Vyvyan Almond
- Actor, writer, comedian and director
Press clippings
BCG Pro Talent Awards for Performance 2022 finalists
Kate-Lois Elliott, James Murphy, The Awkward Silence, Silham Shahzad and Ashish Suri are the BCG Pro Talent Awards for Performance 2022 finalists. Ella Gonzales has been named as the Starter winner.
British Comedy Guide, 27th January 2023Mae Martin, Sarah Kendall and Aisling Bea's shows up for writing award
The Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Awards shortlist features Feel Good creators Mae Martin and Joe Hampson, Sarah Kendall (Frayed) and Aisling Bea (This Way Up).
British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2021Awkward Silence win £1,000 video prize
Comedy duo The Awkward Silence have won a national comedy competition, bagging a £1,000 prize for their video sketch.
Chortle, 1st April 2020Live review: Sketch Off final 2020
It wasn't a great surprise that the Leicester Square Theatre was not quite full for this year's Sketch Off Final. What was more of a surprise was that the line-up for the final was not full of sketch acts.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th March 2020Sketch Off! Final 2020 review
For a sketch comedy competition, there weren't a lot of sketch groups. Instead, the Leicester Square Theatre's Sketch Off! final last night was dominated by solo character acts - either wise to the fact that they won't have to share the usually meagre financial rewards of the genre by going it alone - or taking no chances by not performing within two metres of anyone else.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th March 2020The Awkward Silence: The Bastard King review
Something like a two-man Game of Thrones - but with a toad king in place of dragons - The Bastard King is an historical epic about various factions battling for the right to rule the fictional realm of Etherium.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th September 2017London Sketchfest 2014: The Awkward Silence
Ralph Jones, Vyvyan Almond and Alex Fox talk about The Awkward Silence.
Andrew Mickel, Such Small Portions, 30th April 2014An interview with The Awkward Silence
The Awkward Silence are a comedy sketch duo made up of one part Ralph Jones and one part Vyvyan Almond.
The Humourdor, 26th October 2011