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SUMMARY:Matt Richardson + Alun Cochrane
DESCRIPTION:SUPPORT: BARNABY SLATER\nCOMPÈRE: CARL JONES \nMATT RICHARDSON is a multi-award winning stand-up comedian and one of the most exciting names on the circuit currently rising through the ranks. Having started stand-up in 2009 at 18 years old\, Matt became one of the youngest comedians on the circuit and soon made it through to the finals of two national stand-up competitions – the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny and the Chortle Student Comedy Award – as well as coming runner up in the Reading Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and winning the Newbury and Bath Comedy Festival new act competitions ‘ – all while still in his teens. He quickly established himself in all of the major comedy club chains in the UK and has gigged overseas on countless occasions. \nSince then Matt has firmly established himself as one of the UK’s most exciting young performers and presenters – hosting the drive-time show on Virgin Radio. His TV credits include co-hosting the Xtra Factor alongside Caroline Flack\, Co-Hosting Celebrity Haunted Hotel Live! Alongside Christine Lampard and helming the live spin off show alone\, two one-off documentaries for ITV2 – Pampered Pooches\, Hollywood and Meet The Family Guys\, a series regular role on Viral Tap (ITV2)\, Nevermind The Buzzcocks\, Celebrity Juice\, Sweat The Small Stuff\, Big Brothers Bit on the Side\, Fake Reaction\, Its Not Me It’s You\, I’m a Celebrity Get Me out of here Now! and countless other shows. \n“High wattage charisma from a talented young comic whose star is on the rise”\nThe Guardian \n“Hilarious and Charming”\nThe Mirror \n“Sharp\, Funny and Warm”\nHeat Magazine \nALUN COCHRANE is an award-winning stand up comedian who has appeared on numerous TV shows including Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow\, Russell Howard’s Good News\, Mock The Week\, Dave’s One Night Stand\, Never Mind The Buzzcocks\, Have I Got News For You and 8 Out Of 10 Cats. He was featured as series regular ‘Sam’ in the Sky Living sitcom Trying Again\, alongside Chris Addison and has appeared in Coronation Street\, Boomers and Russell Howard’s Christmas film A Gert Lush Christmas. \nAlun was the co-host of The Frank Skinner Show on Absolute\, for which he received a 2012 Arqiva Award nomination for Best Newcomer. The show also won a Sony Award in 2011 for Best Entertainment Programme and was nominated again in 2012. He regularly features on BBC Radio 4’s The Comedy Club. Other radio credits include The Now Show\,Just A Minute\, Dilemma\, Loose Ends\, Lee Mack And Friends and Listomania. Alun wrote and starred in the Radio 4 series Alun Cochrane’s Fun House\, offering listeners a room-by-room stand up tour of his home. \nIn 2014 Alun returned to Edinburgh with Alun Cochrane: Me Neither.Previously Alun was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Perrier Awards and has won Chortle Awards for Best Breakthrough Act and Best Compere as well as additional accolades with the Writer’s Guild Award For Comedy. In 2012 he toured his show Alun Cochrane: Moments Of Alun across the UK following its success at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe. He toured the UK again in 2016 with his show Alun Cochrane: A Show With A Man In It. \nAlun is a master at observational comedy\, an expert in storytelling and uniquely able to to gather material from anywhere he wanders in mind or body. \n“Cochrane’s on-stage persona is allied to a real craft and creativity in his writing\, yielding results that satisfy both the comedy purists and those who simply want big belly laughs on a night out”\nThe Guardian \n“Alun Cochrane’s ability to make the little things in life a comedy goldmine is phenomenal”\nChortle \n“…rarely have such random musings been elevated to this level of hilarious artistry.” \nThe Scotsman
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