Al Pitcher was born in England but grew up in New Zealand, he started his standup career in London in 1999. The same year he went to the final in the So you think you’re Funny comedy competition and later in both the BBC New Act Competition and Daily Telegraph Open Mic Competition. Since then, he has performed at comedy festivals all around the world and has won several awards including Best Show 2009 at Leicester Comedy Festival ( UK) , Director’s Pick 2009 at the Newcastle Comedy Festival ( UK ) and the Peoples Choice Award 2009 at the Sydney Comedy festival in, Australia . He has performed twice at the illustrious invite only Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal , doing his own 1 hour show along with Eddie Izzard and Billy Connolly and others