The Pin (comedy act)

Whilst members, they co-wrote and performed the sketch show ‘Good Clean Men’ with Joey Batey, Joe Bannister, Mark Fiddaman and Simon Haines,[3][4] and they co-wrote and performed in two international tour shows: 2010's 'Good For You,'[5] directed by Liam Williams and Daran Johnson, and 2011's 'Pretty Little Panic'[6] directed by Keith Akushie and James Moran.

[7] After graduating, the three moved to London and started developing shows at the Invisible Dot comedy club[8][9][10] to take to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

[11] The Pin became a duo when Fiddaman left to pursue graduate studies at the University of Oxford.

[12] Their shows at Edinburgh have garnered great critical acclaim from the likes of The Guardian,[13][14] The Sunday Times,[15][16] The Daily Telegraph,[17][18][19] and more.

[26] The pair wrote and starred in a new play The Comeback at the Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End which opened on 8 December 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic (with a socially distanced audience).

Alex Owen and producer Sam Bryant at the BBC radio awards