Since winning
Channel Four's prestigious 'So You Think You're Funny?' Competition at the
Edinburgh Festival in 1998, an award previously won by Phil Kay, Dylan Moran,
Lee Mack, Tommy Tiernan and Peter Kay, Rob has been a regular performer at major
venues on both the London and National circuit.
Rob has
returned to Edinburgh three times; in 1999 compering The Comedy
Zone at the Pleasance and co-wrote and performed The Big and
Daft Comedy Show, winning critical acclaim and returning in 2000
with Big and Daft in Space, and 2001 with The Big and Daft
Christmas show, massive hits with punters and critics alike.
Rob is
headlining the Comedy Network for a third season this year,
performing at Universities Throughout the British Isles.
Rob has
toured with Phil Kay, taking him to both Hungary and Poland and
has recently returned from a tour of Amsterdam.
TV AND RADIO CREDITS:
Autumn 1999 - Pornorama : Presenter/writer
- Channel 4
Nov 2000 - Terrorville : Presenter/writer - BBC UK Play
Nov 2000 - Sean Locke's 15 Storeys High : Presenter/writer - BBC
Radio 4
Dec 2000 - Rumbled : Performer - BBC2
March 2001 - Sean Locke's 15 Storeys High : Performer - BBC2
"Clearly immensely talented... demands to be seen... star of the
future" THE SUNDAY TIMES
"Rob
Rouse is a born clown, a latter day Stan Laurel" TIME OUT
"Rob Rouse's cartoon face and cheeky banter allow him to get
away with murder" THE INDEPENDENT
"Big
and Daft, ***** Comedy guaranteed to lighten even the darkest of
moods... always a step ahead of you're expectations... missing
this show means missing something wonderful" EDINBURGH
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Rob Rouse
