Ian Smith

Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2023

Ian Smith is a multi-award winning comedian, actor and writer as heard on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, The Now Show, Just A Minute as well as being a regular guest on The Bugle He is the co-host of the Northern News podcast, alongside Amy Gledhill – which hit the top 20 in the Apple comedy podcast charts after just two weeks and featured in The Guardian’s “best podcasts of 2023 so far”.

Ian’s 2023 Edinburgh Fringe show Crushing was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award, shortlisted for the (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Award and runner-up in Next Up’s Biggest Award in Comedy. His sold out run is transferring to Soho Theatre, followed by a UK tour in 2024. Ian’s previous Fringe shows have received critical acclaim, an Amused Moose Comedy Award, ThreeWeeks Editors’ Award and seen him invited to New Zealand Comedy Festival and toperform as part of Best of the Edinburgh Fest at Adelaide and Melbourne Comedy Festivals.

Ian has written on The News Quiz, The Now Show, Newsjack (BBC Radio 4), Have I Got News For You (BBC1) and writes for various other comedians (including on Mock the Week)

“One of the best you will see” ★★★★★ The Mirror

“Sheer brilliance.” ★★★★.5 Chortle

“There are few fringe shows as purely funny as this” ★★★★ The Guardian

“An effortlessly brilliant stand-up” ★★★★ The Scotsman

“You’d do well to catch him now before his inevitable jump to the big time” The Telegraph