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“I want to find a way to pull back the curtain to reveal the inner room. To make sense of the lives I see, by writing the stories of the peripheral, the quiet, the backstage character.”

Poet, drama writer, curator and historian

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Edson Burton in conversation with Colin Grant

Talking about his evolution as a poet, playwright and public intellectual, as well as his mesmeric creation for radio, the time-travelling, eternal Deacon.

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Biography

Dr Edson Burton is a poet, drama writer, curator and historian.  His radio credits include the supernatural trilogy Deacon starring Don Warrington now available on audible.

His theatre writing spans a range of theatre based, promenade and site specific work including the, Ithaca Axis (2013) poetry/theatre show ‘Curry Goat & Fish Fingers, Frederick Douglass dramatization an Abolitionist Returns (2018) the game show themed The Edge 2018, & the ribald Anansi & the Grand Prize (2019). 

His on screen history specialist appearances include Hairy Bikers series Pubs that Made Britain (2015) Books that Made Britain Bristol Sin City (2016), Lost Civilizations Series 1: The Remains of Slavery (2017) the Antiques Road Show, (2018) Britain’s Most Historic Towns: Georgian Bristol (2019) in addition to regularly appearing on local news and radio in response to the Black Lives Matter.

He is the author of poetry collection (Seasoned) co-author of What’s Your Trinity Story, Vice and Virtue (2018) and various online and print articles.   

Edson is a member of Bristol’s History Commission, the film programming, Collective Come the Revolution and Queer People of Colour Collective Kiki Bristol.

He is the father of two young adults, uncle to a cat and a lover to Easton Bristol where he resides.

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