Biography.
Addy is a talented stand up comedian who has performed in all of Britain’s major comedy clubs and in Los Angeles, New York, Sydney, the United Arab Emirates, Shanghai, Mumbai and over 40 cities in Europe.
He has performed solo shows at comedy festivals around the world including Edinburgh, Adelaide, Auckland, Cape Town and Montreal, and also entertained military personnel in Cyprus and Afghanistan.
Addy was the only UK comedian to be invited to appear at the Fox Studios Comedy Showcase in Los Angeles and is signed to the Paradigm Agency in Hollywood.
He studied clowning and physical theatre at LAMDA and with brilliant timing and an array of voices and characters he has risen to the top of the live comedy circuit. He has built a following of fans not just in all the major clubs in Britain (Comedy Store, Banana Cabaret, Up The Creek, The Glee) but also worldwide, including Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Croatia, Switzerland, Cyprus, Dubai, Bahrain, Muscat, Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Shanghai and Australia, as well as entertaining the troops in Afghanistan. He has also performed complete sell out runs at the South Africa Comedy Festival in Cape Town (2002) and the New Zealand International comedy Festival in Auckland (2006) as well as writing and performing sell out one man shows at the Edinburgh festival (2002, 2004, 2010).
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His television appearances include The Stand Up Show (BBC), Live At The Comedy Store, The World Stands Up (SKY TV).
He has also written and co-presented twenty episodes of ‘TV Meltdown’ for Sky 1 with Kirsty Gallacher (2004 / 2005), has acted in a number of voiceovers for radio and television and has appeared on many radio shows including the legendary ‘Loose Ends’ on Radio 4.
Reviews.
“Van der Borgh has funny bones. Born to make people laugh.” – Edinburgh Evening News.
“A tour de force performance of highly original material.” – Chortle.
“An excellent stand-up with intelligence and wit” – The Guardian.
“Addy’s excellent. His flights of fancy and gentle manner are a brilliant combination” – Time Out.
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