Jacob Hawley: On his journey to become a stand up comedian

Published: Oct. 16, 2017, 5 a.m.

b'Jacob Hawley started his stand up comedy career at the tender age of 21 and has gone on to perform hundreds of gigs all across the country. Finalist in the BBC New Comedy Awards of 2017, from a field of roughly 700 hopefuls to the final 6, which in the past has been the achievement of many well known British greats such as Peter Kay, Alan Carr and Lee Mack among others. Jacob has also won the King Gong award at The Comedy Store here in London and at just 25, has proven he\\u2019s well on his way to establishing himself as a regular face of comedy here in the city.'