Unfortunately Steve Williams is unable to perform at this event and has been replaced by Andrew Lawrence. Ticket holders will be contacted by our Box Office as soon as possible.
Headliner: Andrew Lawrence
Support: Chris Ramsey
MC: Tom Deacon
Andrew Lawrence's live performances have gained international recognition as he has played at all the top comedy festivals enjoying mass critical acclaim. In April 2009 he performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and in May returned to Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival. In July he was invited to perform at the prestigious Montreal Comedy Festival and in August he returned to the Edinburgh Fringe for his fourth consecutive solo show, Soul-Crushing Vicissitudes of Fortune!, which gained rave reviews. Andrew recently reprised his role as Marco on the new series of Ideal on BBC 3 and also performed stand up on C4's Brighton Comedy Festival: Best of the Fest. With two Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations under his belt, Andrew will return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2010 with his fifth all-new solo show.
Chris Ramsey - A finalist in the 2008 Chortle Student Comedian of the Year Awards, and Nominated for the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Award 2009, Chris is a regular compere at some of the biggest comedy clubs in the UK and has supported both Russell Kane and Stephen K Amos on national tours. He has been a guest on QRadio and Kerrang Radio and has provided live warm-up for Channel 4's The Gok Wan Road Show. This year Chris performed in the Comedy Zone at the Edinburgh Festival - the fringe's longest-running and most prestigious stand-up showcase. While at the Festival Chris also performed for BBC Comedy Presents and had a number of appearances on The Credit Crunch Cabaret, hosted by Frank Skinner.
"Effervescent as potassium, and brighter." - The Northern Echo
Tom Deacon returned to Edinburgh Fringe in 2009 with his first solo show Indecisive. As part of Switch (the BBC's teen offering delivering content across multiple platforms), Tom presents The 5:19 Show online every weekday, and as well as hosting Switch's strand of Saturday afternoon shows on BBC Two, he also recently appeared in BBC Two's Winging It. Tom was invited to attend the first stage of NBC's Last Comic Standing in Miami and is set to appear in the next series of Comedy Central's hit stand up show Edinburgh and Beyond. Last year Tom starred in the Fringe's longest running group comedy show, The Comedy Zone, which previously launched the careers of Dave Gorman, Harry Hill, Stewart Lee, Al Murray and Ross Noble.
"A sharp-looking mod from Southampton with looks, confidence, charm and great material. Expect other comics to lynch him." The Sunday Times
Choose your seat on arrival.
Date: Thursday 18 February
Time: 20:00
Venue: Hall Two
Please note that online booking closes 90 minutes prior to the start of the performance.
