Jaik
Campbell
Jaik
wanted to be a comedian at the age of 8, but only first started performing stand-up
comedy aged 26, primarily as a way to help him get over his stutter. Jaik found
that his stutter gave him a useful source of material when he was first starting
out on the London Comedy Circuit.
So far, he has done over 800 gigs and has
played venues such as The Comedy Store, Banana Cabaret, Headliners, Amused Moose,
The Bearcat, The Comedy Café, Downstairs at the Kings Head, The Hackney
Empire and The Chuckle Club, and has performed stand-up on ITV and BBC television.
He has also been an Edinburgh Fringe Festival regular since 2001 and performed
his first solo show there in 2005.
Television
Appearances
ITV's "Blair" (Lawyer) 2007
BBC1's "Leicester
Tonight" (Plugging my show!) (2006)
BBC2's "Open All Hours Sitcom
Review" (Talking about Arkwright) (2004)
C4's "V Graham Norton"
(Paparazzi sketch) (2003)
BBC3's "New Comedy Awards" (2003)
C4's
"Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" (Student) (2002)
Final and Heat of ITV's
"Stand-up Britain" (2002)
ITV's "Gagging For It" (2002)
ITV's
"Take the Mike" (2001)
ITV's "Best of the London Comedy Festival"
(2001)
Radio
Interviews
Jaik has been interviewed by:
BBC Radio London (2007)
BBC
Radio Leicester (2006)
BBC Radio Suffolk (2005)
Edinburgh
Fringe Festival Performances
2007
"L-L-Lost for Words -
My Life with a Stutter" Laughing Horse at Jekyll & Hyde, 4.05pm - 5.05pm
from August 4th-25th (1 man show)
2005
"I've
Stuttered so I'll F-F-Finish" at CElectric, C venues, (3rd -29th Aug, 8.20-9.15pm)
(1 man show)
2004
"D-D-D-Don't
Mention The Disability... ...I did once and it took 15 minutes." at Co2,
C venues, (4th -30th Aug, 8.05-9.00pm) (3 man show)
2003
"BIRDS"
at Belly Laugh, Smirnoff Underbelly (31st July-24th Aug, 5.30-6.25pm) (4 person
show)
2002
"Amused
Moose Comedy's Hot Starlets" at Belly Laugh, Smirnoff Underbelly, 3.25-4.20pm
(5 person show)
Other
Comedy Festivals
Leicester Comedy Festival 2006 & 2007
Guildford
Comedy Festival 2001
London
Circuit
Jaik is a regular at most of the main London comedy clubs,
such as:
The Comedy Store, Banana Cabaret, Headliners, Up The Creek (Greenwich),
The Chuckle Club, The Bearcat, The Comedy Cafe, and Downstairs at the Kings Head.
British
Stammering Association
Jaik has a good relationship with the British
Stammering Association and has performed stand-up comedy and hosted workshops
at their 2001, 2005 and 2006 conferences.
In
May 2007, Jaik will perform comedy and host 2 workshops at the "8th World
Congress for People Who Stutter" in Cavtat, Croatia.
University
Shows
Paramount/Off the Kerb University Network (2003 and 2004)
As
well as at Imperial, Brunel, Queen Margaret and Middlesex Universities.
Competitions
Winner
of the BSA National Writing Competition (2006)
Finalist in the Hackney Empire
New Act of the Year (2004)
Winner of the London Comedy Store's Gong Show (2003)
BBC
New Comedy Award London Regional Finalist (2003)
Finalist of ITV's Live "Stand-up
Britain" (2002)
Semi-Finalist in the Amused Moose New Act Competition,
London (2002)
Finalist in the Laughing Horse New Act Competition, London (2002)
Semi-Finalist in So You Think You're Funny, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2001)
Winner, Amused & Abused New Act Competition, London (2001)
Finalist
in the Hackney Empire All-Stars Talent Contest, London (2001)
Semi-Finalist
in Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award (2001)
Films
Jaik
has had small background parts in:
D Notice (Mi5 agent) (2007)
Sweeney Todd
(Gentleman passer-by) (2007)
Bean 2 (I'm the dead guy!) (2007)
The Other
Boleyn Girl (Servant at the ball) (2006)
28 Weeks Later (A civilian being chased
by a zombie) (2006)
Run, Fat Boy, Run (One on the front runners) (2006)
Bridget
Jones2: The Edge of Reason (Royal Footman) (2004)
Bright Young Things (Hotel
Guest) (2004)
National
Press Quotes
2007
"Has a smart way with a one-liner. It
might take a while to come out, but it is usually worth it" Bruce Dessau,
Evening Standard, February 2007
EDINBURGH 2005
"Check it out,
unusual and good fun. Bittersweet pathos and genuine, often brutal honesty"
Three Weeks
"A funny man. He can engage with the audience and draw
them into his life. A self-deprecating and spontaneous style" one4review.com
"You have to admire the pluck of Jaik Campbell. Comic timing... ...original
gags" The List
"You have to admire Jaik Campbell" The Scotsman
(Roger Cox)
"Funny comic material, stage presence, audience control"
The Stage
EDINBURGH 2004
"Winning giggles... genuine pathos... instant
guilty hilarity" The Scotsman (Jay Richardson)
"Solid,
satisfying comedy. Entertaining and occasionally deliciously vicious." Three
Weeks
"Gentle
and unimposing humour" The Fest (Alisa Mandirigin)
"Effortless
charm and sharp wit" Evening Standard (Bruce Dessau)
EDINBURGH
2003
"A blessed relief." Three Weeks
"Hilarious.
First-rate, talented, sweet and funny" The Stage
"A
very different but able comedian" Paramount Comedy Website
"Well
worth seeing. Affable and talented ****" StandupCom Magazine