ROB BECKETT

Rob Beckett started performing stand-up in 2009 and quickly enjoyed success in all of the new comedian competitions winning 4 competitions in his first year. Consistently impressive performances in these competitions, culminated in Rob finishing as a runner up in So You Think You’re Funny and winning the Amused Moose Laugh Off at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010 which earned him an invite to perform at Comedy festivals in Australia. At this festival in Adelaide Rob was nominated for the best newcomer award. South East London born Rob is now regularly gigging at some of the best comedy clubs in the UK. His unique observations, unusual take on life and tales of growing up in a large south London family continue to win over audiences all over the world on stage, screen and radio. Television: Fresh Meat, Channel 4 Richard Bacon’s Beer & Pizza Club, ITV4 Geordie Shore’s Mint Bits, MTV Jersey Shore Royals: Snooki and the Situation, MTV 50 Greatest Plastic Surgery Shockers, E4 Radio: Russell Kane’s Summer Seaside Tour – Southend, BBC Radio 2 Awards and competitions: Best Newcomer Nominee Adelaide Comedy Festival 2011 Winner Amused Moose Laugh Off 2010 Winner Outside the Box New Act of the Year 2010 Runner Up So You Think You’re Funny 2010 Runner Up Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2010 Finalist Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2010 Semi Finalist Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2010 Winner Leicester Square Theatre New Act of the Year 2009 Winner Reading Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2009 Press: Beckett had youthful energy in spades and a distinctive but uncontrived look with his white blond hair and megawatt smile… 
 interestingly random, with a nicely absurd edge… - Chortle.co.uk ‘He’s funny before he even speaks’ – www.spoonfed.co.uk ‘alluring mix of well-made observations, imaginative metaphors and a stylish take on his supposed doppelgangers…whip-sharp writing’ – Steve Bennett –Chortle ‘wonderful material’ – Chortle ‘a very funny young man, very funny’ – Stephen K Amos ‘a likeable high tempo comic’ – The Guardian ‘he already has the confidence of a veteran’ – The Times ‘fast, innovative, polished,’ – Three Weeks ”energetic Rob Beckett, with his fast paced punchy material’ – Leicester Mercury Tour Support: Russell Kane Stephen K Amos Jim Jeffries