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Canalhouse - Nottingham

Seann Walsh: Work in Progress
Seann is still here. You are still here. This is torture. Let’s talk about it.

AND

Peter Rethinasamy: Work in Progress

Born and raised in Belfast to a Malaysian father and Irish mother, Peter is a comedian with hard hitting, punchy jokes and hilarious tales about his family, girlfriend, and growing up in Northern Ireland. As seen on Comedy Central Live, BBC Northern Ireland's Blame Game, and winner of the London Comedy Store King Gong Competition, Peter has been supporting Russell Kane, Seann Walsh and Kevin Bridges on tour around the country. He also has his own podcast with fellow comedian and good friend Luke Craig "Luke and Pete talking sheet". Peter's acting credits include 'Ted Lasso', and Sky's upcoming Christmas feature 'Joy To The World' starring Timothy Spall & James Nesbitt.

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Sunday 3rd November 
2.30pm
Canalhouse Main Stage

Cop-turned-comedian Alfie returns with a brand-new show ahead of recording his BBC Radio 4 comedy It's a Fair Cop. The audience are sworn in as cops before Alfie shares a real-life scenario from his own casebook. He playfully challenges them to say what they would've done – with often unexpected and entertaining results. Policing decisions are easy in hindsight, aren't they? Now you can experience the thrills, spills and laughter of making high-risk calls in the moment. Fair Cop: Live! is challenging, thought-provoking and fun. It'd be a crime to miss!

“…offbeat, revealing and very funny” ***** - You Magazine

“Brilliantly funny, genuinely hilarious” – David Mitchell

“His charisma shines through as bright and colourful as a twirling blue light” – Times

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Sunday 3rd November 
4pm
Canalhouse - Main Stage

Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee and one of the greatest joke writers of his generation, Glenn Moore (Live At The Apollo, Cats Does Countdown, Mock The Week, Glenn Moore's Almanac, proud owner of House of Games and Pointless Celebrities trophies) runs you through a few hundred new punchlines he's working on.

 'This is classy, gag-driven comedy at its funniest' ***** (Chortle.co.uk). 

***** (Mail on Sunday).

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Sunday 3rd November 
5pm
Canalhouse - Secret Stage

Award winning and doubled divorcee comedian Jon Pearson brings his new hour long show to you. He is looking for happiness but at the expense of who or what else? Can he find it within himself? What other factors can stop him from achieving it, or can anyone actually ever be truly happy?

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Sunday 3rd November 
5.30pm
Canalhouse -Main Stage

Tiff tells you why she’d make a good husband. There are also jokes about her actual husband. Husband material. 100% more husband-y. From the woman you have seen on Mock the Week, People Just Do Nothing and that sloth movie. As heard on The Bugle. She has made it into the Top 20 Best Reviewed Shows at the Fringe four times. 'It’s jaw-droppingly remarkable how much ground she covers, how funny she is, how intelligent her attacks are' ***** (Sunday Herald). 'Hugely accomplished and enjoyably provocative comedian' (Times). 'Charming but hard-hitting' ***** (Mirror).

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Sunday 3rd November 
6.30pm
Canalhouse - Secret Stage

The (drag) king of comedy is back. And yes, he's got a podcast. The hilarious and terrifying alter-ego of feminist comedian Kate Smurthwaite unzips the trousers of truth and lays it on the table.

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Sunday 3rd November 
7pm
Canalhouse -Main Stage

Join multi award winning stand up star and viral sensation Laura Lexx (Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, Hypothetical, The Now Show) with her highly anticipated UK tour: Slinky.
Firmly established as one of the most sought after headliners on the UK and international comedy circuits.. This show is effortlessly heartwarming, hilarious about motherhood, and fearless with the
front row.

As seen on: Mock The Week, Live at The Apollo (BBC), Hypothetical (DAVE) Pointless Celebrities (BBC) Roast Battle (Comedy Central) The Comedy Club (BBC Radio 4 Extra) Have I Got News For You.

