BEING BEASTLY: Late Shift Poets: Don Barnard, Christine Coleman, Bob Evans, Susan Utting Booking information: Don Barnard don@semicolon.demon.co.uk Runs: 1h 30m, one interval Review: Rod Dungate, 3 August 2002, Crescent Theatre, Birmingham A gentle but acutely observed look at 'beastly' matters, always good-humoured and sometimes discomforting.

Frances Spalding on Stevie Smith (with Anne Harvey reading from the poems) Cheltenham Festival of Literature Review: Don Barnard: 18 October 2002 Death was her friend from the age of eight. An entertaining and illuminating experience.

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Robert Hamberger mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham (0121 440 3838) Review: Rod Dungate 10 July 2003 Male emotionally charged vulnerability: a delicacy that belies its power

Liz Lochhead reads at the Orange Studio, Birmingham (Part of the Birmingham Book Fair) 24 October 2003 Review: Rod Dungate Lochhead's poems care about you

WHEN BROKEN IS BEAUTIFUL CK Williams and Lavinia Greenlaw University of Warwick 12.11.03 Review: John Alcock Two poets entertaining, thought-provoking and beauty searched out in surprising places

OFF AT A TANGENT Roy Fisher and Ian Duhig University of Warwick 14.01.04 Review: John Alcock Depth, wit and dramatic landscapes

GEOFFREY HILL Words' Series, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire Review by John Allcock: February 13 2004 Now 72, the poet described as 'the most enigmatic' and the 'greatest English' returns to his home ground

DEREK WALCOTT University of Warwick Arts Centre March 4 2004 Review: John Alcock An eclectic ancestry: a poetic perpetual quest for identity

Andrew Wilson: TEXT MESSAGES mac, Birmingham (Poetry Bites): 11 March 2004 Review: Rod Dungate An unexpected surprise

A CAPITAL OCCASION Baylit Festival, Cardiff 2005 Review of Gillian Clarke's installation as Cardiff Capital Bard John Alcock: May 2005 Through the tall, narrow window of the Norwegian chapel I can see a small, inflatable craft crossing the bay, its huddled occupants swathed in yellow oilskins against the slanting rain.

THE GLORIOUS GIFT Poetry Of the Brontës Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival Review by John Alcock: 07.08.05 Acting talents that match the literary ones of the three authors

London UNCUT CONFETTI by John Hegley bac (Main theatre) To 30 April 2006 Runs 1hr 55min One interval Review: Timothy Ramsden 30April Neatly-crafted combination of wit and reflection.