Adam Rowe (/roʊ/; born 11 January 1992)[1][2] is an English stand-up comedian and podcaster from Liverpool.

Early life

Rowe was brought up in Dovecot and West Derby areas of Liverpool, England. Rowe started a maths degree at the University of Liverpool but did not complete it in order to concentrate on performing comedy.[3]

Career

Rowe was named Liverpool's Hot Water Comedy Club's Comedian of the Year in 2011.[4]

Rowe's 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Undeniable was described as "saying something vital and fresh"[5] and "structured, consistently funny and well-crafted routine."[6] Rowe won funniest joke at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that year with the joke "Working at the Jobcentre has to be a tense job - knowing that if you get fired, you still have to come in the next day."[7][8]

Rowe's 2019 Edinburgh show was called Pinnacle and was described as "another irrepressible and articulate hour by a rising talent".[9]

Rowe has appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live show Fighting Talk,[10] The News Quiz,[11] on the award-winning Liverpool-based podcast The Anfield Wrap,[12] and on Roast Battle.

Have A Word Podcast

Rowe has his own podcast Have A Word with fellow comedian Dan Nightingale.[13] In 2021, Rowe and Nightingale, under the umbrella of Have A Word, released the song Laura's Gone in a bid to reach Christmas number 1 and raise money for Zoe's Place Baby Hospice and the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust.[14] The song reached number 39 in the Official Charts Company midweek chart.[15]

In 2022, Have A Word won the Best Podcast at the Chortle Awards.[16] In 2023, it was nominated for the Best Comedy Podcast at the National Comedy Awards.[17]

As of 18 February 2023, Have A Word is the 19th most subscribed to page on Patreon.[18]

Awards

Year Category Award Result
2018 Dave[19] Joke of the Fringe Won
2022 Chortle Awards[16] Best Club Comedian Won
Best Podcast (Have A Word) Won
2023 National Comedy Awards[17] Best Comedy Podcast (Have A Word) Nominated

Personal life

Rowe is a fan of football club Liverpool F.C.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Adam Rowe [@adamrowecomedy] (11 January 2021). "It's my birthday and I'm going dog shopping... what a day. 🎉🐶" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Bennett, Steve (5 August 2018). "Adam Rowe: Undeniable". Chortle. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2021. But it has helped this Liverpool lad become a highly assured stand-up at just 26.
  3. ↑ Shennan, Paddy (2 March 2016). "Liverpool comic Adam Rowe has no regrets about swapping university for comedy". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Shennan, Paddy (2 March 2016). "Liverpool comedian Adam Rowe has no regrets about swapping university for the comedy circuit". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Choudry, Nooruddean (2 March 2021). "FRINGE 2018: Why you need to see... Adam Rowe". JOE. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Review: Fringe Comedy - Adam Rowe and Ed Night". The Herald. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  7. ↑ Saunders, Tristram Fane (21 August 2018). "Adam Rowe on the struggle behind his Job Centre joke: 'I know what it's like to be in that system'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Just the job! Adam Rowe wins joke of the Fringe title for 'brain fart'". The Herald. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  9. ↑ Richardson, Jay (21 August 2019). "Comedy review: Adam Rowe: Pinnacle. Just the Tonic @ The Caves, Edinburgh". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Fighting Talk, Rick Edwards, Tamsin Greenway, Dougie Anderson, Adam Rowe". BBC Radio 5 Live. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "The News Quiz Series 109 episode 3". bbc.co.uk.
  12. ↑ "The Weekender: Happy Returns". The Anfield Wrap. 22 May 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Also on the show, Adam Rowe talks about his upcoming stand-up comedy special.
  13. ↑ "Have a Word with Adam Rowe & Dan Nightingale". Podbean. 2 March 2021. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020.
  14. ↑ Guide, British Comedy (2 December 2021). "Adam Rowe and Dan Nightingale release Christmas single for charity". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  15. ↑ Bennett, Steve. "Kunt at No5 in the midweek charts : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  16. 1 2 "'As good as it got, on and off stage' : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide".
  17. 1 2 "National Comedy Awards 2023 shortlists revealed". Chortle.
  18. ↑ "Patreon Top 1000: Rank + Sort + Filter". Graphtreon. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "Jobcentre joke is the funniest at the Edinburgh Fringe". BBC News. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  20. ↑ yodamo (20 June 2018). "An Interview with Adam Rowe". Mumble Comedy. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
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