Sat 21 July

 at Camden`s 

Monkey Business

 
proudly presents

superb aard winning stand up

Andy Zaltzman

                       Andy Zaltzman is a popular ,Very funny, perceptive, Interesting, & a hugely entertaining award winning ComicTime Out2006 Nominee for Outstanding achievement2001 PERRIER BEST NEWCOMER AWARD NOMINEE"Clearly a huge talent. Someone you can expectto hear a lot more of." - The Observer

 "This is satire at its best… His excellent material demands to be seen" - Jason Hall, Edinburgh Evening News ****"

Wonderfully inventive…his deadpan delivery has an odd, idiosyncratic appeal." - Stephanie Merritt,The Observer

 Zaltzman is a gifted comic… Its all clever stuff" - Dominic Maxwell, Metro"

Very funny…He moves swiftly from one theme to the next and back again ripping each one to shreds with an articulate and intelligent stream of abuse…a great comedian who has the ability to make you listen as well as laugh and who is prepared t o joke about more than the bloody weather. ****" - Three Weeks"

 In an age of identikit comics, Zaltzman's sharp, wide-eyed routines shine brightly***" - James Smart, Scotsman"

 He reveals himself to be a comedian of great ability" - Tim Abrahams, The Herald *** 

"One of this year's most impressive new shows… Zaltzman has created an hour of unashamedly cerebral material that had his audience hooting with laughter, almost without respite… Zaltzman is clearly a huge talent, both as a writer and a performer, and someone you can expect to hear a lot more of." - The Observer"In a world where so many stand-ups recycle the same stale gags, Andy Zaltzman comes as a blessed relief… enormously funny, thoroughly rewarding ****." - Edinburgh Evening News"Zaltzman is an incredibly smart humorous polemicist. Strong, original material ****." - The List

 "The product of much comic invention… instructive and very funny." - The Herald"A hilarious, topical romp through the complex choices we face in everyday life… Zaltzman leaves no political hot potato untouched… His acute historical perspective and incisive awareness of life's absurdities makes Zaltzman's act both endearing and challenging ****." - Metro"Eclectic, Political Edge… Bristles With Vivid Ideas." - Evening Standard"Great natural comedic ability.

