Rob Auton is an English stand-up comedian, writer, actor, poet and podcaster. He is best known for his series of shows titled after and focusing on a specific subject. These shows have been performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe nearly every year since his debut in 2012.
Career Auton started performing live in 2008, before having his first hour-long show, The Yellow Show, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2012, as well as touring it around the UK in 2013. The show was later made into a short film as part of Channel 4's Random Acts series.
He is a member of Bang Said The Gun, a stand up poetry collective founded by Dan Cockrill and Martin Galton, who perform regularly in London and have featured poets such as Roger McGough, Andrew Motion and John Hegley.
In 2013, Auton won the Dave Funniest Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe Award for "I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa".
As part of the 2014 Glastonbury Festival, Auton was given the position of poet-in-residence.
Auton has performed stand-up on shows including The Russell Howard Hour and Stand Up Central, and made his acting debut in 2018 as part of the long-running TV series Cold Feet.
Auton is also a poet and illustrator, with his work having been published in a series of books by Burning Eye Books.
In 2020, Auton started a podcast titled The Rob Auton Daily Podcast, with a new episode posted every day during the year. It subsequently won the award for The Best Daily Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards. The podcast returned for daily episodes in 2024.
Selected work
Stand-up shows +TitleYearThe Yellow Show2012The Sky Show2013The Face Show2014The Water Show2015The Sleep Show2016The Hair Show2017The Talk Show2018The Time Show2019The Crowd Show2021The Rob Auton Show2023The Eyes Open and Shut Show2024Can2025Jupiter2026
Books +TitlePublisherReleasedNotesBang Said The Gun: Mud Wrestling With WordsBurning Eye Books2013As part of the Bang Said The Gun collectiveIn Heaven The Onions Make You LaughBurning Eye Books2013Petrol HoneyBurning Eye Books2014Take HairBurning Eye Books2017I Strongly Believe in Incredible ThingsMudlark (HarperCollins imprint)2021
Acting +TitleYearRoleCold Feet (episode 8.3)2018PoetThe End of the F***ing World (episode 2.6)2019TommyMiracle Workers (episode 2.4)2019HankStarstruck (episode 3.3)2023BrentMarching Powder2025SkipThe Change (episode 2.3)2025TattooistMake That Movie (episode 1.1)2026Snake Wrangler
References
External links
The Rob Auton podcast