SUPPORT: Liam Speirs, Lou Chawner

Compere Dan Wright



Alan has been performing mainly in the corporate field since 1992. Now hitting the comedy club scene with his blend of stand up and stunning magic. His act all seems a bit homemade - no flashy props or girls in glittery bikinis, but this is just a ploy to put you off guard.

 In 2008 Alan performed at the Edinburgh Festival in Magic To get Girls By. He's a member of the world famous The Magic Circle and he's also performed more than 40 times at prestigious Magic Castle, Hollywood, California.



"Oh my god! How did you do that. I just don't understand....Now that DOES bovver me." Comedienne and Doctor Who sidekick - Catherine Tate

"I worked on a show with Alan recently and I enjoyed his act - funny and at the same time, baffling. My kind of magic." Paul Daniels - THE GUV'NOR!

SUPPORT: Chris Turner, Pete Teckman
Compere Paul Savage

Alfie is an original and distinctive comedian with his niche area as a serving police sergeant. He came slightly later to comedy and brings a wealth of insights and comedy moments from his eighteen years on the beat, where a keen sense of humour has been the key to his success and survival!

Born and raised on a council estate in Sheffield he was an apprentice in the steelworks before joining the Police.

Alfie has an observational comedic style, which lends itself to witty, and sometimes gritty, anecdotes based on everyday modern policing.

For the past two years Alfie has written and performed his own one-man show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where they have each run for the full 22 nights. He has also supported Sarah Millican, Russell Kane and Milton Jones on their national comedy tours.

DAN EVANS' accessible but childish surrealism has delighted audiences throughout the UK and Ireland for over a decade. He's also had his grammar corrected by Dutch and German crowds; performed for chubby sweating ex-pats in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Thailand, and is one of just two UK comics to play Hanoi, Vietnam.

He's appeared on BBC2's Brain Candy, Channel 5 The Store and the Channel 5 Comedy Zone, Radio 2's Stand Up Show and 28 acts in 28 minutes on Radio 4.

He's also written extensively for TV and Radio, including the sitcom pilot, 'The House Of Rooms' he wrote with Milton Jones went out recently. Dan also dabbles in crime fiction, so why not check out his first book of short stories 'Tales From the Casebook of D.I. Snaith'.

'Skilful and surreal' The Scotsman.

'Original and Inventive' The Times.

KAREN BAYLEY was the first ever female winner of the prestigious Comedy Store King Gong award, and also a BBC New Comedy Awards Showcase final and Babycham Funny Women finalist, all when launching onto the UK comedy circuit in 2003. Brummie Karen has quickly picked up a whole host of rave reviews, comedy awards and references from her peers. Her material surprises with inspired and sparkling punchlines, with comic timing that is rarely less than brilliant. Already a rising star on TV and radio, she has appeared on The Last Word, Take The Mike, Sex on the Job, The Fred Macauley Show and a regular on Radio 5 Live.

"Bayley's material surprises with inspired and sparkling punchlines... with comic timing that is rarely less than brilliant. An assured performer who doesn't have much trouble getting audiences laughing." Steve Bennett, Chortle UK

"She has me in stitches" Alan Carr

"I saw her recently and she blew my socks off. She doesn't dwell too much on "lady issues" Funny in her own right, she was brilliant, clever and she's gonna be huge." BBC Tees Online

GARY DELANEY is a razor sharp one-liner comedian, who is widely regarded as being the most quotable comic on the circuit. The high quantity of stand out gags leaves the audience struggling to remember them all.

Gary regularly plays all the big clubs including The Comedy Store, Highlight, Jongleurs, Komedia, Glee, Rawhide, The Frog and Bucket, Hyena, Baby Blue, The Stand, Comedy Café, Lee Hurst's Backyard, Banana Cabaret and headlines at clubs throughout the UK.

Gary has written for a variety of TV and radio programmes including 8 Out of 10 Cats, Mock The Week, Russell Howard’s Good News, Jason Manford’s Comedy Rocks, and Radio 4’s The News Quiz. Gary received two Sonys for his work for Kerrang! Radio. Gary’s Twitter feed was also nominated for a Chortle Award in 2011.

