THURSDAY 9TH OF may
AnOTHER NIGHT PACKED FULL OF AWARD-WINNING comedians
the home of east grinstead comedy for 15 years
IT’S ANOTHER night packed full of TV & NATIONAL TOURING COMEDIANS. IT’S a show not to be missed.
Fantastic, group ticket deals available in advance, get everyone together, fill up a table, and will fill you up with buckets full of laughter, aching faces & tears in your eyes.
It’s exactly what you need in the world today.
After the last 14 seasons of packed-out shows, our 15th season of live comedy has started off the same. This is show 3 of our 15th season and you can expect this month’s show to be no different. It's all happening at the stunning Crowne Plaza Felbridge Hotel Ballroom. It’s a fantastic line-up not to be missed, so grab your friends, partners and work colleagues and get booking.
Always, guaranteed a fantastic night of top TV & National touring comedians for 15 years
Twice nominated for Comedy Club of the South, 2 years running by DAVE TV & Absolute Radio
The South East’s, largest Independent comedy club provider for 15 years
So, rest assured that you’re in safe hands when it comes to award-winning comedy.
4 Award-Winning comedians
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kevin shepherd
MC
Tour Support for Mickey Flanagan & Ivan Brackenbury
‘Consistently funny” - Fringe Report
‘You’ll leave with a smile on your face and maybe a tear in your eye’ – Fest
“Assured stage presence, deadpan delivery and good gags.” - Last Laugh. Sheffield.
‘A true Fringe Experience’ - Three Weeks
‘It’s raw honesty and it’s refreshing’ - One4review
‘Kevin Shepherd, packed the next 20 minutes with as many jokes as some comedians manage in an hour, and left us eager for more.’ - BBC Lincolnshire.
‘Very Funny. Warm, friendly and fun to watch, he’ll be Mc’ing the big venues and you won’t be able to afford him, so book him now.’ - Jason Manford. Channel 4.
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MICKY OVERMAN
OPENER
Tour support for Jamali Maddix, Fern Brady and Sean McLoughlin.
As seen on The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2) & Sophie Hagen’s Sex Stories (Comedy Central)
Funny Women Award Finalist 2016
Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Finalist 2016
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "A near faultless show, The Precipice is not to be missed" - FUNNY WOMEN
★ ★ ★ ★ "Wit, precision and more than a little mischief... illuminated the experience of her millennial generation" - THE SCOTSMAN
★ ★ ★ ★ - CHORTLE
★ ★ ★ ★ - BROADWAY BABY
★ ★ ★ ★ - THE COMIC'S COMIC
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DAVE WILDER
MIDDLE ACT
Winner of The Soho Comedy Revue Gong Show
Winner of The Bill Murray Roast Battle
Winner of The Castle Comedy Cup
Finalist – West End New Act of the Year
Semi-Finalist- South Coast Comedian of the Year
“An excellent joke writer who keeps the audience laughing and guessing in equal measure. Tells the kind of jokes other comedians wish they’d thought of.” – Matt Price
"Dave Wilder has a ton of great jokes. Big laughs with sound delivery. A cracking act for any comedy room.'' – West End New Act of the Year
“Incredible timing, has the audience hanging, waiting upon the next sentence. A real stage presence.” – Solent Comedy
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KEITH FARNAN
HEADLINER
As seen on Micheal Mckintyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC1), One Night Stand (BBC) The Social (BBC3)
“Spellbinding!” – Chortle
“Brilliant, thought-provoking and laugh-out-loud funny” – TIME OUT
Pick of the Week – Sunday Times Culture
Ten Best Comedy Gigs – The Independent
“Farnan will make you think hard and laugh even harder” – THE LIST
Time Out Critics Choice – London, New York, Hong Kong and Dubai!
“Incisive, brilliant comedy…We should be shouting from the rooftops about him.” - WHATSONSTAGE.COM
“If Eddie Izzard had been Irish, he’d surely have turned out a lot like Keith Farnan” – THE SCOTSMAN
MC KEVIN SHEPHERD
Tour Support for Mickey Flanagan & Ivan Brackenbury
‘Consistently funny” - Fringe Report
‘Very Funny. Warm, friendly and fun to watch.’ - Jason Manfor
‘You’ll leave with a smile on your face and maybe a tear in your eye’ – Fest
Kevin instantly gained critical recognition, being a finalist in both the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year and Krater New Act of the Year competitions (2002).
Hailed as one of the funniest and nicest blokes you could meet, Kevin quickly became, and remains, a regular performer at professional comedy clubs on the UK circuit. In 2009 he was asked to perform support slots for, Mickey Flanagan and Ivan Brackenbury on their national tours.
Kevin has also enjoyed success at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival and 2013 saw his fourth solo show “Confess Nothing”. Kevin has been honing his skills at the fringe since his debut shows “Comics Die in Hot Cars” (2006), “Caronicle” (2011) and “Thus Spoke Kev” (2012). Kevin combines a witty, light-hearted and often lyrical style of storytelling with laugh-out-loud punchlines and a charming onstage persona.
