Education
He graduated from Kingston University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in software engineering.
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Chris McCausland
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He regularly appears at comedy venues around the United Kingdom, including The Comedy Store. McCausland is originally from Liverpool, but has lived in Surrey since the mid 90s after moving there to study at Kingston University. After a spell as a web developer deteriorating eyesight prompted a change of direction and he turned to comedy in 2003.
He suffers from a genetic eyesight condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and after a gradual deterioration of eyesight is now totally blind.
He is a lifelong supporter of Liverpool Football Club.
He first gave stand-up a go at a new act comedy night in Balham in July 2003. He has performed all over the world including across Asia and the Middle East and regularly travels the United Kingdom playing the countries top comedy clubs.
Achievements
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With in his first year performing stand-up he won the Jongleurs J2O Last Laugh competition, came runner-up in the Laughing Horse New Acting of The Year and placed third in Channel 4"s So You Think You"re Funny competition. Between 2005 and 2012 he took six different stand-up shows to the Edinburgh Festival and in 2011 was awarded the Creative Diversity Award for comedy by a Channel 4 led panel of broadcasters that also included British Broadcasting Corporation, Independent Television and Sky.
