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Craig Murray

Hailing from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire (a town otherwise famous  for international terrorists, fake kidnaps and 'Britain's Best Market')  charming northerner Craig is a talented and driven newcomer to the  circuit, undoubtedly destined for greatness. For the past three years Craig has cut his comedy  teeth as resident compere at award-winning London club  'The Funny Side...of Covent Garden' sharing a stage  with some of the very best comedy acts in the business  including Harry Hill, Stewart Lee and even Hollywood  legend Robin Williams. 

He has rapidly become a master of the compere's art  too; able to turn any crowd from a lacklustre mob into  a clapping, cheering, delirious audience ready to laugh  all night.

Having honed his talents as an MC introducing others,  he's now bringing his impressive stage presence and  flair for audience banter to his very own stand-up set. An instant crowd pleaser, Murray's charismatic,  mock-confrontational style makes him popular with  audiences wherever he gigs. Craig is also an accomplished actor and presenter and  graduate of The Court Theatre Training Company.

In addition to gigging around the country, last year he  appeared in the critically acclaimed comedy play  ‘Umbrage Swain and the Magical Diamond of Ramtutiti’  and compered a number of ‘Spank’ shows at The Edinburgh  Festival.  He recently starred a comedy film alongside  Adam Hills and Brendon Burns and recorded a comedy pilot with the BBC.  

Press Quotes
“…a great line in Northern humour” – Spoonfed.co.uk

“Craig Murray knows his comedy roots…his material was well presented [and]recognisably funny”  – Chortle.co.uk

“Bloody funny” – Jo Brand

Promoter Feedback
“Craig did a superb set…he was friendly, funny and had a great energy…Everyone mentioned  how much they enjoyed Craig, in fact, a few even  preferred him to the headliner!”  – Huddersfield Comedy Club  (after Craig’s first open spot August ‘08).

“We’ve had a lot of compliments on his performance – he was great...   Is he available for an opening 20?”– Terry The Stand-up Presents (after Craig’s first open spot for them September ‘08).

“It was great to have him down, he gave the audience a real lift!”  – Beaconsfield Comedy

“It was a pleasure to have Craig at our club, he was very good and extremely professional. We had a lot of compliments from the audience about how good  he was as well…we’ll be in touch soon to get Craig booked in for a decent spot!” – RTCE Productions (Carnivale 69)