“Think Bright Eyes but sadder and less self aware.” | Matt Hutson on plunging the emotional depths for Softboy at Vault Festival

Tell us about the show you’re bringing to the Vault Festival, Softboy. It’s basically a show that makes fun of fragile masculinity. I ‘play’ a struggling singer songwriter that is very obviously desperate for approval. I put ‘play’ in quotations because sometimes it feels like a character and sometimes it’s definitely just me singing about … Continue reading “Think Bright Eyes but sadder and less self aware.” | Matt Hutson on plunging the emotional depths for Softboy at Vault Festival

“The best comedy comes from a place of raw honesty and reality.” | Tom Mayhew talks class, austerity and comedy that stands up for the vulnerable

Tell us about your show, I, Tom Mayhew. The show was inspired by my experiences after I left school in 2010; I had good qualifications, but I didn’t feel like University was for me. I wanted to get a job and save some money, but due to the 2008 recession - which led to record … Continue reading “The best comedy comes from a place of raw honesty and reality.” | Tom Mayhew talks class, austerity and comedy that stands up for the vulnerable

We are continuing to collect for Coffee4Craig at every show

Ahead of our December shows, we decided that we would run collections for local homeless charity Coffee4Craig over the winter. This was part of our efforts to be a force for good within the community, as well as within comedy as an industry, along with donating to the Trillion Trees Campaign as a backer reward … Continue reading We are continuing to collect for Coffee4Craig at every show