Poets & Players- Amanda Dalton

When : 16th May 2009 - 2:30pm
Where : Whitworth Art Gallery, The
Price : Free

Poet and playwright Amanda Dalton will be the special guest of Poets and Players (www.poetsandplayers.co.uk ) alongside newer poets Rebecca Goss, Helen Mort, Andrew Rudd and acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter Ricky Damiani in another remarkable afternoon of poetry and performance in Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Rd, Manchester M15 6ER (opposite the Royal Infirmary).

Amanda Dalton is a poet and playwright. How To Disappear (Bloodaxe) was shortlisted for a Forward Prize and, in 2006, Amanda was selected as one of Britain’s 20 Next Generation Poets. She writes extensively for BBC Radios 4 and 3 and her original drama and adaptations for theatre include work at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, and with Wilson+Wilson and Sheffield Theatres. She teaches writing and is an Associate Director at the Royal Exchange Theatre. Her next poetry collection is on its way from Bloodaxe.

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