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Matthew Baylis

Matthew has travelled the globe with his own unique brand of unashamedly middle class comedy, sharing stories of growing up and getting old in the leafy suburbs of middle England.

With more than half a decade on the comedy circuit Matthew has gigged with the great and the good of UK comedy including Harry Hill, Milton Jones, Andy Parsons, Reginald D Hunter, Kevin Bridges and many others.  He has also performed at comedy clubs and festivals across the land as well as in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

As a father of six he draws much of his humour from tales of parenthood which ring true with audiences of all ages.

Matthew works as support act, and headliner and is a highly experienced Compere/MC both in comedy clubs and for charity and corporate events.  In addition he has recently completed a television pilot in which he is the host.

He also runs various professional comedy nights – mostly in the South of England.

UK clubs and bookers Matthew has gigged for include:
Comedy Bunker
Highlight – Reading and Camden
The Bearcat
Mirthcontrol (booking agent) – nationwide
Crack Comedy – London and Kingston
HaHa (Alan Anderson) – nationwide
Out of Bounds
FunHouse
And numerous others bookers, independent clubs, music festivals, comedy festivals, weddings, privte partie, nightclubs, stag and hen, restaurants and plenty of golf clubs.

Radio/TV - Guest on commercial radio, Guest presenter, Actor in radio sit-com, Host in recent TV pilot.  Matthew is a member of the performer’s union – Equity.

Recent Quote - “Matthew Baylis, whose mixture of ticklingly dry wit and razor-sharp crowd-work kept the audience feeling as if they were indulging in their favourite guilty pleasure.” The Gazette