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Nigel Planer

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Nigel Planer was an original member of the comedy groups at the centre of the
‘Alternative Comedy’ movement in the 1980s and starred in the seminal TV
series The Young Ones, and The Comic Strip Presents.


As well as novels, plays and TV and Radio scripts, he has been writing poetry
for over fifty years. Now he’s collected almost all of the poems into one
volume, called Making Other Plans, as in, ‘poetry is what happens when you’re
busy making other plans’ https://flapjackpress.co.uk/


His poetry has been published in the Guardian and in numerous anthologies as
well as the 1997 collection ‘Unlike the Buddha'.


Also out this summer is his latest book, Jeremiah Bourne in Time – a strange
and funny take on time-travel. https://unbound.com/books/jeremiah-bourne-in-time/

Monday 25th September 2023

The Pleasance, London

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Tuesday 10th October 2023

Chipping Norton Theatre

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Wednesday 11th October 2023

Clevedon Community Theatre

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Thursday 12th October 2023

Exeter Phoenix

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Friday 13th October 2023

Reading Arts

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Saturday 14th October 2023

Riverhouse Barn, Walton-On-Thames

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Sunday 15th October 2023

The Astor Theatre, Deal

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Tuesday 31st October 2023

The Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington

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Wednesday 1st November 2023

Taunton Brewhouse

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Thursday 2nd November 2023

The Assembly Rooms, Ludlow

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Friday 3rd November 2023

The Assembly Rooms @ Devizes Town Hall

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Saturday 4th November 2023

The Attic, Southampton

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Tuesday 7th November 2023

The Komedia, Brighton

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Friday 10th November 2023

The Storyhouse, Chester

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