Comedy & Entertainers

Sindhu Vee

Brought up in India with degrees from Delhi, Oxford and Chicago, Sindhu worked as a banker before deciding to make her parents proud and turning to comedy. She’s since guested on Have I Got News, hosted her own Radio 4 series and the Comedy of the Week podcast, and become a regular on The Guilty Feminist. Sindhu weighs up life as a wife, mother and daughter. ‘Priceless,’ say Chortle.

Jon Culshaw

Radio 4’s favourite impressionist broke through on Big Breakfast as ‘the man of 1000 voices.’ With a remarkable, instant recall of 350 voices from politics, showbiz and sport, the star of Dead Ringers and The Impressions Show can respond on the spot to virtually any audience request from Brian Cox to Barack Obama. He’s also a keen astronomer.

Dara O Briain

Dara is best known for Mock the Week, Dara & Ed’s Great Big Adventure and Stargazing Live. He’s also commiserated with Apprentice contestants, revived Countdown and Robot Wars, written Tickling the English and Secret Science, and performed to packed theatres from Moscow to Malta. 

Jimmy Carr

Continuing to host 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (and its conventional comedy panel show forebear) as well as assorted Big Fat Quizzes Jimmy remains one of the best known comedians in the country. Since opting out of a career in marketing, he’s sold over a million DVDs, toured relentlessly, and was the first British comic to film a special for Netflix.

Lucy Porter

The feel-good comic is a regular on Mock The Week, HIGNFY and The Unbelievable Truth. She also swept to victory in Celebrity Mastermind. As a writer, Lucy has transformed Dames Mirren and Dench into lippy Croydon girls, and re-imagined Robert Mugabe as a West Country farmer.

Michael McIntyre

The Real Variety Show discovery has become one of the biggest-selling comedy turns of all time. The ‘Monarch of Middle England’ has hosted the long-running Roadshow, judged BGT and filled arenas with Happy & Glorious. In cabaret Michael pokes fun at his cheese-obsessed offspring, and the joys of Dragons’ Den

Mark Watson

Multi-talented Bristolian comedian Mark is one of the leading live performers in the UK with his smart, sometimes surreal, occasionally ranting, but always entertaining routines. Alongside national tours, 24-hour shows, and myriad TV and radio appearances, he’s also an acclaimed novelist.

Kerry Godliman

Down-to-earth and direct but likeable and chatty, Kerry’s take on life and family has been showcased on Live at the Apollo and 8 Out of 10 Cats, as well as her own Radio 4 sitcom. Her acting talents have seen her star in the Netflix comedy Mascots, BBC One’s military drama Our Girl, and the acclaimed Ricky Gervais series Derek and After Life.

Russell Kane

Within a few years of scooping Edinburgh’s biggest award, Russell had two new BBC3 series to his credit: Live At The Electric and Unzipped. He’s since turned to Staying In With Greg & Russell, written his debut novel, guested on Celebrity Juice and compered the Real Variety Show – to massive acclaim.

Jo Caulfield

Jo is the first female comic to play the new Mumbai Comedy Store. She’s written for Graham Norton and graduated from warm-up to panellist on Have I Got News. Other credits include Mock The Week and Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Jo has enjoyed several Radio 4 series and toured the land with her Better The Devil You Know tour.

Jason Manford

Jason has presented peak time ITV shows including Comedy Rocks and Show Me The Funny, appeared in the West End in Sweeney Todd and Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and sold out the O2. Jason’s live set mixes perfectly crafted observations and traditional, warm-hearted Mancunian banter.

Hal Cruttenden

Hal is unashamedly suburban, teetering on the edge of a mid-life crisis. According one critic, ‘he takes the personal and the ridiculous, then whizzes them into a delicious comedy smoothie.’ He's appeared on Celebrity Chase , Richard Osman’s House of Games, and Celebrity Mastermind.

Ellie Taylor

Ellie has gone from entering the ITV comic talent contest Show Me The Funny with no prior standup experience, to being a regular on Mock the Week and Late Night Mash. She has hosted Live at the Apollo, and appeared on the global hit TV show Ted Lasso.

Katherine Ryan

The pop-culture-obsessed Canadian comic, writer, presenter and actor boasts dozens of panel show appearances, from QI and Have I Got News to A League of Their Own. She has starrred in her own Netflix specials In Trouble and Glitter Room and has presented the documentary How'd You Get So Rich? Having stormed Live At The Apollo multiple times, she is frequently likened by the press to Joan Rivers. The Guardian has described Katherine as "a comic in supreme command".

Tom Allen

Tom is a household name. An award-winning comic with a well-spoken but often scathing line in put-downs, stories and observations.  His TV credits include The Apprentice: You’re Fired, The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice, Complaints Welcome, The Island and The Royal Variety Performance. As a presenter, Tom teases home bakers and budding entrepreneurs and rummages around our towns. To The Guardian, he is simply ‘The master of the nonstop rant.’

Rob Beckett

Rob came to standup from the event industry. He’s since hosted a Saturday night game show, become a regular on panel shows including as a team captain on 8 Out Of 10 Cats, co-hosted from the jungle and won Taskmaster.

Maisie Adam

The So You Think You're Funny? winner and Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee has been widely tipped as one to watch for the future. Her approachable, down-to-earth style of observation and storytelling has won over audiences and critics alike.

Judi Love

One of British comedy’s most exuberant talents, Judi resonates effortlessly with her audience. Her motto “laughter is healing”, encapsulates both her philosophy of life and her approach to attacking subjects at a ticklish tangent.