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The Comics Unseen Press Kit Stand-up · Acting · Vancouver, Canada Simon King Twenty-six years in, close to 10,000 sets, and still nothing written down on paper. He talks faster than most comics can think, and Robin Williams put that in writing.From Born in England · in Canada since he was five &middot…

The Comics Unseen Press KitEnglish-language stand-up · Almaty, Kazakhstan Good Night Comedy Almaty has a comedy scene running in three languages, and almost nobody outside Kazakhstan knows it exists. Good Night Comedy is the English half of it: Dosmukhamed Ali and Alisher Toregali, a double act built on crowd work…

The Comics Unseen Press KitBilingual Stand-up · Comedy Writer · Voice Artist Manu Maciel She was born, she says, into a room full of people laughing uncontrollably. Years later a cassette tape pulled her through a dark period — and only much later did she learn the voice on it was Dave Chappelle’s.…

The Comics Unseen Press KitStand-up · Satire · Street Performance John Jacobs Seven years into stand-up he landed on MTV reality TV, then went straight back to the stage. Since then: a 40-track comedy album, a satirical news team, and a masked character shouting outside the White House.FromChevy Chase…

The Comics Unseen Press KitComedy magic · Stand-up · Cleveland & on the road Jack Grady Nineteen years of magic, an hour built entirely on stage, the shortest recorded audition in America’s Got Talent history — engineered on purpose — and a professional boxing match against a juggler. Now he…

The Comics Unseen Press KitStand-up · Acting · New York Vanessa Hollingshead Nearly 30 years in stand-up, from a mid-90s open mic after years as an office temp to Showtime’s highest-rated stand-up premiere of 2019.FromBorn in New York · dual national Works inStand-up · Acting Known…

The Comics Unseen Press KitSolo Theatre · Clown · Comedy Rebecca Wolf She started as a seagull in a school play and is now a pig running an improvised sitcom in which the audience are the neighbours. She intends to work through the entire animal kingdom eventually.BasedNew York Works inSolo theatre…

The Comics Unseen Press KitStand-up · Narrative Comedy · Lisbon, London, New York André De Freitas He wanted to be a surfer, tried stand-up once and knew. Nine years, a London apprenticeship and more than 30 countries later, he is a regular at New York’s Comedy Cellar.FromPortugal &middot…

The Comics Unseen Press KitStand-up · Acting · UK Seann Walsh The Guardian called him the best observational comedian of his generation. He took it with a pinch of salt, made two autobiographical hours about the hard stuff, and decided he prefers being silly.FromBorn in Camden · raised in Brighton …