| Andrew O'Neill | |
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Performing "Andrew O'Neill's Totally Spot-On History of British Industry" in 2008 |
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| Born | 14 September 1979 Portsmouth, England, UK |
| Website | Official website |
Andrew O'Neill (born 14 September 1979) is a stand-up comedian, musician and writer. He lives in London.
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Born in Portsmouth in 1979, O'Neill grew up in the suburban town of Wallington. He did his first comedy performance at the age of ten (ripping off Harry Enfield sketches in assembly at school). He started doing stand-up on 16 January 2002, at the Laughing Horse, Camden. He since has gone on to perform in comedy clubs, theatres and music festivals throughout the UK, Australia, US and Europe.
Andrew is a regular on the comedy stage at Download, played to 5,500 people at Sonisphere, opened for Amanda Palmer from The Dresden Dolls, warms up the audience for Never Mind the Buzzcocks and has performed at comedy festivals in Adelaide and Melbourne. He has a column in Terrorizer Magazine.
O'Neill performs with his steampunk band, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing in the UK and US.
O'Neill conducts comedy tours of Jack the Ripper murder sites and is reportedly currently working on a non-fiction book about the occult and putting together a compilation of his travel writings.
In 2009 O'Neill was nominated for the Chortle Awards Breakthrough Act.