National Student Radio Award Winner – Best Comedy

In the space of a few short years, Elis James has become the face of new Welsh comedy. Cementing his growing TV and radio profile with appearances in both The Comedy Zone and South By South Wales at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe, Elis has been supporting multi-award winner Rhod Gilbert on his massive UK tours and bringing the best of new music to BBC Radio One Wales on a regular basis. His style of laid-back, whimsical storytelling has made him a popular compere and performer with comedy promoters all over the country.

Also a versatile comic actor, Elis’s character creation ‘Rex’ appears every week on Rhod Gilbert’s BBC Radio Wales show and live at Chris Cocoran’s Committee Meetings.

One of Wales’s few bilingual comics, Elis has put his native tongue to good use – presenting on Welsh-language television and writing a full-length show in Welsh in his first year of performing stand-up, Bachgen Dymunol.

“the real star of the show” Leicester Mercury

“watching Elis James do stand-up is like watching a man with no arms or legs riding a mechanical bull – interesting and funny” Rhod Gilbert

“spontaneously witty … he can spot an amusing story and tell it with enthusiasm” Chortle

Live Work

The Most Cautious Little Boy In Wales

August 2009 / Edinburgh Fringe

Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie

2008-09 / national tour (support act)

South by South Wales

August 2008 / Edinburgh Fringe

The Comedy Zone

August 2008 / Edinburgh Fringe

Buxton Fringe 2009

Leicester Comedy Festival 2008