WINNER: Best MC (Comics Comic Award) Comedians Choice Awards (2018 & 2019) & Best
Compere (Chortle awards) Best Show (Amused Moose Awards)
★★★★ GUARDIAN
★★★★ TELEGRAPH
★★★★ ED FEST MAG
★★★★★ BROADWAY BABY

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Sunday 3rd November 
8pm
Canalhouse -Secret Stage

Join award winning stand-up and musical comedian Dr Michael McKenzie as he tells some of the craziest stories he has of working as a one-legged NHS doctor and his wildest tales of growing up in hospital himself as Bed 32. Featuring award nominated comedy songs and some special guests from the UK comedy scene. All profits go towards Bristol Children's Hospital where Michael grew up.

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Sunday 3rd November 
8.30pm
Canalhouse -Main Stage

In Blood Sugar Baby, Scott Bennett (Live at the Apollo, The News Quiz, tour support for Mickey Flanagan and Rob Brydon) tells the amazing true story of how his infant daughter fell ill with a rare genetic condition. Yes, it’s a show about an ill baby, but it’s a really funny one, with a happy ending.

As heard on the Parenting Hell podcast. Two soul mates are taken from the idyllic world of NCT classes and plunged into months of treatment, genetics, bizarre side effects, private jets, and celebrity encounters.

"Great material, great delivery, a very funny man" Rob Brydon

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Monday 4th November 
6.30pm
Canalhouse -Secret Stage

Join award winning stand-up and musical comedian Dr Michael McKenzie as he tells some of the craziest stories he has of working as a one-legged NHS doctor and his wildest tales of growing up in hospital himself as Bed 32. Featuring award nominated comedy songs and some special guests from the UK comedy scene. All profits go towards Bristol Children's Hospital where Michael grew up.

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Monday 4th November 
7pm
Canalhouse -Main Stage

Struggling with Football Manager? Leaking goals and dropping points? Do you need a laugh otherwise you’ll cry with frustration? You need The FM Show. Join Tony Jameson and RDF Tactics (aka Arron Falloon) as they return to Nottingham Comedy Festival where  they bring The FM Show Podcast to life. They’ll take you through a live Tactics Garage, guest interviews, and maybe a surprise or two. If you enjoy Football Manager, why not come hang for an hour and stay afterwards to keep the conversation going.

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Monday 4th November 
8pm
Canalhouse -Secret Stage

Big Fish is Stephanie Bradshaw's debut stand-up show, coming to Nottingham Comedy Festival after a month run at Edinburgh Fringe. Inspired by her life as an attention-seeking (anxious, delicate, shy) mega diva, based in the small rural town of Keswick, Cumbria, she's a big fish in a small pond... and she bl**dy loves it! Big Fish explores themes of community, small-town life, battling with imposter syndrome and finding your way as 'the funny one'. As seen and heard on Only Fans Creative Fund: Comedy Edition 2023, BBC Cumbria, BBC Radio 5 Live.

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Monday 4th November 
8.30pm
Canalhouse -Main Stage

As heard on BBC Radio 4!

As a society we love stuff, it’s a statement about who we are and who we want to be. But apparently, this message is at odds with the looming environmental crisis. We’re now struggling to balance these worlds, to focus on the things that bring us real connections and nourish the soul. Award-winning Comedian and Award-winning Product Designer, Scott Bennett is desperately trying to cleanse his life of stuff, but is this even possible anymore?

Tour support for Mickey Flanagan, Rob Brydon Jason Manford, and John Bishop. The star ofLive at the Apollo, The News Quiz, The Now Show, The Ultimate Choice and Chortle Best Club Comedian Nominee 2022.

“Without doubt live comedy’s best kept secret” Evening Standard

"Great material, great delivery, a very funny man" Rob Brydon

"Brilliantly funny, a joy to watch" Chris Ramsey

“Bennett is a stand-up in fine control of his material, his delivery and his image, a

masterclass in adding a frisson of ‘in the moment’ unpredictability to otherwise tightly written routines” **** Chortle

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Tuesday 5th November

6.30pm
Canalhouse - Secret Stage

Join hairy Indians Tharun Chelley and Hitz Unadkat as they join forces to provide you with pure laughter for an hour! They’re a bit like the Hairy Bikers but they’re not allowed to ride motorbikes as their mums say motorbikes are too dangerous. So basically, they’re not like the Hairy Bikers at all.. They’re just a bunch of hairy Indians doing stand-up comedy!

