About Me

Chortle Award-Winning Comedian

‘Caton is probably the most exciting young black comic on the scene.’
Fest

‘More than material, presentation is Caton’s strongest suit and he’s confident, charismatic and upbeat.’
Chortle

‘He specialises in laidback, on-the-nose material, chopping down fools of all colours, both in day-to-day life and in the media’
Guardian

Nathan Caton has been active on the UK comedy circuit since the tender age of 19. He excels in combining both personal, confessional material with up-to-date social and political anecdotes. This has won him numerous credits and plaudits over the years and has made him one of the hottest rising young stars on the circuit.

He started comedy while studying architecture at University and within his first full year of gigging he had built up a solid reputation having performed at the Edinburgh Festival, finishing as a runner-up in the Amused Moose Comedy Search and winning the award for Chortle Student Comic of the Year.

In 2006 he continued gigging and was rewarded with a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Black Entertainment Comedy Awards, and made his first TV appearances on Richard Hammond’s 5 o’clock show and Little Miss Joycelyn, amongst other radio work. In 2007 Caton appeared on ITV2’s Comedy Cuts, returned to the Edinburgh Festival to perform in a two-man show, and in October 2007 his comedy pilot The Nathan Caton Show aired on Paramount Television. Caton wrote and starred in the 30-minute show where he guised as different comedy characters and this earned him a Hotshot award from Broadcast magazine for his writing.

Caton’s first Edinburgh show in 2009 entitled Can’t Tell Me Nothin’ got him rave reviews from critics including The Guardian, EdFest and Three Weeks and earned him guest writing spots with BBC Radio. A year later he took his second show to the festival Breakfast At Stephanie’s.
Nathan now continues to gig around the country and is also working on his own BBC Radio 4 series based on his successful debut Edinburgh show.

 

Credits

Awards:
FHM Stand Up Hero Finalist
Broadcast Hotshot
Chortle Student Comic of the Year
Amused Moose Runner-Up
Black Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Nominee

TV Apps:
FHM Stand Up Hero (ITV4)
Casualty (BBC)
The Movie Show
The Nathan Caton Show (Comedy Central)
The Wall (BBC3)
World Stand’s Up (Comedy Central)
Comedy Cuts (ITV2)
Little Miss Joycelyn (BBC3)
Richard Hammond’s 5 O’Clock Show

Radio Apps:
The Now Show (BBC Radio 4)
Loose Ends (BBC Radio 4)
Bare All (BBC Radio 1xtra)
Christmas Special (BBC Radio 1xtra)
Living With The Enemy (BBC Radio 4)
BBC Comedy Awards (BBC Radio 7)

Writing Credits:
News Quiz (BBC Radio 4)
Rastamouse (CBBC)
The Nathan Caton Show (Comedy Central)