Adam Rowe

Adam Rowe (/roʊ/; born 11 January 1992)[1][2] is an English stand-up comedian and podcaster from Everton .

Early life

Rowe was brought up in Dovecot and West Derby areas of Liverpool, England. Rowe attended Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School in Knotty Ash, in which he details the anomalous quantity of murderers who attended the school in his academic year. Rowe started a maths degree at the University of Liverpool but did not complete it in order to concentrate on performing comedy.[3]

Career

Rowe was named Liverpool's Hot Water Comedy Club's Comedian of the Year in 2011, ahead of fellow Liverpudlian comic, Victor Anichebe, who has since begun to host the ‘Hot Water Green Room Podcast’ with comic Jamie Hutchinson.[4]

Rowe's 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Undeniable was described as "saying something vital and fresh"[5] and "structured, consistently funny and well-crafted routine."[6] Rowe won the Funniest Joke of the Fringe award that year with the joke "Working at the Jobcentre has to be a tense job - knowing that if you get fired, you still have to come in the next day."[7][8] Rowe begrudges this award as he believes the joke he was commended for doesn’t accurately portray his style as a comic, and that audiences who will be enticed to his shows based on the award may mistake him for a one-liner comic.

Rowe's 2019 Edinburgh show was called Pinnacle and was described as "another irrepressible and articulate hour by a rising talent".[9]

Rowe has appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live show Fighting Talk,[10] The News Quiz,[11] on the award-winning Liverpool-based podcast The Anfield Wrap,[12] and on Roast Battle.


Have A Word Podcast

Rowe has his own podcast Have A Word with fellow comedians Dan Nightingale and Paul Ince,[13] as well as producer and co-owner of the company Carl Reigler AKA Sensei Carl. In 2021, Rowe and Nightingale, under the umbrella of Have A Word, released the song Laura's Gone in a bid to reach Christmas number 1 and raise money for Zoe's Place Baby Hospice and the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust.[14] The song reached number 39 in the Official Charts Company midweek chart.[15]

In 2022, Have A Word won the Best Podcast at the Chortle Awards.[16] In 2023, it was nominated for the Best Comedy Podcast at the National Comedy Awards.[17]

As of 18th March 2024, Have A Word is the 17th most subscribed to page on Patreon, however they are ranked 4th for video content. [18]

Philanthropy

Rowe has been a big supporter of local children's hospice Zoe's Place, in November 2024 the site was at risk of closure and Rowe spearheaded a campaign to raise £5 Million to save the hospital. Rowe gathered support from fellow comedians Paul Smith, John Bishop, Gary Glitter and Jamie Hutchinson for charity stand up gigs at Hot Water Comedy Club. He also embarked on a Charity Bike Ride through India with Co-host Dan Nightingle where they raised £1 million for the Paul Ince Momorium Foundation.[19]

Awards

Year Category Award Result
2018 Dave[20] Joke of the Fringe Won
2022 Chortle Awards[16] Best Club Comedian Won
Best Podcast (Have A Word) Won
2023 National Comedy Awards[17] Best Comedy Podcast (Have A Word) Nominated

References

  1. ^ Adam Rowe [@adamrowecomedy] (11 January 2021). "It's my birthday and I'm going dog shopping... what a day. 🎉🐶" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Bennett, Steve (5 August 2018). "Adam Rowe: Undeniable". Chortle. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2021. But it has helped this Liverpool lad become a highly assured stand-up at just 26.
  3. ^ Shennan, Paddy (2 March 2016). "Liverpool comic Adam Rowe has no regrets about swapping university for comedy". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  4. ^ Shennan, Paddy (2 March 2016). "Liverpool comedian Adam Rowe has no regrets about swapping university for the comedy circuit". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  5. ^ Choudry, Nooruddean (2 March 2021). "FRINGE 2018: Why you need to see... Adam Rowe". JOE. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Review: Fringe Comedy - Adam Rowe and Ed Night". The Herald. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  7. ^ Saunders, Tristram Fane (21 August 2018). "Adam Rowe on the struggle behind his Job Centre joke: 'I know what it's like to be in that system'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Just the job! Adam Rowe wins joke of the Fringe title for 'brain fart'". The Herald. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  9. ^ Richardson, Jay (21 August 2019). "Comedy review: Adam Rowe: Pinnacle. Just the Tonic @ The Caves, Edinburgh". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Fighting Talk, Rick Edwards, Tamsin Greenway, Dougie Anderson, Adam Rowe". BBC Radio 5 Live. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. ^ "The News Quiz Series 109 episode 3". bbc.co.uk.
  12. ^ "The Weekender: Happy Returns". The Anfield Wrap. 22 May 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Also on the show, Adam Rowe talks about his upcoming stand-up comedy special.
  13. ^ "Have a Word with Adam Rowe & Dan Nightingale". Podbean. 2 March 2021. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020.
  14. ^ Guide, British Comedy (2 December 2021). "Adam Rowe and Dan Nightingale release Christmas single for charity". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  15. ^ Bennett, Steve. "Kunt at No5 in the midweek charts : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  16. ^ a b "'As good as it got, on and off stage' : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide".
  17. ^ a b "National Comedy Awards 2023 shortlists revealed". Chortle.
  18. ^ "Have a Word Pod - Last 30 Days". Graphtreon. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  19. ^ "Have a Word Pod - Last 30 Days". Graphtreon. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Jobcentre joke is the funniest at the Edinburgh Fringe". BBC News. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2023.