"enthralling... electric
... deliciously catty" (Guardian)
"breathtaking...
incandescently witty" (Scotsman)
Camp and outrageous,
provocative and controversial, catty and hysterical, Scott Capurro is a breath of fresh air in the
increasingly samey and stale world of stand-up.
Constantly operating on the
boundaries of good taste and often straying some way over the line Scott is a challenging
comedian in the best sense of the word. He is so comfortable dealing with topics that other comics
would never touch that he forces audiences to ask themselves why they should feel so uncomfortable
about some of his subject matter. Yet despite this approach or perhaps even because of it
Scott has established himself as one of the most popular faces in the UK comedy circuit.
Since his award-winning solo
debut at the 1994 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Capurro has become a regular Fringe favourite.
Constantly seeking to challenge himself as well as his audience, he has since returned with
several solo Fringe shows and experimented with a variety of forms and styles, including his dark
1998 one-man play, Brian Souffle, and his infamous 2001 collaboration with John Cardone, Fucking
Our Fathers.
Following his Fringe successes,
Scott has taken his shows to the Melbourne Comedy Festival, the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival,
the Sydney Mardi Gras and has toured throughout Australia and the UK. Treading new ground yet
again, Scott published his first novel, Fowl Play in September 1999, following his highly
successful Edinburgh show of the same name.
Scott is a veteran of our TV
screens - he has appeared on such shows as BBC1's The Stand-Up Show, hosted Is That It? for MAI
United, and captained a team on the Channel 4 quiz The Staying In Show. A diverse performer,
Scott's talents were also incorporated into Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace!
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