Kate performing sometimes looks like this.
She was commissioned to do this poem about Gordon Brown’s long ago first hundred days by BBC2’s Daily Politics
She’s been described as like Victoria Wood channeling Sylvia Plath. The poet Roger Robinson recently said “Kate Fox isn’t the new Pam Ayres, she’s the new John Hegley”. To which someone else replied that she’s not the new anyone, just herself.
She tends to perform funny, quirky poetry with a heavy pop culture/news edge but also writes less funny poetry that’s been published in Magma, Rising, Aesthetica and various other places.
Here’s a CV type list of some things she’s done:
Performance poetry.
2010/11 - National tour of "Kate Fox News" to Gilded Balloon at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and 10 national arts venues. Produced by New Writing North and ARC, Stockton.2011 - Writer/Performer on the “All Along the Wall” CD and tour about Hadrian’s Wall alongside Boo Hewerdine, Jez Lowe, Elvis Mcgonagall, Rory Mcleod, Julie Matthews and Ruth Notman.
2009 - Live Literature Consortium Associate Artist
2009 - Feature spots at festivals including; Latitude, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, Brampton Live and the national Lit Up live lit conference.
2007 - Poet in Residence on Radio 4's Saturday Live
2007/9 - Two poetry commissions for BBC2's Daily Politics
2009 - Poet for BBC2's Chelsea Flower Show coverage
2009 - Special commission news poetry project- Humber Mouth festival
2006 - Act at numerous gigs throughout the UK and Europe including; Hammer and Tongue, Wicked Words, Bradford Playhouse, Bristol Poetry Festival, Open Stanza in Amsterdam, Prague Fringe Festival, Express Excess, Shortfuse, Poetry and Poppadoms, Turku Poetry Festival in Finland etc.
Awards
2007 - Winner, Cheltenham Science Festival Slam, Finalist Radio 4 Poetry Slam, Winner City of Culture Slam, Belfast, Finalist in the 2006 National Poetry Slam at Stratford East. Winner of Shortfuse Poetry Idol competitions in London and Edinburgh.2006 - Winner Andrew Waterhouse Prize (£3000), New Writing North Writing Awards. Arts Council Time to Write grant (£5000)
Publications
2011 - 2 poems in the Cinnamon Press competition winners anthology, plus forthcoming in "Under The Radar". 2010 - "Kate Fox News" published by New Writing North. 2010 - Poems in the Iron Book of Humorous Verse. 2009 - Why Not I Too, Zebra Publishing, New Writing North's "Ten Years On" Prizewinners anthology2008 - Why Not I, Zebra Publishing. "The Wilds" anthology, Ek Zuban Press. Poems in Rising, Magma, Aesthetica.
2007 - We Are Not Stone, pamphlet collaborating with Finnish poet Jenni Haukio. Ek Zuban Press.
2005 - Why I, Zebra Publishing. Biscuit Prizewinners anthology "The Nude in Miss Mae's Bedroom".
Stand Up Comedy
2010 - Slot at the 2010 Sunday for Sammy Show, Newcastle City Hall (See clip)1999-2007 - Support gigs at The Stand, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Laughing Cows Comedy, the Frog and Bucket, Manchester, The Buzz comedy clubs and various other comedy clubs across the North of England.
2002 - Stand up comedy set on "Stand Up Britain", Tyne Tees Television
2001 - Stand up comedy set on "Taking the Mic", Endemol for ITV
Broadcast Journalism
2010/11 - Poems on Radio 4’s "Wondermentalist Cabaret", "Doggerel Bard" and "You and Yours". Plus commissions from BBC Radio Scotland, BBC World Service and BBC News Online for National Poetry Day.2007 - Presenter. feature for "Inside Out" documentary series, BBC Look North
2003-2006 - Breakfast newsreader, reporter and News Editor, Galaxy North East
2001 - Breakfast newsreader Galaxy Manchester
1998-2001 - Journalist, Metro Radio, Newcastle and Rutland Radio.
Qualifications
1999 - Post Grad Diploma Radio Journalism, Trinity and All Saints College1996 - BSC Communication and Media Studies. Loughborough University
2008 - Level Three Counselling Diploma, South Tyneside College