HAL
CRUTTENDEN
TV writing and performing
Hal Cruttenden
is one of the one of the top comedians working in the UK today, as well as being
an accomplished writer and actor. Already this year he has appeared on 'Rob Brydon's
Annually Retentive' for BBC3 and has just finished writing and performing in 'The
Omid Djalili Show' due to be aired on BBC1 towards the end of the year.
His
other television credits include, 'The 11 O'Clock Show', (Channel 4), 'Brain Candy'
(BBC3), 'Live at Jongleurs' (UK Gold/Paramount), 'The Comedy Store' (Paramount)
'The World Stands Up' (Paramount Comedy Channel UK, The Comedy Channel Australia,
and Comedy Central and BBC America in the U.S), 'The Warehouse' (Carlton TV),
'Carlton Comedy Warehouse' (Carlton/STV), 'The Deputy Prime Minister' (BBC2),
'Hoot' (Bravo), 'Net.Comedy' (Action Time), 'Daily Telegraph Open Mic Awards'
(Channel 5) and 'House of Fun' (Meridien). He has also warmed up at the BBC for
'The Jonathan Ross Show' and the 'Keith Barrett Show' in addition to hosting the
recordings for 'The World Stands Up' at The Clapham Grand.
Radio
His
radio appearances include Radio 4's 'Four at the Store' and Radio Ulster's' The
Blame Game'.
TV
and Film Acting
Having originally trained as an actor at the Central
School of Speech and Drama, Hal's acting career includes roles on TV and film
in 'Shackleton', 'Eastenders', 'Kavanagh QC', 'Out of the Blue', 'Touching Evil'
and 'Bramwell'. On film he has been in 'Mrs Dalloway' and 'The Madness of King
George'.
Live
stand up
Hal's big breakthrough in stand up came with his nomination
for the Perrier Newcomer Award at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival for his solo show
'Hal', followed by a highly successful run the following year of his second show,
'To Hal and Back', which was also performed at the Soho Theatre in London at the
end of 2003. At the 2005 Edinburgh Festival, he performed sketches with 'The Monkey
Butlers' to sell out crowds at the Underbelly Venue. He is a regular performer
at all the top UK clubs, including the Comedy Store and Jongleurs, and supported
Ardal O'Hanlon and Omid Djalili on their recent nationwide tours.
International
stand up
Internationally, Hal received rave reviews at the Just
for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal in 2004 and at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs
Comedy Festival in 2005. He has done shows throughout the Netherlands, Belgium,
and Ireland, and even further afield in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain,
Jakarta, Canada, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, where he appeared at the Jubilee
Hall in the world famous Raffles Hotel. He performed at the opening of the first
comedy venue in Bali and, earlier this year, did a week of shows to the Armed
Forces in the Falkland Islands!
