Live Comedy Night - Starring Phil Kay & Rob Deering tickets and listings

HEADLINING:

ROB DEERING

Rob Deering exploded on to the comedy scene in 2000, reaching the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award semi-finals, the finals of the BBC New Comedy Award and the final of the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Competition, as well as winning the prestigious Amused Moose New Talent Award. 2001 brought further success with Rob hosting the legendary Comedy Zone at the Edinburgh Festival; this led to a personal request from Emo Phillips to support him for his festival run.

With his easy charm, cheesy singing voice, razor-sharp wit and clownish physicality Rob has quickly established himself as a firm favourite on the london circuit and has played at all the major comedy clubs nationwide. He slayed audiences as a headliner on The Comedy Network and has been commissioned by channel 4 to write and host the comedy series Lesser-Spotted Britain.

Rob returns to the Edinburgh Festival in 2003, having performed in The World Comedy Tour TV show (Paramount/Granada) in Australia in which he starred alongside the very best international stand-up comedians from around the world. Over the past year Rob has written and performed in Movie Mistakes Uncovered Uncut (Five), was team captain in 20 episodes of the new comedy panel show Totally Top Trumps (Challenge TV), presented a new live TV show entitled Flipside, which critiques TV shows live as they go out on air, and toured the UK with John Oliver, Andy Zaltzman and The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolf III on the Paramount Presents the Edinburgh and Beyond Comedy Tour.

Rob’s previous Edinburgh Festival shows have included: Superkings (2003), The Facts (2002) and The Comedy Zone (2001). He has also starred in 99 Things To Do Before You Die (Five), appeared on RI:SE (C4), performed in 4 at the Store (BBC Radio 4) and written and presented Lesser-Spotted Britain (C4).

"Sterling stand-up from one of the circuit's rising stars. A safe place to bet your comedy dollar" - The Sunday Times

“Bruisingly Hilarious.” Time Out

“Truly wonderful stand-up.” The Sunday Times

“Comedy’s man of the moment.” Metro

“Self-deprecating and immensely likable…hugely enjoyable.” **** Sunday Herald

“He captures the audience’s imagination and creates a show where audience participation actually works.” **** The Herald

“Sterling stand-up from one of the circuit's rising stars. A safe place to bet your comedy dollar.” Sunday Times

“The award-winning comic performs his engaging brand of stand-up humour.” The Guardian

“Highly enjoyable…A rising star who combines an easy-going cheeky chappie demeanour with a quickfire wit.” Evening Standard

“Amiable charm and softly spoken sarcasm.” **** The Metro

“He has such confidence, control and ease with an audience.” The Stage

“An utter delight from start to finish.” ***** Three Weeks

PHIL KAY

Phil's comedy is a unique blend of energy, improvisation and leaps of imagination that take his audience on a joyride they'll never forget. Even Phil has no idea what might happen when he unleashes his crazy brand of improvised comedy mayhem. He possesses the rare gift of creating a space where audiences feel like they are kids again, all taking part in a practical joke. Phil launched his stand-up comedy career with a bang in 1989, quickly garnering a host of awards, nominations and glowing reviews. Since then, the plaudits have never stopped as he conquered first the live stage and then television, with appearances on such shows as Phil Kay Feels, (Ch 4), Next Stop Phil Kay (Ch 4), Edinburgh Nights (BBC1), Montreal Festival of Fun (Ch 5) and plenty more besides. Phil's first love, however, remains live stage work ­ and only by watching his live performances will audiences really see him at his very best. Phil Kay is stand-up comedy's answer to spontaneous human combustion ­ a rare, explosive and always surprising phenomenon that simply cannot be contained in a box or represented on a cathode tube. Phil tours Britain constantly and is a firm favourite at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where he performs yearly to sell-out crowds and critical acclaim. Over the years he has completed several highly successful tours of Australia, performing at the Adelaide and Melbourne Festivals. Since then, he has travelled the length and breadth of the globe administering his special blend of comedy genius. Phil has worked as a warm-up man on television shows including: Jonathan Ross's Saturday Show, Channel 4's Viva Cabaret, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Sean's Show and Harry Hill's Pilot Show   PLUS WITH SPECIAL GUEST: MARK RESTUCCIA has recently appeared in BBC3's The Wall in a sketch called 'The Mugging' which he wrote and performed in himself. He is one third of Sketch writing/performing outfit 'Knock2bag' who came runners up in the Myspace Trident Comedy Awards 2008 and were quoted by the judges as: 'Absolutely Brilliant' - Sarah Farrell, Head of Comedy at Paramount 'They look great, they're professional, i'd hire these guys tomorrow' - John Lloyd 'Knock2Bag are as prolific as they are hilarious, producing some of the simplest but most effective sketches on the web.' - Myspace Comedy 'You could understand why Mark Restuccia was headlining, he had the verve and confidence of a seasoned pro' - Steve Bennett (Chortle) 'His act was like a Royal toilet - always polished but often filthy' - Channel4.com Comedy Police YOUR HOST FOR THE NIGHT: JIM GRANT Regular guest presenter for Sky TV Stand Up Britain ITV, Personality Driven AUDI CHANNEL “A very witty and knowledgeable presenter” Sky TV Feb 08 "Very, very funny headliner" BBC Radio, Carrie Cooper, June 2007 ‘Jim certainly has enormous presence, combined with a razor wit, means he’s perfect for compering’ East Magazine Feb 2003 ‘Sparky regular compere, Jim is a master of getting the crowd going.’ Herald March 2003 ‘Very funny and a highly competent MC’ Source Magazine Feb 2004  All individual tickets do not come with allocated seating. Seating will be allocated on the night dependant on group size. Standing tickets will be sold on the night of the event after all seating tickets are sold. Standing tickets will be sold at a lower price of £8. These are limited and subject to the judgement of venue management.