"The Masters of Beatrantin' Rhythm and Views"
TOURS
2022 SUMMER FESTIVALS
Getting back out there...
Rickmansworth Festival, Lakefest, Blyth Power Ashes, Rebellion
2021 SUMMER FESTIVALS
Still locked down, ready for action!
2020 SUMMER FESTIVALS
2019 SUMMER FESTIVALS
Loads of festivals in 2019..... If only we could remember that far back....
Some Previous Gigs
2023 SUMMER FESTIVALS
2018 SUMMER FESTIVALS
The Antipoet are proud to announce we have been invited back to Larmer Tree Festival and will also be appearing at a whole host of festivals this summer including:- Blythe Power Ashes, Rickmansworth Festival, and many more. We'll also be recording 10th anniversary DVD on 22nd March for release later this year.
2017 SUMMER FESTIVALS
Quote - "Posted on June 27, 2017 by Glastonbury Festival Poetry & Words Blog
We opened with Antipoet, the two-man, kilt-adorned, madcap bunch of poetic punks who have possibly the hardest job of the weekend, opening each stage from scratch at the start of the day. The two mix music and poems, a double bass and
high heeled patent leather boots. They introduce the audience to the martial artist physiotherapist, where ‘the only thing that lets him down is his bedside manner…” they go on to describe the ‘light saber in mummy’s special drawer…little baby you know bullshit when you smell it cause you’ve so much to endure.” Somehow they manage to create a magic energy from scratch at the start of each day, and offer a kind of solace and call to arms: “There’s no money in performance poetry,’ they sing. “We’ll play for sex! We’ll play for food!”
‘Did they just say they’d play for sex?’ asked an audience member at the edge of tent behind me. ‘Who wouldn’t?’ his companion replied.
2015 SUMMER FESTIVALs
The Antipoet are proud to announce we have been invited back to Glastonbury Festival Poetry & Words stage in 2015 will also be appearing at a whole host of festivals this summer including:- Blythe Power Ashes, Rickmansworth Festival, Yorky Fest, Stoney Stratford, the Edinburgh Fringe and many more. We'll also be recording 5th album later this year for release early in 2016
The Antipoet host and appear at Zone 7, Croxley Green with Rrrants.
2014 SUMMER FESTIVALs
The Antipoet are proud to anounce we will be appearing at a whole host of festivals this summer including:-
Glastonbury (Poetry & Words), Larmer Tree, Strawberry Fair (Cambridge), Waterside Festival (MK), Blythe Power Ashes, Crouch End Festival, Rickmansworth Festival, Stoney Live and many more
2013 SUMMER FESTIVALs
The AntiPoet stormed the stages of Glastonbury 2013
This summer, RRRANTS were delighted to annouce that The AntiPoet (Paul Eccentric and Ian Newman) had been booked to play none other than Glastonbury Festival 2013. The news was announced in April and was accompanied by a glowing review from the festival's official blogger, before they'd even made it to the stage!
"I screamed when I saw they were on too! Possible my favourite poetry act ever and the stage needs them!
My favourite poetry ‘band’, these two had adults streaming tears in laughter and kids all round me jumping from their seats chanting ‘Tights Not Stockings’, the last time I saw them at a live gig. My mum fancies them, my nan thinks they’re ‘a bit too rude’, my mates think they’re geniuses and I think their song ‘Random Words’ should be given out as medication to anyone who’s gone to too many naff poetry gigs. Serious ideas performed hilariously." - Hollie McNish, Glastonbury 2013 Official Blogger
Following their multiple performances across the weekend, The AnitPoet received yet more glowing reviews, including:
"We just want to say, The Antipoet are a dream to watch, check them out, very, very worthwhile" - Poetry and Words, Glastonbury June 2013
A note from the boys themselves: The AntiPoet would like to thank all the lovely people, performers, staff and festival goers for making their first time out at Glastonbury utterly memorable and bloody brilliant to boot! Especially Helen, Helen's mum, Bohdan for the photos and Hollie for the blogging. Cheers!
We can't wait to see you all again this year.
