Michael Legge (comedian)

Michael Legge (born 12 August 1968^[1]) is a Northern-Irish stand-up comedian and television host. He has written for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, MTV, VH1 and other media, and has appeared in numerous venues throughout the UK as well as in Australia, USA, Canada, Singapore, Holland, Germany and Dubai. Legge has also performed Warm-Up for television shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats, Would I Lie To You? and many others. Before becoming a professional comedian, Legge featured in several TV commercials.

Michael began performing in 1991 along with the writer Stella Duffy and fellow comedian John Gordillo in the London version of the improvised comedy stage show Theatresports. He became Artistic Director of London Theatresports in 1995 and performed in their popular weekly show, Scriptease, at the Tristan Bates Theatre.

He has performed in several Edinburgh Festival shows including The Conversation (2004) with John Voce, The Clock Hour (2008) and King of Everything (2009) with Johnny Candon.

Michael co-founded and performed in the cult comedy sketch show The Real Daniel O'Donnell Show (2007–2008) at The Albany, London. The monthly show featured Michael along with Paul Litchfield & Jeremy Limb of sketch group The Trap and Margaret Cabourn-Smith & Zoe Gardner of The Congress of Oddities along with contributions from Dan Mersh. It also regularly featured stand-up comedian guests and live bands. The Real Daniel O'Donnell Show spawned the 2008 Edinburgh Festival show The Clock Hour.

Legge was nominated for a BAFTA award for his writing on the MTV website of the show The Osbournes.^[2]

His blog won the 2009 Chortle award for Best off-stage contribution.^[3]

Michael also co-hosts a Podcast called Precious Little Podcast with James Hingley. The podcast regularly features Michael shouting at everything. Through the podcast, Michael has occasionally filled in for Richard Herring on his 6 Music radio show with Andrew Collins.

Michael's first solo show is Curse Sir Walter Raleigh and will debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 2011.

External links

• Official Website
• Blog
• List of Credits
• Chortle page, including upcoming gigs

References

1. ^ http://michaelleggesblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/gay-shame.html
2. ^ http://www.comedycv.co.uk/michaellegge/
3. ^ http://www.chortle.co.uk/features_static/awards/chortle.php

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