Will Adamsdale
| Will Adamsdale | |
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 Adamsdale performing live at the Resofit, a benefit event for Resonance FM | |
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1974 (age 41–42) Hereford |
Will Adamsdale (born 1974) is an English actor, comedian and writer.[1][2]
Adamsdale was educated at Eton College and the Oxford School of Drama. In 2004, he starred in a self-penned one man show called Jackson's Way at the Edinburgh Fringe. The intended run for the production was ten days, before the intervention of comedian Stewart Lee. Lee was so impressed by Adamsdale's work that he reportedly threw his full support behind Jackson's Way, lobbying for an extension of the run and using his clout within the industry to garner notice from critics and award committees. Adamsdale secured the Perrier Comedy Award for comedy.
Adamsdale has since created several new shows: The Receipt, The Human Computer, and The Summer House. The Receipt, a collaboration with sonic artist Chris Branch, used innovative sound effects to punctuate a story about the little man in the big city. It ran at the Edinburgh Fringe 2006, winning a Fringe First and a Total Theatre Award. It subsequently toured nationally, and internationally to the Melbourne Comedy Festival and 59E59 Theatres in New York.
In The Human Computer, Adamsdale, a self-confessed technophobe, explored the world of computers. The show premiered in the new Traverse 3 venue at the Edinburgh Fringe 2007.
He made his film acting debut in The Boat That Rocked as Newsreader John, in 2009.
He is now a regular cast member of the Channel 4 2011 series Campus, playing Jason the University accountant.
References
- ↑ Will Adamsdale brings The Joke to Liverpool - Liverpool Echo
- ↑ "Review: Englishman, Irishman And Scotsman Defy Stereotype". Londonist. May 26, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
Further reading
- Love, Catherine (May 16, 2016). "Will Adamsdale: 'I just try to not get my knickers in twist over whether it's comedy or theatre'". The Stage. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- Fleckney, Paul (August 1, 2014). "Will Adamsdale: sitting at the cheap bar between theatre and comedy". The Guardian. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- Jones, Alice (May 16, 2013). "A class act: Will Adamsdale satirises the angst-ridden middle classes". The Independent. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- Trueman, Matt (August 5, 2013). "Will Adamsdale pulls out of Edinburgh play owing to injury". The Guardian. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- Logan, Brian (January 5, 2011). "Will Adamsdale: the guru of nonsense". The Guardian. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- Needham, Alex (August 14, 2014). "Edinburgh festival 2014 review: Will Adamsdale – subtle, self-deprecating and smart". The Guardian. Retrieved September 21, 2016.