07/01/2015 Dashwood Comendy Dashwood arms
27/01/2015 Bardic Trials Stoney Stratford
01/02/2015 Shenanigans London
05/02/2015 Bang Said the Gun The Roebuck
10/02/2015 Scribal Gathering Stoney Stratford
20/02/2015 Hunt Sabateurs Labour clucb, Nothampton
23/02/2015 FUBAR The Pleasance, London
28/02/2015 FUBAR The Pleasance, London
02/03/2015 Keystone
11/03/2015 Friggers of Speech
26/03/2015 Bus drivers prayer Brick Lane
18/04/2015 Birthday Party
16/05/2015 Yorkyfest
16/05/2015 Rickmansworth Festival
16/05/2015 Yorkyfest Stoney Stratford
30/05/2015 Trestle Arts St Albans
04/06/2015 Utter - Luton
06/06/2015 The Crescent St Albans
06/06/2015 Hemel Golf Club Hemelhemstead
10/06/2015 Friggers of speech Crouch End
20/06/2015 The Anglers Retreat Tring
22/06/2015 Betsey Trotwood
24/06/2015 Glastonbury Grenpeace
25/06/2015 Glastonbury The Banjo Stage
25/06/2015 Glastonbury Henry's Beard
26/06/2015 Glastonbury Poetry and Words
26/06/2015 Glastonbury
26/06/2015 Glastonbury Worthy FM
26/06/2015 Glastonbury Henry's Beard
26/06/2015 Glastonbury
27/06/2015 Glastonbury Poetry and Words
27/06/2015 Glastonbury
27/06/2015 Glastonbury
27/06/2015 Glastonbury Henry's Beard
27/06/2015 Glastonbury Mavericks
28/06/2015 Glastonbury Poetry and Words
01/07/2015 COCO Croxley
04/07/2015 A Fete Near Ricki
08/07/2015 The Boot St Albans
16/07/2015 Larmer Tree Lyrical Lostwood
17/07/2015 Larmer Tree The Social
18/07/2015 Larmer Tree Lyrical Lostwood
19/07/2015 Citidal Festival Victoria Park - London
31/07/2015 Beer Festival Aston clinton
02/08/2015 Bardic Picnic Northampton
10/08/2015 Fringe Edinburgh
11/08/2015 Fringe Edinburgh
12/08/2015 Fringe Edinburgh
13/08/2015 Fringe Edinburgh
29/08/2015 Blythe Power Ashes Tewksbury
09/09/2015 Open Mic The Boot
13/09/2015 The Unorthadox Paradox Ratlinghope
19/09/2015 Milton Keynes Engagement Party
21/09/2015 Boogaloo N6 5AT
03/10/2015 Trestle Arts St Albans
13/10/2015 The Crown Stoney Stratford
21/10/2015 Friggers of Speech Findsbury Park
24/10/2015 Marshal Arts Awards Telford
28/10/2015 Art Gallery Hatfield Rd. SA.
31/10/2015 Trestle Arts St Albans
01/11/2015 Birthday Party The Garibaldi
10/11/2015 Hammer & Tougne Oxford
15/11/2015 Recording Mark's
25/11/2015 Open Mic The Boot
28/11/2015 Christmas Lights Stony Stratford
06/12/2015 Xmas Market St Albans
17/12/2015 Coco Café Croxley
19-Jul-14 Larmer Tree Festival Salisbury
28-Jun-14 Glastonbury Festival Pilton
08-Jun-14 139-141 Crouch Hill London
07-Jun-14 Strawberry Fair Cambridge
05-Jun-14 Queens Wood Cafe Muswell Hill
20-May-14 Bar Des Arts Guildford
23-Mar-14 The Finsbury Finsbury Park
25-Feb-14 The Goat Inn St Albans
06-Feb-14 London Comedy Cafe London
08-Dec-13 The Lexington Islington
30-Oct-13 The Labour Club Northampton
21-Jul-13 Larmer Tree Festival Salisbury
20-Jul-13 Larmer Tree Festival Salisbury
12-Jul-13 The Hub Aston Clinton
11-Jul-13 The B-bar Plymouth
04-Jul-13 Queens Wood Cafe Muswell Hill
26-Jun-13 Hackney Attic London
24-May-13 Concorde Club Cranford
22-May-13 The Fitzroy Tavern London
18-May-13 Rickmansworth Festival Watford
10-Mar-13 The Finsbury Finsbury Park
16-Feb-13 Landmark Arts Centre Teddington
12-Feb-13 The Crown Stony Stratford
11-Feb-13 The Green Note Camden Town
22-Jan-13 The Cock Hotel Stony Stratford
17-Dec-12 Boogaloo Highgate
25-Nov-12 The Pound Cabaret, The Kings Waterloo
10-Nov-12 Tristan Bates Theatre Covent Garden
04-Oct-12 The Dogstar Brixton
08-Sep-12 Croxfest 2012 Croxley Green
26-Aug-12 The Pound Cabaret, The Kings Waterloo
22-Aug-12 The Olde Leather Bottle Hemel Hempstead
18-Aug-12 Luton Aid, The Hat Factory Luton
09-Aug-12 The Goat Inn St Albans
29-Jul-12 World Picnic Stony Stratford
13-Jul-12 Tea House Theatre Vauxhall
16-Jun-12 Waterside Festival Great Linford
04-Jun-12 Beechstock High Wycombe
02-Jun-12 The 100 Club Oxford Street
19-May-12 Rickmansworth Festival Watford
01-May-12 Bar Des Arts Guildford
15-Apr-12 Priory Hall Much Wenlock
Getting back out there...
Rickmansworth Festival, Bestival, Blyth Power Ashes,
Whitby Steampunk Weekend, Great Bridlington...