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Tuesday 5th November 
7pm
Canalhouse - Main Stage

Jacob Nussey unassumingly draws in audiences with his deadpan style, sharp jokes, and ill-fated anecdotes with clever punchlines.

Jacob's debut show, Primed covers his time at Amazon. He divulges their secrets, preconceptions, stealing, job interviews, and why it could always be worse.

Jacob quickly established himself on the comedy circuit, after winning Bury Met Comedian of the Year and West Didsbury Comedy Festival New Act of the Year. Jacob was named by Chortle as one to watch for 2023.

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Tuesday 5th November 
8pm
Canalhouse - Secret Stage

The adventures of blind comedian and folk singer David Eagle: accosted by faith healers, bamboozling aggressive Australians and escaping arrest after a nocturnal accordion-based anti-social incident. Plus a couple of his songs, one of which was described by the Guardian as "a comic tour de force"; and another one which wasn’t.

Best Variety Show, Leicester Comedy Festival.
"Brilliant/nuts Heartily recommend!" (Rufus Hound)

A regular on BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show. Three-time winner at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year.

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Tuesday 5th November 
8.30pm
Canalhouse - Main Stage

Scottish comedian Kevin Daniel, known for his razor-sharp wit and engaging storytelling, brings his Work In Progress show "Jockanory" to the Nottingham Comedy Festival on Tuesday 5th November for a one off show. In this hilarious performance, Kevin takes audiences on a journey through the quirks of Scottish life, sharing sidesplitting tales of everyday encounters, cultural oddities, and his own personal adventures. With his charismatic presence and a knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary, "Jockanory" offers an unforgettable evening of laughter and pure entertainment. Grab yourself a ticket for this one before its too late.

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Wednesday 6th November 
6.30pm
Canalhouse -Main Stage

From Mock the Week, Robin’s previous shows have dealt with a proposal, marriage, kids and a vasectomy. So what’s next on the list? Divorce? No, not divorce. It’s about how to keep the spark alive. Not just in a marriage, but also in yourself?

Other performing and writing credits include: BBC’s What Just Happened?, Have I Got News For You?, The Weakest Link and Bake Off: The Professionals.

He's also become somewhat of a favourite on The News Quiz (BBC Radio 4), in an episode so popular that even the government complained about it.

‘Bloody funny” Chortle

‘belly-hurting chortles.’ ★★★★★ Mumble Comedy

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Thursday 7th November 
6.30pm
Canalhouse - Secret Stage

 Multi award winning comedian on the worst day of his life and on drugs! First he did his back in, now he's tripping on Diazepam watching Life of Pi. 'Star in waiting... he is untouchable’ ★★★★ The Times

Best Stand-up Winner Brighton Fringe 2022/23, Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show Nominee, star of three Amazon Prime Specials with multiple appearances on BBC Radio 5 Live. And he's back with a stand-up show like you've never seen!

'Well-crafted, very original and very funny. Clever, articulate... sometime scathing and cynical, but always touching and hopeful.' FringeReview.co.uk

'Hugely entertaining.... 'Probably his best show I’ve seen here' was one comment I heard afterwards. It was a smashing show.' BUXTON FRINGE JULY 2024

‘A hilarious meander through The Life Of Pi, the wonders of diazepam and stealing from the Post Office, with an underlying darkness that complicates and unsettles without ever throwing you off entirely...and feeds into the classically Cassidyan big finale. You know what the deal is by now: if you see there’s a Nathan Cassidy show on, go to it.’ THE BRIGHTON SEAGULL MAY 2024

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Thursday 7th November 
7pm
Canalhouse -Main Stage

Tom Wrigglesworth : Greatest Hits & New Bits

Expect elegant storytelling courtesy of one of the finest and most original comics in the UK.

Sony Award Winner, Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee, Chortle & Time Out Award winner and Star of Radio 4 and BBC 2.

