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Howard Read is an award-winning
stand-up comic, writer and animator. As a stand-up, he has performed
all over the world – including Dubai, Iceland, New York and Melbourne.
He is an established headline act on the UK comedy circuit.
His show ‘The Big Howard Little
Howard Show’ was the only British Nominee for the Perrier Award
at the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe. He then took this show on a national
tour, and to New York, Stockholm, Aspen and Melbourne. A unique
combination of stand-up comedy and live, interactive animation, the
star of the show is Little Howard, Read's six year old alter-ego who
can respond to audience questions using a complex data-base of
animated routines. Howard has now performed 4 shows with Little
Howard, and in 2006 will branch into a new area with a brand new show
specifically for family audiences. This show will play selected venues
around the UK.
The Howards have appeared on The
Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Bizarrely they also appeared together
on Radio 4’s Four At The Store. As a stand-up, Howard has
appeared on numerous shows including The World Stands Up
(Paramount), and has also contributed pieces to Celebdaq and
The Big Read (both BBC2). His short online cartoon Polar Bears
In A Snowstorm won the BBC New Comedy Award for Animation.
His other writing credits for
television and radio include Meet Ricky Gervais (Channel 4),
The Eleven O'Clock Show (Channel 4), The In Crowd (Radio
4), and various interstitial cartoons on The Paramount Comedy Channel
and Play UK.
He is also an established warm-up
artist, having worked on shows including Black Books
(Channel 4), Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned (ITV1), The Frank
Skinner Show (ITV) and The Baddiel Syndrome (Sky One).
'a genius creation' - Metro
'I defy you not to be helplessly charmed' -
The Telegraph
'Howard Read can be said to be breaking
new boundaries in stand-up comedy … a fantastic show that no-one
should miss the opportunity to see'
- Edinburgh Evening News |
