Andrew Bailey (performance artist)

Andrew Bailey
Born 1947
Manchester, England
Nationality British
Occupation Performer, comedian, artist
Known for Performance art
Home town London, United Kingdom
Website www.comedycv.co.uk/andrewbailey/

Andrew Bailey (born 1947) is a British performance artist, character comedian, and musical absurdist from Manchester.

One of the original alternative comedy pioneers at London's seminal Comedy Store in the early 80s, alongside Rik Mayall, French & Saunders and Ben Elton.[1] He has performed at the Royal National Theatre in London, supported the Eurythmics and John Hegley and others, he has influenced the work of Jerry Sadowitz and Simon Munnery.[2]

Described as being on the "lunatic fringe" and "the King of Dysfunctional Doo Wop",[3] Bailey has performed regularly at the Edinburgh Fringe, and on British television.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The Comedy Club
  2. ↑ The Guardian, Monday 23 November 2015 Andrew Bailey: ‘People have violent arguments about whether I'm funny or not’
  3. ↑ "if there was an award in that category, Andrew would be well in the running" - The Telegraph 5/8/2003
  4. ↑ The Scotsman


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