Arthur Smith

Exposed

@ LPAC 8pm, Tickets £15

Join comedian, writer, broadcaster and all-round British institution Arthur Smith and bask in an evening of laughter and off the wall humour with one of the ‘alternative comedians’ who shook up the world of light entertainment in the nineteen eighties and nineties.

Expect an evening of sublime playfulness, crammed with jokes, anecdotes, short stories, poems, songs and readings from his recently published memoir My Name Is Daphne Fairfax, which has won praise from literary critics.

A BBC regular, well known for his appearances on TV’s Grumpy Old Men, Q.I., Have I Got News For You, and Radio 4’s Loose Ends, Balham Bash and Radio 2’s Smith Lectures. He is a ‘Spirit of The Fringe’ award-winning Edinburgh Festival stalwart and Olivier Award nominated playwright for An Evening With Gary Lineker.

Arthur is simply one of our funniest and most original comic performers and is guaranteed to bring you a night of hilarity, mirth and scandal… with a touch of rudeness thrown in for good measure.

 

Shappi Khorsandi &

Jon Richardson

@ Lincoln Drill Hall 8pm, Tickets £13

SOLD OUT

Shappi Khorsandi: Me and My Brother In Our Pants, Holding Hands British Comedy Award Nominee 2010.
‘Makes live comedy thrilling, an absolute success, don’t worry be Shappi’ Evening Standard 2011
Star of Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, and Have I Got News for You. Is back with a brand new show A show about a brother and sister who were best friends but also beat each other up.

Shappi  Khorsandi is one of the hottest comedy prospects in the country.  She’s feisty, flirty and effortlessly funny she handles every subject with a razor sharp wit, softened only by her deliciously dizzy delivery and endless charm.

Shappi Khorsandi is also the best selling author of ‘A Beginners Guide to Acting English’ by Bloomsbury out now in paperback.

“Britain’s best young female comic by any yardstick” The Guardian

Jon Richardson

 

‘Sublimely brilliant, stunning….He is a comic right on the verge of greatness.
If you haven’t seen him yet get your finger out and sort it.’ Time Out
‘Destined for showbiz big-time’**** Evening Standard
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, regular Have I Got News For You panellist, star of Live At The Apollo and new team member on the second series of Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week, Jon Richardson will be taking his new show It’s Not Me, It’s You across the UK in 2011.

With a sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe behind him, It’s Not Me It’s You sees everyone’s favourite young grumpy man return to the stage. Embracing his misanthropy, the show features the best bits from his critically acclaimed Edinburgh show ‘Don’t Happy Be Worry’ as well as brand new material.

Discussing the everyday items that have a profound effect on his outlook, Richardson takes his audience on an eclectic journey from cheating footballers to decapitated alligators. It’s Not Me It’s You sees Jon working his pessimism with some hilarious consequences, and as always with his loveable vivacious delivery.

Away from stand-up Jon is massively in demand for television and radio appearances. His recent TV credits include; Have I Got News For You (BBC ONE) 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4) Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC ONE), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC TWO), Grumpy Young Men (Comedy Central), Richard Bacon’s Beer And Pizza Club (ITV4), The Bubble (BBC TWO) and Walk On The Wild Side (BBC TWO). Jon will also be appearing on the new sixth series of Live At The Apollo (BBC ONE) in December 2010.

Jon has also made appearances on numerous radio shows including …And The Winner Is… (BBC Radio 2, hosted by Matt Lucas), Act Your Age (BBC Radio 4), The Museum Of Curiosity (Radio 4) and is also a regular contributor on Five Live’s Fighting Talk. He has also hosted his own Sunday morning radio show on BBC6 Music.

‘So good he actually bends time’ Chortle *****
Jon is also a talented writer and contributor to national newspapers, most notably penning a cover article for the Guardian’s Weekend Magazine for its Valentine’s Day issue.
A regular on the stand-up circuit, Jon has recently returned from performing to sell out audiences at the 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival. His first gig was in 2003 where he won his heat of the BBC New Comedy Talent Search. After completing a 60 date UK with Alan Carr in 2006, Jon won ‘Best Breakthrough Act’ at the 2007 Chortle Awards and went on to receive a ‘Best Newcomer’ nomination for his show Spatula Pad at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This was followed in 2008 with a successful Edinburgh run of his second solo show Dogmatic and a subsequent Edinburgh Comedy Award best show nomination in 2009 for his third Edinburgh show, This Guy at Night.

Jon will be starring in the second series of Channel 4’s late night topical show Stand Up For The Week alongside host Kevin Bridges and regulars Andi Osho, Rich Hall and Jack Whitehall.  The series starts on Saturday 12^th March at 11.10pm for ten weeks.