Talent
Red Richardson
About Red
Red Richardson is a critically acclaimed stand up comedian, writer,
actor and podcaster and is now recognised as one of the most exciting
new comics in The UK.
He has twice appeared on The Stand Up Sketch Show on ITV2,
is a regular joke writer for ‘8 out of Ten Cats’, ‘8 out of Ten Cats
does Countdown’ and ‘Live at The Comedy Store’ on Comedy Central
and has written on Mock The Week..
Red’s 2018 Edinburgh debut “Seeing Red” garnered four star reviews
from critics and played to packed houses at The Gilded Balloon.
Since then he has co created and co hosted the global smash hit
comedy podcast ‘Laughable’ which has charted around the world,
trending on apple for 7 weeks, hitting number 10 in the UK I Tunes
comedy charts, number 22 in all categories and has been featured as
The Guardian’s entertainment ‘pick of the week’ and The Guardians
‘Top 50 comedy podcasts, Pod bibles podcast of the week, as well as
Acast’s podcasts of the week, I tunes New and Noteworthy and Apple
podcast’s specially curated ‘Shows we love’.
A live performance of this podcast has sold out the big room at The
Pleasance Theatre and it continues to grow as one of the UK’s top
comedy podcasts, despite only launching at the end of January 2021.
“Red will find his audience and in turn they will become slavishly
devoted” **** – Chortle
“Red Richardson is delightfully sardonic” **** Ed Fest Mag
“Fringe debutant impresses with the surety of a more seasoned
performer” **** The Wee Review
Credits
WRITING | |||
YESTERDAY TODAY AND THE DAY BEFORE | Writer | Comedy Central | |
THE STAND UP SKETCH SHOW | Writer | ITV | |
LIVE AT THE COMEDY STORE | Writer | Comedy Central | |
ALTERNATIVE ELECTION | Writer | Expectation Productions | |
8 OUT OF 10 CATS | Writer | Zeppotron | |
8 OUT OF 10 CATS DOES COUNTDOWN | Writer | Zeppotron |