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Niall Ashdown is an English comedian, actor, improvisor and writer.
He has previously improvised in such television shows as Lifegame, Animo, Improbable Tales at the Nottingham Playhouse, Impropera and with the Comedy Store Players. He has written and performed two acclaimed solo shows, Hungarian Bird Festival and The Man Who Would Be Sting and is in Note to Tale, a work with the improvising classical quintet Between the Notes. He is also part of Impropera - a group who improvise operas based on suggestions from the audience[1] - they are currently developing a show for a younger audience. Ashdown was the creator of the 'Robbo' Robson character who blogged on the BBC Sport website for nine years, finishing in 2010, although the Robbo blog is still alive and well, along with the odd podcast.[2]
Ashdown has also appeared in Chambers, Swiss Toni, Outnumbered and, as writer/performer, Barking and Confessions.
Ashdown was in the original British version of Whose Line is it Anyway?, appearing in Series 7 episode 1 and 11 and episodes 5, 9 and 13 of Series 8.
His radio work includes that he has co-written and was included in two series of Losers[citation needed] for BBC Radio 4 and in the radio play, Tunnel Vision,[3] and has previously written poetry for Radio 3's The Verb. He is also Wilf and Ruby's Dad. He is also the voice of Match of the Day's Thunderbird puppet Alan Hansen.
Ashdown played Henry Purcell in Clare Norburn’s Burying The Dead at the Brighton Early Music Festival.[4] He starred in Kneehigh Theatre's production of Ubu! A Singalong Satire, inspired by Ubu Roi.[5][6]
^Logan, Brian (23 December 2008). "Comedy review: Impropera / Leicester Square theatre, London". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^"BBC - Sport Editors: From Swindon Town to Cape Town". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^"BBC Radio 4 Extra - Niall Ashdown - Tunnel Vision". BBC. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^Hewitt, Phil (5 November 2019). "Burying The Dead at Brighton Early Music Festival - review". www.midsussextimes.co.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^Wyver, Kate (13 December 2019). "Kneehigh's Ubu! A Singalong Satire review – karaoke hell". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^BWW News Desk. "Full Tour Dates Announced For Kneehigh's UBU! A SINGALONG SATIRE". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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Basel come up short". UEFA.com. 13 March 2003. Retrieved 30 January 2012. Ashdown, John (18 March 2003). "Deportivo La Coruna 2 – 0 Man United". guardian...
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Villa Star – find out who". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 20 January 2017. Ashdown, John (24 February 2012). "Payback time for Steven Gerrard's little cousin...
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unlikely pair". hawthornfc.com.au. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2024. Ashdown, Tim (27 May 2016). "Ollie Wines braces for clash with schoolboy rival...
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