Louise Wallwein MBE, poet and playwright, is one of the presenters for the Create Student Awards 2026.

Louise Wallwein MBE

Louise is a poet and playwright, and proud University of Salford alumna, whose work has been performed on shorelines, the sea, the streets, on the wing of a WWII Shackleton aircraft and in theatres across the UK and the world. 

Louise is currently the inaugural Poet in Residence at the Royal Northern College of Music. Her work has been presented on BBC One and BBC Radio and her work has been produced by National Theatre Wales, Royal Exchange Theatre, MIF, Walk The Plank, BAC, Z Arts, HOME, Contact and Red Ladder. Her critically acclaimed, theatre demolishing one-woman show GLUE is published by SmithDoorstop. She has taught in communities across the North, working on projects for Paul Hamlyn Foundation and many other organisations, and has completed residencies around the world, working with thousands of people to develop their voice. Her approach is fearless.