Kate Fox - Bigger on the Inside

Stand up poet Kate Fox once thought receiving a positive diagnosis for autism had as much a chance of happening as a female Doctor Who. As such, since the Doctor’s 13th incarnation (played by Jodie Whittaker) in 2018, Fox’s life has changed quite a bit.

This funny and smart stand-up spoken word show (with elements of stand-up theatre and lecture) looks at neurodiversity through the theme of Doctor Who, as Fox takes us through the ways the iconic sci-fi show has shaped her view of the world and how it is intertwined with the development about historic views of autism and neurodiversity.

Fox is a stand-up poet and broadcaster, a regular voice on Radio 4 and a “gentle activist” and campaigner for the voices of Northerners, the working class, women and the neurodiverse to be heard. The show calls for greater acceptance of different ways of thinking, processing and being in the world and for us to look beyond the “medical” view of neurodivergent conditions which primarily look at external behaviours, to have a more radical appreciation of the ways in which everyone is, like the TARDIS, “Bigger on the Inside”.

This event is part of The Word’s WRITE Festival which takes place throughout the whole of September.

Enjoy a programme of unmissable events, workshops and performances! Find out more by viewing our full WRITE Festival programme.

Host or Publisher The Word, National Centre for the Written Word