Eric Rushton was born in Bury before growing up in Stone, Staffordshire, and has built one of the sharpest rising profiles on the UK circuit in recent years. He won the prestigious Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year award at Leicester Comedy Festival in January 2020, a prize previously won by Romesh Ranganathan, Jason Manford and Jonny Vegas on their way to stardom, and followed it in 2023 by becoming the first ever winner of Channel 4's Sean Lock Award.
Alongside stand-up, Eric is a genuinely in-demand TV writer, with credits on The Last Leg, Late Night Lycett and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, as well as ITV2's The Stand Up Sketch Show and BBC Three's Such Brave Girls. His 2024 Edinburgh Fringe run was critically acclaimed, and he took the resulting show, The Real One, on a sold-out national tour in 2025.
With that mix of award recognition and a genuinely fresh, current profile, Eric Rushton is a strong pick for university and student event bookers looking for a name on the way up rather than an established circuit veteran.