“He’s a man with genuinely funny bones”
The Sunday Times
Star of BBC’s Upstart Crow, 8 Out of 10 Cats, The Friday Night Project and Dave’s One Night Stand.
Since winning the prestigious Channel 4 So You Think You’re Funny Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1998, Rob Rouse has toured the world for the last 27 years! Fortunately, over a quarter of a century in ‘the biz’ hasn’t made him (me – obviously I’m writing this) in the slightest bit sensible..
Funny Bones is Rob’s brand-new stand-up show: a relentlessly funny and daft evening of comedy, from a one-man whirlwind who pulls the audience into his craftily spun tall tales with bucketfuls of manic energy, first-class stagecraft, eerily convincing characters, and a barrage of brilliant one-liners.
PRAISE FOR ROB:
“One of my favourite comics. A very silly and funny man”
Greg Davies
“Rob Rouse is a joy machine, a natural clown”
Kerry Godliman
“An extraordinary comedian”
Jessica Fostekew, The Observer
“I have been helpless with laughter watching Rob on stage. Pure, joyful, hilarious stand up. He’s one of the best there is. He’s a very silly man. Very silly indeed”
Marcus Brigstocke
“Rob is always hilarious, and has total command, without fail he leaves a room vibrant and joyful”
Nina Conti
★★★★★
“Comedy guaranteed to lighten even the darkest of moods… always a step ahead of your expectations…”
Edinburgh Evening News
★★★★
“Eye-wateringly hilarious”
Hairline
★★★★★
“Bursting with originality, energy and enthusiasm, Rob Rouse is a delirious but hilarious man”
The List
★★★★
“Just go and see it”
The Sunday Times
Television credits include:
- Dave’s One Night Stand Dave
- Celebrity Juice ITV2
- Batteries Not Included Dave
- And Then You Die UKTV
- Comedy Shuffle with Rob Rouse BBC3
- 8 Out of Ten Cats Channel 4
- Grown Ups BBC3
- Guilty Pleasures BBC3
- Spoons Channel 4
- The Friday Night Project Channel 4
- Tunnel of Love ITV
- Bognor or Bust ITV
- The Bunk Bed Boys BBC3
- The Pilot Show E4/Channel 4
- Brain Candy BBC Choice
- House of Astonishment Channel 5
- Sean Locke’s 15 Storey High BBC2
- Terrorville BBC Play UK
- Pornorama Channel 4
Film credits include:
- Penelope dir. by Mark Palansky (2006)
Stage credits include:
- The Great Escape National Tour 2011
- The Great Escape Edinburgh Festival 2010
- My Family and the Dog that Scared Jesus April – July 2010 National tour
- My Family and the Dog that Scared Jesus Edinburgh Festival 2009
- Melbourne Comedy Festival 2004
- Soho Theatre 2003
- Edinburgh Festival 2002/2003
- The Big Daft Christmas Show Edinburgh Festival 2001
- The Comedy Network UK Universities Tour 2000/2001/2002
- Big and Daft in Space Edinburgh Festival 2000
- The Big and Daft Comedy Show Edinburgh Festival 1999
- The Comedy Zone (compere) Edinburgh Festival 1999
Radio credits include:
- The Big and Daft Radio Show BBC London Radio
- The 99p Challenge BBC Radio 4
- Sean Locke’s 15 Storey’s High BBC Radio 4
Awards
- Winner of ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ 1998