Mike Cox

About

Based in Southampton, Hampshire, this award-winning stand-up is one of the most in-demand circuit comics in the UK. A seasoned professional, he regularly MCs, opens and closes for leading comedy promoters including Off the Kerb, The Glee Club, Avalon and Just the Tonic, as well as working with respected promoters such as Mark Makin, David Ward and Stephen Grant.

He is one of the resident MCs for Comic Boom at Komedia Brighton and also runs his own professional comedy nights across Hampshire, where his assured crowd work and razor-sharp material have made him a firm audience favourite.

A highly trusted act among his peers, he has toured nationally as support for Paul McCaffrey and Clinton Baptiste, performing in large theatres across the country. He comes recommended by a host of established names including Sean McLoughlin, Angela Barnes, Tom Deacon, Ninia Benjamin, Seann Walsh and Matt Stellingwerf.

His talent has been recognised in competition success over the years. He was a finalist in the 2023 British Comedian of the Year, winner of the 2022 Not So New Comedian of the Year Award, finalist in the 2016 Amused Moose Laugh Off, and winner of the 2014 South Coast Comedian of the Year.

His comedy has drawn high praise from industry heavyweights. Romesh Ranganathan described him as “Like an Everyman, if that Everyman had delicious cynicism and razor sharp wit.”

Writing in Chortle, Steve Bennett noted: “There’s always a focus on gags from this amiable Everyman who comes across as likeable even when his punchlines are dismissively cynical.”

Critic Bruce Dessau remarked: “If Rob Beckett is the new Micky Flanagan then Cox could be the new Rob Beckett.”

And Covent Garden Comedy Club simply called him: “One of the best openers we’ve ever had.”