Ken Cheng
Ken Cheng, is a British born Chinese (BBC) professional poker player and comedian noted for his YouTube comedy character, Mark Liu, and reaching the final of the 2015 BBC New Comedy Awards.[1] [2] [3]
Cheng studied mathematics at St John's College,[4] Cambridge University but dropped out to become a professional poker player.
He wrote and performed for the Cambridge Footlights, often known to refer to himself as a 'footlights regular', and he's also taken his stand-up performances the Edinburgh Festival. Cheng directed The Footlights International Tour Show 2015: Love Handles, which toured the UK, Paris and North America.[5] [6] Towards the end of the international tour show, Cheng was detained in the Cayman Islands due to passport issues, and later as a result of a hurricane in the Caribbean.[7][8][9] He returned to UK in time for the final week of shows at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge.[10]
Reviewing the 2015 BBC New Comedy Awards for the comedy news, reviews and listings site Chortle, Steve Bennett stated that Cheng "deserved to win".[11]
References
- ↑ "supermarkliu". twitter.com. Twitter. 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ "Meet The Winner Of This Year's BBC Radio New Comedy Award". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ "Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian". camdram.net. Camdram. 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ "Cambridge Fresher looking to meet likeminded people VLOG". youtube.com/user/supermarkliu. YouTube. 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ "Footlights Tour 2015". footlightsontour.co.uk. Footlights. 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ "Footlights Tour 2015". camdram.net. Camdram. 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/cita.ky/posts/10153633485703901
- ↑ https://www.caymancompass.com/2015/09/25/cambridge-footlights-come-to-cayman/
- ↑ http://www.cds.ky/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/footlightslovehandles/?fref=ts
- ↑ "BBC Radio New Comedy Awards 2015". chortle.co.uk. Chortle. 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.