His plays include Dirty Tricks (Soho Theatre Company), Vermin (Finborough), and Cock Robin (Verity Bargate Award Runner-up). He runs his own fringe theatre company, and his work is broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 4. He’s had one novel, Operation Emerald (Pluto), published under the pseudonym Dominic McCartan and collaborated with Captain Fred Holroyd on War Without Honour (Medium), launched at the House of Commons.

His short stories appear often in literary magazines and Arts Council anthologies. Nick performs live as a musician at major festivals and other venues.

I’m one for ‘the line’, that striking phrase which marks the peak of a poem, and Burbridge’s work frequently delivers the goods: ‘Among dark flights the marrow of this old house stretches’ (‘The One Turning the Other Way’) and ‘Involvement begins with a steep roll in the gut’ (‘Shrink’) both stick in my mind particularly. Burbridge allies this imagistic skill with important social subjects deserving our attention. A good modern poet who’s not afraid to be poetic
Alan Morrison

A collection full of richness and variety – the poems are life-affirming and unafraid
Ore

Strong and clipped verse with a striking undercurrent
Weyfarers

Frank and uncompromising
Envoi

An unflinching journey through some of the grim realities of everyday life – Nick Burbridge is obviously a man of great human compassion
A Riot of Emotions

On Call assembles subjective explorations of the darker, more complex sides of emotion and sexuality. Despair and loss are probed, confronted and taken apart. Footholds of hope and quietly joyful realisation are firmly established
Impact

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