Adam Drake
- Actor, writer, stand-up comedian, executive producer and director
Press clippings
Tarot win Next Big Thing 2025 award
Sketch group Tarot have been announced as the inaugural winner of the award naming comedy's Next Big Thing.
British Comedy Guide, 11th February 2025Next Big Thing 2025 nominees announced
Celya AB, Dan Tiernan, Josh Pugh, Katie Norris, Michael Odewale, Olga Koch, Paddy Young, Rachel Fairburn, Rob Copland and Tarot have been announced as the inaugural nominees for an award naming comedy's Next Big Thing.
British Comedy Guide, 9th January 2025Tarot to tour sketch show Shuffle
Sketch group Tarot are to tour their new show Shuffle this autumn, following a run at the Edinburgh Festival.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd June 2024The best comedy shows of 2022
From dazzling comic debuts at the Edinburgh fringe to occult sketches, soul-searching stand-up and deeply strange revelations, it was a top year for laughing matters.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th December 2022Katy Wix writes kids' Fat Camp series
Katy Wix and comedian Adam Drake have created a new comedy series set at a diet camp for children. Fat Camp is now in development at Baby Cow Productions.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2022Pleasance launches first official Edinburgh shows on sale
With shows already on sale from Ben Hart, Nina Conti, The Showstoppers, NewsRevue and Cirque Berserk, the first official on-sale sees the Pleasance Theatre Trust presenting the comedy big guns.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st March 2022Tarot: Soundbleed review
Without over-egging their attempts to be different, Tarot have created a slick, witty and sometimes silly sketch show that stands apart.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th October 2021Goose interview
The comedy duo Adam Drake and Ben Rowse on the things that make them laugh the most.
The Guardian, 25th June 2021Chortle Awards names Legends Of Lockdown
Fergus Craig, Mark Watson, Tim Key, Alex Horne, John Robertson, Marcus Brigstocke, Rachel Parris, Richard Herring, Robin Ince, Stevie Martin, Alistair Green, Janey Godley, Mark Olver, Archie Henderson, Catherine Bohart, Toussaint Douglass and Munya Chawawa are amongst those named Legends Of Lockdown in the Chortle Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 28th March 2021Petrichor review - cringingly funny web sitcom
The Pin's Alex Owen, Katy Wix and Lolly Adefope are among the cast in a superb series about a delusional wannabe auteur.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 10th December 2020