Adam Bloom was 18 months old when his parents nicknamed
him The Voice. When he was 10, he told them he was going to be a
comedian. By the age of 23, he was.
Two years later, he appeared on the BBC TV's The Stand
Up Show, had starred alongside Red Dwarf's Norman Lovett in
Asylum and featured in a six part comedy drama on the Paramount
Comedy Channel.
In 1997 he performed stand-up slots on The Comedy
Network (Paramount Channel) All Over The Shop (BBC TV), and Live
At Jongleurs 2 and 4 (UK Gold). He also appeared on Ch5's Bring
Me The Head Of Light Entertainment.
Adam performed his first sell-out solo show at the 1996
Edinburgh Festival, quickly followed by the simply titled Adam
Bloom Show in 1997. In July 1998 Adam appeared at the Montreal
Comedy Festival, performing his routine as part of the Britcom
Show, and followed this with a return to Edinburgh.
1998 rates as one of Adam's most successful Edinburgh
Festival to date, as not only was he one of the comics featured
on Edinburgh or Bust for Ch4, but he also won the Polygram
Punter Comedy Award' for his show!
No stranger to awards during this year. Adam also won
the Time Out Award for Best Stand-up.
1998 saw TV appearances in shows such as BBC TV's The
Stand-up Show, on UK Play, as Berk a maniac TV presenter on The
Young Persons Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, he appeared on Stop
The World (BBC) and was a guest on The Jack Docherty Show on
Ch5.
This year Adam returned as a guest on The Jack Docherty
Show and also featured on Never Mind The Buzzcocks on BBC. 1999
proved to be another blooming great year for Adam, marking his
debut at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. His stand-up received an
extremely warm reception and rave reviews in the press.
Other appearances in 1999 included the Dutch TV show
The Comedy Factory and the Kilkenny Comedy Festival. Adam made a
welcome return to the summer's Edinburgh Festival and his own
television special Adam Bloom Beyond a Joke was televised as
part of Ch4's Comedy Lab series. He recorded another series as
one of the team captains on the successful comedy quiz Bring Me
The Head Of Light Entertainment on Ch5, has recently enjoyed a
very successful set with Sydney Comedy Festival, and appeared as
a roving stand up for SKY TV's Apocalypse Tube, which was
broadcast as part of Ch4's millennium night celebrations.
' Adam Bloom is set to one of the faces to watch out
for' - The Scotsman
'A dazzling funny and original performer' - Melody
Maker
'No puns, no ersatz nostalgia, Just Adam-Bloomness' -
The Independent
'........he brought the house down with a barnstorming
set, which made the audience laugh like familiar friends.' -
William Cook-The Guardian.
Adam Bloom
