Andrew O'Neill
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| Andrew O'Neill | |
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 Performing "Andrew O'Neill's Totally Spot-On History of British Industry" in 2008 |
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| Born | 14 September 1979 Portsmouth, England, UK |
| Website | Official website |
Andrew O'Neill (born 14 September 1979) is a stand-up comedian, musician and writer. He lives in London.
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[edit] Background
Born in Portsmouth in 1979, O'Neill grew up in the suburban town of Wallington. He did his first comedy performance at the age of ten (ripping off Harry Enfield sketches in assembly at school). He started doing stand-up on 16 January 2002, at the Laughing Horse, Camden. He since has gone on to perform in comedy clubs, theatres and music festivals throughout the UK, Australia, US and Europe.
[edit] Career
Andrew is a regular on the comedy stage at Download, played to 5,500 people at Sonisphere, opened for Amanda Palmer from The Dresden Dolls, warms up the audience for Never Mind the Buzzcocks and has performed at comedy festivals in Adelaide and Melbourne. He has a column in Terrorizer Magazine.
O'Neill performs with his steampunk band, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing in the UK and US.
O'Neill conducts comedy tours of Jack the Ripper murder sites and is reportedly currently working on a non-fiction book about the occult and putting together a compilation of his travel writings.[citation needed]
In 2009 O'Neill was nominated for the Chortle Awards Breakthrough Act.
[edit] Live credits
- Alternative (2011)(UK & Australia tour)
- Andrew O'Neill (2010)(UK & Australia tour)
- Occult Comedian (2009)(UK & Australia tour)
- Andrew O'Neill's Totally Spot-On History of British Industry (2008)
- Futuristicelectrodeathninja9000 (2007)
- Winston Churchill was Jack The Ripper, the full account (2006)
- The Last Show Around (2005)
- Andrew O'Neill and James Sherwood, Apparently (2004)
- UK Tour 5 September 2007 - 31 October 2007 as special guest of Norman Lovett
- UK Tour 12 January 2008 - 12 July 2008, with Terry Saunders
- UK Tour 25 September 2008 – June 2009, featuring special guest, former Creaming Jesus and current Giant Paw vocalist, Andy Heintz.
- UK Tour 12 September 2010 – present
[edit] Radio and television
- Good News Week, Ten (Australia)
- Spicks and Specks, ABC1 (Australia)
- The Richard Bacon Show, BBC Radio 5 Live
- The Milk Run (with Josie Long, Alex Musson, Isy Suttie and Danielle Ward), BBC Radio 1
- Tom and Andrew Discuss, Resonance FM
- Saxondale (with Steve Coogan), BBC 2
