Rob Auton

Rob Auton is an English stand-up comedian, writer, actor, poet and podcaster. Born in York, he is best known for his series of shows each titled after and focusing on a specific subject, which he has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe nearly every year since his debut in 2012. He started performing live in 2008, and his first hour-long show, The Yellow Show, premiered at the Fringe in 2012 before touring the UK in 2013; it was later made into a short film as part of Channel 4's Random Acts series.

Auton is a member of Bang Said The Gun, a stand-up poetry collective founded by Dan Cockrill and Martin Galton that performs regularly in London and has featured poets such as Roger McGough, Andrew Motion and John Hegley. In 2013, he won the Dave Funniest Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe Award for the line, "I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa." As part of the 2014 Glastonbury Festival, he was given the position of poet-in-residence.

Auton has performed stand-up on shows including The Russell Howard Hour and Stand Up Central, and made his acting debut in 2018 as part of the long-running TV series Cold Feet. He is also a poet and illustrator, with his work published in a series of books by Burning Eye Books. In 2020, he started The Rob Auton Daily Podcast, posting a new episode every day during the year; it won the award for Best Daily Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards and returned for daily episodes in 2024.