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Thursday 27th July

HAL CRUTTENDEN

Seen on Live At The Apollo, Royal Variety Performance, Mock The Week , Live At The Palladium and Have I Got News For You, Hal has also had 2 series of his BBCR4 radio sitcom ‘Hal’. His ‘Tough Luvvie’ solo show has toured the UK and he has performed at every international Comedy Festival. Hal is bubbly, effusive, hilarious and charming – and his stories about life with his Northern Irish wife will have you screaming with laughter.

“He’ll make you laugh…a lot” ✭✭✭✭ (Daily Mirror)

“One of the funniest comics on the circuit” ✭✭✭✭ (Time Out) Artist website: www.halcruttenden.com

ABANDOMAN

“A proper party. Raucous, expansive and relentlessly hilarious” (Times)

Abandoman create musical songs and sketches at lightening speed based on audience interaction. They are multi-award winning freestyle talents who have headlined comedy stages at every major UK music festival, and were named Sunday Times’ “Best Musical Act” of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014. They sell out over and over at Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringe Comedy Festivals, and have been seen on UK and Irish TV multiple times.

Come to the show, drop your suggestions in the ring and watch as Abandoman make musical magic. No two shows will ever be the same.

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

www.robbroderick.com

TIFFANY STEVENSON

“Superior … razor sharp comedy” ✭✭✭✭ Daily Record

“Heartfelt, hilarious, provocative stand-up from one of the best in the business.” ✭✭✭✭ The Sunday Herald

✭✭✭✭ The Mirror

✭✭✭✭✭ Funny Women

Tiff’s TV credits include Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, The Apprentice: You’re Fired, Russell Howard’s Good News, Mock The Week, As Yet Untitled, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Drunk History, and Show Me The Funny, performing in the live final at London’s Hammersmith Apollo to millions of TV viewers. Artist website:

www.tiffstevenson.co.uk

Plus host DAVID MORGAN

A larger than life character and a fabulous comedy club host, David is also the resident funny man on ITV2’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now. David was also a team captain on ITV2’s Safeword and has appeared on countless TV shows including Virtually Famous (E4), Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on The Side (Channel 5) and The Xtra Factor (ITV2).

“Big hair, big glasses, and big laughs” ✭✭✭✭ (Fringe Guru) Artist website:

www.thisisdavid.com/news/

Friday 28th July

MARK WATSON

Multi-award-winning star of numerous TV shows including Dave’s Road to Rio, BBC’s We Need Answers, Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week and Have I Got News For You and his own cult Radio 4 series Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better and Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life.

With an enormous number of jokes, as well as Watson’s customary flailing, chaotic audience interactions and all sorts of other fun, we are delighted to have Mark headlining our Friday show.

Terrifyingly funny’ (The Times)

‘Belly laugh brilliant…the audience was weeping with laughter’ (Time Out)

‘Mark Watson is a Prodigy’ (The Guardian) Artist website: www.markwatsonthecomedian.com/tv-and-radio/

JONNY & THE BAPTISTS

Riotously funny musical double act with a boisterous joie de vie which is key to what makes Jonny & The Baptists so good… You’ll be a convert before the end of the first song.

✭✭✭✭ ‘Wickedly amusing’ The Times

✭✭✭✭ ‘Spirited comedy… broad, daft & punchy’ The Guardian

✭✭✭✭ ‘Uproarious satire from a double-act at the height of their powers’ The Stage

Following a 5 star smash hit Edinburgh premiere last year and a sell-out 50 date UK tour, the boys are also known from Radio 4’s The Now Show and BBC ‘Live at Television Centre’. Artist website:

www.jonnyandthebaptists.co.uk

IAN STONE

Ranked one of the top ten stand-ups in Britain by The Independent, Ian is a talented topical comedian. A member of the Comedy Store’s ‘Cutting Edge’ team, Ian’s TV credits include Mock The Week, Off The Ball and The Football’s On (BT Sport). Ian is a regular on Radio 5 Live’s ‘Fighting Talk’ and ‘Rock n Roll Football’ on Absolute Radio with Ian Wright on Saturday afternoons.

