Homework is leaving its usual home at the BGWMC for a special one-off appearance at the Camden Crawl on May 5th.

We’re hosting an afternoon of true stories, told onstage by the people they happened to. We’re looking for stories on the theme of “Losing It”. Whether that’s a loss of control, loss of innocence, or [...]

I made my first ever documentary in February this year. In it, I tell the story of my quest to find a computer program that can write better poetry than I can. The whole thing is now online and you can watch it here. Happy New Year, everyone!

ONE THING: COMEDIAN DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF JOKE

For the last couple of years, I’ve been developing a piece of interactive theatre called Comedian Dies In The Middle Of A Joke. Next Thursday it has its LONDON DEBUT at Battersea Arts Centre. After some great scratches at Sampled and the Forest [...]

To tie in with National Poetry Day, I’m releasing a free e-book of 12 illustrated sonnets, each based on a different character from Street Fighter 2. That’s right: ANOTHER BOOK OF STREET FIGHTER SONNETS. Sheesh.

At the back of the book is a personality test. Find out which streetfighter you are most like! My dad is [...]

OK, I’m back from Edinburgh, and my immune system has gone into some sort of critical meltdown. Is it possible for someone to have TWO COLDS SIMULTANEOUSLY?

I was trying out a lot of new stuff over the summer, and I’m happy to say all of it went pretty well! I got some great feedback on [...]

The final few days of Edinburgh Fringe, and I’ve got a bit of a safari party lined up.

On Friday 27 August at 7pm I’m doing Neu! Reekie! at the Scottish Book Trust

(Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street, Royal Mile) with Kevin Cadwallender, Michael Pederson and the mighty Stevie Jackson from Belle and Sebastian.

Same night, I’m running [...]

After a week of play at Forest Fringe, The Hinterland has accumulated a great deal of worthy adventurers. See my dope infographic above.

Today, we had our first player reach Canto Four! It’s a matter of time before they reach the centre of our diabolical maze. This is very exciting for all of us involved.

If you’d [...]

As part of my curatorial contribution to this year’s Forest Fringe, I am showcasing two performances of Comedian Dies In The Middle Of Joke: a interactive play about comedy & repetition.

Here’s the blurb:

November 1th, 1983: the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war. Comedian Joe “Pops” Pooley is headlining his local comedy club. [...]

Hello.

My principle project at the Edinburgh Fringe this year is an exciting new collaboration between myself & social gaming legends Hide and Seek. It’s supported by Escalator East to Edinburgh, Arts Council England and the Jerwood Foundation. We’ve been putting on the finishing touches over the last month, and  finally it’s ready to LAUNCH.

Hinterland is [...]

I am doing lots of fun stuff at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. One of those things is called DETOURS.

DETOURS is a series of impromptu performances in art galleries, happening across the length of the Edinburgh Art Festival. There are two performances from me, two from comedian Josie Long, two from musician Aidan Moffat, and two [...]