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Red Richardson is an English stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster.

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Early life

Richardson was born in Camberwell, London and attended Lyndhurst Primary school. He then moved to Devon at the age of ten where he attended King Edward VI Community College.

Richardson has explained on stage that 'Red' is not a stage name but a consequence of his parents watching Clint Eastwood in For a Few Dollars More shortly after his birth. [1] [2]

Career

Stand up

Red performed his first stand up gig in 2014 and rapidly rose up the ranks of the UK comedy circuit. In 2015 he was a finalist in the prestigous 'So you think you're funny?" competition. Richardson made his Edinburgh Fringe Festival one-man show debut in 2018 with the show Seeing Red, which he described as largely autobiographical and about growing up in a small “hippy town”. [3]

Richardson returned to the Edinburgh Festival with his show Shots Fired in 2022. The show, in part, detailed his involvement in the 2017 Oxford Circus panic. [4] [5] In 2023 he started putting out his 'Stay Toxic' sketches on Instagram which in under a year gained 100 million views. His Instagram success saw him perform a US tour in June 2024, and embark on his debut UK tour in September 2024.

Podcast

In February 2021, Richardson launched comedy news podcast Laughable with Jayde Adams and Garrett Millerick. [6] It was described by Sarah Keyworth in The Guardian as “great comedy minds telling bizarre tales, sprinkled with just the right amount of sweary bickering”. [7] In December 2021, he started co-hosting comedy-history podcast The Year Is alongside Bobby Mair. [2]

Acting

Richardson has said in interviews and on stage that as a child he auditioned for the role of Harry Potter, reaching far enough along in the process to be included in one-on-one auditions with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone director Chris Columbus, with the role ultimately going to Daniel Radcliffe. [8]

Personal life

Richardson is the son of director and screenwriter Peter Richardson. In his teenage years when he lived in Devon, Richardson's family's neighbours included comedian Rik Mayall, who was a family friend.

In 2021, Richardson married Rosie Mayall, Rik's daughter. They live in London, where she works as a manager at a Soho restaurant after choosing not to follow her father into comedy. [9] [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ McIntosh, Rowena (30 March 2022). "RED RICHARDSON: SEEING RED". List.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Red Richardson". On The Mic. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Moody, Becca (22 July 2018). "Red Richardson: The Edinburgh Interviews 2018". Moodycomedy.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Harding, Tim (12 August 2022). "Red Richardson: Shots Fired". Chortle. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Red Richardson: Be nice to the least talented person in the room". Entertainment Now. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Dessau, Bruce (31 January 2021). "News: New News-Based Podcast Laughable From Jayde Adams, Garrett Millerick, Red Richardson". Beyond The Joke. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Keyworth, Sarah (5 April 2021). "I almost wet myself laughing': 50 funny podcasts to make you feel much better". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Rudden, Liam (12 July 2022). "Edinburgh Fringe 2022: He was almost Harry Potter, podcaster and comedian Red Richardson reveals all". Edinburgh News. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  9. ↑ Thorpe, Vanessa (14 August 2022). "Mayall was like Bad Santa for us". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  10. ↑ Dessau, Bruce (1 September 2019). "Comedy Unleashed To Do Pop Up Gigs At Party Conferences". Beyond The Joke. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  11. ↑ Inniss, Tom (22 July 2022). "Interview with comedian Red Richardson". Voice Mag. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
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