2011 Edinburgh Fringe

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Since Carey's first appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2003, his unique style of dark humour and mischievous, gleeful delivery has continued to win over the critics and audiences. His first show, Albino Hunter, showed a wilful disregard for the controversial that gained him many fans, and he has returned to the festival every year since. Carey has just become the only comic to win the 'Best Show' at the New Zealand Comedy Festival Award twice.

Carey has a natural ability to find joy in the most unexpected places and his shows have always differed from the last, highlighting his aptitude for originality. His second solo show, Marry Me, was about Carey's plight to find a wife before the end of the month's run and was subsequently turned into a book. White Night had Carey performing colour-changing jokes in front of a giant colour-changing screen. Careyness was an honest examination of Carey's attraction to comedy's darkest subjects. The Doom Gloom Boom laughed at a world falling apart and dared to suggest answers, and Scoundrel involved a fake séance and a heartfelt attack on lies. This year's show is Carey at his most audacious and powerful. In Laziness... and Stuff, Carey tears into the understanding of identity and argues the meaning of being human. Hilarious, twisted, and brutally honest.

Carey is a regular favourite at London's Comedy Store as well as various other comedy clubs across the country, and he can often be seen compering Reading, Leeds and Glastonbury festivals. He has also written two novels, appeared on various TV programmes from Slam (Channel 4) to The Stand Up Show (BBC1), written sketches that have appeared on the BBC, and is currently writing for Bigipedia for Radio 4. Carey won the award for 'Best Show' at the New Zealand International Comedy festival, 2009, and returned in 2010 with two sell-out shows and huge critical acclaim.