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Alistair Barrie
Alistair Barrie will perform at The Big Chill festival 2008 A-Z line up | Ticket infoAlistair Barrie - Biography
Actor and comedian Alistair Barrie has been performing professionally for nearly an entire century (this one) Much in demand as both a headline act and MC across the international circuit he has played all over the UK and Ireland, as well as further afield in the States, Australia, Geneva, The Netherlands, Belgium, Prague, Dubai, Singapore, Bahrain, Indonesia and the middle of the North Sea. Further plans for this year include trips to Hong Kong, Bangkok and a tour of the Middle East.
Alistair has also performed two critically and commercially acclaimed solo shows at the Edinburgh festival, and is a team member at The Cutting Edge - the weekly satirical and topical show at London's Comedy Store, as well as having appeared frequently on both television and radio. Recent credits include The World Stands Up (Paramount / BBC America), Champagne Comedy (Channel 12 Australia) Richard and Judy (Ch 4), Green Wing (Ch 4), The Blame Game (regular panellist - BBC Ulster & Radio Ulster), Loose Ends (Radio 4), Spanking New on 7 with Robin Ince (BBC 7), and The Sandi Toksvig Show (LBC.) In addition, Alistair has worked as a newspaper summarizer pundit type thing for BBC News 24 and as warm up for Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Shoot The Messenger.
Throughout 2002/3 Alistair was also the face of telecom giant Avaya throughout Europe and Asia, but he doesn't like to talk about that any more since the cheques stopped.
"Brilliant" - Time Out
"Alistair Barrie leads the field" - The List
"A massive talent" - BBC
"A highly topical comedian who exudes a confidence of delivery envied by many other comics" - Venue magazine
"Leaps from the highbrow to the gutter in the draw of a breath - ****" - Metro
"Barrie's a natural ...with an incisive intelligence behind his hilarious punchlines - ****" - Chortle.co.uk
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Alistair Barrie will perform at The Big Chill festival 2008 A-Z line up | Ticket info
Written: 21st Mar, 08
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