Welcome to the website of the UK's premier stand-up comedian and writer called Jim Holland.
Quotes“Jim is a fantastic comic who has a wonderfully distinctive comic voice. Everyone should go and check him out"
Romesh Ranganathan “I cried with laughter” Seann Walsh "Delectably quirky and inventive" Fringe Review "Clever writing...very funny. One to watch" Arts Hub "Jim Holland's confident comedy won the audience over" Portsmouth Evening News “Very funny…an assured performance, even working some friendly heckling” Latest 7 "Excellent shoes" New Current Brighton: The Graphic novelJim won a competition by QueenSpark Books to be one of a dozen writers to work on this Graphic Novel about the history and people of Brighton. He wrote the opening story, Seawater, about a fisherman in 18th Century Brighthelmstone and collaborated with artist, Chris Hagan, to produce the final work.
“I was transfixed by Seawater, from Jim Holland and Chris Hagan... A maritime epic of unrequited love, hard toil and the power of the sea.” APlaceToHangYourCape.com “Brighton: The Graphic Novel has such a fresh feel” The Argus “Brighton: The Graphic Novel uses the history of one of Britain’s most celebrated cities as its starting point. The result is a startlingly original and fascinating publication spanning more than 300 years from the 1700s to the present day.” Brighton and Hove Independant Get your copy here. |
Polite comedy maverick
Jim Holland will make his debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with his first solo stand-up show, Shoegazing. With his intelligent wit and conversational delivery, Jim’s show is about the thing he is best known for – wearing two-tone shoes. Jim attempts to knock out a sequence of zingy one-liners about shoes but is distracted by personal stories from his life that reveal his introvert nature. Why does he wear such flashy shoes when he doesn’t like to be seen? Why don’t people wear hats anymore? Why on earth would anyone do their debut comedy show about shoes? All this culminates in a moment of self-realisation and an old school Hollywood finale. Choose Your Own EdventureJim took a half hour storytelling show to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009: Choose Your Own Edventure. In an Edinburgh over-run by aliens and vampires, the audience got to choose which path the show would take before being brought to task by the very character they were contolling.
“Jim Holland has created something delectably quirky and inventive. Choose Your Own Edventure is wacky, silly and just a little bit ridiculous, with a clever twist ending… This piece stands out as being an excellent concept, and the story-telling is strong and interesting. Holland is a wonderful story-teller, and his stand-up comedy background makes his delivery quick and insightful.” See the full review. |