Jordan Brookes
Jordan Brookes | |
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Born | (1986-04-18) 18 April 1986 (age 38) Merseyside |
Website | jordanbrookescomedy |
Jordan Brookes (born 18 April 1986) is an Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning comedian.
Brookes was born in Merseyside and grew up in Surrey. His grandfather was Bill Sellars, a producer and director best known for his work on BBC series such as All Creatures Great and Small and Triangle.[1]
Brookes studied animation at the University of Wales, Newport and began stand-up comedy in Cardiff. He won the Welsh Unsigned Comedy Award in 2012.[2]
He made his first appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2015.[3] He was first nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2017 for his show Body of Work. The following year he won the Comedians' Comedian award at the Chortle Awards. Then in 2019, he won the Main Prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for his show I've Got Nothing which was described as 'stand-up's answer to Waiting For Godot'.[4]
He has spoken of his admiration for stand-up Michael McIntyre, claiming he wanted to be "the existential Michael McIntyre, doing observational stuff but about disillusion, nihilism or sadness".[3]
Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows
Year | Show | Venue | Awards |
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2015 | Adventures in Limited Space | Just The Tonic at the Community Project | |
2016 | The Making Of | Laughing Horse at the Cellar Monkey | |
2017 | Body of Work | Pleasance Courtyard | Main Prize (nominated) |
2018 | Bleed | Pleasance Courtyard | |
2019 | I've Got Nothing | Pleasance Courtyard | Main Prize (won) |
2022 | This Is Just What Happens | Monkey Barrel | |
2024 | Fontanelle | Pleasance Dome |
References
- ^ Lee, Veronica (24 August 2019). "Ex-call centre worker wins top Edinburgh comedy award". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Jordan Brookes". Chortle. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ a b Logan, Brian (27 August 2019). "Jordan Brookes: 'I wanted to be the existential Michael MacIntyre'". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ Bennett, Steve (11 August 2019). "Jordan Brookes: I've Got Nothing". Chortle. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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- 1981: Cambridge Footlights (Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer and Paul Shearer)
- 1982: Writer's Inc (Gary Adams, Steve Brown, Vicki Pile, Trevor McCallum, Helen Murry, Jamie Rix, and Nick Wilton, with additional material by Kim Fuller)
- 1983: Los Trios Ringbarkus
- 1984: The Brass Band
- 1985: Theatre de Complicité
- 1986: Ben Keaton
- 1987: Brown Blues... (Arnold Brown with Barb Jungr and Michael Parker)
- 1988: Jeremy Hardy
- 1989: Simon Fanshawe
- 1990: Sean Hughes – A One Night Stand
- 1991: Frank Skinner
- 1992: Steve Coogan – In Character with John Thomson
- 1993: Lee Evans
- 1994: Lano and Woodley
- 1995: Jenny Eclair – Prozac & Tantrums
- 1996: Dylan Moran – Dylan Moran Is Indisposed
- 1997: The League of Gentlemen
- 1998: Tommy Tiernan – Undivine Comedy
- 1999: Al Murray as The Pub Landlord – And a Glass of White Wine for the Lady
- 2000: Rich Hall – Otis Lee Crenshaw
- 2001: Garth Marenghi's Netherhead (Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade and Alice Lowe)
- 2002: Daniel Kitson – Something
- 2003: Demetri Martin – If I...
- 2004: Will Adamsdale – Jackson's Way
- 2005: Laura Solon – Kopfraper's Syndrome
- 2006: Phil Nichol – The Naked Racist
- 2007: Brendon Burns – So I Suppose THIS Is Offensive Now
- 2008: David O'Doherty – Let's Comedy
- 2009: Tim Key – The Slutcracker
- 2010: Russell Kane – Smokescreens and Castles
- 2011: Adam Riches – Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches
- 2012: Doctor Brown – Befrdfgth
- 2013: Bridget Christie – A Bic for Her
- 2014: John Kearns – Shtick
- 2015: Sam Simmons – Spaghetti for Breakfast
- 2016: Richard Gadd – Monkey See Monkey Do
- 2017: Hannah Gadsby – Nanette & John Robins – The Darkness of Robins
- 2018: Rose Matafeo – Horndog
- 2019: Jordan Brookes – I've Got Nothing
- 2022: Sam Campbell – Comedy Show
- 2023: Ahir Shah – Ends