From the producers of VAULT Festival, A Pinch of VAULT returns to the Waterloo and Bankside area with four weeks of early-stage shows across theatre, comedy, and cabaret from 12th February - 10th March 2024. The comedy strand starts on February 27. Tickets are now on sale.
Now in its third year, this expanded edition of A Pinch of VAULT takes over four venues in the Waterloo & Bankside area including the festival hub at The Glitch; VAULT’s vibrant café, bar and creative space on Lower Marsh, alongside Sino Thai, The Union Theatre, and Alaska. With both theatre and comedy programming, the festival features four exciting weeks of innovative and exciting performers, offering audiences the chance to get a first glimpse at this bold original work.
Kate Stone, Head of Comedy for VAULT, says: "This year's A Pinch of VAULT Comedy programme is incredibly varied, with standup, sketch, music and even a bit of science featured. I'm very excited to see so many great and original ideas come to life in our venues."
Performances include a new work in progress from Ania Magliano, winner of Best New Show at Leicester Comedy Festival who has written alongside comedian and viral sensation Amelia Dimoldenberg on Chicken Shop Date and Amelia's Cooking Show; and Stevie Martin's Edinburgh Fringe Preview, which sees her develop new work after years of being online only. Alfie Packham also offers a gift to the audience in his new show My Gift To You, while Raj Poojara's new work in progress show explores the realities of being a fair skinned Indian boy growing up in Britain. Additional performances include the festival's Civic Award Winner, Shaking Not Stirred, a one woman stand up extravaganza from Milla Olsen that focuses on educating, entertaining and breaking down stigmas around epilepsy in the silliest way possible.
Returning to A Pinch of VAULT, be amongst the first to watch Farah Sharp (as heard on BBC Radio 4, 'One to watch' - Funny Women Awards) chisel her much anticipated debut solo show into being; following her sell-out hit debut Fringe show, Lulu Popplewell brings you a work in progress hour full of yucky jokes; Ben Target brings a bedazzling evening of heart-warming stories about kissing and not-kissing; and resident artists at The Glitch, New Interesting Comedy Event (NICE) present an evening of comedy ranging from the bizarre to the embarrassingly personal - the one thing these comics have in common is that they're all certified nice people.
The entire comedy programme features work from Ali Woods/Lee Martin for Gag Reflex, Alex Franklin, Alex Kealy, Alex Stringer, Alfie Packham, Am Stubberfield, Amy Mason, Amy Webber, Andrew White, Avalon Promotions, Ayisha Mi, Ben Target, Camilla Borges, Candace Bryan, Chaos Theory, Chekhov's Gum, Chelsea Birkby (pictured), Connor Yeates, Dan Jones, Daniel Nicholas, Darren Ely, Dave Bibby, David Hoskin, Dee Allum, Eddy Hare, Ed Gaughan, Eloise Gold, Eric Rushton, Farah Sharp, Hannah Platt, Ian Lane, Jack Barry, Jay Bennett, Josh Glanc, Katie Norris, Kayleigh Jones, Liam Rees, Lizzie Simpson and Orion Lewis, Low Effort Sketches, Lulu Popplewell, Madeleine MacMahon, Mattia Sedda, Mikey Bligh-Smith, Milla Olsen, Nathan Cassidy, New Interesting Comedy Event, Nightbulb LTD, Noises from the Attic, Off Script Productions, Off The Mango, Orion Lewis & Connor Yeates, Paddy Young, Pete Strong, R M Duncan, Raj Poojara, Richard Marshall, Ruby Carr, Sascha LO, Sian Davies, Stevie Martin, Suchandrika Chakrabarti, Tadiwa Mahlunge, Take Aim, Tal Davies, Trifle, WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM, Will Robbins, William Stone, and Yiannis Cove.
Tickets for A Pinch of VAULT Comedy are on sale now at www.wearevault.org/apov24
A Pinch of VAULT promises a thrilling mix of relevant, absorbing and hilarious new live performance across theatre and comedy, with exciting and original work from leading artists with plenty of fun surprises in store for audiences. With tickets starting from only £6.50, it’s an affordable and entertaining way to spend an evening.
A Pinch of VAULT is in partnership with We Are Waterloo and is supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a donor advised fund held at The London Community Foundation.
