Background
Forbes was born in Bristol, England, and educated at Queen Elizabeth"s Hospital in Clifton, He then went up to Jesus College at the University of Cambridge to read English, graduating in 2012.
Forbes was born in Bristol, England, and educated at Queen Elizabeth"s Hospital in Clifton, He then went up to Jesus College at the University of Cambridge to read English, graduating in 2012.
In 2012, he co-wrote and performed in Perfect Strangers – the Footlights" 50th annual revue – touring the United Kingdom and the United States. He also performed in a number of "serious plays", from contemporary to Shakespeare. And on London"s West End as part of a showcase directed by former Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre, Max Stafford-Clark.
Comedy = Daphne Style and influences Forbes is a lover of physical comedy and often incorporates slapstick humour into his routines.
He has cited Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Rowan Atkinson, the late Sir Norman Wisdom and, "most of all", Michael Crawford among his physical influences. "Against all advice," says Forbes in an interview with online blog Comedy Blogedy, "I’d try everything they did at home: bumping into things, falling over, deliberately spilling stuff and – to my mother"s horror – throwing myself down the stairs." Forbes apparently perfected his stair-fall in a university production of Michael Frayn"s Noises Office.
Of his sketch group Daphne"s debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, The List magazine"s Brian Donaldson remarked upon a "wild slapstick moment that will hopefully not result in an injury to Forbes before August is out.".
At Cambridge University, Forbes wrote and performed in a number of comedy shows as a member of the famous Cambridge Footlights.