'Very funny. Go watch a master of the genre' ★★★★
One4Review Aug 2024
'The best show at this year's Fringe... A classic, structured rollercoaster Fringe hour... star in waiting... he is untouchable.' ★★★★
Bruce Dessau, The Times
'An extraordinary story richly accessorised with laughter. The best live comedy I have seen this August.'
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman '
'Well-crafted, very original and very funny… one of the most original show endings I have seen. Clever, articulate… sometime scathing and cynical, but also touching and hopeful. Highly recommended.’ Joe Angella Fringe Review
One4Review Aug 2024
'The best show at this year's Fringe... A classic, structured rollercoaster Fringe hour... star in waiting... he is untouchable.' ★★★★
Bruce Dessau, The Times
'An extraordinary story richly accessorised with laughter. The best live comedy I have seen this August.'
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman '
'Well-crafted, very original and very funny… one of the most original show endings I have seen. Clever, articulate… sometime scathing and cynical, but also touching and hopeful. Highly recommended.’ Joe Angella Fringe Review
STAND UP BIO
Nathan Cassidy is a multi-award winning comedian and star of Amazon Prime Comedy Specials 'Observational', 'Fifty' and 'Bumblebee'. Nathan was the only live performer at the Edinburgh Fringe 2020, and his show Bumblebee was a total sell out at the Edinburgh Fringe 2021 and was nominated for 3 awards in 2021 including an Off West End Stage Award. Nathan picked up the Best Standup Award at the Brighton Fringe 2022 and 2023 and was nominated for Best Standup at the Buxton Fringe 2022, 2023 and 2024. In 2024 he was also nominated for best show at the Shaftesbury Fringe and won the Pegasus Award for Best Comedian at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe. He gigs and headlines all over the country, he is resident MC at multi Time Out Critics Choice The Rat Pack stand-up comedy and has recently performed shows in Germany, Ireland, Portugal and France. He is also the founder of the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Over the last few years he has appeared regularly on BBC Radio 5 Live and Times Radio.
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AWARDS2024 - BEST COMEDIAN - PEGASUS AWARDS EDFRINGE
2024 - BEST STANDUP BUXTON FRINGE NOMINEE (THE SPINE THAT SHAGGED ME) 2024 - BEST STANDUP SHAFTESBURY FRINGE NOMINEE (THE SPINE THAT SHAGGED ME) 2023 - BEST STANDUP Brighton Fringe WINNER (SEAGULL.NEWS) 2023 - BEST STANDUP BUXTON FRINGE NOMINEE 2022 - BEST STANDUP BUXTON FRINGE NOMINEE (HOT TUB GOD) 2022 - BEST STANDUP Brighton Fringe WINNER (SEAGULL.NEWS) 2021 - OFF WEST END AWARDS NOMINEE ('BUMBLEBEE') 2021 - BEST COMEDY SHOW GREATER MANCHESTER FRINGE NOMINEE ('BUMBLEBEE') 2021 - BEST SOLO COMEDY SHOW BUXTON FESTIVAL FRINGE NOMINEE ('BUMBLEBEE') 2020 - BEST SHOW LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL NOMINEE ('OBSERVATIONAL') 2019 - BEST SOLO COMEDY SHOW NOMINEE - BUXTON FRINGE ('OBSERVATIONAL') 2017 - BEST SOLO COMEDY SHOW NOMINEE - BUXTON FRINGE ('MAN IN THE ARENA') 2016 - BEST SOLO COMEDY SHOW NOMINEE - BUXTON FRINGE ('42') 2015 - BEST SOLO COMEDY SHOW NOMINEE - BUXTON FRINGE ('BACK TO THE FUTURE 1 AND 2') 2014 - WINNER: BEST SHOW BUXTON FRINGE 2014 ('DATE OF DEATH') 2012 - MALCOLM HARDEE AWARD NOMINEE (EDINBURGH FRINGE) 2007 - WINNER SIR MICHAEL CAINE AWARD FOR NEW WRITING
22.07.24 The Spine That Shagged Me Nominated for Best Standup at the Buxton Fringe 2024
08.07.24 - REVIEW FOR INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MESTORY 'Multi award winning comedian and podcaster Nathan Cassidy has some seriously impressive accolades, he had set my expectations high and did not disappoint. Nathan’s intention to make this the best show we had ever seen was finally realised. Nathan is someone you should make it your absolute mission to see.' BuxtonFringe.org.uk
08.07.24 - REVIEW FOR THE SPINE THAT SHAGGED ME 'Hugely entertaining.... 'Probably his best show I’ve seen here' was one comment I heard afterwards. It was a smashing show.' BuxtonFringe.org.uk 02.06.24 - Review from Brighton Fringe 2024 for International Man of Mestory
