Jordan Brookes

Jordan Brookes (born 1986) is an Edinburgh Comedy Award winning comedian.

Jordan Brookes
BornMerseyside
WebsiteOfficial website

Brookes was born in Merseyside and grew up in Surrey. His grandfather worked for the BBC and was the producer of 1980s soap opera Triangle.[1] He went to the University of Wales, Newport to study animation and began stand-up comedy in Cardiff. He won the Welsh Unsigned Comedy Award in 2012.[2]

He made his first appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2015.[3] He was first nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2017 for his show Body of Work. The following year he won the Comedians' Comedian award at the Chortle Awards. Then in 2019, he won the Main Prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for his show I've Got Nothing which was described as 'stand-up's answer to Waiting For Godot'.[4]

He has spoken of his admiration for stand-up Michael McIntyre, claiming he wanted to be "the existential Michael McIntyre, doing observational stuff but about disillusion, nihilism or sadness".[3]

Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows
YearShowVenueAwards
2015Adventures in Limited SpaceJust The Tonic at the Community Project
2016The Making OfLaughing Horse at the Cellar Monkey
2017Body of WorkPleasance CourtyardMain Prize (nominated)
2018BleedPleasance Courtyard
2019I've Got NothingPleasance CourtyardMain Prize (won)

References
  1. Lee, Veronica (24 August 2019). "Ex-call centre worker wins top Edinburgh comedy award". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. "Jordan Brookes". Chortle. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. Logan, Brian (27 August 2019). "Jordan Brookes: 'I wanted to be the existential Michael MacIntyre'". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  4. Bennett, Steve (11 August 2019). "Jordan Brookes: I've Got Nothing". Chortle. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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