” like a cross between Tony Hancock and Frankie Howerd” (The List)

“ …. a brilliant line in political humour. … beautifully crafted stories, peppered with gags and asides, hilarious throughout” (Chortle) Artist website:

www.ianstonecomedian.co.uk

Plus host DAMIAN CLARK – Aussie Damian’s high-octane observational stand up, pure energy and childlike outlook has had audiences in hysterics ever since he made the UK his home. Well known on Irish TV (‘I Dare Ya’ and the Award-winning REPUBLIC OF TELLY), he has also been a regular comedy panelist on TV shows such as ITV3’s ‘The Apprentice Your’e Fired’

“Scorchingly funny and charmingly engaging” (ThreeWeeks)

“Hilariously surreal” (The Scotsman) Artist website:

www.damianclark.com

Saturday 29th July

TERRY ALDERTON

The crazy world of Terry Alderton is a roller-coaster of extraordinary nonsense and absolute mayhem. A spellbinding combination of noises, voices and his trademark incredible loose-limbed physicality.

As well as being a globe-trotting comedian, Terry has multiple TV credits including the Michael McIntyre Comedy Roadshow, presenting The National Lottery, BBC1’s flagship soap Eastenders, and on the big screen he played a yardie gangster in ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’.

“Sensational, a powerhouse who had the whole audience on their feet at the end. It was inspiring to see a man reduce an audience to tears of laughter” (Michael McIntyre)

“… effortlessly enjoyable yet excitingly different” ✭✭✭✭ (The Times). Artist website:

www.terryalderton.com

NINIA BENJAMIN

Armed with a wide smile, Ninia’s warmth on and off the stage lets her get away with murder. Her bawdy exuberance and hysterically down-

to-earth no-nonsense comedy which celebrates the grubby side of life is shockingly funny.

Best known as one of BBC Three’s award-winning hidden-camera comedy ‘3 Non-Blondes’, Ninia has also featured in Lenny Henry’s BBC One show and is a popular reality TV star (Sky One’s Cirque Du Celebrity and BBC Three’s Celebrity Scissorhands).

“She’s a blast” (Chortle)

SEAN COLLINS

Canadian Sean is one of the best observational stand-ups there is. He has a wealth of stories to tell – all of them Infectious, evocative and entertaining. His laid-back style and unhurried personal anecdotes are spellbinding and always, without fail, beautifully funny.

Multi award winning and with many TV credits including a one-hour special on Canadian TV, The World Stands Up on Comedy Central, The Comedy Store Television Show and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow on BBC1.

“Expert comedy done effortlessly “ (Chortle)

Plus host JOHN MANN

Red Card original host and a popular gag-smith at clubs throughout the UK, John’s ability to keep the night rolling along, keep the jokes coming and the audiences laughing is legendary.

His wry, dry comedy is peppered with absurd observations and relentless punchlines, and woe-betide the heckler who underestimates his gentle delivery style – he can deliver killer put-downs with the best of them.

Sunday 30th July  –  SOLD OUT

RUSSELL KANE

Multi-award winning comedian, presenter, actor, author and scriptwriter Russell is best known as the host of BBC3’s Live At The Electric, regular appearances on BBC1’s Live At Apollo, BBC3’s Unzipped, ITV2’s Celebrity Juice and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here… Now!

Russell was nominated four times for prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Awards before winning Best Show in 2010. He then went onto make history as the first comedian to win both the Edinburgh Award and Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Barry Award in one year.

“One of the quickest, most stimulating stand-ups in the land’ ✭✭✭✭ (The Times)

THE NOISE NEXT DOOR

Brilliant fun and infectiously madcap, The Noise Next Door are the UK’s premier comedy improv troupe and have sold out at the

Edinburgh Festival for the last four consecutive years, leaving audiences in stitches at their lightning-quick wit .

Taking audience suggestions, the cheeky and charming quartet transform them into fantastically funny scenes and songs in the blink of an eye, with a perfect blend of ludicrous characters, witty one-liners, epic storylines, and explosive physicality.

“Hilarious … a superior kind of chaos” (Daily Telegraph)

JEFF INNOCENT

East End geezer complete with regulation shaved head and no-nonsense Cockney bluff, Jeff Innocent is a rapier-sharp comic who commands the room, hits strong gags with confidence and style, and has the audience bending to his every whim. In short, he’s one very funny man.

“Extremely talented cockney philosopher” (Time Out)

“The body of a nightclub bouncer and the brain of a university boffin” (The Guardian) Artist Website:

www.jeffinnocent.com

Host TIM FITZHIGHAM

Perrier nominated, multi-award winning comedian, explorer, presenter, and author. Numerous TV credits include presenting several documentaries for BBC 1, and Super Human Challenge for CBBC.

Tim wrote and performed two series of The Gambler, (BBCR 4) based on his hugely-successful Edinburgh Fringe show. In April 2016 Tim was featured on BBC Look East charting his epic ‘Morris Dancing to Norwich’ escapade!