Hailed as "The funniest sketch troupe on the Fringe" (Scotsman) Pappy’s were nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2007, won a Chortle Award in 2008 and have performed across the globe. They have appeared in their own shows on Channel 4 and Radio 4 and are in the middle of a national tour of their 5th Edinburgh Festival show, All Business, which earned them a string of 4 and 5 star reviews.
Pappy’s are Ben Clark, Matthew Crosby and Tom Parry.
Initially called Pappy’s Fun Club they formed in 2004 and performed a string of shows at The Old Coffee House Soho before taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2006. The same year they were nominated as Best Newcomers at the Chortle Awards. In 2007 their 2nd show Edinburgh show was nominated for the If.Comedy Award (formerly the Perrier Award).
2008 saw them win a Chortle Award, record their own pilot for Radio 4, make a Comedy Lab for Channel 4 and perform at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. They also took a third show, Funergy, to the Edinburgh festival.
After touring Funergy around the UK in 2009 their next show, Pappy’s Fun Club’s World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches In An Hour gained them a string of 5 star reviews. In November 2009 they parted ways with fourth member Brendan, and continued as a 3 piece, touring a revised version of the 200 Sketches show.
Last year saw them make their 5th appearance at the Edinburgh Festival with a brand new show, All Business, which they will tour in Spring 2011. Recently they have appeared on a number of TV shows both together and as solo performers; most notably Miranda, Meet The Parents, Fast & Loose, Trinny & Susannah: From Boom to Bust, Dick and Dom’s Funny Business and Robert’s Web.
★★★★★ The Mirror
★★★★★ Independent on Sunday
★★★★★ Chortle
★★★★★ List
★★★★★ Fest
★★★★★ Metro
'Best in their genre' The Mirror
'Beneath the larking about there's a painstakingly constructed hour of quickfire gags, recurring characters, and snappy songs. By the end of it, the crowd is as elated as the performers, and that's saying something.' Independent on Sunday'A jaw-dropping, laugh-a-second spectacular from three young men who are supremely talented writers and performers.' Chortle
'Pappy’s win every gushing reviewer cliché in the book. Rest assured that they are more than deserving of all of them.' Fest
