His theatre work includes Twitstorm at the Park Theatre, The Rivals at the Arcola Theatre, The Opinion Makers at the Colchester Mercury, Art at the Holders Festival in Barbados, and the role of Rasputin in I Killed Rasputin at the Assembly Theatre in Edinburgh. In January 2018 he joined the cast of The Ferryman as Tom Kettle and reprised the role for the Broadway production which opened in October 2018. In 2020 he joined the RSC to play Antipholus of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors.
Live comedy
Edwards won the Perrier Award (Best Newcomer) at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe as a member of the sketch trio The Consultants, alongside Neil Edmond and James Rawlings. They went on to write and record four series for BBC Radio 4. As booze-sodden children's entertainer Jeremy Lion he performed four[5][6][7] acclaimed live shows at the Edinburgh Festival and Melbourne Comedy Festival, and was nominated four years running for the Chortle Awards as best character act, winning in 2006 and 2004.[8] He was nominated for the Perrier Award in 2005[9][10] and 2006 he had a successful run at the Edinburgh Festival with his one-man musical show Unaccompanied As I Am.[11]
Writing
He was one of the main writers and performers on the BAFTA-nominated children's show Sorry, I've Got No Head[12] as well as co-devising and writing the CBBC sitcom Pixelface and writing for Horrible Histories. He wrote and starred in the sitcoms Double Science (with Ben Willbond) and Buy Me Up TV for Radio Four, and one of his episodes of In and Out of the Kitchen won the BBC Audio drama Award for Best Scripted Comedy Drama in 2015.[13]