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Holy Flying Circus
Written by Tony Roche, Holy Flying Circus was a fantastical re-imagining of the controversy surrounding The Life Of Brian, specifically the days leading up to the now famous public debate pitting Pythons John Cleese and Michael Palin against the Bishop of Southwark and Malcolm Muggeridge on Tim Rice’s 70’s talk show Friday Night, Saturday Morning. I was cast as Terry Gilliam, the Python’s American member who is remembered best for his incredible animations and subsequent career as a visionary film director.
The cast was made up of Rufus Jones, Charles Edwards, Darren Boyd, Steve Punt, Tom Fisher and myself as the Pythons with Simon Greenall, Mark Heap, Jason Thorpe, Paul Chahidi, Tom Price, Roy Marsden, Michael Cochrane to name but a few - with a cameo from Stephen Fry as God. Directed byOwen Harris.
Fur TV
Fur TV was a comedy puppet show produced by MTV Networks Europe and aired on MTV channels world-wide voiced by Henry Trotter, Simon Greenall and me.
I played Fat Ed, a foul-mouthed, violent, beer swilling heavy metal obsessive.
Henry was Lapeño, a Brazilian sex god who is irresistible to women and Simon Greenall was Mervin, a perpetually cross-eyed, mentally retarded, perverted, self-abusing fanatic with a chronic addiction to masturbation.
Directed by Henry Trotter and Produced by Chris Wiatt for Warp X.
One Star
I played Jobraith, one half of an alien with Brendon Burns voicing the other half, Tudd, in an animated sitcom pilot set in the worst B&B in space written by British Animation Award winner Ian Carney.
Other voices included Sarah Hadland, Lewis Macleod, Greg McHugh, and Gavin Mitchell.
The show was produced by David Murdoch for Tern TV, animated by Superumami and went out on BBC One.
Here's a link to a clip from it. Click here...
Rob Brydon’s Annually Retentive
This show first aired on BBC Three in July 2006.
It revolved around the making of a comedy panel game show called Annually
Retentive, hosted by comedian Rob Brydon.
I played the rather thick and insulting American Producer.
I was only seen in the first series.
Man-Maid
A short film from producer Miranda Davis (details to follow)
Confetti
I played one of the wedding competition Judges in this 2006 British mockumentary/romantic comedy feature.
It was conceived and directed by Debbie Isitt and starred many acclaimed British comedians, including Jessica Stevenson, Jimmy Carr, Martin Freeman, Mark Heap, Julia Davis, Robert Webb, and Olivia Colman.
The script was entirely improvised.
If you blink you will miss me.
Broken News
In the autumn 2005 Broken News was shown on BBC Two and in Australia on SBS-TV.The show poked fun at the world of 24-hour rolling news channels.
I played Josh Cashman, an extremely camp American Hollywood reporter on the vapid entertainment programme, So News with Lucy Porter and Philip Brodie.
Written and Directed by John Morton with Tony Roche.
Jesus Green
A sitcom pilot with Absolutely Productions for C4 with Ed Byrne, Brendon Burns, Nina Wadia, Steve Frost (more details to follow)
Lenny
Beige Variety Pack
Steve Furst was Lenny Beige and The Variety Pack, produced by Richard Webb
for BBC Choice, starred many house hold names such as Matt Lucas, David Walliams,
Terry Wogan, Chas n Dave, Davina McCall, Claudia Winkleman & Tony Hadley.
I created many strange characters for Lenny Beige including Greasy Fist Joe, Euardo Chinchia, and Kenny Smiles - who blacks up to perform a tribute to Billie Holiday entitled Fuck the Germans.
Pornarama
This was a Comedy Lab in 1998 that I was cast in with co-star Rob Rouse.The premise was that I was the older wiser flatmate teaching the younger flatmate, Rob, all about porn using a clip show format.
Lucy Porter was a roving reporter that interviewed the porn star Ben Dover.
It rated higher than any other Comedy Lab up to that point, but then again it did have PORN in the title.
Unsurprisingly, it was never made into a series!
RDA
Was a daily late-night topical comedy show hosted by John Gordillo that ran
for 60 episodes until BBC Choice was rebranded as BBC Three. I appeared weekly as an unusual character of some sort to make fun of John or wind him up.
My favourite spot was attempting to build a domino rally to find spiritual contentment.
This of course goes very wrong indeed.
