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Reviews: 11

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Writer for Mock the Week (BBC)

Production Team for Taskmaster (Dave)

As seen/heard on BBC 1, ITV, Chanel 4, Radio 2, Radio 4, Radio 4Xtra

Jewish Comedian of the Year 2015

Lastminute Comedy Comedian of the Year 2015

Philip Simon is a stand up comedian, actor and writer. He has most recently been gigging throughout the UK, as well as appearances in New York, Scandinavia, Europe, the Middle East and Auckland. He has also been working as a rehearsal guest on Taskmaster for Dave, The Imitation Game for ITV and BBC TV's Mock the Week, for which he has also written a number of broadcasted jokes.

As well as writing sketches for BBC Radio 4 Xtra's Newsjack and The Canal Cafe's Newsrevue, Philip is in high demand as a regular contributor of material to other comedians on the circuit, working with them to edit existing jokes and develop new ideas.

As an actor, Philip trained at the Guildford School of Acting, since when his screen and stage roles have included “Any Human Heart” (...

Liberal Jewish Synagogue

• 26 Nov 2017

In 2016 Philip came up with the idea of running a fundraising comedy night at our synagogue – a completely untried and untested event in the history of the establishment. As chair of the fundraising committee, all I had to do was create the publicity, sell the tickets (we sold out – 130 tickets) and run the event – Philip did everything else! From advising on the format of the evening, via booking a really great set of comedians including a brilliant headline act to suit the audience, moving sea...

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Christina Harding

• 30 Nov 2018

"Philip handled our last minute emergency brilliantly.

Putting us at ease and sending three fantastic comedians.

A great night was had by all."

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Paul Vinnicombe

• 15 Jun 2019

I booked Philip for an evening presentation dinner and I could not recommend him enough. Philip was nice and early, really relaxed which in turn made me relaxed which was great. Philip was very flexible with a last minute change in the event schedule and his performance was tremendous, really good interaction with the crowd.

If I ever need a comedian for any event Philip would be my first choice.

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Mahadev

• 26 Jan 2019

Very Disappointed

Beaumont School PTA

• 12 May 2018

Thank you the evening was a great success! It all went smoothly to plan and everyone was laughing their heads off the whole evening. The acts were all brilliant and it couldn’t have gone better. We look forward to another comedy night in the future.

Do you do open-air acts?
Provided there is a decent sound system available to me and a willing audience, I can perform wherever you need.
How long is the act?
Anything up to 40 minutes
What other services to you provide?
I can source other acts for your event if you wanted to have the option of more than one comedian. These acts can range from straight stand up comedy to musical comedy, character comedy, etc. I can also help with speechwriting for whatever even you're creating. Either starting from scratch or working with you to edit and develop something you've already written. This can be anything from formal presentations that you want to give an injection of humour, or a less formal speech such as a best man/groom wedding speech.

Solo Stand Up Performance

Corporate Awards Presenting

After Dinner Speaker

Event Compere

Comedy Fundraiser Organiser and Act Booker

Speech Writing/Editing

Script Editing

Comedy Workshop Facilit...