Welcome to Duck Song, a home for my writing – plays, poems and posts.
There’s a list below of links to my published and performed pieces while the menu above will take you to other samples of my work.
I hope you enjoy looking around.
I’m on Twitter @michaelwagg
Writing
‘The Brothers’ is the epigraph poem to Heroic by Phil Earle, recently published by Penguin Books
Heroic – Phil Earle
The poem ‘Denis Irwin Invented the Toothbrush’ will be published later this year in Under the Radar (Nine Arches Press)
Nine Arches Press
A piece for The Guardian Old music series, on Sheep by The Housemartins
Old music: The Housemartins – Sheep
A piece for The Guardian Old music series, on Caravan by Van Morrison
Old music: Van Morrison – Caravan
A piece for The Guardian Books blog, on BS Johnson
The Guardian: Summer Readings: Like a Fiery Elephant
A Piece for The Guardian Theatre blog on working with Teatro Vivo
The Guardian: Theatre blog: Site-sensitive theatre
The Fahrenheit Diaries, a series of ten diary pieces for The Guardian website Theatre pages
The Guardian: The Fahrenheit Diaries – reading matters
The Guardian: The Fahrenheit Diaries – the unsung hero of touring theatre
The Guardian: The Fahrenheit Diaries – growing with the show
The Guardian: The Fahrenheit Diaries – a late late breakfast show
The Guardian: The Fahrenheit Diaries – from heaven to hell in German hotels
The Guardian: The Fahrenheit Diaries – sound effects and ukuleles
The Guardian: The Fahrenheit Diaries – the ins and outs of it
The Guardian: The Fahrenheit Diaries – blood, sweat and fondue
The Guardian: The Fahrenheit Diaries – the road takes a toll
The Guardian: The Fahrenheit Diaries – tales of a touring actor
For Theatre
Royal Court Theatre - Theatre Local, Five Day Play - Games & Flames
A new co-adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey for Teatro Vivo
Voice, a short play for two actors, published in Brand Literary Magazine
Brand 05: Summer / Autumn 09
Poetry
After Mercer in ‘Southern Poets’, Poetry Now, 2007, Ed. Aimee Vanstone
The Removal Of Terry Street in ‘Poetry from London’, Forward Press, 2007, Ed. Mark Richardson
A Journey in ‘North East Delights’, Arrival Press, 1993, Ed. Trudy Purdy
Academic
M.Phil thesis – University of Hull, Department of Drama, 1998
Acting the Fool: A study of the modern actor’s approach to Shakespeare’s clowns and fools
