comics

Aaron Counter

This young Australian has been impressing audiences with his measured, self-assured stage presence and flat-out funny material.

Engaging and quick-witted, Aaron’s intelligent humour is delivered with an acid tongue but tempered with a playful child-like manner. His relaxed and inviting delivery balances nicely against a sometimes acerbic take on modern life.

Aaron has established himself as a regular act at comedy venues throughout the UK. He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival every year since 2003. ‘a quiet confidence and a quick wit’ Chortle.

Abandoman

“Flight of the Conchords meets 8 Mile  …Nothing short of genius.” (Chortle)

Abandoman create hilarious musical sketches at lightning speed live in front of their audience. No two gigs are ever the same. The project sees frontman Rob and multi-instrumentalist James Hancox reinventing hip hop in a way that is mind-blowingly funny and musically brilliant.

“Note-perfect, lyrically mind-blowing hip-hop improv. Genius!” The Stage

Adam Bloom

Adam Bloom was 18 months old when his parents nicknamed him The Voice. When he was 10, he told them he was going to be a comedian. By the age of 23, he was! Two years later, he appeared on the BBC TV's The Stand Up Show, had starred alongside Red Dwarf's Norman Lovett in Asylum and featured in a six part comedy drama on the Paramount Comedy Channel.

This year Adam returned as a guest on The Jack Docherty Show and also featured on Never Mind The Buzzcocks on BBC. It proved to be another blooming great year for Adam, marking his debut at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.

His stand-up received an extremely warm reception and rave reviews in the press.

Adam Crow

A favourite at Ovation clubs, Adam Crow boasts a warm and laidback style that can have even the most cynical of audiences eating out of the palm of his hand.

One of the few performers on the British circuit to have worked across the Atlantic, Adam's run at the world famous New York Comedy Club earned him rave reviews and a sizeable reputation stateside.

Having worked with such diverse names as Harry Hill, Karen Kopstick, Griff Rhys Jones and (?) Gloria Hunniford, Adam is also a renowned straight actor and you may recognize him from appearances on The Bill, Casualty and Lovejoy.

Addy Vanderbhorg

A comic with funny bones - Addy has that rare talent of making people laugh as soon as he walks on stage. With brilliant timing and an array of voices and characters, Addy is well known in comedy for his animation of inanimate objects which enlivens even the most drab subject matter.

"Brilliant natural clown"?The Daily Telegraph "An unassuming comic genius"?The Metro

Adrian Poynton

Adrian Poynton performs his unique style of offbeat, quirky comedy all over the world and consistently tours the UK as part of the Comedy4Kids show.

An award winning writer and experienced stand-up comic, his TV work includes Cbeebies, CBBC, The Disney Channel and many more.

Friendly and very funny he’s entertaining for any age.  “dynamic stage presence”  Chortle.

Al Barrie

The casually urbane Barrie is a comfortable middle-class man racked by a liberal guilt, slick, polished, and senseless with contemporary politics and exquisitely provocative punchlines.

"Impressive ... an incisive intelligence behind hilarious punchlines"  Chortle

"... drops from the highbrow to the gutter in the draw of a breath " Metr

Find out more - www.alistairbarrie.com   www.myspace.com/alistair_barrie

Al Pitcher

DANGERMOUTH After a successful jaunt across Australia and New Zealand on the back of his hilarious 2007 show "Idiot Wind" Al Pitcher returns to UK shores with a whole bunch of new tales and a little bit of classic gold.

"Funny and more random than a sausage with sideburns" **** The List

"You'd have to be totally stone hearted not to find this show hilarious. Al Pitcher is my new favourite comedian, I predict big things from this guy in the coming years - he's a huge talent" EdFringe.com

Alan Francis

Alan Francis Scottish comedian Alan Francis came to the attention of comedy audiences when he won the prestigeous So You Think You're Funny comedy award in 1991 and  his dry, wry comedy coupled with a velvety smooth Edinburgh accent have won him fans ever since.  He has written and performed in many TV shows including Alistair McGowan's Big Impression, BBC Scotland's Pulp Video and The 11 O'Clock Show. On radio, Alan co-starred in Radio 4's The Alan Davies Show and has also contributed to Alan's Big One FM and Radio Five Live's The Treatment.
"Very smooth and very classy, Francis charmed the audience "  (Chortle)

Alex Horne

ALEX HORNE: BIRDWATCHING One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds The charming and hilarious story of a father and son, of manliness, obsessive behaviour, families and friendship. It's also the story of birdwatching told from the outsider's point of view, celebrating the eccentricities of two very different species. For one year Horne travelled round Britain, Bahrain, Birdworld and Bill Oddie in a bid to discover what makes his Father twitch.

A true tale of hornithology from the Perrier Award nominee and Chortle Award winner. ‘Horne's observations are at once funny and fascinating’ Metro

http://www.birdwatchingwatching.co.uk/