Junior Simpson
With his infectious energy and huge stage presence it is easy to see why Junior Simpson is a circuit favourite. Simpson has a boundless joy and exuberance that has audiences hooked with hilarity. A true observational comic Simpson finds his humour in the everyday and humdrum with anecdotes of his world travels as a comedian adding a personal originality to his set. Although mischevious and daring, Simpson is never crass or crude and can tailor his set to suit any audience making him a favourite for warm up, TV and corporate work.
LIVE WORK
Junior is a regular headliner at clubs all over the UK and is also in great demand internationally performing as far afield as South Africa and Australia. Junior is also a regular contributor to The Cutting Edge Team at the Comedy Store
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FESTIVALS
Junior has performed in countless festivals including… Leeds Comedy In The Park Carling Weekend Reading Festival Leeds Festival Brighton Festival Guilfest Edinburgh Festival Fringe Leicester Comedy Festival Birmingham Comedy Festival Liverpool Comedy Festival Ealing Comedy Festival Vodacom Funny Festival (Cape Town)
RADIO
Numerous spots on most major radio stations around the UK and the world. Including…
London Live The Edge The Beaton Generation R4 You Call That A Quiz GLR Stand Up Two R2
TV
Richard And Judy Big Brother’s Big Mouth (C4) Big Brother’s Little Brother (C4) Meet The Magoons Armstrong & Miller Show Casualty (BBC) The Comic Side of Seven Days (BBC) AbbaMania (ITV) ElvisMania (ITV) Keen Eddie (Fox) First Cut (Carlton) Holby City (BBC) Oliver's Twist (Food Network) Maximum Exposure (Bravo) Blankety Blank (LWT) The Heaven And Earth Show (BBC) The Live Floor Show (BBC Scotland) They Think Its All Over (BBC) Night Fever (CH5) Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC) People Do The Craziest Things (Carlton TV) Question Of TV (BBC) The Harry Enfield Show (Sky One) In The Dark With Junior Simpson (CH5) Jim Davidson Presents… (BBC) Surfer’s Paradise (Carlton TV) The Stand Up Show - Series 5 (BBC1) The Comedy Store (C5, 1997/8) The 11 O’Clock show (CH4) Mission Improbable (CH5) The Stand Up Show (BBC1, 1998) Nights Out At The Empire (C4, April, 1998) Bring Me The Head Of Light Entertainment (C5) The Comedy Network series 2 (CH5, 1997/8) Is That It (Anglia, 1997) Nights out at the Empire (C4, 1997) Live at Jongleurs 3 (U.K Gold, 1997) Live at Jongleurs 2 (U.K Gold, 1997) Live at Jongleurs 1 (UK, Gold) August 1996 The Comedy Network (CH5, Paramount Channel 1997) Good Stuff Comedy (Carlton, 1997) Club Class (CH5, Paramount Channel 1997) The Comedy Store (CH5, Paramount Comedy Channel 1997) Saturday Live (LWT, June 1996) The Wright Stuff Top Gear Stupid Punts Queen Mania Comedy Cafe The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols The Story Of Light Entertainment Britain’s Funniest Comedy Characters Back In The Day Edinburgh Or Bust
THEATRE
Independent Black Woman (Director/Co-Writer/Lead Actor)
Loverman (Co-Writer/Actor)
Smallie
Slave Babies
Baby Father
FILM
Don’t Stop Dreaming (Role: Dildar Singh) 2007 (Director: Azjad Nazir) Love Actually (Role: DJ) 2003 (Director. Richard Curtis) High Heels and Low Lifes (Role: “Micky”) 2001 (Dir. Mel Smith)
WRITING CREDITS
As The Chicken Jerks - (stage sitcom) Hackney Empire Lover Man - Hackney Empire and Lewisham Theatre Independent Black Women - Hackney Empire Lewisham Theatre
WARM UP ARTIST
Dead Ringers (BBC)
Pilot for the ‘Ist TV Show’ (Zenith),
The Sketch Show (Avalon),
Ali G Show (Talkback),
Hippies (Talk Back),
Jo Brands Commercial Breakdown (Celador),
Comic Relief (BBC),
Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC),
Gas (CH4),
Rolf Harris’s Amazing World Of Animals (BBC),
In Exile (C4),
Live from Jongleurs (U.K Gold)
Saturday Live (LWT), The Frank Skinner Show The Late Jonathan Ross Abba Mania It's A Knockout The Stand Up Show Gease Mania Elvis Mania Gimme, Gimme, Gimme I'm Alan Partridge Live At Jongleurs QI
CASTING INFO
Height: 5’8 Weight: 13st 8lb Eye colour: Brown Hair colour: Black flecked with grey Native accent: British/Southern Accents: Jamaican, Barbadian, American (North & South)
PRESS
“My highlight was Junior Simpson. A vigorous raconteur and vibrant mimic with lots to say. Watch that Man!” The Guardian
“The new Lenny Henry” The Times
“His material is excellent” Daily Mail
“Simpson's irresistible energy and evangelical delivery can engage the most jaded of room” Chortle
LIVE WORK
Junior is a regular headliner at clubs all over the UK and is also in great demand internationally performing as far afield as South Africa and Australia. Junior is also a regular contributor to The Cutting Edge Team at the Comedy Store
.
