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Jay Hampson

28 year-old Jay's youthful looks betray a clever and sometimes rude mind. Based in Manchester he has been working and progressing through the circuit since 2009. Jay possesses excellent timing, a laid back delivery and intelligent material drawing topics as varied as his personal battle with social class to the sexual inadequacy of endangered species. Fluent use of language coupled with cutting gutteral quips, Jay puts a well thought out spin on a variety of Different topics.

15 - 20's for
CKP
Kill For a Seat Comedy
Funhouse Comedy
Hilarity Bites
Ten Feet Tall Comedy
Rob Riley
C69 Comedy
A Laugh in Stockport
Agraman
Anthony J Brown
Mirth on Monday
Thistle Comedy

Competitions –
Crooked Smile new Comedian of the Year - Winner
Ten Feet City Comedian of the Year 2011 - Winner
Hilarity Bites New Act of the Year 2011 – Finalist
Laughing Penguins New Act of the Year 2010 - Finalist
Loaded LAFTA's - Semi Finalist
Beat the Frog – Winner Preston and Manchester
Funhouse Comedy Gong – Winner
Worksop New Comedian of the Year – Winner
Rawhide Raw Gong - Winner

Progressing with –
The Frog and Bucket
Laughing Penguins
XS Malarkey
Big Owl Comedy
Trapdoor Comedy
Eros Comedy
Mr Bens
Abbcom
The Last Laugh
The Village Laughter Store
Love Comedy
Rawhide
Tongue in Cheek Comedy

Plus hundreds of other open spots and festival gigs

"Confident and natural performer..with good creative material..brought the audience with him on the journey" - Hull Comedy Festival

"Well structured set which frequently displays good writing" - Giggle Beats

“Dry, Clever Drollness” - The Liverpool Echo

"Jay Hampson chronicled his transformation from a Manchester ghetto kid into a self-loathing, Guardian-reading, consumer of overpriced organic products" - Jesmond Local