Join Mancunian comedian Rachel Fairburn as she tries brand new jokes and characters.
Star of Live At The Apollo and co-writer and co-host of All Killa No Filla podcast.
STOP READING, you’ve found what you’re looking for, it’s my show! Let’s hang out and have a nice time together. If you come, I’ll pay you (in sore cheeks, teehee).
You might recognize me from Mae Martin’s Feel Good (Netflix), This Is Going to Hurt (BBC), Starstruck (BBC), Stand-up Sketch Show (ITV2) and The Russell Howard Hour (Sky). Tour support for James Acaster, Mae Martin, Marc Maron and Joe Lycett.
'The finest of British comedy... effortlessly endearing' ***** (EdFestMag.com).
**** (Sunday Times).
**** (Metro).
**** (List).
**** (Skinny).
**** (Sunday Post).
The We Hate Movies Podcast is coming to the UK for the first time with an exclusive residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival. The WHM team will be doing six live episodes over the weekend of 18-20 July 2025, featuring performances of We Hate Movies, We Love Movies, Animation Damnation, The Gleep Glossary, and The Nexus.
Friday, we kick things off with an Animation Damnation episode about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon from the 90’s that’s set in England, specifically the sewers of Oxford, called “Elementary My Dear Turtles.” No doubt this is a respectful imagining of the enduring literary character, Sherlock Holmes, but with giant, radioactive turtles offering him pizza, or something. A modern-day cartoon classic!
Since 2010, We Hate Movies has been loudly celebrating and tearing apart movies from across the cinematic spectrum— from forgotten 80s actioners and insane romantic comedies from the 90s, to the early CGI blockbusters of the aughts and the hyper-nostalgic franchises of the 2010s and today.
Every week, comedians Andrew Jupin, Stephen Sajdak, Eric Szyszka, and Chris Cabin pick a movie from the near-past to discuss and joke around about, in all its positives and negatives. In the years since, they’ve also branched out into podcasts about the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, Lifetime movies, and Saturday-morning cartoons. More recently, they’ve been hosting a weekly entertainment industry show, On-Screen Live, covering new releases and movie news, while also regularly doing live shows online and touring across America (and now the UK!) to perform for their fans.
Important to note: These tickets are NOT covered by the Oxford Comedy Festival Full Festival Pass and must be purchased individually for each show.
The We Hate Movies Podcast is coming to the UK for the first time with an exclusive residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival. The WHM team will be doing six live episodes over the weekend of 18-20 July 2025, featuring performances of We Hate Movies, We Love Movies, Animation Damnation, The Gleep Glossary, and The Nexus.
Friday night, get yourself a dry martini (or just a big glass of motor oil) in-hand for Quantum of Solace, as the boys examine the 2008 subpar Bond film. It’s a direct sequel to the astounding James Bond reboot Casino Royale, so how could one film flush that goodwill so hard? Take a break from your evil plan to redirect an entire country’s water supply to come to the show and find out!
Since 2010, We Hate Movies has been loudly celebrating and tearing apart movies from across the cinematic spectrum— from forgotten 80s actioners and insane romantic comedies from the 90s, to the early CGI blockbusters of the aughts and the hyper-nostalgic franchises of the 2010s and today.
Every week, comedians Andrew Jupin, Stephen Sajdak, Eric Szyszka, and Chris Cabin pick a movie from the near-past to discuss and joke around about, in all its positives and negatives. In the years since, they’ve also branched out into podcasts about the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, Lifetime movies, and Saturday-morning cartoons. More recently, they’ve been hosting a weekly entertainment industry show, On-Screen Live, covering new releases and movie news, while also regularly doing live shows online and touring across America (and now the UK!) to perform for their fans.
Important to note: These tickets are NOT covered by the Oxford Comedy Festival Full Festival Pass and must be purchased individually for each show.
The We Hate Movies Podcast is coming to the UK for the first time with an exclusive residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival. The WHM team will be doing six live episodes over the weekend of 18-20 July 2025, featuring performances of We Hate Movies, We Love Movies, Animation Damnation, The Gleep Glossary, and The Nexus.
Saturday, for their first ever live Gleep Glossary the boys take on maybe the biggest name in Star Wars: England’s own David Prowse! Which is to say, the character he embodied in the original trilogy: Darth Vader. From his early beginnings as a sand–hating little creep, to his final end as an overboiled hot dog in a robot suit, they’ll be going though his whole sorted history— some canon, some legend— for your amusement.
