She has performed her poetry for over ten years across the U.K., U.S., Canada and Japan. She also performs poetry-song fusions with singer-songwriter Benita Johnson, as part of the duo Yaffle. As well as writing and performing poetry, Helen comperes, programmes and manages poetry events. She has run the Poetry&Words stage at Glastonbury Festival since 2008 and programmed the Lyrical Lostwood line-up at Larmer Tree Festival since 2011.