Since that seminal Edinburgh show in 1997, Johnny has gone from strength to strength. He has successfully completed two full sell-out UK tours, and a sell-out tour of Ireland.
He has taken The Johnny Vegas Show to audiences as far apart as Warsaw, and Paris, and has sold out shows and runs at Comedy Festivals in Kilkenny (1998,1999,2000,2001), Montreal (1999,2001) and Melbourne (2000). He is now a firm favourite and regular fixture at Edinburgh producing a brand new show every year.

Johnny is also a highly accomplished and versatile comedy actor.
He recently co-starred in Happiness on BBC2 with Paul Whitehouse, and has appeared in Attention Scum with Simon Munnery; both shows being nominated for The Golden Rose Of Montreux. Johnny has also co-starred alongside Stephen Tompkinson in the BBC drama, Staying Up, and starred in Radio 4¹s acclaimed adaptation of The Flump. Johnny has also made regular, talked about, appearances on the BBC series I Love The Œ70¹s, I Love The Œ80¹s, and has just recorded his contribution for I Love The Œ90¹s, and he has been widely acclaimed as the Star of the Series. Johnny has also appeared on a wide range of panel games, from Never mind The Buzzcocks, BBC2, and They Think Its All Over, BBC1, Patrick Kielty¹s Stupid Punts as well as making memorable appearances on shows as diverse as Jumpers For Goalposts,
Sky One, Don¹t Feed The Gondolas, and The Late, Late Show, RTE.

Johnny has also become a regular on the corporate circuit and has signed major sponsorship deals with the likes of Hobnob Biscuits, Loaded, NowNet and Circ. He has a video deal with Universal and also filmed the widely acclaimed Johnny Vegas Television Show, which
The Independent described as "the most instantly legendary TV comedy moment"! and The Observer described as "heartbreakingly funny".

Not only is Johnny fulfilling his destiny to become one of the all-time comic greats, but importantly he is also widely recognised in the
world of ceramics. In early 1999 a rave article in Ceramic Review led to collaboration with Roger Law (of Spitting Image fame), and the starring role in the film Pot Shots, which was made for the Millennial Potter's Gathering in Amsterdam in July. Johnny was invited to attend as the conference's Special Guest appearing in front of 700 of
the world's finest Potters. His subsequent performance led in turn to a piece of Johnny's work being acquired for the V & A's Contemporary Ceramic Collection. To celebrate this Ceramic equivalent of a Double Oscar Johnny was invited to appear at the Museum in February 2000 for a series of shows, becoming the first comedian to perform at the
V & A in its history. Johnny has also been commissioned by Old Spice to design a special ceramic bottle for the famous aftershave.
Johnny has also appeared at The American Craft Museum in New York this summer.

August 2000 saw Johnny back again at The Edinburgh Festival starring in two shows. The first was as Riley in Joe Orton's The Erpingham Camp which received rave reviews at The Assembly Rooms, whilst the second was in his own creation The Johnny Vegas Gameshow.
Yet again Johnny received more than his fair share of five star reviews, with many commentators claiming him to be yet again the hit of the Festival. The Johnny Vegas Gameshow is now transferring to the small screen and Johnny has just completed the pilot in a co-production between Big eye and the BBC.

Now Johnny returns once more to Edinburgh. Destined yet again to be the star of the Festival and the last out of Late and Live. Being Johnny Vegas is Johnny¹s most hilarious show to date. You thought he was fat; but what if those marks on his body are really stretch marks? Think of the consequences for society if a drunken Johnny has actually been able to give birth? Johnny works hard to keep the forces of nature at bay and now he is willing to share the secrets of his success. It¹s not all fruit at the top of the showbiz tree and Being Johnny Vegas is the first expose of one man¹s continual attempts to resist temptation in
all its basest forms. It may shock you; it may surprise you; and it will certainly entertain you. After hearing Johnny¹s story you will know and understand how hard it is Being Johnny Vegas, and you will thank your lucky Stars and reaffirm your faith in God, knowing that you don¹t have to go through what Johnny goes through, night after night, day after day, just so he can entertain you.
Being Johnny Vegas ­ the show of the Festival.

