Jason John Whitehead is a Canadian born stand-up comedian, who has been based in the UK for a decade. He has performed seven solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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In 2000 Whitehead was the winner of the BBC New Comedy Award[1]
Whitehead performed on an episode of the BBC Radio 4 show 28 Acts in 28 Minutes.
Comedian, Crime Fighter and lead character in the PBS children’s series Jay Jay the Jet Plane (www.jayjay.com/). JJ hails from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia originally and considered Cole Harbour's 2nd greatest sporting hero after two times Stanley Cup winner Wendel Young. For the last nine years has made England his home base for spreading his humour worldwide including China, Australia, France, Holland. In the past year he has made an appearance at the Melbourne festival, filmed a pilot for channel 4 in Britain, and finished his third solo run in four years at the prestigious Edinburgh festival.
| Show title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Off the Kerb Roadshow | Competition finalist showcase. With Shappi Khorsandi, Mark Felgate and Angie McEvoy |
| 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Immigrant | |
| 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Serious Dude | |
| 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Jason John Whitehead | |
| 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Pretending To Be Retarded is Impolite.. and other revelations | |
| 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe | The Joker | |
| 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Emotional Whitemale |