Thu 21 November 2024 8:00pm

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Hitchin’s popular comedy club continues its autumn season at the QUEEN MOTHER THEATRE. Join host DAVID EPHGRAVE for a mixed bill of the best names in comedy.

Thursday 21st November’s Hitchin line-up features:

Stand-up from DESIREE BURCH
(Host of Netflix’s ‘Too Hot to Handle’. Seen on ‘Live at The Apollo’, ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘QI’, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ and ‘Taskmaster’)
(Heard on BBC Radio 4’s ‘The News Quiz’, ‘The Now Show’ and ‘It’s Not What You Know’)
★★★★ (Guardian)
‘A near-perfect example of comedic storytelling’ ★★★★ (Evening Standard)
‘A funny, frank, eloquent, entertaining and perceptive raconteur… positively poetic’ (Scotsman)
‘The funniest comedian I have ever seen in person. She left me breathless with laughter’ (Scotsgay)

Stand-up from DANIEL COOK
(Seen in C4’s ‘Babylon’ and ‘Toast’, and Netflix’s ‘Man vs Bee’)
‘Cook possesses a quality that simply makes him funny’ ★★★★ (The List)
‘Had the crowd roaring with laughter’ ★★★★(Three Weeks)
‘This is excellent standup’ ★★★★ (EdFest Magazine)
‘A genuine treat’ (List)
★★★★ (Broadway Baby)

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' (View From The Gods)

Bar at 7:00pm. Starts at 8.00pm. Tickets £15.

Please note that the artists appearing may be subject to change.

Desiree Burch

Raised in L.A., developed artistically in NY and currently resides in London. Her brash and energetic comedy style has been seen on NBC and E4, and made her the winner of the 2015 Funny Women Stage Award for stand-up. As a writer and performer, she makes raw and gutsy work. Her critically-acclaimed solo show 52 Man Pickup has toured internationally and her solo piece Tar Baby won a 2015 Fringe First for new writing at the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe. In 2015, Desiree Burch, “a larger than life New Yorker… who brought the roof down” (–The Independent), won the Funny Women stage award for stand-up comedy. On screen, Desiree has been featured on E4s World’s Greatest Bodyshockers and NBC’s Before the Morning After. Huffington Post has listed her as one of their Favorite Female Comedians. Live comedy credits include Spank, Angel Comedy, Greg Shapiro Presents, Shaggers, Right Now! with Carolyn Castiglia, Wyatt Cenac’s Night Train, and The Big C Comedy Gala in Edinburgh.

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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)

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