Two Idiots & An Absent Friend

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Two Idiots & An Absent Friend is on Saturday 16 January 2027 at The Kingston Barn, Canterbury, with doors at 14:30. Tickets start at £9.90, including the booking fee.

Folk in the Barn - Presents 'The Tea Cosy Sessions' 2027 Doors 2.30pm for 3pm start Tickets £18 online £22 on the door £9 under 25s Two Idiots & An Absent Friend An Affectionate Tribute To The Great Les Barker By Keith Donnelly & John Watterson Les Barker - 1947 - 2023 The best and funniest Poet Laureate we never had. Les Barker was the folk world's well-kept secret on three continents. Outside its confines the general public were blissfully unaware of his talent for side-splittingly hilarious originals such as "Dachshunds with Erections Can't Climb Stairs' or 'Spot of the Antarctic' or 'Have You Got any News of the Iceberg?' (An alternative to the Titanic story from a polar bear's point of view.) Is it possible to be silly and a genius? Les Barker proved that it was. The Financial Times praised his work as “a blend of Edward Lear nonsense, Stanley Unwin wordplay, the surreal inconsequentiality of Reeves and Mortimer and the demonic robustness of Stanley Holloway monologues.” Les's long-time friends, Keith Donnelly and John Watterson, each well loved performers in their own right, are bringing his poetry to a wider audience. Keith Donnelly and Les Barker used to share a stag...

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Two Idiots & An Absent Friend