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AUG 2008 : FRINGE BENEFITS
WED 6th August
JO ENRIGHT: Jo Enright, sharp, witty and acerbic, so side-splittingly funny she should come with a health warning. ‘She is a marvellous mimic, a good character actress and a genuinely funny stand up comedian’ - The Daily Express.
MISS BEHAVE : A cocktail of quick wit, high camp, saucy curves ‘n’ costumes, topped with a tongue as sharp as her blades. Audiences are frequently caught between howls of laughter and gasps of shock and amazement.
‘Betty Boop meets Marlene Dietrich. Miss Behave by name, misbehave by nature…Funny, sexy, talented’ - The Scotsman
‘From sublime to ridiculous to downright sexy…genuinely edgy and genuinely funny’ - Time Out, New York
MC CATHY P
‘The Crowd loves a good northern lass’ - Zoe Lyons
WED 13th August
LICK & CHEW
CHRISTIAN REILLY
Christians comic songs, improvisations, sharp wit and energy have delighted audiences wherever he performs.
‘This genuine, trendy, confident comedian has a natural talent for risky jokes, songs and quips which you can’t help laughing at! If you get the chance to see Reilly live, do so. He is not to be missed!’ - Funny.co.uk
MC CATHY P
‘The Crowd loves a good northern lass’ Zoe Lyons
WED 20th August
SHELAGH MARTIN
Welcome to the world of Shelagh Martin, this utterly surreal comic has a take on reality that is absurd but hilarious.
‘Wonderfully offbeat…a distinctive style which sets her apart from many other comics.’ - The Stage
‘Taut lines and hilarious images…Proof that weird can be wonderful’ - Time Out Comics Choice.
‘Very funny’ - London Live
‘Absolutely hilarious’ - QX
MATT BARNARD
A comedy show in himself, this skilful comic combines hilarious characters with amazing physical stunts. Not to be missed.
‘Consistently versatile and brilliant’ - Orange street theatre festival
Winner, Best Solo act Feldkircher Gaukler Festival, Austria.
MC CATHY P
‘The Crowd loves a good northern lass’ - Zoe Lyons
WED 27th August
STICKLEBACK PLASTICUS
Perform ‘Barry and Yvonne, couple No# 69.
Ostracized by the world of competition ballroom due to an over enthusiastic technique, ex-champions Barry and Yvonne have become “Outlaws of the dance floor”
“Visually dramatic, spontaneously comic.” - 95 Live
AL PITCHER
One of the most respected acts on the national club circuit, his unpredictability, unsystematic and upbeat live performances have consistently wowed audiences across the country.
‘I was laughing uncontrollably, this very funny man can take you on a journey into the realms of almost insanity without leaving your chair’ **** One4Review.com
‘Can reduce an audience to tears of Laughter’ The Scotsman.
MC CATHY P
‘The Crowd loves a good northern lass’ - Zoe Lyons
JULY 2008 : FRINGE PREVIEWS
WED 2nd July
WIL HODGSON
Wil Hodgson is without doubt one of the most unique and interesting Stand ups on the circuit today.
Winner of the Perrier Best Newcomer Award - 2004
'attitude in spades … a talented raconteur' - chortle.co.uk
'Hodgson's strength is his ability to weave a story that engages you completely … he's a skilful comic storyteller' - BBC Radio 7
WED 9th July
KERRY GODLIMAN
Kerry Godliman. This Is Not What I Was Expecting.
If you’ve ever been wrong footed by your expectations, if your life is not quite what you had in mind then come and be reassured you’re not alone.
‘A great comic who oozes personality’ - Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard.
Kerry Godliman (Spoons, Rush Hour, Law Of The Playground, Extras). You never would’ve thought being disappointed could feel so good.
WED 16th July
GIRLS WITH GUNS
Zoe Lyons and Tiffany Stevenson join forces to bring you Girls with Guns and evening of comedy entertainment that shoots from the lip. Much fun and a token bloke on the bill.
WED 23rd July
Zoe Lyons - Mangled Mantra of the Messed Up Modern Mind
Zoe Lyons makes a triumphant return to the Edinburgh Festival this year after her debut solo show ‘Fight Or Flight’ procured her an If.Comedy Best Newcomer nomination. Her brand new show, ‘Mangled Mantra of the Messed up Modern Mind’ explores the daily chants that ricochet around her little head.