“MAGICAL STORYTELLING... A RARE TALENT... HYSTERICAL & ACCOMPLISHED” ***** Time Out

“A GIFT FOR COMIC STORYTELLING“ Telegraph

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Thursday 7th November 
8pm
Canalhouse - Secret Stage

Funny Women Semi-Finalist 2023, BBC3 veteran and former Commonwealth Games guest host Tej Dhutia brings her riotous debut solo show to Nottingham Comedy Festival. Tej regularly and fearlessly shares ‘too much information,’ daring to challenge the norms of a ‘good Indian girl’ with humour that’s both risky and naughty. From her traditional upbringing to the hilarious trials of motherhood, Tej’s journey to becoming a standup comedian is a laugh-out-loud adventure. Tej guarantees a night of side-splitting comedy that’s too good to miss. Get ready for a night of unfiltered hilarity!

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Thursday 7th November 
8.30pm
Canalhouse -Main Stage

The award-winning comedian Alfie Brown is back with his first show since the fabric of his reality disintegrated. In this show Alfie separates his failures from his misfortunes and arrives at the conclusion that ‘life is beautiful’. Captivating and subversive stand-up from one of the very best in the country. 

Chortle Best Show Award Winner 2022

Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee 2022

‘The best thing I saw last year’ ★★★★★ Stewart Lee

'It's tricky to write 350 sensible words when you come out a show simply thinking 'Wow! F**k! Wow!' ★★★★★ The Scotsman

‘Quite simply the future of British stand-up’ ★★★★★ The List

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Friday 8th November 
6.30pm
Canalhouse -Secret Stage

TJ McDonald dives into the wild world of conspiracy theories, that is - if the powers that be will let him.

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Friday 8th November 
8pm
Canalhouse -Secret Stage

In Sept 2021 Sam Serrano was spat at in the street for wearing make up. Fast forward to 2024 and they’ve written a show about it to make hate crime lucrative

Sam Serrano (as seen on Comedy Central, Dave, and UkTv) is one of the fastest rising stars on the comedy circuit. With “killer lines” (chortle) that “put that X in X Factor” (York Press), Serrano is a “game changing act” (concept comedy) and shouldn’t be missed.
Tour Support for Tom Stade, Brennan Reece, Stephen Bailey
Host of ‘Twink 182 Podcast’

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Friday 8th November 
9.30pm
Canalhouse -Secret Stage

Elliot Wengler presents a spectacular, explosive and personal history of the world's biggest monster-fighting franchise. Finally, after years of failing to become a Pokémon Master, he has decided to become a Jokémon Master! With jokes for all 150 of them! In a show bristling with colours, costumes and utter chaos, this is the show. Let's catch 'em all, all over again, in joke form. 'Likeable performer with nice ideas' (BroadwayBaby.com). 'An enthusiasm machine with tight jokes and a loveable onstage persona' (Comedy Explosion). 'A real treat; truly funny stories' (Concrete Comedy).

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Sunday 10th November 
12.30pm
Canalhouse -Main Stage

In Blood Sugar Baby, Scott Bennett (Live at the Apollo, The News Quiz, tour support for Mickey Flanagan and Rob Brydon) tells the amazing true story of how his infant daughter fell ill with a rare genetic condition. Yes, it’s a show about an ill baby, but it’s a really funny one, with a happy ending.

As heard on the Parenting Hell podcast. Two soul mates are taken from the idyllic world of NCT classes and plunged into months of treatment, genetics, bizarre side effects, private jets, and celebrity encounters.

"Great material, great delivery, a very funny man" Rob Brydon

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Sunday 10th November 
2pm
Canalhouse -Main Stage

Harriet (as seen on The Russell Howard Hour, Comedy Central Live and Rosie Jones’s Disability Comedy Extravaganza) once did a show called, ‘The Dinosaur Show’ which was very daft. Since then all of her shows have been personal stories which obviously still had daftness but not full on oh lordy daft ya know? So here doth lie a show of character comedy daftness and congratulations for getting to the end of a blurb that uses the word ‘daft’ more than any other blurb in the history of all blurbs. How daft. 

"Harriet Dyer is everything I love about the fringe”  **** Broadway Baby

"We shouldn't underestimate the importance of Harriet Dyer's show” ***** Neurodiverse Review

"This is a fabulous hour from a delightful comedian with a sense of the joyful absurdity of life. Entirely charming”  ***** One4Review

**** Chortle

Award-Winning Comedian, Writer and Mental Health Advocate.

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Sunday 10th November 
4.30pm
Canalhouse -Main Stage

Barry and Hayley return for an extended special live show, featuring all the worrying, bickering, daft games and misjudged comments that usually get cut from the episodes. 