Since 2010, We Hate Movies has been loudly celebrating and tearing apart movies from across the cinematic spectrum— from forgotten 80s actioners and insane romantic comedies from the 90s, to the early CGI blockbusters of the aughts and the hyper-nostalgic franchises of the 2010s and today.
Every week, comedians Andrew Jupin, Stephen Sajdak, Eric Szyszka, and Chris Cabin pick a movie from the near-past to discuss and joke around about, in all its positives and negatives. In the years since, they’ve also branched out into podcasts about the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, Lifetime movies, and Saturday-morning cartoons. More recently, they’ve been hosting a weekly entertainment industry show, On-Screen Live, covering new releases and movie news, while also regularly doing live shows online and touring across America (and now the UK!) to perform for their fans.
Important to note: These tickets are NOT covered by the Oxford Comedy Festival Full Festival Pass and must be purchased individually for each show.
The We Hate Movies Podcast is coming to the UK for the first time with an exclusive residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival. The WHM team will be doing six live episodes over the weekend of 18-20 July 2025, featuring performances of We Hate Movies, We Love Movies, Animation Damnation, The Gleep Glossary, and The Nexus.
Saturday Night, the boys have such delicious sights to show you as they expound on their love for 1987’s Hellraiser, the original film featuring one of cinema’s greatest sewing–based monsters: Pinhead. Break out your skin-tight leather jumpsuits and come unlock this puzzle box of a movie with us.
Since 2010, We Hate Movies has been loudly celebrating and tearing apart movies from across the cinematic spectrum— from forgotten 80s actioners and insane romantic comedies from the 90s, to the early CGI blockbusters of the aughts and the hyper-nostalgic franchises of the 2010s and today.
Every week, comedians Andrew Jupin, Stephen Sajdak, Eric Szyszka, and Chris Cabin pick a movie from the near-past to discuss and joke around about, in all its positives and negatives. In the years since, they’ve also branched out into podcasts about the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, Lifetime movies, and Saturday-morning cartoons. More recently, they’ve been hosting a weekly entertainment industry show, On-Screen Live, covering new releases and movie news, while also regularly doing live shows online and touring across America (and now the UK!) to perform for their fans.
Important to note: These tickets are NOT covered by the Oxford Comedy Festival Full Festival Pass and must be purchased individually for each show.
The We Hate Movies Podcast is coming to the UK for the first time with an exclusive residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival. The WHM team will be doing six live episodes over the weekend of 18-20 July 2025, featuring performances of We Hate Movies, We Love Movies, Animation Damnation, The Gleep Glossary, and The Nexus.
Sunday, in their first live recording of The Nexus, the guys take on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Sub Rosa.” This is the most requested episode in Nexus history, and more infamously known as the episode where the Enterprise goes to Space Scotland and Doctor Crusher has sex with her grandmother’s ghost boyfriend. Season seven was a trip, man.
Since 2010, We Hate Movies has been loudly celebrating and tearing apart movies from across the cinematic spectrum— from forgotten 80s actioners and insane romantic comedies from the 90s, to the early CGI blockbusters of the aughts and the hyper-nostalgic franchises of the 2010s and today.
Every week, comedians Andrew Jupin, Stephen Sajdak, Eric Szyszka, and Chris Cabin pick a movie from the near-past to discuss and joke around about, in all its positives and negatives. In the years since, they’ve also branched out into podcasts about the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, Lifetime movies, and Saturday-morning cartoons. More recently, they’ve been hosting a weekly entertainment industry show, On-Screen Live, covering new releases and movie news, while also regularly doing live shows online and touring across America (and now the UK!) to perform for their fans.
Important to note: These tickets are NOT covered by the Oxford Comedy Festival Full Festival Pass and must be purchased individually for each show.
The We Hate Movies Podcast is coming to the UK for the first time with an exclusive residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival. The WHM team will be doing six live episodes over the weekend of 18-20 July 2025, featuring performances of We Hate Movies, We Love Movies, Animation Damnation, The Gleep Glossary, and The Nexus.
Sunday night, the boys show due deference to their host nation’s royal family with the 1991 comedy King Ralph, the Burger King-heavy, Slobs-Versus-Snobs comedy about a working class American jerk who becomes the King of England after a mishap accidentally kills the whole royal family. Who’s slumming it more: John Goodman? Peter O’Toole? John Hurt? Order up your Double Whopper with cheese and show up to find out.
