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Little Howard Shows

Howard's (Big) multi-award-winning live animation shows for children have been wowing families for six years now. Beit the 3D spectacle of Little Howard And The Magic Pencil Of Life And Death or the amazing live interaction and slap-stick mayhem of Little Howard's Big Show For Kids. Howard's family stage shows have all the wit, stupidity and chaos of his much loved CBBC series Little Howard's Big Question. Big Howard and Little Howard have also appeared on The Royal Variety Performance, This Morning and TV shows on three continents.

Tour Dates:

7 July Magic Pencil The Stand Glasgow

14 July Magic Pencil A Funny Way To Be Barnard Castle

20 July Big Show for Kids Cambridge Comedy Festival Cambridge

21 July Big Show for Kids The Arts Centre Letchworth

31 July - 26 August

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Little Howard's Big Show For Kids

14.45 Udderbelly Cowbard

5 October Sure Festival Of Comedy Jersey

Autumn tour dates in Didcot, Aldershot, Bury and Hull coming soon.

For more information on Little Howard visit

www.littlehoward.co.uk

Corporate Shows

Howard's live animation shows are ideal for events and awards ceremonies. Howard's growing cast of animated stand-up can perform, host award ceremonies and interview your MD. Howard can also create bespoke live inter-active cartoon characters for your company or event.

CORPORATE EVENTS

2012 RB Brilliance Awards

2012 West Sussex Primary Head Teachers Conference

2011 The cHeRry Awards

2010 The Meffy Awards

2009 The Jersey Marketer Awards

2009 The Police Superintendents of England And Wales Conference

2009 CBBC Children’s Festival

2009 Nursery World Awards

2008 AMII Conference

2008 Silent Night Conference

2008 Hall And Woodhouse Brewery Annual Conference

2006 Haymarket Digital Awards

2004 The Association of Investment Trust Managers Conference

Awards

2011 Winner Best Children’s TV Script, Writer’s Guild Award for Little Howard’s Big Question.

2007 Tuborg Musical Comedy Award Nomination

2006 Best Family Show, Buxton Fringe

2006 Best Children’s Show Nomination, Brighton Fringe

2004 Best Innovation Nomination, The Chortle Awards

2003 Perrier Award Nomination for The Big Howard Little Howard Show.

2001 Winner BBC New Comedy Award for Animation for Polar Bears In A Snowstorm.

1999 Winner Fringe Choice Award
TV

Howard has created several TV and Radio shows, as well as appearing on other people's.

2011 Little Howard’s Big Question Series 3, BBC1, BBC2, CBBC, (creator, co-writer, actor, songwriter, lead animator)

2011 This Morning, ITV1 (performer, writer, songwriter, animator)

2010 Little Howard’s Big Question 2, BBC1, BBC2, CBBC (creator, co-writer, actor, songwriter, lead animator)

2010 The Hour, STV (appearance, writer, animator)

2009 Little Howard’s Big Question, Series 1, BBC1, BBC2, CBBC (creator, co-writer, actor, songwriter, lead animator)

2008 This Morning, ITV1 (performer, writer, animator)

2008 Campbell Live, TV3 (NZ) (performer, writer, animator)

2007 The Royal Variety Performance, ITV1 (performer, writer, animator)

2006 Stairlift To Heaven, BBC1, CBBC. (creator, co-writer and animator)

2005 The World Stands Up, Paramount Comedy, ABC (Aus), NBC (US) (stand-up, songwriter)

2004 The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, NBC (USA) (appearance, writer, animator)

2004 The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, ABC (Aus) (performer, writer, animator)

2003 Celebdaq, BBC2, BBC3 (writer, voice performer, animator)

2001 Two Posh Old Men, BBC Choice, UK Gold, Paramount Comedy.(writer, voice performer, animator)

2000 Bird On A Wire, BBC Choice Online, Paramount Comedy. (writer, voice performer)
Radio

2012 Steve K Amos’ Life; An Idiot’s Guide, Radio 4, (stand-up and song)

2011 Little Howard’s Comedy Round-up, Radio 4 Extra (Pilot - writer, performer)

2007 Peacefully In Their Sleeps, Series for Radio 4 (creator, co-writer, actor)

2006 Out To Lunch, Radio 2 (Little Howard, writer, performer)

2005, 28 Acts in 28 Minutes, Radio 4 (performer, songwriter)

2003 Four At The Store, Radio 4 (Big Howard Little Howard)

2002 Fringe Cuts, Radio 4 (stand-up)
Books

2010, Little Howard’s Big Book, Friday Project Books/Harper Collins (writer, illustrator)

2007, Little Howard’s Unpleasant Lullaby, Friday Project Books/Harper Collins (writer, illustrator)
Theatre

2011-12, Little Howard’s Big Show (Edinburgh Fringe, National Tour)

2011 Aladdin, Eric Morcambe Theatre, Harpenden (peformance, and animation)

2007-2010, Little Howard And The Magic Pencil Of Life And Death (Edinburgh Festival, National tour, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, New Zealand International Comedy Festival)

2007, Light, Shade, Lemonade (Stand-up, Edinburgh Festival, National Tour)

2005, The Little Howard Appeal (Edinburgh Festival, National Tour)

2005, The 2005 Comeback Special (Edinburgh Festival, National Tour)

2004, At Home With The Howards (Edinburgh Festival)

2003-2006, The Big Howard Little Howard Show (Edinburgh Festival, National Tour, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, New York, Aspen HBO Comedy Festival, Perrier Award Nominee)

2002, Howard Read: Words And Pictures (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, National Tour)
Song Writing

2012-13 The Town Song Project, Howard wrote a Little Howard song for ever town they visited on tour.

