An East-end lad blessed with Irish charm, John Ryan
loves his audience and metaphorically cuddles and coaxes them
into the weird and wonderful world as he perceives it. His
chatty and upbeat delivery makes him the ideal compere while his
off-beat take on life provides an abundance of hilarious
material. Known for his mind-blowing ability to be able to make
something funny out of anything that comes his way, John Ryan
has a reputation for being different in every single show. He
confidently and cleverly adapts his show around the mood and
interests of his audience whoever they are and wherever they
come from. This makes him an ideal compere, stand-up, warm-up,
panelist or presenter.
Compering / Sets
Comedy Store, Jongleurs, Bound & Gagged, Kings Head, Meccano,
East Dulwich Comedy, Comedy Café, Hackney Empire, Frog & Bucket,
Buzz, Red Rose, Up the Creek, Hampstead Comedy, The Comedy Club,
So Ho Ho, Leicester Comedy Festival, Guildford Festival, Irish
Centre
Radio / TV
Appearances / Warm-ups
Carlton Documentary - The Real Eastenders
On.Digital - Net.Comedy
Anglia - What's The Story? (regular panelist)
LWT - warm-up/compering, new comedian search
Anglia - warm-up/compering, new comedian search
Liberty Radio - guest presenter
LBC - contributer
GLR - guest interview
Club Asia - comedy hour
BBC Radio Manchester - interview
Quotes
"Insanely talented John Ryan,… giddy freewheeling improv" - Time
Out
"Razor sharp humour" LBC
"I laughed so much my neck aches... Gets laughs out of any
subject" - Liberty Radio
"Ryan has nailed the art of commanding any audience" - Chortle
"Upbeat, interesting and unique" - Carlton
"Amazing… something for everyone" - Club Asia
"John Ryan bounds effortlessly around the stage,
rattling through a range of subjects based on the audience
responses.... Razor sharp wit and quick-fire responses meant the
audience flew along with him... He mixes his set with a wide
array of material taking in plans to invade Bhagdad, why
American Football will never be as good as Rugby and topping off
an energetic and engaging set by getting a confession from a man
as to a possible preference for monkeys."
- Hairline Magazine, Edinburgh Festival 02.
John Ryan
