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Adam Larter is a British alternative comedian and founder of Weirdos Comedy Club.

Larter is most often associated with Weirdos but he is also a solo performer whose work is noted for its "lunacy" and uncompromising anarchy that often defies description. [1] He has completed several solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe as well as Plumpy Nut, a show he wrote and performed with fellow Weirdo Ali Brice which was described as ‘an obscure rags to riches story about a pig’. [2]

Adam “Laughter” Larter set up Weirdos in 2010 as a reaction to the mainstream comedy [3] he was seeing whilst performing on the UK circuit. As part of Weirdos, as well as curating its nights, he does a lot of writing and directing. He co-wrote and directed their 2013 alternative Christmas panto The Colonel with Matthew Highton which featured amongst the Independent's 2013 must-sees for Christmas. [4] Adam is a co-founder of webuyanybra.com. In 2014 he wrote their next Christmas panto A Christmas Tail. [5]

In 2014 Larter wrote and directed Computer Boy, a comedy play about a boy who wished he was a computer. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Adam Larter: Professional Weirdo". theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Administrator (18 August 2013). "FringeGuru - Adam Larter and Ali Brice: Plumpy'nut". fringeguru.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Christian Brighty. "Finding Funny: The Adam Larter Interview". The Scribbler. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Week in Comedy: The 12 gigs of Christmas" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "A Christmas Tail – Weirdos Alternative Panto". Time Out London. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Weirdos prepare to boot up Computer Boy". Laugh Out London comedy club. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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