Kieran Hodgson

Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Kieran is an acclaimed actor, writer and comedian.

Kieran recently reprised his regular role of Gordon in Series 3 of the hit BBC2 show TWO DOORS DOWN, alongside Arabella Weir and Doon Mackichan. Over the summer of 2019, he filmed the role of Dr Moorhouse in the upcoming drama series MISS SCARLET & THE DUKE for PBS in the US and UKTV in the UK. Kieran also recently played (in)famous producer Malcom McLaren in Sky Arts’ Sex Pistols Urban Myth single drama entitled THE SEX PISTOLS VS BILL GRUNDY and Patterson in hit BBC3 show, FAMALAM.

Kieran played the guest role of Simeon in S3 of Netflix’s LOVESICK, the guest role of Florian in BBC2’s Ben Elton–penned Shakespearean sitcom UPSTART CROW, alongside David Mitchell and Harry Enfield, and also starred in BBC 2’s single drama WE’RE DOOMED! THE DAD’S ARMY STORY.

Other credits include: BBC’s JONATHAN CREEK and COUNT ARTHUR STRONG, E4’s DRIFTERS Series 3 and SIBLINGS Series 2 as well as the box office smash ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA.

He currently has a scripted project, GOD’S OWN COUNTY, in development with Channel 4, who commissioned a Blap, which was released in 2018 and was nominated for a Broadcast Digital Award. Watch it here. 

Kieran took his four last live shows to the Edinburgh Festival in 2019: '75, FRENCH EXCHANGE, LANCE, and MAESTRO. The shows played in rep and the run was a sell-out success.

His latest live show, ’75, was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2018 and has sold out venues around the country. It has had several sell-out runs at the Soho Theatre as well as a run at London’s Southbank Centre.

His show MAESTRO was nominated for the 2016 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show, and had two sell-out runs at the Soho Theatre and a successful run at Melbourne Comedy Festival.

Kieran's 2015 show LANCE was nominated for the 2015 Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show and has now had five sell-out runs at The Soho Theatre. He has also taken LANCE on a UK tour with Show & Tell, which was recorded for BBC Radio 4.

Reviews for ’75:

 ‘The single most brilliant thing anyone's said about Brexit' ✭✭✭✭✭ The Londonist

 ‘It’s breathless, it’s bonkers and it’s often high-brow…’ ✭✭✭✭✭ The Wee Review 

‘There are quite a few shows about Brexit at the Fringe this year… But I highly doubt any are quite as frenetically witty and refreshingly even-handed as ‘75’ ✭✭✭✭✭ Theatre Weekly

‘Everything’s unusual – and ravishingly entertaining, informative and full of insight and laughs – in the show…’  ✭✭✭✭ The Times 

‘There’s a delicious perfectionism here to the writing, structure and delivery that puts most other shows to shame’  ✭✭✭✭ The Telegraph 

‘Another sterling display of comic prowess from Kieran Hodgson’ ✭✭✭✭ The List

‘It’s a show about Brexit that manages to be inclusive, clever and funny at the same time’ ✭✭✭✭ Short Com

‘Hodgson’s considerable skills as a vocal caricaturist are part of the pleasure here; so too the frequency and quality of the jokes…' ✭✭✭✭ The Guardian  

‘This is rich, thoughtful but belly-laugh stuff from an act whose showy virtuosity as both a character and confessional comic is backed by some outstanding writing’ ✭✭✭✭ The Scotsman

'It's the mother of history lessons, both good to know and also holds your interest in increasingly inventive ways.' ✭✭✭✭ The Skinny 

'One of the best researched and most thoughtful takes on the topic you are likely to see - insightful as well as genuinely funny.' ✭✭✭✭ What's On Stage

Reviews for MAESTRO:

'This could well be the show of the Fringe.' ✭✭✭✭✭ The Telegraph

'Simultaneously one of the funniest and most heart-warming acts at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Kieran Hodgson is not to be missed.​' ✭✭✭✭✭ Broadway Baby

'This is comedy that feels in some way transcendental.  You leave Maestro feeling uplifted and elated.' ✭✭✭✭✭ TV BOMB

Reviews for LANCE:

‘An absolute gem...a delight to watch' ✭✭✭✭✭ The Guardian

'Kieran Hodgson has here served up a one-man effort that lets his comedic talents roar as never before.' ✭✭✭✭ The Telegraph

'A triumph of a show...with plenty of genuinely laugh-out-loud moments.' ✭✭✭✭1/2 Chortle

His scripted project LADS is in development with Objective Fiction, and in 2017 he wrote a four-part BBCR4 comedy series focussing on classical music, EARWORMS; He wrote on the third series of the BAFTA-winning show THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL for The Cartoon Network; and was also involved in the Writer's Room for the second series of THE MIDNIGHT BEAST for Warp Television and E4.