The Greenwich Comedy Festival is to return from September 4-8th, once again at the National Maritime Museum in South London.
Highlights for this year include The Last Leg’s JOSH WIDDICOMBE, British Comedy Award winner SEAN LOCK, the multi-award winning SARA PASCOE, and master observationalist JASON MANFORD with many more astounding acts besides.
Firmly established as London’s best round-up of the most amazing names in comedy this year’s offering does not disappoint. TV mega-stars such as JOSH WIDDICOMBE, SARA PASCOE, JASON MANFORD and SEAN LOCK feature alongside alt-comedy heroes like Rose d’Or winner BRIDGET CHRISTIE and cult comic/poet and Alan Partridge side-kickTIM KEY, trailblazers like The Mash Report’s NISH KUMAR and festival favourite REGINALD D HUNTER can be seen plus grouchy genius RICH HALL, groundbreaking ventriloquist NINA CONTI, the crappy keyboard wielding DAVID O’DOHERTY and many fast-rising wonders like, ROSIE JONES, OLGA KOCH, MAISIE ADAM and LARRY DEAN.
Other fabulous names to look out for this year are Live at the Apollo stars PHIL WANG, SEANN WALSH, SUZI RUFFELL and IVO GRAHAM, Comedy Central fixture FIN TAYLOR, Mock The Week’s whipsmart wordsmith RHYS JAMES, multi-award winning improviser STEEN RASKOPOULOS, and the brilliantly funny LOU SANDERS from Taskmaster and 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
Each year over 10,000 comedy fans enjoy a mood-enhancing medley of multi-bill stand-up shows at this event declared Time Out’s ‘favourite London comedy festival’. Now in its eleventh year the comedy extravaganza pairs award-winning entertainment in the Big Top with a boutique-style festival complete with bars serving craft beers and summer-inspired cocktails plus delicious bites from the leading lights of the street-food scene, this winning formula combines to make the ultimate night out.
Launched in 2009 by sibling team Will Briggs and Cass Randolph, step-children of Southeast London’s legendary comedy promoter and exhibitionist Malcolm Hardee, the festival has become a key date in London’s comedy calendar, gaining a reputation for delivering meticulously curated shows starring the biggest and brightest names in stand-up.
Will Briggs and Cass Randolph said: “We’re very proud that the festival has found a permanent place in the city’s cultural calendar. So many fans come back each year knowing they are going to see something special because you rarely get to see so many top-level comedians alongside each other like this. It’s a golden age for British comedy right now, and this is a chance to see the best in the game back-to-back.”
To book tickets visit www.greenwichcomedyfestival.co.uk
