Rhod Gilbert
moved to London from Wales in 1995, and started stand up in early 2002, with his
first gig at the infamous Purple Turtle in London. Since then, he has performed
regularly in London and around the UK.
Rhod's ridiculous shaggy dog stories conjure up surreal
images of family life to hilarious effect…his family seem unable
to do anything conventionally - whether it's a game of football
or a trip to the doctors - expect the unexpected. Rhod's dry,
laconic delivery increases the absurdity and the end result is
an assault of verbal tickling that's hard to resist.
Live performances
Rhod is now seen at The Comedy Store, Jongleurs, Lee Hurst's
Backyard, The Monday Club, Banana Cabaret, Bound and Gagged,
Comedy Cafe and the Amused Moose, as well as a host of other
venues around the country.
Competitions and awards
2003
Nominated for Chortle Best Newcomer Award
Winner - BBC New Comedy Awards at the Edinburgh Festival
Second place - Metro and Jongleurs, Stand and Deliver, Spike
Award for New Talent
Winner - Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year at the Leicester
Festival
Winner - National Talent Hunt at the York Comedy Festival
Winner - Paramount Gift of the Gag competition
Winner - Metro and Jongleurs, Stand and Deliver, The Spike Award
for New Talent, South East
Second place - Hackney Empire New Act of the Year
Third place - Laughing Horse New Act of the Year
Fourth place - Amused Moose Talent Quest
Finalist - Metrolife Comedy Newcomer Award - London Comedy
Festival
2002
Finalist - Channel 4s prestigious 'So you Think You're Funny?'
competition at the Edinburgh Festival
Finalist - Wilkinson Sword All Stars - London Comedy Festival
Semi-finalist - Amused Moose New Talent Quest
Semi-finalist - ITV's 'Take The Mike' competition.
Television & Radio
BBC New Comedy Awards Final (Winner), BBC3
Radio Four - Four at the Fringe
Channel4 - The spot; a short film about anger
Stand-up in sketches in the ITV 2 series 'Gagging for It'.
Regular appearances on the ITV Anglia 'Pilau Talk' topical news
quiz in 2003.
Featured on BBC 7 'Spanking New' radio show (August 2003).
Press quotes
"Gilbert will illuminate the night sky of comedy way
into the distant future." (Time Out: March 2003)
"Wondrously surreal" (Time Out: March 2003)
"Superb" (The Stage: March 2003)
"Undoubtedly destined for top billing." - Evening
Standard (March 2003)
"definite star potential" (Metro)
"a truly original voice, and one that is brilliantly
funny." - (Chortle: review of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of
the Year: April 2003)
"...great ideas...delightful images...and for sheer
invention, there are few to rival him." - (Chortle, August 2002;
Nomination for Best Newcomer 2003).
"Hot newcomer" - Sunday Times
"..an air of total confidence and experience that some
of the most established headline acts on the circuit would be
hard-pressed to match." - www.funny.co.uk
Rhod Gilbert
