Andy Hamilton, much loved and acclaimed comedian, writer, director, novelist, panellist and of course cartoon voice artist returns to the stage with a brand-new night to remember!
Exploring the wonders and the weaknesses of human memory, Andy looks at how laughter oils the wheels of the brain.
In an evening of classic comedy, Andy will do his best to recall the nights to remember from his own life, as a writer, performer, producer, director, failed quiz show contestant, choir boy, under-rated footballer and cartoon elephant dentist.
He’ll examine moments that have shaped his life and collective experiences that have impacted us all in an entertaining, thoughtful, but above all very funny evening with a veteran master of comedy.
Having started as a professional comedy writer in 1976 as a contributor to Radio 4’s Week Ending, Andy went on to pick up various awards for co-writing such classics as Drop the Dead Donkey (which was recently adapted for the stage) and Outnumbered. Both were created with his friend Guy Jenkin and together they also made the political satires Ballot Monkeys and Power Monkeys for Channel 4, the sitcom Kate and Koji for ITV, and What We Did On Our Holiday, a feature film starring David Tennant, Rosamund Pike and Billy Connolly.
On radio, he wrote many acclaimed series of Old Harry’s Game, where he played Satan, Revolting People, where he played a one-armed, one-legged degenerate, and Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers, where he sort of played himself. He pops up frequently on panel shows like Have I Got News For You and the inimitable I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. He has written three books, Blue Was the Colour, a memoir about his troubled relationship with football, and two novels, The Star Witness and Longhand, an epic tale which was, uniquely, published in the author’s own handwriting.
Andy visits The Stables on Friday night, May 8. Visit www.stables.org for tickets.
