Nasima Bee

Nasima Bee is a performance poet, producer and practitioner. She’s a trustee for Young Identity (www.youngidentity.org), an advocate for Contact Theatre (www.contactmcr.com), and is the Youth Coordinator at Ananna (www.mbwo.org.uk). Nasima’s most notable performances include Manchester Literature Festival, British Council’s BritLitBerlin conference and BBC’s Contains Strong Language. In 2019, Nasima observed Belgium’s Museum Nacht, where she spent 24 hours with 14 artists making performance work. She has taught poetry nationally and internationally through various projects. Nasima was 1 of 5 Greater Manchester recipients of the Jerwood Creative Fellowship with Manchester International Festival in which she observed ANU Productions ‘The Anvil’ and was also commissioned to write and record poetry for an installation piece as part of this. Currently she’s working on an audio commission with New Creatives North entitled ‘Salt’. This work is funded by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.