Two more shows coming up and another great new venue ....

Our summer break is over and we're back with great comedy nights at TWO venues ....

Congratulations to Don Biswas for winning the London Festival Fringe New Comedy Award 2010. Don has performed at Funny Farm Comedy Club - we know a good thing when we see it! londonfestivalfringe.com

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Stuart Black Comedy thats intelligent, twisted, dark, and very funny. Exploring life's mysteries and frustrations using language to paint colourful and memorable images. Stuart has performed at venues all over the UK including: The Comedy Store, Jongleurs, Frog & Bucket Manchester, Glee Club Birmingham, Komedia Brighton... "He's often tipped as being one to watch for the future - it surely won't be long until the future is now." chortle.co.uk "Warm, engaging and dangerously funny." Rip it up Magazine, Adelaide "...skilful delivery, matched with a care in choosing his language and imagery… one to watch." chortle.co.uk "...elegant writing and relaxed style." chortle.co.uk "The punchlines are enhanced by the fact you can almost never see them coming." chortle.co.uk "Black takes on the down side of ordinary life and its infuriating issues and turns them into something all at once shocking, amazing, impossible and fantastic... " DB Magazine - Adelaide "he says things you won't have heard before in an interesting, witty way, with lashings of aloof attitude." chortle.co.uk TELEVISION CREDITS The world Stands Up Season 5 - for Paramount/Comedy Central Stand Up Australia - Melbourne Festival on Foxtel.

Andy Davies Andy is an English comedian, gigging throughout London for the last 18 months. Loud, brash, cheeky and charming, with an anecdotal style and a love of audience banter. Andy also compere's regularly at the Mixt Nutz nights and Stand Up and Coming.

Rick Kiesewetter "Rick certainly has plenty of national stereotypes to play on, but he soon steers clear of nationality clichés to deliver punchy observational gags about the little things that annoy everyone." - Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard

Ashley Frieze To distract from his mediocre musicianship, his songs are full of jokes and wordplay. With an infectiously joyous style of delivery and a collection of ludicrous tips and observations, Ashley's self-effacing manner on stage quickly brings an audience to a state of merriment and then keeps them there.

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TNT Comedy Explosion present

their 2nd Edinburgh Fringe Preview Show

'BANG OUT OF ORDER'

in conjunction with Funny Farm Comedy Club

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Anil Desai (The Stand Up Chameleon) - fantastic headline act. A tour de force of impressions in ridiculous situations that will leave you either doubled up or slightly dumbfounded as to their frightening accuracy. Impressionist/actor/comedian creates a different show every night where the fate of 52 famous faces is decided by a deck of cards and the audience.

Lenny Peters Also an excellent Compere Lenny was resident MC at Curly Whirly Comedy Club. He has been MC at many clubs including The Comedy Brewhouse, Amused Moose Camden, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Hogwash, Gigglers. He regularly MC's up and down the country in clubs from Tunbridge Wells to Truro. He has performed with a number of comedy improvisation company's including THE LAUGHING CAVALIERS appearing at The Comedy Brewhouse, FLUXX performing at the Spitz, Camden peoples theatre, candid cafe gallery and other venues and DANGEROUS LIASONS touring nationally.

Luke Benson "a quirky observational set that earns him lots of applause…He looks the part, he's got the talent, and it's easy to imagine him on the telly.." Sunday Times "one of the most instantly likeable personalities on the line-up. His punch-lines hit the targets... even more impressive was how he found a clear voice whatever style or subject of comedy he tackled." The Stage "Promising new stand up...A likeable performer... demonstrated inventive writing, and boasted one of the best lines of the evening". Chortle. "Likeable Geordie Comic Luke Benson brings enjoyable audience-based improvisations & clever wordplay". The List.

