|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Andy Robinson has been performing comedy for fifteen years and will continue to do so until he marries into royalty.
Andy’s foray into the world of stand up comedy began in the early 90s, when he played guitar in a band named ‘The Carpetsweepers,’ often leaving both members of the audience in hysterics as his patter between songs gradually became longer and more entertaining than the music.
At the Glastonbury Festival in 1993, Andy won a competition for perspiring young comedians. This first encounter of the sweaty world of stand-up gave him a real insight into a life of comedy.
Andy commenced his meteoric trajectory into the glitzy world of show business from a pub in Dudley where he sharpened his trade compering a ‘free and easy’ night every fortnight. The discipline of cracking funnies between bare knuckle boxing and dog fights was an invaluable experience.
Andy enjoyed a brief dalliance with the world of local radio where he worked in Birmingham as a DJ. However, matters came to a head when some light hearted on-air comments about a popular boy band did not correspond with the management’s point of view. Coincidentally, the station was running a promotional weekend with the aforementioned boy band.
He has also worked as a ‘warm-up’ artist on shows such as ‘The Fast Show’ (BBC2), ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ (BBC2) ‘The Harry Enfield Show’ (BBC1), ‘They Think It’s All Over’ (BBC1) and ‘It’s Only TV But I Like It’ (BBC1)
Andy also ran a strange hybrid of what he calls ‘quiz based entertainment’ last year at The Glee Club, Britain’s largest comedy club outside London. An evening called ‘Quizburger’ which combined comedy, music, a pub style quiz and theatre. Andy prides himself on the fact that emotions run so high amongst the audience on these nights that a fight would inevitably break out every week.
Perhaps the greatest achievement of Andy’s performing years is the reputation he has developed as one of the finest comperes working on the circuit today. He has some rather fine jokes to tell as well as a musical element to his act that’s different every time.
Television credits include:
‘The Stand Up Show’ (BBC)
‘The Comedy Store’ (Channel 5)
‘Gas’ (Channel 4)
‘The Big Stage’ (Channel 5)
“Andy Robinson is the comedy equivalent of gold dust, pure talent just waiting to be discovered” (The Guardian)
“Andy Robinson clearly has what it takes, he’s a natural” (The Observer)
“He uses the language we all use, his timing is impeccable and he knows just how far to prey so that it’s side-splitting” (Edinburgh Evening News)
“His thoughtful, less predictable style of humour relies less on imposing himself on the audience and more on drawing them into his world” (Time Out, London)
“We don’t blame Andrew Robinson’s parents, but we do believe that the government should take its share of the responsibility” (What’s on TV)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
