The Handmade 2016 Comedy Line-Up is Out!
Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival might be slowly drifting in to memory, but fear not! We’re delighted to be bringing you a whole host of incredible comedy over the Saturday and Sunday of Handmade courtesy of Leicester Fridge…
We’ll let them tell you more about it…
“Leicester Fridge exists for one reason and one reason only - to showcase the vast wealth of comic talent that Leicester has to offer, and to direct you towards the awesome comedy nights that the city has to offer all year round! So we proudly present four showcases of comic talent, each presented by one of the city’s regular comedy promoters.”
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SATURDAY 30th APRIL
4-6pm - Comedy & Cocktails
Leicester’s longest running monthly comedy night happens every first Tuesday of the month at Manhattan 34. Featuring the best up-and-coming comics from the UK circuit, served with special comedy-themed cocktails at special prices!
Headlining this section is Harriet Dyer, who has been winning over audiences at the UK’s biggest clubs and festivals with her infectious energy and hilarious tales which tread the fine line between eccentric and barking mad. “Instinctively funny…seems certain to become a comic force to be reckoned with” - Chortle.
Support comes from:
Michael Crump
Chris Purchase
Lindsey Santoro
Danny James Clives
Hosted by ‘Irish Wrestling Bear’ - Dave McGuckin
6-8pm - Jokes on Us
Providing awesome free comedy in the Cultural Quarter, Jokes on Us won the ‘Liberty Award’ at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival for their efforts and will be back at next year’s festival with a full programme of up-and-comers, award winners and polished gagsmiths from around the country.
Headlining this section will be Bethany Black, whose brand of provocative stand-up has taken her all the way from the Chortle Student Comedy Awards to being a critically-acclaimed comedian, writer, LGBT icon and actor, starring in Channel 4’s Cucumber and BBC1’s Doctor Who. “Material is as black as her eye shadow… delivery as deadpan as a Goth at a garden centre” - BBC.
Support from:
Lucy Thompson - 2016 Midlands Comedy Awards ‘Best Breakthrough Act’
Robbie Ormrod
Joe Ross Williams
Hosted by ‘Der Comedy Wunderkind’ - Alex Hylton
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SUNDAY 1st MAY
7-9pm - Club Smashing
If you find traditional stand-up a bit dull and crave a little more inventiveness in your comedy, come to The Criterion every second Thursday of each month for a dose of the hottest alternative acts. Expect characters, sketches, songs, off-kilter stand-up and downright weirdness.
Cheekykita will be headlining with her absurd character/physical show, described as “like The Mighty Boosh on crack” (Broadway Baby). “One of the strangest acts you’re ever likely to see. But see her you must, because it’s very difficult to describe exactly why she’s a genius” (Manchester Wire).
Support comes from:
Tom King
Sam Nicoresti as ‘Wilbur Bilb’
Reverend Henry King
Lindsey Warnes Carroll
Hosted by ‘Leicester’s answer to Ian Hall & Bruce Edhouse’ - Ian Hall & Bruce Edhouse
9-11pm - Proper Funny Comedy
The Criterion’s monthly showcase of stand-up talent provides quality local and national acts and is well known for its cracking atmosphere, along with the great beer selection and wonderful pizzas at The Criterion, on the final Saturday of every month.
Featuring headliner Masai Graham, the new pretender to the throne of Britain’s top gagsmith, having recently won the 2016 UK Pun Championships and regularly appearing in Edinburgh’s top ten jokes of the Fringe.
Support from:
2014 English Comedian of the Year Jack Campbell
2016 Midlands Comedy Awards Best New Act Josh Pugh
2004 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Matt Hollins
Hosted by ‘Comedy leg-end’ - Jason Neale
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