CV 1 = Comedy CV

CV 2 = Training CV

Biog

I teach comedy writing and performing in Central London. I also work one-to-one with students and gigging stand ups, and run distance-learning programmes for those outside London. I teach at City Lit and privately. I have run workshops for the BBC and Channel 4. I run a range of courses covering stand up, sketch comedy and comedy writing.

Articles about my teaching and my own comedy work have appeared in Time Out, The Guardian, The Times Education Supplement, The Scotsman and more, and my teaching has been featured on BBC Radio. I have also appeared on screen as a comedy tutor on Channel 4 and the new digital channel Blighty and as part of the Channel 4 project 'Year Dot'. See Media Coverage..

I have directed ten shows for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, co-writing five of them and script-editing them all. I have also directed many shows in London, including at Soho Theatre, and have directed a show for the Melbourne Comedy Festival. See reviews and productions. I have also written comedy sketches for TV and radio. Much of my own comedy work has been undertaken with my colleague and long-term collaborator Barry Ferns.

I am also a regular contributing to The Fix comedy magazine and I am the editor of the forthcoming "Make It ." section on the British Comedy Guide website. Read an example interview from The Fix and a piece on sketches from Writers Magazine.