As well as performing his solo shows, Kevin is a sought-after director, working with many popular festival favourites. The eclectic mix of performers Kevin has directed includes Zoe Lyons, John Hastings, Rob Collins, Julian Deane, Joey Page, Stuart Mitchell, Matt Price and Ian Smith.
Kevin has also written for BBC television (CBBC F1 Red Button coverage) and Radio 2 (Hot Gossip with Claudia Winkleman).
You might not have heard his name, but you’ve probably heard his jokes.
OPENER MICKY OVERMAN
Tour support for Jamali Maddix, Fern Brady and Sean McLoughlin.
As seen on The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2) & Sophie Hagen’s Sex Stories (Comedy Central)
Funny Women Award Finalist 2016
Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Finalist 2016
Micky Overman is an award-nominated comedian whose previous Edinburgh shows received critical acclaim. She has written for and acted in sketches for ITV2, Channel 4, BBC3, Pulped and The Hook, and her social media sketches have received millions of views. She's done tour support for Jamali Maddix, Fern Brady and Sean McLoughlin.
A bedrock of surgically sharp writing combined with a cool and confident delivery make her an exceptional comedian. Her material moves quickly from devastating honesty to brutal whimsy, to on-point social observations. She already has the aura of a successful comic well beyond her years.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "A near faultless show, The Precipice is not to be missed" - FUNNY WOMEN
★ ★ ★ ★ "Wit, precision and more than a little mischief... illuminated the experience of her millennial generation" - THE SCOTSMAN
★ ★ ★ ★ - CHORTLE
★ ★ ★ ★ - BROADWAY BABY
★ ★ ★ ★ - THE COMIC'S COMIC
MIDDLE ACT DAVE WILDER
Winner of The Soho Comedy Revue Gong Show, The Bill Murray Roast Battle & The Castle Comedy Cup
Finalist – West End New Act of the Year
Semi-Finalist- South Coast Comedian of the Year
Dave Wilder is a fast-rising stand-up comedian, based in Brighton, who is gigging for clubs, promoters and festivals all over the UK. Alongside his comedy, he is also a bestselling, award-winning author. Finalist in the West End New Act of the Year. Dave Wilder is one of the most exciting new one-liner comics on the circuit today.
“My favourite one-liner comedian on the Brighton scene. Dave is one to watch. You will be seeing his name in all the big clubs in no time. Definitely one of Brighton's top up-and-coming acts.”- Alexander Voodoo, The Secret Comedy Club
“An excellent joke writer who keeps the audience laughing and guessing in equal measure. Tells the kind of jokes other comedians wish they’d thought of.” – Matt Price
"Dave Wilder has a ton of great jokes. Big laughs with sound delivery. A cracking act for any comedy room.'' – West End New Act of the Year
“Incredible timing, has the audience hanging, waiting upon the next sentence. A real stage presence.” – Dan Churchley, Solent Comedy
HEADLINER KEITH FARNAN
As seen on Micheal Mckintyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC1), One Night Stand (BBC) The Social (BBC3)
“Spellbinding!” – Chortle
“Brilliant, thought-provoking and laugh-out-loud funny” – TIME OUT
Pick of the Week – Sunday Times Culture
Ten Best Comedy Gigs – The Independent
“Farnan will make you think hard and laugh even harder” – THE LIST
Time Out Critics Choice – London, New York, Hong Kong and Dubai!
Ireland’s hottest export in the World of Comedy, Keith Farnan has gone from strength to strength since he began Live Comedy. He’s been selected as the pick of the week in the Sunday Times Culture section, as well as been selected as one of the Ten Best Comedy Gigs by The Independent.
He’s appeared on BBC’s Michael McIntyre Comedy Roadshow to roaring success, as well as adapting his own comedy documentary for RTE, Money, Money, Money: Keith Farnan versus the Economy. He’s just topped off an outstanding 18 months by appearing at the Montreal Just For Laughs All Access show for the Canadian Comedy Network and Hollands highest rating comedy show, The Comedy Factory.
In America, Showtime had Keith appear on their new standup show, Live From Amsterdam, which brings together the best American and European comedians working today.
He has performed as a stand-up all over the world, from Montreal to Amsterdam to Hong Kong. His four Edinburgh Festival shows have proved a powerful mix of the personal and the political and have sold out their runs at the major comedy festivals in the UK as well as at the Soho Theatre and Royal Festival Hall in London.
He was a recent winner of the Irish Times/Fishamble Tiny Plays contest and has been commissioned to write a play, The Last Stevedore as well as film treatments for various projects. He has also written for Time Out London, Hot Press and The Irish Post.
He’s loved the world over and his reviews all scream our how outstanding and act he is, this is one of the Live Comedy artists you don’t want to miss.
