149 Dan Tsu from Lyrix Organix: Event Producer Extraordinaire & Curator of Legendary 'Rum Shack' Venue at Glastonbury Festival, Giving Ed Sheeran His 1st Ever Glasto Gig!

Delighted to welcome legendary Event Producer & Creative Director Dan Tsu to 'The Clearing'. Dan was passed the "Golden Baton" by Performance Poet Toby Thompson.

Dan teaches Event Management at BIMM Institute London. He is an Event Producer, Live Promoter & international facilitator. Co-founder of infamous Glastonbury Festival venue Rum Shack, he has hosted innovative and independent live shows for 15 years. Dan holds a reputation for championing and collaborating with young talent, working closely with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Akala & Kate Tempest.

Dan is the founder & director of live events and education company Lyrix Organix: A design consultant for groundbreaking programmes to major youth organisations and charities. Using rap, poetry, music, and cross-disciplinary approaches to amplify social action.

When Dan Tsu describes himself as a ‘Jack of all Trades’ he does not begin to do himself justice. As his name may suggest, Dan is mixed heritage: Anglo-Chinese, Singapore British, Hong Kong Chinese. 

Dan Tsu made friends with a variety of different ethnic and religious groups, who tended to sit in different corners of the classroom and not to mix with each other in the playground.  Dan was a free spirit, without an obvious ego, weaving his way into all kinds of diverse and interesting circles. He was always inspired by words and by music like hip hop and rap.  He created the original Rum Shack at the Glastonbury Festival. Glastonbury is very important to him - for its unique authenticity and its ‘irreplaceable and indescribable’ spirit.

Dan created early opportunities for the now superstar singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and the rising star performance-poet, Toby Thompson, as well as scores of others.  Dan does not speak Chinese but he is still inspired by the iconic Chinese artist and activist Ai Wei Wei. Dan’s personal goal is to ‘change the world in small ways.’

As a facilitator, educator, events producer and creative director, Dan Tsu is creating his own dynamic legacy, on a daily basis. He is delighted when people acknowledge the difference he has made to their lives - which people regularly do now, in random encounters, on average, once or twice a week!

Dan sees himself as a Londoner. His partner Joanna is the ‘love of his life’. Together they have a son, aged 4. Dan himself is happy both in the darkest corner of a lively nightclub or in the solitude of ancient woodland in Dulwich.

He is a gentle soul, with an extraordinary & distinctive story. As a facilitator, educator, events producer and creative director, Dan Tsu is creating his own dynamic legacy, on a daily basis. He is delighted when people acknowledge the difference he has made to their lives - which people regularly do now, in random encounters, on average, once or twice a week!

Dan sees himself as a Londoner. His partner Joanna is the ‘love of his life’. Together they have a son, aged 4.  Dan himself is still happy both in the darkest corner of a lively nightclub or in the solitude of ancient woodland in Dulwich.

He is a gentle soul, with an extraordinary story to share with you, in his own distinctive style.

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