Katerina Vrana Katerina Vrana started stand-up in February 2009 and her big personality and bigger hair has been taking the new act circuit by storm. Semi-Finalist - So You Think You're Funny 2009 Finalist - Funny Women 2009 "Katerina Vrana sparkles" - Time Out "Fizzles with verve and confident likeability" - Chortle "She is fantastic!" - Camden New Journal.

Wouter Meijs - Your headline act - Dutch comedian Wouter Meijs arrived in the UK after a successful career in the Netherlands and has been very well-received - a huge achievement considering he is performing in his second language" - Frog and Bucket Manchester Wouter Meijs started doing comedy in 2005 and has done/will be doing support spots in clubs like: Up the Creek, Kings Head, Comedycafé, Comedypub London. Mirth on Monday, XS Malarkey, Space Cadets Manchester. Comedystation Blackpool, Cricketers' arms Keighley, Abbcom Sheffield, Kill for a seat and Buzz Comedyclubs. Weekends and headlining the Stand in Glasgow&Edinburgh. Open spots at Comedystore London and regular appearances at Comedystore New Stuff Manchester. Festivals: Bath comedy festival, Edinburgh Festival 2007&2008 (with the Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective). Clubs in Finland and Belgium. Holland: Regular at comedyclubs Toomler, Boom Chicago and Comedycafé and openingact for weekly jazzshow 'Hans Teeuwen Zingt' in nightclub Panama, Amsterdam. "Goofy but excellent" - Bath Chronicle

Dave Gibson - "With a chummy and utterly relaxed stage manner, Dave Gibson showed how it was done" - Alan Anderson - heats of English Comedian Of The Year 09. "Manages that rare feat of making you laugh and cringe at the same time...painfully funny..." - David Edwards, The Mirror "Cheery, friendly and upbeat... he's certainly got the jaunty banter down to pat" - Steve Bennett, Chortle "Crazy fun" - Dave Calhoun, Time Out "This Guy is hillarious" - Will Ferrell (seriously) "Perfection in comedy timing" - Pavel Pavlovsky, Director, My Summer Of Love

Sy Thomas - "Highly enjoyable" (Time Out) "Extremely talented... charming and captivating" (edinburghlove.com) "A lot of talent - one to watch out for in the future" (cheekycomedy.co.uk)

With Gwilum Argos

Tiffany Stevenson Headlines tonight - Tiffany Stevenson is an actress and stand up comic based in London. She has worked with some of the most successful names in British comedy. Having guested on shows such as The Office, Absolute Power and Chambers, she has shared screen time with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Fry, Nina Wadia and John Bird. In 2005, she played agony aunt/plastic surgery addict Montana Mounds in FWTV, a spoof magazine show on ITV2. She also played American Maisy Curtis in Orson Welles Fact or Fiction, directed by Oscar nominated David Bartlett. In December she played 'Laura' opposite Vincent Franklin (Confetti) in Dead Clean which will screen this August at Edinburgh film festival among others. Tiffanys career kicked off in 2001 with the dramatic lead character of Colleen Sykes in Spinning Candyfloss a gritty independent feature, which opened at Raindance. Before this she had appeared in various commercials and in sketches on shows such as TFI Friday and The Big Breakfast In 2004, Tiffany wrote her first television series, Gaby and The Girls, optioned by Absolutely Television and shot in Summer 2004. She also regularly performs stand up at top venues all over the country. This August at the Edinburgh Festival she will be playing Linda MacArthur in the play Talk Radio alongside Phil Nichol. Talk Radio will be directed by the award winning Stewart Lee at the new Udderbelly in Bristo Square. Tiffany will also be performing at the BBC stand up show, Too2Much and various other venues.

Jon Levene - "...Smooth, intelligent and very, very funny..." Beat ,"...Soon to be a star..." Inpress ". ..Potty mouthed brat..." The Age. Jon Levene has spent half his life in England and half in Australia. As a result he is twice as funny as any single nationality comic. Working in Melbourne and Sydney as a headline and MC, Jon has also worked on radio and television. Now Jon is in London, Book him!

