For the American economist, see Richard J. Herring.
Richard Herring
Herring during the final performance of As It Occurs To Me in 2011
Birth name
Richard Keith Herring
Born
(1967-07-12) 12 July 1967 (age 56) Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Medium
Stand up, radio, television, podcast
Nationality
British
Education
The Kings of Wessex School
Alma mater
St Catherine's College, Oxford
Years active
1987–present
Genres
Black comedy, insult comedy, satire, irony, wit, deadpan
Spouse
Catie Wilkins
(m. 2012)
Children
2
Notable works and roles
Fist of Fun This Morning with Richard Not Judy Time Gentlemen Please The Collings and Herrin Podcast Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
Richard Keith Herring (born 12 July 1967)[1] is an English stand-up comedian and writer whose early work includes the comedy double act Lee and Herring (alongside Stewart Lee). He is described by The British Theatre Guide as "one of the leading hidden masters of modern British comedy".[2]
Towards the end of the double act, Herring also worked as a writer, producing four plays. After Lee and Herring went their separate ways he co-wrote the sitcom Time Gentlemen Please, but quickly returned to performance with concept-driven one-person shows like Talking Cock, Hitler Moustache and Christ on a Bike as well as regular circuit stand-up. Herring has created thirteen of these stand-up shows since 2004, performing them for eleven consecutive years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with annual tours and a final performance recorded for DVD. His 2016–17 show was a 'best of' tour, drawing from these shows.[3]
Herring is recognised as a pioneer of comedy podcasting,[4][5][6] initially with broadcaster Andrew Collins on The Collings and Herrin Podcast and subsequently with high-profile comedians and celebrities such as Dawn French, Michael Palin and Stephen Fry on Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast. He has maintained a daily blog called Warming Up without a break since 25 November 2002.[7] His blog is archived by the British Library for purposes of UK documentary heritage.[8]
^"Richard Herring - Chortle". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
^"Reviews from the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe (83)". www.britishtheatreguide.info. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^"Review: Great Yorkshire Fringe, Richard Herring, The Best – Preview, White Rose Rotunda, Parliament Street, York, July 26k". 28 July 2016.
^[1]. Beyond The Joke.
^[2] Mustard Magazine
^[3] WTF with Marc Maron, Episode 98 - Stewart Lee
^Lee, Stewart. "I decided to write like I was trying to get myself sacked". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
^Herring, Richard. "Tuesday 24th May 2011 - Warming Up - RichardHerring.com". www.richardherring.com.
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Queen". No Such Thing as a Fish. January 19, 2018. Herring R (February 8, 2020). "Warming Up". RichardHerring.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01. "46 Bags Of Chicharrónes"...
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Women Solving Crime". acast.com. Retrieved 1 May 2019. "RHLSTP with RichardHerring - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. British Comedy Guide...
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