The last few years have been a whirlwind for Christopher Hall. Covid lockdowns brought his career as a musical theatre performer to a halt, so he decided it was as good a time as any to try his hand at another interest – comedy. Christopher began posting sketches online and quickly found an audience.
Three years on and he is now making a full-time living as a stand-up and finds himself in Edinburgh this year for his first full hour at the Fringe. “I had always wanted to post content online, but I was too busy or too nervous,” he said. “When I didn’t have much on during lockdown, I thought maybe it was time to try.
If no-one found it funny, I knew I wouldn’t need to see them face-to-face for months. But it took off almost instantaneously – it’s been mad.” You’re Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s backing singers 🎤 😂🧡 Listen to Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Disco on BBC Sounds! 🎧 Mad doesn’t do justice to the Background Singers sketches that he does with his sister, Elizabeth.
The skits, where the pair lip sync and do a dance routine to well-known pop songs, got an immediate reaction and over the past 14 months they have collaborated with huge stars like Shania Twain, Pixie Lott, The Jonas Brothers and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who have all appeared in videos with the siblings. “Never in a thousand years could we have predicted what the last 14 months have brought us,” Christopher smiled. “It’s been bananas.
“We’ve had the best time, meeting some.