The host of the 2018 FlexoTech Awards, Patrick Kielty
FlexoTech can reveal that the host of the 2018 International FlexoTech Awards is comedian Patrick Kielty.
Born in Dundrum, Northern Ireland, Mr Kielty began stand up whilst studying psychology at Queen’s University Belfast. He quickly made a name for himself as the host of Northern Ireland’s first comedy club The Empire Laughs Back.
His fearless satirical routines, in which he regularly attacked both Republican and Loyalist paramilitaries drew praise from both critics and those on the streets of pre ceasefire Belfast, not least because he had himself lost his father to UFF gunmen in 1988 aged 16.
The BBC were quick to pick up on his ability to both provoke and charm in equal measure and his big break came in 1995 on Comic Relief’s Saint Patrick’s Day Special along side Ben Elton, Jo Brand and Sir Lenny Henry.
His first two stand-up titles went triple platinum and the award winning series PK Tonight for the BBC quickly followed.
The Channel 4 show, Last Chance Lottery, saw Patrick make the move to network television and he was soon a household name fronting shows such as Fame Academy along side his own late night talk show, Patrick Kielty Almost Live, which ran for six seasons on BBC1.
More recently his work on Radio 2 has also taken him to the US, fronting BBC music specials from Nashville and Boston in 2013 and 2014.
In 2015 Patrick embarked on a complete sell-out nationwide tour, Help, which debuted in Belfast’s Grand Opera House.
Earlier this year Patrick authored a landmark documentary for BBC1, ‘My Dad, The Peace Deal and Me’, which explored the legacy of Northern Ireland’s peace deal, 20 years on.
The 2018 International FlexoTech Awards will be held at the Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London, W2 2TY, on the 10 October. Tickets and tables are now available, to book please contact Chloe Ward on chloe.w@whitmar.co.uk
