Andrew Clover is an award-winning writer, performer and coach.

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A Perrier-nominated comic, he has performed at the Royal Court, presented Storyman for BBC Radio 4, written the long-running Dad Rules column for The Sunday Times, and created the bestselling Rory Branagan (Detective) children's series.

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His latest obsession is trees.

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Last year, his plan was to sail the Atlantic, to find ruined rainforest
to rewild.  The reality:  he nearly drowned,  he got lost in the jungle,
but found his way to The Lost City of the Kogis, and to a moment that
changed his life from pessimism and purposelessness, to connection
and calm.  

It inspired A Wild Call - which got rave reviews at Edinburgh.  (Andrew was included in The Scotsman's Highlights of Thirty Years of the Fringe).  It started a burgeoning business,  as a sort of druidic coach.  (Clients walk in the woods with Andrew, explaining the trouble;   he says,  'What do you think you could do?';  then he leads a guided meditation, inviting a specific tree to help shed light.  It's surprisingly effective:   his first client, under the oak, conceived a new business, which only a matter of weeks later, was promised its first hundred million in investment).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​Andrew has just launched a meditation app called TreeCalm - https://treecalm.passion.io/ - which uses breathwork and tree-inspired meditations, bringing users focus & peace & a better night's sleep. In September he will lead another group through Seven Weeks of Treasy Living – a much-loved course which involves seven weeks, seven meditations, seven trees. Three slots are currently left. To read more, click on the oak.

For Festivals, Andrew perfeorms To Cast A Tree Spell – which involves the critically applauded story, culminating in a huge act of witchcraft – a group meditation,  with the angelic singing of Sarah Lambert-Gates - aka, the luscious, the divine, Daughter of the Waters). 

While touring, he'll also be meeting musicians to
collaborate on guided meditations,  and to make a podcast called The Tree Talks.  Just recorded the first two with Mike Keats of the Cuban
Brothers and druid Chris Park. 

In the past, Andrew's been known for...

Acting.  He was the clown in Ashes to Ashes;  Bart in Gimme,
Gimme,Gimme;  and in the original cast of Shopping and F**king at the National Theatre and Royal Court which he helped shape through improvisation.

 

 

 

 

 

He presented Storyman on Radio 4 ('Best radio for ages', The Radio Times).

He wrote Rory Branagan (Detective) - voted Best Children's Book in the
Waverton Awards.  Click here  to visit Rory's Facebook's page. 
See if you can find the cartoon that was forwarded 161 000 times.

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Andrew's just finished Dogbeard, The Dog That Fought Pirates - based on a true story, told to him by Paula Mata when they were sailing the Atlantic together.  Andrew is a popular act for spreading Literacy-based fun in Schools, where he normally performs his riotous /inspiring Seven Secrets of Storytelling show.  Over the coming winter, Andrew will  be offering  four free performances of Dogbeard. Get in touch, if you're a school that fancy this storytelling treat which then lead into Pirate Writing Workshops. Get in touch if you’re a school who fancies this, or indeed the normal show,  and its workshops (eg Three Top Tips For Getting Writing Down).  BTW Andrew has one slot left for Book Week 2027 (so move fast if you're interested).
 
Dad Rules, a column on the back page of Sunday Times Style; also a book published by Penguin -  which spent 2 months as Number One on Amazon's New Humour section.   ('I love love loved it, a wild and irreverent adventure'***** The News of the World).

Other services he sometimes likes to do?  Andrew has often written speeches,  or done performance coaching - eg working on 5 Ted-Ex talks for clients such as Michelle Thew - Cruelty Free International.  A former BBC editor for comedy,  he enjoys helping others polish up their books / scripts.  He is also a celebrant.  Get in touch if you wish for a friendly exuberant MC for your event (who doesn’t have to mention trees if you don't want).

To reach him, e-mail mrcloverthefamoussnail@gmail.com 
To book him to act / present, go to richard@rbm.comedy.com 
To book him for a school, try yvonne@caboodlebooks.co.uk