“I thought the entire experience was awesome.”

“Please come back and inspire us about more stuff that we’re doing!”

The show made poetry make sense and more interesting than just words on paper. The performers switched parts and put rhythm into the poems they read out.”

“It was enjoyable. More interactive and understanding towards our age group.”

“John Keats’ “To Autumn” finally made sense…”

“I enjoyed the expression and passion of the performers because it brought the words to life…”

"….thanks good show”

“That there is more in poetry than just the words and how the context of the writer has an impact on the poetry and what ideas and values the poetry expresses.”

“I loved it…”

“Awesome show!”

“The range of different types of expression that can be employed when reading or approaching poetry.”

“The co-ordination was cool, the poems were very well spoken.”

“Poetry is much better when “shown” rather than read.”

“The combined reading of “Ode to a Nightingale” was brilliant.”

“There’s poetry out there that I want to read now…”

“Interesting in-your-face production.”

“Poetry read aloud is far better”

“Now in exams, I’ll try to imagine the poems being spoken.”

“Engaging method of performance I had not seen before.”

“I studied Seamus Heaney and really had no idea what was happening within his poems but getting them into a context aloud (sic) me to picture what was happening a lot clearer.”

“The poetry was much more enjoyable than listening to it in class.”

“It gave me new perspectives on some of the poems I’ve been studying.”

“I never understood poetry before…”

“Poetry is always better when it’s read aloud.”

“Poetry doesn’t have to rhyme….”