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John Cooper

Edinburgh Fringe Festivals:

• 2023-2025 - The Totally Improvised Musical
• 2017-2025 - Comedysportz
• 2011 - Danny Pensive's Maps of Britain (solo show)
• 2008 - The 30 Year Itch (solo show)
• 2005 - The Big Comedy Picnic
• 2004 - The Big Comedy Picnic

Improv:

I've performed with The Totally Improvised Company in Manchester for 20 Years. I've performed with many other groups, both in the UK, US and Ireland. I've performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in improv shows since 2007.

• Totally Improvised Company - 2007-Present
• Performed with Comedysportz in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, Miwaukee, Minniapolis, Philadelphia, San Hose & Sacremento.
• Liverpool Improvathon
• Improv Utopia, Ireland

Comedy:

• Stand Up Hero Pilot - ITV4 (TV)
• Tour Support for Milton Jones
• Tour Support for One Man Star Wars x3 - (100+ theatres)
• City Life comedian of the year - Finalist.
• Channel 4, So you Think You're Funny - Semi Finalist
• BBC Radio 4 Sketch Show - Jesting About
• BBC2 The Speaker - storytelling in comedy. (TV)
• Channel 4's '4 Laughs' - The Road to Edinburgh (TV)
• Compere - Manchester Comedy Store Kids Show
• Represented by Gag Reflex Agency 2005 - 2013
• Resident compere for Stand up Live (Newcastle 2004) and Giggle (Manchester 2006)

Theatre:

• Whatever Happened to the Likely lads, Lass O'Gowrie Productions, Manchester
• Henry 5th, Sunderland Royalty Theatre
• 21st Century Scum, Newcastle Side Theatre
• Soup Sketch show Hyena Comedy Cafe, Newcastle

Presenting:

• TEDx Warrington 2025
• Pecha Kucha Manchester 2025
• Pint of Science Festival
• SFX Weekender
• VWORP - Doctor Who Fan Convention

Quotes and reviews:

★ ★ ★ ★ "His audience interaction is flawless"  - The List
★ ★ ★ ★ "Uncanny accuracy and unerring honesty"  - The List
★ ★ ★ ★ "His audience interaction is flawless"  - The Skinny
★ ★ ★ ★ "Cutting wit…an hour well spent"  - Three Weeks
★ ★ ★ ★ "An infectious delight"  - Fringe Guru

"Vic and Bob meets Samuel Beckett" - Artsfest
"Gloriously deadpan and very  funny" - South Wales Post
"A must-go-see comedy highlight" - Buxton Fringe
"a superb creation…brilliantly done" - BBC
"Sublime innocence and lateral observation." - Cheltenham Greenbelt Festival
"Catch this comic idiot savant before Vic 'n' Bob snap him up" -  The List
"There's more to him than meet the eye" -  Three Weeks
"You could almost imagine Harry Hill doing it" -Ed Byrne
"The audience cheered him to the rafters." - Kendal Calling Festival

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