A big-eyed, big-haired thing in a turtleneck making physical comedy for popular people.
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- English
- Resident of
- England (London)
Biography
Luke Rollason is a physical comedian and writer.
His live shows have performed critically-acclaimed sell-out runs at the SOHO Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe.
He is a member of physical comedy trio Privates. Their work won the 2019 Otherplace Award, and was nominated for Best Kids Comedy Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival 2020.
Luke is half of funk-comedy duo Stepdads. In 2019, Stepdads came 2nd Place in both the Sketch Off and the Musical Comedy Award competitions. In 2020, Stepdads were finalists at Sketch Off.
As a writer, Luke has written comedy for BBC Radio 4 Extra. His short films have been shortlisted for the BCG Pro Talent Production Awards, and the Comedy Crowd's BFI TV Showcase. His work has been screened internationally at film festivals, and on Channel 4's Random Acts. He has also written comedy and narrative content for Runtastic's Run Wild Campaign, and the videogame Unseen Empire for National Geographic. He is a nominee for the 2020 Sitcom Mission awards for scriptwriting.
Luke has been a resident artist at ONCA, Theatre Deli, the Balkan Retreat and Battersea Arts Centre. He trained at L'Ecole Philippe Gaulier.
Testimonials
Pure, unbridled, laugh-out-loud silliness.
Chortle (Alex Bruce), 19/08/2019
Gut-bustingly funny
The List (Suzanne Black), 16/08/2019
Hugely entertaining... an ever-playful hour of silliness from a fertile comic mind.
Chortle (Steve Bennett), 30/05/2017
Awards
- BCG Pro Talent Awards 2021
- Performance: Nominee
- BCG Pro Talent Awards 2020
- Production: Shortlisted
- Sitcom Mission, The 2020
- Main Prize: Nominee
- BCG Pro Talent Awards 2020
- Performance: Nominee
- Sketch Off! 2020
- Main Award: Nominee
- Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2020
- Best Kids Show: Nominee
- Comedy Crowd TV Shortlist 2020
- Main Award: Shortlisted
- Comedy Poster Awards 2019
- Panel Award: Shortlisted
- Musical Comedy Awards 2019
- Main Prize: Runner-up
- Sketch Off! 2019
- Main Award: Runner-up