Radu Isac
Radu Isac | |
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| Born | Vaslui, Romania |
| Comedy career | |
| Years active | 2006–present |
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| Website | raduisac2 |
Radu Isac is a Romanian stand-up comedian based in London. He started comedy in Romania in 2006. After short appearances on the Los Angeles stand-up scene in 2014 (Kill Tony[1]), Radu moved to London in 2015, fully transitioning to the English-speaking comedy scene.
Career in Romanian
[edit]Isac was part of the first generation of stand-up comedians in Romania, being described as the comedians' comedian.[2][3]
He received an award for the art of being weird at the Romanian Comedy Festival in 2008[4] and the second place at the Golden Onion Festival in 2010.[5]
Isac performed in Romanians are here at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2016, together with Sergiu Floroaia and Toma Alexandru.[6] In 2018, Isac performed in his home country Romania, on Antena 1.[7]
Career in English
[edit]Isac's humour, described as "playful, idiosyncratic"[8] and "intelligently subversive"[9] won him multiple awards (winner of the Funhouse Champion of Champions in 2016,[10] Harrogate Comedian of the Year 2017[11]) and special mentions (finalist at Amused Moose 2016,[12] finalist at Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2016,[13] finalist at English Comedian of the Year 2017[8]).
Isac had multiple appearances at the BBC,[14][15] Channel 4,[16] and the Global Pillage Podcast.[17] He was listed in Steve Best's book Joker Face.[18] He had solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017, 2019,[19] and 2022.
Isac is known for both representing and promoting immigrant comedy in London,[20] co-founding the East European Comedy festival in 2018, which featured comedians representing 15 different countries, with shows in native languages and in English.[21][22]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Radu Isac - I Have Been in Over Twenty Fights - Kill Tony #69". YouTube. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ↑ Bonea, George (2012-04-21). "Gala Premiilor Stand-up. Radu Isac: "Bendeac e tot un fel de Garcea. Un alt chel alb"". Retrieved 2025-03-29.
- ↑ "Radu Isac - Romanian Comedian". Comedy Carnival. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
- ↑ Sarbu, Maria (2008-05-26). "Festival - Premianţi la "festCO"". Jurnalul. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
- ↑ "Gala Premiilor Stand-Up Comedy, un semn de maturizare a industriei". Romania Libera. 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ↑ "Romanians are here". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
- ↑ Antena1 (2018-04-28). "Radu Isac, spectacol cu lacrimi și hohote de râs".
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - 1 2 Bennett, Steve. "English Comedian Of The Year 2017". Chortle. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
- ↑ Richardson, Jay (26 August 2019). "Comedy review: Radu Isac: Good Excuses for Sociopaths, Just the Tonic @ The Grassmarket Centre, Edinburgh". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
- ↑ Fox, Peter (31 May 2017). "Acts that impressed me the most May 2017". Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ↑ Dessau, Bruce (12 October 2017). "Harrogate Comedy Festival Comedian of the Year". Beyond the Joke. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
- ↑ Fleckney, Paul. "Amused Moose Laugh Off 2016". Chortle. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ↑ Chamberlain, Julia. "Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year 2016". Chortle. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
- ↑ "The Arts Hour International New Year Comedy Celebration". Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ↑ "Fresh from the Fringe: 2017 - Part 1". Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ↑ "Channel 4's Jokes Only A ... Can Tell back with immigrants & NHS staff". British Comedy Guide. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ↑ Abigoliah Schamaun (host), Radu Isac(guest) (2019-04-29). "To the Victor the Spoils" (Podcast). Global Pillage Podcast. Retrieved 2025-03-29., Heidi Regan (guest), Sophie Duker (guest), Alison Spittle (guest)
- ↑ Best, Steve (2017). Joker Face. Unbound.
- ↑ Bennett, Steve. "Radu Isac: Good Excuses For Sociopaths, Edinburgh Fringe Review". Chortle. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ↑ Blade, Michelle (2025-01-23). "Lancaster University researcher brings first-generation immigrant stand-up comedy to The Dukes". Lancaster Guardian. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ↑ Groskop, Viv (2018-02-19). "Polski sklep-stick – is Brexit Britain ready for eastern European standup?". The Guardian.
- ↑ "East European Comedy Festival: English Speaking Comedy Borsch". Chortle. Retrieved 2025-03-25.