British comedian Tim Clark wants you to know he is multi-talented. 'I'm walking around and making coffee and stuff,' he said from his home in Liverpool this week. A fairly impressive feat, he stressed, considering he was in the middle of a 9am phone interview, having performed the previous night.
Beyond his physical dexterity, Clark is also funny. Britain's The Guardian described his stand-up performance as 'brilliant', while The Stage called him 'a significant star'.
In his 10-year career he has appeared on a variety of British television shows, including Channel 4's The Happening and the BBC's game show Give Us A Clue. He has written for Channel 4 and appeared on a variety of radio shows.
But the 40-year-old comedian scheduled to make an appearance in Hong Kong next week cites stand-up as his favourite part of the job.
'Stand-up is the best by miles. It's live and you're never quite sure what's going to happen. You have to improvise a lot, it's very exciting. It's just what I love doing.' Clark had to convince his Beijing promoters of the unexpected nature of stand-up when he performed there in 1995.
'They wanted a translation of my act in Mandarin. I said we couldn't do that. I think it would be impossible - so much of my act is in the here and now. Forty-per cent of it I won't know what's going happen,' he explained.