WED 30th July
SHAZIA MERZA - A PORTRAIT OF SHAZIA MIRZA
'Her laconic one-liners represent something quite unique in modern comedy' - The Guardian
http://www.shaziamirza.org
JUNE 2008
WED June 4th
Compere : Cathy P (‘the crowd loves a good northern lass!’ - Zoe Lyons)
Headliner : Jo Caulfield - ‘comedy gold, she’s fantastic. ***** three weeks
Support : Ophira Eisenberg - New York Based comedian
WED June 11th
Compere : ZOE LYONS
Headliner : Ninia Benjamin - Star of BBC2's ‘Three none Blondes’
Support : Chris Niell - ‘AN EXPERT STORYTELLER WITH SPLIT-SECOND COMIC TIMING’ - Independent on Sunday
WED June 18th
Compere : ZOE LYONS
Headliner : Sarah Kendall - Perrrier Award Nominee. 'Thoughtful, intelligent, subtle, enlightening and… really funny. Kendall has a dry, subtle British-style sense of humour.' - The Observe
Support : Debra Jane Appleby - Winner of Funny Women Comedy Awards 2005
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Danish act Mette Lisby
WED June 25th
Compere : ZOE LYONS
Headliner : Shazia Mirza - BrouHAHA's favourite motor mouth returns
Support : Jack Whitehall - Finalist of 'So You think You're Funny' 2007
MAY 2008
WED May 14th
Compere : Cathy P (‘the crowd loves a good northern lass!’ - Zoe Lyons)
Headliner : Jo Jo Smith - ‘Raunchy comedienne, very, very, funny’ - London Evening Standard
Support : Ava Vidal from channel 4's ‘Kings of comedy’
WED May 21st
Compere : Cathy P (‘the crowd loves a good northern lass!’ - Zoe Lyons)
Headliner : Sarah Millican - ‘She had the audience roaring in recognition’ - BBC Tees
Support : Josh Howie - ‘Challenging, intelligent wit… as funny as it is fascinating’ - CHORTLE
WED May 28th
Compere : ZOE LYONS
Headliner : Marian Pashley - ‘Deadpan Pashley could be Les Dawson's great grand daughter’ - The Herald
Support : Pam Ford - ‘Sharper than a baby snatching dingo. More lip than a duckbilled platypus.’
WEDs :1st April 7th May 2008 Topping & Butch School Gang
MARCH 2008
WED March 5th
Headliner: Kandi Kane - 'Joan River with Balls' - Sunday Herald, 'Effortlessly exudes star quality' - Scotsman
Support: Morgan Jones - rising star of the comedy circuit.
WED March 12th
Headliner: Scott Capurro - 'breathtaking... incandescently witty' - Scotsman, 'enthralling... electric ... deliciously catty' - Guardian
Support- Susan Calman - Bafta winning comedian
Guest Compere: Kerry Godliman
WED March 19th
Headliner: Shazia Mirza - 'Her laconic one-liners represent something quite unique in modern comedy' - Guardian
Support: Mathew Osbourne - 'destined for bigger things' - Chortle
Guest Compere: Cathy P
WED March 26th
Headliner: Shappi Korsandi - 'More stage presence than the Muppets' - Fox TV's Judge Judy
'A laugh riot!' - Diva
Support: Jo Jo Sutherland - 'Plenty of attitude and a good ear for a punchline' - Chortle
FEBRUARY 2008
WED 6th Feb
Headliner: Mrs Barbara Nice, star of Peter Kay’s Phoenix nights a BrouHAHA Favourite, you haven’t lived until you have seen this fabulous character crowd surf a room.
Support: Meryl O Rourke - 'Meryl O'Rourke can find the disturbing side of everything!' - East Magazine
WED 13th Feb
Headliner: Jeff Innocent, 'Clever, honest, funny, hugely likeable comedy.' - The Scotsman 2006 ****
Support: Mary Bourke, 'A very funny Women' - The Irish World
WED 20th Feb
Headliner: Ria Lina, 'Lina is a musical comic with a brilliant line in bawdy songs... storming set!' - Evening Standard
Support: Susan Murray, 'A right cheeky little lass who oscillates brilliantly and wildly between characters, accents, stories and banging the mike on her head.' Three Weeks
WED 27th Feb
Headliner: Raymond and Mr Timpkin’s Revue, 'Enough silliness to fill a pillow' - Evening Standard, these guys are brilliant!
Support: Jo Neary, Superb Characters from this superb comedy actress
JANUARY 2008
WED 9th Jan
Zoe’s New Years Resolutions Show
Only a week into the New Year and all the good intentions she had have already gone down the pan. So stuff going to the gym, come laugh off your Christmas tyre at the first BrouHaHa of 2008.
