Comedy Cabin Xmas Special tickets and listings

The Comedy Cabin Xmas Special takes place this year on Saturday 13th December at The Venue in Derby. For just £32.95 you will be treated to a fantastic 3 course meal a late disco and a jam packed comedy show featuring the following comedians...

Felix Dexter
Award winning comedian and actor Felix Dexter is one of the most versatile talents to emerge from the comedy scene in years. His distinctive fusion of acutely observed characters and high energy stand-up mixed with satire ensure that he is widely acclaimed. These qualities, allied to his considerable gift for comedy writing, were seen in ‘The Prince of Dalston’, part of Carlton Television’s character series ‘Single Voices’. At the ‘Emma Awards’ Felix won the ‘Best TV Actor Award’ for this performance. Felix also worked on a screenplay commissioned by the Film Council entitled ‘The Prince of Dalston’ which is based on one of his characters.

Felix's theatre credits include ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest’ in the West End and Edinburgh, directed by Terry Johnson. Felix was cast in both productions starring Christian Slater, Frances Barber and then Alex Kingston.
He is also continuing to perform stand-up comedy and to pursue his acting career. Recently he appeared in the National Theatre’s production of Eugene O’Neil’s ‘Mourning Becomes Electra’.

During 2002 he completed an acclaimed season with The Royal Shakespeare Company playing Autolycus in ‘A Winter’s Tale’ directed by Matthew Warchaus and a selection of roles in ‘Pericles’ directed by Adrian Noble.

“Excellent, explosive and exhilarating performer.... watch him bring the house down” – The Guardian

Simon Bligh
As a fifteen-year-old Liverpudlian schoolboy, Simon Bligh was told by his headmaster that he would go to hell. His mum wanted him to be a priest; he wanted to be a plumber. His dad was a mad Catholic Communist; he was a Kung Fu mad Buddhist. Growing up in Toxteth, his childhood was odd, but full of strange passions. Philosophy and Zen, leather trousers and motorbikes. Japan, unarmed combat and stand up comedy. The young Simon loved comedy and, upon seeing a Richard Pryor film in an empty Manchester cinema, he realised his true calling. He knew he should be a comedian. Faced with this revelation, there followed a decade of travelling, teaching and trying to pluck up the courage to ring for open spots. Finally, he did it. He hasn’t looked back since.

Ten years on, Simon is one of the finest, and most sought after performers in this country, and beyond. With a Time Out Comedy Award and Perrier Award nomination under his belt, Simon is in great demand. Aside from being a top compere at the world famous Comedy Store, he regularly delights audiences nation-wide at comedy clubs and corporate events throughout the UK. His cheery, conversational manner and manic storytelling involve acute observations and he juxtaposes a cheery, affable conversational style with a wild, frenetic and fast-moving performance engaging audiences in a whirlwind of unadulterated comedy. His corporate clients include Halifax Building Society, The British Newspaper Association and he has recently returned from Barcelona where he hosted the ‘Achievers Awards’ for Nat West.

Simon has worked all over the globe and has made appearances as far and wide as Dubai, Hong Kong, Thailand, America, Malaysia,
Amsterdam, Germany and France. Spring 1999 saw him take his unique brand of humour down under where he represented the cream
of British talent by co-headlining the ‘The Cutting Edge of British Comedy’.

He has a string of TV credits to his name, most notably: - The Comedy Store (CH5), The Stand–Up Show (BBC), Not The Jack Docherty Show (CH5), Good Stuff Comedy (Carlton), Edinburgh Nights (BBC2), Saturday Live (ITV) and That’s Showbuisness (BBC1). Simon recently recorded a pilot for Channel 4 entitled ‘Dojo Rising’, where he indulged in his love for Martial Arts and took a look at all aspects from Kung Fu to Capoeira to the ‘beat ‘em up’ video game phenomena.

Matt Price
is rapidly developing a style of his own, riding 3 comedy horses at the same time: affable compere, stand-up comedian and storyteller. He is resident compere at Resurrected at O'Neill’s in Cardiff, the Flavel Arts Centre in Dartmouth and the Swansea Grand. He is comfortable on stage, is able to adapt to his audience, does the occasional bad joke and loves telling a good yarn.

Matt had planned to take his debut solo show, 'The Nimble Mammoth', to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2006. It was to be a personal story telling style show in the garden at a Comedy venue. When he arrived he found a barbecue in the middle of the performance space and so couldn't perform. He enjoyed the free burger he was given and plans to return to Edinburgh in the future with his new show, ‘My Horse is no Longer Laughing’.

Matt has researched a book about boxing, supported Noel James on his ‘Ballad of a Blue Man’ theatre shows, worked alongside Red Dwarf’s Norman Lovett and performed as a guest on BBC Radio Wales with Frank Hennessey.

He is officially the UK's first New Deal Comedian. Having been on the dole for two years, he decided to make his hobby his profession, applied for New Deal support and was accepted! This set of circumstances allows Matt yet another unique perspective on his life and profession, and will surely serve to cement his position as one of the most promising newcomers around.

“when it comes to low-key charisma and innate likeability, few comics are in the same league as Matt Price … he is able, with apparently little effort, to reel in the listener until they hang on his every word. Price’s storytelling skills are superb” - Chortle

Al Dawes
Some people have heard of him. Hopefully you will soon be one of them. Since moving to Newcastle upon Tyne some ten years ago, this Oxfordshire lad with Yorkshire, Essex and Finnish heritage has confused his accent even more. An instantly likeable, but commanding presence on stage, a show with Al Dawes is akin to being licked into fits of giggles by Tommy Cooper’s St Bernard. And Al always has a tot of brandy to hand. Sometimes you will think you shouldn’t be laughing, but aaaah, look at his lovely hair. He talks with misty eyed nostalgia about the great challenges of life. And why more of us should smoke a pipe. Al thinks he is ahead of his time, but it is clear he’s somewhere back in the 50’s.