Gary’s debut show ‘Purist’ was a big hit at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010, selling out every night and receiving many four and five star reviews.

"Expect a cavalcade of brilliantly inventive puns from this master of the one-liner, a craftsman to be ranked along with likes of Tim Vine and Milton Jones" The Guardian

"Unremittingly vicious comic Gary Delaney, master of the one-liner" The Scotsman

"Razor sharp one-liners" Daily Telegraph

PAUL RICKETTS is an award-winning comic who since 2005 has been entertaining audiences across the UK and beyond. Since starting as an MC in his own London Comedy Club, Paul has developed into a much sought after performer on the comedy circuit. His intelligent humour focuses not only on sharp observations from life, but also racial, cultural and satirical subjects, intermingled with strange tales of ordinary madness. Sometimes silly, serious or surreal, sometimes autobiographical, political or near the knuckle - but always funny!

Paul is in demand as an MC and act in prestigious London venues like the Comedy Store, Jongleurs, Barnstormers Comedy and many others. Paul did one preview performance of his storytelling show "West End Story" in Edinburgh. Amazingly it was nominated for Best Free Show, Best Comedy Performance and Best Moment in the Edinburgh DarkChat awards.

In 2005, Paul made an appearance in BBC’s 'The Weakest Link'  and was voted out second!

"Material is smart as well as funny" The Scotsman

"Weird and wonderful... should be given his own TV show" The Stage

"Highly accomplished" Time Out

GEORGE EGG: Wildly brandishing the worlds' second largest briefcase containing a battery of ridiculous props, George bounds onto the stage to perform one of the most original, interesting, innovative, and sweetly whimsical comedy performances you are ever likely to see. He has been hailed as 'a Tommy Cooper for the twenty first century' and through tears of laughter you'll see why. A true cross between alternative stand-up comedy and music hall variety.

George Egg has been a professional stand-up comedian, actor and writer for the last ten years. He has an extremely successful solo show with which he has toured in Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Spain, France and of course extensively in the United Kingdom, both on the stage and on the television.

"A hugely entertaining variety turn" The Guardian

GERRY K: Anecdotal, observational and refreshingly honest, Gerry’s performed across the UK and abroad at The Comedy Club, Jongleurs, The Comedy Store, CKP and many more top circuit venues, not to mention winning his honours along the way; The Comedy Store’s King Gong, Metrolife Comedy Newcomer, and The Comedy Café’s Best Newcomer Awards. As an in-demand headline act on the comedy circuit, Gerry also performs regularly at many corporate events. Seen his face before? Gerry’s performed on FHM Comedy Heroes (Ch4 – 2010), acted on The Bill (ITV) and Angelo’s (Ch5) plus even hosted the football forum with Jeff Stelling and Rodney Marsh for Zoo Magazine…that might have something to do with it!

“Easily the best act on the night. He read the room brilliantly” Ed Walker

JEFF INNOCENT had a typical east London upbringing. Born in a workhouse, his mother died in childbirth while his father was in Newgate prison. As a child his first job was for an undertaker but after ill treatment at the hands of his alcoholic governor he escaped and joined a gang of child pickpockets who preyed on the toffs who frequented the west end of London. Although finally falling foul of the Bow Street Runners he was rescued from prison by one of his former victims a posh professor and no mistake who attempted to civilise Jeff from his feral ways. It wasn't long however before Jeff yet again fell in with a bad lot and he was eventually transported to a penal colony. After a daring escape he worked his passage back to England on a tea clipper. From then until becoming a stand up comedian and actor of note Jeff has worked variously as a chimney sweep, a fruit and veg stallholder, a fishmonger at Billingsgate Market, a footballer playing inside right for West Ham Utd and a driver for the Kray Twins!

Television and Radio appearances include: Little Howard's Big Question (BBC), The Stand Up Show (BBC1), The National Lottery Show (BBC1), Later With Jules Holland (BBC2), Time Gentleman Please (Sky), Real Eastenders (Ch 4), The Phil Jupitus Show (BBC London), The Sandi Toksvig Show ( LBC) and The Today Show ( BBC Radio 4) and appeared with Vinnie Jones in the film: Mean Machine.

