Artists and Comedians
Kevin Shepherd
London
Kevin moved from his native town of Bognor Regis with a burning ambition to become a successful stand up comic and instantly gained critical recognition, being a finalist in both the Laughing Horse New act of the Year and Krater New Act of the Year competitions (2002).
Hailed as one of the funniest and nicest blokes you could meet, Kevin quickly became, and remains, a regular performer at professional comedy clubs on the UK circuit. In 2009 he was asked to perform support slots for if.comeddies nominees (now called The Fosters Comedy Award), Mickey Flanagan and Ivan Brackenbury on their national tours.
Kevin has also enjoyed success at the Edinburgh comedy festival and 2013 saw his fourth solo show “Confess Nothing”. Kevin has been honing his skills at the fringe since his debut show “Comics Die in Hot Cars” (2006), developing his writing style with two more successful follow-up shows “Caronicle” (2011) and “Thus Spoke Kev” (2012). Kevin combines a witty, light hearted and often lyrical style of storytelling with laugh-out-loud punchlines and a charming onstage persona.
As well as performing his own solo shows, Kevin is a sought after director, working with many popular festival favourites. His most famous collaboration and longstanding working relationship is with Tom Binns. Kevin has worked with Tom, on his Ian D Montford shows. This successful dynamic has seen Tom’s show become a BBC Radio 2 series “Ian D Montford is Unbelievable”, adding radio writing credits to his CV. Kevin has directed two shows (Milo McCabe: Schiz 2013 and Pierre Novellie: Mighty Peter 2014) that reached The Amused Moose Laughter Awards final. The eclectic mix of other performers Kevin has directed includes Zoe Lyons, John Hastings, Rob Collins, Julian Deane, Joey Page, Stuart Mitchell, Matt Price and Ian Smith.
Kevin has also written for BBC television (CBBC F1 Red Button coverage) and Radio 2 (Hot Gossip with Claudia Winkleman), and is currently in development talks with television production companies.
