Alex (he/him) is a London-based musical comic and comedy director.

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He currently works mainly on live shows across comedy genres (stand-up, clown, character & musical comedy) but has recently ventured into film too.
 

He was the Clap Back To Reality Winner in 2024, a Musical Comedy Awards Finalist in 2025, a previous Chichester New Act & Kingston New Act Finalist and was shortlisted for Chortle Hotshots 2025. 

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He took his 45-minute show Alex Prescot: I've Got A Song About That to Edinburgh Fringe 2024, which sold out the run and received glowing reviews (★★★★★ BroadwayWorld, ★★★★★ LondonTheatre1). He is returning to Edinburgh this summer with his debut hour Alex Prescot: Cosy. 

He was a Sketch Off Semi-Finalist in 2023 & 2024 and Dabbers Bingo Comedy Caller Semi-Finalist in double act The Extra Virgins (AKA The Airdressers).

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He co-founded and performs with The Bean Spillers, the improvised comedy musical all about gossip.

 

He performed as 'The Judge' in A Jaffa Cake Musical at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024, and will be reprising his role in Edinburgh this Summer. 



He recently performed as ‘Kevin’ in the world premiere of Mothman: A Romance Musical.

He directed Eleanor Greene's dark one woman comedy Girls Really Listen To Me', which had a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 and was selected for a showcase performance in New York.

He has previously worked as a comedy director with performers including Claire Parry, Alex Franklin and Miztli Rose

The most recent short film he directed, Sunflower Oil, was selected for the Woodstock Film Festival in New York, and can be viewed here.
 

He co-wrote, co-directed and performed in new multi-pathway musical Runesical, a parody of the beloved video game 'Runescape', had a successful run in Edinburgh in August 2022, followed by a run at the Town and Gown in Cambridge in April 2023, in partnership with RuneScape creators Jagex.

He can currently be seen in the live recordings of Timpson: The Musical and RuneSical, & in his comedy sketches on Instagram and TikTok which have over 2.5 million views.

Please do get in touch if you want a director, performer, a pair of outside eyes or would like to collaborate - I'm always up for a coffee (woah switch to first person!). Also, there are some nice things people have said about working with me here.