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Biographies
Phil Chapman is a stand-up comedian and comedy writer, and one of the regular hosts at Liverpool's Hot Water Comedy Club. Performing since 2006, he mixes topical jokes and anecdotes with quick-fire crowd work. He has toured the solo shows Enthusiast and Figures and written for BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz.
Phil Chapman is a stand-up comedian, host and comedy writer, and a familiar face at Liverpool's Hot Water Comedy Club. He has been performing since 2006, mixing topical jokes, observations and anecdotes with quick-fire audience interaction.
Alongside club and festival appearances, Phil has taken solo shows Enthusiast and Figures on the road. His writing contributions include BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz and Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack, with further work spanning online sketches, comedy songs and podcast appearances.
Phil Chapman is a stand-up comedian, host and comedy writer, and a familiar face at Liverpool's Hot Water Comedy Club, where he is a regular host. He started performing in 2006, working the open mic nights of the North of England for his first couple of years before moving on to club bills, compèring, festivals and shows of his own.
His act is built on topical material, observations and anecdotes, and on quick reactions to whoever is sitting in the front row. Hot Water Comedy Club calls him one of the most prolific writers on the circuit: his material keeps moving, so audiences get a new show every time they see him.
Beyond the clubs, Phil has compèred and performed at festivals including Kendal Calling, The Farmyard Party and Tribfest, and he has taken solo shows Enthusiast and Figures on the road. Venues also bill him as a presenter, a voice-over artist and an act for corporate events.
As a writer, his contributions include BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz and Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack. Online, he writes and performs sketches and comedy songs, from The Wokest Link to Slogans, in which he plays the German techno legend DJ Hans Face Space. He is a frequent podcast guest too, from Hot Water's Green Room to Dead Men Talking, where he once stood in as co-host.
Quotes
Word for word, with where each was said. Please quote them exactly, with the source.
“One of my favourite acts to watch”
Paul Smith, as quoted on the listings for Enthusiast and Figures
“If I hadn't bumped into Phil that day, I might have never done stand-up again. I don't tell him that because he'll ask for half of my money.”
Paul Smith, Liverpool Echo, on the chance meeting with Phil that got him back into stand-up at Hot Water, 5 April 2026 source (opens in a new tab)
“spends most of his stage time getting to know individual crowd members”
Liverpool Echo, interviewing Phil ahead of his MC dates at Hot Water, 4 June 2025 source (opens in a new tab)
“Phil gave us hilarious audience banter and a run down of the show laying down the ground rules”
A Young(ish) Perspective, review of Hot Water Comedy Club, with Phil as MC, 6 November 2022 source (opens in a new tab)
“The legend of Hot Water that is Phil Chapman joins us today!”
Hot Water's Green Room, episode 165, the club's own podcast, 10 February 2025 source (opens in a new tab)
“Phil Chapman, a stand-up comedian and animator”
Liverpool Echo, on his 16-bit animation of Scott and Charlene's 1987 Neighbours wedding, 13 January 2018 source (opens in a new tab)
“all under the leadership of professional comedians Chris Cairns and Phil Chapman”
Liverpool Echo, on the LFC Foundation's Take a Stand comedy course, 6 August 2015 source (opens in a new tab)
Coverage
Credits
Writing contributions, not on-air appearances.
Kendal Calling, The Farmyard Party, Tribfest, Leicester Comedy Festival, Bolton Comedy Festival, Liverpool Comedy Festival, DEADMEET.
Clips
Everything else is on the Watch page.
Photographs
None is cleared for press use yet, so none can be downloaded here; high-resolution originals, with their credits, will be offered on this page once they are.
