Jordan Brookes
English comedian
| Jordan Brookes | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1986-04-18) 18 April 1986 (age 38) Merseyside |
| Website | jordanbrookescomedy |
Jordan Brookes (born 18 April 1986) is an Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning comedian.
Brookes was born in Merseyside and grew up in Surrey. His grandfather was Bill Sellars, a producer and director best known for his work on BBC series such as All Creatures Great and Small and Triangle.[1]
Brookes studied animation at the University of Wales, Newport and began stand-up comedy in Cardiff. He won the Welsh Unsigned Comedy Award in 2012.[2]
He made his first appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2015.[3] He was first nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2017 for his show Body of Work. The following year he won the Comedians' Comedian award at the Chortle Awards. Then in 2019, he won the Main Prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for his show I've Got Nothing which was described as 'stand-up's answer to Waiting For Godot'.[4]
He has spoken of his admiration for stand-up Michael McIntyre, claiming he wanted to be "the existential Michael McIntyre, doing observational stuff but about disillusion, nihilism or sadness".[3]
Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows
| Year | Show | Venue | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Adventures in Limited Space | Just The Tonic at the Community Project | |
| 2016 | The Making Of | Laughing Horse at the Cellar Monkey | |
| 2017 | Body of Work | Pleasance Courtyard | Main Prize (nominated) |
| 2018 | Bleed | Pleasance Courtyard | |
| 2019 | I've Got Nothing | Pleasance Courtyard | Main Prize (won) |
| 2022 | This Is Just What Happens | Monkey Barrel |
References
- ^ Lee, Veronica (24 August 2019). "Ex-call centre worker wins top Edinburgh comedy award". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Jordan Brookes". Chortle. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ a b Logan, Brian (27 August 2019). "Jordan Brookes: 'I wanted to be the existential Michael MacIntyre'". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ Bennett, Steve (11 August 2019). "Jordan Brookes: I've Got Nothing". Chortle. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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Best Comedy Show
- 1981: Cambridge Footlights (Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer and Paul Shearer)
- 1982: Writer's Inc (Gary Adams, Steve Brown, Vicki Pile, Trevor McCallum, Helen Murry, Jamie Rix, and Nick Wilton, with additional material by Kim Fuller)
- 1983: Los Trios Ringbarkus
- 1984: The Brass Band
- 1985: Theatre de Complicité
- 1986: Ben Keaton
- 1987: Brown Blues... (Arnold Brown with Barb Jungr and Michael Parker)
- 1988: Jeremy Hardy
- 1989: Simon Fanshawe
- 1990: Sean Hughes – A One Night Stand
- 1991: Frank Skinner
- 1992: Steve Coogan – In Character with John Thomson
- 1993: Lee Evans
- 1994: Lano and Woodley
- 1995: Jenny Eclair – Prozac & Tantrums
- 1996: Dylan Moran – Dylan Moran Is Indisposed
- 1997: The League of Gentlemen
- 1998: Tommy Tiernan – Undivine Comedy
- 1999: Al Murray as The Pub Landlord – And a Glass of White Wine for the Lady
- 2000: Rich Hall – Otis Lee Crenshaw
- 2001: Garth Marenghi's Netherhead (Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade and Alice Lowe)
- 2002: Daniel Kitson – Something
- 2003: Demetri Martin – If I...
- 2004: Will Adamsdale – Jackson's Way
- 2005: Laura Solon – Kopfraper's Syndrome
- 2006: Phil Nichol – The Naked Racist
- 2007: Brendon Burns – So I Suppose THIS Is Offensive Now
- 2008: David O'Doherty – Let's Comedy
- 2009: Tim Key – The Slutcracker
- 2010: Russell Kane – Smokescreens and Castles
- 2011: Adam Riches – Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches
- 2012: Doctor Brown – Befrdfgth
- 2013: Bridget Christie – A Bic for Her
- 2014: John Kearns – Shtick
- 2015: Sam Simmons – Spaghetti for Breakfast
- 2016: Richard Gadd – Monkey See Monkey Do
- 2017: Hannah Gadsby – Nanette & John Robins – The Darkness of Robins
- 2018: Rose Matafeo – Horndog
- 2019: Jordan Brookes – I've Got Nothing
- 2022: Sam Campbell – Comedy Show
- 2023: Ahir Shah – Ends
Best Newcomer
1992: Harry Hill – Flies! 1993: Dominic Holland – Red Hot Dutch with Dominic 1994: Scott Capurro – Risk Gay 1995: Tim Vine – The Tim Vine Fiasco 1996: Milton Jones – The Head 1997: Arj Barker – Arj Barker's Letter to America 1998: The Mighty Boosh (Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and Rich Fulcher) 1999: Ben'n'Arn's Big Top (Ben Willbond and Arnold Widdowson) 2000: Noble and Silver 2001: Garth Cruickshank & Eddie McCabe – Let's Have a Right Royal Shambles 2002: The Consultants – Finger in the Wind 2003: Gary Le Strange – Polaroid Suitcase 2004: Wil Hodgson – The Passion of the Hodgson 2005: Tim Minchin – Dark Side 2006: Josie Long – Kindness & Exuberance 2007: Tom Basden – Won't Say Anything 2008: Sarah Millican – Sarah Millican's Not Nice 2009: Jonny Sweet – Mostly About Arthur 2010: Roisin Conaty – Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar 2011: Humphrey Ker – Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher 2012: Daniel Simonsen – Champions 2013: John Kearns – Sight Gags For Perverts 2014: Alex Edelman – Millennial 2015: Sofie Hagen – Bubblewrap 2016: Scott Gibson – Life After Death 2017: Natalie Palamides – LAID 2018: Ciarán Dowd – Don Rodolfo 2019: Catherine Cohen – The Twist? She's Gorgeous 2022: Lara Ricote – GRL/LATNX/DEF 2023: Urooj Ashfaq – Oh No!
Panel Prize
2006: Mark Watson 2007: Arthur Smith – Arturart 2008: All the performers 2009: Peter Buckley Hill – Peter Buckley Hill Free Fringe 2010: Bo Burnham – Words Words Words 2011: Max & Ivan – The Wrestling 2012: The Boy With Tape On His Face – More Tape 2013: Adrienne Truscott – Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One Lady Rape About Comedy 2014: Funz and Gamez 2015: Karen Koren 2016: Iraq Out & Loud – Heroes of Fringe 2018: Angela Barnes, Sameena Zehra and Pauline Eyre – Home Safe Collective 2019: Fringe of Colour 2022: Best in Class 2023: A Show for Gareth Richards
