Andrew Maxwell

Renowned for his cutting edge comedy and intrepid social commentary, Andrew is a double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee (2007 & 2011), star of Sky’s John Bishop’s Only Joking and BBC’s Live At The Apollo, host of the BBC3 Edinburgh Comedy Marathon and series regular on Sky’s Wall of Fame.

Always adept at making shrewd, balanced and very funny political observations, Maxwell was one of the first comics at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival to react to the riots in England and the Arab Spring and evolve his act accordingly to rave reviews and a nomination. He performed his 2012 Edinburgh show That’s The Spirit at the Assembly Rooms George Square to sell out audiences. Andrew also performed at the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival (including a performance at the televised American Dream gala).

In 2012, Andrew filmed his first One Night Stand for the Dave Channel (ably supported by Chris Ramsay and Benny Boot). He later appeared on Sky Atlantic in their exciting comedy series, Edinburgh smash hit Set List. Andrew also appeared in Sky Atlantic’s first original comedy series, Morgan Spurlock’s New Britannia, alongside Shappi Khorsandi and Ruby Wax. He also had a four part Radio 4 series, Andrew Maxwell’s Public Enemies.

Andrew presented an authored documentary for BBC3, Conspiracy Coach Trip: 9/11 (with Renegade Pictures) which aired around the 10 year anniversary of the events and attracted huge attention. Andrew has appeared on recent series of BBC’s Have I Got News For You, ITV2’S Celebrity Juice, the Dave Channel’s Argumental, BBC2’s Mock The Week and R4’s The Now Show, cementing his reputation as one of the country’s most sought after comedians.

Throughout his career, Andrew has had many sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has also performed at The Amnesty / Channel Four Secret Policeman’s Ball, Glastonbury, Kilkenny’s Cat Laughs, The HBO US Comedy & Arts Festival in Las Vegas (alongside Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock), and several appearances at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival.

Andrew has won and been nominated for several other major awards including the Time Out Live Award for Best Stand-up, the Loaded Magazine Award for Best Stand-up and the Chortle Award for Best Contribution To The Live Comedy Circuit. He was also voted Best Irish Comedian by the public at the Entertainment.ie Awards.