Event

Rob Gee, Poetry/Comedy

Rob's live act uses a heady combination of poetry, comedy, storytelling, and theatre to explore the world of chaos and adventure that lurks behind the veneer of everyday life.Rob first acquired a taste for the stage playing King Herod in the school nativity. He started writing poetry when fronting punk rock bands as a teenager.Based in Leicester, UK, he's performed over three thousand shows, regularly appears on BBC Radio, and is sometimes sent into schools as a warning to children. Rob's is the only performance ever to have instigated a fight at the Leamington Spa Peace Festival.Rob has also performed The Glastonbury Festival, The Sydney International Poetry Festival, The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and The Austin International Poetry Festival. He performed the Edinburgh Fringe for seven consecutive years and regularly performs on the North American Fringe circuit. He's shared stages with numerous personalities, including Harold Pinter, Jo Brand, Sue Townsend, Jimmy Carr, Omid Djalili, Frankie Boyle, Russell Howard, Sarah Millican, Kate Tempest, Scroobius Pip, and John Cooper Clarke.Poetry Slam victories include The Edinburgh Slam, The Toronto $83 Slam, BBC2's Why Poetry Matters Slam, The Arts Council's Lit Up Slam, The Nottingham Alley Slam, The Ledbury Poetry Slam, and The Orlando Poetry Smackdown.