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Philip Simon

Philip Simon

http://www.philipsimon.co.uk

Philip is one of the most sought after comperes and opening/closing acts working on the UK comedy circuit today.

He has most recently been gigging throughout the UK, as well as a few appearances in New York, Scandinavia, Europe, The Middle East and Auckland where he headlined at The Classic.

He has also performed at a number of corporate events and private parties.

As well as many gigs around the UK, for multiple promoters/bookers including CKP, Rob Riley, Silky, David Ward, Mirth Control, Miles Crawford of JokeKlub, Richard Minnis of Out of Bounds, Spiky Mike and Ste Porter, Philip has also been doing weekend gigs as a compere or act at the following venues:

Alexanders in Chester
Back Yard Comedy
Boatshow Comedy
The Comedy Cafe (where he won their New Act competition twice in 2012 & 2013)
Covent Garden Comedy
Downstairs at the King’s Head
Glee
Jongleurs

He was the final record breaking act on stage as the Guinness World Record for the longest stand up gig was broken in Portsmouth and has recently been working as a rehearsal guest on BBC TV´s Mock the Week and Taskmaster for Dave.

As well as writing sketches for BBC Radio 4 Xtra´s Newsjack and The Canal Cafe´s Newsrevue, Philip is in high demand as a regular contributor of material to other comedians on the circuit, as well as writing speeches for corporate and social functions.