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What must be the best value comedy night in London returns on Tuesday May 29th with headliners sketch sisters Toby, and James Acaster, from off the telly.
Venue is once again the Queen’s Head, 15 Denman Street, right by Piccadilly Circus, with doors at 8pm for an 8.30pm start.
Only £4 (£3 students) in advance, or £5 (£4 students) on the door.
The acts:
TOBY!
TOBY
The Daykin sisters fill their dark, deranged sketches with a sibling rivalry of real love, emotion and delusion.
A cult hit at both 2010 and 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, the duo have completed a run at the Soho Theatre and written and performed for Dick and Dom’s Funny Business and Channel 4 and BBC Comedy Online.
Sarah has also appeared with Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Jonny Sweet in Channel 4′s Comedy Showcase Chickens, soon to be on Sky.
‘Toby are poles apart from the peppy revue offered elsewhere’ – ★★★★★ Fest
‘A rich and real tangle of desperation, debasement and love’ – ★★★★ Guardian
‘There’s an elegance to their disturbed performances that show a maturity beyond their years’ – ★★★★ Chortle
‘A frighteningly accomplished piece of work, meticulous in construction and flawless in execution’ – ★★★★ Skinny
James Acaster
JAMES ACASTER
Star of E4′s Show and Tell and featured in Russell Howard’s Good News he’s also been on tour with Josie Long and Milton Jones.
“A mixed style of story-telling and philosophising that hasn’t been perfected so well since possibly Daniel Kitson.” ★★★★★ – Edinburgh Evening News
★★★★★ – London Is Funny
★★★★ – The List
★★★★ – British Comedy Guide
★★★★ – Spoonfed
TOM WEBB
TOM WEBB
Host of Party Piece and ThreeWeeks Award winner. Jokes and smiles, innit.
‘Ingenious and fresh’ – Time Out
‘Tom Webb is a cheeky, inventive, damn funny fellow… Top 20 Free Fringe Show’ – London Is Funny
‘The masterful Tom Webb… It’s stuff like this that makes the Fringe great’ – Three Weeks
HATTY ASHDOWN
HATTY ASHDOWN
A LOLfav, who’s Kentish charm can’t help but make people smile.
Now a comedy blogger for the Huffington Post, her 2011 Edinburgh Fringe show was names by The List as one of its Top Five Free Shows.
Anecdotal humor that never feels stilted or scripted ..makes Ashdown one to watch on the comedy scene’ – ★★★★ Three weeks
‘Wonderfully inventive, consistently funny’ – Time Out
‘Warm, infectiously funny and brilliant’ – Josie Long
LUKE BENSON
LUKE BENSON
The big man from Newcastle who looks a bit like a mouse as named one of London Is Funny’s 10 comics to watch in 2011.
Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Finalist
Amused Moose Laugh off Finalist
Mirth Control New Act Competition Runner up
Leicester Square Theatre New Act of the Year Finalist
★★★★ Three weeks
KIERAN HODGSON
Kieran Hodgson
One third of Kieran and The Joes and one of London Is Funny’s 10 comics to watch in 2012.
“relentlessly hilarious”
★★★★★ – The Telegraph
“outstanding writing” – London Is Funny
NISH KUMAR
Half of acclaimed sketch duo The Gentlemen of Leisure, and 100% of the Nish Kumar comedy experience. He’s performed in the British Museum and everything. Host of Fat Tuesday comedy club and can name every post-war British prime minister along with the years they spent in office.
‘Rising Star’ – Time Out
‘Ludicrously charming….razor sharp’ – Spoonfed
PRAISE FOR THE GENTLEMEN OF LEISURE:
‘gloriously entertaining….a highlight of my Fringe….a smart, funny show which I recommend to all gentlemen. And ladies’
★★★★★ – Kate Copstick, The Scotsman 2010
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Matt Highton
Matt Highton
Journey into the wonderful mind of Matt Highton on a surreal adventure, encountering the devil and dogs on trains. One of Laugh Out London’s Top Five shows of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011, so expect something quite special.