Alexei
Sayles’ Merry-Go-Round
This was a comedy sketch show starring Alexei Sayles and directed by Edgar
Wright (Shaun of The Dead) which ran on BBC2 for a total of 6 episodes over
one series in 1998. I appeared briefly in a couple of sketches.
Haywire
Possibly the worst sketch show ever made.This programme was made by BBC Scotland for BBC One and was due to replace The League of Gentlemen in the schedules.
A promising cast of Kevin Gildea, Gabriel Quigley, Dawn Steele, Karl Minns and talented director Peter Boyd Maclean could not save the badly conceived and uneven script.
This was a total flop although there were some great individual performances and the odd fantastic sketch.
SketchCom 
The Juice Pigs had an entire half hour to themselves on the CBC just before
we split up and it shows what we could have done if we had been patient. A creation of the Air Farce's Roger Abbott and Don Ferguson, the show featured up and coming comedy artists, shined the light on little known comedy troupes, of which we were the most well known.
A Little Off the Top
This Canadian Comedy Award nominated short comedy was very surreal, silly, and strange.
It was a perfect vehicle for Corky and the Juice Pigs.
Written and Directed by Liam Kiernan. (Would love to find a clip of this!!)
Somewhere
Beneath It All, A Small Fire Burns Still by Dave Florez
a monologue. Kevin loves Daina. Phil loves Daina. Phil never said goodbye
to either of them. Phil Nichol performs the worlds premiere of Dave Florez's darkly comic, twisted monologue about seeking forgiveness in an unrelenting world. Join Kevin at his local cafe and take a surreal journey into his inner world from childhood trauma to his obsession with beautiful waitress, Daina.
Kevin's worldview collides with reality as he tries to explain sex, love and longing but gets lost along the way.
Directed by Hannah Eidenow. Buy a copy of the script, here.
School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
with Stephen K Amos, Marcus Brigstoke, Paul Foot, Clare Thompson, Lionel Blair, Steve Jameson, Huw Thomas, Amy Saunders, Ella Kenion, Bridget Christie, Richard Thomson.Directed by Cal MacCrystal
Gagarin
Way by Gregory Burke
with Jim Muir, Will Andrews and Bruce Morton. Directed by Maggie Inchley
Simpatico by Sam Shepard
with Edward Clayton, Trudi Jackson, Gabriel Butler-Lewis, Danielle King.Directed by Hannah Eidenow
Killer Joe by Tracey Letts
with Tony Law, Lizzie Roper, Ed Weeks, Charlotte Jo Hanbury.Directed By Maggie Inchley
Breaker Morant by Kenneth Ross
with Adam Hills, Rhys Darby, Heath Franklin, Brendon Burns, Sammy J, Alan Francis, Mike Hayley, Alistair Barrie, Nick Wilty, James Wren, Giles March.Directed by Tom Daley and Phil Nichol.
Talk Radio by Eric Bogosian
with
Tony Law, Tara
Flynn, Mike McShane, Stephen
K Amos, Will Adamsdale, Tiffany
Stevenson.Directed by Stewart Lee.
True West by Sam Shepard
with Tom Stade, Dave Johns and Janice Connolly.Directed by Maggie Inchley.
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon
with
Bill Bailey, Alan
Davies, Owen O’Neill, Ian Coppinger, Lizzie Roper, Katherine
Jakeways, and Dave Calvitto. Directed by Guy Masterson.
The Zoo Story by Edward Albee
with Graham Elwell.Directed by Maggie Inchley.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman from the novel by Ken Kesey
with
Christian Slater,
Frances Barber, Mackenzie
Crook, Ian Coppinger, Gavin Robertson, Owen O’Neill, Brendan Dempsey, Dave
Johns, Lizzie Roper, Katherine
Jakeways, Lucy Porter,
Felix Dexter, Stephen K.
Amos and Dave Calvitto. Directed by Terry Johnson and Tamara Harvey.
Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
with Bill Bailey, Steve Furst, Ian Coppinger, Jeff Green, Dave Johns, Russell Hunter, Andy Smart, Gavin Robertson, Owen O’Neill, Steve Frost and Dave Calvitto.Directed by Guy Masterson.
Taboo
by Boy George
with Boy George,
Euan Morton, Mairi
Wilson, Declan Bennett
and many more.Directed by Christopher Renshaw.
What You Really Want by Trevor Lock
with Wendy Wason, Trevor Lock, Ella Kenion.Directed by Sem Devillart.
