Hire Irish Comedian Jimmy Cricket

Jimmy Cricket

The Irish Comedian who wears a funny hat, has his wellies on the wrong feet and regularly gets a Letter from Mammy!

  • Jimmy was born in Cookstown, Northern Ireland into an Irish family of four brothers and one sister, whose father was an undertaker. Jimmy left school at sixteen and spent his first two years in the big wide world working in a betting shop. This was before graduating to the Butlin’s Holiday Camp at Mosney, County Meath, for the summer season of 1966, where he worked as a Red Coat.

    The following two summers found him at the Butlins Camp at Clacton, where he picked up more ideas and observations from fellow red coats and visiting artists. From this he started to put together a patter act to make the customers smile at Irish Blarney.

    Over the next few years, by then living in Manchester, by day he was a door-to-door salesman, by night trying to get engagements around the pubs and clubs of the North.

    Jimmy continued developing his character in the Northern Clubs. It was at this time that TV producers began to take note of this refreshing comic with the hilarious Irish logic. Jimmy reached the second finals of “Search for a Star” and then appeared before HRH The Princess Margaret on the next night live for ITV’s Royal Gala Show from the National Theatre. This really set the ball rolling for him.

    In the next few years Jimmy made regular guest spots on television and radio, culminating in his own TV series for Central Television and his own radio series for BBC Radio Two.

    When people see his name outside a theatre they know they can bring not only their children, but their aunts and granddads, confident in the knowledge that they’re going to see a first class show.

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    • Just a quick one to say how amazing everything went at our function thanks to Big Foot Events! From the very beginning they were extremely helpful and made sure everything was looked after without giving me too much hassle either! The Photo Booth, Candy Floss Cart and Popcorn Cart were all fantastic and a great hit with all of our family and friends and the staff running them were absolutely amazing! They were all set up and ready to go well before the event started and made sure they were always helpful! So a massive thank you to you all!

      Megan Chungh – Park Hotel, Newcastle
    • I just wanted to say a big thank you for being a part of our snapdragon festival this year. Once again Rex was a massive hit and the children and adults loved him. The two members of staff that came to the event were very professional and catered to any requests we had.

      Amy Casey – Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
    • We absolutely love having Noughty 90’s here, such lovely people and amazing sets! They had everyone up and dancing on the dance floor.

      George – Golden Sands Holiday Park
    • It was absolutely incredible, I cannot thank you guys enough for how amazing it all was. The Ranger and Rex were outstanding, every single guest loved them to pieces and we certainly had the wow factor for our wedding. Just the idea of having a dinosaur is one thing, but the way Rex, Trixxie and the Ranger worked tirelessly to entertain the entire wedding party just added to the overall effect. We've had non-stop comments from those who attended saying it was pure magic, videos of the experience have gone viral and we even had guests from the hotel desperate to catch a glimpse of Rex. I cannot overstate how incredible you all have been, from the day a weirdo messaged Lauren asking for a dinosaur at their wedding, to speaking with Jade to coordinate everything and then finally meeting Rex and the Ranger on the big day. Everything worked out a million times better than I ever thought possible, and my dad was very pleased to see Rex was appropriately dressed with his bow tie. Amazing, amazing, amazing, thank you all, from the bottom of our hearts.

      Mr & Mrs Pravitt – Private Wedding, Stoke On Trent
    • Both acts went down a storm at the weekend. Really pleased with everything! Madonna did all the hits and even included some iconic costume changes! She had the audience up Voguing at the front! ABBA Fever had the crowd on their feet from the start and would be a worthy headliner in the future.

      Andrew Edmeads – Frimley Lodge, Surrey
    • The evening on Saturday was wonderful, Planet Abba we're superb and also so welcoming to the audience. As you know this is the 3rd year in a row I have used your agency and as always you have given me a wonderful evening, thank you.

      Barry Herridge – Ely Beet Sports & Social Club

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