After Dinner SpeakersComedian Steve Royle has been entertaining audiences for over 30 years!
A finalist on ITV’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent‘ Steve Royle is a fantastic comedian, actor, writer and juggler. Furthermore, he is an award-winning presenter on BBC Radio.
It was whilst studying history at University that he broke the boredom of revision by juggling three oranges. This led to training in circus skills, and onto work as a juggler, welcoming visitors to the Granada Studios Tour, and as a court jester with his own juggling show at Camelot theme park.
His huge popularity with guests to the park resulted in him taking part in over 2000 shows, over 12 years.
“a brilliant comedian!” Peter Kay
Steve hails from Chorley in the North West. He holds the world record for balancing a Christmas tree on his chin, and for balancing an ironing board on his foot!
Despite being a highly skilled juggler, Steve never forgets the comedy and has a highly honed arsenal of one-liners and routines suitable for any audience.
In 2002 Steve performed at the World Cup Finals in Japan, where he entertained at various festivals, proving that he can even bridge the language barrier when it comes to entertaining!
Steve was also the first comic to act as a warm-up for The Royal Variety Show in 2006, featuring Take That, Rod Stewart, Barry Manilow and Meatloaf.
“a comedy masterclass” The Stage.
He was the resident warm-up man for Sunday Night at The Palladium, and does regular Television warm-up for programmes such as ‘Question Of Sport’, ‘The Rob Brydon Show’, and even ‘Mastermind’.
He landed a role in the Bolton-based comedy Phoenix Nights after meeting Peter Kay while working on the stand-up circuit. Many fans recognise him as ‘the bad juggler’ who auditioned to perform at The Phoenix Club.
Other TV credits include:
- Max and Paddy’s Road To Nowhere
- Peter Kay’s Britain’s Got The Pop Factor
- Stand-up Britain
- Give Your Mate A Break
- The Afternoon Show
- Talk Of The North
- Car Share
In 2015 he performed 16 nights at The Manchester Arena, to 200,000 people as part of Peter Kay’s ‘Phoenix Nights Live’ show.
During the last few years, Steve has supported numerous comedians on tour including Peter Kay and Dave Spikey.
Steve is a headline act at The Comedy Store as well as a regular on the UK’s huge comedy circuit.
Steve Royle regularly performs at large and small private and corporate events throughout the year. He is a breath of fresh air on stage, always entertaining, providing huge laughs with his family-friendly material.
