Bristol Comedy Garden 2026

Former C4 Popworld presenter, host of The Morning After Show and Mardi Gras comedy competition finalist. Simon has won an RTS Award for his work on Never Mind The Buzzcocks as well as a Broadcast Award, two British Comedy Awards and was nominated for a BAFTA in 2008 which was the year that he left Never Mind The Buzzcocks to concentrate on his live stand-up shows across the country. Simon’s debut feature length film 'Carnage' aired on BBC iPlayer in 2017, followed by 'Benjamin' which premiered at the London Film Festival in 2018 and was released internationally to widespread critical acclaim. 'Existential questions with belly laughs...Comedy is rarely as smart or adventurous as this' (Chortle) 'Masterful' (Metro).

Lou Sanders surrealist style and high octane stage presence make her a joy to watch. She has appeared on ‘Alan Davies As Yet Untitled’, and starred in ‘Live from the BBC’. Her TV stand-up includes sets on ABC1’s ‘Comedy Up Late’ and ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’. Lou has written for ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, ‘Mock the Week’, ‘Stand Up for the Week’ and ‘Miranda’. 'Utterly delightful and hugely talented... Destined for hugeness' (Time Out) 'When Lou rips a room into hysteria, she really rips it hard' (The Sun) '... an hour of non-stop entertainment with seriously big laughs, wild and free and very, very funny’ (Chortle) '... crazy off-beat surrealism' (The Independent).

Bella Hull is a London-based stand-up comedian and writer and one of the UK’s most exciting young comedians. Bella regularly plays to sell-out crowds across the UK and recently made her television debut on the BBC’s Stand Up for Live Comedy. She recently performed at the Utrecht International Comedy Festival and her writing has been featured on BBC Radio 4’s Newsjack, Flux Magazine and she is the advice columnist for Quadra magazine. A former member of the Cambridge Footlights, Bella begun finding success on the competition circuit, winning the Yellow Comedy Young Comedian of the Year 2019 and placing in the 2NorthDown New Act Competition 2020.

Bridget Christie has been a regular on the sketch and stand-up circuit for over 15 years. In 2013 she became the third woman to win the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show with A Bic For Her, which went on to win the 2014 South Bank Sky Arts Award for Best Comedy, the 2014 Chortle Award for Best Show, a 2014 Hospital 100 Club Award for Performance and broke box office records at Soho Theatre. In December 2019 the show was named as one of The Times comedy shows of the decade. She is the host of BBC Radio 4 series Bridget Christie Minds the Gap and the first British woman to have her own Netflix special. 'One of the finest comedians around' (The Independent) 'A superb stand-up with a powerful voice and something to say. It's nothing short of a revelation' (The Observer) '... another cracking show from the current queen of crusading UK comedy...' ( The Guardian).