WED 16th Jan
Guest Compere: Jen Brister
Headliner: Laquisha Jonz
'Outrageous' - Time Out
'Very naughty, what a lot of fun' - Fergie, Duchess of York
'One of the best acts we have seen in years' - Boyz
Support: Juliet Myers
'Her on -stage likeability and clever puns are a joy' -Time Out
WED 23rd Jan
Guest Compere: Jen Brister
Headliner: Jo Enright 'She is a marvelous mimic, a good character actress and a genuinely funny stand-up comedian' - Daily Express
'If she was broccoli, I'd turn vegetarian' - Barry Cryer
Support: Cathy P
'A rare and wonderful Talent'
WED 30th Jan
Headliner: Paul Sinha
'Universal anecdotes as warmly delivered as you would find anywhere........its a pleasure listening to him' - Steve Bennett, Chortle
Support: Lick and Chew
'Superb' - One 4review.com
DECEMBER 2007
WED Dec 5th
Headline act NICK WILTY
Nick is known as the "Globetrotting Comedian"
“Unmissable” Time Out
"One of the top five acts currently wowing them in New York."The New Yorker
MARIAN PASHLEY
"Whimsically funny" - Evening Standard
"Delightful" - The Guardian
WED Dec 12th
TOPPING & BUTCH and Friends
After a really successful run in the Summer the boys are back for one night only and they have brought some of their comedy chums along too.
WED Dec 19th
BrouHoHo the last Brohaha before Christmas! And its a cracker...
Headline act JO CAUFIELD
“Jo Caulfield is incapable of doing a bad show” The Scotsman“
"I am ashamed to say she made me wet myself” Graham Norton
SHAZIA MIRZA
" Sticks the knife into political correctness with hilarious effect. A must see"
Attitude Magazine
NOVEMBER 2007
WED Nov 7th
SHELLY COOPER and KERRY GODLIMAN
Guest Host: Jen Brister
WED Nov 14th
BETHANY BLACK and JONATHAN MAYOR
WED Nov 21th
HELEN KEEN and ADAM BLOOM
WED Nov 28th
DANIELLE WARD and NINIA BENJAMI
OCTOBER 2007
WED Oct 3rd
Headliner
Sarah Millican
BrouHaHa favourite returns.
"..this sweet voiced Geordie has a winning style." Chortle
Karen Cockfield
“Full of roguish charm” Chortle
WED Oct 10th
Headliner
Kitty Flanagan
"Effortlessly hilarious"
"Sharp Topical and very funny"
-The Melbourne Age
Natalie Haynes
"Pure Class - a star in the making" - The Daily Telegraph
"Close to genius" - The Scotsman
WED Oct 17th
Headliner
Sarah Kandall
"She has that X Factor which makes a great comedian"- The Scotsman
"A lesson in how comedy should be staged" - The Sunday Time
Bartuschka
Mime comedy from Berlin!
WED Oct 24th
Headliner
Jo Enright
"She is a marvelous mimic, a good character actress and a genuinely funny stand-up comedian". - Daily Express
"If she was broccoli, I'd turn vegetarian". - Barry Cryer
James Dowdeswell
“… a real master of the comedian's craft…”Chortle
WED Oct 31st : HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
Headliner
Janey Godley
"Honest and hilarious - the female Billy Connolly" Independent
Tiffany Stevenson
"Rude, lewd and surprisingly shrewd!!" - South London Press
SEPTEMBER 2007
WED Sept 5th
ZOE IS BACK
from the Edinburgh Fringe and opens the new season with her one woman show ‘FIGHT or FRIGHT’
WED Sept 12th
Headliner
Paul Sinha
"Wonderfully inventive and intelligent" - Evening Standard
"A tour de force of humor and insightful observation" - BBC Online
Mandy Muden
'Imagine Alison Steadman playing a beauty consultant doing Tommy Cooper-style magic. Can't imagine it? Then go see Mandy!' - The Scotsman
WED Sept 19th
Headliner
Ida Barr
“Missy Elliot meets Marie Lloyd. awe inspiring" the guardian
“No one mashes up music hall and rap like barr" evening standard
Karen Bayley
"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
WED Sept 26th
Headliner
Earl Okin
His material is marked by his wicked sense of humour and delicious insight, he also manages to produce horn sounds from non existent instruments. The Scotsman
Gina Ryan
'Particularly sharp... an example to all' Independent on Sunday
AUGUST 2007
Zoe is taking a break at the Edinburgh Festival whilst Topping and Butches School Gang takes over the RVT.
