reviews:

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"Claire's poetry weaves a fearless mix of observation, spiritual intention and thought-provoking commentary. Impressing with her passion for poetry and spoken word performance, she has the gift of uniting with camaraderie and fun. It was an easy pleasure working with Claire as part of LitUp Collective; opening the Talks Tent for We Out Here Festival 2023. She truly inspires, and creates a genuine connection with her audience.."

""Claire is like that perfect stranger you met that time around the fire at a festival. Lovable, full of good stories and talented as hell".

"Claire demonstrates a commitment towards the enrichment and uplifting of others, using creative writing as a tool to inspire, motivate, and develop the capacity for change in those touched by her work. Claire speaks from the heart about what it is to be fragile and vulnerably human, connecting readers and audiences towards inner worlds illuminated with vitality. She is friendly, reliable, punctual, and punky. Kids love her. And adults love her, too."

“There is a fierce poignancy in Claire H's performance that fuses you into connection and presence with both yourself and her words.”

"Claire weaves words into spells and our audiences find her captivating! 

Especially magical was Claire's presence at our 2024 Summer Solstice Celebration, when Claire gathered up words and sentences from our audience members, and created us a collaborative poem, which she wrote during our half an hour interval....  She then shared the poem, utterly enthralling each person there, in a deeply powerful performance that will be remembered for years to come."

"If I had to say in one word what Claire brings it would be... joy! I've seen Claire perform on small stages and large: from a freezing winter gig for a crowd of ten huddled round a heater at the Goat and Tricycle pub to much bigger crowds where she MC'd line-ups with headline acts like Disraeli and Gramski.  She's equally at home in both worlds and is always at the charismatic heart of the action, bringing humour, energy and poetic verve.  She creates safe (yet exciting) performance spaces and is extremely generous towards all the acts she curates - for example, when I had a small set at Bourn Jammy last year, her advice about 'setting the band' and the comedic timing she showed when introducing me was incredibly helpful. 

Her own poetic voice is multi-faceted and dynamic so that, combined with all her other attributes, any event Claire signs up for is guaranteed to spread the joy."

"'Claire is a dynamic, engaged, focused and warm facilitator. She hosted the Buddahfield poetry stage with the most enthusiastic energy and charisma. She really cared for everyone performing on that stage and met technical problems with grace and quick thinking problem solving."

"Claire's poetry lit me up the first time I heard her perform - she was like this incredible beacon onstage! Every time I've seen her since, she still has that raw power and brightness. Her words, her delivery and her stage presence all make her one of my favourite poets to hear perform.

I've been lucky enough to work with Claire in performance, events organising, and workshop. Claire is organised, hardworking and enormously creative. She is so deeply dedicated to her art and to making writing accessible to all. A real inspiration!"