'Great art comes out of great pain. And this show really does prove it. Cassidy delivers once again. Go and see him! It's the least you can do.' seagull.news JUNE 2024 17.05.24 - Review from Brighton Fringe 2024 for The Spine That Shagged Me 'A hilarious meander through The Life Of Pi, the wonders of diazepam and stealing from the Post Office, with an underlying darkness that complicates and unsettles without ever throwing you off entirely...and feeds into the classically Cassidyan big finale. You know what the deal is by now: if you see there’s a Nathan Cassidy show on, go to it.’ THE BRIGHTON SEAGULL MAY 2024 06.03.24 -The Arts Dispatch on Nathan's new show International Man of Mestory at Vault Festival
26.08.23 - British Comedy Guide with extensive coverage of Nathan's speech at the ISH Awards Ceremony
26.08.23 - Chortle cover the Edinburgh Awards 26.08.23 - Entertainment Now covers ISH Award Winners 26.08.23 - BBC News covers the ISH Awards Ceremony... 16.08.23 - 'Nathan Cassidy is clever, classy and full of surprises.' FringeReview.co.uk 2023
05.08.23 - Chortle article on Amnesia
09.07.23 - Buxton Fringe Review for Fifty '50 jokes. You can count them. An intricately woven piece which ends in a place you did not see coming. Do yourself a favour and go and see it. You will not be disappointed.'
21.06.23 - Broadway World Pick of the Edinburgh Fringe Programme 21.06.23 - FringeReview What to see at Guilford Fringe 21.06.23 - Salford Now Acts not to miss at Greater Manchester Fringe 21.06.23 - Arts Derbyshire Shows to see at Buxton Fringe 21.06.23 - I Love Manchester previews Amnesia at Greater Manchester Fringe 13.06.23 - Beyond The Joke reports on Nathan's charity bribe for the Edinburgh Fringe. 13.06.23 - Chortle covers Nathan's charity bribe for the Edinburgh Fringe. 13.06.23 - Broadway World covers Nathan's Edinburgh shows 09.06.23 - Nathan wins best standup for the second year running at the Brighton Fringe Seagull.news
13.05.23 - Review for Amnesia - 'Another flawless performance... Cassidy truly brought his A-Game this year. Life is about beautiful connections, and Brighton Fringe is about Nathan Cassidy, an incredible comedian making the best shows you could hope to see.' Seagull.news
30.07.22 - Fringe Review's top comedy picks for Edinburgh Fringe 2022
25.07.22 - Hot Tub God nominated for Best Stand-up Show at the Buxton Fringe 2022
27.05.22 - Nathan wins BEST STANDUP Award at the Brighton Fringe - Seagull.News
30.05.22 - Beyond The Joke on Bumblebee Prime Special
15.05.22 - Review for Observational on the Brighton Fringe from Seagull News 'Nathan Cassidy proves once again that he’s one of the funniest comedians in the game with his show, Observational. His wordplay and fast, slick jokes are impeccable... suddenly they culminate in the best ending I’ve seen to a comedy set possibly ever... He is a true talent, a genuinely naturally funny man, and to not see him is to miss out on something very special.'
11.05.22 - Review for Observational from Fringe Review 'Well-crafted, very original and very funny… one of the most original show endings I have seen. Clever, articulate… sometime scathing and cynical, but also touching and hopeful. Highly recommended.’
05.02.22 - Leicester Mercury on Nathan's 3 shows at this year's Leicester Comedy Festival
27.09.21 - Bumblebee review “Watch a very talented and funny man construct a jigsaw puzzle where all the pieces neatly slot into place at the end...funny, astute and surprisingly warm-hearted.” ★★★★
NORTH WEST END UK MANCHESTER 2021 17.08.21 Bumblebee review - “Comic, and semi-tragic, memories from childhood are blended with a Charlie Brooker style take down of the villains of politics, economics and social media, from the last 12 months. For a stand up to create something which united the entire audience in laughter, oozed pathos, and in an almost tangible sense ‘connected’ the whole room, and for it to have been written in the isolation of a post-burgled house is no mean feat and testament to a very exciting talent indeed.” Mumble Comedy 05.08.21 - Total Entertainment preview Bumblebee 09.07.21 Chortle and BeyondTheJoke preview Nathan's Edinburgh show Bumblebee and the Edinburgh Fringe Fringe 
11.07.21 Edinburgh Fringe Mumble Interview
06.06.21 Bumblebee REVIEW at the Brighton Fringe... "Nathan Cassidy is one of the funniest comedians I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. His pacing, stage presence, confidence and storytelling are exemplary, and you can tell how polished and perfected he's made his show." Seagull News Brighton June 2021
08.04.21 - Pod Bible Magazine lists Daily Notes in the pick of Independent Podcasts in Issue 14.
