Stuart Silver

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Stuart Silver
Born
United Kingdom
Alma mater Sheffield Hallam University
Occupation(s)Writer, director, actor

Stuart Silver is a screenwriter, television writer, actor and director. He works solo and collaboratively and is co-founder of the BAFTA-nominated, performance duo Noble and Silver, who won the 2000 Perrier Award (now the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards) for Best Newcomer. Stuart has since appeared on stage in his own one-man show, You Look Like Ants and in shorter pieces. He has also featured in television shows such as Get Off Me, The Mighty Boosh , Garth Marenghi's Darkplace , and Man to Man with Dean Learner .

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Career

Noble and Silver

Stuart Silver and his writing and performance partner Kim Noble first came to national prominence upon winning the Best Newcomer Perrier Award in 2000. [1] Trained in fine art at Sheffield Hallam University, the duo received as much praise from the art community as from comedy aficionados. Their work drew together visual art, stand-up, theatre, spoken word and performance art.

Noble and Silver's post-Perrier shows include the 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show in Pleasance Above which was a collage of video, recorded sound and performance [2] and a month-long residency in London's Beaconsfield art space, entitled We're Spending Four Weeks at Beaconsfield, So Let's Hope Everything Goes OK.

In spring 2001, the UK digital channel, E4 commissioned a six-part series entitled Noble and Silver: Get Off Me!. [3]

Solo work

In 2010 Stuart created a solo piece You Look Like Ants and performed it at the London Word Festival and Soho Theatre. You Look Like Ants is a monologue and musical performance that interweaves several narratives non-sequentially. Stuart plays electric ukulele during the piece.

Stuart has twice collaborated with the contemporary performance duo Lone Twin, co-writing and co-directing Cabaret Simon [4] for The Barbican, London in December 2009. For Lone Twin, he also produced the in-show video for Beastie.

Stuart is the lead mentor for musician, spoken word artist collaborations for Phrased & Confused. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Comedy Awards list of previous winners
  2. ↑ "Noble and Silver". The Guardian . 8 August 2001. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022.
  3. ↑ BFI
  4. ↑ The Stage Coverage of Cabaret Simon
  5. ↑ Phrased & Confused/
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