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Lee Ridley (born in Consett), who performs under the name Lost Voice Guy, is an award-winning British standup comedian. As a result of complications of cerebral palsy, Ridley is unable to speak (thus his stage name). To perform, he pre-programs his routines into a voice synthesizer in his tablet computer, and selects material based on audience reaction; he will also occasionally improvise new material onstage, entering it into the synthesizer in realtime.
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Ridley began performing in 2012, in the aftermath of an encounter with Ross Noble in which he challenged the quality of Noble's impersonation of Stephen Hawking. He subsequently had a successful show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2013, although its run was cut short when he developed pneumonia.
Before taking up comedy full-time in May 2015, Ridley worked as an online content manager for the city of Sunderland.
In 2014, Ridley won the BBC Radio New Comedy Awards.
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