James Everett

James Everett is a comedian, actor and writer. He has been performing professional stand up since 2005 at clubs throughout the UK and has performed along side comedians such as Omid Djalili, Stephen Merchant, Dave Gorman and Reginald D Hunter.James also made a name for himself as founder and resident host of The Porthole Comedy Club, which became a local phenomenon in Kilburn and was voted the Chortle Award winner for Best Small London Comedy Venue 2009. To read The Guardian review please click hereA former drama school student, James is also at home playing serious roles. He recently starred in Just Around the Corner which was runner up in TV channel Zone Horror’s short film competition 2009.

It was James' flair for script writing that gained him a place on the Film and Television degree course at the University of Westminster, where he graduated as a Director. His zest for comedy won him Presidency of the Drama Society, with whom he put on much of his own work, as well as Joe Orton's comedy masterpiece Loot, in the Westend.

James Everett's style is ironic and surreal. His off-beat and eccentric persona is definitely on the higher side of the audience brow. However, his interactive energy and lively performance based material provide him with a very versatile appeal.

TV and film credits
Presenter, The Evil of the 2012 Olympics, Current TV - view here
Paster Pete (Lead), House Group, pilot sitcom - view extract
Nigel (Lead), Behind Closed Doors, feature film, Lost the Plot Productions
Dillon (Lead), JUST ARound the Corner, Zone Horror - view here
Mr Gilmour, Still LIfe, Bare Bone Films

Theatre credits
Deltoid, A Clockwork Orange, Camden Proud Galleries
The Prince, Romeo & Juliet, Abbeyfest
Herod, Herod and the Quest for Jesus, Canal Cafe Theatre
Frank Strang, Equus, Queens Theatre, Harrow
Truscott, Loot, Lumiere Theatre
Narrator, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Area 51, Harrow
Wayne, Popcorn, Queens Theatre, Harrow
Romeo, Romeo & Juliet, Westcountry Theatre Company
Chorus, They Shoot Horses Don't They? George Square Theatre, NYT

Writing credits
Newsjack, BBC Radio 7
Afternoon Men, Edinburgh Festival
Herod and the Quest for Jesus, Canal Café
The Evil of the 2012 Olympics, Current TV
House Group, pilot sitcom
Dick! (pantomime), Area 51, Harrow

Press quotes
James Everett: Funny, charming and sexy. And if that's not the case by the time you see him something has gone very very wrong in his life… Omid Djalili

Everett MC’s every Monday and knits the evenings together with largely improvised routines which inevitably involve humiliation for some in the crowd – The Guardian (on The Porthole Comedy Club)

James Everett was a crowd-pleaser of similar proportions, with puns and gags that were so groan-worthy they were hilarious Three Weeks (on Afternoon Men)

Distinctly amusing Timeout

Everett is a commanding figure on stage with the air of a disgruntled Oxbridge graduate Spoonfed.co.uk

The effervescent and enthusiastic James Everett, whose immediate control of the crowd marks him out as the ideal host Hecklerspray.com