Nick Revell

"A master craftsman back at work" (Time Out, 2003)

"Scalpel-sharp satirist" (London Evening Standard, 2002)

"Brilliantly funny" (Time Out, 1987)

"Satirically brilliant...travel miles see him" (Guardian, 1989)

"Easy delivery and a great stage presence" (The Times, 2003)

"Unfunny" (Time Out, 1983)

Nick Revell worked prominently on the comedy circuit from 1980-92, during which time he made numerous TV and Radio appearances in Britain, Canada and the United States, was a regular compere at the Comedy Store and was nominated for the Perrier Award.

My reviews often seem to pick up favourably on the satirical element in my material. While I'm pleased they do, I wouldn't like people to think it's a one dimensional act. I've always liked to put in as many topical jokes as possible, but there's broader stuff, stories and surreal bits in there too. And I certainly don't come from a consistent political angle - I'm too cynical.

After a ten year break, working as a comedy writer, I started doing stand-up again in the summer of 2002.

I have no real idea why. I like to say it's so that I can bring down the Bush Administration and keep my house. That's partly true, but I think it boils down to the fact that however rewarding it is making TV and radio programmes, there's nothing quite like a live gig. Hopefully that cuts both ways - for the audience as well as the performer.

TV and Radio:
Nick Revell's credits as writer and performer include six series of The Million Pound Radio Show (BBC R4), two series of The Nick Revell Show (BBC R4), four series of Drop the Dead Donkey (Channel 4), four series of Sunday Format (BBC R4), Nick Revell (BBC 1 TV), Friday Night Live, (Channel 4) and two appearances at the Montreal Comedy Festival Just for Laughs. (Channel 4)

He has written for many other comedians including Dave Allen, Rory Bremner, Jasper Carrot, Bob Monkhouse and Michael Moore.

Novels:
House of the Spirit Levels

"A brilliant spoof of magic realism crossed with an imaginative post-modernist Wuthering Heights...hilarious gothic mayhem...inspired". Mail On Sunday

Night of the Toxic Ostrich:

"If Hunter S. Thompson met Eddie Izzard in a bar and offered him some very high quality drugs, the resulting conversation would not be half so strange as Nick Revell's Night of the Toxic Ostrich...There are shades of Kingsley Amis here, a ruthless anatomising of motive and delusion and an appreciation that, in the end, nothing is absurd as human behaviour...Revell's first novel House of the Spirit Levels drew frequent comparison with Ben Elton but he is better than that". The Times.

Theatre:

Love and Other Fairy Tales, based on Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale".

"a magical piece, a playful, witty take on the Wife of Bath's Tale that brings out all of Chaucer's modernity and bawdy humour...intelligent demanding and deliciously romantic" - The Guardian. (Four Stars out of five)

"A fabulous fairy tale...a wholly accessible, hugely amusing piece of theatre" - Independent

"Lingering brightly in the mind. Love and Other Fairytales is an adorable excerpt from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales...done with great theatrical charm. Characterisations bloom suddenly out of nowhere and the vivid narrative always co-exists with the act of telling while travelling" - Financial Times

AWARDS:
Awards for the TV and Radio shows include various British Comedy Awards, Sony Awards, BAFTAs and an International Emmy.