No one has written poetry about the Egyptian city of Alexandria since Constantine Cavafy, way back in the first three decades of the C20th. Alex, as locals fondly call their coastal paradise, is anything but Cairo's poor cousin - it is decadent, friendly, cosmopolitan and, though its ancient past is basically under the Mediterranean, oozes history. I lived and worked in the city for four years - not as an ex-pat hidden away from the real Egypt, but as a local who travelled on the tram, shopped in the street market at Cleopatra and argued with plumbers (in my basic, quaint Arabic) over their...

JUNK is a volume of performance poetry covering the period from the late 80's to the present. Three decades ago I set-up The Performing Oscars and we performed our work in many fringe venues and pubs all over London, to bring poetry alive through performance where the poet interacted with the listeners, as opposed to simply standing reading with eyes and nose glued to the book. Although I have never stopped writing, it is only in the last year that I have found the necessary passion and drive to, once again, release my poems from their spiral notebook and allow them to dance in an audience's...

BUTTERFLY PEOPLE is not for the feint-hearted The play contains nudity, violence and strong language as it tells the true story of three members of an indigenous Amazonian tribe, called the Piripkura or Butterfly People] who have lived as 'uncontactables', that is, they have never made contact with anyone outside of the tribe. As the play unfolds we begin to realise that, because of the actions of huge corporations that are destroying the Rainforest, the Butterfly People as are other tribes] are paying the price by being driven from their land, raped and murdered.

A young boy appears, as if from nowhere, one Sunday afternoon, in Diggory Jones' bedroom. Only wearing underpants, and sporting a black eye, the boy proceeds to change the destiny of all the occupants of the house, forever - and usually against their will Strange things go bump in the night leading to mistaken identities, sexual shenanigans and even deaths. Angel, the boy's name - or is it Scarlet? - turns up months later in a Parisian cafe where more blood is spilt and the thirst for money continues. My three main influences on this play are Copi, Eugene Ionesco and though not classified...

'The No-Mask Mask Book' is a practical handbook of over 40 exercises for teachers of acting and directors. The exercises - clear and simple to follow - come from the author's tried and tested classes and workshops. The book's aim is to show how masks are invaluable tools in the creation and development of conventional, mainstream, naturalistic characterisation - and not just implements solely intended for mask work. The book discusses many types of masks - and, as well as the exercises, there is a section on mask history, mask making and a collection of illustrations showing the various types...

THE GAY STUFF is a collection of thirty poems spanning from the writer's childhood to the present day. The poetry is candid and often risque, dealing with the fantasy and reality of the poet's gay experiences and relationships. By necessity, the language and imagery of the volume is at times explicit. A book not for the faint-hearted