Friday 2nd August - Live Comedy

LOU CONRAN is one of our favourites. Her comedic skill,  quick wit and impeccable memory enable her to work a room in a way we have never seen before. As a writer, she has written for R3’s The Verb, R4’s The Show What You Wrote, CBBC presentation with Hacker T Dog, and more notably was a regular contributor to the Standard Issue Magazine.

She has appeared on Radio: R4’s Woman’s Hour, R4’s miniseries ‘You’ve Got To Laugh’, and R4’s It’s Not What You Know, BBC World Service ‘Outlook’. Podcasts: The Grief Cast, The Naked Podcast, Do The Right Thing, and What Goes On Here. Lou has had various TV incarnations, but more recently CH4’s First Dates Hotel, ITV’s Lorraine, and most most significantly an abattoir worker on Emmerdale, and a midwife on Hollyoaks.

BARRY DODDS - Barry has been serving up his chunky comedy soup since he was 21. He’s been a finalist in comedy competitions such as Jimmy Carr’s Comedy Idol & Jongleurs Last Laugh Comedy Search and supported comedians like Jason Manford on his UK tour.
Jasper Carrott even called him “Very Impressive” once.
He’s won the odd award along the way too! He recently picked up the Best MC trophy for the third year in a row at the Midlands Comedy Awards 2017.

BEN SILVER - Ben Silver is a northern comic, delivering tales of the human spirit through an absurdist kaleidoscope of impressions, mis-directions and sprawling vignettes. Having been on the North West circuit for a handful of years and winning various competitions, he has garnered a reputation as a ‘masterful joke-writer’ and continues to be one to watch for the future.

MC RICH WILSON - International comedian Rich Wilson is one of the country’s finest comedians and popularly regarded as the UK’s best MC’s by many top comedians, such as Frank Skinner, Richard Herring and Sarah Millican. He also won Best International Act 2018 and is also the host of the wildly popular men’s mental health podcast, Insane In The Men Brain.

*ACTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE