Newbury Comedy Festival
Two weeks of established and new acts at the Corn Exchange and New Greenham Arts. Includes a new act competition that has previously been won by everyone from Imran Yusuf to Matt Richardson.
2012 sees some cracking comedy double bills: Richard Herring and Catie Wilkins, Celia Pacquola and Vikki Stone, Daniel Simonsen and Doctor Brown, and professional young people Seann Walsh and Josh Widdicombe
Also on the line-up are (and these are all solo shows...) work in progresses from Milton Jones and Phill Jupitus, character comedy with John Shuttleworth and Al Murray, ventroloquist mainstay Paul Zerdin, political comedy with Mark Thomas and Alexei Sayle, Danny Bhoy, and BBC One magicians Barry and Stuart.
Summer laughin': the best festivals between now and September
The summer festival schedule has been creaking at the seams for the last couple of years, but will 2012 be remembered as the year it finally keeled over and died? Read more »
- Printer-friendly version
- Login or register to post comments
- Send to friend
PDF version
