Pete is a singer-songwriter, a compere, a poet, a lover and a fine administrator.

He graduated with an arts degree and has consequently spent most of his working life as a temp. Before long he gave up complaining and started laughing.

Pete’s rise to notoriety has been impressively swift. Since 2006, he has been performing high octane, slap-stick poetry, which has spread faster than a venial disease in a red light district.

He is based in Oxford but has been spotted in London, Brighton, Reading, Cambridge and Cheltenham and Coventry. He was the Oxjam Slam Champion (2007), finalist in the Hammer and Tongue Slam Final (2008) and went on to become the Hammer and Tongue UK Slam Champion the following year. He has performed at festivals such as Wychwood, Oxford Literary Festival, Brighton Festival and Brixton Green Fair.

Recent work includes participating in a spoken word tour in collaboration with People and Planet, a youth arts festival and the filming of performace poetry videos. He also teaches performance poetry in workshops.

He has shared a stage with some of the biggest names in stand up poetry including John Hegley, Byron Vincent, Mark Gwynn Jones, Elvis McGonnagal and Tim Claire.

Reviews:

‘A totally unique act’ - BBC Oxford

'Sublime' - Nightshift Magazine

'Quality subversive entertainment' - Oxfordshire Music Scene

‘Hilarious live act’ - Headstand 209 Radio

‘Pete’s been carving out a very exclusive niche as a solo performer… toe tappingly contagious and dangerously infective’ - Moshka Music

‘Heart-rending and blackly comic simultaneously…brilliant characterization’ - Laura King, Back Room Poets