A funny, thoughtful spoken word show for a family audience from poet and broadcaster Kate Fox. Warning: may include rhymes.

Stand up poet Kate Fox is actually much better at sitting down. However, when she became Poet in Residence for the Bupa Great North Run in 2011 she discovered that running and writing had more in common than she had ever imagined. She also discovered that it's not what your body looks like that matters - it's what your body can do. The Starting Line involves optional interaction with brains, bodies and phones. 

The Starting Line was developed in association with the Manchester Children’s Book Festival and is produced by ARC, Stockton Arts Centre. Confirmed tour dates so far include 3rd July at the Manchester Children’s Book Festival and 3rd November at ARC Stockton on Tees. 

Kate also ran (pun intended!) free family writing sessions at the Newcastle parkrun to give runners the opportunity to contribute to a poem and get some tips on how get creative while out running.

Kate explains how The Starting Line came about in this short video: