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Comedy Cellar

Comedy Cellar at Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield

Thursday 21 May 2026
at 8:00PM
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  • Please note: The lineup for this event may be subject to change

    Featuring - Daliso Chaponda

    Daliso Chaponda appearing at this event

    Daliso is a versatile African comedian equally comfortable talking politics, romance, filth or religion. As such, he has performed in such diverse venues as churches, casinos, strip clubs and sports bars and was a finalist on Britain's Got Talent 2017. He has lived in countries where the press is not allowed to criticize the government, and in others with no libel laws where they can say anything. He has been both a journalist and a jaded newsreader.

    Daliso has appeared at many festivals that have included Melbourne, Edinburgh, Singapore and Cape Town Festivals. He is also a prolific fiction writer and has had his science fiction, murder mysteries and fantasy fiction published in numerous magazines and anthologies. He also co-wrote a play that aired on BBC Radio 4.

    'Full of extravagant gestures and impassioned speeches. He inspires whoops and cheers from his watchers. Highly recommended' (BBC)

    'A joy to listen to. Provocative, poignant and ultimately hilarious' (The Guardian)

    'I laughed so much I thought I'd pass out!' (The List)

    'It takes a special kind of act to work on both sides of the Atlantic (as well as across Africa), but it seems an easy transition as he compels the crowd with his racial and socially insightful comedy' (News and Star, Carlisle)

    'Absolutely [took] the roof off the place. Brilliant, brilliant act' (The Frog and Bucket).

    Daliso Chaponda was #9 in Ents24's Hardest Working Comedians of 2018 list.

    See Daliso Chaponda tour dates

    David Eagle

    David Eagle appearing at this event

    David Eagle is one third of three-time BBC Radio 2 award-winning folk group The Young’uns. He is also a stand up comedian, and was awarded New Comedian Of The Year by Leicester Square Theatre, Bath Comedy Festival and Nottingham Comedy Festival. He has supported comedians such as Reginald D. Hunter, Romesh Ranganathan, Tom Wrigglesworth, John Robins and Boothby Graffoe.

    He sings, he plays piano and accordion, he DJs, he podcasts, he tells jokes, shares stories, and if you chuck in a few extra quid he might do you his sexy dance.

    See David Eagle tour dates

    Tabish Akbar

    Acidic humour.

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    Helen Rice

    Poetic storyteller.

    See Helen Rice tour dates

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