The Penny Dreadfuls
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The Penny Dreadfuls are a British sketch-comedy troupe consisting of comedians Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck. The sketch team perform regularly on the London comedy circuit.
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[edit] History
The Dreadfuls met performing in Edinburgh based improv comedy show The Improverts in 2001. They performed together for the next four years before forming, along with founding member Jamie Anderson, The Penny Dreadfuls. In 2006, they made their debut appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the Victorian sketch show Aeneas Faversham and an improv show entitled Shamwagon, along with Edinburgh comics Peter Cameron and Idil Sukan. Their first appearance on television soon followed with a sketch in BBC Three's Comedy Shuffle before returning to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2007 with Aeneas Faversham Returns[1], which won them a ThreeWeeks Editors Award. [2] Their 2008 Edinburgh Fringe show is entitled Aeneas Faversham Forever and has been premiered in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Their radio show, The Penny Dreadfuls present...The Brothers Faversham, was broadcast in January 2008 on BBC 7 and guest starred Miles Jupp and Ingrid Oliver. Each episode of the four-part series followed the life and demise of one of the Faversham brothers; Horatius, Theseus, Leonidas and Augustus. A second series has been commissioned and is due to be recorded later in the year.
In June 2008 they appeared in The Supersizers Go... Victorian alongside Sue Perkins and Giles Coren.
[edit] Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Three Weeks Editors Award | Aeneas Faversham Returns | Won |
| 2008 | Brighton Festival Fringe | Latest 7 Best Comedy Award | Aeneas Faversham Forever | Won |
