These are the strangely sad and sadly strange words of T.S. IDIOT, a queer poet and artist once deemed to be in very poor taste by their hometown council. These are words on queerness, on class, on love and loss and finding what we can congealed in the cracks of every day life. These words are for times of tenderness, these words are for laughing with. These words are for you.
They are an outsider artist, a performer who draws on beauty and power from history's margins to embrace and mock modern life in equal measures. They look to the junkies, the jokers and the bent and abandoned for inspiration and solace. They have warmed up crowds for the likes of John Cooper Clarke and Attila The Stockbroker, as well as DIY punk shows and queer cabaret nights across the UK and hosted IDIOT TALK, a monthly spoken word show on 1020 Radio. They believe that the values of punk can be a transformative and powerful vehicle for social change. A multidisciplinary artist, their practice spans poetry, short fiction, performance, film and theatre. They are an alumni of several UK Young Artists residency programmes and a Cultural Secretary for Tate St Ives, as well as writing for BBC Arts and performing across the UK at nights hosted by the likes of Apples & Snakes and Raise The Bar.Their poetry zine SPIT & MARGARINE was self-released in 2020 and their poems and short stories have been published by Perennial Press, The CALM Project, Global Youth Review, Ink, Sweat & Tears, Bloomsbury and The Bitchin' Kitsch. As society slowly collapses, T.S. IDIOT has been writing #pandemicpoems, stories and short films, developing live performances and making DIY theatre for communities and young people. They want you to know that they love you and that everything's going to be ok. Contact them directly for bookings, commissions and more - send a message to t.stockley@hotmail.co.uk, via facebook or tweet them. If you shout loud enough they may come galloping across the horizon like a tiny hairless horse. |
"A spoken word phenomena" - Voice Magazine "Lighthearted but bittersweet" - Fringe Review "Rambunctious and moving" - Milk Poetry "A proper punk" - Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) "Skillfully disobedient" - Pete The Temp "A performer that resonates with everyone's experience" - Revolv "Angry, playful and heartfully earnest" - The Friday Poem "Weird stuff... a cross between Suicide and John Cooper Clarke" - Attila The Stockbroker "Rhythmical and exhilarating, they force you to read aloud" - Taproot Press "In very poor taste" - Devon County Council 
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