Kiwi
comedian Kevin McCarron's started performing in the UK in 1997, with several well recieved
spots at comedy clubs accross London. Kevin soon established himself as a regular
headlining act on the London Circuit, as well as taking on the role of resident compere
for several comedy clubs in the Laughing Horse Comedy chain.
Specialising in compereing, Kevin is fast being
recognised as one of the best comperes on the circuit. The skills that make him a natural
performer have been developed over a number of years as a comedian, and is one of the few
acts that is truly at ease when warming up a room, or controlling an evening of comedy.
Kevin can create an atmosphere and energy in a room out of nowhere, effortlessly being
able to build up enthusiasm from the most dispondent of crowds - he relaxes the crowd,
making the lives of the audience a part of the show and making sure everyone in the room
is involved and ready for a night of comedy. Kevin continues to compere at all levels of
comedy, from the hard work of keeping a new act competition running, to compering shows
with the likes of Mark Thomas and Rob Newman.
Kevin's professionalism means that his priorities are
always that of the shows success - his style complements the other performers, and this
enables him to lift a show that's loosing energy, maintain momentum in a show that is
going well and kick-start a low-energy crowd, while always leaving them wanting more.
As well as a compere Kevin performes widely as a
headline act, and has also perfromed for the past three years at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival and London Comedy Festival in his hour shows "A Joke to Far",
"Just Joking", "Jestation" and "Nuclear War: Followed by the
complete extermination of every living organism on the planet" - a show made up
enirely of suggestions from the audience, of which the title was one.
When Kevin is perfroming his set he creates a rich
tapestry of tales woven from his life experiences, his energetic and animated performances
always delivers results from the vast amount of material he has written, and as such he
will always be able to tailor his set to the audience - His subjects are as diverse as
Shakesperean Literature, Pornography and Pingu, and as an older comedian he also
concentrates on the frustrations of marriage, children and thier effects on his previously
robust drugs consumption.
As well as appearing at comedy clubs, Kevin has also
perfromed corporate comedy shows and compering for British Gas, Woolworths, Nestle,
Sainsbury's, Lever Faberge, McDonald's, The National Housing Association, Index on
Censorpship and South London Storm amongst others.
Kevin is also actively involved comedy promotion,
assiting in the running of 25 comedy venues with Laughing Horse Comedy, and was course
co-ordinator for the WebUni comedy and perfromance courses. His interest also includes
writing and research, and he has published books relating to his interests in nineteenth
and twentieth-century American literature, addiction, popular music, adolescent writing
and Dystopian and Utopian literature.
Kevin has also found time to make regular appearences
on London's Liberty radio in a regular comedy spot in 2001, and has featured on ABC radio
and Television in Australia in shows about Antipodean comedy in the UK.
Quotes
"Brilliantly Quick Witted" -
Time Out Comics Choice
"Top London Comic" - Liberty
Radio
"Great Comedy" - Evening
Standard
"Good Timing" – Arnold
Brown
Comments from Chortle.co.uk
"I always know the crowd'll be warm
when Kevin's the compere... A remarkably bald chap, very funny!" - Dan Willis,
Comedian
"Must be the
best compere around, certainly the best compere I've seen" - Audience Member
"The best
compare on the London circuit, by an absolute mile and I'm including D.K [Daniel Kitson]
at The Cafe (one of my favourite acts), in that statement" - Audience Member.
"Extremely quick and witty and has
a knack for making the audience feel part of something special" - Adience Member.
Corporate Events
"IJust wanted to
get back to you after Saturday night, Kevin McCarron was superb, went down a storm with
the crowd and did a fantastic job both as MC and with his act. There was an ovation at the
end and he got dragged back on stage a couple of times before finally managing to escape
from the mic! It was the first event of this sort I'd organised and I would also like to
thank Kevin for his patience as we came up with the running order for the evening and
changed things about more than a couple of times! Even the owner of the venue wanted
details of how we'd booked him!" ‘South London Storm’ event to raise
funds for promoting South London Rugby League, at the Battersea Barge
To book Kevin for your club
or event:
Call Laughing
Horse Comedy on 07796 171 190
or email
bookings@kevinmccarron.co.uk
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