of stand-up poetry” - Apples and Snakes

“..Accessible and engaging...frequently self-effacing...a personable and easy

going performer...a skilled writer...he tackles the big subjects like love, identity, and nature,

and handles it all with skill and finesse” - CBC Radio, Canada

“Ash Dickinson is a performance poet with a rock 'n' roll appeal...(he) could do for poetry what Bill Hicks did for comedy” - The Skinny

“Delicious comedy, theatre and rap mash-up..a dizzying clogful of pickled lunacy”  - Venue

“Dubbing yourself 'the thinking man's Axl Rose' might appear unwise, but contemporary poet Ash Dickinson fires out lines with more forethought than your average rock singer” - Metro

“Clever and heartfelt” - Galaxy Radio, Newcastle

“Lord how I hate performance poetry but Ash Dickinson's skill with the medium had me

turned around..smartly stripping his set of the pompousness and pretensions inherent in

performance poetry it is better described as stand-up comedy with a rhyme scheme...for non-

fans of performance poetry, prepare to have your minds changed...go see this show!” - The Jenny Revue 

“One man verbal vortex alights from Planet Ash with fast words and faster romance”

- Big Word Performance Poetry

“Ash Dickinson was next and I am sorry but I was laughing so hard I hardly made any notes. Ash's imagination is slightly scary”  - www.acousticnight.com

“Unusual and refreshing” - Flambard Press  

“Pisses all over Bob Dylan” - Bob Dylan fan, The Arcade Bar, Edinburgh