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British Comedian - Austin
Knight
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After Dinner Comedy
Specialist - Austin Knight
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| Austin Knight concentrates
full time as an after-dinner speaker & comedian and
is able to work either super clean or more adult,
depending on what the audience requires.
Recent dinners have featured DENIS LAW, JACK
CHARLTON, JIMMY GREAVES, SIR GEOFF HURST, DAVID
GOWER, TOMMY DOCHERTY, RORY BREMNER, JOHN INVERDALE
and SIR HENRY COOPER to name just a few.
With many years experience in the business, you
cannot go wrong in booking Austin Knight for your
function and have confidence that the evening will
be enhanced by his hilarious and outrageous view of
life itself.
If we cannot laugh at life and our own
shortcomings, then what indeed can we laugh at?
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Austin Knight Biography:
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Austin Knight began his career whilst still
attending school, during holidays he regularly
travelled around the UK with an act called the
BROOKLYN CLOWNS which was based at the former BELLE
VUE leisure park at Manchester. This involved the
usual antics of custard pie and bucket of water
slapstick scenarios which was the foundation on
which the present act was formed.
Having caused much havoc in the classroom by
imitating teachers, a school chum (JOHN ANTHONY
FINN) made the suggestion that this talent should be
taken up professionally. Rehearsals duly commenced
and Austin Knight made his debut at a local
pub, at the tender age of 16, performing vocal
impressions of the comedy icons of the seventies era
and subsequently 'died a death'. This did not deter
him however, and after a year or so appearing at
local talent contests, and showbiz auditions he
finally won the “Search for a Star” competition at
Blighty's cabaret club at Farnworth, many quality
gigs ensued and Austin was firmly established as a
regular support on the cabaret circuit and worked
with the likes of Neil Sedaka, Lulu, Martha Reeves
and many more during the golden mid 70’s
era, when the cabaret boom was in its heyday.
Towards the late eighties, when impressionists
became unfashionable, Austin Knight developed
a stand-up act featuring topical news items of the
day, a wry glance at life's quirks and
idiosyncrasies from a skewiff viewpoint. He
currently writes a humorous weekly newspaper column
'Life With Austin' which comments on the weeks
events and is syndicated in newspapers covering
Tameside, Glossop, Derbyshire, Ashton - Under
-Lyne, East Manchester, Hyde, North Cheshire,
Mossley, Saddleworth, Stalybridge and Stockport. He
has also written many comedy scripts, both for TV &
Radio, done studio warm-up (or down as the case may
be!) His writing career commenced by compiling
sketches for Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, and many
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Austin Knight has appeared as an actor/presenter
in various TV productions which include Coronation
St, Krypton Factor, Sandbaggers, Takeover TV,
Taggart, Fallen Hero, Crib the Detective, and THE
NEW COMEDIANS the list goes on and on. In 2005 he
played 'The Funniest Man on Earth' in the feature
film 'ZEMANOVALOAD'. 2005 gigs included, The
Carlsberg Comedy Festival in Koh Samui, Thailand in
Jan/Feb, The Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium,
pre-match entertainment at Manchester United FC, a
four week provincial theatre tour with 'The New
Comedians', many sporting dinners, players
testimonials and high profile corporate events for
major companies and professional associations
nationwide. |
After
Dinner Comedian - Austin Knight
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