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