London Grip Poetry Review – Michelle Diaz
Isabelle Kenyon reviews a collection by Michelle Diaz which combines painful honesty with a sense of hopefulness
Talbot Road By Alan Dent. Review by Terri Thursfield.
The over-arching title of this eight-volume novel brings to mind the Rougon-Macquart. The comparison is apposite because while Zola structures his series around his faith in biological determinism, Dent’s novel dismisses it as a delusion.
London Grip Poetry Review – Tim Cunningham
Peter Ualrig Kennedy finds a lovely Irish wit and an evocative sense of place in Tim Cunningham’s latest collection.
London Grip Poetry Review – Gale Burns
James Roderick Burns considers a new collection by Gale Burns and wonders if it is possible for poets to set themselves too high a standard
‘The American Clock: A Vaudeville’ by Arthur Miller. Review by Gary Beahan.
Of all the Miller revivals currently doing the capital’s round, ‘The American Clock’ is not the softest option for any director, actor or audience to take on. Part social documentary, part human drama, part political commentary, it can feel at times like it has bitten off more vision and message than it can theatrically deliver.
London Grip Poetry Review – Adrian Green
Charlie Hill reviews a collection of well-executed poems by Adrian Green
London Grip Poetry Review – Mike Barlow
Mat Riches discovers there is something magical about Mike Barlow’s latest pamphlet
Vindication
Carla Scarano considers an anthology by six distinguished women poets
London Grip Poetry Review – Rebecca Cullen
Kate Noakes considers a well- balanced chapbook from Rebecca Cullen
London Grip Poetry Review – Carol DeVaughn
D A Prince appreciates the subtle way in which the two parts of Carol DeVaughn’s collection fit together
The Good Person of Szechwan, By Bertolt Brecht. Review by Julia Pascal.
It is rare to see productions of Brecht in London today. It is even rarer to see them performed in Russian.This jewel from Moscow came only briefly to London but it showed audiences that there is an antidote to endless naturalism.
London Grip Poetry Review – P W Bridgman
Thomas Ovans explores the often bizarre worlds conjured up by P W Bridgman’s intriguing poetry