Andrew Bailey (performance artist)
For other people named Andrew Bailey, see Andrew Bailey (disambiguation).
| Andrew Bailey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1947 Manchester, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Performer, comedian, artist |
| Known for | Performance art |
| Home town | London, United Kingdom |
| Website |
www |
Andrew Bailey (born 1947) is a British performance artist, character comedian, and musical absurdist from Manchester.
One of the original alternative comedy pioneers at London's seminal Comedy Store in the early 80s, alongside Rik Mayall, French & Saunders and Ben Elton.[1] He has performed at the Royal National Theatre in London, supported the Eurythmics and John Hegley and others, he has influenced the work of Jerry Sadowitz and Simon Munnery.[2]
Described as being on the "lunatic fringe" and "the King of Dysfunctional Doo Wop",[3] Bailey has performed regularly at the Edinburgh Fringe, and on British television.[4]
References
- ↑ The Comedy Club
- ↑ The Guardian, Monday 23 November 2015 Andrew Bailey: ‘People have violent arguments about whether I'm funny or not’
- ↑ "if there was an award in that category, Andrew would be well in the running" - The Telegraph 5/8/2003
- ↑ The Scotsman
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