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Sunday 10th November 
7pm
Canalhouse - Main Stage

Join multi award winner Nina Gilligan for her hilarious hour of stand up 'Goldfish'. 

Memory loss, health anxiety, goldfish related trauma. Things you need to remember and the thing  you can't forget.  

As heard on BBC Radio 4 and voted best Club Comic in the UK, Nina is Described as a Bolshier Mrs  Merton (Skinny) and known as a vivacious, life embracing performer, with a cheeky ready wit  (Scotsman

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Sunday 10th November 
8.30pm
Canalhouse - Main Stage

Award winning comedian and junior doctor Michael Akadiri brings his new show Trust Me I’m a Daddy on tour.

Get your mind out of the gutter – Not that sort of daddy!

He’s merely become a father. Michael has long juggled comedy & Medicine but now he’s thrown parenting into the mix too. Surely, something must give?!

Join him as he navigates the real-life obstacle course of childrearing, parenting under the ‘junior doctor gaze’ and ultimately the true sacrifices required of a father.

As seen on Comedy Central LIVE, ITVs Stand Up Sketch & Channel 4s Stand Up to Cancer. As heard on Capital Xtra’s Breakfast Show, BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends & Times Radio.

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Wednesday 20th November 
7.30pm
Canalhouse - Main Stage

Irish farmer's son, and general Nasty Character Mike Rice is one of Ireland and the UK’s fastest rising comedy stars. Having started comedy in 2015 Mike has amassed a large online following from podcast and stand up clips, regularly getting millions of views on various

platforms.
As well as co-hosting Mike & Vittorio’s Guide to Parenting with Vittorio Angelone, and Big Mike and The Chief with Rob Moriarty, Mike has appeared multiple times on smash hit podcast Have a Word, and released his first comedy special in October 2023.


After multiple sold out Edinburgh runs, Mike brings his brand new show on his first ever UK and Ireland Tour. An unholy mix of the poetic and the crass, if you like dark, wild and silly comedy this show is for you.

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Thursday 13th February
7.30pm
Canalhouse - Main Stage

An operation has transformed his life, and now Joseph Parsons is ready for a fresh start. With a new lease of life, he aims to radically level up, live in the moment, and has meticulously written a list on how to do that. 

In this creative twist on stand-up, Parsons blends design and art with his compelling storytelling delving into his career as a designer and exploring themes of criticism, health, and self-esteem. But in a really funny way. 

Labelled one of the UK’s favourite homosexuals (apart from Rylan), Parsons' vibrant brand of comedy creates unique moments that can only be experienced live.

"One to watch" - The Times


"High energy, well-crafted punchlines" - Culture Fix


"Immensely likeable performer" - Arts Desk


BBC New Comedy Award 2022 - Shortlisted


As heard on BBC LGBT Sport Podcast, Talksport, and BBC Radio


Top 10 LGBTQ+ Acts of the Edinburgh Fringe — The EFC

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Friday 28th February

Canallhouse - Main Stage

All of a sudden, comedian Micky Overman finds her life going the direction she’s always wanted. The path has been set, she just has to follow it. So why is she finding that so hard? A show about change, commitment and letting go of your old self. Join Micky as she desperately fights against her old coping mechanisms, whilst contemplating love, the art of gift giving and Ozzy Osbourne.

 

★★★★★ (Funny Women). ★★★★ (Scotsman). ★★★★ (Chortle). ★★★★ (BroadwayBaby.com). ★★★★ (List). 'Top-notch lines that wouldn’t be out of place in an A-lister’s Netflix special' (Chortle).

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Thursday 6th March

Canallhouse - Main Stage

Critically acclaimed comedian Jamali Maddix is back on the road with a brand new tour show: Aston. Expect Jamali's trademark brutally honest and unflinching perspectives on the world at large. His last tours have sold-out shows across the globe, playing the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. He is a regular on the series of Nevermind the Buzzcocks for Sky and was one of the most anarchic Taskmaster contestants the show has ever seen. Alongside this he was a regular contributor for Frankie Boyle's New World Order (BBC2) and has been seen on 'Live at the Apollo' (BBC Two), '8 Out of 10 Cats' (More4), The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) as well as many others.

 

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