25.01.20 - Chortle on the Edinburgh Fringe 2020/21
23.01.20 - Chortle covers new podcast Daily Notes
09.11.20 - Chortle features Nathan's new book RESUяяECTION
13.10.20 Nathan will appear again on Times Radio tonight at 915pm talking about laughter and psychology
04.11.20 - Nathan's new book RESUяяECTION is published on Amazon now - £8.99 paperback, £4.99 e-book BUY NOW
10.10.20 RGM Magazine feature
25.08.20 - Chortle review for Observational at the Edinburgh Fringe 'A fitting tribute to the can-do spirit in adversity that powers the Fringe... puckish likeability... bold hour
28.08.20 Kent Online previews Dover shows
24.08.20 - Edinburgh Live - 'the first live gig since lockdown tonight'
21.08.20 - Edinburgh Evening News reports on the Edinburgh show
21,08.20 - The Scotsman - 'First 2020 Fringe stand-up show'
21.08.20 - Edinburgh Evening News 21,08.20 - Chortle - The Only Show on the Edinburgh Fringe? 20.08.20 - Bruce Dessau 'Is This The Only Edinburgh Fringe Show in 2020?' Beyond The Joke 
03.07.20 British Comedy Guide interview
13.07.20 Nathan performed the first post-lockdown solo show at the Buxton Fringe - read the review!
'Acclaimed stand up Nathan Cassidy has always had something of the magician about him. You can think you are listening to observational comedy only to realise by the end of his show that it has become - and indeed always was - something else entirely.' 
26.06.20 Beyond The Joke cover Nathan's new show Roses from Joe at the Buxton Fringe - the first post Covid-19 live show!
02.07.20 - 'First live gig since lockdown' Chortle
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PRESS
Aug 2016 - Nathan's arena tour poster featured in comedy.co.uk
Nathan Cassidy interviews with BBC Scotland and the Sunday Times August 2019
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RADIO
Nathan interviewed about his 2013 and 2012 shows where he gave money away. 
Writer. The Great Xmas Rant. ITV2
The Guardian Preview - online here
FROM THE ARCHIVE...
PSYCOMEDY PRESSNow charting all over the world from UK and Ireland to France, Singapore, Iceland, Mongolia and Macau!
'Thoughtful, sensitive... and also funny! Nathan is a cracking host who listens carefully and only interjects to steer conversation to the deeper, more interesting elements of what it takes to be a comic.' Alfie Joey, BBC Newcastle Nathan's podcast Psycomedy in the News - number one comedy podcast in Argentina Feb 2020 !
PREVIOUS STAND-UP REVIEWS
'Stormingly good. Intelligent, funny, bang on point. I could have listened to much, much more.' Kate Copstick April 2018 'Smart, relentlessly laugh out loud... hilarious.' Edinburgh Evening News Aug 2018 'Such a safe pair of hands... There's a smart mischief to the material... piercingly sarcastic jibes' Steve Bennett, Chortle Oct 2017 'In a beautifully structured hour of comedy, Cassidy was brave and generous - and having seen Bill Hicks I can honestly say that he is as good as him.' Man in the Arena BuxtonFringe.org.uk review Review for Deep 'An audacious high-risk strategy. Very clever and very good indeed'★★★★ Fringe Guru A great comedian. His rapport with the audience is instant and constant… Nathan Cassidy seems like becoming a firm favourite ★★★★ Broadway Baby 'The audience loved it. Tonight’s performance inspired me to liken the comedian to one of the greats. Cassidy’s creation also has one of the most novel finales to have ever graced the Fringe. I sense a rising star in our midst.' ★★★★ Mumble Comedy - 42 - Edinburgh Fringe 2016 Timing and delivery flawless North West End @ The Manchester Comedy Store 2016 "Awesome gig... Cassidy creates great energy on the stage, building an immediate rapport with the audience which continues throughout the show. Cassidy hits it on the nose... a must see show." ★★★★ www.coolasleicester.co.uk for Back to the Future 2015 Great jokes with an easy, confident manner. Cassidy seems to have a real commitment to making intelligent shows about fun ideas Fringe Guru Moments of genuine raucous laughter and some great gags The Skinny Could be amongst the most astonishing, tear-inducing sights on the Fringe Jay Richardson, Fest | ||||||
