Alexandra HaddowAlexandra Haddow

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, she expertly walks the fine line between cheeky and outright smut.
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A regular at comedy clubs all over the country, Alexandra expertly walks the fine line between cheeky and outright smut.She has performed at Reading and Leeds festival, Victorious Festival, has supported comedy icons Frankie Boyle, Bill Bailey and Eshaan Akbar, 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 will be performing the show across the UK in 2024.

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 10k followers on Instagram, with her acerbic tweets regularly going viral. Her radio credits include appearances on 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’s 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
Channel 42023
Peter Crouch: Save Our Beautiful Game
Performer
Discovery+2022
Have I Got News For You
Writer
BBC12022

Theatre and Live Performance

Not My Finest Hour
Creator/Performer
UK Tour2024
Frankie Boyle Support
Performer
2023
Not My Finest Hour
Performer
Edinburgh Fringe2023
Reading and Leeds Festival
Performer
2022
Frankie Boyle Support
Performer
2020

Awards

Leicester Comedy Festival Awards
Nominee
Best Debut Show 2023
99 Club Female and Non-Binary Comedians Programme
Runner Up
2023
West End Comedy Club Working Class Bursary
Winner
2023
Funny Women Competition
Semi-Finalist
2018

Radio

Arthur Smith’s Comedy Club
Performer
BBC Radio 4 Extra2022

Commercials

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