Craig Hill

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Craig Hill is a Scottish comedian and actor known for his cheeky, irreverent and disarmingly camp act. His act includes stand-up, comic characterisations and improvisation blended with musical diva impersonations, notably a parody of Shirley Bassey singing the football chant ‘Who Ate All the Pies?‘

Craig's first public success came at age ten when he won a local talent contest in his native East Kilbride, impersonating Cleo Laine. In 1991 Craig moved to Edinburgh in order to study Drama at Queen Margaret College, graduating in 1994. His comedy characters as well as his ability to improvise and write material led him into stand-up. He was still an actor, working in Theatre In Education and pantomimes when a friend secretly booked him in for an ‘open spot’ in 1998. So terrified that he had to be shoved on stage, it was his first ever stand-up comedy performance.

In 1997 and 1998, Craig performed a lead role (Jeremy Weller) in the critically acclaimed Grassmarket Project’s theatre production "Mad" at the Edinburgh Fringe.

1 Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows
2 Radio
3 Television
4 Short Film
5 Voiceovers
6 International
7 External links

[edit] Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows

1999 fringe debut as part of Scottish triple bill ‘Three Weird Beards’ (Gilded Balloon)
2000 his first solo show, ‘Craig Hill’s Alive With The Sound Of Music’ included a parody of Julie Andrews performing ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ in her inimitable style. (Gilded Balloon)
2001 ‘Craig Hill’s Wiz To Oz’ (Gilded Balloon)
2002 ‘Craig Hill - The People’s Friend’ (Assembly Rooms, Supper Room)
2003 ‘Craig Hill – Live’ (Assembly Rooms, Supper Room)
2004 'Craig Hill - One Man & His Kilt!’ (Pod Deco theatre)
2005 'Craig Hill’s Got the Ballroom' (Assembly Room, Ballroom)
2006 'Craig Hill - Kilty Pleasures' (Assembly Room, Ballroom)

[edit] Radio

2002 ‘Craig Hill’s Passionate Encounters’ (BBC Radio Scotland)
2002 ‘Famous for Five Minutes’ (BBC Radio Scotland comedy-quiz)

[edit] Television

2002 - 2003 series I & II 'Live Floor Show' (featured weekly artist, BBC Scotland comedy programme)
2003 'Live Floor Show' (featured weekly artist, BBC 2)
2002-2004 'Hogmanay Live' (presenter, BBC1)
2004 ‘Floor Show’ (presenter, BBC Scotland)
2001-2004 ‘T in the Park’ (presenter &interviewer, BBC Scotland)
2005 “Craig Hill’s Out Tonight” (BBC Scotland chat, entertainment and comedy series)

[edit] Short Film

Lay of the Land (supporting role, Producer: Screenbase; Director: Fraser McDonald; 1998)

[edit] Voiceovers

Dunfermaline Building Society Radio & TVC campaign 2003 - 2005; BBC Online Education Local Government

[edit] International

International live work includes shows in Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore, Amsterdam, Brussels, Ghent, Antwerp and Athens (including workshops for the British Council).