Andy Hamilton's Hat of Doom

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Andy Hamilton's ‘Hat of Doom’

ANDY HAMILTON, one of Britain’s best loved comedy performers and writers, embarks on a 14 date tour of England in Spring 2012 with his stage show ‘HAT OF DOOM.’

This multi award-winner (British Comedy Award 2009 for ‘Outnumbered’) serves up a one-man show, brimming with jokes, stories, gossip, music, cash prizes, nudity and trampolining and containing “mild peril.”

For the past 30 years, Andy has been celebrated as one of Britain's most prolific and successful comedy writers and performers. He is known to millions for his appearances on TV shows such as ‘Have I Got News For You’ and ‘QI’. He is co-creator and co-writer of the latest BBC One TV hit sitcom ‘Outnumbered’ which is now in to its fourth series.

He is widely recognised as co-creator and co-writer of the classic Channel 4 TV sitcom ‘Drop the Dead Donkey’. His other TV work includes writing sketches for ‘Not the Nine O'Clock News’, ‘Alas Smith and Jones’, and ‘The Armstrong and Miller Show’.

Andy is a very popular voice on national radio, known for his frequent appearances on BBC Radio 4 where he is an outstanding regular panellist on the ‘News Quiz’ and a guest on ‘I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue’. For over a decade he has starred as Satan in his own award-winning Radio 4 sitcom ‘Old Harry's Game’, and in recent years has been a creative force behind ‘Revolting People’ and ‘Trevor’s World of Sport’.

“Andy Hamilton just can't stop being funny”
The Times

Article from Chortle.co.uk

Join award-winning comedy writer and performer Andy Hamilton for a brand new one-man show, brimming with jokes, stories, gossip, music, cash prizes, nudity and trampolining. (Contains mild peril).

Andy Hamilton is one of Britain's most prolific and successful comedy writers and performers. He is known to millions for his appearances on TV shows such as Have I Got News For You and QI. He is co-creator and co-writer of BBC One's current hit sitcom Outnumbered and was co-creator of the classic sitcom Drop The Dead Donkey. His other TV works includes writing sketches for Not The Nine O'Clock News, Alas Smith and Jones and The Armstrong and Miller Show. Join Andy for an evening of jokes, laughter and much more!

“Is Hamilton a genius?”
The Independent on Sunday

Born in Fulham, London in 1954, Andy Hamilton read English at Downing College, Cambridge.

In the 1970s he earned his living as a comedy scriptwriter, contributing to a huge range of programmes, including Shelley, The Marti Caine Show and Not The Nine O'Clock News.

Meanwhile, on radio he served his apprenticeship on Week Ending and The News Huddlines.

In 1984, he produced and wrote for Channel 4's Who Dares, Wins… and created ITV sitcom The Kit Curran Radio Show, working with Guy Jenkin.

The duo enjoyed greater success in the 1990s with Drop the Dead Donkey.

In 2003, Hamilton reunited with one of that show's stars, Neil Pearson, for Trevor's World of Sport, but was vocal in the press about his displeasure when BBC One rescheduled the series halfway through its run.