Alasdair Beckett-King
- English
- Actor, writer, animator, graphic artist and stand-up comedian
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Chortle Awards 2022 shortlist revealed
The nominees have been announced for the Chortle Awards 2022, with Bob Mortimer, Liz Kingsman and Adam Rowe leading the shortlists, with two nominations apiece.
British Comedy Guide, 8th March 2022Shaun Keaveny to narrate Absolute Radio's first scripted comedy
Shaun Keaveny is to narrate Rockanory, Absolute Radio's first scripted comedy series. The series involves dramatisations of apocryphal rock'n'roll legends.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2021Union JACK Radio launches live comedy nights
Digital radio station Union JACK is launching a series of stand-up comedy nights in Manchester, Bristol, Hull and Leicester, highlights from which it'll broadcast in a new weekly show.
British Comedy Guide, 9th August 202110 comedy acts who went big on social media
Munya Chawawa's video of Matt Hancock as 'Shaggy' went viral this week. He's one of a new comic tribe who star on TikTok or Twitter.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 1st July 2021Has lockdown changed comedy for ever?
The popularity of internet comics has ballooned in the past year, and talent agents are taking notice. But will viral lols translate to a long-term career?
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 16th March 2021Review - Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore (WiP 2021)
I feel like I am writing this a lot at the moment but once again I genuinely cannot wait to see this clown perform a proper live gig. His material is strong, his flow is original and if he can work a stage half as well as he can work a screen then we are in for a great show - just don't forget to bring Alan the Vaudeville Raven!
Clownster, 22nd February 2021I was censored... by the free speech stand-up night
It was a night set up to champion free speech - but today Comedy Unleashed has been accused of trying to censor comedians who do not agree with its agenda. American stand-up Will Franken, once one of the stalwarts of the club, has criticised its promoters for attempting to influence what he should talk about on stage. However, those behind the club deny censoring the comic, and accused him of making 'fabrications and misrepresentations' following a furious fall-out about the direction of the night.
Chortle, 10th April 2020What stand-up comedy can teach games
It's not that easy, of course. If all it took was someone saying 'just be funnier', then I'd be filling stadiums. But maybe some of the same rules that a lot of us use in stand up are transferable.
Masud Milas, EuroGamer, 8th March 202050 best jokes from Edinburgh Fringe 2019's shows
As the festival enters its final days, we round up the funniest gags on offer this year.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 22nd August 2019+3 interview: Alasdair Beckett-King
"The story is autobiographical and it does what it says on the tin. I have been telling these anecdotes in the pub for years."
Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 15th August 2019