Comedians | Del Strain
I got into stand up by accident in 2003, and did my first gig at up the creek january 2003
On my fifth gig i got to the final of the hackney new act of the year 2003.
Again finalist 2004 only comedian to have done it twice.
Have done over 700 gigs to date and in 2006 am regularly appearing at the chuckle club, comedy cafe banana caberet and am headlining the red raw at the stand and doing paid weekend opening 15s as well as gigging for mirth control , gsoh and other qaulity gigs from barcelona to plymouth.
Also finalist laughing horse new act of year 2005. Best act of the year at the bedford 2005.
Entered competition for sketch writers had first sketchs on itv1 pilot 2003 though declined to let them use work in series 1 as i thought it had lost its way. This gave me the confidence to send sketchs to the bbc and in 2005 my second lot of sketchs were submitted and work from it used in the karen dunbar show which was nominated for a palm dor and made me very proud being a bbc scotland project. I started mc ing only last year and can do both but prefer to do my act as its less responsability though the growth has been considerable since i started mcing.
I get a buzz from stand up, i havnt felt since punk and making people laugh is good karma and a chance for me to be creative , i love to write and have made alot of contacts from tv that i am sending sketchs and ideas for programming as well as a comedy drama about fag smugglers working title "Costa Nada" {sort of bleasdalesk} i am half way through.
Have been and am in london and i dont see that changing though i am doing more gigs north of the border. People say im a charecteur act IM NOT IM ME full of observations of the uk and real people and situations ive met.
