Keith Carter is a
Liverpool
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-based comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his comic creation Nige, a
caricature
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of a scallie from
Merseyside
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cited by
Sir Jeremy Isaacs as being instrumental in helping Liverpool's successful 2007
Capital of Culture bid.
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Carter has been described as "not just a stand-up with a dressing-up box, he makes his characters live by his bearing, his gestures and by his voice".
Career
Carter began his career as a comedian in
clubs
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
in Liverpool in 2001. He has developed a number of comic characters, the most famous of which is Nige, who he claims to have based on a
scouse
Scouse (; formally known as Liverpool English or Merseyside English) is an Accent (dialect), accent and dialect of English language, English associated with Liverpool and the surrounding county of Merseyside. The Scouse accent is highly dis ...
r queuing up in front of him in a
dole
Dole may refer to:
Places
* Dole, Ceredigion, Wales
* Dole, Idrija, Slovenia
* Dole, Jura, France
** Arrondissement of Dole
* Dole (Kladanj), a village at the entity line of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina-Republika Srpska
* Dole, Ljubušk ...
queue;
other characters Carter has created include Gerald Roberts, an opinionated driver, and Colin Kilkelly, who thinks he is Liverpool's answer to
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the ...
.
Carter has made a number of appearances at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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and has been nominee and winner of a number of awards. His appearance in ''
Under the Mud
''Under the Mud'' is a 2009 comedy film directed by Solon Papadopoulos. It is set in Garston, an economically depressed area of Liverpool and follows the dramatic and eccentric happenings within one family on the day of its youngest daughter's ...
'' was described by ''
The Guardian
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'' as an almost show stealing performance.
[
] In 2008 he co-wrote the play ''The Berserker Boys'' with fellow Liverpudlian comedian Stanley McHale. The play premièred at the
Unity Theatre in February 2008.
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]
TV Credits
''Domestic'', BBC 2 (2002)
''Comedy Shuffle'', BBC 3 (written and performed) (2007)
''It's Adam and Shelley'', BBC 3 (2007)
''Meet The Blogs'', ITV (2008)
''Scallywagga'', BBC 3 (2008)
''Tonightly'', Channel 4 (2008)
Radio Credits
''Loose Ends'', BBC Radio (2004)
''The Gerald Roberts Radio Show'', BBC Radio (2005)
''How I Won The Capital of Culture'' by Nige, BBC Radio (2005)
''Deck of Friends'', BBC Radio (playwright) (2005)
Film Credits
''
Under the Mud
''Under the Mud'' is a 2009 comedy film directed by Solon Papadopoulos. It is set in Garston, an economically depressed area of Liverpool and follows the dramatic and eccentric happenings within one family on the day of its youngest daughter's ...
'' (2007).
Awards and nominations
*2008
''Daily Post'' Arts Award
*2003 ''
Liverpool Echo
The ''Liverpool Echo'' is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales – a subsidiary company of Reach plc and is based in St Paul's Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is published Monday to Sunday, and is Liverp ...
'' Comedian of the Year
*2005 North West Breakthrough Comedian of the Year
*2001
BBC New Comedy Awards
The BBC New Comedy Award first took place in 1995, and it is considered to be one of the top UK comedy newcomer awards.
It was axed in 2006, being replaced by a nationwide talent hunt that places its emphasis on sketch writing and filmed perform ...
, finalist
References
External links
Keith Carter profile at the Comedy Zone
BBC profile of Keith Carter
Keith Carter's blog for the ''
Liverpool Echo
The ''Liverpool Echo'' is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales – a subsidiary company of Reach plc and is based in St Paul's Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is published Monday to Sunday, and is Liverp ...
''
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Living people
English male comedians
Musicians from Liverpool
Male actors from Liverpool
Comedians from Liverpool
1970 births