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Barbara Brownskirt is the creation of, and performed by Karen McLeod. Her debut show Who Do You Think You Are? Barbara Brownskirt. was part of Brighton Fringe 2017 and is at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer. As Writer-in-Residence at the 197 bus stop on Croydon Road in south east London, Barbara is anorak wearing and unlucky in love. Writing and performing (intentionally) appalling poetry Barbara is highly prolific and hugely unsuccessful. Failure and aloneness are major themes. Barbara has been described as ‘affecting, sad and touchingly unaware’ to the extent that her poetry becomes genuinely moving. Upcoming dates here and an interview with Diva Magazine here.
The act plays regularly at London's Southbank Centre, Duckie, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern and other stand up alternative poetry nights. In 2015 Barbara performed with artist Scottee, as part of FRAFF, 'a poetry night for drunks and dyslexics' at Bestival, Wilderness Festival & Heart of Glass in Liverpool. In 2016 the act was shortlisted for Ultimate Planet LBQ Comedian, played with Duckie at Latitude Festival and participated in the Audition Project, bringing together 75 live UK artists on the Birmingham Hippodrome stage as a snapshot of the performing arts in 2016.
The act plays regularly at London's Southbank Centre, Duckie, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern and other stand up alternative poetry nights. In 2015 Barbara performed with artist Scottee, as part of FRAFF, 'a poetry night for drunks and dyslexics' at Bestival, Wilderness Festival & Heart of Glass in Liverpool. In 2016 the act was shortlisted for Ultimate Planet LBQ Comedian, played with Duckie at Latitude Festival and participated in the Audition Project, bringing together 75 live UK artists on the Birmingham Hippodrome stage as a snapshot of the performing arts in 2016.