Since 2010, We Hate Movies has been loudly celebrating and tearing apart movies from across the cinematic spectrum— from forgotten 80s actioners and insane romantic comedies from the 90s, to the early CGI blockbusters of the aughts and the hyper-nostalgic franchises of the 2010s and today.
Every week, comedians Andrew Jupin, Stephen Sajdak, Eric Szyszka, and Chris Cabin pick a movie from the near-past to discuss and joke around about, in all its positives and negatives. In the years since, they’ve also branched out into podcasts about the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, Lifetime movies, and Saturday-morning cartoons. More recently, they’ve been hosting a weekly entertainment industry show, On-Screen Live, covering new releases and movie news, while also regularly doing live shows online and touring across America (and now the UK!) to perform for their fans.
Important to note: These tickets are NOT covered by the Oxford Comedy Festival Full Festival Pass and must be purchased individually for each show.
Adele uses her gag heavy style and penchant for silliness to tackle the topic of lying and why we do it (or does she?)
★★★★★ " This is how a superb comedian structures and delivers comedy. Whimsical, witty and oh-so-funny" Theatre Matters, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
★★★★★ "truly funny, transcending cultural norms to be universally accessible." The Lonely Archaeologist, Adelaide Fringe
★★★★★ "guaranteed laughs" The Student Newspaper, Edinburgh Fringe
"A consummate jokesmith" British Comedy Guide
"a sophisticated and intelligent comic with oodles of talent" Fringe Review
"Absolutely charming" The Scotsman
"knows how to keep an audience enthralled" Squirrel Comedy
Multi award-winning writer, performer and actor Rob Auton brings his debut story to the Oxford Comedy Festival. Having written 11 critically acclaimed shows on specific themes, Rob Auton is now keen on telling you a story he has written about a man he made up called CAN. At one point in his life CAN was the world's number one motivational speaker... and then something happened.
'A genuine original' (Guardian).
'You will walk out feeling transformed. And fully alive' (Scotsman).
'Brilliant' (Stewart Lee).
'The mother freaking greatest' (James Acaster).
'A genius' (Bridget Christie).
6 years since her last solo show, Bec Hill is finally back with a brand new hour! What has she been up to? You’ll have to come along to find out! As seen on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (the one with the flipcharts), and heard on A Problem Squared, Enemy in Paris, No Such Thing As a Fish, and Lateral with Tom Scott.
An hour of stand-up comedy from the working man’s Milk Tray Man. From the mind that brought you the Guinness Nitrosurge. Uncredited co-creator of Ballykissangel. Why doesn’t the UK have something like Saturday Night Live in America? All will be revealed. Seen bewildered on Taskmaster, terrified on Live at the Apollo, getting through Never Mind the Buzzcocks. More comfortable on pods but comes alive on stage, for one night only!
ABK is the crumbliest comedian in the game: a multi-award-winning stand-up comic and (occasionally) an internet sensation. Come vagabonds, come mountebanks, come coney-catchers and cutpurses and meet the King of Crumbs! As seen on Mock the Week and 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
***** "An absolute treasure trove" (Chortle)
"Either a genius or a very silly man" (Rolling Stone)
Middle-aged and newly single, he's spent the salary of an NHS nurse in Decathlon and he's on the verge of a breakdown. Get to know this absurd and deeply flawed man as he gets to know himself. Goofy drag king show from award-winning character comedian Kathy Maniura, BBC New Comedian shortlisted, 2023 and Sketch Off winner, 2020. Follows her debut show Objectified, which received five-star reviews at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and subsequently toured the UK, gaining four award nominations.
'Charming' (Guardian).
'Stand-out performer... enigmatic' (Scotsman). Directed by Cecily Nash.
Award-winning comedian Dee Allum presents an hour of new material.
Dee brought her debut show, ‘Dee Allum: Deadname’, to the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe to wide critical acclaim:
“A story of gender identity told with panache, charm, self-deprecation and copious wit…an inventive, casually ironic storytelling skill…a true stand-up.” ★★★★ The Times
Dee has also been nominated for Best Newcomer at the Chortle Awards, placed as runner up in the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year award 2021, won the 2Northdown New Act Competition 2021 and was a finalist in the 2022 BBC New Comedy Award competition.
