Thank you for downloading this episode of The Young Comedians Podcast where I chat to Leo Reich.
Leo started performing comedy in the Cambridge Footlights, and quickly made a splash at the Edinburgh Fringe with ‘Manhunt’, a sketch show with fellow comedian Emmeline Downie.
His stand-up career took off spectacularly when he won 2Northdown’s New Act Competition in 2020 and later took his smash debut show “Literally Who Cares?!” to the Edinburgh Fringe. Following on from this, he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Dave Comedy Awards 2022, Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2023, and he was The New York Times Critics Pick. This culminated in a sold-out show at EartH Hackney, which was filmed as an HBO Special by A24 (linked below).
His TV appearances include “The Jonathan Ross Show” (Channel 4), “Friday Night Live” (Channel 4), “Late Night Mash” (Dave), “Comedy Central Live” and “Jonathan Ross Comedy Club” (ITV).
Leo will also soon make his acting debut in Lena Dunham’s new series on Netflix.
Most importantly, however, he provided croissants when George interviewed him, showing despite all of the above, he remains a generous and grounded guy who understands the value of pastries.
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