Rob Deering
Rob Deering performs stand-up comedy with music, using a guitar, a loop pedal and his voice to create impressive rock and pop soundscapes – and do jokes, of course.
Along with being one of the most in-demand headliners on the UK circuit, he’s toured nationally and performed solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe many times since starting out in comedy in the year 2000. His late-night, live-music comedy pop quiz Beat This is a festival institution, on London’s South Bank, at Wales’ Green Man and many more besides Edinburgh.
Rob has performed throughout the world, in shows from the Middle East to Melbourne, Shanghai to the South of France, and he has appeared on any number of Radio and TV shows, often using his extensive knowledge of film, popular music and… well, ‘general’; he has won Celebrity Mastermind and a comedians’ special of the Weakest Link on BBC One, for example.
He also recently ran all over Britain for BBC 6 Music. Yes, Rob runs, presenting the podcast Running Commentary with fellow running comic Paul Tonkinson, and fundraising for his favoured charity Parkinson’s UK; he has run seven marathons. He produces and hosts Parkinson’s UK’s annual gig Shake With Laughter at London’s Comedy Store, where he is also a regular member of the Cutting Edge topical comedy team.
Naomi Cooper
Naomi is a rising star on the British comedy circuit and has performed across the UK and Europe, including the Netherlands, Hungary, Turkey, Austria, Crete, Belgium, Romania, Switzerland and Estonia. In 2020 she was named as one of eight finalists in the Funny Women Stage Awards. She supported Jeff Garlin of Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Goldbergs for the duration of his extended sold-out Soho Theatre run in December 2017. In 2018 she supported Jeff again at the Laugh Factory and the Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles.
A comedy badass. Naomi Cooper is funny. Know that.
Jeff Garlin ( Curb Your Enthusiasm
Will Hannigan
Will toured Canada for nearly a decade, appeared at the Just For Laughs NorthWest Festival, Grindstone Comedy Festival, won YEG’s Funniest Person and then disappeared to London, UK. You can follow him on Youtube and Instagram @willyhannigan.
MC Michael Legge
He has written for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, MTV, VH1 and other media, and has appeared in numerous venues throughout the UK as well as in Australia, United States, Canada, Singapore the Netherlands, Germany and Dubai.
Legge began performing in 1991 along with writer Stella Duffy and fellow comedian John Gordillo in the London version of the improvised comedy stage show Theatresports. He became Artistic Director of London Theatresports in 1995 and performed in their popular weekly show, Scriptease, at the Tristan Bates Theatre.
Event: Thursday 10, October 8pm
Bar Open: 7pm
Tickets: £14 standard / £5 young person (18-25)
