Alexandra Haddow
Haddow is a London based comedian and writer and one of the most popular new acts on the UK comedy circuit.
A regular at comedy clubs all over the country, Alexandra expertly walks the fine line between cheeky and outright smut.
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Alexandra Haddow is a London based comedian and writer and one of the most popular acts on the UK comedy circuit. A regular at comedy clubs all over the country, she expertly walks the fine line between cheeky and outright smut. A stalwart of the festival scene, she has performed at Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading and Leeds, 2000Trees and Victorious Festivals, has supported comedy icons Frankie Boyle and Bill Bailey, and hosts Dulwich Hamlet Comedy every month.
Her hotly anticipated debut show, Not My Finest Hour, sold out its entirety at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023, including two extra shows. The show received critical acclaim, after previously being nominated for Best Debut Show at Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2023. She performed the show across the UK in 2024. 2024 year saw her return to the Edinburgh Fringe with her critically acclaimed sophomore show Third Party. She will be taking the show on her debut UK tour in 2025.
Originally from the East Midlands and the first in her family to go to university and pursue a career in the arts, Alexandra hilariously skewers the juxtaposition of her working-class upbringing and her current life as an East London based, freelance writer and comedian.
Alexandra has a growing social media following, with over 49k followers on Twitter and over 13k followers on Instagram, with her acerbic tweets regularly going viral. She has appeared on Comedy Central Live, with her radio credits including appearances on BBC6 Music, BBC Radio 4 Extra's Comedy Club with Arthur Smith, the Moon Under Water Podcast with John Robins, Fit and Proper Podcast with Rhys James and Lloyd Griffith and with Peter Crouch on the series Save Our Beautiful Game (Discovery+), and in 2023 she won the inaugural West End Comedy Club Working Class Bursary and was shortlisted for the 99 Club Female and Non-Binary Comedians Programme.
Alexandra work as a writer has seen her contribute to Have I Got News For You, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Refinery29, Time Out, Metro and Independent magazines. She is a regular columnist for Sunday Times Style, London Evening Standard, Why Now Magazine and has been a columnist for NME, as well as joke writing for brand campaigns including Bumble and Cubitts.
She also runs the cult hit indie, rock and roll and britpop club night, Indie Amnesty, which has held sold out shows in London, Barcelona, Margate and Glasgow.
'One of the most exciting new acts on the circuit.'
Frankie Boyle
‘A whole lot of laughs’
The Skinny
'Haddow is going places'
London Evening Standard
‘Defiantly optimistic in a way that’s both refreshing and empowering.’ Rolling Stone
‘a comic with an impressive stage presence.’
Chortle
Television
Ben Elton: The Great Railway Disaster Self | Ben Elton: The Great Railway Disaster - Self | Channel 4 | 2023 |
Peter Crouch: Save Our Beautiful Game Performer | Peter Crouch: Save Our Beautiful Game - Performer | Discovery+ | 2022 |
Have I Got News For You Writer | Have I Got News For You - Writer | BBC1 | 2022 |
Theatre and Live Performance
Not My Finest Hour Creator/Performer | Not My Finest Hour - Creator/Performer | UK Tour | 2024 |
Tommy Tiernan's Tommedian Support | Tommy Tiernan's Tommedian - Support | 2024 | |
Frankie Boyle Support Performer | Frankie Boyle Support - Performer | 2023 | |
Not My Finest Hour Performer | Not My Finest Hour - Performer | Edinburgh Fringe | 2023 |
Reading and Leeds Festival Performer | Reading and Leeds Festival - Performer | 2022 | |
Frankie Boyle Support Performer | Frankie Boyle Support - Performer | 2020 |
Awards
Leicester Comedy Festival Awards Nominee | Leicester Comedy Festival Awards - Nominee | Best Debut Show | 2023 |
99 Club Female and Non-Binary Comedians Programme Runner Up | 99 Club Female and Non-Binary Comedians Programme - Runner Up | 2023 | |
West End Comedy Club Working Class Bursary Winner | West End Comedy Club Working Class Bursary - Winner | 2023 | |
Funny Women Competition Semi-Finalist | Funny Women Competition - Semi-Finalist | 2018 |
Radio
Arthur Smith’s Comedy Club Performer | Arthur Smith’s Comedy Club - Performer | BBC Radio 4 Extra | 2022 |
Commercials
Cubitts brand campaign Writer | Cubitts brand campaign - Writer | 2023 |
News
Announced for 2023’s Female & Non-Binary Comedians Bursary Programme By Bruce Dessau 13th June 2023 Alexandra Haddow, Louise Atkinson, Priya Hall, Leila Navabi and Lorna Rose Treen are the recipients of the 99 Club's 2023 bursaries for female & non-binary comedians |