Ken's Bio

Ken Reid has been doing stand up comedy for most of his life.  He only chose to actually do it in front of people however in early 2003.  While living poor and disillusioned in the City of London some force drove him up on a stage and it’s been an uphill battle since.  Moving back to Boston in the Summer of ’03 due to a mix up involving some stolen diamonds, an expired work permit and an aluminum penguin, Ken took his stand up to stages all around New England.  From Punk rock shows to comedy clubs if there is an audience (and sometimes when there isn’t) he’ll make somebody laugh.

Called a “pop culture maven” by the Boston Globe, Boston native Ken Reid has been performing for over 10 years in various capacities. In 1995 he formed the seminal Boston Punk Rock group “30 Seconds Over Tokyo” at Boston’s infamous “Rat” club.

In 2003 while living in London, Ken Reid decided to try his hand at stand up. After performing around clubs and colleges in the UK he returned to Boston in late 2003 and has been a staple on the comedy scene ever since.

Reid’s unique, and very personal story telling style has gained him a loyal fanbase in the area, and in April 2007 his first one man show “Ken Reid’s Cusack Attack” was a sold out affair at the Boston Center for the Arts.

He continues to perform all around the New England area at traditional comedy clubs, colleges and in Rock venues opening for bands such as The Ducky Boys, Everybody Out and Hallelujah the Hills. He is also the creator of “Lafta Obscura” a unique comedy show at the Paradise Rock Club that ran during 2006.

Ken has performed at the Boston Comedy Festival, hosted at the Lowell Comedy Festival, hosted and presented at the Boston Music Awards, performed on the Alternative Showcase show with the Walsh Brothers at the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival 2006 and was the Comic in Residence at The Comedy Studio in September 2006.

In addition Ken is a founding member of comedy troupe The Untrainables, who have been hosts of the “Great and Secret Comedy Show” at Improv Boston since March of 2007.

Reid’s full length one man show “Ken Reid’s Very Special Episode – Portrait of a Pop Culture Victim” was produced in March of 2008 to a great response. The show is an even more personal, heartbreakingly funny trip through his pop-culture-damaged mind. Using photos, video clips, and his own brand of storytelling, Ken will make his case for how television has damaged his psyche due to years of co-dependent cathode-ray-tube relations. From appearing on UK game shows, to working at a local cable access station, to handling radioactive material with his bare hands and having a humiliating encounter with TV's Adam West, Ken takes the audience on a fascinating, funny journey through the last 20-something years of TV history as well as the first 20-something years of his own bizarre life. Ken plans to take the show to some festivals and colleges in the Fall of 2008

 

Here are some venues where Ken Reid
has performed:

The Comedy Studio - Cambridge, MA
Boston Music Awards - Avalon Night Club
Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre NYC
Boston University
Emerson College
Goldsmith’s University London UK
Brown University - RI
URI - RI
The Comedy Connection – Boston, MA
The Middle East - Cambridge, MA
TT. The Bear’s - Cambridge, MA
P.I.T. NYC
Giggles - Saugus, MA
Jimmy Tingle’s Off Broadway (RIP) – Somerville, MA
University of Wolverhampton,- Wolverhampton UK
Up the Creek- London UK
Broadway Comedy Club - NYC
The Paradise Lounge – Boston, MA
The Comedy Lounge – Hyannis, MA
and more!