Gavin Webster is a Geordie stand-up who has been making UK audiences laugh since his debut at a Gateshead pub in 1993, on the same bill as a then unknown Ross Noble. Since then he has built a reputation as one of the circuit's most respected acts, switching effortlessly between friendly pub philosopher and sharp-tongued rabble-rouser, often with a sardonic ukulele song thrown in for good measure. Three decades on the circuit have given him a range and confidence that newer acts simply haven't had time to build yet.
In 2014 he won Best UK Live Stand-Up, the award voted for by fellow professional comedians and better known as the Comedian's Comedian award, only the second person ever to win it. His television work includes Never Mind the Buzzcocks, The Eleven O'Clock Show and The World Stand Up Tour, broadcast internationally on Comedy Central and Channel 9 Australia, alongside twelve solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and a supporting role in Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake. That peer recognition, alongside his screen credits, marks him out as a comedian's comedian in the truest sense.
Gavin's sharp observational material and total command of a live room make him a strong headline booking for comedy clubs and corporate crowds who want a proper, no-nonsense stand-up rather than a safe filler act. His decades of experience mean he can read almost any room and adjust instantly, which makes him a reliably strong choice for demanding or unpredictable audiences alike, wherever the booking happens to be.