Craig Hill (comedian)


Craig Hill is a Scottish comedian, TV presenter and actor known for his cheeky, irreverent and camp act.

Biography

Hill's first public success came at age ten when he won a local talent contest in his native East Kilbride, impersonating Cleo Laine. In 1991, he moved to Edinburgh in order to study Drama at Queen Margaret University College, graduating in 1994. Hill's comedy characters as well as his ability to improvise and write material led him into stand-up. He was still an actor, working in Theatre in Education and pantomimes when a friend secretly booked him in for an ‘open spot’ in 1998.
In 1997 and 1998, Hill performed a lead role in the Grassmarket Project’s theatre production "Mad" at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Since 2002, Hill has extensively toured with his solo comedy shows throughout Scotland, Ireland and the UK. His international work includes Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival 2008 where he hosted the prestigious Britcom series as well as Bubbling With Laughter and shows in Toronto, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, New York, Singapore, Amsterdam, Brussels, Ghent, Athens, Stockholm and Berlin. He previously hosted Edinburgh's Hogmanay coverage for the BBC and from 2011 - 2016 has been the host of the Inverness Hogamanay Street Party "Red Hot Highland Fling" on 31 December to bring on the new year. In 2017 he made his Glastonbury Festival debut and 2018 sees his 20th year of performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Selected work

Edinburgh Festival Fringe seasons and touring shows