In a vain attempt at bourgeois credibility, Manchester's sharp-dressed, sharp-delivering punk poet Lenny, changed his name to John Cooper Clarke and embarked on a ?polysyllabic excursion though Thrillsville'! Clad in the slum chic of the hipster, he issued the slang anthems of the zip age in the desperate esperanto of bop. Expect a mix of hilarious anecdotes of life in a Northern town interspersed with machine-gun fast delivery of some of his best poems. If you think poetry is dull and boring, or posh and erudite - you haven't seen JCC! The Bard of Salford. The unique rapid fire delivery of his poems alongside razor sharp gags and tales of the absurd or just hilarious, have created a live career lasting over 30 years. John Cooper Clarke website.| 18 May 13 | The Picture House (formerly HMV Picture House) Edinburgh Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 19 Oct 12 | Gloucester Guildhall Gloucester, Gloucestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 13 Oct 12 | The Arches Glasgow Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 10 Oct 12 | Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Liverpool, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 4 Jul 12 | Harrogate Theatre Harrogate, North Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 24 Jun 12 | The Gate Cardiff, Glamorgan Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 25 Nov 11 | Pavilion Theatre Worthing, West Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 29 Oct 11 | The Duchess York, North Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 28 Oct 11 | The Picture House (formerly HMV Picture House) Edinburgh Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 23 Oct 11 | Theatre Severn Shrewsbury, Shropshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 7 Oct 11 to 8 Oct 11 | Jazz Cafe Inner London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 29 Sep 11 | Key Theatre Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 26 May 11 | Octagon Sheffield, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 10 Apr 11 | Rose Theatre Kingston Kingston, Surrey Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 9 Apr 11 | De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 3 Apr 11 | Exeter Phoenix Exeter, Devon Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 2 Apr 11 | Princess Pavilion Falmouth, Cornwall Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 12 Feb 11 | Chapter Globe Cardiff, Glamorgan Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 6 Feb 11 | O2 Academy Leicester Leicester, Leicestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 19 Dec 10 | The Scala Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 11 Dec 10 | O2 Academy Liverpool Liverpool, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 4 Dec 10 | O2 Institute Birmingham Birmingham, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 28 Nov 10 | Thekla Bristol, City of Bristol Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 22 Oct 10 | Whitley Bay Playhouse Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 9 Sep 10 | Alban Arena St Albans, Hertfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 9 Jul 10 | Southbank Centre West End, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 17 Jun 10 | Theatre Severn Shrewsbury, Shropshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 28 May 10 | Leadmill Sheffield, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
