about A Christmas Carol (ish)

Nick Mohammed

Mr. Swallow is one of the country’s most popular / irritating comedy creations from Nick Mohammed – one of the UK’s most celebrated comedians, actors and writers. Nick has received feverish critical acclaim for his live character comedy work and has skilfully transferred this success to the small screen including an appearance at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards to an enthralled Ryan Gosling.

Nick has wowed audiences as Mr. Swallow multiple times on Channel 4’s Cats Does Countdown, with clips of the performances quickly going viral – viewing figures for the clip of Mr. Swallow’s Jurassic Park rendition stand at over 9 million on Facebook whilst the clip of him memorising cards has been viewed over 12 million times! He also appeared as Mr. Swallow in Amazon’s hugely successful series Backstage With Katherine Ryan wowing Jimmy Carr with his sleight of hand. 

Nick Mohammed is a double Emmy-nominated actor, comedian, and writer who has received critical acclaim for his live character comedy work. His iconic persona Mr. Swallow had a sellout national tour in 2023 with The Very Best And Worst Of Mr Swallow and had a run at the Duke of York’s in the West End. He will return next year with the eagerly awaited Show Pony – his biggest UK live tour yet.

Nick played the much loved (and occasionally  hated!) regular role of Nate in Apple’s monster hit – multiple Emmy award-winning Ted Lasso opposite Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham. Nick was Emmy-nominated twice for the role.

He recently filmed lead roles for two major upcoming features: Control for Studio Canal, starring opposite James McAvoy and Julianne Moore; and Deep Cover for Amazon, alongside Bryce Dallas Howard and Orlando Bloom. He also became a fan favourite on the most recent series of Channel 4’s hit show Taskmaster. Nick recently starred as regular character Billy Blind in The Ballad of Renegade Nell  for Disney+. He also created, wrote, executive produced and co-starred, alongside David Schwimmer, in Sky One’s hit show Intelligence.

Other film credits include John Slattery’s Maggie Moore(s) opposite Jon Hamm, Sky’s Christmas hit film Roald and Beatrix, Joe Cornish’s The Kid Who Would Be King, Ridley Scott’s The Martian, Bridget Jones’s Baby, and The Ab Fab Movie. He voiced Piglet in Disney’s live action Christopher Robin and played the Butler in Disney’s The Nutcracker And The Four Realms. He has featured in a host of TV comedies including Channel 4’s Morning Has Broken opposite Julia Davis, HBO and Sky’s Sally4Ever, Sky’s Camping, Channel 4’s Stath Lets Flats and the BBC’s This Time With Alan Partridge.

Martha Howe-Douglas

Martha is a BAFTA nominated actress and writer, best known as a member of the Horrible Histories troupe, who went on to create and star in Yonderland and BBC’s hit comedy Ghosts, in which Martha played Lady Button.

Having recently played Mrs Swashprattle in The Government Inspector at the Marylebone Theatre – her first theatre role since graduating from RADA in 2003 – Martha is delighted to be taking to the stage again and joining the cast of A Christmas Carol (ish)!

David Elms

On TV, David played series regular Clive in two seasons of Channel 5’s semi-improvised sitcom Borderline. His short film Regular starring Tim Key and Laura Marling, aired on Channel Four as part of Random Acts.

David currently performs the cult hit, improvised one-man show David Elms Describes A Room monthly at the Free Association Theatre.

At the Fringe, he has been well received with his three solo shows as well as for roles in Adam Riches is Coach Coach, and all of the previous Mr. Swallow ensemble shows.

Kieran Hodgson

Four-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Kieran is an acclaimed actor, writer and comedian who has sold out theatres and comedy venues across the UK.

Kieran was a series regular across five series of the BBC One smash hit sitcom Two Doors Down. He also wrote and starred in Prince Andrew The Musical for Channel 4, in which he led a cast of comics in a satirical send-up of the life and times of Prince Andrew. The programme was described by The Independent as ‘This programme should never have been made.’

Last summer, Kieran’s show Big In Scotland was nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. His live work has been recorded and adapted for Amazon Prime, Channel 4 and BBC Radio, and he received the 2021 Royal Television Society of Scotland Award for ‘Best Comedy’ for his Channel 4 programme How We Forgot To Save The Planet.