Multi-award-winning, multi-media stand-up, Alasdair Beckett-King will be bringing his latest show, King Of Crumbs, to the Arts Centre on 8 April.
It's a comedy cocktail of stand-up, animation and film that really takes the biscuit.
You may have seen Beckett-King on Mock The Week and 8 Out Of 10 Cats. He is also the author the Montgomery Bonbon series of children’s mystery novels and an online star. His Scandi Noir spoof has notched up millions of views while his Little Man Who Lives In The Crisps sketch is Beckett-King at his most whimsical. He is also famous for having the longest, reddest hair in comedy.
King Of Crumbs is his rallying cry for uplifting nonsense. He aims to raise people up "like an unqualified forklift operator" and destroy the nostalgic idea that things were better in the 1990s: "Pop tarts were rubbish," he claims. No Hobnobs were harmed in the making of this show.
When asked where the title King of Crumbs came from, Alasdair said: “You have to choose titles for the Edinburgh Fringe brochure before the show is written. At the time I was like, well, all I've got is crumbs. But actually the crumbs have all come together very nicely. I start the show by saying that times are hard for a travelling whimsy merchant.
“I'm doing sort of silliness and light-hearted stuff against a landscape of the pillars of civilisation crumbling and it feels like an inadequate response. But also the only response that I have is to try and do a warm, uplifting show. There's also a section about how ducks struggle to express emotions.”
For tickets & information, visit: @alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs/
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