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multi award winning

classical music madman

Rainer Hersch 

Who on earth is Rainer Hersch?Rainer Hersch is a comedian and musician who has performed on every major comedy stage in Britain and abroad.  He has appeared thirteen times at the Edinburgh Festival; had numerous comedy-concert series at the South Bank in London; featured in comedy clubs all across Europe and in TV shows around the world.THE BEGINNINGRainer's love for comedy and classical music began almost simultaneously, as did his need to share his passion with others.  While still a schoolboy in Kingston-upon-Thames (near London) he developed a keen interest in Monty Python.  He got permission to record their TV shows on the school's clunky video machine and would show them to his friends the following day during lunch break. 
By the age of 12 he had already taken grades in the clarinet but was quickly drawn to the piano which he studied properly from the age of 14.   This led to an obsession with piano music and, ultimately, a school concert society which he organised single-handed - presenting performances by Barry Douglas, later a winner of the Tchaikovsky piano competition, amongst others. FIRST SOLO SHOWSHis first experiment with the one-man show format was an A to Z of all things British called 'The Massed Bands of the Grenadier Guards and R.A.F. Flypast - plus support' with which he toured the Canadian fringe festivals in 1994.
The following year he produced an hour of straight stand-up, again for Canada, 'Was God British?' and with it a taste of radio success when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation recorded the show in its entirety.ACMEA year later, and for the first time in his comedy career, Rainer combined his skills as a stand-up with his music to produce 'All Classical Music Explained' (ACME) - a simple and stupid approach to the difficult subjects "How to play instruments without practicing"; "Why is organ music so boring?" and "What do conductors actually do?"  The result was an immediate hit with all kinds of audiences.  In a 55 date tour across three continents, the show attracted rave reviews.  since Victor Borge has a musician-comic raised the roof with such continuous laughter" (The Post, Eastern Cape, South Africa  had found his voice.  The sequel to All Classical Music Explained: 'ACME: The Masterclass' built on the success and two years later Rainer developed the idea further using a seven piece orchestra 'The Rainer Hersch Philharmonic' which he conducts and uses to corrupt the classics in his own arrangements. "A guaranteed laugh every four bars" (The Scotsman  has since used this experience to present full comedy programmes with many orchestras around the world including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the St Petersburg Philharmonic - with whom he appeared in the Grand Hall of the Philharmonic, one of the great Soviet era concert 
PRAISE FOR RAINER HERSCH
“Rainer Hersch is a skilled musician who dissects classical music with verve and plenty of laughs” Ian Rankin in the Sunday Times 
"This is a Broadway caliber show" CBC 
"Rainer Hersch deftly moves back and forth from the hilarious to the poignant" Montreal Gazette 
"Rainer Hersch could make anything funny...His forte is making something out of nothing.  I laughed the whole way through".  Edinburgh Three Weeks 
"Hersch is a wickedly funny man, who needs nothing more than a piano and his own wit to leave you desperate for more".  Edinburgh Evening News. 
"Victor Borge for a new Generation".  London Times
"At last a musical comedian with a difference - he is really funny".  The London Telegraph
"Splendidly Silly - Britain's new musical guru".  London Time Out
"The world's first classical music hooligan".  Vancouver Sun
"Brilliant timing and killer delivery".  Edmonton Journal
"This truly is comic genius".  See Magazine, Edmonton
"A stroke of comic genius".  Times Colonist, "A genius".  Vancouver Sun"Genius".  The Stageplus

Plus

top magic from award winning  showman & magician

from Penn & Teller

  Alan Hudson 

Member of The Magic Circle in London, UK and performer at The Magic Castle in Hollwood, USA is not only an excellent table magician with stunning sleight of hand magic but also has the funnies to go with them. Not just tricks - he provides first rate, classy magical entertainment all presented with wonderful humour Alan Hudson (Finalist in Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2010) is taking the comedy world by storm (well, less storm - more a slightly drizzly day). Mixing original magic with his situational comedy he almost makes magic an enjoyable experience again.
Alan Hudson is regular for VIPs at Manchester Utd Football Club
"…very funny indeed. He’s found a rich seam in digging at the ludicrous conventions of magic acts and as it turned out, his tricks were pretty good too." Tony Cooke, The Stage

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delightful story teller

Lucy Beaumont 

Lucy is a hugely talented comedy actress and writer. In August 2011 she was a finalist in the Guilded Balloon's nationwide stand-up comedy competition So You Think You're Funny? 

In 2009 Lucy was elected to be mentored by Jeremy Dyson (League of Gentlemen) as part of Northern Laughs, a BBC initiative aimed at finding new comedy writing talent in the North of England. Since then Lucy's work has been showcased by BBC Comedy North, West Yorkshire Playhouse and the 24:7 Theatre Festival. 
Lucy has toured the UK with premieres such as Ladies Day (Hull Truck Theatre), Ladies Down Under and Up the Duff. She has a number of radio credits including Land of Green Ginger (Radio 4), Baby Bird (Radio 3) and Crush (Radio 3) - a 90 minute monologue for which she received a Sony Radio Award in 2001. 
"Lucy Beaumont has intriguing appeal and devastating comic timing." The Stage 
"Lucy Beaumont has that intangible 'something' that gives her an innately charismatic stage presence. She's slight and vulnerable, a bit ditzy, and utterly charming." Steve Bennett, Chortle 

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MC Martin Besserman 

Photo of Martin Besserman and  Noel Fielding 

                                                     Doors 7.30 pm Show 8.45 pm

                                            Tickets only £12.50 concess £10

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