{{short description|British comedian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
'''Adam Rowe''' ({{IPAc-en|r|oʊ}}; born 11 January 1992)<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1348586147686047747|user=adamrowecomedy|title=It's my birthday and I'm going dog shopping... what a day. 🎉🐶|author=Adam Rowe|df=dmy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bennett|first=Steve|date=2018-08-05|title=Adam Rowe: Undeniable|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2018/08/05/40693/adam_rowe:_undeniable|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805180022/https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2018/08/05/40693/adam_rowe%3A_undeniable|archive-date=2018-08-05|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Chortle|language=en|quote=But it has helped this Liverpool lad become a highly assured stand-up at just 26.}}</ref> is an English stand-up comedian and podcaster from Liverpool.
==Early life== Rowe was brought up in Dovecot and West Derby areas of Liverpool, England. Rowe attended Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School in Knotty Ash, in which he details the anomalous quantity of murderers who attended the school in his academic year. Rowe started a maths degree at the University of Liverpool but did not complete it in order to concentrate on performing comedy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shennan |first=Paddy |date=2016-03-02 |title=Liverpool comic Adam Rowe has no regrets about swapping university for comedy |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-news/liverpool-comedian-adam-rowe-no-10977531 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=Liverpool Echo |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Rowe was named Liverpool's Hot Water Comedy Club's Comedian of the Year in 2011, ahead of fellow comic Tony Carroll, who has since begun to host the ‘Hot Water Green Room Podcast’ with comic Jamie Hutchinson.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Shennan|first1=Paddy|date=2016-03-02|title=Liverpool comedian Adam Rowe has no regrets about swapping university for the comedy circuit|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-news/liverpool-comedian-adam-rowe-no-10977531|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024012228/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-news/liverpool-comedian-adam-rowe-no-10977531|archive-date=2020-10-24|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Liverpool Echo}}</ref>
Rowe's 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Undeniable was described as "saying something vital and fresh"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Choudry|first=Nooruddean|date=2021-03-02|title=FRINGE 2018: Why you need to see... Adam Rowe|url=https://www.joe.co.uk/amp/entertainment/fringe-2018-edinburgh-adam-rowe-194197|url-status=live|website=JOE|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302125023/https://www.joe.co.uk/amp/entertainment/fringe-2018-edinburgh-adam-rowe-194197 |archive-date=2 March 2021 }}</ref> and "structured, consistently funny and well-crafted routine."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-13|title=Review: Fringe Comedy - Adam Rowe and Ed Night|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/16415381.review-fringe-comedy---adam-rowe-ed-night/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=The Herald}}</ref> Rowe won the Funniest Joke of the Fringe award that year with the joke "Working at the Jobcentre has to be a tense job - knowing that if you get fired, you still have to come in the next day."<ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite web|last=Saunders|first=Tristram Fane|date=2018-08-21|title=Adam Rowe on the struggle behind his Job Centre joke: 'I know what it's like to be in that system'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/adam-rowe-struggle-behind-job-centre-joke-know-like-system/|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-02|website=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821183401/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/adam-rowe-struggle-behind-job-centre-joke-know-like-system/amp/ |archive-date=21 August 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-20|title=Just the job! Adam Rowe wins joke of the Fringe title for 'brain fart'|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16585797.just-job-adam-rowe-wins-joke-fringe-title-brain-fart/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=The Herald}}</ref> Rowe begrudges this award as he believes the joke he was commended for doesn’t accurately portray his style as a comic, and that audiences who will be enticed to his shows based on the award may mistake him for a one-liner comic.
Rowe's 2019 Edinburgh show was called Pinnacle and was described as "another irrepressible and articulate hour by a rising talent".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Richardson|first=Jay|date=2019-08-21|title=Comedy review: Adam Rowe: Pinnacle. Just the Tonic @ The Caves, Edinburgh|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/comedy-review-adam-rowe-pinnacle-just-tonic-caves-edinburgh-1409817|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-02|website=The Scotsman|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517201833/https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/comedy-review-adam-rowe-pinnacle-just-tonic-caves-edinburgh-1409817 |archive-date=17 May 2021 }}</ref>
Rowe has appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live show Fighting Talk,<ref>{{cite web|date=2020-03-28|title=Fighting Talk, Rick Edwards, Tamsin Greenway, Dougie Anderson, Adam Rowe|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gvfx|access-date=2020-09-03|website=BBC Radio 5 Live}}</ref> The News Quiz,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cf66|title=The News Quiz Series 109 episode 3|website=bbc.co.uk}}</ref> on the award-winning Liverpool-based podcast The Anfield Wrap,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-22|title=The Weekender: Happy Returns|url=https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2020/05/the-weekender-happy-returns/|url-status=live|website=The Anfield Wrap|quote=Also on the show, Adam Rowe talks about his upcoming stand-up comedy special.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028110159/https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2020/05/the-weekender-happy-returns/ |archive-date=28 October 2020 }}</ref> and on Roast Battle.
=== Have A Word Podcast === Rowe has his own podcast ''Have A Word'' with fellow comedian Dan Nightingale. They have a producer and part owner of the podcast called Sensei Carl In 2021, Rowe and Nightingale, under the umbrella of Have A Word, released the song ''Laura's Gone'' in a bid to reach Christmas number 1 and raise money for Zoe's Place Baby Hospice and the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |date=2021-12-02 |title=Adam Rowe and Dan Nightingale release Christmas single for charity |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/6634/adam-rowe-dan-nightingale-lauras-gone-have-a-word-single/ |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref> The song reached number 39 in the Official Charts Company midweek chart.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Steve |title=Kunt at No5 in the midweek charts : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2021/12/20/49886/kunt_at_no5_in_the_midweek_charts |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
In 2022, ''Have A Word'' won the Best Podcast at the Chortle Awards.<ref name=":0" /> In 2023, it was nominated for the Best Comedy Podcast at the National Comedy Awards.<ref name=":1" />
As of 22nd May 2025, ''Have A Word'' is the 14th most subscribed to page on Patreon, however they are ranked 3rd for video content.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Have a Word Pod - Last 30 Days |url= https://graphtreon.com/creator/haveawordpod |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Graphtreon |language=en}}</ref>
== Awards == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Category !Award !Result |- |2018 |Dave<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-08-19 |title=Jobcentre joke is the funniest at the Edinburgh Fringe |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45238696 |access-date=2023-02-18}}</ref> | Joke of the Fringe |{{Won}} |- | rowspan="2" |2022 | rowspan="2" |Chortle Awards<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title='As good as it got, on and off stage' : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2022/03/30/50453/chortle-award-winners-for-2022-revealed}}</ref> |Best Club Comedian |{{Won}} |- |Best Podcast (''Have A Word'') |{{Won}} |- |2023 |National Comedy Awards<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=National Comedy Awards 2023 shortlists revealed |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2023/01/23/52401/national_comedy_awards_2023_shortlists_revealed |website=Chortle}}</ref> |Best Comedy Podcast (''Have A Word'') |{{Nominated}} |}
== References == <references />
== External links == * [https://www.adamrowe.co.uk/ Official Website of Adam Rowe]
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