Ashley Blaker
Ashley Blaker | |
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Blaker in 2020 | |
| Born | Ashley Blaker London, UK |
| Alma mater | Oxford University, Cambridge University |
| Notable work | Little Britain |
| Comedy career | |
| Medium | Television, radio, stand-up |
| Genres | Stand-up comedy, satire, observational comedy |
| Subjects | Human interaction, religion, Judaism, family |
Ashley Blaker is a British comedy writer and performer, radio and television producer and author. Blaker is a longtime collaborator with Matt Lucas: he was producer of Little Britain and Rock Profile. He also co-created and wrote The Matt Lucas Awards, and appeared in one episode.
As a stand-up comedian, Blaker's first Off-Broadway show, Strictly Unorthodox, opened in May 2017 at The Theater Center. and his second Off-Broadway show, Goy Friendly opened in February 2020, at the SoHo Playhouse. Much of Blaker's stand-up material until the early 2020s was related to him being an Orthodox Jew. Matt Lucas, amongst others, described Blaker as "the UK's only Orthodox comedian". After "12 years of immersion in the Charedi world", Blaker stopped being observant.
More recently, Blaker has focused on performing and writing. He has appeared in a number of comedy series for BBC Radio 4 and authored a book.