So I thought, OK, I’ll write a memoir [full of] stories from the past that are funny that people will either relate to or laugh at. How has it been to talk about losing close family members in your stand-up?I never thought I could do something like this, as my whole thing has been to keep them laughing and not to hold the silence. My twin sister has and said, ‘Why don’t you do a book that is more autobiographical?’ She doesn’t like it. If she hadn’t believed in what I was about and encouraged me to do this, I would not be here.”, At that point, he writes, the only comedy he knew was, “Mainly portly, middle-aged men from the North in dinner suits – all telling black jokes, Paki jokes, gay jokes and mother-in-law jokes.” Delphine told him that the scene had changed, and persuaded him to give it a chance. How do you manage to stay positive these days?I get my positivity from human beings. Here, he tells us about talking on stage about the recent deaths of both his mother and I think you can be gay and funny and not talk about gay issues. “My whole thing is as long as the audience are enjoying what I do. Sadness. I don’t do what’s perceived on the mainstream as gay comedy. Log In. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Stephen K Amos : Is his mum really Shirley Bassey? Losing his twin sister felt like a blow too far for Stephen, who had never before suffered from panic attacks or anxiety. “I was in Australia and flew back six hours too late. Clip from the Stephen K Amos Show on BBC 2. Amos hosted, and performed a short set on the main stage at London's Gay Pride parade on 3 June 2010. In January 2010, he was a celebrity guest team captain on What Do Kids Know? Fola was dancing in Cats, and brought him to the West End to see the show – his first. Sir Sean Connery: An imperfect man, but the perfect star, UK terrorism threat level raised to severe meaning attack ‘highly likely’, Their parents always said they’d left Nigeria for a better life. Once he locked a much-despised teacher in the supply cabinet. Backtracking a bit, I ask what it was like growing up “other” in white Britain, with the added “otherness” of being gay? When Amos, who has a twin sister, asked his mother what their birth was like, she replied, “Ah Stephen! Jump to. But growing up in London, the Amos children – usually the only black faces in their schools – were regularly the targets of racist abuse. Sections of this page. And maybe they got sick and tired of England, or maybe even they had problems in their relationship. In 2009, Stephen appeared on Soccer AM, and is a fan of West Ham United. 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Wait until 2021 for your fireworks display, that's the message from Maisie who was burnt in 2016. ©JPIMedia Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. People who have appeared on the show include Lucy Montgomery and Lucy Porter. Nothing – I’d done nothing. Initially he demurred, but she wore him down. He began his career as a compere at the Big Fish comedy clubs in South London, and has been nominated for Chortle's Best Compere Award three times in 2004, 2007 and 2008. The family moved so often that, jokes Stephen K Amos, “I thought we were in the Witness Relocation Programme.”, When it was announced that the family would holiday in Nigeria, the reaction from this brood was muted. [11] In March 2010, Amos appeared with the England rugby squad playing Nelson Mandela, in an comedy sketch for the BBC's Sport Relief. “People who know me personally know exactly who I am. Despite all that has personally happened to Stephen and all that is going on in the world, including Trump and Brexit, the comedian says he made his show light hearted, as everyone is fed up with all the doom and gloom. “To be honest, when I told my parents nothing bad happened. Respect.”. Accessibility Help. His debut DVD was released in November 2009 entitled Find The Funny – Live. He studied criminal justice at the Polytechnic of Central London. Email or Phone: Password: Forgot account? That whole thing about losing people and death is a long bit in the show and there's a silence in the room where you can hear a penny drop. I go on stage. My twin sister went, "Is it … No one’s going to die. ©Copyright 2001-2020. In April 2010, Amos hosted The People's Music Awards in London. I now know I never, ever, want to look behind me and think that somebody’s got a story or gossip about me.”, And this family of his, have they read his memoir yet? “I certainly wasn’t playing rugby,’’ said Stephen “I am the least sporty person.’’. Amos’s parents came from the same town in south-west Nigeria, but met as adults, in Lagos. We had that in England anyway, a kind of thing with lighter-skinned black people saying, ‘You’re so dark.’ But going to Africa, our homeland, and seeing the rainbow of colours within the family – and outside the family you’re still the darker one, or people judge you or guess which tribe you’re from. In Bouquets and Brickbats, comedian Stephen K Amos looks at life as a two-sided coin and finds something to smile about whichever way it lands. In 2009, Stephen also appeared on an edition of Children in Need of Mastermind, answering questions on the band Five Star. Delphine Manley saw something in me that I didn’t see myself. On her return, we get the lowdown on a stand-up making comedic waves with brutal honesty, On tour, on telly and all over the place, the comedy star takes on our First and Last quiz. We are all human beings and have dignity. Comedian Stephen K Amos has faced personal tragedy in the last 18 months so his new show, Bouquets and Brickbats, has a brutal honesty. With families there are so many personalities and different points of view; you don’t have to love your family, we’re all different people. Away from the fringe, Amos is a regular performer at The Comedy Store, London, featuring on the bill several evenings each month, as well as various other venues around central London. He hosted a chat show on weekends (in addition to his own show), performed as a guest at various extra festival shows, such as Spank!, and performed daily in Stewart Lee's production of Eric Bogosian's play Talk Radio. With kids. Clip from the Stephen K Amos Show on BBC 2. In 2012 and 2013, he performed his Laughter Is My Agenda tour.[6]. The event took place in the New Wimbledon Theatre. or. His parents came to London from Nigeria in the 1960s. They’d been gone a long time, and hadn’t seen what it had become. She turned my life around. Stephen is known for his strong political views, and has been a guest on shows such as Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week and The Wright Stuff. I haven't really had time to stop and take stock and think. When you’re doing history as a six-year-old reading about slavery and Britain ruling the world, you think, ‘Britain ruled the world. They emigrated in the late 1960s, to ensure that their future children – ultimately there were seven – would secure good educations and all the opportunities that this would provide. The series is co written by Jonathan Harvey, and the third series commenced in January 2017. And it wasn’t. I’ve done that. Amos also starred in an episode of Mad Mad World on ITV1 in Spring 2012. Aim high Stephen! For me, that is a bit weird. Amos only agreed to attend if he could ask the Pope questions. Amos performed on the alternative stage at Reading Festival on 27 August 2010, and the Leeds Festival on 28 August 2010. Fear of not being able to tell. Tamsin Greig on new play Jumpy, The Archers and Episodes, Doctor Who star Arthur Darvill on his new role in Our Boys. Amos is a comedy circuit regular and had his own TV programme, 'The Stephen K Amos Show'. Press alt + / to open this menu. Too many deep feelings and it would just bring up so much stuff that I couldn’t go to. It’s such a familiar refrain from performers: their exposed public self is someone to hide behind. I left home early and didn’t ask them for anything – no money, no support, nothing. Amos also appeared on Nihal's Saturday Afternoon Show on BBC Radio One on 30 May 2009. He says, “My parents will read it, but they’re just caricatures in the book, that’s why it’s a memoir and that’s why there are no pictures – because then it’s out there. There is only one role Stephen wants in the school play – the best one. That was weird.”, In other words, wherever one goes in the world, the rush to label people is universal? “Not because at that time I wanted to be on stage, but the knowledge that there was a black woman who was doing something she wanted to do, who loved what she was doing and was fabulous with it. I hadn’t lied to anybody.”, Amos believes in the importance of role models, the need for prominent, successful homosexuals to live out of the closet, to inspire the next generation. What's behind the Bouquets And Brickbats title?I picked that because the last 18 months have been awful both personally for me and in the whole world at large. Facebook. I’m British.’ But your friends go, ‘You look like slave’.”. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can contact IPSO here. It was the final run of my show and afterwards I couldn’t speak, but in a weird way I want this new show to honour her and another family friend I lost. He has performed stand up at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe every year since 2003, after making his début in 2001. “Ha, I did that! “I couldn’t do that. , Discovering Fleetwood’s Heritage with a Fisherman’s Friend, Six the Musical returns to The Lowry for Christmas, Hope Mill Theatre Launch £5000 Playwriting Prize, Mamma Mia!
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