Hot off the heels of her sold-out 2024 Fringe run, where she was nominated for NextUp's Biggest Award in Comedy and ranked as one of the best-reviewed shows at the festival, Shetland-born standup Marjolein is trying out new material for her next show. As seen/heard on BBC New Comedy Awards, Rosie Jones' Comedy Extravaganza, Breaking The News and RHLSTP.
'Powerful, uncanny, and hilarious in equal measure. Marjolein Robertson’s star isn’t rising, it has risen' ****1/2 (Quintessential Review).
'Impish... upbeat, able to mine an everyday observation to almost absurdist lengths' ***** (List).
'Remember the name. This is a star in the making' ***** (One4Review)
After a sell-out debut, Lulu returns with a second hour of hilarious confessional stand-up! With an emotional support dog, and an emotional support piano, she asks: What actually is love? The warm feeling of safety or the darkest throes of mental illness? Lulu explores what love really means and whether it's actually worth all the bother, with pit-stops at naughty vicars, pure OCD, and the bisexual implications of Disney's Robin Hood.
"Playfully funny, thought-provoking and has kindness at its heart." Chortle
"Will soon be one of your favourite comedians." ★★★★ Funny Women
★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★ Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe
‘Highly recommended’ - Stephen Fry
Lucy Pearman is working out a new show and wobbling around as the moon.
There will definitely be a song, a cow and in an ideal world, an audience.
‘Spending an hour in Pearman’s world is a true delight’ ★★★★ List
Nominee | BAFTA
Best Newcomer Nominee | Edinburgh Comedy Awards
Best Show Nominee | Leicester Comedy Festival
Award-winning comedian Hasan Al-Habib presents an hour of new material.
Hasan will be bringing his debut solo hour ‘Hasan Al-Habib: Death to the West (Midlands)’ to the Edinburgh Fringe this year. In 2024, his and Aisha Amanduri’s Edinburgh Fringe show “2 Muslim 2 Furious” sold out its entire run at the Festival:
“Hasan Al-Habib will be famous in at least two languages very soon with an emphatic stage presence and mainstream appeal”. Rolling Stone
Hasan has also won the 2023 Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award, and was a finalist in the 2022 Chortle Students Comedy Awards.
William Stone has been described as an "excellent writer of quirky one-liners" (Chortle). But don't feel left out if you don't get them, he doesn't either.
Tasmin Sarkany (Musical Comedy Awards finalist, "highly skilful... ingenious" - Chortle) is a musical character comedian who plays Amelia Crotchet, a semi-failed classical musician in a double act with her violin. She is about to play the most important concert of her career: a complete performance of Bach’s repertoire for solo violin, accompanied by a complete history of his life and works. Unfortunately though, Amelia is easily distracted. She’s got a couple of comedians to help her through it, but will they be up to the task? Expect silliness, some historically questionable facts about Bach and, if she gets round to it, some beautiful classical music.
A feel-good show about apocalyptic dread. Caitriona spends most of her time worrying about the future and studying our medieval past. Can she learn to live in the moment? Following her double-award-nominated debut show, she returns with musings on the history of aviation, the shortcomings of modern gynaecology, and the 1518 Dancing Plague.
The earliest beginnings of what will eventually become a brand new show that might even still be called KETTLE. We’ll probably just decide on the day if we like?
From Jessica Fostekew who you know from BBCs QI or Live at the Apollo, her two BBC R4 series of ‘Sturdy Girl Club’, The Guilty Feminist, the Hoovering Podcast, Travelman on C4, World’s Most Dangerous Roads on Dave, Celebrity University Challenge where she intellectually soiled herself on prime time viewing this Christmas or even just all the other Machynlleth Festivals she has done.
Jane Gregory has misophonia and can't stand the sound of loud breathing or eating. Steve Hall never learned table manners. Somehow despite this they've been married for 15 years. This show is both an introduction to misophonia, and a test of the strength of their union. With jokes. Jane is a clinical psychologist and the author of Sounds Like Misophonia. Steve is a stand-up who has supported Frank Skinner and Russell Howard on tour in 2024 ("Steve Hall is the most intelligent stand-up you've never heard of" - GQ).
New jokes. New stories. That's all. (But it's a lot!)
