ARTHUR SMITH

Multi Award winning
TV personality and star
of superb sit-com remake Are you being served ? The very hilarious
ARTHUR SMITH
Arthur Smith was born in South London in 1954. He went to a grammar school and studied at the University of East Anglia in the classes of writer Malcolm Bradbury He has also worked as a road sweeper, dustman, warehouse worker and teacher. He started on the alternative comedy circuit in the 1980s, specializing in being a compere (MC). He has been a regular performer at the Edinburgh festival. He is also an accomplished playwright. Plays include: An Evening with Gary Lineker (1994), My Summer with Des (1998), 'The Bed Show' and his one-show 'Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen'. He also presents the BBC Radio 4 travel programme 'Excess Baggage' and has been a regular on 'Loose Ends
ALI COOK

Multi Award-Winning leading
international Magician,
Actor & Comedian
ALI COOK
Internationally renowned comedian, magician and actor, Ali Cook, has been making waves across all three disciplines in recent years. Ali’s mix of stand up and magic has made him a headline on the UK comedy circuit, and he performs at celebrity events for the likes of JK Rowling and Damien Hirst. He has written and starred in seven British television series including Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Dirty Tricks and Monkey Magic. His debut Edinburgh show, Pieces of Strange, was in the top two percent of best-reviewed shows according to The British Comedy Guide. His third sell-out, and critically acclaimed Edinburgh show, Principles and Deceptions was nominated for a Broadway Baby 6 Star Award and went on to become a sell-out UK tour. He starred in the West End show, Impossible. ‘Witty and affable throughout …. Awe inspiring!’ Chortle ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Effortlessly funny’ The Daily Telegraph ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Very smart one liners, dazzlingly good’ Fest ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘He astounds the crowd with each trick and has them laughing throughout’ Edinburgh Spotlight ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Astoundingly impressive’ Mail on Sunday ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Forget what you think you know about comedy magicians - Ali Cook is edgy, intelligent, self-referential, caustically hilarious and one of the most sought after illusionists on the planet’ GQ ‘A master of deception’ Radio Times ‘Like a bonsai David Blaine, but not so smug and irritating’ The Herald Scotland ⭐⭐⭐⭐
DOUG GRAVES

Funny man
DOUG GRAVES…is a hilarious Mr. Happy London cabbie character act who stormed the Comedy Novices Showcase and many gigs since. Doug will drive you down mirth avenue....stopping at misery, boredom, and Cockfosters. Seat belts on for this low-energy deadpan guru, plenty of audience interaction, Cockney wisdom, and spiritual enlightenment
GATIS KANDIS

Britains Got Talent star
GATIS KANDIS
FRED BARBER

Guest host
hilarious
FRED BARBER
Venue:
Start time:
20.00
Doors open:
19.00