News: Balham Comedy Festival Line Up Announced

The line-up has been announced for the fifth Balham Comedy Festival 2016, which will run at the The Bedford in Balham from 8 – 16 July. With a mix of the best headline acts in the UK and  some Balham Comedy Festival ‘newbies’  this year will see the introduction of a Comedy Contest featuring some up and coming acts all competing for a spot with Banana Cabaret.

Names confirmed include Stephen K. Amos, Marcus Brigstocke, Nick Helm, Richard Herring, Reginald D. Hunter, Milton Jones, Shappi Khorsandi, Al Murray The Pub Landlord and Robert Newman.   

This year will also see an array of performances from Festival newcomers - Gordon Southern, Carey Marx, Andy Askins, Suzi Ruffell, Funny For a Grrl featuring Mary Bourke, Sindhu Vee and Jayde Adams. There will be Best of Banana Cabaret shows on four nights hosted by the award winning comedian John Moloney. Line-ups for Best of Banana Cabaret include Jeff Innocent, Carl Donnelly, Kiri Pritchard McLean, Jarred Christmas, Kate Lucas, Steve Williams, Angela Barnes, Larry Dean, Paul Thorne, Ian Moore, Chris Martin and Adam Bloom.    

Screaming with Laughter, the brainchild of Lucy Porter will be back for a lunchtime session for parents with children under one year old who fancy letting off a bit of steam whilst Theatre N16, a trailblazing theatre in its first year of existence, will make its Festival debut with various shows in The Tavistock Room.

And if you fancy seeing some new talent there will be a Comedy Contest that sees Banana Cabaret team up with The Comedy Pit with the best 8 acts nominated from The Pit's weekly Wednesday 'New Acts Night' at the Bedford going head to head.  

Tickets for the 2016 Balham Comedy Festival co-produced by Banana Cabaret’s Dave Vickers and John Moloney will feature 8 nights of the best in comedy talent. Tickets are on sale here from 31 May.

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