Rob Callaghan
Rob Callaghan has been bringing his likeable self-effacing persona and strangely elastic physicality to comedy audiences since late 2010. He is resident MC at Comedy at Coopers in Aberystwyth.
QUOTES:
Promoters/Acts-
“Good strong material. Impressive” - Gary Delaney
"Your writing will keep you ahead and get you plenty of recognition" - Julia Chamberlain, Gilded Balloon
"Some fucking good jokes" - Elis James
“I love Rob Callaghan” - Dan Nightingale
"If he continues with his writing at the level it's at, and with that work ethic, I'd be very, very surprised if he wasn't pro within a few years" - Paul Savage
Press-
“Hugely talented” - South Wales Echo
“Funny and enjoyable ... Callaghan did a good job of interacting with a not always cooperative (and sometimes far too cooperative) audience. He has a sharp wit and turned some situations which could have degenerated to annoying heckling into humour ... confident and competent” - Broadway Baby on The Calpol Flashbacks, Edinburgh Fringe 2011
COMPETITIONS/GONGS:
So You Think You're Funny? 2011 SEMI FINALIST
Welsh Unsigned Stand-up Award 2011 SEMI FINALIST
Manchester and Preston Frog & Bucket - Beat the gong multiple times (Video – 18/7/11)
PROMOTERS/CLUBS:
MC – CKP (paid), Aberystwyth’s Comedy at Coopers (resident)
Open 10s – Cardiff Glee, Mirth Control, Funhouse, Jesters- Bristol,
