ALICE BENSON - COMEDIENNE, ACTRESS, PERFORMER
Copyright Alice B 2012
POETRY PROFILE
Alice Benson - direct descendant of writer E.F Benson, and poet and playwright Friedrich Von Schiller. I was inspired while researching Schiller at the Goethe institute, to write my first poem, which won the Time Out Magazine Poetry Competition.
I write from the heart when I am angry, happy or sad. I explain before each poem why I felt inspired to write the words that I perform. For example, I would often see queues of taxis on hot days with their engines still on, waiting at their rank. Their polluting fumes eventually made my friend who works next to that taxi rank develop breathing difficulties. Anger made me write a short poem, called Pollution, which was later published.
LONDON VENUES PERFORMED AT INCLUDE
The Poetry Cafe (Poetry Unplugged / Cats night out)
Bohemian Voices
Piccadilly Poets
Jermyn Street Theatre
The Actors Centre
The Concert Artists Association
The Alternative Arts festival
The Chrysalis Theatre
BRISTOL AND BATH VENUES INCLUDE
Poetry Tent Ashton Court Festival
Various Big Mouth Poetry venues Bristol
Poetry at The Huntsman Bath
Doolallys Bath
Time Out Magazine poetry competition winner (published poem)
Commissioned to write a poem for a special presentation of a boat to the
Royal National Lifeboat Institute. Poem entitled Lifeboat
PUBLISHED POETRY INCLUDES
Poem |
Book Title |
Publisher |
What Is Life? |
Mixed Emotions |
Penhaligon Page Press |
Pollution |
From the Heart |
Poetry Today Ltd |
Missed Chance |
When Love Becomes Us |
Poetry Now |