Glenn Wool - Wonka Comedy Festival

Glenn began his comedy career in his hometown of Vancouver in 1995. He moved to London in 1998 and quickly became one of the rising stars of the London and international comedy circuit before becoming a globally recognised name having performed in Australia, New Zealand, The USA, South Africa, Switzerland, France, Croatia, The Netherlands and Arabia. Glenn was nominated for Best International Stand Up at The New Zealand Comedy Awards and twice Best Headliner at the Chortle Awards

2018 and 2019 saw Glenn touring with Reginald D Hunter and Frankie Boyle.  You also might have heard him on Freestyle with Frankie Boyle, or seen him on Doug Stanhope’s The Comedians' Comedian's Comedians (SeeSo), which was recorded at SXSW..

His TV credits include John Oliver’s 'New York Stand-Up Show' as well as appearances on The Green Room with Paul Provenza, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Russell Howard’s Good News and numerous other UK stand-up shows.  In 2016 Glenn was featured on The John Bishop Show on BBC1 and hosted a new NBC series Before the Morning After.  He also lent his voice (along with Katherine Ryan) to the BAFTA award-winning Lottie Bearshout: Good as Goaled for Disney XD.

In recent years Glenn has dominated the international comedy circuit, performing to huge crowds in Holland, Singapore, Dubai, Cape Town, Melbourne, Montreal, LA, New York, Auckland and Sydney.  He is a hugely popular addition to many of the great summer music festivals in the UK, including Reading & Leeds, Download, Sonisphere and Glastonbury.

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Glenn begon zijn carrière als comedian in zijn geboorteplaats Vancouver in 1995. Hij verhuisde naar Londen in 1998 en werd al snel een van de rijzende sterren van het Londense en internationale comedycircuit voordat hij een wereldwijd erkende naam werd met optredens in Australië, Nieuw-Zeeland, de VS. , Zuid-Afrika, Zwitserland, Frankrijk, Kroatië, Nederland en Arabië. Glenn werd genomineerd voor Best International Stand Up bij The New Zealand Comedy Awards en tweemaal voor Best Headliner bij de Chortle Awards. In 2018 en 2019 toerde Glenn met Reginald D Hunter en Frankie Boyle. Je hebt hem misschien ook gehoord op Freestyle met Frankie Boyle, of hem gezien op Doug Stanhope's The Comedians' Comedian's Comedians (SeeSo), dat werd opgenomen op SXSW.

Zijn tv-credits omvatten de 'New York Stand-Up Show' van John Oliver, evenals optredens in The Green Room met Paul Provenza, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Russell Howard's Good News en tal van andere Britse stand-upshows. In 2016 was Glenn te zien in The John Bishop Show op BBC1 en presenteerde hij een nieuwe NBC-serie Before the Morning After. Hij leende ook zijn stem (samen met Katherine Ryan) aan de met een BAFTA bekroonde Lottie Bearshout: Good as Goaled voor Disney XD.

In de afgelopen jaren heeft Glenn het internationale comedycircuit gedomineerd en opgetreden voor grote menigten in Nederland, Singapore, Dubai, Kaapstad, Melbourne, Montreal, LA, New York, Auckland en Sydney. Hij is een enorm populaire toevoeging aan veel van de grote zomermuziekfestivals in het VK, waaronder Reading & Leeds, Download, Sonisphere en Glastonbury.

Recensies over Glenn
"A masterpiece of comedy which has the audience helpless with laughter. I genuinely think this is one of the best hours of comedy I have ever seen. Why aren't you in a queue somewhere buying a ticket?” ★★★★★ The Scotsman
“Effortlessly funny with an affability that other comics can only dream of – You have to go and see Glenn Wool.” ★★★★ The Guardian
"Edgy, imaginative, funny and original, Canadian born Wool sets the standards.” ★★★★★ Daily Telegraph
“Seeing Glenn Wool perform should be made compulsory for the melancholy. There’s no way you won’t feel a bit better about the world afterwards.  Lethally funny” ★★★★ Metro