Rob Auton is an English

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and

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er. He is best known for his series of shows title after and focusing on a specific subject, performed at the

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each year since 2012.

Career

Rob Auton started performing live in 2008, before having his first hour-long show, ''The Yellow Show,'' at the

in 2012, as well as touring it around the UK in 2013. The show was later made into a short film as part of

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's ''Random Acts'' series. Since then, he has performed a new show each year as part of the

, with each one being entirely centred around a very specific subject, from which the show's title is taken. He is also a poet and illustrator, with his work having been published in a series of books by Burning Eye Books. He is a member of Bang Said The Gun, a stand-up poetry collective founded by Dan Cockrill and Martin Galton, who perform regularly in London and have featured poets such as

Roger McGough Roger Joseph McGough (; born 9 November 1937) is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme ''Poetry Please'', as well as performing his own poetry. McGough was one o ...

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and

John Hegley John Richard Hegley (born 1 October 1953) is an English performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter. Early life He was born in the Newington Green area of Islington, London, England, into a Roman Catholic household. He was brought up i ...

. In 2013, Auton won the '

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Funniest Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe' award for "I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa." As part of the 2014

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, Auton was given the position of poet-in-residence. Auton has performed stand-up on shows including ''

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'' and '' Stand Up Central'', and made his acting debut in 2018 as part of the long-running TV series ''

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''. In 2019, following the

, Auton performed ''The Time Show'' at the

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, as well as touring it throughout the UK. In 2020, Auton started a

titled ''The Rob Auton Daily Podcast'', with a new episode posted every day during the year. It subsequently won the award for The Best Daily Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards.

Selected work

Stand-up shows

Books

Acting

References

External links

Official website
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