureate Wales 2021-23
Connor Allen is a poet and multidisciplinary artist from Newport. Since graduating from Trinity Saint David as an actor in 2013, he has worked with companies such as Taking Flight Theatre, Sherman Theatre, Royal Exchange Manchester, Tin Shed Theatre, BBC Wales and National Theatre Wales. Connor’s work is heavily inspired by elements of his own life, such as grief, love, masculinity, identity and ethnicity. His priority as Children’s Laureate Wales is empowering children and young people to tell their own unique stories through poetry.
Bardd ac artist amlddisgyblaethol o Gasnewydd yw Connor Allen. Ers graddio o’r Drindod Dewi Sant fel actor yn 2013, mae wedi gweithio gyda chwmnïau fel Taking Flight Theatre, Theatr y Sherman, Royal Exchange Manchester, Tin Shed Theatre, BBC Cymru a National Theatre Wales. Mae elfennau o’i fywyd ei hun yn ysbrydoli gwaith Connor, fel galar, cariad, gwrywdod, hunaniaeth ac ethnigrwydd. Ei flaenoriaeth fel Children’s Laureate Cymru yw grymuso plant a phobl ifanc i adrodd eu straeon unigryw eu hunain drwy farddoniaeth.
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