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Off The Kerb
Off The Kerb Productions is a British talent agency company that mainly works with comedians. The company was owned by Addison Cresswell. The company is responsible for many comedians, including Jack Dee, Lee Evans, Jeremy Hardy, Jo Brand, Alan Carr, Marcus Brigstocke, Rich Hall, Michael McIntyre and negotiated an £18 million deal for Jonathan Ross. Prior to his death, Cresswell was also a director of ''Open Mike Productions'' and ''Little Mo Films'', which both make comedy programming for British television. They currently manage 57 artists and performers. Artists represented * Tom Allen *Charlie Baker *Angela Barnes *Jo Brand *Kevin Bridges *Marcus Brigstocke *Alan Carr *Paul Chowdhry *Ali Cook * Tim Clark * Marlon Davis *Dead Cat Bounce *Jack Dee *Neil Delamere * Lee Evans * Simon Evans * Dave Fulton *Ivo Graham *John Gordillo * Jeff Green *Rich Hall *Adam Hills *Phill Jupitus *Shappi Khorsandi *Tom Lucy *Alistair McGowan *Michael McIntyre *Dara Ó Briain *Andy Parsons *Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Bridges
Kevin Andrew Bridges (born 13 November 1986) is a Scottish stand-up comedian. His 2012 television series '' Kevin Bridges: What's the Story?'' was based on his stand-up routines. He has appeared on many television panel shows including '' Would I Lie to You?'', '' Have I Got News for You'' and has performed on '' Live at the Apollo'' and ''Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow''. Career Stand-up Bridges began performing on stage when he left school shortly after turning 17, doing stand-up comedy gigs at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow and then throughout the UK. Bridges said he was inspired to try stand up after reading Frank Skinner's autobiography. At 18, he reached the final of Channel 5's ''So You Think You're Funny'' competition at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2006, Bridges performed his first full-length solo show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, to a sold-out audience and much critical acclaim. Moving into bigger venues every year, Bridges sold out his hometown fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phill Jupitus
Phillip Christopher Jupitus (, ''né'' Swan; born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain on all but one BBC Two-broadcast episode of music quiz ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' from its inception in 1996 until 2015, and also appears regularly as a guest on several other panel shows, including '' QI'' and BBC Radio 4's ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''. Early life Born Phillip Swan in Newport on the Isle of Wight, he took his stepfather Alexander's surname Jupitus (a corruption of the Lithuanian name Šeputis) when he was 16. Jupitus attended a comprehensive school before winning a place at the boys' grammar school Woolverstone Hall School near Ipswich. Career Jupitus worked in Essex at the Manpower Services Commission, part of the Department of Employment, for five years, while he also wrote political poetry and drew cartoons. He resigned from the department in 1984, hoping for a care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Hills
Adam Christopher Hills (born 10 July 1970) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter. In Australia, he hosted the music quiz show '' Spicks and Specks'' from 2005 to 2011, and again in 2021 onwards, and the talk show ''Adam Hills Tonight'' from 2011 to 2013. In the United Kingdom, he has hosted the talk show ''The Last Leg'' since 2012. He has been nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award, the Gold Logie Award and numerous BAFTA TV Awards. Born in Loftus, Sydney, he began performing as a stand-up comedian in 1989 at the age of 19 and, since 1997, has produced ten solo shows which have toured internationally. He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Montreal Just for Laughs festival, earning three consecutive Edinburgh Award nominations for his Edinburgh shows in 2001, 2002 and 2003. In 2002, he scored a minor hit in Australia with his single "Working Class Anthem", in which he sang the lyrics of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Green (comedian)
Jeff Green (born 23 February 1964 in Chester) is an English stand-up comedian and writer. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and two children. Stand-up Green appears in stand-up festivals. His first solo tour in the United Kingdom sold out, and was broadcast on the ITV network. Television and radio His first TV stand-up show ''Jeff Green Live'', recorded at Her Majesty's Theatre, was shown on the ITV network on 29 December 1996. His second ITV show ''Jeff Green Up West'' recorded at Gielgud Theatre was shown in May 1997. Both shows were watched by over 3 million viewers. ''Back From The Bewilderness'' his third stand-up show recorded in 2003 at Gielgud Theatre has been shown several times on The Paramount Comedy Channel. He has appeared in several BBC television panel games and shows, such as Jo Brand's ''Hot Potatoes'', ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' and '' Have I Got News for You''. He has also made appearances on ITV's daytime show '' This Morning'', on Australian TV in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gordillo
John Gordillo is a director and former comedian. He has directed and produced live shows, specials and TV series for Eddie Izzard, Reginald D Hunter, Ross Noble, Josh Widdicombe, Dylan Moran, Michael Mcintyre, Mark Steel, Shappi Khorsandi, Seann Walsh, Shazia Mirza and Sean Lock among others. Gordillo performed stand-up from 1996 to 2000 before he co-created & hosted two series of ''The RDA'' aka ''The Recommended Daily Allowance'', a talk show for BBC Three. Gordillo returned to stand-up in 2006. In 2016, his ''Work-in-Progress'' stand-up set won Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival. Gordillo's solo work includes the 2009 production of ''Fuckonomics'' which received mixed reviews. British comedy website Chortle said the show's subject placed Gordillo "on potentially hack, misogynistic ground" whilst ''The Herald'' described it as "excruciatingly unfunny." More favourable reviews described ''Fuckonomics'' as "intellectually ambitious." His show about his father, ''Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Graham
