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Simon evans comedy roadshow
Simon Evans (born 9 May 1965) is an English comedian, born in Luton and now living in Hove.
Contents
- Simon evans comedy roadshow
- Simon evans edinburgh comedy fest live 2013
- Early life
- Stand up comedy
- Television writing
- Television appearances
- Radio
- Voice overs
- References
Simon evans edinburgh comedy fest live 2013
Early life
Evans attended Verulam School in St Albans and then studied law at Southampton University, graduating in 1986.
Stand-up comedy
Evans is an established act on the UK comedy circuit who has also appeared on television – on Live at the Apollo (Jan 2013) and on Stand Up for the Week (Autumn 2013, Channel Four). According to leading comedy review site Chortle 'his sharp, acidic barbs remain a rich delight'. TV appearances in 2010 include Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow in Sunderland (BBC One) and Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live (BBC Three). In 2010–11 he toured his show 'Fringe Magnet' across the UK and in 2012–13 toured his show Friendly Fire. His most recent show, Leashed, was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2013.
In early 2010, Simon Evans supported Lee Mack on his UK tour – Going Out. He has performed one man shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 2000 and has performed at the New Zealand Comedy Festival 2002, Cape Town Comedy Festival 2001 as well as in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Winnipeg and Dubai. In July 2004 he performed at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, and the following spring at the Aspen Comedy Festival in Colorado. In July 2010 he appeared alongside Emo Philips at Latitude Festival in Suffolk.
Television writing
Evans has written for TV shows including:
Television appearances
He has appeared on The Comedy Store (Five) and The Stand Up Show (BBC1). Simon's other television appearances include the Comedy Network, Five's Company (Five) and as a contestant on The Krypton Factor in which he was disqualified in the "Super Round" for failing to complete the computer challenge correctly. When told by co-host Penny Smith that he had been disqualified, Evans replied, quote, "I feel as sick as a parrot."
Radio
Evans appears regularly on BBC Radio 4 – hosting and writing seven series of the spoof news show The Way It Is (as Richard Richard), as well as appearing on numerous panel games including The News Quiz, Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive and The Unbelievable Truth, and discussion programmes such as Off the Page.
He is a regular contributor to both BBC Radio 4 and London Live and has had full-length comedy scripts commissioned by the BBC for both TV and radio.
Voice-overs
Evans is the voice of 'Old Speckled Henry', the fox in the television advertisements for Old Speckled Hen.