“Something quite special” – Chortle
“Warm, intelligent and beautifully written” – The List
“Unbelievably well-structured… an absolute pleasure to behold” – ★★★★ – Broadway Baby
★★★★ – ThreeWeeks
Holly Burn
Holly Burn
‘Geordie powerhouse’ Holly Burn brings to life some of the oddest characters you’ll ever meet in some astutley observed surreality. Appeared in Stewart Lee’s ‘At Last! The 1981 Show’ alongside many comedy legends; the Evening Standard Theatre Award nominated show The Office Party; and named New Hero of Alternative Comedy by Bizarre Magazine.
★★★★ – Chortle
★★★★ – Broadway Baby
It’s all happening here…
The Queen’s Head, 15 Denman Street, London, Greater London W1D 7HN
Just 30 seconds away from Piccadilly Circus Tube!
The Queen’s Head
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Thom Tuck!
Thom Tuck
Best Newcomer nominess at the Fosters Comedy Awards 2011
One third of Radio 4 favourites, the Penny Dreadfuls.
Likes Disney sequels.
★★★★★ – Fringe Guru
★★★★ – Three Weeks
★★★★ – The Skinny
★★★★ – The List
Pat Cahill & Tim Shishodia!
Pat Cahill
Winner of the New Act of the Year (formerly Hackney Empire) 2012
Winner of Amused Moose Laugh-Off 2011
Winner of Cavendish Arms New Act 2011
Finalist of BBC New Comedy Award 2011, Up the Creek One to Watch and Latitude New Act of the Year 2011
One of London is Funny’s 10 comics to watch in 2012
“Imagine a cross between Sean Lock and Eddie Izzard and you might be getting somewhere, but nowhere close.” – Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard
Tim Shishodia
Winner of Leicester Square New Comedian Of The Year 2010
Chortle Best New Comer Nominee 2011
“part Harry Hill, with a hefty dose of Rich Fulcher’s style and a dash of Tony Hancock’s pathos-ridden world-weariness”- Chortle
It’s all happening at The Queen’s Head, 15 Denman Street, W1D 7HN. Just 1 min from Piccadilly Circus tube!
The Queen’s Head
Another FREE comedy night at the Camden Head, Camden, brought to you by Laugh Out London.
We’re back on Friday June 1st, with doors to open at 8pm for an 8.20pm start.
The acts:
Casual Violence
Casual Violence
The darker side of sketch comedy, Casual Violence return with their macabre brand of inventive comedy.
★★★★★ “Ludicrously inventive [...] The next stars of the genre” - ThreeWeeks
★★★★★ “A stand-out show from an exciting comedy group” – Fringe Guru
★★★★ “Gloriously bleak and black… a weird and wonderful show” – The Skinny
Winner: ThreeWeeks Editor’s Choice Award 2011
Nominee: Malcolm Hardee Award For Comic Originality 2011
Tony Cowards
Undisputed pun master and Twitter legend.
Recent examples include:
“Asked the librarian if she had any books about famous songwriters, she said “Ivor Novello?”, I replied “I’d prefer a biography”.
“The best thing about cannibal weddings is the finger buffet.”
Adam Belbin
Class new act and an award winner already in his brief career.
In his own words, Belbin’s unique style is “a priori abstract conceptual from the perspective of nihilistic humanism even though I don’t know what half of those words mean and the half that I do know what they mean I know they don’t mean what I have used them to mean”
Winner Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2011
Tom Goodliffe
Charming, tall, bearded and funny. What more could you want? Some reviews to prove it? Okay.
★★★★ “wonderfully upbeat hour of stand-up from self-proclaimed nerd and all-round nice guy, Tom Goodliffe… charming, intelligent wit that always evokes laughs” – ThreeWeeks
“this accountant-turned-stand-up’s material is as sharp as a tax dodge… he might have a hit on his hands.” – The Scotsman
Anna Freyberg
Kiwi story-teller with heart and humour.
That’s not stories about Kiwis. She’s from New Zealand. Although she might have a story about a Kiwi. Ask her.
Finalist: Laughing Horse New Act of the Year
