Andrew O'Neill

Andrew O'Neill isn't your usual stand-up comedian. Yes, he tells jokes. Yes, he makes you laugh. But he does it all with an innate sense of absurdism and silliness, and proudly displays one of the most inventive comic minds around today. Why tell a joke when you can sing it? Why not tell the masses about the celebrities who live in London's sewar system? Why not pepper your performance with increasingly funny and bizarre non-sequiteurs?

Highly inventive and extremely funny, Andrew has risen like warm air in a comparatively cold room ever since his debut in 2002. He's done primetime comedy with Steve Coogan, dabbled in reality TV, and had dozens of sketches broadcast on Radio 1.

His debut solo show 'Winston Churchill was Jack The Ripper' grafted his surreal comedy onto 'diligently researched' fact, creating a piece of comedy that was 'blolody entertaining' and a sell-out show at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Andrew is currently working on various treatments for television and radio, a non-fiction book about the occult and putting together a compilation of his travel writings.

"keeping the flame of creativity burning bright" - TimeOut
"so funny I put him in my new TV show" - Steve Coogan
"talented, intelligent and unique. Bringing the spirit of the alternative 80s back into the comedy circuit" - Dazed & Confused
"everyone around me fell about with laughter" - The Scotsman
"gruesomely absorbing … bloody entertaining" - Chortle
"one of the emerging barometers of hilarity" - TimeOut
"refreshing and inventive" - Manchester Online
"sparkling ... 4 stars" - Three Weeks
"scores high on the chuckle-o-meter ... more than a hint of genius" - Hairline
"he's got an engaging stage manner and the proven ability to write a gag ... a bright future awaits" - Chortle
"you've got to see him for yourself" - BBC Tees

Live Work
Regular appearances at comedy clubs across the UK, including:
Mirth Control, Cosmic Comedy, Good Sense Of Humour, Avalon Comedy Network, Buzz Comedy, Funny Bones Comedy (all booking agencies); Red Rose Comedy Club, Banana Cabaret, Hampstead Comedy Club, Laughing Horse Comedy Clubs, Downstairs at the King's Head, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Amused Moose (all London); Komedia (Brighton), Lone Star Comedy Club (Folkestone), Havant Arts Centre, Jesters (Bristol), Glee Club (Birmingham and Cardiff), Hullaballoo Comedy Club (Swansea), The Wharf (Cardiff), XS Malarkey (Manchester), Frog & Bucket (Manchester), Hi-Fi Club (Leeds), The Original Oak (Leeds), The Old Library (Leeds)

"Winston Churchill was Jack The Ripper" - Edinburgh Fringe 2006, Underbelly
"The Last Show Around" - with Tom Bell, Edinburgh Fringe 2005, Café Royal
"Apparently" - with James Sherwood, Edinburgh Fringe 2004, Underbelly

Leicester Comedy Festival 2006
Manchester Comedy Festival 2006

TV, Radio and Writing Work
'The Milk Run' - writer/performer.
Radio 1, October 2004-August 2005. BBC, prod C Anderson/V Lloyd
'Seeds of Today' - writer/performer.
Commissioned script. Baby Cow Productions.
'Saxondale' - performer.
BBC Two, July 2006. Baby Cow Productions.
'Gordon Ramsay's F Word' - participant.
Channel 4, July 2006. Optomen.
'The Martin Kelner Show' - guest.
Radio Leeds, September 2006. BBC.