GLEN MANEY
Glen was born in London, England on the 13th October 1964, Glen attended Sir Walter St. Johns Grammar school, in Battersea, London, followed by Cedars Upper school in Leighton Buzzard. It was here that a talent for writing and drama was highlighted. He achieved top grades at A-level English and he thought about pursuing a career in journalism via University. Having thought about it, he dropped out of school and attempted to play professional football with Northampton Town. This proved to be possibly the worst mistake ever made and he never played a first team game!
Glen has been performing stand-up since March 99. In this time, he has performed almost two hundred gigs, including venues such as The Comedy Store, The Comedy Cafe and the Comedy Cellar in Dublin during his recent tour of Ireland. He has performed on the same bill as the likes of Lee Hurst, Paul Tonkinson, Lee Mack, Daniel Kitson, Terry Alderton, Ricky Grover, Jo Jo Smith, Ross Noble and Mike Wilmot. At a recent gig at the Chuckle club, his fifteen minute spot went down brilliantly with the audience and Glen was thrilled that one of his current comedy idols, Lee Mack, took the time out to tell Glen, how funny he thought his act was.
He started stand up, purely by accident, when a blue comic, failed to turn up at a pub stag night. Glen compered the evening and the rest is history. He continued doing stag nights for various agencies, which paid the bills and allowed him to acquire the necessary skills, required to deal with hecklers. However, he felt unfulfilled, so he started to write his own material and tried the alternative comedy stage. A decision that he has never regretted.
One of Glen's characters, 'The Really Naked Chef' was recently highlighted on the Rapido T.V. show, 'TALENT' and there are plans for this character to do something on their official web site.
Along with every other stand up in the country, Glen has written a sitcom, which has been returned by Channel 4 for some format changes, but they are extremely interested in the concept and his writing style. The subject is a conman claiming to be psychic and at this stage, the project is called 'Medium Mare'. Glen hopes that this will be commissioned, the early signs are promising.
Glen continues to attend acting classes at seminars, such as the New actors workshop and such places, as he feels that any stage time and different perspective, can only enhance his performance as a stand up. He now has an equity card and is looking for more acting roles, having done many low budget productions for both t.v. and radio.
Glen is available for bookings of up to forty minutes, in alternative comedy environments or for Stag work, in which sector he can go on for hours. He is also a masterly M.C. certainly an all round comic.
RELATED QUOTES:
BBC RADIO LONDON - ''Very funny material''
HARVEY OLIVER - ''Great stuff, very funny geezer''
Glen Maney is the funniest man on earth - Toilet cleaner at the Windsor Castle pub, Wandsworth