Lee Ridley
- 43 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Newcastle Stand: social distancing no laughing matter
The Stand in Newcastle reopens after five months on Friday with a reduced capacity due to social distancing. But smaller crowds will affect its profits and it is looking at making two thirds of its workforce redundant with the loss of around 14 jobs.
Sharuna Sagar, BBC, 26th August 2020Stand Comedy Club starts redundancy process
Frankie Boyle, Kevin Bridges, Limmy and Fern Brady are among the comics leading calls for a Scottish Government bail-out of The Stand Comedy Club - as it emerged that the "vast majority" of staff are to be made redundant unless it is thrown a lifeline.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 23rd August 2020Lost Voice Guy becomes Misplaced Voice Man
A report on the website Newstrace about what has happened to previous talent show winners got it hilariously wrong when it told the story of Lee Ridley, better known as Lost Voice Guy, who won Britain's Got Talent in June 2018. It call Ridley 'Misplaced Voice Man' and called his autobiography I'm Solely In It For The Parking rather than I'm Only In It For The Parking.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th April 2020Over £20,000 raised for Leicester Comedy Festival
Geoff Rowe said "Whilst the festival continues to grow and develop each year, we need continued support to keep the thing going, and engage with as many community groups as possible."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th February 2020Live review: Hyde Park Winter Wonderland Comedy Club
Reviews of Emmanuel Sonubi, Micky P Kerr and Lee Ridley
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 8th December 2019Ents24 Hardest Working Comedians 2019
Lee Ridley, also known as Lost Voice Guy, has been named the Hardest Working Comedian of 2019 by ticket company Ents24.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd December 2019Five new live shows from streaming site NextUp
NextUp have filmed Britain's Got Talent star Lost Voice Guy, as well as comedians Ali Brice and Lou Conran (filmed live on the 10th November at The Bill Murray) and Tom Parry and Michael Legge (filmed live on the 17th November also at The Bill Murray).
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st November 2019Hyde Park Winter Wonderland Comedy Club to return
Comedy is due to return to Hyde Park Winter Wonderland for a second year.
British Comedy Guide, 16th September 2019Disabled talent need a break
It's time for the industry to stop making excuses and give people a chance.
Andrew Roach, Broadcast, 12th September 20198 white dues worth seeing at the 2019 Fringe
Anyone who has ever read a listicle in Chortle will have a decent impression of how white and male comedy is as an industry. It can be difficult, when faced with such overwhelming hegemony, to tell which shows are going to be brilliant compared to the ones that are just someone complaining about living life on easy mode.
Blizzard Comedy, 12th August 2019