Andy Woolston is a Hull-based stand-up who has built his name steadily on the northern club circuit since starting out back in 2009. His style blends dark, offbeat concepts with an honest, low-status delivery, giving him a distinctive voice that stands out clearly from more conventional observational comedy on the circuit he has worked for well over a decade. That willingness to go somewhere darker than most circuit acts has helped him build a genuinely different reputation over more than a decade of steady, consistent club work across the North.
He was a semi-finalist for Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year and a quarter-finalist for Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year, both in 2018, and has performed as part of the Hot Water Comedy All Stars line-up. Club promoters regularly praise his skill as a compere, with his hosting described as effortless and slick, keeping a night moving while still landing his own material between other acts. That dual strength as both a sharp writer and a confident host is relatively rare on the circuit.
Andy's mix of sharp writing and confident room management makes him a reliable booking for comedy club nights and support slots, particularly for promoters and audiences who enjoy comedy with a bit more edge to it than most. His steady, decade-long rise through the circuit means he arrives with genuine experience rather than an untested reputation behind him, ready to hold his own on any bill.