Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bishop ya yi wasan kwaikwayo na farko a Manchester a watan Oktoba na 2000, kuma a shekara mai zuwa, ya kai ga karshe na duk manyan wasanni na wasan kwaikwayo, ciki har da "Don haka Kuna tsammani Kuna Funny", "Daily Telegraph" Open Mic Awards, BBC New Comedy Awards, da kuma City Life North West Comedian of The Year Award, wanda ya lashe. A shekara ta 2002, BBC Radio Merseyside ta nada shi a matsayin mafi kyawun sabon shiga, kuma a shekara ta 2004, ya lashe kyautar North West Comedy Award don mafi kyawun tsayawa. A cikin 2009, Bishop ya bayyana a matsayin farkon aiki a kan "Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow" a Manchester. A waccan shekarar, ya bayyana a bikin Edinburgh Fringe Festival, inda aka gabatar da wasan kwaikwayonsa "Elvis Has Left the Building" don "Eddie" (Kyautar Edinburgh Comedy Award)
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