Paul Merryck is an Essex based comedian who has been performing for 6 years and has been making a name for himself as one of the more original and outrageous character acts on the London/South-East circuit. Feckless, amoral and utterly unabashed, the middle-aged chancer he portrays disdainfully deconstructs the disaster that is his life in a hilarious sequence of gags and anecdotes. Paul regularly appears professionally in London for Angel Comedy and Monkey Business Comedy amongst others, and for many other promoters outside London including Mirth Control and Suffolk Punch Comedy. He regularly MCs at TNT Comedy in Kentish Town and Funny for Nothing in Borough. He also manages and comperes a monthly professional night at ACanteen in Chelmsford, called AComedy Club. He has regularly performed at the Edinburgh Festival and took his first 1-hour show to the Hastings Comedy Festival in June 2018, where the organisers (Chris Young and Jake Alexander) said “This comedian has a joke landing percentage of around 160%. When the set ended we wanted more, and that’s rare”. Kyle Wallace who manages G&B Comedy has also been quoted as follows "Paul Merryck is simply bloody hilarious".
In 2019 he performed his one man show ‘Local Businessman Unrepentant’ at The Bill Murray in London, and at the Leicester and Brighton Fringe Festivals
Steve Bennett in Chortle reviewing Paul Merryck at The Old Comedian of the Year final in July 2018:
“‘Old’ is also the school that opening act Paul Merryck comes from. The Essex bloke is something of a geezer – destroying no stereotypes there – and has plenty of showbiz patter. He called for three rounds of applause before telling a single joke and flattered the audience for being a sexy-looking bunch. Yet although not groundbreaking, his set proves very effective, with Merryck quickly earning laughs for relatable gags about his love of drinking and breakdown of his third marriage, told with plenty of self-deprecation. From his gag-focussed delivery, you’d think that the spirit of Mike Reid is alive and well, but he’s self-aware enough to turn the focus inwards, and was probably unlucky not to be placed, given his high laugh rate.”
