Comedian Rich Hall to hit Caernarfon's Galeri

Aug 19 2009

Star of the critically acclaimed BBC4 documentary, How the West Was Lost, Edinburgh fringe favourite and Perrier Award winner Rich Hall is back on the road and will perform for the very first time at Galeri, Caernarfon on Thursday, September 17.

Rich will be performing in his usual style as the grouchy, deadpan comic genius and once again, back by popular demand, his alter ego, the redneck jailbird character Otis Lee Crenshaw, will be let out of jail for the second half of the show.

As a stand-up, he has visited the Edinburgh Fringe Festival several times and performed at the major comedy clubs in Britain and across the world. He is well known in the United States for appearing and writing on The David Letterman Show, for which he won an Emmy Award.

In 1998, Rich Hall created the character Otis Lee Crenshaw, a redneck jailbird from Tennessee, who has been married seven times, all to women named Brenda. A singer-songwriter, Otis writes bourbon-soaked, Tom Waitsian tunes and blends this with audience banter, producing a perfect fusion of music and comedy.

Since then, Rich Hall (and Otis) have been charming sell-out audiences each year at the Edinburgh Festival, on tours throughout the UK, at several festivals in Australia including Adelaide and Melbourne and at London's famous Comedy Store. At the 2000 Edinburgh Festival, Rich Hall is Otis Lee Crenshaw won the highly prestigious Perrier Award.

Tickets cost £16. For further information visit www.galericaernarfon.com or contact the box office on 01286 685 222. Booking early is recommended to avoid disappointment.