Ivo is a masculine given name, in use in various European languages. The name used in western European languages originates as a Normannic name recorded since the High Middle Ages, and the French name Yves is a variant of it. The unrelated South Slavic name is a variant of the name Ivan (John). Origins The name is recorded from the High Middle Ages among the Normans of France and England (Yvo of Chartres, born c. 1040). The name's etymology may be either Germanic or Celtic, in either case deriving from a given name with a first element meaning "yew" (Gaulish ''Ivo-'', Germanic ''Iwa-'').Campbell, MikIvo(Behind the Name: The Etymology and History of First Names) The name may have been spread by the cult of Saint Ivo (d. 1303), patron saint of Brittany. The Slavic name is a hypocorism, like its variant ''Ivica''. Variations Ivo has the genitive form of "Ives" in the place name St Ives. In France, the usual variation of the name is Yves. In the Hispanic countries of Lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Fulton (comedian)
John David Fulton (born 7 December 1965) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played three List A matches for Central Districts in 1993/94. A batsman, Fulton is the most capped player for Manawatu, with 129 appearances between 1989 and 2006. He is also Manawatu's record run-scorer, with 5,230 runs, including 11 centuries A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word ''century'' comes from the Latin ''centum'', meaning ''one hundred''. ''Century'' is sometimes abbreviated as c. A centennial or .... Fulton works as the grounds turf supervisor at Massey University. He represented New Zealand at the first over-50s world cup in 2018. References External links * 1965 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Central Districts cricketers Cricketers from Lower Hutt {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Evans (comedian)
Simon Evans (born 9 May 1965) is an English comedian. Early life Evans attended Verulam School in St Albans and then studied law at Southampton University, graduating in 1986. Stand-up comedy Evans is an established UK comedian with his own BBC Radio 4 series ''Simon Evans Goes to Market'', and with numerous TV appearances to his name. He was on '' Live at the Apollo'' (January 2013) and was a weekly regular on '' Stand Up for the Week'' (Autumn 2013, Channel 4). TV appearances have also included ''Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow'' in Sunderland (BBC One, 2010) and ''Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live'' (BBC Three, 2010). A prolific live act, Evans toured his show ''Fringe Magnet'' in 2010–11, ''Friendly Fire'' 2011–2012, then ''Leashed'' which debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2013. In 2018 Evans toured his show ''Genius'' which garnered four-star reviews at Edinburgh in 2017 and was described in The Scotsman as an "extraordinarily accomplished hour… a masterclass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Delamere
Neil Delamere ( ; born 1979) is an Irish comedian. He is a regular on the BBC Northern Ireland television show '' The Blame Game'', and the reigning BBC Fighting Talk Champion of Champions. Early life and education Delamere is from Edenderry, County Offaly. He has a degree in Computer Applications from Dublin City University (DCU). Career He began his career in 2004 at the Edinburgh Festival. Since then he has worked for both Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and the BBC, in programmes such as the BBC comedy series ''One Night Stand'', BBC radio and television panel quiz '' The Blame Game'' and RTÉ topical comedy show '' The Panel''. He hosted ''Neil Delamere's Just For Laughs'', a comedy television show in which he interviewed acts performing at the Montreal Festival. He featured on ''Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow'' on 4 July 2009. Delamere made his debut appearance on Radio Five Live's panel show ''Fighting Talk'', broadcast on 11 December 2010, and won. In 2011, he ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Cat Bounce
In finance, a dead cat bounce is a small, brief recovery in the price of a declining stock. Derived from the idea that "even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height", the phrase, which originated on Wall Street, is also popularly applied to any case where a subject experiences a brief resurgence during or following a severe decline. This may also be known as a "sucker rally". History The earliest citation of the phrase in the news media dates to December 1985 when the Singaporean and Malaysian stock markets bounced back after a hard fall during the recession of that year. Journalists Chris Sherwell and Wong Sulong of the ''Financial Times'' were quoted as saying the market rise was "what we call a dead cat bounce". Both the Singaporean and Malaysian economies continued to fall after the quote, although both economies recovered in the following years. The phrase was used again the following year about falling oil prices. In the San Jose Mercury News, Raymond F. DeVo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlon Davis (comedian)
Marlon Davis (born 21 June 1983) is a British actor and stand-up comedian. Early and personal life The eldest of six siblings, Davis was brought up on the Stonebridge, London council estate, North West London. Davis is of Jamaican and Grenadian descent. He is a former student of Our Lady of Lourdes R.C Primary School and Cardinal Hinsley R.C High School. He studied B.A Art & Design at University of Westminster Career Davis began performing live in 2005 on the UK black comedy circuit. The following year, Davis made the final of two national competitions “Laughing Horse” and "So You Think You're Funny" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2009 he won FHM Stand Up Hero which was televised on ITV4. In 2012, Davis debuted his first solo show "Enter The Davism", which sold out its run at both the Pleasance Theatre in Edinburgh and London's Soho Theatre. Davis is represented by Off the Kerb and has supported stand-up comedians Michael McIntyre, Alan Carr, and Kevin Bridges on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
