Ash Dickinson is a writer, poet and comedy performer.

A multiple slam champion- including Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Solihull, the Museum of Scotland- Ash won the BBC Radio 4 Midlands Slam in 2009. In the previous BBC National Slam in 2007 he progressed through the Scottish heats, eventually finishing among the top 8 in the UK. Ash was runner-up in the 2011 UK All Stars Slam.

In the summer of 2011 Ash embarked on a six-date feature tour of Canada, a country where he also performed shows in 2006 (including the Winnipeg Fringe Festival). He has also performed in Australia (including a regular run at a comedy club in Adelaide), the United States, and New Zealand. Having hosted his own weekly poetry night in Wellington he was invited to perform at the 2002 New Zealand Festival.

Ash had a four-star rated one man show at the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the following year formed part of Scotland's renowned Big Word during its run there. He has appeared at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, the Glasgow Comedy Festival, the Bristol Poetry Festival, The Larmer Tree, The Wickerman, the Stratford Poetry Festival and The Camden Crawl among many other events. He has headlined and featured at shows throughout the UK including Express Excess, The Poetry Shack, Brixtongue, Bang Said The Gun (all London), Wicked Words (Leeds), Sundown (Southend), Forked (Plymouth), Write Angle (Petersfield), The Stand Comedy Club (Edinburgh) and many others.

Ash has been widely published in newspapers, magazines and poetry presses. He has compered busy cabarets and music nights, performed at private functions and supported bands. He is heavily in demand to run poetry workshops. His media appearances include BBC Radio, The Times, The Scotsman, Metro and Sweet TV.

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