Richard Ayoade Biography

9.7 Arctic Monkeys At The Apollo2008

Genres: Music

Director: Richard Ayoade

Artists: Alex Turner, Nick O\'Malley, Matt Helders, Jamie Robert Cook

The concert really focuses on Alex Turner (singer) and Mat Helders (drummer) with the other two members occasionally appearing from the shadowy sides of the stage. Alex Turner lives up to expectation as does Mat Helders, but the band as a whole seems bored and almost as uninterested as the crowd, a fact that Turner points out early in the show.

8.1 AD/BC - A Rock Opera2007

Genres: Music

Artists: AD/BC

This mock rock opera is an all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. Written by Matt Berry (music) and Richard Ayoade, it was shown on TV at Christmas 2004 on BBC Three - Richard Ayoade also directed it - and has continued to attract a growing number of avid cult comedy fans every since. With a comic twist, this familiar story is brought to life through the eyes of the innkeeper (Matt Berry). Despairing after a bad year, he c ...