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Adam Riches
Adam Riches

Adam Riches

  • 51 years old
  • British
  • Actor and stand-up comedian

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What is it like to be part of Adam Riches' show?

To understand more about just what it's like to contribute to such a great show I spoke to three audience members who were pulled onstage by Adam to see how they felt about being such an active part of the evening's proceedings and how it compared to Adam's experience.

Laugh Out London, 20th December 2014

5 best comedy shows of 2014

Featuring Harry and Paul’s Story of the Twos, Adam Riches, Noel Fielding, Bridget Christie and John Kearns.

Mark Monahan, The Telegraph, 17th December 2014

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Katie Mulgrew, Adam Riches and Robin Ince.

James Kettle, The Guardian, 12th December 2014

Adam Riches review

Once you're over your participation-phobia, Riches' combination of broad character-comedy and coercive stunts makes for daft fun.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 10th December 2014

Adam Riches: portrait of an artist

Most describe Adam Riches as a multi-award winning character comedian. But he classes himself as an 'artist'. To prove it, he got creative with some toothpaste and baked beans.

Adam Riches, Time Out, 2nd December 2014

Photo gallery: Backstage and personal

From Adam Riches taking a stroll in full armour to Greg Proops drinking in the abattoir and Camilla Cleese doing her hair, Idil Sukan catches Edinburgh festival's top standups off-guard.

Idil Sukan, The Guardian, 22nd August 2014

Explain yourself: Adam Riches

Born in Cambridge and raised in Glasgow and London, Adam Riches specialises in exaggerated, eccentric characters, both fictional (his alpha-male survival expert Victor Legit) and drawn from real life (a rough-hewn Sean Bean; a silent, needy Ryan Gosling).

Anna Conrad, The Times, 20th August 2014

Edinburgh festival 2014: what's hot and what's not?

It's only five days old and already the fringe has produced some stormers, from James Acaster to Adam Riches. Let us know which shows you've seen and what you made of them.

Chris Wiegand, The Guardian, 5th August 2014

Fringe 2014: Adam Riches, 'Prepare for silliness'

Adam Riches was the stand-up star of the Edinburgh Fringe in 2011. Three years later, he's back with an "equally silly" show. What took him so long?

Mark Monahan, The Telegraph, 1st August 2014

20 questions: Adam Riches

The former Edinburgh Comedy Award winner discusses breaking his leg on stage and the dark side of Sean Bean.

Theo Bosanquet, What's On Stage, 31st July 2014

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