Colchester Arts Centre

About

Les Barker writes strange poems and comes from originally from Manchester, but he's now Welsh.

He was an accountant before he became a professional idiot. He's written 85 books, which sell in large numbers at his gigs because people don't quite believe what they've just heard.

His poems have spawned a number of folk heroes: Jason and the Arguments, Cosmo the Fairly Accurate Knife Thrower, Captain Indecisive, and Spot of the Antarctic, to name but two.

The Hoolies  
The Hoolies are a popular shanty crew from Wivenhoe.  Featured on Radio Essex, they have been described as ‘blowing up a storm locally’ for their entertaining and lively versions of shanties and maritime folk songs.  They will be performing at Harwich International Shanty Festival in October.  

 

Tickets £12 / £10 concessions.

Doors open 7.45pm.

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