JULY 2007
WED July 4th
Headliner
Laquisha Jonz
“ Brilliant, Hysterical, Flawless” Attitude
“ You are very Naughty” Fergie, Duchess of York
Danielle Ward
Time Out, Critics Choice Best Newcomer 2006
Mark Walker
"Vein-Popping intensity, clearly born to entertain". - The Independent
WED July 11th
Headliner
Marian Pashley
Delightful" - The Guardian
"Deadpan Pashley could be Les Dawson's great grand daughter" - The Herald
Sarah Kendall
Perrier award Nominee
Karen Cockfield
“Full of roguish charm” Chortle
WED July 18th
Headliner
Addy Borgh
"Comic genius" The Scotsman
"Addy has a brilliant sense of comic timing" The Independent
Cathy P
“ A Rare and wonderful Talent” The Scotsman
Susan Murray
She has the mentality of a spiteful 14 yr old boy! Very admirable in a
young lady!" Arthur Smith
WED July 25th
Headliner
Scott Capurro
enthralling... electric ... deliciously catty" (Guardian)
"breathtaking... incandescently witty" (Scotsman)
Mary Bourke
A very funny woman" - The Irish World
Paul Sinha
His confidence on stage was excellent and his talent for adlibbing and summoning gags off the cuff were very funny" - BBC Online
"Wonderfully inventive and intelligent" - Evening Standard
JUNE 2007
WED June 6th
Headliners : Chambers and Nettleton
"Divine and very funny" Time Out
Tom Wrigglesworth
WINNER OF CHANNEL 4'S SO YOU THINK YOU'RE FUNNY? 2003
CHORTLE BEST NEWCOMER AWARD NOMINEE 2004
Kerry Godliman
"She's bloody good" NORMAN LOVETT
WED June 13th
Headliner : Simon Evans
Intelligent, supremely well-composed. Observational comedy at it's very best The Scotsman
Kevin Precious
“ If he were any more laid back he would fall over- we fell over laughing” Evening Standard
Hils Barker
"Hilarious…star of the night." The Edinburgh Guide
WED June 20th
Headliner : Milton Jones
Winner of the Time Out Best Comedy Performance 2003, comedian and actor.
Brian Higgins
Scotland’s finest ginger-haired comedian
Sally Ann Hayward
“Hayward is a bubbly stream of comedy anecdotes…a delightfully chatty act…an immensely likeable stage manner." Chortle
WED June 27th
Headliner : Nick Wilty
"Just three adjectives to describe Wilty - brilliant, brilliant and brilliant." – Chortle
Rhod Gilbert
“Superb" The Stage
“Excellent" The Independent
Rudy Lickwood
"Wembley should just about contain him" The Stage
MAY 2007
WED May 2nd
Headliner Jo Enright
“ If she were broccoli I would turn vegetarian” Barry Cryer
“ Comedian of the Year” Leicester Comedy Festival 1996
Sarah Millican
“ This sweet voiced Geordie has winning Style” Chortle
Andrew Bird
“ One of the hottest prospects in stand-up” Time Out
WED May 9th
Headliner Micky Flanagan
“ Astonishingly good, a cockney extraordinaire” Time Out
“ Rising Star” Sunday Times
Jarred Christmas
“ A must see….. high octane comedy” New Zealand Herald
“ Powerhouse performance” TNT
Jade The Folk Singer
Winner of the Funny Women awards 2003
WED May 16th
Headliner John Moloney
"He shows a depth of experience and a quiet professionalism that other comedians could well learn from." - THE INDEPENDENT
Natalie Haynes
"Funny and cerebral" - The Observer
"Close to genius" - The Scotsman
Matt Kirshen
“ Killer Gags” Metro
“A rollercoaster of comedy genius" The Scotsman
WED May 23rd
Headliner Ninia Benjamin
Star of BBC2’s “ Three Non- Blondes
Bursting onto the stage in an explosion of energy, bombastic Benjamin certainly makes an attention-grabbing entrance’ Chortle
Helen Keen
Winner Channel 4 New Comedy Writers Award 2005
Christian Reilly
"His stand-up is witty and heaving with punchlines…will win over all but the hardest hearts and minds." Chortle
WED May 30th
Headliner Adam Bloom
“ Bloom is perhaps the perfect comedian” The List
“ The press and public love him for his unique absurdities” Scotsman on Sundays”
Hattie Hayridge
“A Deceptively timid comedian whose shy wit masks razor edge humour, an iron fist in a velvet glove” Daily Mail
Tiffany Stevenson
“ Rude, lewd and surprisingly shrewd!!” South London Press
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