To view a short clip of what I do go to www.theworldstandsup.com/Comics-A-Z/Murray.aspx
This bad assed Black Country lass takes no prisoners with her irreverent, close to the knuckle and honest humour. She'll have you laughing well into the next millennium with her razor sharp cynicism.
Winner of the first ever Jongelurs Competition and a seasoned regular on the circuit, Susan has emerged as one of the best female stand-ups around. Susan is working nationally; Comedy Store, Jongleurs, Up The Creek, Banana Cabaret, Lee Hursts Backyard, Comedy Café and internationally; Quatar, Dubai, Abu Dabi, China, Indonesia, Germany. Her versatility means that as well as Corporates and TV warm up, Susan has handled Biker Festivals, music festivals inc. Glastonbury. After her sell out Edinburgh show in 2004 Happy Hour she is writing and performing for Radio 1 on The Milk Run and has just received a writing bursary from the BBC and is writing several projects for them. Susan starred in the TV comedy drama Love, Lies and Lipstick for Carlton West. She also performed in Screaming Blue Murders Big Value Comedy Show in Edinburgh in 2000
."She has the mentality of a spiteful 14 yr old boy! Very admirable in a
young lady!" Arthur Smith
I like her jokes so much, Im doing them now! Scott Capurro
Susan Murrays baffled everywoman persona cloaks a dry, intelligent wit. Stewart Lee
Mainstream success written all over her..brightly energetic, a real talent Edinburgh Guide.com
A right cheeky little lass who oscillates brilliantly and wildly between characters, accents, stories and banging the mike on her head Three Weeks
Website
susan-murray.co.uk
Influences
Cider and laziness
TV Shows
The World Stands Up Paramount / IWM Prods Jan 2006 Prod Ian Wilson
The Love Boom / Money Program BBC2 Jan 2006 Prod Terry Messenger
Brain Candy Baby Cow Productions / BBC3 March 2003 Dir Roger Pomfrey
Love, Life and Lipstick - 6 part comedy-drama series ITV / Carlton West, Dir Cathy Waite, July 2000. This won Best Entertainment Program at the Royal TV Society Awards.
Net. Comedy Carlton World, 1999
House of Fun Meridian TV, 1998
Daily Telegraph Open Mike Awards Channel 5/ Avalon, 1997
Films
Losers Anonymous Canned Comedy Prods, Dir Kevin W. Smith
Susan's Interests
General
comedy, music, being drunk, passort photographs. If you want to send me any spares you must write your full name and the age at which the photo was taken on the back. Then send it to me c/o Viv Smith Management, Garden Studios, 11-15 Betterton Street, London, WC2H 9PB and check out www.susan-murray.co.uk for the gallery which will be up soon.
Music
Killers, NMA, Kaiser Cheifs, Morrisey, Gunfire Dance, Snow Patrol, Feeder, Faithless, Fat Boy Slim, The Dammed, P J Harvey and loads more that I can't be arsed to list. Does anybody really bother to read through all this shit?
Movies
Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, American Beauty, Go, SNAKES ON A PLANE ( what next? Badgers on a Waltzer? Wasps In a Balaclava?), Amilie, Sean of the Dead, Donnie Darko, Pulp Fiction, Russian Dolls ( don't know anyone else who has seen this film),
Television
BB - shamlessly addicted to shouing abuse at the tv. Guys & Dolls Ch5 Doc about men who have full size rubber women with fully working (ok well not fully) vaginas and mouths. Also the Zoophile Ch4 doc about men and animals. One guy in america married a horse. In the UK we only let royalty do that.
Seinfield, League of Gentlemen, Simpsons, The Young Ones, Spitting Image ( oh come on it was brilliant), Crapston Villas ( I was camera assistant in the days when I was The Harpie), Crimewatch UK, Any Disaster Documentary (esp air and nautical).
Books
Anything by John O'Farrell funny as f*ck. Marry Me by Carey Marx ( i'm mentioned of course), Memoirs of A Geezer book about a chippie from Saarf London
Heroes
Rick Mayall, Izzard, Wanda Sykes ( black US stand up check her out), Richard Prior, Chris Rock, Ellen Degeneres, Billy Connolly, Tony Hancock, Dave Allen, Bill Bailey, League of Gentelman, P J Harvey
London based stand up comedian.
Foul mouthed, takes no prisnors, think I'm soooo funny esp when drunk which is frequently, brilliant driver, terrible girlfriend.
Loves
comedy, music, the smell of cut grass, toast, accents ( midlands, geordie, welsh)
Hates
marmite, people who don't do their jobs properly, bad drivers, schnapps, will add to this list.....
As a professional Stand Up Comedian and I think this gives me license to stay in bed late, drink too much and be lippy to total strangers!
Who I'd like to meet: Rick Mayall so I can say "Next time you have a go on a quad bike, try not to wear it as a hat"
My read Dad.
My maker about 40 years from now. ( I'm sure that can be arranged - God)
dang you're not even gunna believe me...i completed this deal to get a REAL desginer bag from Coach totally FREE & it truly came!! since i KNOW its for real now, i'm going to act quick and get another one or two to wrap up as a gift..you ought to go snag one or two too LMFAO! isnt the one they sent me hot?
Meet you at the bar then. We're leaving the boys in Sheffield, only me & bek coming, staying at Mr Coolies me thinks??!!! Presuming your staying at Dazbo's! Be good to see you, like passing ships at the memorial. x
I see you're keeping busy... Been a while since Luxembourg. I'll be the one moving to Zurich, so maybe see you there - lots of Brits in need of dwarf porn there I've heard...
Good to see you at the weekend, shame it weren't for long! I've got lots of hidious pictures I need to send you, didn't think you'd appreciate me posting them on here!!! Send me your email address immediately or I will be forced to post them!! In the meantime...... x x
OI OI. HOW'S IT GWANNN? did u hear about the two cannibals having dinner?
one says to the other "i hate my wife"
so his mate replies "well leave her and eat yer chips"
weak i know....
Heeey. Great gig last night at Mr Lynch's. I had a top time. Hope you hadn't too big a hangover next day (which is today for me but probably the other day for you reading this).
