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Crystal Maze host and filmmaker Richard Ayoade is the latest big name to be added to the Latitude Festival line-up. The is still one major secret set to be announced.
With over 500 names over 15 stages, including headliners Solange, The Killers, Alt-J, QI, Harry Hill, Dylan Moran and Bridget Christie. The festival taks place in Henham Park, Suffolk from Thursday 12th – Sunday 15th July 2018.
Latitude Festival has announced a host of new names added to the line up across the music and arts stages, joining headliners The Killers, Alt-J, Solange, Harry Hill, and Bridget Christie. The 13th edition of the festival takes place on Thursday 12th - Sunday 15th July 2018 in Henham Park, Suffolk.
The first batch of comedy acts for this year's Latitude Festival in July has been announced.
The varied acts confirmed include Harry Hill, Mo Gilligan, Jonathan Pie and Bridget Christie.
further acts include
Tim Key
David O’Doherty
Where’s The F in News
James Acaster
Abigoliah Schamaun
Angela Barnes
Chortle Student Comedy Awards Finalists
Chris Stokes
Chris Washington
Darren Harriott
David Morgan
Fern Brady
Glenn Moore
Gráinne Maguire
Pictured from top to bottom: Simon Amstell, Katherine Ryan, Dara O Briain, Jayde Adams, Reginald D Hunter, Jayde Adams, Richard Herring, Susan Calman, Brennan Reece, Jayde Adams, John Robins, Katherine Ryan, Dane Baptiste, Kiri Pritchard McLean, Joel Dommett.
All © Bruce Dessau
Susan Calman revealed at the start of her set that she has recently bought a large property. After Trump was elected she thought she might as well go out in style: "If we are going to die we might as well die in a big house." She has latterly developed a fondness for thermostats, and certainly read the temperature of the Latitude crowd well, delivering a punchy set that warmed them up nicely for headliner Dara O Briain.
Reggie Watts had to play an early show at Latitude because he was doing the Royal Festival Hall in the evening. As I walked through the already-pack comedy tent the ratio of bemused to amused faces changed dramatically. Outside the tent where fans were watching his set on the video screens, there was an air of polite dismay. Who was the weird man with an extravagant afro saying “daddy, where is my heroin?” in a childlike voice.
Bridget Christie recently said that she has torn up the script for her latest show and is busily writing a new hour in time for Edinburgh to tackle her shock at the Referendum vote. Al Murray is going out on a UK tour this autumn so it’ll be interesting to see how he addresses an issue, given that “Back off Brussels” and a general air of mock Europhobia has been part of the Pub Landlord’s act for the past two decades. Has the joke bitten him on the bum?
After a short, snappy appearance from Shazia Mirza – “I won’t stay long, I’m being deported in 20 minutes” – Katherine Ryan came on sporting a flowery headdress and some attitude for Latitude. Her boyfriend recently dumped her by text, she explained, tossing in the first of many Pokemon Go references I expect I’ll be hearing over the next few months.
The audience in the Latitude comedy tent can be a bit of a mixed bunch. Families having a picnic, friends sheltering from the sun or the rain or just slackers and stoners flaked out after a hard night. Not necessarily comedy fans. But it was clear by the cheer when Sara Pascoe came on that a lot of people knew her and wanted to hear what she had to say, which always makes a performer happier than confusion or indifference (which seemed to be what Nick Helm was experiencing when I arrived as he was finishing).
The first batch of comedy and cabaret acts for this year's Latitude Festival have been confirmed.
The major headliner is Russell Howard, doing a rare top-of-the-bill show ahead of his next world tour. Two further big comedy names will be announced at a later date but revealed today are lots of other appealing attractions for the comedy and cabaret tents over the long weekend of July 14 - 17 in Henham Park, Suffolk.
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