Connor Allen

Connor is the newly appointed Childrens Laureate of Wales and since graduating from
Trinity Saint David as an Actor, has worked with companies such as Sherman Theatre, Tin
Shed Theatre and National Theatre Wales. He is a member of National Youth Theatre of
Great Britain and was also the winner of Triforce’s Cardiff MonologueSlam, representing
Wales at the London winners edition.
As a writer he was a member of the BBC Wales Welsh Voices and The Welsh Royal Court
writing groups and has written for BBC Wales, BBC Radio 4, Sherman Theatre, Literature
Wales and Dirty Protest.
Connors work is heavily inspired by elements of his own life such as grief, love,
masculinity, identity, and ethnicity.
Most recently he was longlisted for the 2020 Wales Writer in Residence, Won the Rising
Star Wales Award 2021 and was a Jerwood Live Work Fund recipient 2021.
He is associate artist of his hometown theatre The Riverfront in Newport.