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Welsh Comedian Morgan Rees is a rising star of the UK circuit, boasting a densely packed arsenal of impressive one-liners and hilarious stories.
He has appeared on BBC Radio 4 in the prestigious finals of the BBC New Comedy Award. He was also a runner-up in So You Think You’re Funny 2017, and a finalist at the Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Morgan Rees has been a tour supporter for performers such as Rhys James, Fern Brady, Nigel Ng, Jayde Adams, and Paul Chowdhry.
– Turning Thirsty: UK Tour 2024
– Bi and Large: Edinburgh Festival 2020
– Tour Support: Lucy Beaumont – The Trouble & Strife 2023
– Tour Support: Rhys James – Spilt Milk 2022
– Tour Support: Nigel Ng – The Haiyaa World Tour 2022-23
– Tour Support: Jayde James – Men, I Can Save You 2022-23
Morgan co-hosts the podcast Chatting With Cherubs with Josh Jones, covering topics as far and wide as sex, charity shops, clothing, LGBTQ+ parents, meditation, and musicals.
– Nominee: Chortle’s One to Watch 2020
– Finalist: BBC New Comedy Award 2017
– Finalist: So You Think You’re Funny 2017
– BBC New Comedy Award
– Nomination: Best Newcomer as Writer and Performer of ‘Infinite Number of Monkeys’ BBC Radio 4/Extra 2017
A former data company employee, Morgan moved on and has become a successful writer for programmes including Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats, and The Great American Joke-Off. He is also the co-writer of internet sensation, Uncle Roger.
He has also appeared on television and radio in The Apprentice: You’re Fired! (2024), East Mode (2022), When Should Christmas Begin (BBC Wales 2023), What Just Happened (BBC Radio Wales 2023), Wales in Edinburgh Fringe (2016), Beena and Amrit (BBC Wales 2021), and Lost in Translation (BBC Radio 2 2021).
Proved himself a master of redirection, with several set-ups taking unexpected swerves in a punchline heavy set.
Chortle
Fast gags, unexpected swerves and rolling stories.
The Sunday Times
I was constantly laughing’ for Morgan Rees’s Edinburgh show ‘Bi & Large’ from Broadway Baby.
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