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Steve Coogan @ Colston Hall

Actor, impressionist and comedian, Steve Coogan is best known as the dry and very British character, Alan Partridge. Alongside being a successful comedian, he has also appeared in various films including; 24 Hour Party People and The Parole Officer which he co-wrote with Henry Normal.

Coogan is one of nine children. He was born and raised in Middleton, Greater Manchester, in a large Irish Catholic family. Coogan started out as a fresh, hip, new stand-up comic and mimic, whilst working in Ipswich, as well as doing voice-over work for adverts and impressions on Spitting Image. In 1988, he did impressions of Prince Charles which featured on the Urban label release “Don’t Believe The Hype” by Acid House artist Mista E. The impressions were also used as jingles in 1988/89 on the Radio 1 FM Friday night dance music show Jeff Young’s Big Beat. He also acted on the observation round on The Krypton Factor in 1989.

He teamed up with Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci, amongst others, on the Radio 4 comedy show On the Hour, where he helped give birth to his most famous creation Alan Partridge. Alan went on to have his own radio show and also appeared on TV in The Day Today and his own chat show, Knowing Me, Knowing You… with Alan Partridge. In 1997 he bounced back with the sitcom I’m Alan Partridge, which was followed by a second series in 2002. Partridge will make yet another triumphant return as part of Coogan’s 2008 stand-up tour, with an Alan Partridge movie in production

The comic will be playing a string of live dates this autumn, under the title Steve Coogan Is Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters.

So far, 40 dates have been announced.  The show boasts ‘a show featuring the characters that have made him a Bafta and British Comedy Award winning comedy legend’ – so is likely to include the likes of Paul and Pauline Calf.

Coogan’s last live show, the 1998 tour The Man Who Thinks He’s It, played 200 performances and was seen by 350,000 people.

You can catch Steve Coogan Live at Bristol – Colston Hall on the 17th & 18th October 2008

For more information/tickets phone 01179223686 or check out the website www.colstonhall.org

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