CHRIS DAVIS FOR NORWELL LAPLEY PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
- WINNER – Best Newcomer to Variety – 1996
- WINNER – Encore Magazine’s “Entertainer of the Year” – 199
- FINALIST– So You Think You’re Funny – 1997
- WINNER – BBC TV series Funny Business – 2008
Introducing award-winning Welsh comedian Rod Woodward, who became an overnight success in December when he was invited to perform at the 2014 Royal Variety Performance (ITV1) in front of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Rod performs his eagerly awaited nationwide debut tour The Journey Starts Here this summer.
The son of renowned Welsh sports writer Karl Woodward, Rod was tipped for stardom by such luminaries as Peter Kay and Bob Monkhouse and has since gone on to win the Best Newcomer to Variety award, Encore Magazine’s Entertainer of the Year and BBC’s Funny Business. His television appearances include The Comedians (SKY), The Rush Hour (BBC WALES), A Bit Off The Fringe ( BBC2 Wales), and Am I Talking To You (BBC). He has also supported the likes of Paddy McGuinness and Russell Brand on tour.
In 2000, Rod was invited to be guest speaker at the Professional Footballers’ Association Footballer of the Year Awards dinner. He hosted Max Boyce’s 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Wales Millennium Centre, performed at the Planet Hollywood Hotel in Las Vegas after the weigh-in for the Bernard Hopkins v Joe Calzaghe fight, sold out the Cardiff International Arena Conference Theatre, wrote and performed the Cardiff City Fans anthem Do The Ayatollah’ which had over 200,000 hits on YouTube, and wrote and performed 3 series of his own Radio Wales Comedy series, Doing It For A Laugh.
TESTIMONIES
“A young Dave Allen’” PETER KAY
“The best of the new bunch” BOB MONKHOUSE
“A brilliant young comic with great style and repose” BARRY CRYER
“The best in the business” JACK CHARLTON
“A winning presence” THE TELEGRAPH
“Comedian Rod Woodward broke protocol by being funny at the Royal Variety Show” THE SUN
“ITV even managed to showcase a hot comic. Rod Woodward is half Welsh, half Italian and all funny” THE STAR
‘”Laugh-out-loud funniness’” EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS
“He has a rare intelligence… witty, topical and superbly timed” THE STAGE
“Rod Woodward is this country’s most promising young comedian… unadulterated comedy on a stick” THE WESTERN MAIL
“Brilliantly pitched… he got the whole room roaring” THE BIG ISSUE
“A sure crowd pleaser” CHORTLE
“Charming” THREE WEEKS
“Fantastic!” SOCCER AM
TOUR DATES
MAY VENUE BOX OFFICE
Sat 2nd HORSHAM, Capitol 01403 750220
Thurs 7th EDMONTON Millfield Arts Theatre 020 8807 6680
Tues 19th EPSOM, Playhouse 01372 742555
Fri 22nd CARDIFF, St David’s Hall 029 2087 8500
Weds 27th SWANSEA, Grand Theatre 01792 475715
JUNE
Weds 3rd June MILFORD HAVEN, Torch Theatre 01646 695267
Thurs 4th HEREFORD, Courtyard Theatre 01432 340555
Tues 9th BURY ST EDMUNDS, Apex 01284 758000
Sun 14th RHYL, Pavilion 01745 330 000
Weds 17th WESTON SUPER MARE, Playhouse 01934 645544
Fri 19th BRECON, Theatr Brycheinjog 01874 611622
Sat 20th LEEDS, City Varieties 0845 644 1881
Weds 24th SHREWSBURY, Severn Theatre 01743 281 281
Turs 25th WIMBORNE, Tivoli 01202 885566
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