About Other Theresa

At the age of four, she experienced a three-year confine within the Bruderhof, a closed Christian commune somewhere near Battle and upon her exodus, was described as 'a bit strange'.

School reports observed she was 'able but scruffy' and at the age of 17, she was asked to leave because the 'bus missed her' a little too often.

Having gone to a Welsh university to study English, she realised it was not only poetry that got lost in translation: she had no idea where she was, what she was doing - or why.

Some years later, she held a first class honours degree in Management Studies from an Uxbridge University and got a job as a news reporter at The Daily Sport. She remained there for six months and never looked back.

She now works in London as a secondary school teacher, inspiring students to do something else. Her philosophy is: 'If you can't make it rhyme, it's a waste of time'.

Other Theresa has been weaving rhymes since the alphabet unjumbled itself, performing in London, Manchester and Hastings. Recently, she realized that if you add choruses to some poems and modulate the voice a bit, it's possible to to pass them off as songs! Go to www.myspace.com/othertheresa and see/hear for yourself…

Please take time to enjoy her 'stuff', which is free from forced rhymes, artificial sentiments and unnecessary expletives. Her words are suitable for all skin types - and no animals were harmed during lyrical experiments.

Other Theresa lives in Walthamstow, has two cats and is probably single.