Featuring:
- Al Murray
- Nish Kumar
- Lucy Porter

Location

London

Date

22 September 2014

Host Al Murray introduced this year’s bill including the spectacular acrobatic feats of Circulus, laughter packed sets from Lucy Porter and Rob Deering , and the glorious harmonies of Band of Voices.

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Pete Firman
Nish Kumar
Rob Deering
Lucy Porter
Mr Wilson's Second Liners
Gary Delaney
Circulus
Jimmy McGhie
Band of Voices

Ideas

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JLA Festival of Speech: Digital Anthropologist Rahaf Harfoush on AI
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