Written as a Submission to The Mass whose January Edition focuses on the word erase. I used to work as an Advocate and it was usually a fruitless exercise to support someone to get a health report changed. We managed it sometimes but usually with the prov... See more
Written by: Richard Downes Complicity Theatre’s Teaching Training Pack; ‘Begin this work by giving your students themes which inhabit very small spaces (real or imaginary): ‘stuck in the lift’, ‘prisoners in a tiny cell’ or ‘there were ten in the bed…’. T... See more
Written by: Richard Downes Desolation; Departures and Arrivals Walking, as I do slouched and humble, I feel the cold blow of the rain on my face and resent the hill for its existence. Its a tedious winter trip to a station lightened by a ticket hall atten... See more
Wrote this as a prose tale. Might as well leave it like this Luck’s In The odds were 4-1 against. I stood my ground. Waiting for a casino chance To cadge a stash of ill begotten Chips like plastic shining On weighted green beige tables The wheel turned ro... See more
Written by: Richard Downes Following on from Yoko’s Bicycle Piece for Orchestra Autumn 1962 Pedalling Tunes Cycle To the concert Fill holes in the Albert Note swoops on Serpentine bending Maple Disguised As a slow blues A walking ambling tune Underneath f... See more
