The line-up of this year's New Act of the Year Top-of-the-Bill showcase has been confirmed. The 15 acts below will appear at the Bloomsbury Theatre on January 25, 2015.
The show will be hosted by Arthur Smith and 2014’s Top-of-the-Bill Act, Alasdair Beckett-King will headline the gig.
There has been six weeks of heats at Rich Mix in Hackney, where 144 auditionees were narrowed down to 15. On the night a panel of comedy experts and enthusiasts will nominate the Top-of-the-Bill Act for 2015. Tickets here.
SEAN PATRICK: deadpan commentary on life, love and truth
JOSH R CHERRY: original, slick material, starting to find his voice
CHRIS BETTS: long-form, punchy stand-up
ASHLEY HADEN: angry and topical and very funny
FRANCIS FOSTER: confused human being, in a ridiculous, bizarre wreckage of an existence
MIKEY BHARJ: impressions as comic comment
DON BISWAS: razor-sharp one-liners
THE JEST: innocent sketches with dark, subversive twists
RACHEL FAIRBURN: dark, observational humour with a morbid edge
NICK ELLERAY: droll and literate, laconic Australian in London
DANIEL DUFFY: a comedy snapshot of life in a bizarre Irish village
CHEEKYKITA: clown, character-comedy, surreal, offbeat, energetic and silly
JOE SUTHERLAND: caustic, camp cattiness
JENNY COLLIER: likeable, clever, fast-paced wit (pictured)
THE HERBERT: a cockney idiot with a whistle and flutes
