Stand Up For The Weekend with Andrew Bird & Guests
Stand Up For The Weekend with Andrew Bird & Guests at Hen & Chicken, Bristol
About the show
Stand Up For The Weekend is the flagship weekly comedy show at the Hen & Chicken, featuring top circuit headliners and guest acts plus incredibly funny and engaging comperes who host the show.
Headliner: ANDREW BIRD
Andrew Bird is a top headline act throughout the UK and Ireland and has performed all around the world. He is highly in demand as a tour support for big name comics such as Rhod Gilbert, Rob Brydon, Jon Richardson and Michael McIntyre playing venues such as Wembley and O2 arenas, and is one of the hardest working TV warm-up acts in the industry having worked on shows as varied as Pointless, Have I Got News For You, The Jonathan Ross Show and Taskmaster.
There is a very good reason for Andrew Bird's popularity. He is always funny and frequently hilarious. He's a nimble storyteller, with a relaxed, personable style. He simply proves cracking company, whether he's got an angle or not. Fast, fluid and animated, you might mistake his relentless chatter for a spontaneous stream of consciousness, were it not so effortlessly reliable in generating laughs.
“A great storyteller, funny, likeable and effortless” Time Out
“Comedy gold...Bird's going to be a big star, catch him close-up now” The Scotsman
Featuring - Andrew Bird
Watching The Young Ones with his brothers as an eight year old, at two in the morning on Comic Relief, he realised then that he wanted to be funny in some way. Relaxed and improvisatory, Andrew Bird is one of those rare comedians who makes friends with his audiences in an instant with his engaging mix of childhood stories and more recent anecdotes.
He has supported Rhod Gilbert, Lee Hurst and Michael McIntyre as well as performing internationally.
'Superb... the exciting rising star' (Time Out)
'A natural comedian' (The Stage)
'Beautifully observed and insightful... not only an entertaining story but a very funny hour of fine stand-up' (Chortle)
'Effortlessly engaging and funny as hell' (Rhod Gilbert).
Javier Jarquin
Card throwing ninja who has spent the last 4 years working as a professional award winning comedian in New Zealand and Australia. Javier Jarquin moved to the UK in 2010 where he has established himself as a circuit regular and headline act around the country and in mainland Europe.
He has performed on the same bill with the likes of Jimmy Carr, Stewart Lee, Jo Brand and Paul Daniels.
'High calibre throughout' (The Morning Star)
'Brilliantly entertaining performance' (The Edinburgh Reporter)
'Kept the audience laughing throughout@ (The Edinburgh Spotlight)
'Seriously talented when it comes to wowing a crowd' (The Stage).
Ross Smith
Ross Smith a regular face (and voice) at some of the capitals biggest comedy clubs including Top Secret Comedy, Backyard Comedy, and Angel Comedy. A resident host of Comedy Virgins at the Cavendish Arms.