Adam Rowe

Adam Rowe is an English stand-up comedian.

Early life

Rowe was brought up in Dovecot and West Derby areas of Liverpool, England. Rowe started a maths degree at the University of Liverpool but did not complete it in order to concentrate on performing comedy.

Career

Rowe was named Liverpool's Hot Water Comedy Club's Comedian of the Year in 2011.[1]

Rowe's 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival show Undeniable was described as "saying something vital and fresh"[2] and "structured, consistently funny and well-crafted routine."[3] Rowe won funniest joke at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that year with the joke "Working at the Jobcentre has to be a tense job - knowing that if you get fired, you still have to come in the next day."[4][5]

Rowe's 2019 Edinburgh show was called Pinnacle and was described as "another irrepressible and articulate hour by a rising talent".[6]

Rowe has appeared on BBC show Fighting Talk,[7] on the award-winning Liverpool-based podcast The Anfield Wrap,[8] and on Roast Battle. Rowe has his own podcast called 'Have a Word' with fellow comedian Dan Nightingale.[9]

Personal life

Rowe is a fan of football club Liverpool F.C.[10]

References
  1. Shennan, by Paddy; 16:00, 2 Mar 2016Updated17:28 (March 2, 2016). "Liverpool comic Adam Rowe has no regrets about swapping university for comedy". Liverpool Echo.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. “https://www.joe.co.uk/amp/entertainment/fringe-2018-edinburgh-adam-rowe-194197
  3. "Review: Fringe Comedy - Adam Rowe and Ed Night". HeraldScotland.
  4. "Adam Rowe on the struggle behind his Job Centre joke: 'I know what it's like to be in that system'". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  5. "Just the job! Rowe wins joke of the Fringe title for 'brain fart'". HeraldScotland.
  6. "Comedy review: Adam Rowe: Pinnacle. Just the Tonic @ The Caves, Edinburgh". www.scotsman.com.
  7. "Fighting Talk, Rick Edwards, Tamsin Greenway, Dougie Anderson, Adam Rowe". BBC. 2020-03-28. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  8. Wrap, The Anfield. "The Weekender: Happy Returns | The Anfield Wrap".
  9. "Have a Word with Adam Rowe & Dan Nightingale on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts.
  10. "An Interview with Adam Rowe". June 20, 2018.
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