Well-versed in the life of poet Dylan Thomas

When Carl Plover was a boy his mother read Under Milkwood to him and his new show marks today’s centenary of the Welshman’s birth, says Colette Sheridan

TO MARK the centenary of the birth of the Welsh poet and writer, Dylan Thomas (October 27 1914 to November 1953), there will be a show at the Cork Arts Theatre celebrating his work. Entitled ‘Wasps Vs Dylan Thomas,’ this tribute will be performed by Cork-based punk poet, Carl Plover, aka Wasps Vs Humans. Plover’s show blends his own material with Thomas’s. He will be joined on stage by actor, Donal McDonald, who will narrate, and Plover’s musician wife, Linda.

Plover, originally a drummer influenced by punk music, performs monologues that are full of biting social commentary about celebrity culture and consumerism. He cites Manchester beat poet, John Cooper Clarke, whom he has supported on stage, as a major influence. But even as a young boy, Plover was storing up another important influence.