Rob Barratt

Event information

Rob Barratt is a Dudley-born and Cornwall-based comic poet, humourist and singer. His
brain-tickling, word-mangling performance combines clever word play, verse and song with
satire, parody and audience participation. Rob deals with such important topics as squid,
data-driven education, Neanderthal politics, the weather in Scotland, distressed furniture,
pissoirs and his relationship with potatoes but beneath the humour lurk serious issues. In
recent years Rob has appeared at folk, literature and arts festivals all over the British Isles
and Australia.

“This is not only clever but I think it’s very funny” (Mike Harding)

“His head is well and truly located in ‘Planet Barratt’, clearly a place of wonderfully bizarre
inspiration” (Coventry Telegraph)

“Rob revels in wily wordplay & rogue rhyming but his conceits & surrealist forays into the
imagination take the ruddy biscuit. Hilarious!” Adrian Mealing (UK Touring and Spooky
Men’s Chorale)

“‘Comic Poet’ it says on the card. That’s not the half of it. The man is a velvet tongued
assassin, using charm and humour as a subtle lever to highlight life’s absurdities. It’s all very
light and sing-along jocular – but this man is dangerously subversive and his show should be
witnessed at all costs at your earliest opportunity. Bloody Funny." (Barrie Dimond of
Festivals for All at Beardy Folk Festival, Shropshire, June 2022)

“What a night we had on Friday with the amazing wordsmith Rob Barratt. Funny, witty,
poignant, thought-provoking poems and songs, we were laughing until our ribs hurt one
moment and then thinking about the curved balls that life often throws at us the next. A
great performer, Rob immediately engages with his audience and takes them on the journey
into his world and it is a wonderful experience” (Watford Folk Club)

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This event consists of two 45 minute sets and ends at 21:30 but the bar will be open until midnight and there will be music for dancing. After 21:30 entry is free.