Phil Wang
- 34 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, stand-up comedian and executive producer
Press clippings
Chump's Comedy launches 4 new regular mixed bill shows
Margate-based live promoters Chump's Comedy are launching new regular comedy shows in London, Canterbury and Folkestone.
British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2024Jazz Emu announces visual concept album Ego Death
Comedy musician Jazz Emu is releasing a "hubristic" visual concept album, a "self-indulgent" 30-minute music film featuring a host of comic talent, including Harry Enfield, Alex Horne, Al Roberts, Charly Clive, Ellen Robertson, Phil Dunning, Ed Jones and Will Hislop.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2024Phil Wang looks back: "Being the only East Asian person on the bill, there was a real thrill in defying people's expectations"
The stand-up comedian on growing up in Borneo and Bath, living like Batman at Cambridge, and his lifelong fascination with wrestling.
Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 9th November 2024Portraits of comedians Joe Lycett, Phil Wang and more to go on show in Sunderland
"My Name is Harry, these are my pictures and they are nice" is the first gallery exhibition from British photographer Harry Griffin.
The Sunderland Echo, 6th November 2024Phil Wang: I wouldn't be a comedian if I wasn't mixed heritage
Phil Wang has said his mixed British and Malaysian heritage is "central" to his comedy - and believes he would not have chosen a career in stand-up without having dual-cultures.
The National (Scotland), 23rd September 2024Phil Wang: Wang In There, Baby! on Netflix review
With a knack for making a lot out of a little, Wang is an understatedly stylish comic.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd September 2024Ahir Shah's award-winning stand-up show Ends coming to Netflix
Ahir Shah's Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show Ends is to be released as his debut Netflix special next month, as the comic reprises the hour at the Edinburgh Fringe.
British Comedy Guide, 12th August 2024Phil Wang: 'The Taskmaster bulge issue only became apparent too late'
The stand-up on his new Netflix special, falling off a table in front of Timothée Chalamet, and why silly jokes are back.
The Observer, 11th August 2024Phil Wang releasing Wang In There, Baby! as second Netflix special
Phil Wang has recorded his Wang In There, Baby! show as his second Netflix special.
British Comedy Guide, 6th August 2024Phil Wang and Susie Dent to host Unspeakable for Radio 4
Radio 4 has ordered a series of word-based panel show Unspeakable, hosted by Phil Wang and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown lexicographer and etymologist Susie Dent, to air later this year.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd July 2024