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HAL CRUTTENDEN | Perrier Award nominee
Hal Cruttenden is one the most respected performers on the British comedy circuit. He was nominated for The Perrier Newcomer Award at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival and is a regular at all the major clubs including the Comedy Store and Jongleurs. On television, he has appeared on the11 O’Clock Show, (Channel 4), Brain Candy (BBC3), Live at Jongleurs (UK Gold/Paramount), The Warehouse (Carlton TV), Carlton Comedy Warehouse (Carlton/STV), Hoot (Bravo), Net.Comedy (Action Time), Daily Telegraph Open Mic Awards (Channel 5), House of Fun (Meridien). He has just filmed an appearance on The World Stands Up for Paramount and Comedy Central in the USA. On radio he has been heard on Radio 4’s Four at the Store.
Hal has also had several jollies abroad for The Comedy Store in Abu Dhabi and Dubai; The Singapore Comedy Festival, China Comedy Club in Shanghai, and the Jakarta Comedy Club. He opened the first comedy venue in Bali. In Europe he has appeared at Toomlers(Amsterdam, Netherlands), on the Lucky Strike Tour Netherlands(Breda, Groningen and Eindhoven) and at Comedy Club Brussels (Belgium)
Hal also works as an actor and has appeared in Shackleton, Eastenders, Kavanagh QC, Out of the Blue, Touching Evil and Bramwell. On film he has appeared in Mrs Dalloway and The Madness of King George.
“He takes the personal, the surreal, the ridiculous and the political, and whizzes them into a delicious comedy smoothie that is sweet with a hint of sharpness. And it’s really good for you.” - The Scotsman
“An hour of comedy that can’t fail to delight” - Metro
“Cruttenden takes his own world of the cosy English middle classes, rummages around it and pulls out some remarkably dark humour that he finds lurking at the bottom.” - The Herald