With Dave Gibson and Snorri Kristjansson

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Henrik Elmer "Henrik portrayed a twist on the usual observational comedy performed at the venue, basing the majority of his act on compulsions and schizophrenic decisions. He referred back to his gags professionally, and supplied some brilliant one-liners that had the masses in a collective chuckle .He talked about his lack of friends, performed crazy guinea-pig noises, described his love of travelling, and also depicted a rather detailed description of why he split up with his girlfriend due to 'noises through the walls'. All very funny, and the crowd lapped up his humour like a thirsty dog."

Suzi Ruffell - Suzi is also a reporter on Rosie Wilby's 'Out in South London' show on Resonance FM - every Monday at 6:30 throughout March and April. Most notably she performed at Banana Cabaret's 25th Anniversary alongside comedy heavyweights Mark Thomas, Milton Jones, and Terry Alderton

Tyson Boyce Bringing pain and depravity to comedy since recently, Tyson is a comedian not to be missed; in fact, we'd rather prefer him dead the grotesque little bastard. So, go see him now*, we partially recommend him! (Anonymous) * with a weapon and a plan, why not make a night of it? *****Laughing horse new act of the year semi-finalist 2007*** Clash of the Theatre Titans (Improv), Adelaide Fringe 2004*** TheatreSports, Adelaide Fringe 2004*****

With Christian Steel

Henrik Elmer

Shelly Cooper - Headlines at the Funny Farm tonight '... one to watch' Comic's choice - Time Out 'Not to be missed' The Scotsman' Uplifting & Funny' Three Weeks

Stewart McCure "A fast-paced and exciting night of improv. All the sketches are based around the lunacy that arises from house sharing. Very funny, fresh and endlessly creative. Two thumbs up!" - Time Out London, April 2009

Pat Burtscher "undeniably funny" Chortle, "very, very funny" Three Weeks, "very talented" Time Out

With Justin Brett

Matt Grantham Headlines tonight - Matt Grantham is what Andy Parsons would sound like with an Australian accent. He has that same dry wit and uses similarly deliberate phrasing, stressing key words, to get his point across.

Andy Davies - An anecdotal style and a love of audience banter

Broderick Chow - "Chow's jokes were smooth and comfortable, guiding the audience from one laugh to another with a steady hand. He had the knack of bringing together the diverse audience in sharing his embarrassment at life in general." - Cherwell, Oxford

Simon Lilley "Funny & light hearted" "decent banter" Three Weeks "He has a confident, likeable manner and is easy to listen to" Fringe Report "The highlight of the show [I'd like to] seek out more of his performances" Edfringe.com "Brilliant and wry, one of our favourites" The Poodle Club, London

David Whitney - Your head liner tonight … David's material is a fine blend of political satire and pure filth, making him the thinking persons comic. So long as that person is thinking of something really dirty at the time. A high energy mix of satire and filth "He's got a well-defined sense of comedy which - when delivered with the impassioned hard sell he gives to all his routine - guarantees laughs. There are certainly a genuine spirit of fun in his set," (Chortle) "you can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him" (Reg D. Hunter) "His trajectory is perfect. He squeezes the laughter out of audiences. He is the squeeze person." (Eddie Izzard) TV: Ponejacker Channel 4/ Hat Trick A-Z of Sexual Fetishes (spoof documentary) Channel 5/ Jones the Films Paranormal Resurrection Films

Caroline Mabey "Real comedy bite… silly, poignant and twisted gaggery" - The Scotsman "Bloody Brilliant"- Three Weeks Her first solo show "Caroline Mabey's Go Go Go Coffee Show!" was a big hit with audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, and featured her animated side-kick/ love interest, Kip the coffee pot.

Tony Dunn "Nothing but quality...This show combines timeless stand-up material with topical issues of the day...raw talent" - Three Weeks

With Denis Krasnov

David Whitney