Perrier Best Newcomer 2004
'...an undeniable talent...a genuine find' TELEGRAPH

Wil Hodgson is quickly becoming established as the most original new comedian on the circuit. Drawing on a wealth of life experiences not available to the current homogenized middle class pool of comics, this former skinhead, punk, professional wrestler and member of the communist party, regales us with tales of anti-fascism, small town prejudice, his passion for 'the big women' and care bears.

Wil is already a firm favourite with comedians, promoters and audiences and is set to become a big name in the world of stand-up.

He presently does 20 minute sets for Off the Kerb, The Glee Club, Christian Knowles, Mirth Control, Avalon and most other clubs. He has supported Ian Cognito on his national tour, played at a druid festival, won Perrier Best Newcomer in 2004 and played Wasted 2006, the UK's punk festival

Wil's hour show is being booked by arts centres, comedy clubs and festivals.

Edinburgh Festival
2010
Punkanory
2009
Punk Folk Tales
2008
Chippingham on my Shoulder
2007
Straight Outta Chippenham
2006
The Wil Hodgson Holiday Special, Holyrood Tavern, Edinburgh
2005
Good Wil Hodgson, Holyrood Tavern, Edinburgh Tour support for Ian Cognito
2004
The Passion of the Hodgson (Debut solo show) Perrier Best Newcomer 2004
Big Value Early Show Edinburgh Festival, Cafe Royal
2003
Amused Moose Comedy Starlets
2001
BBC New Comedy Awards semi-finalist

'a conviction all too rare in stand-up comedy these days. Hodgson is a huge comic talent'
- METRO

'he's funny'
- THE LIST ****

'Total, soul bearing honesty - a man with no choice but to suffer for his principles'
- THE GUARDIAN *****

'An effortlessly spellbinding narrator. His stories are wry, laugh-out-loud funny, and genuinely affecting, running with a rhythm that makes him the closest thing we have to a West Country beat poet'
- THE GUARDIAN GUIDE

'Wil Hodgson's frantically hilarious routine is about being an outsider, but then what would you expect from a mohicaned ex-skinhead with tattoos and makeup that has My Little Pony fixation.'
- THE LIST

'He is a true individual storyteller for all the jilted generation, one with all the potential to be a true cult hero.'
- CHORTLE

'Hodgson's strength is his ability to weave a story that engages you completely...he's a skilful comic storyteller'
- BBC RADIO 7

'From his first sentence on, the audience is under the spell of this very intelligent writer and fantastic performer...'
- HAIRLINE.ORG.UK 2009 ****

'good fun...and his persona is fascinating'
- METRO, 2009

'wonderfully endearing and crucially, funny...'
- EDFESTMAG.CO.UK 2009

'a wonderful, rolling, easy to listen to, hour-long masterpiece'
- THE SCOTSMAN 2009

For live work please contact Darrell Martin on
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