Artistes of the Month
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Will
Smith
Boris Johnson
He
is the former editor of the Spectator and MP for Henley-on-Thames.
Born in New York and educated at Eton, Boris was a classicist at Balliol. He is the Ex-President of the Oxford Union and had won the Blackenbury scholarship before he set foot in a successful career in journalism. Boris was initially at the Times, and then assistant editor of the Telegraph in 1995 and in 1999 was promoted to the editor of the Spectator in the place of Dominic Lawson.
Under his leadership The Spectator continued to be Britain's most successful
political weekly, with a circulation of 60,000 and an annual profit of
£1m.
The blond-haired MP, unlike some of his "young fogey" counterparts,
is suave, good-humoured and immensely witty. In addition to being an after
dinner speaker Boris also speaks on media and politics.
He writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph, is a regular guest
on TV and radio shows - he was the castaway on Desert Islands Discs in
Autumn 2005 - and had his first novel published in 2004.
He is married with four children and his father Stanley is a former MEP.
Rob Brydon
Rob
Brydon was born in Swansea, South Wales on 3rd May 1965. He grew up in
Baglan nr Port Talbot, before moving to Porthcawl where his interest in
acting flourished under the guidance of Porthcawl Comprehensive School's
drama teacher, Roger Burnel.
After school Rob began a three year course at The Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, but left midway through the second year to become a radio presenter for nearby BBC Wales.
There then followed six years of presenting work on local television
and radio, during which time Rob would perform the odd comedy pieces including,
on Radio 5's 'Rave' with Alan Thompson, the early days of Keith Barret.
Whilst at the BBC Rob joined the Bath based improvisational comedy group
'More Fool Us', where he met Julia Davis with whom he would go on some
years later to make the award winning 'Human Remains'. Leaving Cardiff
for London, Rob worked mostly as a voice artist on animations and commercials
until his role as the traffic warden in 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'
prompted him to make a short video of comic characters he had created.
The video, 'Rob Brydon - An Extremely Unlucky Traffic Warden' finished
with Cardiff cabbie Keith Barret chatting cheerily to a camera fixed to
the dashboard.
Will
Smith
WINNER
OF THE 2004 TIME OUT AWARD
WINNER OF THE CHORTLE BEST HEADLINER AWARD 2005
SOUTH BANK SHOW AWARD 2005 NOMINEE CHORTLE BEST SOLO SHOW AWARD 2005 NOMINEE
Will Smith is one of the most in-demand stand-up comedians and comedy writers in the UK today. In 2003 he performed his first solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe, WILL SMITH IS MUCH OBLIGED, which proved to be such a hit that he was invited to perform a run in London's West End at the Soho Theatre, (which was a complete sell-out), and being asked to co-present WIFE FOR WILLIAM for Channel 4.
Will returned to Edinburgh in 2004 with his much acclaimed sell-out show 10 ARGUMENTS I SHOULD HAVE WON which will be touring the UK in Spring 2005. Again, his success in Edinburgh led to him being invited to appear at the ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE in 2004, which was broadcast on BBC1, being nominated for THE SOUTH BANK SHOW BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST AWARD 2005 (the only comedian in that category), and being asked to be a regular contributor on BBC3's new topical comedy show 7 DAYS.
Will's other TV credits include CH4's BACK IN THE DAY, CH 4's 11 O'CLOCK SHOW, CH 4's GAS, CH 5's COMEDY NETWORK, BBC2's HAPPINESS, BBC1's THE STAND UP SHOW, CH 5's THE WRIGHT STUFF, TIME GENTLEMEN PLEASE on SKY, Paramount's £100 IN BRIGHTON and THE WORLD STANDS UP. He is also a regular reporter for CH 4's RICHARD & JUDY.
Will is also well known as a writer. Together with his writing partner, Roger Drew, Will has written for the likes of ALISTAIR McGOWAN, ANGUS DEAYTON, PAUL MERTON, BOB MONKHOUSE, ARMSTRONG & MILLER, MILTON JONES, JACK DOCHERTY, JASPER CARROTT, TERRY JONES, GILES BRANDRETH, RALF LITTLE, ARMANDO IANNUCCI and JOHNNY VAUGHAN.
Their book THE JOY OF NO SEX was published in September 2005.
"Smith's show is one of the funniest on the Fringe - no argument." INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
"Heaven has sent an excellent act" THE GUARDIAN
"Fantastic… Faultless… Genius… Brilliant… Magnificent" THE OBSERVER
"Not as iconic as his Hollywood namesake but he is heading in the
right direction
" EVENING STANDARD
"One of the most extraordinary comics I've seen in years" THE STAGE
"Such craft and energy that you don't want the hour to end" THE TIMES
Click
here to see Will Smith's online video showreel
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