Liam Williams
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Liam Williams's guide to 2014 for hermits
What went on in pop culture in 2014? Have you been living under a rock? Comedian Liam Williams's reclusive friend has. Here they catch up on the year's big events.
Liam Williams, The Guardian, 20th December 2014Liam Williams explains capitalism
Read the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated comic's completely comprehensive guide.
Liam Williams, Time Out, 6th October 2014Why Liam Williams should win the Comedy Award
I loved Williams's subterranean hour of nihilistic Gen-Y standup - and I'd have welcomed an appearance on the shortlist for his group Sheeps.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 20th August 2014Ten free comedy shows at the Edinburgh festival 2014
From Luisa Omielan' feelgood hour to Liam Williams's pensive set, here are 10 fringe shows where you pay on the way out.
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 17th August 2014Liam Williams: more than first-year agitprop
After winning best-newcomer for his debut solo show last year, acerbic young stand-up Liam Williams returns with a set with 'substance'. The subject, and the title, is Capitalism, a framework which is to make sure, Williams tells us, that he doesn't end up squawking about his personal travails for an hour straight.
Tom Slater, Spiked, 7th August 2014Liam Williams: 'I've had nervous breakdowns on stage'
Is Liam Williams the voice of austere, embittered Britain? Brian Logan meets 'the Philip Larkin of comedy' as his angry new show Capitalism hits the Edinburgh festival.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 4th August 2014Edinburgh Fringe preview: Liam Williams
Williams' solo work falls somewhere between character comedy and confessional. Is he really such a dour northerner? Is his outlook really so bleak? It is hard to tell where truth ends and imagination starts.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th July 2014Liam Williams' favourite TV
Liam Williams explains what he likes to watch on TV.
Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 19th April 2014Comedy Blaps: Roisin Conaty, Liam Williams and Pond launch
Channel 4 has launched three more mini-series on the internet under its Comedy Blaps branding. The shows star Roisin Conaty, Liam Williams and Rufus Jones.
British Comedy Guide, 11th April 2014Liam Williams: The Philip Larkin of British Comedy
Liam Williams is the most soulful, daring, intellectually unabashed young comedian in the country.
Ed Cripps, The Huffington Post, 17th January 2014