Toby Hadoke
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| Born | January 2nd, 1974 Shropshire, England, UK |
Toby Hadoke (b. 2 January 1974) is an English actor, writer and stand-up comedian. He is particularly well known for his work on the Manchester comedy circuit, where he performs regularly. He runs the multi award winning XS Malarkey comedy club, and is involved with many of the more experimental and financially accessible nights in the region. His comedy tends towards the topical and/or political, and his trademark high octane rants are particular favourites with his regular audience.
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[edit] Early years
Born in between Ludlow and Bridgnorth in Shropshire, he grew up in a small village called Loughton. He was educated at Ludlow C.E. School and Ludlow 6th Form College before reading English and Drama at Manchester University, where he first dabbled in stand-up comedy.
[edit] Stand-up career
Hadoke runs the award-winning XS Malarkey Comedy Club in Manchester. This began in 1997 at Scruffy Murphys, Fallowfield (where the night was called Murphy's Malarkey), before moving (in 2001) over the road to Bar XS.
Hadoke is the regular compere for the night, which he runs on a non-profit making basis. Acts who have played there include Peter Kay, Mick Miller, Chris Addison, Dave Spikey, Jimmy Carr, Reginald D Hunter, Sarah Kendall, Seymour Mace and John Oliver.
The club also gave early breaks to Alan Carr, Justin Moorhouse and Jason Manford.
Hadoke appears regularly at The Comedy Store and The Frog and Bucket comedy clubs in Manchester.
Hadoke is a founding member of the Comedy Store sketch troupe The Unbroadcastable Radio Show.
Hadoke has performed as part of Robin Ince's Book Club on several occasions, notably at The Edinburgh Fringe.
Hadoke won the inaugural Les Dawson Award for Services To Comedy at the 2003 Manchester Comedy Festival (beating a shortlist including Peter Kay, Johnny Vegas, Caroline Aherne, Dave Spikey and Ken Dodd).
Hadoke is also the Resident Compere at the Limelight Comedy Club (Previously the Ribbed Comedy Club) at the Limelight Club on Hightown in Crewe, Cheshire. He was also the compere at Ribbed 2 (Ribbed Squared) at Square One, Mill Street, Crewe.
[edit] Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf
His first one man show, Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf, was a critical and popular success at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2006. Charting his passion for the television series Doctor Who in an autobiographical manner, it received many favourable write ups, including one on the internet forum on Outpost Gallifrey from Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat.
In 2007 it continues to tour, visiting Bath, Glasgow, Salford, Hemel Hempstead and returning to Edinburgh for one week only.
A full cast adaptation of Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf was recorded in May 2007 and broadcast on digital channel BBC7 in July, prior to a BBC Audiobooks CD release. It featured Hadoke as himself narrating, with guest appearances from Doctor Who actors Colin Baker and Louise Jameson, plus comedian Alfie Joey and Early Doors actor James Quinn as The Voice Of The BBC. It received a five star review from SFX magazine.
His website lists a collection of ten connections with Doctor Who, including having a character named after him in Dale Smith's novel Heritage. [1]
[edit] Acting career
His television appearances include Phoenix Nights, Coronation Street, Titanic - Birth Of A Legend, Shameless, A & E, and The Forsyte Saga.
His theatre credits include work with the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster, and Opera North.
Hadoke has written for The Guardian and The Independent and is a frequent broadcaster on BBC Radio.
[edit] References
- ^ Toby Hadoke's website. Toby Hadoke. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
