Yusra Warsama is a performance poet, actor, writer and theatre practitioner. Her passions lie in creating work through play and exploration of life experiences in world we live in.
Past, present and future work takes many forms – from her developing a one-woman show, which uses spoken word, storytelling, live art and physical expression – to ‘Grace’ and ‘Make – Believe’ with Quarantine, which looks at exploring theatre without focus on characters but the one to one relationship between performer and audience.
Yusra began her theatre career in her home city Manchester, whilst studying (BA HONS) Criminology & Sociology,
From there, she began working with both national and international theatre companies and artists, learning that art and communicating narrative, had the power to translate human experience through a multitude of lenses. Her collaborative work includes Don Letts’ Speakers Corner, a spoken word theatre piece.