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ANDY PARSONS
Andy Parsons is one of Britain's foremost topical funnymen. As a lynchpin of London's infamous Comedy Store Cutting Edge team, he is one of the most prolific performers currently working, having to update weekly to keep up to speed with the team's take on current affairs and political banter.
A regular on radio and television, Andy has performed many series of Parsons & Naylor's Pull-Out Sections’ as well as being a frequent panelist on such shows as 'Mock the Week' and 'QI'.
As well as performing regularly across the UK, Andy has become a stalwart of the world's major comedy festivals. He's regularly performed solo shows at the Edinburgh, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide Comedy Festivals played to packed audiences and great critical acclaim, gaining a clutch of '5 star' reviews
WINNER 2006 Montreal Comedy Festival "The Comedy Showdown" Selected for Talk of the Fest Showcase Hosted by Drew Carey
WINNER 2004 New Zealand Comedy Guild Best International Act
WINNER 2002 Time Out Best Comedy Award
TELEVISION
Mock the Week BBC 2 - Regular Guest (Series 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5)
QI BBC 2 - Guest
Live at the Fringe STV - Writer/Performer
The Live Floor Show BBC2 – Performer
They Think It's All Over BBC TV – Guest
The Comedy Store Series C5 - Writer/Performer (Series 3 & 4)
The Stand-Up Show BBC - Writer/Performer (4 Series)
The Big Stage C5 - Writer/Performer
Live at Jongleurs C5 - Writer/Performer (Series 3 & 4)
Food Fight C5 – Host
Holding the Baby Granada - Script Doctor
Asylum The Paramount Channel – Performer
The Lenny Henry Show Writer/Performer
Saturday Live ITV - Writer/Performer
Smith & Jones BBC 1 - Writer/Performer
Murder Most Horrid Performer
Spitting Image Central - Lead Writer 1992/3
MTV Music Awards 1995 MTV – Writer
RADIO
Parsons & Naylor's Pullout Sections Radio 2 - 9 Series
NewsQuiz Radio 4 - Guest
Fighting Talk Radio 5 Live - Guest
Stand-Up Show Radio 4 - Writer/Performer (Series 1 & 2)
Straight Up Radio 5 Live - Presenter (52 Episodes)
The Motion Show Radio 4 - Guest
THEATRE & INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS
SOLO
New Zealand Comedy Festival 2003, 2004, 2006
Montreal Comedy Festival 2006
Soho Theatre 2006
Kilkenny Comedy Festival 2005
PARSONS AND NAYLOR
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 1998
Adelaide International Comedy Festival 1998
Sydney International Comedy Festival 1998 & 1999
TBA, The Gate Theatre Created/wrote 1993 & 1994
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
Solo Shows
International Indoor Championship Moaning 2006
Genocide, Suicide, Cancer (and other words that make you wince) 2005
Andy Parsons: Eat My Satire 2004
Andy Parsons: Local Borough Pest Exterminator 2001
Andy Parsons 1998
PARSONS AND NAYLOR: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 & 2001
“Terrific satirical stand-up” Independent on Sunday
“Perfectly calibrated... the King of Political Comedy” The Guardian
“Inch-perfect comedy. With certain stand-ups, you can tell within seconds that they're going to have the audience sitting up, purring in the palm of their hand. It is like this with the obscenely gifted Andy Parsons. Brilliantly lateral subversive observations on every topic of the day.” ***** The list
“Smashes everything over the comedy boundary” *****The Scotsman
“Manages to be utterly likeable and very funny while being Mr. Angry at the state of the world” Sunday Telegraph
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