AUSTIN KNIGHT was never your typical class clown. Merely entertaining his peers with dead-on impressions of teachers wasn’t enough for him, so he quickly branched out. Whilst still a student, Knight travelled with an act called the "Brooklyn Clowns," where the group worked on new and impressive versions of the old pie-in-the-face routine. Then, at just 16, he took his shot at stand-up at a local pub. The reverberations of that bomb can still be heard, some say. William K.Wolfrum Click Here

A school chum (JOHN ANTHONY FINN) made the suggestion that this talent should be taken up professionally. Rehearsals duly commenced and Austin made his debut at a local pub, at the tender age of 16, performing vocal impressions of the comedy icons of the seventies era and subsequently 'died a death'. This did not deter him however, and after a year or so appearing at local talent contests, and showbiz auditions he finally won the “Search for a Star” competition at Blighty's cabaret club at Farnworth, many quality gigs ensued and Austin was firmly established as a regular support on the cabaret circuit and worked with the likes of Neil Sedaka, Lulu, Martha Reeves and many more during the golden mid 70’s era, when the cabaret boom was rapidly approaching meltdown.

Towards the late eighties, when impressionists suddenly became ubiquitous, he developed a stand-up act featuring topical news items of the day, a wry glance at life's quirks and idiosyncrasies from an 'off-the-wall' viewpoint. He currently writes a humorous weekly newspaper column 'Life With Austin' Click here which comments on the weeks events and is syndicated in newspapers published in the northwest of England. He has also written copious amounts of comedy scripts, both for TV & Radio, His writing career commenced by compiling gags for Tommy Cooper, and sketches for Les Dawson, when variety was still popular. Austin has appeared as an actor/presenter in various TV productions which include Coronation St, Sandbaggers, Takeover TV, Taggart, Fallen Hero, Cribb the Detective, and THE NEW COMEDIANS the list goes on and on. In 2005 he played 'The Funniest Man on Earth' in the feature film 'ZEMANOVALOAD' and performed in 'The Carlsberg Comedy Festival' in Koh Samui, Thailand.

2007 gigs included the 'Dubai 7's Rugby Dinner' in Dubai & Qatar. In Summertime, the itinerant comedian was jetting off to Fuertaventra, Lanzarote, Ibiza, Corfu, Florida, The Algarve, and Rhodes (Greece) for Thomson Gold Click Here & 'The F.A. Cup Final' at the Millennium Stadium ( which he has performed at for the past 5 years!), pre-match entertainment at Manchester United FC, a two week provincial theatre tour with 'The New Comedians', many sporting dinners, players testimonials and high profile corporate events for major blue chip companies and professional associations nationwide. Austin also specialises in golf presentation days Click Here (See testimonial page for opinions from corporate clients for better particulars).

Today, Austin concentrates full time as an after-dinner speaker and is able to work work on all comedy levels, depending on what the audience requires. Recent dinners this year have featured STEVE DAVIES, BRUCE GROBBELAAR, DENIS LAW, JACK CHARLTON, JIMMY GREAVES, SIR GEOFF HURST, DAVID GOWER, TOMMY DOCHERTY, RORY BREMNER, JOHN INVERDALE and RICKY HATTON to name but a few. Click Here to see pics of very recent events, testimonials from corporate clients, full biog and audio and much more!!

With many years experience in the business, you cannot go wrong in booking Austin for your function and have confidence that the evening will be enhanced by his hilarious and outrageous view of life itself. If we cannot laugh at life and our own shortcomings, then what indeed can we laugh at?