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Adam Drake

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Adam Drake

Adam is the performer/co-writer of Goose, one of the most critically-acclaimed acts to emerge from the Edinburgh Fringe in recent years, and the performer/co-writer of Tarot, a sketch group with Gein’s Family Giftshop.

Adam has two projects in commissioned development with co-creator Katy Wix. He has recently provided writing services on a new BBC R4 series and a Netflix animation development room.

He co-wrote and co-starred in improvised comedy ‘Capital’, alongside Liam Williams and Charlotte Ritchie. Capital was in the Sunday Times’ Top 50 Podcasts, the Independent’s Top 20 Podcasts and won the Herald New Zealand Award for Podcast of the Year.

He has directed all of Kiri Pritchard-McLean’s live shows, including ‘Victim, Complex’, the fifth best-reviewed show of 2018. He has filmed several pilots for television, and has a number of other projects in development for TV, radio and film.

He has written jokes for ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘Frankie Boyle’s New World Order’, and ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, among others.

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Television

Title Role Production Director
CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? Marcus (Recurring) Big Talk / BBC1 Simon Hynd
EXTRAORDINARY Benny (Guest Lead) Sid Gentle / Disney+ Toby Macdonald
NASTY NEIGHBOURS S2 Bernie Mother's Best Child / Channel 4 Guy Davidson and Dan Clarke
THE MASH REPORT ONLINE Multiple Zeppotron Chris Stott
LAZY SUSAN SHORT Man BBC Jennifer Sheridan
CAPITAL Adam Garibaldi Cuba Productions/BBC Worldwide Freddy Syborn
HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU Writer HatTrick
HYPOTHETICAL Writer HatTrick
ROAST BATTLE Writer Fulwell93
CRASHTAG Host So Television Barbara Wiltshire
BOUNTY HUNTERS London Eye Attendant Tiger Aspect William Sinclair
DRUNK HISTORY Comedy Central
GOOSE: SCHWIMMERVILLE Various Roles Hat Trick Tom Vinnicombe
THAT FRIDAY NIGHT SHOW Interviewer HatTrick Stu Mather
THE PIN: TOP TEN Director BBC Tom George
DRUNK HISTORY Guard Tiger Aspect Tom McKay
CINDIES STORIES Presenter VarsiTV Josef Pitt-Rashid

Stage

Title Role Production Director
TAROT - CAUTIONARY TALES Writer/Performer Berk's Nest Kiri Pritchard-McLean
TAROT Writer/Performer Berk's Nest Kiri Pritchard-McLean
GOOSE: GOLDEN EGGS Performer/Writer Edinburgh Fringe Ben Rowse
KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN: VICTIM, COMPLEX Director Live Nation
GOOSE: AMPHETAWALTZ Performer/Writer Edinburgh Fringe Ben Rowse
GOOSE: HYDROBERSERKER Performer/Writer Soho Theatre Ben Rowse
KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN: APPROPRIATE ADULT Director Live Nation
GOOSE: HYDROBERSERKER Performer/Writer Edinburgh Fringe Festival Ben Rowse
GOOSE: KABLAMO Performer/Writer Soho Theatre
KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN: HYSTERICAL WOMAN Director PBJ
GOOSE: KABLAMO Performer/Writer Edinburgh Fringe
GOOSE (AN ODD NEW ONE-MAN COMEDY WHODUNIT) Performer/Writer Edinburgh Fringe Festival
THE CIRCUS Escapado The Invisible Dot
ROBIN (A ONE MAN COMEDY) Performer/Writer Edinburgh Fringe Festival
MASTERSLUT Body double The Invisible Dot
PRETTY LITTLE PANIC Performer/Writer Edinburgh, Cambridge Footlights James Moran & Lucien Young
PRETTY LITTLE PANIC (USA TOUR) Performer/Writer Cambridge Footlights James Moran & Lucien Young
PRETTY LITTLE PANIC (WEST END/ UK TOUR) Performer/Writer Cambridge Footlights James Moran & Lucien Young
THE LIFE DOCTOR Performer/Writer Edinburgh, CUADC/Channel You Adam Lawrence
FOOTLIGHTS SPRING REVUE: PEOPLE WATCHING Various Roles Cambridge Footlights Alexander Owen & Ben Ashenden
FOOTLIGHTS STAND UP: BOSNICH 2 Performer/Writer Edinburgh Fringe, Cambridge Footlights
PRESTO Performer/Writer Fletcher Players Adam Lawrence
WOOLFSON HOWLER WITH TIM KEY Performer/Writer
FATHER AND SON Performer Fletcher Players Freddy Syborn
RE_ (EDINBURGH FRINGE) Dominic Negative Capability Freddy Syborn
SISTERS, SUCH DEVOTED SISTERS Bernice Fletcher Players Jonathan Franklin
SOPHROSYNE Performer BATS Freddy Syborn