Career
Bio
Ashley Frieze has been performing on the UK stand-up comedy circuit since the beginning of 2003. In that time he has
performed extensively across much of the UK, as far north as the Highlands of
Scotland and as far south as Penzance. He has made people laugh in comedy clubs,
rock festivals and on moving buses.
While many guitar-based acts use their musical skills to show off to an audience, Ashley has a unique angle:
he cannot play the guitar especially well. To distract from such mediocre musicianship, his songs are
rich with jokes, wordplay and audience interaction- he has brought many a
heckler down with a jaunty melody. Despite claiming no great success in love,
the set is laced with some of the more unusual love songs ever created.
With an infectiously joyous style of delivery and the energy to both lift the
room and bombard the audience with quick-fire lines, Ashley's self-effacing and
jolly persona quickly brings the audience to a state of merriment and keeps them there.
Ashley has been resident MC for a number of comedy clubs, exercising the
non-musical side of his act. For sets he is largely musical.
Edinburgh Fringe appearances 2003-2008 include various stand-up sets, The Great Big Comedy Picnic
comedy showcase (Laughing Horse @ Canons' Gait, 2005 & 2006, Counting
House 2007, Meadow Bar 2008) and
co-starring in the highly successful comedy play
The Musical!
(Underbelly, 2004), which he also co-wrote.
CV also on
ComedyCV.co.uk.
Clubs Played
A selection of clubs played includes:
- Southampton - Comedy Bar (Resident MC)
- Taunton - Brewhouse
- Brighton - Providence
- Brighton - Komedia (Comic Boom)
- Coventry - Phoenix Bar
- Birmingham - The Newt
- Crouch End - Downstairs at the King's Head
- Southampton - Talking Heads
- Eastbourne - Oi Oi
- Manchester - XS Malarkey
- Manchester - Buzz
- Manchester - Frog and Bucket
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Manchester - Zumeba
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Liverpool - Rawhide
- Salford - University
- Sunderland - Laughing Gas
- Newcastle - Laughing Gas
- Newcastle - Funny Bones
- Hartlepool - Funny Bones
- Stockton - Funny Magnet
- Stockton - The Arc
- Edinburgh - The Stand
- Edinburgh - Capital Comedy
- Glenrothes - Capital Comedy, regular MC
- Bridlington - The Other Side
- Blackburn - Lock n Load
- York - The Other Side
- London - Laughing Horse
- Crewe - Ribbed
- Coventry - Earlsdon Cottage
- Derby - Funhouse (Blessington Carriage)
- Penzance - Duck Egg
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Edinburgh Fringe
2008
- Laughing Horse Free Festival - The Great Big Comedy Picnic
- Laughing Horse Free Festival - Bringing In The Sheep
- Laughing Horse Free Festival - Rogues Handbook Bumper Book of
Sketches
- Laughing Horse Free Festival - Late and Leith (Resident MC)
- Laughing Horse Free Festival - Journey Central - ****
Three Weeks
- Laughing Horse Free Festival - Shaggers
- Laughing Horse Free Festival - Late Show @ Meadow Bar
- Laughing Horse Free Festival - Pick of the Fringe @ Edinburgh
City FC
2007
- Laughing Horse Free Festival - The Great Big Comedy Picnic -
**** Three Weeks
- PBH Free Fringe - Amateur Pro Celebrity Karaoke - ***
Scotsman
- Laughing Horse Free Festival - Hastily Thrown Together Impro
Show
- Laughing Horse Free Festival - MySketch
2006
- Laughing Horse Free Fringe @ Canons' Gait - The Great Big Comedy Picnic
- **** Three Weeks
- Laughing Horse Free Fringe - Late Show and Pick of
Fringe.
2005
- Laughing Horse Free Fringe @ Canons' Gait - The Great Big Comedy Picnic
- *** Three Weeks
- Nicol Edwards - Adult Comedy Show
- Laughing Horse @ Lindsay's - Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe and Late Show
2004
2003
- Pleasance 5065 Lift - Claustrophobia Cure Extreme
- C Venues - The Establishment
- Nicol Edwards - Comedy Cave
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Other Festivals
Manchester Comedy Festival 2005
- Wrote music and edited lyrics for a song in Shallow End
Glasgow Comedy Festival 2004
Competitions/Awards
- Manchester Comedy Balloon Comedian of the Year 2003 : Finalist and
runner up
- Comedy Store King Gong : Gong beater (3 times)
- Manchester Frog and Bucket Beat the Frog : Frog beater (twice)
all material (c)2007
Ashley Frieze