Felix
Dexter
Award winning comedian and
actor Felix Dexter is one of the most versatile
talents to emerge from the comedy scene in
years. His distinctive fusion of acutely
observed characters and high energy stand-up
mixed with satire ensure that he is widely
acclaimed. These qualities, allied to his
considerable gift for comedy writing, were seen
in ‘The Prince of Dalston’, part of Carlton
Television’s character series ‘Single
Voices’. At the ‘Emma Awards’ Felix won
the ‘Best TV Actor Award’ for this
performance. Felix also worked on a screenplay
commissioned by the Film Council entitled ‘The
Prince of Dalston’ which is based on one of
his characters.
Simon
Bligh
As a fifteen-year-old Liverpudlian schoolboy,
Simon Bligh was told by his headmaster that he
would go to hell. His mum wanted him to be a
priest; he wanted to be a plumber. His dad was a
mad Catholic Communist; he was a Kung Fu mad
Buddhist. Growing up in Toxteth, his childhood
was odd, but full of strange passions.
Philosophy and Zen, leather trousers and
motorbikes. Japan, unarmed combat and stand up
comedy. The young Simon loved comedy and, upon
seeing a Richard Pryor film in an empty
Manchester cinema, he realised his true calling.
He knew he should be a comedian. Faced with this
revelation, there followed a decade of
travelling, teaching and trying to pluck up the
courage to ring for open spots. Finally, he did
it. He hasn’t looked back since.
Matt
Price
is rapidly developing a style of his own, riding
3 comedy horses at the same time: affable
compere, stand-up comedian and storyteller. He
is resident compere at Resurrected at
O'Neill’s in Cardiff, the Flavel Arts Centre
in Dartmouth and the Swansea Grand. He is
comfortable on stage, is able to adapt to his
audience, does the occasional bad joke and loves
telling a good yarn.
Matt had planned
to take his debut solo show, 'The Nimble
Mammoth', to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2006. It
was to be a personal story telling style show in
the garden at a Comedy venue. When he arrived he
found a barbecue in the middle of the
performance space and so couldn't perform. He
enjoyed the free burger he was given and plans
to return to Edinburgh in the future with his
new show, ‘My Horse is no Longer Laughing’.
Al
Dawes
Some people have heard of him. Hopefully you
will soon be one of them. Since moving to
Newcastle upon Tyne some ten years ago, this
Oxfordshire lad with Yorkshire, Essex and
Finnish heritage has confused his accent even
more. An instantly likeable, but commanding
presence on stage, a show with Al Dawes is akin
to being licked into fits of giggles by Tommy
Cooper’s St Bernard. And Al always has a tot
of brandy to hand. Sometimes you will think you
shouldn’t be laughing, but aaaah, look at his
lovely hair. He talks with misty eyed nostalgia
about the great challenges of life. And why more
of us should smoke a pipe. Al thinks he is ahead
of his time, but it is clear he’s somewhere
back in the 50’s.
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