Occupation comedian Name Ava Vidal | Role Comedian | |
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Ava Beverley Vidal (; born 1976 in Lambeth, London) is an English comedian. She has taken part in E4's Kings of Comedy. Her career in comedy began on the BBC's Urban Sketch Show.
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- Should comedy have a conscience Ava Vidal TEDxCourtauldInstitute
- Ava vidal at the melbourne international comedy festival
- Life and career
- Personal life
- References
Ava vidal at the melbourne international comedy festival
Life and career
Before her television career, Vidal worked as a prison officer for five years in London's Pentonville Prison.
Vidal appeared in 28 Acts in 28 Minutes and The Comic Side of 7 Days in 2005. She has also been involved in other BBC shows including The Last Laugh, The Sack Race and The Crouches. Vidal was a housemate in Kings of Comedy on E4, and Channel 4 made a documentary about her called From the Top, a half-hour show explaining her journey in comedy so far and how she became a comedian.
Vidal was on the line-up of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow in Swansea that aired on 27 June 2009, BBC Radio 4's News Quiz in February and October 2010, and appeared four times on BBC Two's Mock the Week between 2011 and 2013. In July 2012, she appeared on Is Football Racist? on BBC Three.
In 2016, along with numerous other celebrities, Vidal toured the UK to support Jeremy Corbyn's bid to become Prime Minister.
Personal life
Vidal has three children, a son and two daughters.
