In 2003, Demetri Martin, unknown to UK comedy audiences, made history as the first act ever to win the Perrier Award for his debut show ‘If I…’ at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Hailed as ‘sublime, absurd and brilliant’ by Time Out and awarded four Five-Star reviews from The Scotsman, The List, Edinburgh Evening News and The Herald, Demetri became known in the international stand-up community as the most charismatic, cerebral and creative new comic around – credentials he has backed up with a series of Edinburgh appearances since, including his Barry Award-winning 2006 show, ‘Dr Earnest Parrot presents Demetri Martin’.

In 2004 he returned to the Festival with an all new show, ‘Spiral Bound’, charting the history of his divorce from his high-school sweetheart. Critics and audiences praised it as being even more heartfelt, cerebral and brilliantly funny than his debut.

In 2005 he succeeded again with ‘These are Jokes’, a highly acclaimed show illustrating Demetri’s versatility as a comic and his superlative ability as a writer.

Demetri’s writing talents were honed on the acclaimed US talk show Late Night with Conan O’Brien, where he perfected his gag-writing skills amongst some of the wittiest writers in America. He has a Comedy Central Special taking place later in 2006 and two of his latest scripts – “Will” and “Moon People” have recently been commissioned by DreamWorks, creating a huge buzz in Hollywood. All of this is in addition to regular guest spots on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

With his first Channel 4 Comedy Lab short film, ’12:21’ under his belt, for which he also wrote and composed the music, Demetri is an exceptional talent.