274 - Phil Ellis

A masterful architect of the complete shambles, Phil Ellis plays "a permanently nose-diving version of himself" on stage and in his BBC Radio 4 series "Phil Ellis Is Trying". We discuss disaster, dignity and anger in his back catalogue of shows that go wrong, and get the inside story of Phil's Edinburgh Award-winning "Funz and Gamez"; the kids' show that deliberately and hilariously sails over the heads of the children in the audience. We also learn which disastrous audition left Phil crawling out of the room... Extra material available to the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders includes Phil's candid analysis of exactly how and why the TV adaptation of "Funz and Gamez" went awry...  @ThePhilEllis Book now for LIVE ComComPods: Feb 2nd 4.30pm - Live special with hilarious rubber-limbed melodramatists POLICE COPS @ Vault Festival London!  Mar 23rd 1pm - Live special with comedy legend TBC @ Birmingham Podcast Festival!  Stu’s 2019 tour of “End Of” is on sale now!  “A comedy masterclass… Endlessly inventive” (The List) Tickets for the first half of the tour at these links: 22/02/2019 Maidenhead – Norden Farm 01/03/2019 Falmouth – The Poly 13/03/2019 Salisbury Art Centre 20/03/2019 Cheltenham Playhouse 29/03/2019 Crawley -The Hawth 05/04/2019 Reading – South Street Arts 12/04/2019 Leamington Spa - Royal Spa Centre 17/04/2019 Oxford Old Fire Station 19/04/2019 Bromsgrove – The Artix 27/04/2019 Plymouth Barbican 9-11/05/2019 Soho Theatre, London @comcompod www.comedianscomedian.com   And don't forget to join the Comcom Facebook group, which you can do here.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.