FOLLOWING on from his hilarious adaptation of Tartuffe earlier this year, Mersey poet Roger McGough returns to Liverpool Playhouse this weekend with his new collection of poetry for children.
He comes to the venue on Saturday to read from his new volume Slapstick, recommended for children aged ten and up, as well as their “elders and betters”.
But be warned . . . McGough promises “gorillas and fruitbats, talking seals and jazz-loving jellyfish, Lily the Pink back from weightlifting, grandads and uncaring cats, texting and riddling, tiny poems for toddling tiddlers, the mysterious death of a lighthouse keeper and an impossible whale in the Thames.”
McGough is one of the leading lights of British poetry for children and adults alike. The event will include a question and answer session followed by a book signing.
He was honoured with a CBE for services to literature and the Freedom of the City of Liverpool for good behaviour. His work includes Lily the Pink and the Aintree Iron with The Scaffold, GRIMMS, The Mersey Sound with Adrian Henri and Brian Patten, Words On The Run, radio’s Poetry Please, the 40-Love tour and his autobio-graphy Said And Done.
Culture Diary has a family ticket to the show and copies of the book to give away in a special competition. To win, name another of the Mersey Poets who performed alongside McGough and email your contact details to: features@dailypost.co.uk by 5pm today.