2012, Clean The Car and Unpleasant Lullaby on Steve K Amos’ Life; An Idiot’s Guide, Radio 4.

2011, Wait Kate! It’s Not Too Late, on This Morning (ITV1).

2009-2011, Songs for 36 Episodes of Little Howard’s Big Question (CBBC, BBC1, BBC2).

2009, It’s Hard Not To Sleep With A Nazi for The Day The Music Died (Radio 2)

2007, Unpleasant Lullaby, Loose Ends (Radio 4), 28 Acts In 28 Minutes (Radio4)

2006, Mrs Grimshaw and Unpleasant Lullaby on The World Stands Up (Paramount Comedy, ABC, BBC America)

2005, My Name Is Liaka on Mitch Benn’s Crimes Against Music (Radio 6)

2005, I Love Monkeys on 28 Acts In 28 Minutes (BBC3).

2004, Mrs Grimshaw, Spanking New (Radio 7)
Animation For Others

When the right project comes along Howard sometimes animates for other people's projects. Here are some of them.

2013 Isabel Faye's "Thank You Hater" winner of Best Music Video at the LA Comedy Festival

2009 Ross Noble’s Nobelism Tour intro film

2007 Ross Noble’s Fizzy Logic Tour intro film

2004 Ross Noble’s Noodlemeister Tour intro film

2003 Ross Noble’s Sonic Waffle Tour intro film
Writing

Howard has written extensively for TV and Radio, for other shows, and shows that he has created himself. His regular co-writer is Chris Chantler.

2013 Gigglebiz, Cbeebies

2013 The Amazing World Of Gumball, Cartoon Network (teamwriter)

2012 Horrible Histories V, CBBC

2012 Fit, CBBC

2011 Little Howard’s Big Question Series 3, BBC1, BBC2, CBBC (creator & co-writer)

2010 Little Howard’s Big Question 2, BBC1, BBC2, CBBC (creator & co-writer)

2009 Little Howard’s Big Question, Series 1, BBC1, BBC2, CBBC (creator, co-writer)

2011 Little Howard’s Comedy Round-up, Radio 4 Extra (Pilot - writer, performer)

2007 Peacefully In Their Sleeps, Series for Radio 4 (creator and co-writer)

2007 The Royal Variety Performance, ITV1 (performer, writer, animator)

2006 Stairlift To Heaven, BBC1, CBBC. (creator, co-writer)

2003 Celebdaq, BBC2, BBC3 (writer, voice-over, animator)

2001 Two Posh Old Men, BBC Choice, UK Gold, Paramount Comedy.(co-writer, voice-over, animator)

2000 Bird On A Wire, BBC Choice Online, Paramount Comedy. (creator, writer and voice-over)
Stand-up

On top of all this Howard also does straight stand-up, sometimes accompanied by a Ukulele. He regularly plays on bills all over the UK and sometimes around the world.

Here he is on The World Stands Up singing his Lullaby and a song about a sweetshop owner (adult content)

Howard Read: Hide and Speak image (Lee Wallis)

Little Howard's Big Show for Kids image (Lee Wallis)

Howard Read (photo by Isabelle Adams)

Little Howard's Big Show image 2 (photo Lee Wallis)

Hide & Speak image small (photo Lee Wallis)

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Agent

Nick Ranceford-Hadley, at Noel Gay Artists 020 78363941

Little Howard's Big Show Tour Booker

Toby Jones +447967017506

Promoter Edinburgh Fringe

Brett Vincent at Get Comedy 07787 517060

PR Contact for Edinburgh Fringe

Bex Colwell 07747 055227

Howard on Twitter

@howardread

@thelittlehoward

For more information on Little Howard visit

www.littlehoward.co.uk

Howard Read: Hide & Speak

Howard's Unique new show featuring cartoons voiced, and moved like puppets before your eyes. Featuring the world's first stand-up chicken, God, a crab and all of human evolution on one stand-up bill. Live cartoons, talking back.

Preview Dates:

13 June Comedy Junction, Sutton Coldfield

18 June Downstairs at the King's Head, Crouch End (w Bridget Christie)

3 July Guffaw Comedy Club, Walthamstow (with Simon Donald)

11 July - Out Of Bounds, Sevenoaks (with Terry Alderton)

12 July - Laughing Coyote, Windsor (with Nish Kumar)

13 July - A Funny Way To Be, Barnard's Castle (with Lucy Beaumont and Tommy Rowson)

18 July - The Tringe, Tring (with Late Night Gimp Fight)

21 July - Arts Centre, Letchworth

23 July - Komedia, Brighton

27 July - Comedy Cellar, Bracknell (with Sarah Pascoe)

World Premier!