MC FOR THE EVENING

kevin shepherd

• National tour support for Mickey Flanagan and Ivan Brackenbury.

• ‘You’ll leave with a smile on your face and maybe a tear in your eye’ – Fest

• ‘Very Funny, professional compering skills. Warm, friendly and fun to watch’ - Jason Manford.

• A finalist in both ‘Laughing Horse New act of the Year’ & ‘Krater New Act of the Year competitions’

Kevin moved from his native town of Bognor Regis with a burning ambition to become a successful stand-up comic and 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 if.comeddies nominees (now called The Fosters Comedy Award), 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 show “Comics Die in Hot Cars” (2006), developing his writing style with two more successful follow-up shows “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 own solo shows, Kevin is a sought-after director, working with many popular festival favourites.

Kevin Shepherd:  you might not have heard his name, but you’ve probably heard his jokes.

‘Shepherd is an open and honest performer…[his] greatest skill is creating visuals using just a few apt words or a telling phrase.’ Broadway Baby.

‘Brilliantly observed, quite touching…Really demonstrates his eye for a well-crafted turn of phrase, colouring it with nimble vocabulary. ’ - The Skinny

‘You’ll leave with a smile on your face and maybe a tear in your eye’  - Fest

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sam savage

• Funny’s Funny Female Comedian of the Year 2012

• 'Excellent, hilariously off-kilter' -ThreeWeeks

• 'Upbeat and endearing ... a comedy natural' - Chortle.co.uk

• 'She writes proper jokes' - Jenny Éclair

• "The female Micky Flanagan" – Chortle

• Semi Finalist of the BBC New Comedy Awards 2011

Funny’s Funny Female Comedian of the Year 2012; and runner-up in the NATY New Act Of The Year competition in 2013, and third placed in the Leicester Square Old Comedian Of The Year competition in 2015 (as her alter-ego Linda Larkin)

Known as "the female Micky Flanagan" (Chortle), Sam is no stranger to comedy, now she sticks a wig on her head and calls herself Linda Larkin, a housewife who believes the world can be saved with love and gossip. She's had two shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, Princess Savage and Looking Out for Linda.

An Essex girl who actually champions her home town of Basildon, Sam’s got a clear persona – a woman of limited ambition and proud of the fact – and comes across as upbeat and endearing.

Sam began her comedy career in 2009 and soon became a popular performer on the Brighton comedy circuit. She reached the semi-finals of the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year Award in 2010 and the semi-finals of the BBC New Comedy Award in 2011.

She’s been wowing audiences across the country for the last 10 plus years, with her much loved alter ego Linda Larkin, and performers regularly at comedy clubs up and down the country.