Chris has performed his idiosyncratic blend of ravishing linguistic dexterity and intelligent humour throughout the UK to great acclaim, 
in venues as diverse as the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and St Peter's Church, Oundle. 
He is frequently seen and heard on national television and radio and is a regular guest at many major literary festivals.

'It is so good to see the ability to write and to perform combined so effortlessly'  
Ned Sherrin

'A performer of great charisma and humour, his poetry is shot through with vitriolic wit'   Bath Literature Festival


Chris has published five collections, Seasons of Winter (ISBN: 1-874392-23-4) published 2005, Rain Angel (ISBN: 1-874392-08-0) published 2003, 
Ecumenical Shadows (ISBN: 1-874392-10-2) published 1998, Acnestis in Elysium (ISBN: 1-874392-98-6) published 1995 and Ariadne's Lament (ISBN: 1-874392-00-5) published 1993.

He is a recipient of the Sunday Times Interaction Community Theatre Award. 


 

 
 'Seasons of Winter' is Chris Tutton's eagerly awaited 
fifth collection
published in October 2005 
to widespread critical acclaim.

  
 
VISTA

From here the view extends to nightfall.
Curious ramblers saunter tracing
These worn tracts of hollow earth 
Like ancient arms 
Weary of stretching for beauty. 



CONDITION OF EXISTENCE

We were unable to appreciate
The spectacle of our range:
Daubing ourselves with the
Indelible ochre of doubt then
Reading each others smears like
Rorschach blots while
Painting wavering lines on 
An endless road to meaning.



SYMPHONY

Thunder plays a piano
Piece for left hand,
Cello storms after 
Woodwind in a 
Penguin suit sky,
Moonlight intermezzo 
Melts into first quiet
Chords of daybreak 
Shimmering like
Young leaves on
Branches arced with rain.




AN UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS
IN THE UNQUIET PITFALLS OF REASON

We were unfocussed in monochrome frames,
Striking the band with the baton of abandon.
Listening for harmonics in a dissonant swell,
While temptation filled our space with numbers
To calculate the dimensions of emptiness.