Welcome to the website for Peter Read
Peter is a Poet, Actor, Playwright, Ghostwriter, After Dinner Speaker and a Lecturer in various aspects of creative writing.
He is a published writer who has performed his poetry and acting throughout Britain and in America.
His one man show, Dylan Thomas in America, received five star reviews in Edinburgh in 2004 and 2005. It played to sell-out audiences in many British festivals and has been performed at the American and Canadian Welsh Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Seven of his plays have been produced since 2004. Toshack or Me! was staged on three successive years (2006, 7 and 8) at the Swansea Grand Theatre, playing to sell-out audiences. Shearer or Me!, staged in Blackburn in May 2008, also played to large audiences, 68% of which were new to the theatre.
He has read his own poems and given talks about Poetry on Radio and Television. In November 2007, he won the Academi 2007 John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry, for the best performance poet in Wales.
In May 2008, his latest collection of poems, READ ONLY, was published.
It includes the three poems which won him the John Tripp Award .
"A very enjoyable and skilful collection."
(Peter Thabit Jones, The Seventh Quarry)
He is available for performances, including After Dinner Speaking, and further details can be found under Contact.
For further information on Peter's career see the Profile page.
He is a published writer who has performed his poetry and acting throughout Britain and in America.
His one man show, Dylan Thomas in America, received five star reviews in Edinburgh in 2004 and 2005. It played to sell-out audiences in many British festivals and has been performed at the American and Canadian Welsh Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Seven of his plays have been produced since 2004. Toshack or Me! was staged on three successive years (2006, 7 and 8) at the Swansea Grand Theatre, playing to sell-out audiences. Shearer or Me!, staged in Blackburn in May 2008, also played to large audiences, 68% of which were new to the theatre.
He has read his own poems and given talks about Poetry on Radio and Television. In November 2007, he won the Academi 2007 John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry, for the best performance poet in Wales.
In May 2008, his latest collection of poems, READ ONLY, was published.
It includes the three poems which won him the John Tripp Award .
"A very enjoyable and skilful collection."
(Peter Thabit Jones, The Seventh Quarry)
He is available for performances, including After Dinner Speaking, and further details can be found under Contact.
For further information on Peter's career see the Profile page.
Writing for Pleasure and Profit - a two-day creative writing course
The Dylan Thomas Centre Swansea 10.00am 4.00pm. Saturday & Sunday 27 & 28 September 2008. £60
Contact Peter Read
For further details about Courses
Writers' Day at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, SA1 1RR
9.30am on 11 October 2008.
Peter will be speaking about playwriting, along with novelist Julie McGowan and publisher Penny Thomas.
For further details about this course please contact Jean Barraclough - 01656 7866531.
'Oh, Yes It Is . . . Kevin Johns!', which Peter has ghost-written, will be launched at The Swansea Grand Theatre on Thursday, 23 October 2008.
For further details about Ghostwriting
Dylan Thomas in America
7.30pm on Saturday, 8 November 2008
Ulchdre Arts Centre, Holyhead, Anglesey
For ticket information, contact the Box Office 01407 763361
The Dylan Thomas Centre Swansea 10.00am 4.00pm. Saturday & Sunday 27 & 28 September 2008. £60
Contact Peter Read
For further details about Courses
Writers' Day at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, SA1 1RR
9.30am on 11 October 2008.
Peter will be speaking about playwriting, along with novelist Julie McGowan and publisher Penny Thomas.
For further details about this course please contact Jean Barraclough - 01656 7866531.
'Oh, Yes It Is . . . Kevin Johns!', which Peter has ghost-written, will be launched at The Swansea Grand Theatre on Thursday, 23 October 2008.
For further details about Ghostwriting
Dylan Thomas in America
7.30pm on Saturday, 8 November 2008
Ulchdre Arts Centre, Holyhead, Anglesey
For ticket information, contact the Box Office 01407 763361
Links
Peter Read as Dylan Thomas
For further details about Dylan Thomas in America
READ ONLY Peter's newest collection of poems.
Available at £5 (+ £1 P&P). Contact: Jackie Lyndon jackielyndon@ntlworld.com or phone 01792 207077.
For further details about READ ONLY and order form
For further details about Dylan Thomas in America
READ ONLY Peter's newest collection of poems.
Available at £5 (+ £1 P&P). Contact: Jackie Lyndon jackielyndon@ntlworld.com or phone 01792 207077.
For further details about READ ONLY and order form
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