Addison Cresswell

[7] As Ents Officer at Brighton Polytechnic, he booked bands such as U2, Killing Joke, Joy Division, New Order and Madness.

[5] He founded 'The Comedy Boom' with club promoter and comedian Ivor Dembina (who he'd viewed as a rival[5]) in Edinburgh in 1987.

He founded a production company called Wonderdog with Paul Merton and Julian Clary who he had met at 'The Comedy Boom'.

[1] His client list went on to include: Sean Lock, Jon Richardson, Jonathan Ross,[10] Lee Evans, Michael McIntyre,[3] Alan Carr, Kevin Bridges and Rich Hall.

[1] He was behind Live at the Apollo, which was hosted for the first two series and the first episode of the third by Jack Dee and Stand Up for the Week on Channel 4 Television from 2010.