Robert White (I)
- Comedian
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Lost Voice Guy: victory a win for all disabled people
The talent show success of the standup comedian, who has cerebral palsy, will help normalise disability far more than any charity campaign.
Frances Ryan, The Guardian, 4th June 2018Robert White is demolishing Asperger's myths
Robert White is turning Britain's Got Talent into Britain's Got Tolerance - and demolishing Asperger's myths on the way.
Yousif Nur, The Guardian, 4th June 2018Lost Voice Guy's win a watershed moment for disability?
On Sunday evening, Britain's Got Talent drew to a close and this year's winner was crowned. Nothing unusual there. But Lost Voice Guy's victory wasn't just notable because he was the first comedian to win in the show's history - but also because he has cerebral palsy. Furthermore, the runner-up, another comedian named Robert White, has Asperger syndrome.
Steven McIntosh, BBC, 4th June 2018Why BGT finalist Robert White has such wide appeal
It seemed the right time to ask him why he seems to have such a wide appeal.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 2nd June 2018Robert White SHOVED by Big Narstie on BGT
Fans reacted with shock after Britain's Got Talent finalist Robert White was shoved by rapper Big Narstie on live TV after he tried to dance with him.
Daily Mail, 31st May 2018Should comedians go on BGT?
Maybe it's just the motley bunch of comics I hang out with on Facebook but this year's Britain's Got Talent has become a major talking point online.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st May 2018Why Robert White went on BGT & what comedy's taught him
Robert White won the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010 (beating Bo Burnham and Dr Brown). He claims to be - and I think no-one is going to dispute this - the only gay, dyslexic, quarter-Welsh, Aspergic, web-toed comedian working on the UK comedy circuit.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 25th April 2018BGT's Robert White sacked from 36 jobs in 7 years
Britain's Got Talent star Robert White has revealed he's been sacked from "36 jobs in seven years" because people found him "odd".
The Sun, 18th April 2018Robert White: Edinburgh Fringe 2017 interview
The Malcolm Hardee Award-winning, gay, autistic comedian combines his musical composition talents with his well-honed comedy chops to present a fully orchestrated comedy opera of unbelievable, but true, misadventures and misfortune.
Laugh Out London, 12th August 2017Robert White on going InstruMENTAL in Edinburgh
It's not unknown to see comedians with notes scrawled on their bodies. But those on Robert White's hands are not a set list but basic instructions on how to be a performer.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 10th August 2017