WINNER OF CITY LIFE NORTH WEST COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR 1993

RUNNER UP OF CHANNEL 4'S SO YOU THINK YOU'RE FUNNY? 1993

You may know him as Troy from cult hit TV show Ideal but award winning stand up comic and writer Tony Burgess is a prolific performer in clubs and theatres throughout the country; from the Comedy Store and Jongleurs to The Frog and Bucket in Manchester. He won the North West City Life Comedian Of  The Year and came runner up in So You Think Your Funny.

In 2004 Tony Burgess was nominated for best stand up and writer at the North West Comedy awards. This led to a prolific period of writing on a wide range of shows such as the award winning BBC 3 comedy Ideal (where he also played Troy, a mad DJ who lived in Moz’s cupboard) to the play Doorway, which premiered at The Royal Exchange Studio Theatre in Manchester, to the film Wallace and Gromit and The Curse Of The Were-rabbit. 

Despite being a top-draw comedian in his own right Tony has also written for wide variety of house-hold names including Lily Savage, Brian Conley, Steve Coogan (Paul and Pauline Calf’s Cheese and Ham Sandwich) and Johnny Vegas (the Sony award winning radio comedy Nightclass.)  

“Always clever often hilarious.” The Scotsman

“A Demon set and staggering stage presence.” The Big Issue