FRIARGATE Theatre is in need of a few repairs, so naturally the York venue has got the poets in for a night of Uttering For Guttering on October 30.
In a reprise of their 2004 Poetry Doubles event, award-winning poets Nigel Forde and Antony Dunn invite you to an evening of their own poems in performance at 7.30pm.
Funny, moving and occasionally scurrilous, these will be poems with a purpose: in this case raising funds for urgent gutter repais at Friargate Theatre, home of the Poetry Doubles series since its launch in 2003. 
"Join us for the entertaining Uttering For Guttering, as we raise a glass to fix the roof," say Nigel and Antony, whose tickets are on sale at £18 (drink included) on 01904 613000 or at ridinglights.org/poetry-doubles.
Nigel Forde began his career as an actor at York Theatre Royal and co-founded the York theatre company Riding Lights. He presented BBC Radio 4’s Bookshelf and has been both a freelance writer and contributor to a variety of programmes on BBC radio, including his residency as the poet on Radio 4's Midweek.York Press:

Nigel Forde

 He has won several poetry prizes, is a tutor for The Poetry School and has written a musical with Arnold Wesker. He wrote screenplays for BBC2's animated series Testament, one of which won an EMMY, and two short films for Claire Bloom and Jonathan Pryce. His eight books include four of poetry, a critical anthology of G.K.Chesterton and a study of literature and belief: The Lantern And The Looking-Glass. 
Antony Dunn was born in London in 1973, has worked at Riding Lights and York Theatre Royal and lives in Leeds. He won the Newdigate Prize in 1995 and received an Eric Gregory Award in 2000. He has published three collections of poems, Pilots And Navigators, Flying Fish and Bugs.
Antony regularly tutors at The Poetry School and the Arvon Foundation and has worked on a number of translation projects with poets from Holland, Hungary, China and Israel. He was poet in residence at the University of York for 2006 and at the Ilkley Literature Festival in 2010 and is now artistic director of the Bridlington Poetry Festival. He also writes for the theatre and his plays include Dog Blue, Goose Chase and Shepherds’ Delight.