March 8, 2013
I will be doing my first solo show at the Brighton Fringe in May this year.
The Hobgoblin, Brighton, BN1 4GU.
04 May, 05 May, 06 May, 31 May, 01 Jun, 02 Jun
7:30 PM £2.00
January 29, 2013
I got placed 3rd in the New Act of the Year. With Paul F Taylor and Sam Savage claiming 1st and 2nd place. Both thoroughly deserved.
It was a brilliant night.
There’s a review of it here: New Act of the Year Final 2013 – The Stage
Blasting into the third place spot was energised stand-up Darren Walsh; a tall guy with a big talent for short jokes. Following in the footsteps of quick-fire comics like Tim Vine, Walsh has an obvious love for puns, and is seriously skilled with physical comedy.
If his opener about asking a shop assistant to wrap something, prompting them to burst into rap, lacked originality in the writing, his sharp, full-bodied delivery sold it to the crowd. Then it was onto a mix of word play and sight gags, with lines like “My cat’s recovering from a massive stroke,” and a joke involving whole crowd participation with the line “I just alienated the whole audience” drawing a wave of laughter.
His ‘Bruce Forsyth clones’ routine proved he’s someone who cares about getting the timing spot-on, but in the end the comedy pay-off didn’t quite match the technical achievement. In general, it wouldn’t hurt for him to push his own personality forward a touch more, but Walsh showed considerable promise regardless.
December 17, 2012
One of my tortured puns was read out on 6Music, 44 mins 30 secs in:
Adam And Edith:15 Dec 12: Cheese Nuts!
Or if you can’t be bothered, you could just click this short snippet:
December 16, 2012
I have been selected to take part in the New Act of the Year (NATY), Formerly Hackney Empire New Act of the Year on 27 January 2013.
From Wikipedia:
The Hackney Empire New Act of the Year is a long-running annual competition that ran for many years at the Hackney Empire theatre in London in order to encourage, discover and promote new stand-up comedy and variety talent. Now known affectionately as the NATYS, It has now left the environs of the Hackney Empire and continues at various venues throughout London, and will be held at The Bloomsbury Theatre on 27 January 2013.
November 30, 2012
I’ve been featured in this weeks Timeout Magazine as ‘One to Watch’, on page 70.
It’s also on the TimeOut website, click the image below:
August 19, 2012
You can hear me on Radio 2 at the BBC New Comedy Awards in Edinburgh.
Click the link below:
Steve Wright 17th Aug 2012 – BBC New Comedy Awards
July 25, 2012
*UPDATE*
This has been covered on Chortle, PPSF, London is Funny and Shortlist Magazine
To celebrate a record-breaking number of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, I’m attempting a record of my own.
On Monday 6 August at 3pm, I will attempt to tweet a pun based on the name of every single comedian (who has a Twitter account) performing at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
For example:
Tim Shishodia
“What kind of kebabs do you like, Tim?”
“Shish.”
“Oh, do ya?”
Some will be good, some will be bad and some will be downright terrible.
Twitter only allows 1,000 tweets per day. So, from more than 2,695 shows, I will pick 1,000 comedians and make #1000puns.
July 18, 2012
I will be doing 6 Foot Silly in Edinburgh this year alongside fellow giant Mark Diamond
July 9, 2012
Listen to me eating artic roll and talking about comedy on the Painted Grin podcast:
Painted Grin #6 – Darren Walsh
The Painted Grin is a lovely comedy night in the East end of London run by comedy couple Jayde Adams and Oli Bettesworth and sometimes Oli’s mum, Janet.
