It's the final of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year this Sunday. The show will be compered by Richard Herring and the line-up has now been confirmed. There are some interesting names on the list. Yuriko Kotani won the BBC Radio New Comedy Award last week. Luca Cupani won So You Think You're Funny? in Edinburgh in August (Kotani was runner-up). Swedish comedian Olaf Falafel was recenty in the news when his short film showing how to make your own Donald Trump out of a whoopee cushion and a croissant went viral. All the 14 acts who have got through from the original 300 entries are as follows:
Angus Dunican
Bilal Zafar
George Lewis
Jamie W
Jethro Bradley
Jo D'Arcy
Joe Jacobs
LJ Da Funk
Louise Reay
Luca Cupani
Nigel Ng
Olaf Falafel
Svetlana the Oligarch's Wife
Yuriko Kotani
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