Mostly Comedy
Mostly Comedy at Hitchin Town Hall
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About the show
Thursday 3rd December’s Hitchin lineup includes:
Stand-up from FIONA ALLEN
(Emmy Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated star of C4’s ‘Smack the Pony'. Also seen on ‘Mock the Week’ & ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’)
‘Punchlines delivered with cutting execution’ (Scotsman)
'Allen is a consummate storyteller’ ★★★★ (Entertainment Now)
‘Has successfully made the jump from actress to comedian, at ease and natural’ (Chortle)
Stand-up from RIA LINA
(‘HIGNFY, ‘QI’, ‘Live at The Apollo’ & ‘Mock the Week’)
‘Fearless, provocative and very funny’ ★★★★ (Scotsman)
‘Sharp, satirical…ridiculously gifted’ (Evening Standard)
‘Engaging, endearing and eye-opening’ (Time Out)
★★★★ (ThreeWeeks)
Character comedy from ANNA MORRIS
(‘Outnumbered’, ‘Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping’, ‘The Windsors’ & ‘Lee and Dean’)
‘Brilliantly adept at capturing a myriad of characters’ ★★★★★ (Edinburgh Guide)
★★★★★ (Daily Express)
‘Great comedy…beautifully crafted’ (Independent)
‘A marvellous comedy writer and extremely gifted comic actress’ (Willy Russell)
Hosted by DAVID EPHGRAVE
(Featured in The Times, Daily Telegraph, Comedy Central, i Newspaper, Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News best Fringe jokes lists.)
‘As smooth as they come’ (BBC)
‘Refreshingly down-to-earth…devastatingly witty’ (EdFest Magazine)
‘A very likeable stand-up, confident but not cocky, and a lot of fun to spend time with…a natural entertainer’ (VFTG)
Presale to the Mostly Comedy mailing list on 31st Oct at 10 am. General sale on 2nd Nov at 10 am.
Featuring - Fiona Allen
Fiona Allen is a comedian and actress whose credits include starring in and writing the Emmy award-winning Smack The Pony between 1999 and 2003.
Ria Lina
Fearless, provocative, and very funny, Ria Lina is a highly accomplished comedian, writer and actor. After a critically acclaimed stand out debut on Mock The Week (BBC), Ria has quickly become a household name. A hugely admired act on the UK comedy circuit, this multi-award-winning artist commands respect from the moment she walks onstage and delivers with natural ease, energy and fierceness.'... electrified the audience with her relaxed yet biting wit' (ThreeWeeks)
Ria is the only Filipina comedian in British stand up and she also has a BSc in Experimental Pathology, an MSc in Forensic Science and a PhD in Virology under her belt, so it’s not only Ria’s comedy that’s highly intelligent.
'I have no doubt she will hold her own so easily that she'll have a hand free to hold
someone else's too' (The Guardian)
'engaging, endearing and eye-opening' (Time Out)
''Fearless, provocative and very funny... wonderfully on-the-edge stuff... There isn't a comedy venue in the country that shouldn't be fighting for her' (The Scotsman)
'... slickly done - the girl's got talent' (Chortle).
Anna Morris
Critically-acclaimed character comedian and internet sensation (Georgina's Wedding Blogs).
'A clever and great comedy performer' (Broadway Baby).
David Ephgrave
Comedian, actor, musician and podcaster - and back end of the duo Doggett & Ephgrave.
Featured among The Times’ Best Jokes of 2022 Edinburgh Fringe, the Daily Telegraphs 20 Funniest One-liners of the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe and Comedy Central's 35 Funniest Jokes of the Year (2017) plus i Newspapers 50 Best Jokes, The Scotsmans 40 Best Jokes and Edinburgh Evening News 40 Funniest One-Liners of 2018 Edinburgh Fringe lists.
Theatre credits include John Lennon & Paul McCartney in 'The Roy Orbison Story', Buddy Holly in 'Buddy Holly and the Cricketers' and Richard in the West End production of 'Dreamboats and Petticoats'.
"As smooth as they come" (BBC)