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Welcome! I'm looked after by Nick at Noel Gay Artists for writing, acting, presenting, voiceover etc, and by Jon at GSOH Comedy for live stand-up, so if you'd like to throw some work my way, please get in touch with the relevant chap. You can also contact me about anything you fancy. THE LATEST - END OF 2007 I'm updating this site a bit less now (apart from the gig guide, which should be kept up-to-date), just cos these intro bits which waffle on about what I'm doing are actually covered on my blog. Read it by clicking on the word blog in the previous sentence. I also post it on www.chortle.co.uk, and on my myspace page (www.myspace.com/paulkerensa). Or it also downloads to my facebook page. So you can't miss it. It's on most webpages now it seems. If you're new to my site, there are pictures and video clips and a comedy tube-map - worth a look if you're as anal as I am (each tube-line matches up with genres of comedian so that... well just look at it). You can also find out all about 2005's Edinburgh show (Paul Kerensa's 26) by clicking those bolded words. You can see a couple of videos from 2006's Edinburgh show (Back To The Futon) on my Myspace page - again, click the bolded bits to see 'em. In brief - done Edinburgh, which was ok, but the venue screwed us over by having cretins working box office who actively told punters our show wasn't on. Nice of them. Those lucky few who battled through and saw the show seemed to enjoy it, so twas all ok. August 2008 will see me sticking to a tried and tested venue. Bring that on. Mostly right now I'm a writer, gagging up sitcom scripts and script-editing sketch shows and the like. All good fun, but amazingly it's like a real job, so it's all a bit 9 to 5. How did that happen? Here's what I'm doing currently and have been up to lately: - Co-writing Not Going Out for BBC1. I must give credit to my good pals Jon and Russ for making and feeding this site, and while I'm here let me reciprocate by plugging moviemistakes.com's Movie Trailers section, for trailers of upcoming and classic films. Have a look at my other trivia site too - The Movie Timeline. It's a timeline of every event in every film ever. I didn't do it all myself, but I did have the idea and set it up, so I feel no guilt at claiming the advertising revenue for myself. Thanks for visiting the site. You are now free to wander round. Don't touch the exhibits. A BIT OF PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND - THE CV Here's a bit of a cv. A much better, fuller, and nicely laid out one is here, at Noel Gay's website. STAND-UP COMEDY - TELEVISION - RADIO - AWARDS - STAGE - ALSO - AND FINALLY - SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHOSE MOUTHS I'VE PUT WORDS IN (ie. WRITTEN FOR) - PAUL KERENSA - RECORD-BREAKER!... - The writer of the first joke on the last episode of the longest-running topical sketch show of all time...! Ok. The News Huddlines on BBC Radio 2 is the longest-running topical sketch show of all time. Till it stopped, as soon as I joined. But on its last episode - the 2001 Christmas special - the first joke was mine. Hence, record validated. - The writer/director of the most successful show in University of Nottingham's 100 yr history...! Ok. I wrote a spoof musical called Lenton Boulevard, named after the main street in Nottingham where all the students live. Exactly. Bit of an in-joke, but hey, we couldn't perform it anywhere else, cos the show involved pilfering famous songs from musicals, and bastardising them. For 6 glorious nights though, Nottingham students came in their droves. And since it was just before seating regulations were altered, we shoved them in everywhere - hanging from the ceiling, sitting on the stage, piggybacked at the back. Thus revenue was up, expenses were down, and it made more money than any other show. Hence, record validated. - The only bellybuttonless comedian in the world! Ok. I have no navel. Neither did Alfred Hitchcock. Neither did Adam. Long story. So that's for another day. As far as I'm aware, no either stand-up comic in the world lacks a bellybutton. A navelless maths comedian. I've found my niche. Hence, record validated. - The first person in 20 years to beat the gong at London's Comedy Store! Ok. The Comedy Store was one of only 2 clubs I ever went to as a comedy punter, so I thought it would be cool to play there, say, within my first 100 gigs. It was gig no.99 - the revival of the infamous Gong Show, previously banned because of its detrimental effect on comedy. Still, it's a good way of seeing lots of new acts at once, no matter how shit they are. There was about 40 of us on that first night in January 2002... I was on about 15th. So the audience had had some blood, seen some dross and were ready to be tickled. Five minutes of quick-gags/no-long-build-ups later - job done. Hence, record validated. - The best comedian in an entire country! Ok. In June 2003 I joined 3 other comics in taking some shows to the South of France. Tough job, but someone's got to do it. We took in Antibes, Nice and Monte Carlo. We could find no other reference of any stand-up comedy being done in these places - bear in mind the French do not do stand-up, having no word for "ahahaha". So from what I gather then, the principality of Monaco has never had stand-up comedy. I like to think I went down best at that gig, which I reckon must mean that I went down best of anyone ever to perform in the "country" that is Monaco. Oh, and we outsold Chris De Burgh. Ha ha. Hence, record just about validated. Kinda. PAUL KERENSA - TOO MUCH FREE TIME!... if you know your UK live comedians, click on the Comedy Tube Map to see a selection of the best, laid out as you'd never thought anyone would bother trying to before. Click on it and it'll make sense. Maybe. PAUL KERENSA - AVAILABLE!... If you are reading this as a booker, producer or anyone else who would like to throw some work my way, there are agent details at the top of the page, or contact me directly here: CLICK HERE FOR E-MAIL CONTACT FORM This month I have been mostly laughing at... (in no particular order) Mitch Hedberg... Andy Parsons... We Are Klang... Mike Wilmot... Steve Punt... James Sherwood... Al Murray... Laura Solon... Tim Minchin... Andrew O'Neill... Richard Herring... Larry David... Danny Buckler... Ross Noble... Jerry Seinfeld... Lucy Porter... Robin Ince... Dara O'Briain... Sarah Millican... Josie Long... Marcus Brigstocke... Seth McFarlane... Jimmy Carr... Omid Djalili... Mitch Benn... Nick Revell... Hils Barker... Brian Damage... Michael Richards... Phil Nichol... Mark Watson... Frankie Boyle... Reg D Hunter... Nuff said. |