Fitzrovia Radio Hour

@ LPAC 7.30pm, Tickets £12.50 / £10.50

Recreating the unique spirit of 1940’s radio plays, and brilliantly evoking a dinner-jacketed age of casual imperialism and stiff upper lips, The Fitzrovia Radio Hour tours fresh from three critically acclaimed London residencies, and a sell-out Edinburgh Festival run.

Performed with cut-glass theatricality blending homage and satire, Fitzrovia mixes the chauvinist attitudes of 1940s Britain with sharp contemporary humour to produce a heady comic cocktail. Throughout the plays, sound effects are created live: a Bakelite hairdryer imitates a heating torch, a desk fan becomes an aeroplane, and multiple types of cabbage help to stage a fight scene. Rippingly good fun!

‘Absolutely spiffing show…. A Joy.’ **** DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘Dramatic entertainment redolent of a bygone era. Jolly good show, chaps!’ THE GUARDIAN

Mike Wilmot & Seann Walsh

@ Lincoln Drill Hall 8pm Tickets £12

MIKE WILMOT

As seen on BBC 1′s Live At The Apollo Leaves the audience in a state of hilarity that most comedians can only dream of … Sunday Times

Like any fine comedian, he exudes intelligence and sweat in equal measures, Wilmot can give any other stand-up alive lessons in the power of laughter to free us from the shackles of embarrassment Time Out

For over a decade Mike has built up a reputation as one of the unsung heroes of the UK comedy scene achieving rave reviews throughout the country for his unique stand-up.  Mike won the coveted Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

His TV work includes; Rich Hall’s Fishing Show/Cattle Drive on BBC4, several appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC2), the host of Comedy Blue on Paramount plus team captain on Shoot the Messenger (Paramount Comedy Channel).  Mike also played Paul Kaye’s manager in the award-winning film It’s All Gone Pete Tong.

He has appeared several times at Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, as well comedy festivals in Ireland, Scandinavia, Paris, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Bangkok and South Africa.

At times raucous, offensive and downright crude, he was nonetheless  very, very funny The Scotsman

SEANN WALSH – Ying and Young ‘Howlingly funny’ - Chortle

‘A solid gagsmith with a disarming presence’ – The Independent “…funnyman SEANN WALSH had the crowd in stitches with his memories of fixing video tapes by blowing in them…” – The Sun

Following last year’s sold-out Brighton Comedy Festival debut, rising comedy star Seann Walsh presents an all-new hour of razor-sharp observational comedy .

Charming and charismatic, a natural born observational storyteller, Seann is one of the most frighteningly precocious talents to emerge from the UK comedy circuit in years.

Seann will be performing his brand new show Ying and Young at the Lincoln Comedy Festival and can also be spotted on numerous UK pavements in a drunken, slumbering heap mumbling Chinese philosophy.

Seann’s recent TV appearances include: Mock The Week (BBC2), 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4), Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC1) and Stand Up For The Week (Channel 4).

Within two years of his first comedy performance Seann became the winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year.  Shortly after, other accolades included Chortle Best Breakthrough Act Nominee 2010 and Chortle Best Compere Nominee 2011.

Seann has also been listed as one of DAVE’s top 10 stand-ups to catch in 2011. Seann’s total sell-out 2010 debut solo Edinburgh Fringe show, ‘I Would Happily Punch Myself In The Face’ received rave reviews across the board.

‘…a gifted observational comedian…a well rounded, accomplished performer…undoubtedly a star in the very near future.’ – The Scotsman