Gareth Mutch

Nominated for BEST SHOW (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2024 & 2025 

Gareth is a Scottish stand up comedian who’s a regular at the Edinburgh Fringe festival and has steadily earned a reputation as rising star of the UK comedy scene.  A skilled raconteur with sharp observations, first class compere skills and an easy storytelling style, he continues to go from strength to strength and is in great demand across the circuit.  He has presented three critically acclaimed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – scooping ‘Best Show’ nominations for the past two years.

He has performed twice at Scotland’s T in the Park Festival, has hosted regional heats of the BBC New Comedy Award and had the accolade of hosting this year’s official launch party for the Edinburgh Fringe Society.  He’s in demand as a tour support and has had the honour of supporting Iain Stirling aswell as Tom Stade – who he’s partnered with for the past four years on mammoth UK tours.

 On TV and radio, Gareth has appeared on BBC Scotland’s ‘Comedy Underground’ STV’s ‘Edinburgh Festival’ show, ‘Live at Five’ and ‘The Late Show’ and more recently for BBC Radio 4, ‘The Good, The Bad and the Ugly’.  He’s the host of two podcasts; ‘Too Mutch Information’ and ‘Two G’s in a Pod’ with fellow comedian Gareth Waugh.  He’s also guested on the hugely popular ‘Hot Water’s Green Room’ podcast.

He’s been nominated for three consecutive years at the (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards; making the long-list for ‘Best Show’ with ‘Belter’ in 2023, and being shortlisted in 2024 for his follow-up show ‘Modern Man’; and remarkably, again in 2025 for his latest show ‘Maybe Tomorrow’.