FACILITATORS OF MIRTH
Artist biography
Steve Shanyaski
Playing age: 30-45 Height: 5’ 8” Hair color: Brown Eye colour: Brown Build: Medium Native Accent: Mancunian Accents: American- Standard, Welsh- Standard, Scottish, Irish, polish E/European, Southern English, Cockney, Cornish, Birmingham, Stoke Experienced in: Comedy, presenting, acting, musician, DJing, sound engineering and music production Driving License: Full & clean
“A Star in the Making” - City Life
Endlessly charming, Steve’s inherent warmth and cheeky, immersed in ‘Stevie World’ as he leads them, Pied Piper- roguish twinkle shines through his material, elevating him like, down the charming avenues of his inner mind. Steve to quite another level as a performer. is a long established and popular headliner, regularly Within the first six months of his comedy career he made closing at Jongleurs, The Stand, The Glees, The Frog and it through to the semi-finals of the BBC New Comedian Bucket and many of the UK’s other top comedy nights. of the Year, the North West Comedian of the Year Final, Following 2009’s ‘Reality Check’ Steve returned to The and later that year was booked to appear on the BBC7 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2011 with his 4 star-reviewed Radio Showcase “Spanking New”. Since then he has show ‘Steve Shanyaski’s Life Survival Bible’. A popular gone from strength to strength, adding to this list of choice amongst the late night festival goers, audiences accolades by being named the Holsten Pils Comedian left happy and glowing after an hour of his high energy of the Year, and the Birmingham Comedy Festival’s Best quirkiness and slick confident routines. This was an Breaking Talent. opinion shared by critics, who repeatedly awarded him Combining surreal observations with wildly tangential with 4 stars and gushing compliments. imaginings, his off kilter set pieces have audiences fully
For all bookings please contact [email protected] Gag Reflex Ltd 0161 205 8739 | 07974 685 267 Red 16, The Sharp Project, Manchester, M40 5BJ 0161 205 8739 | [email protected] | www.gagreflex.co.uk
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Artist biography
Steve Shanyaski
Awards/Competitions Winner – Holsten Pils Comedian of the Year Finalist – City Life Comedian of the Year 2005 + 2003 Winner – Birmingham Comedy Festival Breakthrough Act
“Absolutely stormed it!” – The Mail
“The key to his act is that his vision is a delightfully skewed one” – Manchester Online
TV and film Radio 2013 – Comedy Store presents... – Comedy Central ◆ Breakfast Show – 96.2 Revolution FM 2012 – Britain in Bed – BBC Three ◆ BBC GMR – Co-Presenter 2011 – Jason Manford’s Comedy Rocks – ITV 2011 – City Life Social - Guest presenter - Channel M 2006 – Zoo Magazine National Ad Campaign 2006 – North West Comedian of the Year - Presenter - Channel M 2003 – New Comedian of the Year - BBC3 2003 – Spanking New - Stand-Up Showcase - BBC7
Festivals 2012 – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Steve Shanyaski’s 2009 – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Reality Check Life Survival Bible 2009 – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Funny for a Fiver
Currently appearing at: The Comedy Store, The Glee Clubs, The Stand Clubs, The Hyena, The Boatshow, Manfords Comedy Clubs, and many more
For all bookings please contact [email protected] Gag Reflex Ltd 0161 205 8739 | 07974 685 267 Red 16, The Sharp Project, Manchester, M40 5BJ 0161 205 8739 | [email protected] | www.gagreflex.co.uk
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