Rob Barratt -Comic Poet, Humourist and Singer
Rob Barratt is a Dudley-born and Cornwall-based comic poet, humourist and singer whose brain-tickling, word-mangling performances combine clever wordplay, verse and song with satire, parody and audience participation.
He tackles subjects as diverse as squid, data-driven education, chocolate, Neanderthal politics, Scottish weather, distressed furniture, pissoirs and his relationship with potatoes — but beneath the humour lie serious and thought-provoking themes.
In recent years, Rob has appeared at folk, literature and arts festivals and venues across the British Isles and Australia, establishing himself as a distinctive and original voice in comic poetry.
“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