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Anthony King

Anthony King started performing stand-up comedy in 1741 (date may not be exact) when the London Comedy Circuit was a small baby. With a flurry of clubs across the capital, he bounced around between them after bursting free from the dourness of his boring day job. At about the same time, he started talking about ...

Antoinette Bell

Ever wondered what your teacher got up to at night? Well, COMEDY is the answer. Antoinette Bell draws from her unusual experience in front of the classroom to bring those memories right back to the audience. With classic timing seen in only the best stand-up comedians, and casual banter, she confidently commands the st ...

Anvil Springstein

Born in Liverpool, Anvil left school with no educational qualifications whatsoever - and seeing a future of limited job prospects, promptly ran away to sea. After seven years before the mast, surviving hurricanes, typhoons, tempests, tornadoes... and the odd sunny afternoon, Anvil washed ashore off the coast of P ...

Ardal O'Hanlon

O'Hanlon first found fame as a stand-up comedian, winning the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition in 1994. For a period he was the presenter of The Stand Up Show.

He was spotted by Graham Linehan, who was to cast him as Father Dougal Maguire in Father Ted, which ran between 1995 and 1998. In 1995, he appeared (as Father Dougal) in a Channel 4 ident (' ...

Arj Barker

Stand-up comedian Arj Barker has appeared on several television comedy shows since his 1997 appearance on Premium Blend. Most of his appearances are late-night shows such as Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Glass House. He has had his own Comedy Central Presents episode on two occasions, first on 20th September, 2000 and again o ...

Arjun Medhi

Arjun Medhi makes his debut appearance in Bristol. As an up and coming stand-up comic, Arjun is working his way round the circuit with plenty of laughs for his friendly racism set.

His comedy is currently a preach about 'friendly racism' - a terminology he came up with to demonstrate the subtle prejudices today.

Arnab Chanda

After winning the a prestigious New Act Competition in 2005, Arnab went on to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the sell-out Edinburgh stand-up showcase The Comedy Bucket and also beat over 500 contestants to win the prestigious Amused Moose Comedy Awards.

He has appeared on Jane's New York (NBC), The Anita ...

Arnold Bolt

Arnold is a Leicester-based comedian, singer and songwriter who mixes stand-up comedy with his own highly original songs and poems. He is an accomplished and energetic performer whose topics range from R.E.M. and The Smiths to health freaks and the politically correct.

He is a veteran of the counterculture, having work ...

Arnold Brown

Anyone who knows comedy, knows comedian Arnold Brown. They know him as the grandfather of alternative comedy, one of the finest gag writers in Britain but most of all, as a man who 'possesses the unerring ability to draw humour from the most unlikely material' Times. For Brown, it is instinctive. It is natural. Yet despite more ...

Arnold Widdowson

Arnold started his career in the double act Ben & Arn which won the Perrier Newcomer award in 1999. Since then he has created the thinking man's French pop duo - Priorit Gauche which has enjoyed four sell-out Edinburgh shows. Priorit have also toured the UK, France and Australia and have had their own TV Show 'Le Hi ...