Ed is a writer, actor, comedian, director and musician. He returns to Shakespeare’s Globe after composing the music for Hamlet (2022). He worked as a writer and starred in Nick Whitfield’s debut feature film Skeletons, which was nominated for a BAFTA, a BIFA and won The Michael Powell Award for Cinema at Edinburgh International Film Festival. Ed was nominated for The Peter Sellers Award for Comedy for his work on Skeletons.

Ed has written, performed, directed and composed music for and with many of the UK’s most loved comedians, sketch teams and theatre companies including Milton Jones, Pappy’s, Josie Long, Julian Barrett, Barry Cryer, Spymonkey, Fuel, Will Adamsdale, Filter Theatre, Sean Holmes, Carl Grose, Blanche McIntyre, Simon Stephens, Vanishing Point, NTS, Lorne Campbell and Nabokov.

He is a founder member of the award-winning comedy/music/animations collective The London Snorkelling Team. Ed has co-written and performed with the LST at Edinburgh Festival (winning a Herald Angel), Camden Roundhouse, Latitude and opened for Portishead at Alexandra Palace. He is also a founder member of Gypsy Swing quartet ‘The Prophets Of Swing’ and has played with the Prophets at many of Europe’s leading music festivals, including Glastonbury, Shetland Folk Festival and Porto Jazz Festival.

He has acted across stage, screen and radio. Recent TV includes Quacks (BBC), Black Mirror (Channel 4), Brassic (Sky 1) and Urban Myths (Sky Arts). Recent film includes Fantastic Beasts 2.

Ed was nominated for Best Actor at the MTAs for Sean Holmes’ and Filters production of A Midsummer Nights Dream in 2013.

Ed is a prolific voice actor, working across animation, radio and podcast. Recent work includes BBC’s reboot of Dangermouse, voicing many characters including DM’s iconic arch enemy Baron Von Greenback, numerous radio appearances on BBC Radio 4, 3 and 6 Music (including co writing and performing in ‘The Beautiful Cosmos Of Ivor Cutler for BBC Radio 3) and providing voices for Pushkin Industries hit podcast ‘Cautionary Tales’.