Chris McCausland
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Chris McCausland is a British stand-up comedian. He regularly appears at comedy venues around the UK, including the Comedy Store and Jongleurs
Jongleurs
Jongleurs is a chain of comedy clubs in the United Kingdom. Maria Kempinska MBE established and opened the first Jongleurs club in 1983 in Battersea, London. In 1985 Maria then met her business partner John Davy, and together they built the Jongleurs brand. The company evolved into a corporate...
chain of clubs.
Early life
McCausland is originally from Liverpool, and now living in Surrey.He graduated from Kingston University
Kingston University
Kingston University is a public research university located in Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, United Kingdom. It was originally founded in 1899 as Kingston Technical Institute, a polytechnic, and became a university in 1992....
in 2000 with a BSc in software engineering. After a spell as a web developer, deteriorating eyesight prompted a change of direction, and he turned to comedy in 2003.
Stand-up comedy
In 2004, he secured a JongleursJongleurs
Jongleurs is a chain of comedy clubs in the United Kingdom. Maria Kempinska MBE established and opened the first Jongleurs club in 1983 in Battersea, London. In 1985 Maria then met her business partner John Davy, and together they built the Jongleurs brand. The company evolved into a corporate...
contract as part of his prize for winning the J2O Last Laugh competition. In the same year, he was runner-up in the Laughing Horse New Act of The Year
Laughing Horse New Act of The Year
The Laughing Horse New Act of The Year is an annual competition, running since 2001, to find the best new stand-up comedy act in the UK.The current holder is Adam Belbin, who won the allocade on the 29 May 2011.-2011:* Adam Belbin - winner...
, and placed third in Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's So You Think You're Funny
So You Think You're Funny
So You Think You're Funny? is an annual stand-up comedy competition for new acts. The competition began in 1988 and has become the longest running best comedy newcomer award in Great Britain....
competition.
In 2005, he took his debut solo show As Seen On TV? to the Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place annually in Scotland's capital, in the month of August...
, also performing in Abnormally Funny People along with Liz Carr
Liz Carr
Liz Carr is a British actor, stand-up comedian, television presenter and international disability rights activist. She frequently refers to her disability in her stand up, and is frank about the difficulties inherent in doing so - "I've had some tuts, which is fantastic.....
, Tanyalee Davis
Tanyalee Davis
Tanyalee Davis is an Canadian comedian based in Las Vegas and London. Tanyalee also obtained her US citizenship in the fall of 2010....
, Steve Day
Steve Day
Steve Day is Britain's best known deaf stand-up comedian.-Stand-up comedy:Day was a finalist in the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award in 2000, and a finalist in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 2002....
, Steve Best and Simon Minty. The cast's preparations for the show were filmed for a documentary by BSkyB.
His 2007 show Chris McCausland's Planes Trains and Shameful Ordeals will be part of the Laughing Horse Free Festival at the Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place annually in Scotland's capital, in the month of August...
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Television
McCausland was featured in CBeebiesCBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...
series Me Too!, playing Rudi the market trader, currently airing on CBeebies
CBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...
and BBC2
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
.