Talent

Ed MacArthur

About Ed

Ed MacArthur is an actor, comedian and musician. He co-wrote and starred in the smash-hit String V Spitta with Kiell Smith-Bynoe, enjoying three sellout, critically-acclaimed runs at Soho Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe (‘Ingenious’ ***** The Independent, ***** The Daily Mail, ****The Guardian, **** Chortle).

Ed is next appearing as Peter in ‘Ted Lasso’ for Apple TV, as Leslie in ‘This is How it Goes’ directed by Idris Elba for Apple Films, and as various characters in ‘Ellie & Natasia’, a sketch show for BBC2.

Recent credits include Rob in 'The Death of Bunny Munro' (Sky/Clerkenwell Films), David in ‘We Might Regret This’ (BBC/RoughCut), and Mamil in ‘Picture This’ (Amazon Feature Film). He also stars in Jamie Demetriou's Netflix Special.

Ed has a monthly residency at Crazy Coqs (Brasserie Zedel), performing his one-man musical comedy show. Previous special guests include Phil Dunster and Stevie Martin. He has two musical comedy albums on Spotify and Apple Music, and appears regularly on BBC Radio 4.

Ed’s current composing work includes the musical adaptation of ‘Cockfosters’, a word-of-mouth comedy sensation at Southwark Playhouse.

Previous acclaimed solo shows at the Fringe include cult-hits ‘Ed MacArthur: Humoresque’ and ‘Stack’ (‘madcap energy, intuitive comic timing and whip-smart script’ Fest, ‘MacArthur has talent in spades’, The Daily Telegraph, ‘Ed MacArthur has natural charm and considerable skill’, The Guardian).

Credits

TELEVISION
THINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE DONEJohn BurkeRough Cut/BBC3Jack Clough
FUNNY PARTSMark HaklobbBBC Digital/ Daddy's SuperYachtBenjamin Sutton
A WHOLE LIFETIME WITH JAMIE DEMETRIOU: NETFLIX SPECIAL
Various
Netflix/BBC StudiosAndrew Gaynord
ONE NIGHT IN SLUGLAND
Gideon
John Pocock/BBCRashida Seriki
DREAMLAND
LiamSKY/Merman
Ellie Heydon
BAD EDUCATION
Anthony GilmarshBBC/Tiger Aspect
Freddie Syborn
THE EMILY ATACK SHOW
BradITV2/Monkey KingdomTommy Forbes
GREY DOGSAnthonySkyKate Herron
AUTOPSY: THE LAST DAYS OF JOHNNY CARSONJohnny CarsonITVSean Grundy
FILM
FIVE BLIND DATESMamilAmazon StudiosPrarthana Mohan
STAGE
STRING V SPITTASilvester StringSoho Theatre/ Edinburgh FringeGeorge Chilcott
15 MINUTES LIVEMr. ArmstrongSlung Low/The UnicornAlan Lane/Justin Audibert
ED MACARTHUR: HUMORESQUEHimselfDugOut TheatreGeorge Chilcott
MURDER AT THE GATES
NedDEM ProductionsJonathan O'Boyle
MURDER FOR TWO
MarcusPaul Taylor-Mills/The WatermillLuke Sheppard
TASH DEMETRIOU & ELLIE WHITE'S SKETCH SHOWHimselfSoho TheatreHarry Hill
SHAKSPEARE FESTIVAL, MINKS
Romeo/Benedict/DemetriusUKFONatalie Denton
MR STRINGS V MC SPITTABartyDugOut TheatreGeorge Chilcott
RADIO
IAN SMITH IS STRESSEDMeditation GuruBBC Radio 4Benjamin Sutton
The NOW SHOW Series 64Himself BBC Radio 4Rajiv Karia
The NOW SHOW Series 63Himself BBC Radio 4Rajiv Karia
The NOW SHOW Series 62HimselfBBC Radio 4Pete Strauss
The NOW SHOW Series 61HimselfBBC Radio 4Sasha Bobak