Edinburgh Comedy Awards

Gary Le Strange 2003 Best Newcomer Winner

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Polaroid Suitcase - Waen Shepherd

Perfect pop parodies saw Waen Shepherd's character creation go straight to the top of the charts and win instant cult status. His win led him to make appearances on the Radio 2 comedies, Out to Lunch and The Day The Music Died and he also played a lead role in the BBC 2 sci-fic sitcom Hyperdrive, E4's The Inbetweeners and We Are Klang's BBC 3 series. Waen continues to perform live but no longer as Gary Le Strange favouring Beach Boysesque rock legend character Colin Watson. Waen also writes songs, theme tunes and incidental music.