About Me
NOT RECITATION. EXCITATION! PETER WYTON'S POEMS RANGE FROM FUNNY TO FUNKY, RELEVANT TO IRREVERENT, WITTY TO WHIMSICAL. THEY CAN BE SERIOUSLY THOUGHT-PROVOKING OR A BIT RUDE, DEPENDENT UPON VENUE AND/OR OCCASION.Peter has had two nominations for the Forward Prize. He was Poet Laureate for the Gloucestershire1000 Project during 2007-8. His verses have appeared on B.B.C. Radio Four's 'Poetry Please' and 'Something Understood', as well as in national newspapers such as the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express. He has also appeared on Channel 6 Oxford T.V. and across a wide spread of regional radio stations. On stage he has won 20 performance poetry Slams, whilst on the page he has achieved almost the same number of 1st Prizes in literary competitions.His public appearances have included prestigious Festivals such as the Cheltenham Literature, Ledbury, Aldeburgh, Bristol, Ribchester Classical Music and the Three Choirs events in Gloucester and Hereford. Locations at which he has performed have been diverse, to say the least. They include the Spoken Word tent at Glastonbury, knitting conventions at the Royal Bloomsbury Hotel and at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London, an artillery fort in Dartmouth, Lewes Prison, a ferry-boat circling Bristol harbour, a flatbed truck in a Welsh field, plus clubs, pubs, libraries, museums and village halls too numerous to mention. He has regularly presented themed talks and workshops to local poetry societies and organisations like Probus and the Women's Institute.Of his eight published collections, the most recent is 'Not All Men Are From Mars', which he sells in support of Women's Aid, the national charity which looks after victims of domestic abuse and their children. So far, the book has raised over £1500. It comes complete with commendations from Jo Brand, Sandi Toksvig, Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen, U.A. Fanthorpe, Rosie Bailey and Sue Limb.He has been involved in several collaborations with other artists, including Ledbury Poetry Festival instigator John Burns and actress Lucy Chalkley,National Poetry Day co-ordinator Jo Bell and Blues musician Rick Payne. He works regularly with another Gloucestershire based poet, Emily Wills and is currently preparing a performance-based 'double act' with Black Country events organiser Emma Purshouse.U.A. Fanthorpe says...'Wills and Wyton are like Gilbert & Sullivan - an immensely enjoyable combination
of talents that leave you entertained, informed, surprised and often deeply moved.
These are experienced poetic observers, alert to the comedy and the pathos in everyday life, sharpening our awareness, shaking us out of our complacency. Quite different from each other in style and presentation, together they lead us through a wide range of experience, domestic and universal, past and present.
Compassionate, entertaining, wise and witty, they're a double act not to be missed.'Alison Brackenbury says...'You've got your two sets of poems beautifully integrated. I think audiences always respect and respond to meticulous preparation.'
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