"Extremely talented cockney philosopher" Time Out

"Clever, honest, funny. Not only hugely likable comedy but fabulously subversive" The Scotsman

"It should be made law that every British citizen go and see Jeff Innocent, he's that funny" Evening Standard

THE SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE are the comedy double act that has to be seen to be believed. The stars of BBC3's Comedy Shuffle and Upstaged, MTV, GMTV, The One Show and The Culture Show and the darlings of YouTube bring you songs, sketches, socks and violence. Best Show Nominees, Leicester Comedy Festival 2009, and 4 sellout years at the Edinburgh Fringe.

"For sheer energy and laughs per hour, these comic stockings are the biz – denier miss it." The Scotsman

"A show that will rock your socks off - if only all laundry could be this fun." Three Weeks

"Utterly irresistible" The Stage

MARKUS BIRDMAN is an original and highly talented Liverpool based stand up.

He took his solo show, ‘One Step Beyond' to last year's Edinburgh Fringe and has featured on BBC Radio's ‘Spanking New' and is the voice of ITV's ‘Blank Screen', as well as performing on the Paramount Comedy Store series.

He also won the Lewisham Comedy Festival Open Mic competition, was a finalist in The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Awards, Jongleur's New Act 2000 and the Leicester Comedy Festival New Act competition.

He performed at the Edinburgh Festival 2002 as the compere of Comedy Zone, and in Francesca Martinez's solo show, 'I'm Perfect', which they performed at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2003. Whilst there, Markus performed at the Sydney Comedy Store.

"Uniquely talented" The Evening Standard

"On his way up" Time Out

"Wonderful, extremely versatile." The Scotsman

STEPHEN CARLIN started performing stand up comedy in 2002 and has performed in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the USA. He has written and performed two solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, recently supported Stewart Lee and Stephen Merchant on their national tours and appeared in Stewart Lee Presents The Ten Best Stand-ups in the World Ever.

Stephen's many TV and radio appearances include ITV’s Comedy Cuts and Paramount Comedy’s Edinburgh and Beyond. In 2007 Stephen was runner up in the BBC’s new writer competition and has subsequently written on numerous radio programmes including: The News Quiz, The Now Show and Laura Solon Talking and Not Talking.

BRIAN HIGGINS, Scotland's finest ginger-haired comedian, like many an ex-pat Scot before him, principal interests in life include himself, Scottish people, religion and of course drinking- but the difference in Brian's case is that is genuinely funny. Paid no finer a compliment than to be likened to an early Billy Connolly, Higgy delivers his diatribe on life's funny (and not so funny) ups and downs in an energetic style that has won him fans across the UK and even as far afield as Dubai. A favourite with university crowds, he has also branched out into the big bad world of television and radio and has recently been seen with Al Murray on Time Gentleman Please and heard on the Fred MacAulay Show.

PADDY LENNOX, Irish comedian and actor, first burst on to stage as a Stand-Up in 2001 only to be interrupted with a couple of comedies at the Shakespeare Globe Theatre and filming in far off lands, before returning to his new found passion. An engaging and instantly likeable comic, Paddy combines topical material with observational routines.

Whilst playing all the usual big clubs, Paddy likes to gig the smaller ones too, and has also supported many touring comics such as Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Porter and Micky Flanagan.

As an actor Paddy has already clocked up a pretty impressive list of theatre, film and TV credits with International Artistes as his acting agent. As an accomplished comic actor he has had flattering reviews in many Ray Cooney farces.

"Simply a scream." The Telegraph

"Beautifully played and surprisingly moving" The Stage.

"Comedy the way it should be: a laugh-a-minute which leaves the audience wishing the show was just a little bit longer ... gentle Irish lilt belies a mischievous sense of humour." Fest

LUKE TOULSON is a Perrier nominee and Hackney Empire New Act of The Year winner. He has performed stand-up on BBC Radio 4 & 5, and written on both series of Stand Up For The Week, and for comics appearing on Mock The Week and Ask Rhod Gilbert. Luke has also performed 3 solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival, and is a regular at the Jongleurs chain of comedy clubs.

"A gifted comic" The Sunday Times

"An explosion of good-natured self-deprecation and exasperated observations" The Daily Telegraph