Tues 24 Sep Comedy Special fundraiser for The Gorilla foundation

funny/highly enjoyable Multi Award-winning ALASDAIR BECKETT-KING Winner, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017 Very funny AWARDS Winner: Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017Nominee: Amused Moose Comedy Awards 2017Winner: NATYS New Act of the Year Show 20142nd: Laughing Horse New Act 20133rd: Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian 2013Finalist: So You Think You’re Funny? 2013 PRESS CUTTINGS“Alasdair Beckett-King is a nice man” ***** Edinburgh Festivals Magazine“A singular and truly distinct act, Alasdair Beckett-King creates his own multi-faceted world” **** The Scotsman“ Delightfully idiosyncratic” **** Fest“ A comedy show” **** One4Review“ Creative and unconventional” Leicester Mercury“One to Watch” Time Out“ A bold and fresh comedy voice” The Stage“Delicious writing and exceptional observations” Chortle.co.uk

excellent storyteller charming comedian CALLY BEATON Cally Beaton is one of the funniest new comics I’ve seen in the past five years. See her now before success or bitterness destroy her.” -Logan Murray, comedian, actor & author of Be A Great Stand Up “Cally Beaton is an exciting and hilarious new talent, definitely one to watch. Sometimes you just know when someone’s got it – and she’s got it.” – Tim Arthur, Presenter BBC London & Former CEO Time Out “Cally Beaton has a very funny and original comedic voice.” – Andy Engel, Gotham Comedy Club Director of New Talent “Cally Beaton is a great new comedian who puts the war in heart warming stories of modern life; from what to do when your kids post pictures of your vibrator on Facebook, to finding HRT patches in unexpected places – like your new partner’s hair. A real one to watch. Love her!” – Charlotte Ashton, Creative Director, Comic Reli

Very funny political comedian Don Biswas

impressive actor/very funny political comedian Multi Award-winning ALAN FRANCIS ALAN FRANCIS What the press said about 'Clobbered'"the beautifully observed performances captures all the manic ambivalence of a Hello Magazine culture."THE TIMES"Acutely observed character monologues…sardonic wit at its best. GO SEE" THE LIST "Some of the most SINISTER and SURREAL comic creations this side of The League of Gentlemen" THE SUNDAY HERALD" A delightfully sour hour, excellently executed" EVENING STANDARD warm /friendly /funny

comedy bonkers bunch IAN DUNCAN SMITHS

BBC New Comedian Of the Year - Nominee funny story teller ZAHRA BARR Last Minute Comedian Of the Year - Runner Up BBC New Comedian Of the Year - Nominee Half-Egyptian and half-Irish, Zahra blends her sweet and sincere personality with cutting and acute social and racial commentary. She has already developed a distinct voice on radio and can be heard on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4 & Radio 4 Extra, BBC Asian Network and Talk Radio. As well as writing and performing comedy, she is also an actress, blogger, presenter and voice-over artist. She was a finalist in the BBC Norman Beaton Fellowship Award For Radio Drama. "A buzzy fluffball of comedy unafraid to take risks, like a cute lhasapoo puppy with a surprising snarl." Mumble Comedy **** political comedian and highly entertaining Award winning musical comedian CELIA DELANEY Biography Celia Delaney is a musical comedian and MC, with twenty years’ experience on stage and television, who started her career as an actress, touring as the lead in various successful period dramas, and later crossing over to comedy with her sell-out solo shows, Man Wanted! and Man Found!, which won her a nomination as Best Newcomer in the London Cabaret Awards 2015. Described as "funny, sexy and extremely engaging", her comedy songs and ad libs are a potent mix of intelligence and humour and keep audiences engaged and laughing throughout. She can even write a song for your event: in the past, she has written songs for clients about subjects as diverse as procurement, the NHS, franchising, the West Country and Twitter. Now she is a sought-after MC and entertainer, and is particularly good at hosting award ceremonies, where she adds a touch of glamour to proceedings. She also loves an academic conference, and having read psychology at Oxford, has been invited back to Oxford University to chair the International Speechwriters’ Conference and has hosted events at Ashridge Business School, Institute of Directors, Nottingham, Surrey, and Exeter Universities and many other top academic institutions. She hosted The NatWest Venus Awards for three years in a row, and is often asked to host women’s events and conferences including recently hosting the inaugural Margaret Damer Dawson Awards, celebrating women in policing