Fresh from coaching Baroness Sayeeda Warsi to victory in Channel 4’s Stand Up And Deliver (Stand Up To Cancer), Nick Helm will be streaming his critically acclaimed show PHOENIX FROM THE FLAMES, for one night only. And it’s also available for download!

Following on from his return to the Edinburgh Fringe after six long years, and a sell-out tour in 2019, Helm is back to remind the world of what they’ve been missing out on. Resurrected from the ashes, come and witness the two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and International Treasure in Waiting shake his ass, sing some songs and right some wrongs. You don’t deserve this.

Nick Helm has been delighting audiences as a stand-up since 2007. Blending jokes, stories, poems and songs, he has earned an impressive list of awards and accolades such as Best Stand-Up Comedy Act at the What’s on London Awards, Chortle’s Best Music and Variety Artist, British Comedy Awards Best Breakthrough Artist, Times Breakthrough Award at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards,and many more. 

Nick’s talents go beyond stand-up, however, and he became a familiar face on TV as the title role in BBC Three’s Uncle – which won Best Multichannel Programme at the 2015 Broadcast Awards. He also co-starred in Loaded (Channel 4), co-wrote, directed and starred in the BAFTA-nominated short Elephant (BBC Online), and starred in The Girl in the Dress – a short selected for the 2015 London Film Festival. A more recent comedy short, The Killing Machine, was written by and stars Nick, for the BBC.  He also created and starred in the food and travel show Eat Your Heart Out with Nick Helm (Dave).

A notable milestone in 2021, so far, has been Nick’s involvement in Channel 4’s Stand Up And Deliver, the two-part series in support of Stand Up To Cancer which saw established comedians train celebrities in the art of stand-up comedy. Nick’s avid apprentice was the Conservative Baroness Sayeeda Warsi – which was at first glance not the most expected of pairings! But the unlikely team eventually formed a strong bond and, thanks to Nick’s mentorship, Sayeeda blew away the crowd in her live stand-up performance – and beat the other four celebs to be voted the overall winner.

In October 2018, Nick was on our screens once again – in Sky One’s The Reluctant Landlord, written by and starring Romesh Ranganathan. Series two was aired in autumn 2019. 

Nick is also a talented musician. He has released albums including Hot ‘n’ Heavy, Nick Helm is Fucking Amazing and Songs from Uncle, and is currently working on a soundtrack and his fourth album. He’s also appeared on numerous TV shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule (ITV1), Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC Three), Sweat the Small Stuff (BBC Three), and Celebrity Storage Hunters (UKTV). Radio-wise, Nick’s featured in Susan Calman’s Sisters and Felicity Ward’s Appisodes (BBC Radio 4), as well as being the first comedian since Chris Morris to present his own Radio 1 comedy show, Nick Helm’s Christmas Spectacular, back in 2012 – and this led to his BBC Three series Heavy Entertainment. He currently hosts a weekly radio show and broadcast at Fubar Radio, with Nathaniel Metcalfe, entitled Nick & Nat’s Fan Club.

NICK HELM: PHOENIX FROM THE FLAMES, Saturday 24th April, 8pm. Buy tickets here.