Johnny Vegas

Press Quotes

"The most original show by a newcomer ever to hit the Edinburgh Fringe and one that anyone interested in comedy must see - one helluva one-man display of how humour can be harsh and yet hilariously funny. You'll regret it forever if you miss this one!"
Malcolm Hay Time Out

"In an hour and forty minutes not one line or second is wasted, and by the time Vegas almost literally expires there can no longer be any doubt: this man is one of the true comic greats. "
Dave Simpson 5 ***** Review The Guardian

"Vegas stole the show"
Jason Hall The Express

"No one cuts as tragic a figure as Vegas. He's got no act, no jokes, he can't sing, he's on the verge of death and yet in my humble opinion he's the best thing on at the Fringe."
Charlie Skelton The Observer

"Johnny Vegas creates a show which transcends mere mirth-making....during the course of this marvellous entertainment, so pawn your granny for a ticket but be careful where you sit."
David Belcher The Herald

"The finest comic of the new generation"
Steve Coogan

"If comedy is an open road, Vegas is the sign saying Danger: Slippery Surface Ahead ..... I knew I was in the hands of a master manipulator.....this man's compelling. He gives British comedy the shot in the arm it so desperately needs!"
Helen Hawkins The Sunday Times

"This year's only true comic find! A magic piece of theatre - Johnny has turned the hopelessly sad into something beautiful!"
Hettie Judah The Times

"The critics love Vegas. The most sought after comedy act on the Fringe!"
Dan Glaister Guardian

"The best I've ever seen!"
Malcolm Hardee

"It is very human, sweat-soaked, clay-stained entertainment. Never, ever light. Phenomenal!"
Tom Morton The Scotsman

"A charismatic sex symbol. Are you ready for the son of Roseanne and Jack Duckworth?
Sam Taylor The Observer

"Johnny Vegas is a national treasure. When democracy gets to heaven I'll vote for him for God"
Bury Met

"It's not just his appearance that sets him apart, it's the quality of the writing and the raw emotion generated by his performance."
Mark Wareham The Sunday Telegraph

"Wacky, preposterous and unexpectedly sexy!
Kate Bassett The Daily Telegraph

"The King is dead funny - Johnny is bigger than Elvis! Hauling comedy in the direction of fresh woods and pastures new, he is, at his brainstorming best, nowt short of a revelation!"
Jon Wilde Loaded

"Exhilarating and genuinely edgy....magnificently, maniacally funny, and pit-of-your stomach disturbing".
Fiona Scott Norman The Age (Australia)

"This angst-ridden entertainer is a God amongst comics. And potters.
Janet A McLeod Inpress (Australia)

He is brilliant; he is quick; and he is bloody hilarious."
Josh Kinal Inpress (Australia)

"This is chaos comedy pure and simple. Yes, it's a gameshow, yes there are rules, but does Johnny play by them? Does he bingo. Within minutes he's yelling in the face of an unsuspecting member of the public "I'm doing exactly what Gameshow hosts are supposed to do" he explains "I'm making the audience feel at ease by picking on YOU!".....Vegas creates a gameshow stripped to it's rotten core.
Jason Hall 5***** The Evening News

Vegas, a rotund, boozy Pa Ubu in a crimpoline safari suit, knows that terror is the unspoken key ingredient in showbiz....he divides the audience into two and sets the teams against each other, "because hatred breeds entertainment"...when he's on form, he has Theatre of Cruelty down to a tee.
Jonathan Romney The Guardian

"'I'm not a comedian, I'm an entertainer'. And anyone who saw his awesome Channel 4 Special would surely agree. 'I don't do jokes - I don't do gags', he declared, in that compulsive portrait, with all the tormented agony of a Trailer Park King Lear. Long may he reign!"
William Cook The Guardian

"The Johnny Vegas Television Show is the most instantly legendary TV comedy moment since the first episode of Father Ted. Think Les Dawson at his best, think John Kennedy Toole's literary masterpiece Confederacy of Dunces translated to a small northern boating lake. The Johnny Vegas show suggests all these things."
Ben Thomson The Independent

"The Johnny Vegas Television Show is the best new comedy show I have seen in ages - skilfully observed and impeccably performed by brilliant comedian Johnny Vegas who also demonstrates considerable skills as an actor."
John Rendall Independent on Sunday

"A long awaited comedy format. Thank God Vegas has made it to the small screen at last!"
Phil Daoust The Guardian

"The character of Johnny Vegas is a brilliant, unique and genuinely tragic comedy creation, and the Johnny Vegas Television Show is heartbreakingly funny."
David Bennum The Observer

"The Johnny Vegas Television Show is genius at a gallop. Conclusive proof that Vegas is the funniest man in the whole bloody galaxy!"
Jon Wilde GQ

"An innovative and very, very funny new show."
Alkirim Jivani Time Out

³Vegas never fails to surprise. Vegas is making an assured transformation from stand up to thespianŠmodesty aside the guy really can act!²
Ally Fogg The Big Issue

³Who would have thought Johnny Vegas would have turned out to be such a great comic actor. Brilliantly observed.²
Boyd Hilton Heat Magazine