Some quotes new and old.
'Beat Poet Fitton arrives back from India and Shocks Oxford'
- Oxford Mail
'Barry Fitton.... To weird for words 'nuff said!'
- Manchester Guardian
'Barry Fitton is frightening in his performance of a poet trying to understand the world he lives in.
Don't take your maiden aunt when you go to see him perform.'
- Mole Express
'Mr Fitton is an English gentleman who sees Pakistan without his sunglasses'
- Dawn Newspaper. Pakistan
Life story
 First put poetry to paper at the age of nine, He never did learn to spell,
the only thing he knows about grammar is that she died when he was 12.
Leaving school at the age of 15 he went to work in a cotton factory
stayed long enough to buy a sleeping bag, rucksack and a pair of boots
then he hit the road. First the British Isles ending up in Oxford with the Blackfriars poets,
a bunch of anarchists performing in a monastery. From there Europe still screaming his
poems at every one who would listen. Then off overland to India/Greece/Ibiza
Back to England and formed The "Axis Experimental poetry theatre" & magazine.
He then headed west to America taught in GA. And travelled the Midwest doing readings.
After returning to England to form the "Indigo Hellalump Portable Theatre " which moved
to Belgium he stayed there a few years opened the first headshop in Belgium.
Started 'Antwerp poets' a group of poets & musicians performing at the music café,
'De Musiek Doos'.
Returning to England he then fell ill and did nothing for 15 years
except marry twice open an occult bookshop and run a cat rescue. One morning he awoke at
last and moved to Holland, where he as spent the last 5 years performing his poetry on
stage/radio/television/bars/café's/squats & on board a ship. and that's where I am now.
Still screaming poems/sounds/ideas to who ever wants to listen. Motto "have poems will travel".
Poetical history
Performances and readings:
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Oslo/Bergen/Gothenburg/Copenhagen
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Scandinavia
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Bonn/Wiesbaden/Munich
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Germany
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Salzburg
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Austria
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Amsterdam/Utrecht/Alkmaar/Lelystad
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Holland
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Brussels/Louvain/Louvain-la-nerve/Duffel/Antwerp/Liege
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Belgium
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Paris/nice/Aux au Province/Cannes
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France
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Gibraltar/Barcelona/Ibiza/San Antonio/Saville
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Spain
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Athens/Thessolonika
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Greece
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Istanbul/Ankara/Izmir
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Turkey
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Tehran/Trabriz
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Iran
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Karachi/Quetta/Lahore
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Pakistan
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New Delhi/Madras/Calcutta
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India
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St.Johns/Santa Fe./New Mexico
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Prague
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Tjechia
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And too many, places in England to mention.
Radio & TV:
- B.B.C. Radio Manchester poetry & Blues
- B.B.C. Radio Leeds & Granada television
- Azart Tv. Holland
- Kleurnet tv. Holland
- Essen television Germany
- Radio free Pakistan
- All India radio
- Radio 100 Amsterdam
- Radio Amsterdam FM
- Radio Vrede, Alkmaar
Festivals:
- Deeply vale
- Isle of Wight
- Hyde park
- Chorley
- The black forest peace festival
- Rochdale arts festival
- Edinburgh fringe
- Brussels women's day
- Vrije boeken week
- Ruigoord poetry festival
2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 & 2006
- One world poetry festival
- Ruigoord new moon festival 2001
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International poetry festival, Ruigoord 2001
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Multi media:
- Axis Experimental poetry theatre
- Indigo Hellalump portable theatre
- Blackfriars poets
- Antwerp poets
- Exploding Galactic Productions
- Readings with musicians
- Victor Brox blues train
- Sun trolley
- Pubik enemy
- Pussy cats
- Barbie Norden
- Maleck Jabarra Khan
- Jannis Mavrikos
- Phil Seman
- Rudy Hoffman
- Tommy Yates/Kendrick 'Spacey' Macey/Alexis Korner/Graham bond/pink Floyd before they had a name and many others.
Books/Mags etc:
- A long way home 1967 collection of travel poems
- Axis magazine (editor)
- Der Standerd. Belgium
- Daily worker. UK
- Peace news. UK
- Dawn daily. Pakistan
- Oxford mail (Article by Brian Aldiss) 1967
- Isis. UK
- Mole Express. UK
- Oz Magazine. UK
- IT. UK
- Rochdale Observer.UK
- Manchester Guardian. UK
- Erotology book & CD 2001
Books & Cd's:
- "Erotology" book & CD 2001
- "Amsterdam nights" 2003, a collection of poems with photographs by Paul Stoffles
- "Hanging out in Amsterdam" CD with various musicians
- "I Left no Footsteps Behind Me" book by Barry Fitton
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