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词条 Laurence Clark (comedian)
释义

  1. Stand-up comedy

  2. Television

  3. Stage

  4. Personal life

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}{{Use British English|date=January 2015}}Laurence Clark is a British stand-up comedian, writer, actor, presenter, and disability rights campaigner. Laurence was born with cerebral palsy and uses his line of work to alter the general public’s perceptions of disabled people.[1]

Stand-up comedy

Laurence Clark topped Shortlist magazine's poll of Britain’s Ten Funniest New Comedians in 2009.{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}

At the Labour Party conference in 2005, Clark was called a 'sit-down comedian' by the then-Prime Minister's wife Cherie Blair, referring to him being a wheelchair user. Clark shrugged off the press attention, saying she was just cracking a "crap joke".[2]

Clark gave his first live stand-up show, The All-Star Charity Show, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2003. It was described by The Scotsman critic, Kate Copstick, as a "powerful comedy voice" and "stunningly hard-hitting".[3] and was a Critics' Choice in The Times.{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}} Clark's next show, The Jim Davidson Guide to Equality, was based upon comparisons between Jim Davidson's stand-up and Tony Blair's manifesto speeches.[4] A teenage experience of appearing on Jim'll Fix It with Jimmy Savile{{fact|date=October 2012}} provided the basis for Jim Fixed It for Me, performed at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival.[5] Clark's show at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival, 12% Evil, used video clips and Powerpoint slides to ridicule common clichés and stereotypes about disabled people.[6] Spastic Fantastic (2008), charted Clark's mission, as someone who has cerebral palsy, to rescue the word ‘spastic’ through various means, including the use of secret cameras.[7] Health Hazard (2011), focused on the dangers of privatising the British National Health Service.[8] He won a commission from the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad to produce a new show in that year.[9]

Clark also occasionally performs as part of the comedy group "Abnormally Funny People", with Steve Best, Liz Carr, Tanyalee Davis, Chris McCausland, Steve Day and Simon Minty.[10]

Television

Clark has appeared on "Are You Having A Laugh? TV and Disability" (BBC2);[11] The Heaven and Earth Show (BBC 1); Embarrassing Bodies (Channel 4); The London Programme (ITV); The Shooting Party (Channel 4) and I'm With Stupid (BBC 3).[12] In October 2004 he was a reporter on Newsnight (BBC 2), presenting a short film about disability and the UK Abortion Act.[13] Clark and his family are the subject of a documentary film as part of BBC 1's Beyond Disability season called ‘We Won't Drop the Baby’ to be screened on 25 March 2012 on BBC 1,[14][15] narrated by David Tennant.[16]

Stage

On stage Clark has acted with Graeae Theatre Company, playing Richard in their forum theatre play The Trouble with Richard.[17] He also appeared in David Thacker’s A Midsummer Night's Dream at Bolton's Octagon Theatre, about which the Guardian said "his wheelchair-assisted Wall is indeed ‘the wittiest partition that I ever heard discourse.’"[18]

Personal life

Laurence Clark lives in Liverpool[19] with his wife and two children.[20]

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Independent Blogs – Laurence Clark|url=http://blogs.independent.co.uk/author/laurence-clark/|accessdate=13 December 2011|newspaper=The Independent|location=London}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Cherie cracks 'crap joke' for disabled comic|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/cherie-cracks-crap-joke-for-disabled-comic-1-1069927|accessdate=3 November 2014|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=28 September 2005}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/four_hot_weeks_in_august_1_662650|title=Four hot weeks in August|date=30 August 2003|work=The Scotsman|accessdate=26 December 2011}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Interview|url=http://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/laurence-clark-jim-davidson-guide-to-equality|publisher=Disability Arts Online|accessdate=13 December 2011}}
5. ^{{cite news|title=Review: Jim Fixed it for Me|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/laurence_clark_jim_fixed_it_for_me_1_1130578|accessdate=13 December 2011|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=14 August 2006}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Disabled comedian debunks stereotypes|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6924336.stm|accessdate=13 December 2011|newspaper=BBC News|date=2 August 2007|first=Geoff|last=Adams-Spink}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/comedy_review_laurence_clark_spastic_fantastic_1_1086607|title=Comedy Review: Laurence Clark – Spastic Fantastic!|date=19 August 2008|work=The Scotsman|accessdate=26 December 2011}}
8. ^{{cite news|title=Comedian Laurence Clark sounds a warning bell for the NHS|url=http://www.edinburgh-festivals.com/viewpreview.aspx?id=2424|newspaper=Scotsman|accessdate=13 December 2011|date=28 July 2011}}
9. ^{{cite news|title=Olympic Diary: 50 weeks to go!|url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/sport/olympics_2012/news/9190150.Olympic_Diary__50_weeks_to_go_/|accessdate=13 December 2011|newspaper=Westmorland Gazette|date=11 August 2011}}
10. ^{{cite news|title=Abnormally Funny People|url=http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/reviews/feature/6471/Abnormally_Funny_People|newspaper=Daily Info Oxford|accessdate=13 December 2011|date=16 November 2011}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Review: Are You Having a Laugh?|url=http://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/are-you-having-a-laugh|publisher=Disability Arts Online|accessdate=13 December 2011|date=2 July 2010}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/site/Disabled_Actors_Men.pdf|title=Disabled Actors Directory|publisher=BBC|accessdate=13 December 2011}}
13. ^{{cite web|title=Newsnight|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYjdVH-zFDU&list=UUCZtg4pSxB-FlxmhVfsXv9A&feature=plcp|work=27 October 2004|accessdate=13 December 2011|publisher=BBC}}
14. ^{{cite news|title=Abnormally Funny People|url=http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/reviews/feature/6471/Abnormally_Funny_People|newspaper=Daily Info Oxford|accessdate=13 December 2011|date=16 November 2011}}
15. ^{{cite news|title=Comedian Laurence Clark sounds a warning bell for the NHS|url=http://www.edinburgh-festivals.com/viewpreview.aspx?id=2424|newspaper=Scotsman|accessdate=13 December 2011|date=28 July 2011}}
16. ^{{cite news|title=Too Disabled for kids?|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2011/10/05/14086/too_disabled_for_kids%3F|newspaper=Chortle|accessdate=13 December 2011}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/site/Disabled_Actors_Men.pdf|title=Disabled Actors Directory|publisher=BBC|accessdate=13 December 2011}}
18. ^{{cite news|title=Review of A Midsummer Night's Dream|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/feb/23/a-midsummer-nights-dream-review|accessdate=13 December 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=23 February 2010|location=London|first=Alfred|last=Hickling}}
19. ^{{cite web|title=The Leaving of Liverpool|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/features/the-leaving-of-liverpool.shtml|accessdate=13 December 2011|publisher=BBC Ouch}}
20. ^{{cite news|title=Comedian Laurence Clark sounds a warning bell for the NHS|url=http://www.edinburgh-festivals.com/viewpreview.aspx?id=2424|newspaper=Scotsman|accessdate=13 December 2011|date=28 July 2011}}

External links

  • Official site
  • Biography at Abnormally Funny People
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120330204557/http://blogs.independent.co.uk/author/laurence-clark/ Laurence Clark writing in The Independent]
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