COMEDY PERFORMANCE POET

COMEDY SINGER-SONGWRITER

LK 'Bluebell' Robinson

Biography

Hello - Thank you for visiting my website.  Here's my Background Biography which I hope is of interest - and of course - if you'd like to book me to perform my Award-Winning Comedy Poems - Comedy Monologues - and - Comedy Songs For Adults - (with a little bit of Ventriloquist in the mix!) - Please Contact Me - I'd Be Delighted!

I’m a Licentiate of The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art with 4 Honours Medals in Speech/Acting - and a multi award-winning, much-published, and frequently radio-broadcast Comedy, Romantic and Children’s Poet, Comedy, Romantic and Children’s Songwriter - and Comedy Monologue-writer – and - a little bit of a Ventriloquist and Puppeteer, too!

I’m the Winner of The Golden Grove/Forward Poetry Prize, Prize-Winner of The PIM Poetry Award, Finalist of The National Poetry Slam, Highly-Commended Poet of The Portico Poetry Prize and The Serendipity Poetry Award, among others, and my poems are published in 48 Poetry Anthologies, as 16 Solo Poetry Collections and as 3 Audio Poetry Books, to date. Over 100 of my Songs and Piano/Keyboard Instrumentals for Ballet and Dance are also published, to date.

I was anointed BBC Radio’s ‘Poetry Expert’ for their ‘Functional Poetry Challenge Initiative’- and have frequently performed my poetry live on: BBC Radio Solent, BBC 3 Counties, BBC Southern Counties, on Delta FM - and Radio Lion.  My live poetry and ventriloquism performances at Radio Lion were also recorded - and are frequently re-broadcast. 

I’ve given live poetry readings at a variety of Comedy, Poetry & Literary Festivals including: 

The Festival of Chichester, West Sussex

The Havant Literary Festival (as Comedy Support Act to Mike Harding)

The Beer & Oyster Festival, Hampshire

Port Solent Marina, Hampshire

The Elvetham Country Estate, Surrey

The Lanesborough Hotel, Park Lane, London

Hyde Park Corner, London

The Oakwood Theatre, Chichester, West Sussex

G-Live (Guildford) Surrey

The Ripley Festival, Surrey

The Christmas Festival, Surrey

East Hill House, Hampshire

Milkwood House, Hampshire

Greenbanks, Surrey

The Wheelwrights, Hampshire

The White Hart at Harting, West Sussex

O’Connors, The Secret Garden - Hampshire

- and at Festivals Theatres, Clubs, Cafes, Pubs, Galleries, Bookshops - on the London Fringe Theatre Circuit - at venues in the South, the South East and South West of England - and perform my poems, songs, puppetry, music and monologues at a wide variety of venues - from Theatres to Stately Homes to Street Theatre Events - and for Members of The House of Lords.  

Currently, I perform my Comedy Poetry, Comedy Monologues & Comedy Song Performances at my very own little Comedy Venue each week.  These take place as both Comedy Matinees & Comedy Nights - occasionally with specially invited poets/musicians. 

I’ve created & performed Comedy Cabaret Sketches/Skits, Audio-Visual Scripts, Ventriloquist Duologues and Puppet Scripts – and am the Founder and Resident Trainer of ‘The Ventriloquist Club of Great Britain’ - since the early 1980s. 

I’m also a much-published Comedy Monologues Writer & Comedy Speech-Writer for Performers & Public Speakers (Publication Title: ‘ACT! Alone: Scene-Stealing Comedy Monologues & Verse for Performers & Speakers’ Pubd. GAPP).  

I was commissioned by The Art Institute to create a 850,000 word Art Tutorial Course - Publication Title: ‘Master The Art’ Published by The Art Institute in 1998. 

I’m a former Magazine Columnist/Newspaper Columnist of ‘The Observer Series of Newspapers’ - and - a former Copy Editor with ‘The Financial Times (FinTech Publications)’. 

I’m the Founder & Editor of two internationally well-respected printed and illustrated monthly Poetry Magazines : ‘The Poetry Box Magazine’ - and - ‘The Bucks Mills Poetry Magazine’.

I’ve added Workshops to my Comedy writing and performing, conducting my own, highly popular & widely respected ‘Merlynda’s Comedy Poetry & Song Workshops’ and ‘Merlynda’s Comedy  Ventriloquism Workshops’ at Comedy, Poetry and Literary Festivals – and - for small Groups and Organisations. 

I’ve created a brand new, unique: ‘Laughter Is Medicine’ Therapy For Adults - which I also conduct for individuals and groups.

My Poetry Booklets are also available to order on The Devon Book Society website: www.DevonBookSociety.com 

I am also a well-known, internationally exhibited and collected  Cartoonist and Caricaturist - aka - 'Kitty Pigfish'. 

Please visit my website for Examples and Further Details:  www.KittyPigfishCartoons.com