Andrew O'Neill

Occult Comedian

 PHARMACIST BAFFLER

Two-part BBC Radio 4 comedy special about gender, dysphoria and sexuality. Produced and directed by Alison Vernon-Smith, it won the Transgender Television Award.

Hitler, celery and Johnny-come-lately vegans - excerpt from ‘I AM A RICH MAN AND I HAVE MANY SONS’

Independently written, produced and filmed show in London, from December 2019.

STEWART LEE’S COMEDY VEHICLE - discussing my artistic approach

THE GATEKEEPERS

Sketch filmed for Patreon, funded by fans. September 2020.

REVIEW - The Scotsman August 2019

Comedy Review: Andrew O'Neill: We Are Not in the Least Afraid of Ruins..., Liquid Room Annexe, Edinburgh

Andrew O'Neill's new show presents a whole new side of him.

There are several possible explanations for this show: 1, Andrew O’Neill has been abducted by aliens and replaced with a near perfect replica who has Here Comes the Sun as his walk-on music, seems not to notice the lack of thrash metal in the show and sings a song about magpies. This show, he tells us, is about hope; 2, Andrew O’Neill has an identical twin who is, thank goodness, an excellent comic but whose style is heavy on ridiculous wordplay involving racists, cowboys and Robert Smith of The Cure, lists of surreal new hobbies and outlandish Cub Scout badges; 3, Andrew O’Neill has been spliced with Mark Thomas and is now given to impassioned flights of fury at the way we are treating our world, the ‘bullshit binary’ messages from the media and how we need to understand, no matter what the adverts say, that we already have enough.

I like this Andrew O’Neill. He feels freshly minted and honest. He could do with a hand with his tech but this is a first show and he is out there in front of a full crowd who are possibly expecting heavy metal, cross-dressing and the occult.

There are so many ideas in this hour that perhaps they do not all get the attention that they should but that will even itself out. He is dealing with a lot here. And in quite a different style. This is going to shake down into something great. He asks if we will spread the word about “the good bits”. So I am.