Luke Hathaway is a poet and theatre-creator whose work has been commissioned, performed, and published internationally. With Daniel Cabena he is Artistic Co-Director of ANIMA, a performance collective devoted to the re-queering of early-European sources and sound-worlds; and, with Debi Wong and Teiya Kasahara, he is a founding and core member of the opera-creation group Fractal Arts Collective. He loves working with other artists, and across disciplinary lines, to bring stories to life. Luke's most recent book of poems is The Affirmations, published by Biblioasis, a Times 'Best Book' of 2022. His most recent performance works are the co-created operas La Doriclea: Inter-Acts and Orpheus in UNDERWORLD, which are premiering as part of the CENSORED Opera Festival in Helsinki, Finland, in 2026. Luke teaches English and creative writing at Saint Mary's University. Photo credit: James Arthur MacLean