Sara Barron is one of the fastest-rising comedians of her generation. Since her 2018 debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, she’s starred on shows including Live at the Apollo (BBC), Would I Lie to You? (BBC) and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC).
A powerhouse live act, Sara has taken four critically-acclaimed stand-up hours, For Worse (2018), Enemies Closer (2019), Hard Feelings (2022) and Anything For You (2024) to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and had multiple runs in London’s Soho Theatre. Her shows have received rave reviews from publications including The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Evening Standard and The Scotsman, and she was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Cult comedian and author of the bestselling A History Of Heavy Metal turns their hilarious analysis to punk! A full-volume celebration of the most creative subculture the world has ever seen!
This is part of the Oxford Festival Fringe Preview Comedy Festival. For the whole line-up go to: OxfordComedyFestival.co.uk
Sharon Wanjohi is a queer British Kenyan comedian, who’s been making waves on the circuit with her take on the lack of Gen-Z homeowners and maybe too much material on the cartoons that inspired a generation of sexual awakenings.
As seen on Comedy Central Live. She has also written on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Late Night Lycett and The Jonathan Ross Show. She has provided tour support for Jessica Fostekew and Sarah Keyworth.
Internationally award-winning comedian Stuart Goldsmith presents an hour of new material.
As seen on Live At The Apollo (BBC), Conan (TBS), As Yet Untitled (Dave) and Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central (Comedy Central). Winner of Best Show in the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2023. ★★★★★ (Independent). ‘Truly a comedy masterclass... Endlessly inventive’ ★★★★ (List). ‘Yet further evidence of Goldsmith’s enormous talent and indisputable mastery of the genre’ ★★★★ (TheWeeReview.com).
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ian Smith (co-host of the Northern News podcast) returns with a new show about stress, love and buying a magic spell off Amazon. As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You and The Stand Up Sketch Show – and heard on The News Quiz, The Unbelievable Truth, Just A Minute and his own Radio 4 series, Ian Smith Is Stressed.
Following three sell-out shows, Petts (Live at the Apollo, HIGNFY) returns to the Oxford Comedy Festival and she's delving where she's never delved before: this is a show about sex. The problem is that she blushes every time she says that word. From Page 3, to the time she was cast as a sex offender, to the not-niche-at-all phenomena of vagina dentata, join 'one of the most accomplished stand-ups working in the UK today' (Scotsman) for her most titillating hour yet.
'When it comes to comedy, Petts is very much Premier League' (Evening Standard).
Jamie D'Souza (ITV Stand Up Sketch Show, tour support for Simon Amstell, Nish Kumar, Helen Bauer and Colin Hoult) returns with a brand-new show all about his outrageously promiscuous live-in landlord. Please come, if he sees this my rent is getting hiked. Oh, it’s also about honesty, bulimia, Indian food, The Chase, weddings and accidentally giving a dog MDMA.
**** (Entertainment-Now.com).
**** (BroadwayWorld.com).
**** (One4Review.co.uk).
'Very funny joke driven stand up' (Nish Kumar).
'A highly effective way of delivering gag after wry gag' (Chortle.co.uk).
A show about addiction, but not the serious Ted talk kind. Rehab, sleeping with old men for money, AA, the boring mundanity of sobriety. All grim topics, but I promise it’s no sob story. It’s about the humour in the darkness, and the search for light, living a brand new life with no tequila bottle in my hand, involving a year in Morocco learning to surf, falling in love with my surf instructor, it's a tale as old as time. No real lessons will be learned, except perhaps a lesson on how not to live your life. But that’s showbiz baby!
Don’t Panic is Kate Pinchuck’s award-winning comedy show about navigating mental health, being the daughter of two psychologists, and how incessantly trying to fix yourself can make everything worse.
We’re all about doing “the work”, we’re all on our healing journeys. The show is about fixing your inherently flawed self, reparenting your inner child, and forgiving your parents for doing their best (which turned out to not be very good actually). It’s about trying not to lie to your therapist so she likes you more, while still telling the truth enough that she can help you stop people-pleasing. It’s about how everyone who identifies as a people-pleaser doesn’t seem to be very good at it. And how maybe, if you spend the whole mental health walk calling yourself lazy, you shouldn’t be surprised it’s not improving your mental health.
