Andrew Bailey (performance artist)

For other people named Andrew Bailey, see Andrew Bailey (disambiguation).
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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