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Ian Billings
Ian was born at a very young age. He is a comic, writer of books, plays, BBC Radio plays and pantomimes, a reformed juggler, an actor and dabbler in many areas. He is a veteran of over 50 pantomime...view moreIan was born at a very young age. He is a comic, writer of books, plays, BBC Radio plays and pantomimes, a reformed juggler, an actor and dabbler in many areas. He is a veteran of over 50 pantomimes.For eight years he was director, writer and performer at Telford’s Place Theatre. Since appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007 he has established himself as one of the country’s leading stand-up comics for kids (there’s not much competition to be fair) and toured the show to great acclaim in Australia, Cyprus, Germany, Egypt, Qatar,Switzerland, Russia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Jordan, Oman, Vietnam, UAE, Uganda and Kenya.Ian has recently appeared in BBC TV “Doctors,” in the BBC radio drama,“The Colcloughs,” once penned episodes for CBBC TV’s “ChuckleVision,” and “Gigglybiz”.When not performing Ian is a children's author with seventeen titles published so far - 'Billy Plonka and the Grot Laboratory' is his first venture with Ventorros Press.He has an M.A. from the University of Birmingham and is going back next year for the rest of the alphabet. Ian was once described by an audience member as "The most imaginative adult I've ever met" and by one of his teachers as "Hopeless".view less