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TimeOut Comedy Award Winner 2006
Chortle Award Winner 2006, 2007, 2009
Observer Award Winner 2006
British Comedy Award Nominee 2006

In 2007, Robin Ince performed over 100 solo tour dates, and another 100 supporting Ricky Gervais on his Fame tour. He also performed full-length shows in New York, Milan, Paris and Rome. His first feature film, Razzle Dazzle, was officially selected by the Berlin and Edinburgh Film Festivals and was the opening gala film for the New York Children’s Film Festival in February 2008. He has made regular appearances on Radio 4’s The Now Show, The Personality Test and Loose Ends. On television he has appeared on The World Stands Up, Edinburgh or Bust, The Comedy Store, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Mock the Week and many more.

This year he will be taking it easy working as script consultant for Skins, recording a documentary about the loss of his record collection for Radio 4, appearing in the new Armando Iannucci produced sitcom Lab Rats and touring the country with a work in progress currently entitled Propaganda and Tittletattle. His award-winning Book Club will be popping up at music and literary festivals around the country, along with his new project The School For Gifted Children. He is one of the few comedians to talk of the behaviour of Bonobos, 15th century astronomy and the structure of DNA. He smells of libraries and doesn’t care.

“when someone writes a history of modern comedy, they should make room for Robin Ince” The Guardian

“snortingly funny” Daily Telegraph

“one of the most thoughtful stand-ups on the circuit … 4 stars” The Independent

“a smart, snarly and inventive one-man show” Sunday Times

"a supremely sardonic comedian ... wry, intelligent and cruel" Evening Standard

“thoughtful, provocative and very funny” The Times

“the crown prince of cerebral comedy” Liverpool Echo

"indubitably funny" Daily Telegraph

"one of the great under-rated stand-ups, a real comic's comic" Daily Telegraph

"makes beefburgers of some of today's most sacred cows" The Independent

"a brilliant comic with a genius for improvisation" Time Out

"brilliant timing and turn of phrase" City Life

“he’s like a young Victor Meldrew crossed with a trendy sociology professor” Daily Telegraph

"a gifted stand-up ... recommended" Chortle

Live Work

Bleeding Heart Liberal

2009 / Edinburgh Fringe

Robin Ince’s One Man Book Club

2009 / specialist literary festival show

Bleeding Heart Liberal

February-May 2009 / national tour

Propaganda & Tittletattle

2008 / monthly residencies in Barton-on-Humber, Brighton, Bury and Dorchester

Robin Ince Knew This Would Happen

2007 / Edinburgh Fringe

Robin Ince Isn’t Waving

September 2006-February 2007 / national tour

Robin Ince Isn’t Waving

2006 / Edinburgh Fringe

Robin Ince Is As Dumb As You

2005 / Edinburgh Fringe

The Award-Winning Robin Ince

2004 / Edinburgh Fringe

Brighton Fringe 2007, 2008

Brighton Comedy Festival 2006, 2007

Leicester Comedy Festival 2006, 2007, 2009

Glasgow Comedy Festival 2006, 2007, 2009

Manchester Comedy Festival 2006

Newcastle/Gateshead Comedy Festival 2006

Ricky Gervais – Fame

2007 / national tour (support act)

Ricky Gervais – Politics

2004 / national tour (support act)

The Book Club

A regular monthly show 2005-2007 at The Albany, Great Portland Street, London and continuing one-off shows around the country at theatres, festivals and literary events.

The Book Club – All-New Fighting Years

2007 / Edinburgh Fringe

The Book Club

2006 / Edinburgh Fringe

Dirty Book Club

2006 / Edinburgh Fringe

The Book Club

2006 / national tour

The Book Club

2005 / Edinburgh Fringe

Belfast Festival Fringe 2006

Latitude Festival 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009