Kate Pinchuck is the daughter of two psychologists, a gold star patient of many more, and she’s just trying her f**king best to do self-compassion even though secretly she doesn’t think she deserves it. That’s just a core belief though, you can totally work with that. Also the meds should help. With this level of experience as a patient, Kate is basically an unqualified qualified pseudo-therapist whose obsession with fixing herself sometimes spills over into trying to solve her audience’s problems too.
Join multi-award-winning musical comedian and body roll enthusiast Katie Pritchard, as she dresses head to toe in the finest unitard she could make and embarks on this award-nominated arena tour (to a shipping container). This 'absolutely electric' ★★★★★ (PepperandSalt.uk) show features pumping pop anthems and dance moves you never thought the human body capable of. Think Lady Gaga... on acid!
'A one-woman comedy music powerhouse' ★★★★★ (VoiceMag.uk)
Winner: WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards
Nominee: Best Variety Show, Leicester Comedy Festival 2025
WINNER Musical Comedy Awards
WINNER 2Northdown New Comedian Competition
WINNER Audience Choice Award Greater Manchester Fringe
WINNER Best Family Friendly Show Guildford Fringe
As seen on Harry Hill’s Clubnite (Channel 4), Stand Up 2 Cancer (Channel 4), ITVX, NextUp, Pulped, and British Airways In-Flight Entertainment
★★★★★ “Literally the most hilarious thing in the world” – Pepper & Salt Reviews
★★★★★ “Katie Pritchard is a one woman comedy music powerhouse.” – VoiceMag
★★★★ “A musical bonanza like mixing every possible variety of Walker’s Crisps in a bowl and eating them with chocolate” – Mumble
★★★★ “Katie Pritchard is a force of nature!” – one4review
★★★★ “Will have you shaking from laughter” - Broadway World
★★★★ – Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe
"An explosion of joyful lunacy" - Shortlist
Who the honk do you thonk you are? Finally, a comedy show that isn't afraid to pose the questions we're all asking ourselves: Who the h*ck do I think I am? Is my personality the reason I'm single? Do I ever feel like a plastic bag? Two of Oxford’s rising stand-up comedians, Anna and Foo, should be working on their PhDs but are instead fixing our collective existential crisis by bringing you an hour of sharp wit, storytelling, and deeply nonsense-infused sketches to make big ideas less boring, big questions less daunting, and big feet less sexualized.
Yes, there will be goose-based content. Yes, there is a personality test. Yes, your personality is likely to blame for why you’re single. But we’re here to help with our fresh take on who you are, who we are, and is it OK to feel like a plastic bag when paper is more sustainable?
From competitors to colleagues, these two goofy geese are both Chortle Student Award Finalists, with Anna being praised for her “low-key disarming charm” and “skillfully constructed anecdotes” and Foo being crowned winner of the 2024 awards by “coining strong gags” that supercharge his dynamic delivery as an “assured and pacy performer” (Chortle). Described as having a real “will they / won’t they?” energy with regard to the question of being deported back to South Africa and Midwest America, they are firmly committed to abiding by their visa condition to make sure all who attend their shows leave deeply satisfied.
As seen at the Latitude festival, the Leicester comedy festival, and top comedy clubs in and outside the UK, these two saucy scallywags have been performing far and wide, and could not be more delighted to be bringing this refined hour of whimsy to you.
Join James Shakeshaft and Alasdair Beckett-King as we "investigate" forgotten folklore in front of a live studio audience.
Robin Hood? The Loch Ness Monster? Pfff! Too mainstream. Loremen is about folklore you probably haven't even heard of. Previous subjects include the Ghost Duck of Stoke, the London Monster and Gef the Talking Mongoose. And who could forget, the Mickleton Hooter?
Two absolute legends will tell stories from the British Isles, and then grade them according to the completely arbitrary Loremen Scoring System.
Join Annie as she works up a new hour of jokes.
Annie McGrath is a comedian renowned for her joke writing skills and deadpan style. Described by The Feminist Fringe as “dark and hilarious” ★★★★★, Annie’s sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show, Shepherd, received critical acclaim and transferred to a run at London’s Soho Theatre.
“Genuinely brilliant” — WHAT’S ON LONDON ★★★★
“Smart and smutty” — LONDON EVENING STANDARD
“A consummate performer” — ONE4REVIEW ★★★★
“Spot-on timing” — THREE WEEKS ★★★★
“Hilarious” — EDFRINGE REVIEW ★★★★★
“Ridiculously funny” — EDFRINGE REPORTER ★★★★
After a sold-out, rave-reviewed tour last year, Esther is back—this time embracing the sheer joy of having absolutely no dignity.
