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COMEDY
Sold out Edinburgh festival show 2007
Edinburgh Festival 2007 Best Laid Marketing Plans.
One Hour One Man Show 4th -11 August, Venue-Holyrood Too Faith Bar Cowgate.
Comedy
since 1997 I've done 1000s of gigs
TV Warmup for Granada TVs "Too Many Cooks" - 2005
Edinburgh Festival The Great Big Comedy Picnic 2003 and 2004,
"Best Laid Plans" 2006
Witchwood Comedy Cauldron, compering and organising a monthly comedy gig at the Witchwood in Ashton under Lyne
2003-2004
Clock Tower Comedy Club Manchester. Compering and organising a once weekly comedy club. 2001-2002
Competitions
Runner up Manchester Irish festival comedian of the year 2007
Winner - Comedy Store Gong Show 2004
Finalist Manchester City Life Comedian of the Year 2004,
Finalist Holsten Pils/FHM Comedian of the Year 2004
Winner Fez Comedian of the Year 2000 The Fez- Bath
Winner Murphy's Malarkey Open Mic 1998 Scruffy Murphys -Manchester
Quotes
Edinburgh Show 2006 Best Laid Plans - http://www.edfringe.com/reviews/read.html?id=BESTL
Daringly different! 21 Aug 2006 4 Stars, reviewer: Maxwell Tillbrook, United Kingdom
I saw this show twice whilst I was in Edinburgh because the show was so great the first time I didn't think they could follow it up. The show I saw had them taking ideas from the audience and taking it to an extreme. They had one guy who was sitting near me who wanted to be a porn star and very quickly the whole audience (yes, I found myself joining in!) was shouting out ideas, trying to be more disgusting than the previous suggestion! This was not highbrow stuff but it was hilarious and to be fair to the guys they were only working with what the audience gave them. It was a riot, very funny and a refreshing change from the over polished 'observational' stuff that there is all too much of at the Fringe.
The second time I caught the show the guys seemed to have ditched the improv element and did about 30mins each of stand up, which was of a high standard, but I was disapointed not to be as involved as the previous show. Perhaps they have ditched the improv altogether or perhaps they were just having a break for one night, I do hope its the latter. The improv was daring and innovative and what the Fringe is all about. Had they recreated the atmosphere of the first show I would have given them 5 *'s with no hesitation. Though the stand up stuff was good I'm going to give them 4*'s. One of the most memorable shows at this years Fringe. Thanks guys!
"Now the night had been rolling along nicely until Roland Gent came along! Roland sent the quality levels soaring. His amiable style insisted that the audience soon warmed to him and his excellent material and delivery ensured that the warmth son turned into hardcore belly laughs. Several times Roland had the audience gasping for breath as superbly weaved his way through his act.
His uncanny John Peel impression was a winner especially when tied together with some great material. Roland left the stage with a great audience reception and rightly so, this man rocked. In my humble opinion, Roland left the headline act with his work cut out." - locknloadcomedyclub.com
"A quality act, just the right amount of silliness, wit and winning material" - Big Issue
"One to watch out for, ridiculous flights of fancy combined with some well honed gags" - Manchester Evening News
"Finally, and I can’t say enough about this act (so I’m going to try to keep it short), was Roland Gent. Superb, really made the night, a real level to aspire to. Witty, confident, killer comebacks (pre-meditated and on the spot), able to build when its going right, quickly switching when it isn’t. Again, a lot of Roland’s choice of material is old reliables and well worn topics but to be able to pull it off in the way he does just means a subjective approach to it goes out of the window and you end up caught up in infectious laughter at the man’s inventiveness and style." - Chris Judge, Space Comedy
Bill topper Roland Gent is always a treat - fast and punchy he has superb comic timing and a seamless delivery, slipping from observation of life ("There was a sign at the hospital saying "Thieves operate in this car park"- What a rip-off!") to a John Peel impression and a few digs at advertising (he's a marketing manager by day). - Robin Duke, Blackpool Gazette
Radio
2006- present Gloria Swanson Fan Club WFM, I do the funnies for weekly show
2004 Roland Gent Comedy Hour - Extreme FM, web based rock station
2002-2003 Get Happy - I presented a weekly comedy and music show on WFM 97.2fm in Manchester.
2001 ALL FM presenter- RSL radio station based in Manchester.
2000 XFM London, Overnight Presenter
1999 Radio School Of Excellence - Core 3 Graduate
1999 BBC Radio One - Broadcast Assistant
1998 Asian Sound Radio - Breakfast Presenter- Seriously! my name was "Rakish!"
1995-1997 BBC GMR Talk - Broadcast Assistant, GM Arts a "What's On" show
1990 BBC World Service - writing and performing comedy sketches for "Megamix" a teenage show1983-1985 R.O.T.T. - Writing and presenting a "youth" show on BBC Radio Sheffield
TV and Acting
2004 Earthquakeland - A short film, loosely based on the events surrounding the Manchester earthquakes. I played local celebrity and radio psychic Bobby Justice. Directed by Howard Walmsley
2001 Having A Pop - writing for and acting in Play UK comedy sketch show, starring Mark Radcliffe and Marc "Lard" Riley.
2001 That Was Now - a short film based in Manchester, satirising the arts and media I played food critic "Stephen E Nicholl" directed by Howard Walmsley
1999 Channel M - writing and acting in Comedy Sketches on local TV station-Manchester
1993-1995 Foundation Course in Performing Arts- Chesterfield College
1989 Children's Channel - Presenter and writer of Children's TV show
