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Alex Horne

Alex Horne

  • 46 years old
  • English
  • Writer, producer, musical comedian and composer

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Alex Horne and Greg Davies star in new show Taskmaster

Alex Horne and Greg Davies will star in Taskmaster, a new show for channel Dave in which comedian guests have to undertake various challenges.

British Comedy Guide, 19th September 2014

Si Hawkins' Fringe Diary 2014, Part 2

Si Hawkins discusses the Edinburgh Fringe shows from acts including Tony Law, Alex Horne, Dane Baptiste, Richard Herring, Alexis Dubus and Clever Peter.

Si Hawkins, British Comedy Guide, 20th August 2014

Edinburgh festival 2014: five must-see moments

The joy of Alex Horne's solo stand-up hour, Monsieur Butterfly, is in watching the art of heartfelt construction as it happens.

Chris Wiegand, The Guardian, 18th August 2014

Edinburgh Fringe: the best shows so far

Includes Bridget Christie, Tim Vine, Alex Horne and Josie Long.

Alex Hardy, The Times, 9th August 2014

Alex Horne: veteran who keeps upping the eccentricity

Every year at the Edinburgh fringe festival, the comedian pushes his luck a bit further - and his latest show is outright folly.

Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 29th July 2014

Latitude review: Alex Horne

Alex Horne’s shows are always wildly ambitious, and Monsier Butterfly is surely stand-up at its most creative.

Andrew Dipper, Giggle Beats, 18th July 2014

London comedy: Alex Horne, Josie Long, Henning Wehn

A preview of comedy coming to the capital.

Rachel Holdsworth, Londonist, 7th June 2014

Radio Times review

Alex Horne's bumbling jazz jesters are back for another series, and clearly have no shortage of ideas. This week they tackle turntables, mariachi music and the humble Teasmade, combining sharp stand-up comedy with even sharper musical chops.

There's also a wonderful guest appearance from Sara Pascoe, performing a self-penned five-minute musical about her life as a vegetarian. It's far funnier than it has any right to be. A few of the sight-gags fall flat (as visual comedy does on radio), but the raucous live atmosphere makes up for any shortcomings. After all, who doesn't want humour you can hum along to?

Tristram Fane Saunders, Radio Times, 6th May 2014

Review: Alex Horne: Lies - The Stand, Newcastle

Spoiler alert; if a comedian starts a bit with the words "this is absolutely true..." it's not - but considering they have to spend extended periods of time making strangers laugh, you can probably forgive comics for embellishing the truth about their antics a little. Not Alex Horne, however, who argues that most stand-up comedy is simply regurgitating other people's amusing stories. Horne's problem with this strategy, he admits, is that nothing funny ever happens in his own life.

Andrew Dipper, Giggle Beats, 22nd January 2014

Alex Horne: Lies - review

Truth, falsehood and the autobiographies of Andre Agassi, Michael Caine and Cherie Blair in a high-concept show whose cleverness only slightly outshines its jokes.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 27th November 2013

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