BARKING TALES - RO CAMPBELL

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UK based Aussie Ro Campbell’s relentlessly entertaining and award winnning brand of cheeky slightly dark humour has wowed audiences everywhere from Adelaide to Bangalore, Helsinki to Singapore and many places in between.

He has performed at the last 8 Edinburgh Fringe festival’s and made The Scotsman’s pick of Best Jokes of The Fringe in 2009. In 2010 he was crowned Scottish Comedian Of The Year (slighty controversial being Australian and all).

He has also written for British TV and Radio, featured regularly on BBC Radio Scotland and Kevin Bridges and Friends Live at The Stand, and has performed at the NZ Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Perth Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, performed all over Europe, toured South East Asia 4 times, performed 6 shows in India, done gruelling tours of Outback Mining Towns in Western Australia (Click Youtube link to see Outback Comedy Tour videos and other comedy tour clips), played to captive audiences in several Maximum Security Prisons and supported Live At The Apollo Star Tom Stade on all 47 dates of his 2011 UK Theatre tour and Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner Russell Kane on a number of his 2010 and 2011 tour dates.

He recently opened for Kevin Bridges in Australia.

In 2013 and 2014 Ro co-produced 5 Star hit show Comedian Rap Battle at the Edinburgh Fringe. ‘ ***** – The most exciting late-night format since Set List’ – Bernard O’Leary – The Skinny

WHAT THE PRESS HAVE TO SAY:

‘Campbell is the hidden gem of the Fringe … mixes all of his worldy experiences together into one hour of pure hilarity’ **** RipItUp.com.au, Adelaide Fringe 2015

“His laugh-per-minute ratio is one of the highest I have seen this festival… and he makes it look effortless! Because Ro Campbell is really bloody funny” - NZ Theatrereview, NZ Comedy Fest 2013

“Great Stand Up and exceptional storyteller” The Skinny, Edinburgh 2011

” Proper emphasis on punchlines, while still telling a tale…and given extra lift by the professional performance.” Steve Bennett, Chortle.co.uk”

“Top Notch” Scotsman

“Effortlessly brilliant” The List

“Biggest laugh of Rockness Festival” Emily Mackay, NME

“Mad and bad, peddling savage lines – **** Three Weeks, Edinburgh

“Shoots straight to the funny bone” Beat, Adelaide Fringe 2010

“He’s ace; unassuming, filthy, and bloody funny. I love his work” FestivalFreak, Adelaide 2010

” Although still unapologetically ocker, his material is never clichéd” The Skinny, Edinburgh 2012

” Silly, slightly unhinged fun, a strain of dark humour lurks behind the harmless facade” Gigglebeats, Edinburgh 2012

“The belly laughs kept coming so fast that tears were starting to flow.” The Shetland Times

“Has a very amusing and really enjoyable method of hosting” Youth Review, Edinburgh

“Very wrong, rather funny” Julia Chamberlain, Chortle.co.uk , Hackney Empire Final

“One of the funniest men on earth” DNA, Indian National Paper

Plus Rob Mulholland

"Great delivery and a confident swagger...A riot" - Lancashire Evening Telegraph

"Stormed it...A sharp tongue and a sharper mind" - Harrogate Advertiser

"Perfect delivery...had the audience bursting into spontaneous applause" - York Press

Juliette Burton

“Burton’s got huge talent…and then some!”★★★★★ Daily Mirror

“Powerful stuff” ★★★★ Sunday Express

And as usual your MC Harriet Dyer "Loveable and delightful" ThreeWeeks

Profit goes to Manchester Mind