This is what Rob has to say about himself… My name is Rob Auton, I am a writer and performer of some of what I write.
In 2008 I started saying things aloud to groups of people without wanting them to respond verbally. Some call this ‘Stand up comedy’, some call it ‘Stand up poetry’. Whatever it is, I started doing it and have continued to do it ever since. I have created twelve one hour long Edinburgh Fringe shows. Every year I pick a subject that is important to me and write an hour long show about it. So far I have done The Yellow Show, The Sky Show, The Face Show, The Water Show, The Sleep Show, the Hair Show, the Talk Show, the Time Show, the Crowd Show, The Rob Auton Show, The Eyes Open and Shut Show, my twefth show was a narrative show called CAN:The Story of a Man Called Can. I have had my work played on the radio by Jarvis Cocker, Cerys Matthews and Scroobius Pip and shown on the television by BBC1, BBC 2, Channel 4 and Netflix. I have had four collections of my writing and drawings published by Burning Eye Books and one book published by Harper Collins non fiction/Mudlark. More about that in the WHAT? section. This section is about Who? Who am I? I am a man who likes the sky and the ground in equal measures. Sometimes I like the sky more than the ground. What else can I put in this Who? section? Who? I like people. Who do I like? I like Joe Strummer. I like Francis Bacon. I like Richard Brautigan. I love my family. Do I love Joe Strummer? I love his attitude to creativity. Should that be in the what section? What? I am going to have to put quite a bit in the What? section.
About Getaway Comedy
It’s all about the laughs at Getaway Comedy. Expect a delicious mix of playful, unapologetic, dark, punchy and (most importantly) very funny stand-up. Our main aim is to make sure our audiences have a top night out. Line-ups are booked purely on merit (ie. how funny each act is), with an emphasis on making sure there’s a variety of comedic styles for you to enjoy throughout the show. A spoonful of observational, a sprinkling of one-liners, a pinch of musical, a dollop of the daft… you get the picture. With all the crap going on in the world, Getaway Comedy is an opportunity to escape to laughter for a couple of hours.
Getaway Comedy have been putting on shows for over a decade (previously under the banner of The Stand-Up Club), and have built up a reputation as one of the best run and funniest comedy clubs in the UK. We also founded and run the £10,001 British Comedian of the Year competition, with the biggest cash prize in British comedy. With venues across London and the South, check out the nearest venue to you on our Venues Page.
