About Folasade Fasoyiro
Since late 2019, Folasade has been writing free-form poetry using her profile on Instagram. Her work is often focused on the obvious and camouflaged dynamics of human philosophy as it relates to culture and habits. She uses her own personal experience as a foundation for her work.
Folasade's current writing pieces integrate her journey as a migrant, and experiences she has voluntarily supporting migrant families who have come to study or work in the Sunderland area and around the Northeast.
She graduated with a MA in childhood and youth studies at the University of Sunderland.
Her first solo work for theatre, ‘Stripped’, was read for development and critique at our ‘Sunderland Scratch’ event in 2025.
National Theatre’s Public Acts
Folasade has been involved in 3 National Theatre’s Public Acts productions. While participating in the projects, she used her experience to write two poems published by the National Theatre Public Act in production booklets.
The first was “Everyday Odysseus Heroes” (2023), during the Odyssey Part 4 and 5 project in the Fire Station Sunderland, and on the Olivier stage at the National Theatre in London. And the second ,“For Sunderland; Public Record” (2025), an ongoing community production by the National Theatre in Sunderland.”
Writing & Literary Engagements
Creative Writer - National Theatre Public Record – Writer of two poems published in event booklets | “Everyday Odysseus Heroes” and “For Sunderland; Public Record” | 2023 & 2025
Creative Writer & Poet - 2025–Present
Poetry Podcast Collaborator - King Ink Sunderland | 2022–Present
Poetry Podcast Collaborator – Poetical Outlaws Sunderland | 2025–Present
Literary Speaker & Panel Contributor – Sunderland Literature & Philosophical Society | 2025-2026
Writer of “Stripped” (Unpublished) - Reviewed at ArtyParti ‘Sunderland Scratch’ | Port Independent, Sunderland | 2025
Artistic Profile
Community Performer and Creative Collaborator – The Odyssey: Episode 4 – Island of the Sun | National Theatre Public Acts collaboration | Sunderland, UK | 2022–2023
Community Performer – The Odyssey: Episode 5 – The Underworld | National Theatre Public Acts collaboration | UK | 2023
Community Performer and Story Contributor – Public Record | Sunderland Culture / National Theatre Public Acts | The Fire Station, Sunderland | 2024–2025
Creative Collaborator – Here Be Dragons | Unfolding Theatre | UK | 2024–Present
Performer and Community Story Contributor – Dear Sunderland | Unfolding Theatre | Sunderland | 2024–Present
Awards & Recognition
Performance of the Year – Nominee (2025) | Public Record — Sunderland Culture / National Theatre Public Acts, The Fire Station, Sunderland. | Nominated at the North East Culture Awards 2025 for collaborative performance work.
Voluntary & Community Action Sunderland (VCAS) Award – Winner (2025) | Community voted award for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities in Sunderland | Recognised for sustained voluntary contribution, including artistic and cultural participation supporting community engagement and development.
Folasade in choreography & blocking rehearsals; Odyssey part 4, Fire Station, Sunderland.