FESTIVALS
Junior has performed in countless festivals including… Leeds Comedy In The Park Carling Weekend Reading Festival Leeds Festival Brighton Festival Guilfest Edinburgh Festival Fringe Leicester Comedy Festival Birmingham Comedy Festival Liverpool Comedy Festival Ealing Comedy Festival Vodacom Funny Festival (Cape Town)
RADIO
Numerous spots on most major radio stations around the UK and the world. Including…
London Live The Edge The Beaton Generation R4 You Call That A Quiz GLR Stand Up Two R2
TV
Richard And Judy Big Brother’s Big Mouth (C4) Big Brother’s Little Brother (C4) Meet The Magoons Armstrong & Miller Show Casualty (BBC) The Comic Side of Seven Days (BBC) AbbaMania (ITV) ElvisMania (ITV) Keen Eddie (Fox) First Cut (Carlton) Holby City (BBC) Oliver's Twist (Food Network) Maximum Exposure (Bravo) Blankety Blank (LWT) The Heaven And Earth Show (BBC) The Live Floor Show (BBC Scotland) They Think Its All Over (BBC) Night Fever (CH5) Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC) People Do The Craziest Things (Carlton TV) Question Of TV (BBC) The Harry Enfield Show (Sky One) In The Dark With Junior Simpson (CH5) Jim Davidson Presents… (BBC) Surfer’s Paradise (Carlton TV) The Stand Up Show - Series 5 (BBC1) The Comedy Store (C5, 1997/8) The 11 O’Clock show (CH4) Mission Improbable (CH5) The Stand Up Show (BBC1, 1998) Nights Out At The Empire (C4, April, 1998) Bring Me The Head Of Light Entertainment (C5) The Comedy Network series 2 (CH5, 1997/8) Is That It (Anglia, 1997) Nights out at the Empire (C4, 1997) Live at Jongleurs 3 (U.K Gold, 1997) Live at Jongleurs 2 (U.K Gold, 1997) Live at Jongleurs 1 (UK, Gold) August 1996 The Comedy Network (CH5, Paramount Channel 1997) Good Stuff Comedy (Carlton, 1997) Club Class (CH5, Paramount Channel 1997) The Comedy Store (CH5, Paramount Comedy Channel 1997) Saturday Live (LWT, June 1996) The Wright Stuff Top Gear Stupid Punts Queen Mania Comedy Cafe The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols The Story Of Light Entertainment Britain’s Funniest Comedy Characters Back In The Day Edinburgh Or Bust
THEATRE
Independent Black Woman (Director/Co-Writer/Lead Actor)
Loverman (Co-Writer/Actor)
Smallie
Slave Babies
Baby Father
FILM
Don’t Stop Dreaming (Role: Dildar Singh) 2007 (Director: Azjad Nazir) Love Actually (Role: DJ) 2003 (Director. Richard Curtis) High Heels and Low Lifes (Role: “Micky”) 2001 (Dir. Mel Smith)
WRITING CREDITS
As The Chicken Jerks - (stage sitcom) Hackney Empire Lover Man - Hackney Empire and Lewisham Theatre Independent Black Women - Hackney Empire Lewisham Theatre
WARM UP ARTIST
Dead Ringers (BBC)
Pilot for the ‘Ist TV Show’ (Zenith),
The Sketch Show (Avalon),
Ali G Show (Talkback),
Hippies (Talk Back),
Jo Brands Commercial Breakdown (Celador),
Comic Relief (BBC),
Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC),
Gas (CH4),
Rolf Harris’s Amazing World Of Animals (BBC),
In Exile (C4),
Live from Jongleurs (U.K Gold)
Saturday Live (LWT), The Frank Skinner Show The Late Jonathan Ross Abba Mania It's A Knockout The Stand Up Show Gease Mania Elvis Mania Gimme, Gimme, Gimme I'm Alan Partridge Live At Jongleurs QI
CASTING INFO
Height: 5’8 Weight: 13st 8lb Eye colour: Brown Hair colour: Black flecked with grey Native accent: British/Southern Accents: Jamaican, Barbadian, American (North & South)
PRESS
“My highlight was Junior Simpson. A vigorous raconteur and vibrant mimic with lots to say. Watch that Man!” The Guardian
“The new Lenny Henry” The Times
“His material is excellent” Daily Mail
“Simpson's irresistible energy and evangelical delivery can engage the most jaded of room” Chortle