Chris Higgins, Hatty Preston and Mike Rice: Chicago Town Comedy

Mike Rice is the super-sonic-rising star of the UK and Ireland scene. His 2024 tour 'Nasty Character' is fast gaining recognition as one of the top tours of the year and his momentum is showing no signs of slowing. Mike has performed stand-up comedy twice on Irish National television (RTE) as Part of ‘The Ray Darcy Show’ (Dec 2019) and ‘Laughter in the Eyre’ (Feb 2020), and on the BBC 3 (BBC New Comedy Award 2022), and was recently nominated for Channel 4’s Sean Lock Comedy award. He has a successful podcast called “Mike and Vittorio's Guide to Parenting” which has been existence since January 2023, and is regularly ranked on the Irish and UK podcast charts.

"Ireland has yet another legendary comedian. He's going to be massive". Dan Nightingale

Chris Higgins, fresh off being selected for the Netflix Is A Joke fest, is finally coming to the UK. His debut comedy album 'Good Boy' debuted at No.1 on iTunes and his viral sensation sketches 'God & Angel' remain one of the best / dumbest things on the internet. Chris joins us in the midst of his own US tour whilst also supporting some of the top US comics on their national tours. 

Hatty Preston has opened for major comics including Theo Von, Chris DiStefano, Jessica Kirson and Jack Whitehall. In Chicago she performs at top comedy clubs across the city including Laugh Factory (her home club), Zanies, Lincoln Lodge and Comedy Bar. Across the US she has worked at major venues including: The New York Comedy Club and The Stand (NYC); The Creek and The Cave and East Austin Comedy Club (Austin, Texas); Zanies Nashville and Madison's Comedy on State. In Liverpool she is a regular at Hot Water which is now also the new home of her popular show ‘The Big Fizz'. As an actress, Hatty has had guest roles on Call The Midwife and Cuckoo but is best known for playing Princess Maribel in Lionsgate's 'The Royals' and for originating the role of Minty in Jennifer Saunders's 'Viva Forever!' in London's West End.

"Hatty is a wonderful hilarious comedian that genuinely makes me laugh and destroys the crowds. She doesn't know a fucking thing about baseball" Chris DiStefano