Rich Spalding
- English
- Writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Tom Towelling wins Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award
Comedian Tom Towelling has won the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2024. Meanwhile Dom Bant was commended by the judges.
British Comedy Guide, 11th October 2024Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2024 review
It's described as the West Midlands biggest comedy award... so what is that treasured prize? A branded mug.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th October 2024Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2024 - A sneak peek from the nominees
Culture writer Abigail Meardon previews Birmingham Comedy Festival's upcoming Breaking Talent Award show, suggesting the sneak peaks she received from the nominees promise performances that are dynamic and varied, yet relatable and seriously funny.
Abigail Meardon, Redbrick, 7th October 2024Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2024 nominees
Dom Bant, Caleb James, Lin Smith, Rich Spalding, Tom Towelling and Gareth Williams have been shortlisted for the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award.
British Comedy Guide, 4th September 2024Fringe preview review: Rich Spalding: Gather Your Skeletons
For a debut at the Edinburgh Fringe it is funny, engaging and well written.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 31st July 2024Funny At The Fringe - Rich Spalding: Gather Your Skeletons
"My show is largely about work and death, which sounds dull and depressing, but is actually neither."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 29th July 2024Edinburgh Fringe comedians share how they tackle the truth on stage
Stand up comedians are the heart of their material.
Katy Davies, Entertainment Focus, 23rd July 2024EdFringe Talk: Rich Spalding: Gather Your Skeletons
"It feels like you're at university - wandering around a big campus, constantly bumping into people you know, going out late, drinking too much, sleeping in late, 'working' for a couple of hours a day and then hanging out with your mates."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 24th June 2024Pleasance adds more shows to Edinburgh Fringe
The Pleasance has added another 134 shows to their Edinburgh Festival Fringe roster this summer.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd April 2024Beat The Frog World Series final 2022 review
Whatever happens at the American midterms, it seems people just can't be trusted with democracy. Two of the new comics at the Beat The Frog final on Monday night stood above the others for me - yet the audience who decide the title plumped for neither of them.
Chortle, 9th November 2022