Biography

  , Rob’s new show set on an acute psychiatric ward received Best of Fest at the 2009 Winnipeg Fringe and sold out across Canada over the summer. He is currently working on his next show.

Rob regularly performs at events and conferences, leads workshops in comedy and slam poetry, and has extensive experience of hosting live events at festivals, conferences, theatres and nightclubs.

Rob has performed with acts such as Jimmy Carr, Harold Pinter, Jo Brand, Alan Carr and Frankie Boyle. He's been commissioned to write poetry for Leicester City Football Club and BBC Radio, and won several poetry slams, including The Arts Council's Lit Up Poetry Slam and BBC2's Why Poetry Matters Slam. Apearences at festivals include the Glastonbury and Edinburgh Festivals, the Sydney International Poetry Festival, the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and the Austin International Poetry Festival.