The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy troupe featuring
comedianA comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
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Julian BarrattJulian Barratt is an English comedian, musician, music producer and actor. Barratt is best known for playing the character of Howard Moon in the cult comedy The Mighty Boosh, which he also co-writes with comedy partner, Noel Fielding.-The Mighty Boosh:Barratt stars as the character Howard Moon...
and
Noel FieldingNoel Fielding is a British artist, comedian and actor. He is known for his roles as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh, which he co-writes with comedy partner Julian Barratt, and as team captain on the music panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks.-Stand-up comedy:Noel Fielding performed regularly as a...
. Developed from three stage shows and a six episode
radio seriesThe Boosh is a 2001 radio series, written and performed by The Mighty Boosh , and originally broadcast on BBC London Live, then BBC Radio 4, and later BBC 7....
, it has since spawned a total of twenty television episodes for
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and two live tours of the UK, as well as two live shows in the United States.
Fielding first met Barratt after seeing him perform his solo stand-up routine at the Hellfire Comedy Club in the
Wycombe SwanWycombe Swan is an HQ theatre in High Wycombe. The theatre in opened in November 1992 by Wycombe District Council and has been acquired by HQ Theatre since. it has a capacity of 1076. It presents a varied programme including a pantomime every Christmas. At the Swan itself there were 280...
theatre.