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Rob Preston WIP

  • Hyde Park Book Club 27-29 Headingley Lane Leeds, LS6 1BL United Kingdom (map)

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Rob Preston is a character and sketch comedian. He first began performing comedy at university with The Leeds Tealights with whom he took two sketch shows to the Fringe in 2018 and 2019, before he moved into solo performing in late 2021. Since then, he has been shortlisted for BBC New Comedian of the Year 2024, Pleasance Reserve 2025 and was a semi-finalist in the Leicester Square Sketch Off 2025. His comedy writing has featured on Radio 4 Extra and he has performed comedy at leading London comedy venues including The Pleasance, Soho Theatre, Up the Creek, Angel Comedy and the Museum of Comedy.


As a comic actor, he starred in the comedy play BRAINSLUTS at Edinburgh Fringe 2025, which received ★★★★ reviews from The Guardian, The Times and The Stage, and was singled out as a ‘crowd favourite’ by Broadway Baby. He will also appear in Leo Reich’s Channel 4/A24 sitcom IT GETS WORSE in spring 2026 and will reprise his role in the London transfer of BRAINSLUTS at Seven Dials Playhouse this February. Alongside live work, Rob has a strong social media presence from posting short sketches and character clips. He currently has over one million likes across platforms, with 1.5k followers on Instagram and almost 13k followers on TikTok.

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