Queer Staffordshire comedian, Josh Reynolds, nominated for comedy award
Josh Reynolds, a regular guest at Queer as Joke events in Birmingham, has been nominated for the Breaking Talent Award 2023 at this year’s Birmingham Comedy Festival. Raised “all over Staffordshire”, Reynolds currently lives in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, and their stand-up début was a five-minute spot al
Josh Reynolds, a regular guest at Queer as Joke events in Birmingham, has been nominated for the Breaking Talent Award 2023 at this year’s Birmingham Comedy Festival.
Raised “all over Staffordshire”, Reynolds currently lives in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, and their stand-up début was a five-minute spot alongside several poets at a scratch night at Mitchell Arts Centre, in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, in January 2020. Since then, they have continued to develop their comedy, and appearing on the line-up of several Queer as Joke comedy nights, including their appearance at Chase Pride.
Alongside Josh Reynolds, the shortlisted acts for the Breaking Talent Award include; Hasan Al-Habib, Rachel Baker, Joe Bingham and Chris Yates who are “a hand-picked selection of the very best emerging acts from across the region compete for the prestigious annual title.”
The West Midlands’ biggest comedy prize – supported by The Arcadian – will be held Friday, October 6 from 8.15pm in the Glee Club’s Studio, and will be judged by a panel that includes Rhys Foley (NextUp Comedy), Jo Enright (comedian/actor), The Glee Club and Birmingham Comedy Festival. The event will also feature MC James Cook, and a special closing set from Josh Jones.
Tickets are still available online.
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