The Comedy Defect

Comedian and Actor. Chris Norton Walker has performed comedy for 6 years, performing “A hearty mix of exciting crowd work and delicious material" - Honest Comedy”.

Stand up comedian, actor, improviser, and director, Sean Sellers shares his name with far more people than he thinks he should, including an infamous Satanist–turned–Christian double–murderer and the progressive Christian Rock band named after him.

And now he’s on a podcast trying his best not to reveal anything about himself to you, the listener!

Will he? Won’t he? Listen and find out…

An intensely guarded yet clearly self-possessed American comedian, who started doing improvisational, physical, and sketch-based comedy in the early 1990s, Sean’s now a full-time London-based stand-up.

Whether he’s comparing himself to Jesus or making fun of Mexican drug lords, for Sean, it’s all about attitude. A natural comedian and comic performer, his current material covers everything from pop culture and politics to premature babies in a style that is alternately camp, clever, guarded, and intense, but always very, very funny.

“A very distinctive figure: A camp, intense American in an untied cravat and with a thick mop of hair that had such a mind of its own it deserves its own agent. He speaks in short, sharp sentences as he agitatedly expresses his hefty catalogue of peeves. His angsty, agitated style…makes him very watchable.” Steve Bennett, Chortle 2016

Twitter: @mrseansellers

Julian Deane is a circuit favourite, celebrated across the country for his ingenious punch lines and perfect delivery. He is an award-winning comedian (ITV’s Stand Up Hero, Laughing Horse winner), and writer (Unspun, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Mock the Week, Morgan Spurlock’s New Britannia). Julian will be supporting Paul Chowdhry on a national wide tour including a sold out Wembley Arena and 2 Hammersmith Apollos in November “deliciously twisted… a stream of seriously good gags… quick, sharply written and endlessly repeatable lines” The Guardian “His trick is to make you think you’re watching standard stand-up fare, then twisting expectations with sharp, original punchlines” The Independent “Sublime jokes” The Scotsman

twitter.com/Julian_Deane

Stand-Up Comic Robyn Perkins has performed all over the UK, and US since 2011. Drawing on her past life experiences (as a biologist, American, and failed dater), she is a chatty comic who's material is frequently described as witty and sharp...and refreshingly honest.

Multi-award-winning comedian, broadcaster and journalist. Jay Islaam has written for the likes of The Guardian, Huffington Post and Birmingham Mail about UK arts and culture, and presents a weekly radio show on the subject too. He's one of the most provocative new acts on the British comedy scene, and has carved a niche for himself as a popular podcaster with his "Comedy Cannon" show, which has attracted some very big-name guests and attracted almost 300,000 downloads in the last 18 months. Thanks to his background in broadcasting and marketing he's brutally realistic about the entertainment industry, and what it takes to achieve commercial success as an artist.

Twitter: jayislaam

Mark Row is making a documentary called "The Long Road to Edinburgh" with no prior stand up experience,

and only a year to learn the craft.

(At the time of recording 6months experience)

Mark Row will be performing at Edinburgh Festival 2017. Downstairs 7:30pm in Moriartys.

Facebook:facebook.com/markrowcomedy

Stand up, improviser, writer, & director. Tom Young is probably the least successful "pretty decent" act you'll have ever heard of.

Despite that, he's done seven fairly successful solo shows, is the director of one of the the midlands' leading improvised comedy groups - The Same Faces - and recently had a crack at directing Hamlet.

Long story short: he's funny, and likes to keep busy.

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Originally from Australia, Adam has been writing and performing stand up comedy since 1996 and has spent the last five years living and working in the UK. In 2012 he landed a job writing for a new channel 4 show called The Last Leg and is as surprised as anyone that he still has that job today. He is currently working on his next solo show How Not To Kill Yourself When Living In The Suburbs that will premier at the Edinburgh Fringe later this year. (Note for those living in Brighton his work in progress show The Scared And Lonely Tour will appear in the Fringe in May.)

Comedian, Actor and Podcaster.

He is currently working on his debut comedy show with a preview available in London this Autumn. Off stage you can also find Mel interviewing fellow artists on his podcast called the Midnite Hour.

Twitter: twitter.com/MidniteMel_

Alasdair is a legendary comedian, in that there is little historical evidence that he exists. But he does exist.

Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017, Alasdair has featured on BBC radio as a comedian and sketch writer, and performed stand-up across the UK, at Glastonbury, Citadel Fest, the Udderbelly Southbank and at the Edinburgh Fringe. He knows quite a lot about 19th century magicians. Tourists often ask to have their photo taken with him, presumably impressed by this.

Twitter: @MisterABK