Nick Revell began his stand-up career at the Comedy Store in 1980 and during those formative years of the UK comedy scene Nick was an influential and highly regarded performer and writer.

Stand-up Comic

Nick had made many visits to the Edinburgh Fringe, including Brave New Comedy in 1984 (with Arnold Brown, Norman Lovett and Paul Merton) and was nominated for the Perrier Award for his solo show in 1987.

Nick’s love of stand-up has endured and despite many lengthy periods where he has concentrated on writing for TV, radio, the stage and print, he is still a firm favourite on the comedy circuit. He regularly appears at Jongleurs Comedy Clubs around the UK and his work schedule would put many younger comics to shame!

TV Credits

Writing credits (sitcoms, sketch shows and material for other comedians) include:

Drop the Dead Donkey Dressing for Breakfast After You’d Gone

Dave Allen Three of a Kind Weekending

Not the Nine O’Clock News Alas Smith and Jones The News Huddlines

Rory Bremner and Jasper Carrot House of the Spirit Levels Living with the Enemy

The Million Pound Radio Show The Unofficial Election The Nick Revell Show The Sunday Format

Stage

Revell Yell - solo show performed August 2010 in London and October 2010 as part of the Sheffield 'Grin Up North' Festival.

The Ghost of John Belushi Flushed My Toilet (solo theatre show)

Liberal Psychotic Toilet (solo theatre show)

- both transferred from successful runs at the Edinburgh Festival to Hampstead Theatre and then toured internationally.

Love and Other Fairy Tales (stage play)

Print

House of the Spirit Levels (novel) The Night of the Toxic Ostrich (novel)

Radio

Presented Radio 4’s literature programme Open Book.

Awards for the above include Perrier Nominee, BAFTAs, International Emmys, British Comedy Awards, Sony Radio Awards, Writers’ Guild Awards, Silver Rose of Montreux.

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Quotes

"He is the particle you might expect to see if you slammed Michael McIntyre, John Bishop and Mark Steel together in some comedic supercollider". (Chortle 2011)

"sharp satirist...superb comic."  (Time Out, Aug 2010)

“The wonderful Nick Revell...A brilliant observer of contemporary idiocies....a shrewd commentator on society and the political scene....Having begun his career not long after alternative comedy’s equivalent of the year dot....you’d forgive Nick Revell if these days he chose to put his feet up of an evening.  Instead, he maintains a gigging schedule that would shatter many fresher-faced acts...While he’s got access to a vein of intoxicating anger, he’s also a comedian who can transmit a huge amount of real human warmth.  Expect to be seduced by a genuine craftsman”.    (Guardian Guide 2009)

"A master craftsman" (Time Out 2003)

"...one of the most creative and incisive comics on the circuit" (Guardian)

"Revell's pedigree goes back to the Eighties, but his patter is as relevant today as it ever was" (London Evening Standard)

"He is an animated, engaging raconteur offering a master-class in delivery with variety in page, volume and rhythm that keeps an already attentive audience transfixed" (Chortle)

"Satirically brilliant. Travel miles to see him" (Guardian)

"Scalpel-sharp satirist" (London Evening Standard)

"fiercely fully...insightful, incandescent." (The Herald)

"Revell makes you laugh and think; a rare and cherishable combination these days" (Scotsman

"Nick Revell is an excellent stand-up comic...an act that distinguishes itself by sharp observation and intelligence" (Independent)

Cosmic Comedy represent Nick Revell for live work only

Artist Website: http://www.nickrevell.com/