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Oli Bettesworth

World-weary and anxious beyond his years, Oli employs his brand of surreal playfulness, deadpan absurdism and confessional storytelling in his attempts to get to grips with a life that hasn’t come with the proper instructions.

Having been on the circuit for over a year, Oli has played at countless venues throughout London - including Up the Creek, Downstairs at the King's Head, Monkey Business, Hungry Miller's Comedy Laugh Bag, The Parameter Theatre, The Theatre Royal Stratford and The Queen's Head in Picadilly. He has also gigged with Dan Antopolski and Trevor Lock.

He also took a one-man show to the Edinburgh Festival in 2010, which was warmly received by audiences and lead to an offer of writing work from a producer at the BBC.

Here is a clip of his act: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYjpr12UqvU

Reactions to Oli Bettesworth:

"Bitterly funny" - Jon Aird, Senior Producer at BBC Comedy

'Full of potential, like a young Stewart Lee. It's good to find a young comedian you can listen to and admire, as well as laugh at. I predict big things" - David Schneider (star of The Day Today and I'm Alan Partridge)