Rarely Asked Questions
Henry Lewis is the co-creator of global smash hit The Play that Goes Wrong and the BBC’s The Goes Wrong Show.
Comedian Kate-Lois Elliott tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the fringe) unexpectedly profound. She was nominated for a prestigious British Writers' Guild Award in 2022 for Best Online Comedy for her web series How to Be Maggie: With Maggie P and has been a finalist in competitions including the British Comedy Guide Talent Awards for Performance 2022.
Natasha Anderson brings her first stand-up comedy show, Natasha Anderson: Food Diary (Work in Progress), to VAULT Festival in London for one night in February and the Brighton Fringe for two nights in May.
In a time when you can’t do right for doing wrong, Steve N Allen, best known for his smart-suited, sharp-tongued regular appearances on BBC Two's Mash Report, takes a look at how hard it is to be better in his Edinburgh show. When you want to be PC, right on or woke, it can be tough. Be better than an angry Twitter egg. Be better than you. Steve N Allen's show is an entertaining, sometimes hard-edged guide to being better than. Time Out described Allen as having "cutting wit'" and who are we to disagree?
Back in the late 1980s it seemed compulsory to have Skint Video on every comedy circuit bill. The satirical musical duo of Steve Gribbin and Brian Mulligan made their name with pithy topical songs. They even made NME single of the week with this little ditty about the boys in blue. Three decades on and Steve Gribbin is solo and still going strong on the comedy circuit, still great with a rhyme and angry as ever.
Tez Ilyas is definitely a comedian with a difference. There aren't many stand-ups out there with the manner and patter of a prime-time entertainer and the material and passion of a hard hitting satirist. The Blackburn comic successfully manages to pull together two very different styles, sweetening his political pill with a smile and a winning punchline. You may have caught him on Radio 4's Tez Talks or The Now Show or on television on Live from the BBC, Mock The Week, The Last Leg or Man Like Mobeen. Now see him live.
If Suzi Ruffell isn't the next big thing she flipping well ought to be. She has become one of the star attractions on the live circuit in recent years and has supported the likes of Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan and Alan Carr (read below about how she got too merry with Alan Carr one night) on tour. Her last show Keeping It Classy tells the story of how she moved from her working class family in Portsmouth to more middle class circles in London. It's a colourful, compelling tale told with verve and vigour.
US comedian Rob Schneider is coming to the UK this March for a 5-date tour, visiting London, Glasgow, Birmingham, Chester and Leeds. The former Saturday Night Live star appeared in hit movies Grown Ups, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, Big Daddy and The Waterboy and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. The San Francisco-born funnyman is well known for his trademark blend of character and comedic acting, and has become one of the most popular touring acts on the live comedy circuit.
New Zealand's Rose Matafeo isn't really a stand-up comedian at all. She is simply a force of nature. A whirlwind in human form ready to whip up a comedy storm from the moment she walks on and sends up her own speccy appearance. Her performances can take in everything from physical clowning to off-the-wall mini-sketches.
Carl Barron is one of the most successful comedy performers in Australia. Barron’s unique storytelling style allows him to mine his own life and childhood for comic gems.
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