Performer Name: Gavin Robertson

Show Name: GREG BYRON - #StandUpPoet

Show Description

“Like watching John Cooper Clarke snog John Hegley while Pam Ayres watches" BBC Radio Writer/Performer of original Spoken Word and host of the #StandUpPoet podcast on iTunes, Spotify etc… Funny, witty, outraged, plain silly, sometimes just poignant or cathartic, but always “keeps you constantly engaged” (Kansas City Star, USA) delivering verses on life, the universe and everything (ish)… Verses inspired by modern day and social comment performed with a twinkle, a laugh, and a wry pointy finger! Plus sporadic anecdotes, wit, and his unique 55-word stories. Greg has performed in theatres, bookshops, on beaches, under the stars, in tents, village halls, restaurants and bars in the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan... “A MUST SEE SHOW! There’s a power in the words and delivery… An excellent show for people who like their comedy to make them think” FringeReview “A purveyor of words and language that delight the ear and feed the soul” RAW “Byron is a masterful performer with a hypnotic delivery” Reviews Hub

Basic lighting onstage, no colour changes required
Can supply A4/A3/A5
Gavin Robertson comes from a physical theatre background (Lecoq, Kemp and Gaulier), producing, creating, directing and performing his own work for national and international touring, often funded by the Arts Council of England. He has created a diverse portfolio of productions including ‘Spittoon’, ‘The Three Musketeers’, ‘The Six-Sided Man’, ‘Fantastical Voyage’, ‘I Am Who Am I’ and many others, infamously, ‘Thunderbirds F.A.B.’ which played in London's West End on six separate occasions between 1989 and 2002. Each of his productions has toured internationally via The British Council, independent producers and Festivals, including several tours to Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Singapore, Tunisia, Senegal and Morocco, as well as Hong Kong, Lebanon, Turkey, Oman, Brazil, Chile, Taiwan, Senegal, Costa Rica, USA, various European countries Other projects have included Producing and Directing the first-ever stage adaptation of ‘The Day Of The Triffids’ in association with The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich; Directing ‘Recipes For Disaster’ at The Comedy Theatre in the West End; and appearing in the award-winning ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ with Hollywood movie-actor Christian Slater at both The Gielgud and The Garrick Theatres in its two West End seasons in 2004/05. He has also directed Jos Houben (Complicite) in ‘What Is All this Dancing?’, and worked with ‘Warhorse’ Olivier-winning choreographer Toby Sedgewick. More recently he creates solo shows and works with Nicholas Collett. They now have ten shows as a collaboration.