Andrew Lawrence (comedian)

Andrew Lawrence is a British stand-up comedian.

Born in Croydon,^[1] Lawrence attended Tiffin School, Kingston upon Thames^[2] and the University of St Andrews. Lawrence presented his first hour-long comedy show at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe entitled How to Butcher your Loved Ones. It was nominated for the if.comeddie award (as it was known for that year only) for Best Newcomer. His 2007 Fringe show, "Social Leprosy For Beginners & Improvers", was nominated for the main if.comedy award. He returned to the Fringe in 2008 with a new show, Don't Just Do Something, Sit There. His act often includes songs performed on an acoustic guitar.

He had a role as a Christian builder (Marco) in the BBC sitcom Ideal.

Contents

1 TV and radio credits
- 1.1 TV
- 1.2 Radio
2 Awards
3 References
4 External links

TV and radio credits

TV

’Swizzcall’ Channel 4 (comedy lab) (2007)
'Ideal’ Marco (Christian builder) BBC Three (2007-Present)
’Comedy Shuffle’ BBC Three (2007)
’Comedy Cuts’ ITV2 (2007)
’Comedy Store’ Paramount (2007)
’Edinburgh and Beyond’ Paramount (2007)
’World Stands Up’ Paramount (Series II and III) (2006/7)
’28 Acts in 28 Minutes’ BBC Three (2006)
’Splitting Cells’ BBC Three (2007)
’Dave's One Night Stand’ Dave (2010)
’Stand Up For The Week’ Channel 4 (2011)
'Ask Rhod Gilbert' BBC One (2011)
'Live at the Apollo' (Series 7, Episode 4) (2011)

Radio

'What To Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else Series 2' Radio 4 (2011)
BBC Act Your Age Series 3 (2011)
'The News Quiz' Radio 4 (2011)
'What To Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else' Radio 4 (2010)
’Shipwrecked’ presenter of a 20 week podcast for Channel 4 radio (2006/7)
'Oneclick comedy: Andrew Lawrence special' Radio 1 (2005)
BBC New Act of the Year Competition 2004

Awards

Nominee: if.comedy award 2007
Nominee: if.comedy award(Best Newcomer) 2006
Nominee: Sony Radio Awards 2006
Winner: BBC New Act of the Year Competition 2004
Winner: York Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition 2004
Winner: Amused Moose Starsearch 2004
Finalist: So You Think You’re Funny? (no) 2003

References

^ Malcolm Hay (24 Nov 2006). "Andrew Lawrence: Interview". Time Out. http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/features/2301.html. Retrieved 18 Dec 2011.
^ Brian Holden, ed (September 2007). "People" (pdf). Tiffnews: The Newsletter of the Old Tiffinians Association (233): 6. http://www.tiffin.kingston.sch.uk/ota/tiffnews/Sept2007.pdf. Retrieved 18 Dec 2011.

External links