Stand up comic, actor, tv performer

Hal Cruttenden's excellent reputation on the UK comedy circuit was confirmed by his appearance at this year's Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, which saw his show singled out as one of the most successful first appearances at the event. Hal is an excellent entertainer and brilliant comedian.

Hal's big breakthrough as a stand up came with his nomination for the Perrier Newcomer Award at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival for his solo show 'Hal', followed by a highly successful run the following year of his second show, 'To Hal and Back', which was also performed at the Soho Theatre in London at the end of 2003. He is a regular at all the major clubs including the Comedy Store and Jongleurs.

Hal's television credits include 'The 11 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) and 'The World Stands Up' for the Paramount Comedy Channel, UK, The Comedy Channel, Australia and Comedy Central in the U.S. His radio appearances include Radio 4's 'Four at the Store'.

Hal has also performed all over the world including shows for Factory Productions/Comedy Store in Abu Dhabi and Dubai and for Paramount International in Kuwait, The Singapore Comedy Festival at Jubilee Hall in the world famous Raffles Hotel, The One Night Stand Comedy Club, China, Comedy Club, Shanghai, and The Jakarta Comedy Club. He also invited to and performed at the opening of the first comedy venue in Bali. In Europe he has appeared at Toomlers, Amsterdam and the Netherlands, The Lucky Strike Tour - Netherlands (Breda, Groningen and Eindhoven) and Comedy Club, Brussels.

Hal is also 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'.

WHAT THE PRESS SAID

"He had the crowd roaring." The Hollywood Reporter
"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
"He even cracked up the band who by this point had seen the show at least three times." Montreal Gazette