Another month, another deluge of news just begging to be torn apart by some of the finest minds comedy has to offer. Join us and a host of our favourite comedians to reflect on what May 2024 has to offer.
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Our teams for this episode are:
Dan Webber
Dan Webber (he/him) is an award-winning LGBTQ+ poet, promoter and producer based in Derby.
He has appeared at numerous festivals across the country including Glastonbury Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Timber Festival, Reading Fringe Festival, Y NOT Festival and Wolverhampton Literature Festival. He performed as part of the 25th Birthday Celebrations for Leicester Comedy Festival and was named BBC Local Poet for Derby, for National Poetry Day in 2016.
“When faced with material as witty, earnest, and well-observed as this, the
last thing that should concern us is which box it goes in.” – Out In Print
“His words are a ride, gliding through intimate storytelling before surging into an eddy of intricate rhymes designed to trip your mind” – Marbles Magazine
and Cameron Sinclair Harris
Cameron Sinclair Harris (they/she) is a queer, working-class performer/writer/comedian/theatre-maker/full time idiot from Nottingham, currently based and causing havoc in South London. A graduate of the Soho Theatre’s Comedy Labs Plus development programme, they adore whimsy, silliness and chaotic serenity, creating universes out of shoe-string budgets and using outlandish set-pieces to comment on intimate subject matter. They are currently working on their debut solo show PLANETS!!!, a cosmic character comedy odyssey in which they play all eight planets in the solar system. For fans of existential cabaret, cosmic chicanery, tinfoil, funny little robots and breathing.
“A unique viewpoint, good stage presence, a touch of surrealism and a bit of panache”- Notts Comedy Review
“I’m not saying that trans people are inherently the funniest people, but Cameron is certainly good evidence to support that theory.”- Blizzard Comedy
“Occasionally funny”- The Reviews Hub
with team captain Katie Mitchell
A rising star of the Midlands comedy circuit, Katie Mitchell’s comedy is alternative yet pervasive. She revels in a mainstream stand-up environment, as well as more specific events like cabaret, burlesque, and music festivals.
versus
Craig Wilson
Craig Wilson is a smart, nice and really cool guy, but none of that matters because he is the most forgettable man in the world. People can’t stop talking about ‘that guy we saw at the weekend who was a comedian.’ If you’ve never seen Craig before… you probably have.
As seen on BBC Scotland
Half of famous pop band King Wine
“Wilson is a Comedian” – Scotland on Sunday
and Sam See
Sam See is an award nominated stand-up comedian currently based in London. He has headlined in over 25 different countries, garnered over millions of views online, and has crowd-surfed three times.
Sam’s shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has received the first Five-Star review for an act from South East Asia (On The Mic), and his recent show, Government Approved Sex, was on Fest Mag’s list of The Best of the Edinburgh Festivals. He has been UK Tour Support for Ed Byrne (IRE/UK) and Asia Tour Support for Jim Jefferies (AUS/US), Bert Kreischer (USA), & Kevin Bridges (SCO).
Sam has sold out shows in Melbourne, Hong Kong, London, Tokyo, Berlin, the USA and Italy, and featured on Comedy Central Asia’s Stand-Up Asia, as one of their top twelve comedians from Asia. He has also been on The Jim Jefferies Show (Comedy Central US), MTV, and was a permanent panelist on Singapore’s first ever comedy panel show, OK Chope (Channel 5). He also received fourteen 4 Star reviews from a Pakistani content farm that all copied another review but hey, a review’s a review.
“★★★★★ intriguing, eye-opening and frequently hilarious” – Lascivity, UK
“★★★★★ dynamic and irrepressible, makes this show a joy from beginning to end” – On The Mic, UK
with team captain Bobbie Jones
A combination of Dad jokes and Daddy issues, Bobbie-Ann Jones is one of the funniest prediabetic queers ever to come from Walsall. She was the first female Head Writer for the Birmingham Footnotes Comedy Society from 2015-2016. Bobbie has gigged throughout the UK and she is a well-known face on the north-west comedy circuit- she hosted Lolshevism Comedy Club in Leeds from 2018 until 2020. She is currently a Team Captain on Blizzard Comedy’s Broadcast Avalanche. As of April 2022, Bobbie is also a Quantum Leopard Comedy Competition winner.
“One to Watch” – Funny Women 2017
“Obvious talent” – The Student Newspaper 2018
“An absolute powerhouse of a comedian” – Blizzard Comedy 2022
Quantum Leopard Competition Winner – April 2022
with host Jonny Collins
Jonny Collins is an aggressively inclusive Non-Binary comedian, Jonny pulls no punches yet makes everyone feel welcome and represented in their thought provoking, and well constructed deconstructions of gender, sexuality and politics. With radical leftist ideals and a fast and furious delivery style, Jonny Collins is a favourite of socialist, anarchists, feminists (of the trans inclusive variety), and queer activists alike.
“Jonny is a force of nature on stage. A whirlwind of hilarity with a unique viewpoint, they energy and passion personified.” – XS Malarkey
“Jonny Collins is deceptively rapid-fire, with a gag rate that would shame most one-line merchants. They can bring a simmer to a boil with ease, and make a huge mess of your kitchen.” – James Ross (Quantum Leopard)
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