Lewis Schaffer

Lewis Schaffer
Born March 30, 1957
Brooklyn, New York
Nationality American
Other names Brian Simpson
Occupation Stand-up comedian
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Website
www.lewisschaffer.co.uk

Lewis Schaffer is an American comedian. He is now based in London where he moved in 2000. He currently hosts his own weekly radio show on Resonance FM 104.4FM in London entitled "Nunhead American Radio with Lewis Schaffer" and has two solo stand-up comedy shows in London, "Lewis Schaffer is Free until Famous" and "Lewis Schaffer: American in London". He was the first comic to tour a "free admission" show in theatres and art centres across the United Kingdom.

"Free until Famous" in London

Lewis Schaffer performs his show "Free until Famous" twice weekly at the Source Below in Soho until April 2014 and afterwards at The Rancho Grill in Mayfair, London. His show is the "longest running solo stand-up show in London and perhaps all of Britain", running in excess of 350 performances since its inception in October 2008.[1]

"Lewis Schaffer: American in London"

Lewis Schaffer performs his show "Lewis Schaffer: American in London" every Sunday at the Leicester Square Theatre in London, charging for admission.

Edinburgh Fringe Stunt

In 2009, he announced as a publicity stunt that he would be sponsoring the Edinburgh festival comedy awards that had previously been called the if.comedy or Perrier awards.[2] He claimed he had purchased the naming-rights to the awards for "£99 with his mother as a judge". This was reported as fact in various publications[3] and lead to threat of a lawsuit from the award's rights holder[2] and being fired by his theatrical agents.[4]

Nunhead American Radio

Lewis Schaffer has hosted Nunhead American Radio with Lewis Schaffer on Resonance 104.4FM London since 2009. It is the only radio program for Americans living in Nunhead and is broadcast live every Monday at 6:30PM GMT.

Awards

In 2009, he won the Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award for best publicity stunt at the Edinburgh Fringe[5] and, in 2010, he was nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Fleming, John. "So it Goes - John Fleming". Wordpress,com. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Stage, 16 June 2009".
  3. ↑ "Chortle, 19 June 2009".
  4. ↑ "The Stage, 26 June 2009".
  5. ↑ Brown, Angie (28 August 2009). "BBC News, 28 August 2009". Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  6. ↑ "British Comedy Guide, August 2009". Retrieved 22 September 2010.

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