Christian Foley
Christian makes it up as he goes along. His freestyles have taken him from the school classroom to Oprah's Television Networks and PMQ's at Westminster, from the festival circuit to TED talks and the Premier League.
Christian's improvised performances lauded by stars like 50 Cent and creator of Hamilton, Lin Manuel Miranda, have gone viral multiple times and made him a regular on British television and radio, amassing tens of millions of views, and features across British and international Press. His night Spoken Word Sundaes is known as a hotbed of emerging, underground talent and he has also previously been shortlisted for the Jerwood Poetry Prize and Sky Arts as being in the ‘top 20’ promising young artists in the UK.
For a day job, Christian is one of the only few poets in the world selected to complete a ‘Spoken Word Education Programme’ and Teaching MA at Goldsmiths University, an incentive which was created to transform professional poets into specialised facilitators. He works in a number of schools and referral units in East London, as a Poet in Residence, and is the editor of fourteen poetry anthologies written with children between the ages of four and eighteen. Christian is currently undertaking a PhD at Goldsmiths University in Hip Hop and Spoken Word Education.
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24-Jan-2025The ArenaSchools of thought: An audience with Michael Rosen & Christian Foley