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Harriet Dyer

"Mesmerising, completely original and in a league of her own!" The West Britain

Harriet Dyer (Dyer by name, Dyer by nature) has been performing in the comedy circuit for 2 years. Harriet has the gift of the gab and ability to captivate a large audience with her magnetic personality, crazed mannerisms and general life palavers! She is a big hit in the West Midlands, often performing to sell-out unions and theatre shows with her comedy troupe, 'The Raving Loonies Stole My Heart!'

Dyerlinquent (The life of Dyer)

“I have come to terms with the fact that my life is far from straight forward and when the film, ‘The Truman Show’ was released I honestly believed that it was Jim Carey’s way of informing me that some peoples’ lives really are staged!”

Before the age of 5

“Dropped on my head in the frozen pea aisle in a well known supermarket chain, made a shrine out of nappies to celebrate the sheer girth of Trevor McDonald, wore a bonnet to determine that I was female, pissed in the teachers drawer for attention, wore an eye-patch for attention, cut off all of Charlotte Evans’s hair because I felt that nits would get it anyway (and for attention), mooned a coach of W.I members before shitting on my clothes so I wouldn’t have to wear them again, was walked to nursery by a 1 legged Vietnam war veteran that was lactose intolerant… he never ‘walked’ me to the right nursery though.”

After the age of 5

“Died twice and became a human miracle (with only one lung), watched my Dad leave my Mum after 30 years of marriage to become a member of a Petshop Boy tribute band, was sacked from a directing cattle job due to the fact that I directed a rather large cow into a pickup truck, learned how to breath fire but got confused and swallowed a large amount of paraffin half way through, drank 3 bottles of gin and lived my life as Kat Slater (Eastenders) for a week, went to a barn dance rave and got my foot stuck in a paper-Mache donkey, got knocked unconscious by a seagull that flew into my head whilst at the seaside… and so forth!”

The above is just a mere snippet of some of the scrapes that have cavorted her way over the last 24 years.

Her stand-up act is unique, high paced and physical. Character comedy has also been incorporated recently, including Cornish lonely hearts seekers and the girl with the glass eye (that falls out and rolls across the floor) whose brother is her dad (all true and real life gyrators that I’ve met along the way!)
Varsity comedy night - 15th October 2006, The Arena Theatre – 21st October 2006, 6th May 2007, Jan 28th 2008, 30th March 2008, 24th April 2008. Walkabout Comedy nights (supporting act for Norman Lovett and Barbara Nice) - 2007-2008, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Venue 56) – August 2007, Telford Campus Union - 17th March 2008, Walsall Campus Union – 18th March 2008, Wolverhampton University Campus Union – 19th March 2008, Aston Campus Union – 19th March 2008, Birmingham UCE – 20th March 2008, Newquay beach Cornwall (headline comedy act for surf competition) – June 30th 2008.

The real extras – Living TV (2007,) The Culture Show – BBC2 (2007,) Knock ‘em dead - BBC3 (2007,) The Wall –BBC3 (2008.)

Top 3 in Tizer National New Comedy search awards (2007)
Winner of let us entertain you award (2007)

“One in a million!” The Scotsman

“I have never seen so much energy come out of one person!” Wolverhampton Gazette

“Endearing, honest and extremely likeable!” The Cornish Times

“Oozes stage presence.” The Cornishman