In 1998, Christian Reilly was a musical frontman with a
deep passion for stand-up comedy. In October of that year
Christian was teamed-up with US comic/songster Rich Hall to
become an integral part of the Perrier Award-winning Otis Lee
Crenshaw show as guitar/vocalist. He has been performing solo
stand-up sets since June 2001 - first in Melbourne, then the
London comedy circuit and most recently at the Edinburgh Fringe
2002.
The association with Rich Hall has taken Christian
around the world three times (Europe, Australia, New Zealand,
USA, Canada) appearing at numerous international festivals and
featuring on many major network TV and radio shows.
An accomplished musician, a dynamic and sensational
vocalist - Christian's guitar-slinging, dark humour is wickedly
absurd.
'[Rich Hall's] sidemen are worth the ticket price
alone' - Chortle (Dave Hornby)
TV Appearances:
August 1999 'Edinburgh Nights' - BBC2
August 1999 'Doing The Fest' - STV
July 2000 'Late Night with Conan O'Brian' - NBC (USA)
August 2000 'Edinburgh Live' - BBC2
October 2000 'Stand up Perrier' - Angel Eye production for
Channel 4
November 2000 'The Otis Lee Crenshaw Show' - non-TX pilot for
Channel 4
March 2001 'London not Tennessee' - broadcast BBC2 and
feature-length version for Universal Video.
April 2001 'Melbourne Festival Comedy Gala' - channel 10
(Australia)
May 2001 'Laugh NZ Gala' - channel 8 (New Zealand)
Comedy festivals:
Edinburgh Fringe 1999-2002
Kilkenny Festival 1999-2002
Just For Laughs, Montreal 2000
Adelaide Fringe 2000, 2002
Melbourne Comedy Festival 2001
Also appearances at Newcastle and Leicester comedy festivals
Radio shows include four slots
on BBC Radio 4's 'Loose Ends' show and two on Jonathon Ross's
Saturday morning show for Radio 2. Most recently on Radio 2's
'We Say Tomay-to' with Gregg Proops.
Christian Reilly
