PAUL SAVAGE
Paul Savage started out on his comedy journey in Dec 2006 by unusual means. Having only heard the phrase open mike in the context of comedy, Savage took to the stage of a club in Moseley and started his tirade against Dido, and wove in a story of webcam fraud, unaware that open mike is also used in music terms, and he was essentially crashing an acoustic guitar night. He has never used either of those pieces of material again.
He started off in ''proper'' comedy when his bottle returned 4 months later in March 2007 with some gong shows. Since then he has performed across great swathes of Britain, from his base in Wolverhampton. Never one to do something the easy way, Savage has mostly avoided the comedy metropolises such as Manchester, London and Edinburgh, instead playing such places as Marsh Gibbon (pop 991).
Savage has performed in some competitions, winning a Funhouse gong show in Aug 08, and narrowly missing out on the semis of Laughing Horse '08. He generally eschews competitons, as he is in demand more elsewhere. He is often invited back to venues, having played the Hollybush (Cradley Heath) 10 times in a year, and played Leicester University 5 times in a month.
His style of Comedy is a mixed bag of confessional, whimsy, wordplay and ranting. Most of it is true. He doesn't yet have a catchphrase, the closest he comes is the phrase that, tragically, is a true story. He once impressed a girl at a gig so much she called off her engagement and stalked him for a bit, sending him naughty photos. She has now moved back to Poland, and he can breathe easily again. That, tragically, is a true story.
He has opened, MCed, and Headlined, and performed paid gigs many times. He has also performed in between bands. He is a decent improviser and skilled audience-talker-to-er, and as such is sometimes used as a MC for hire. He drives a Golf mark III in British racing green called 'Chuck Yeager',and is happy to carshare with other acts.
He has his own podcast with fellow comic Pete Smith called 'Peas in a podcast' (psinapodcast.podbean.com). It has a cult following. he has appeared on Kerrang radio, Radio 4 show Dave Gorman's genius (as a contestant), on the channel4 website 4talent, and in the leeds student paper in an article on how to become a standup.
Selected Venues played (from the 110+)
Speakeasy's Wolverhampton, Hatherton, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, Marsh Gibbon, Bridgnorth
Yam laughing Wolverhampton- 4 times
University of Liecester - 5 times
Hollybush Cradley- 10 times
Juiced Stafford - 4 times
Funhouses Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Burton, Mansfield
Rawhide raw, Liverpool
Mother Macs, Manchester
Bolton Octagon theatre
Tewkesbury rose theatre
Stafford gates theatre
Abbcom Sheffield and Matlock
A massive artificial beach, Birmingham city centre
Quotes
'That's a frighteningly well written joke' Gary Delaney
'Dealt with the crowd in a manner that belied his youth and experience' Anonymous the Poet
'I look forward to working with you again, very, very much' Robin Ince
'In all my years of comedy, the stupidest thing I've ever seen' Okse
'this boy, god bless him, he's the future of comedy' Sol Bernstein
A wonderful way with words. -Hannah Bone, BBC