Ricky Balshaw
Ricky is rising up the comedy ranks at a rate of knots and his development over the last two years has been impressive. There are big things in his future if he continues in the same vein
Comedy Hotspot
If you see his name on any comedy posters, get tickets, you can thank me after!
Genius Events
A quick-witted, slow walking, fast rising star, Ricky Balshaw is without question, the funniest Paralympic Dressage medallist in the UK, perhaps the world.
BBC New Comedian of the Year Semi Finalist 2021 & Midlands Comedy Award Winner for Best New Act, Ricky Balshaw is a Paralympic, World Championship and European Championship dressage medallist with a penchant for dark humour.
Stepping over his cerebral palsy like it’s the mildest of inconveniences, Ricky pulls his audience into a joyfully dark world of self-deprecating hilarity.
No sympathy vote is needed (or accepted) as Ricky performs at comedy clubs and festivals around the UK including the Leicester Comedy Festival and Brighton Fringe.
A brilliant joke-smith and storyteller, this young man has comedy greatness in his bones.