She’s tried elegance. She’s aimed for sophistication. But somehow, the chaos always wins. Because really—how do you keep your poise when you’re juggling kids, aging parents, and the crushing weight of unmet expectations?
Following the success of her last show, Hell Hath No Fury, Esther is done pretending. Labeled an “angry woman”? Fine. She’ll own it. Now, she’s leaning in even further—into the mess, the mayhem, and the gloriously undignified truth of it all.
From failed attempts at being sexy, sudden hearing loss, and awkward encounters with dodgy drug dealers, to the brutal realities of a waxing session gone sideways—nothing’s off limits.
Because when there’s war in the world and family back in Lebanon, there are bigger things to worry about than being a “slagbomb.”
It's time for Pierre to do stand-up! It's time for you to watch! Why not just embrace that, for God's sake? All earthly glories fade!
Co-host of the Frank Skinner podcast. As seen on World's Most Dangerous Roads (U&Dave), The Mash Report (BBC Two), Stand Up Central (Comedy Central). Heard on The Now Show and The News Quiz and Breaking The News (BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Scotland).
The Elvis of comedy is back, with something not finished. I’m trying stuff out for a potential new show. I don’t know what it is yet. It might never be finished. I’ll do what I want quite honestly and it’s on you if the wheels come off. And they will come off. I intend to make them come off. You just watch those wheels come off.
The year is 2009. The location is, physically, Slough, Berkshire and, spiritually, Forks, Washington. Chloe and her 11-year-old best pals have become obsessed with all things Twilight. Soon, enjoying the franchise is not enough for these voracious and unbalanced tweens. They must immerse themselves in this world and so Daughters of Volterra, a 30,000-word self-insert erotic fanfiction, is born.
Join comedian and improviser Chloe Jacobs as she guides you through the hilarious and fevered imaginings of her vampire-obsessed youth. This show asks the important questions: what does it mean to be a superfan? What compels us to write? And... Bella! Where the hell have you been, loca?
“I need to hear the rest of this fanfiction!” - Ahir Shah
“Savage, but incredibly witty” - Oxford Opening Night
“Charmingly self-deprecating and wonderfully self-assured” - Cherwell
“Effortlessly funny … [had] the audience doubled over with laughter” - Daily Info
Critically acclaimed cat lady comedian Katie Norris embarks on a daring adventure into the untamed realms of her own imagination. Bid your father a heartfelt adieu – for it is your destiny to accompany her.
'Tremendous... Wonderfully batty and unapologetic' **** (Guardian).
'Norris cannot put a foot wrong' **** (List).
**** (Chortle.co.uk).
**** (Scotsman).
Next Big Thing nominee 2025. Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show nominee 2025. Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023. Next Up Biggest Award in Comedy nominee 2024.
Bilal Zafar is an Edinburgh Best Newcomer Award Nominee etc. He has appeared on BBC1, BBC2, Channel 4 and BBC Radio 4. This is a brand new show about a time Bilal witnessed a 14 year old Boy from his school have a punch up with a middle aged Man outside Greggs.
Shortcom*****
Metro ****
The Skinny ****
2023 Sky Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner for Best Show, Ahir Shah comes to the Oxford Comedy Festival to try out new material. Ahir's most recent show, Ends, received national and international acclaim and is now available to watch on Netflix.
***** (Guardian).
***** (Independent).
***** (Chortle.co.uk).
***** (Evening Standard).
***** (Mail On Sunday).
***** (Telegraph).
In a desperate need for attention, Shalaka has decided to get a mental health diagnosis. Join her as she convinces her therapist that there's something wrong. Channel 4 Sean Lock Award finalist. West End New Act of the Year winner. As seen on BBC, Comedy Central and Channel 4.
'An impressive arsenal of cool, sardonic stand-up' (Chortle.co.uk).
'Deadpan joy' (MorningStarOnline.co.uk).
Love stand-up comedy? Love badgers? Of course you do! This show explores how the worlds of humans and badgers collide using jokes, PowerPoint, and West Country charm. We’ll learn about the European badger and its dachshund nemesis, the presidential American badger, the world-famous internet sensation that is the honey badger and many more. 'It’s learning, it’s comedy and it’s cool... a fascinating wee treat' (MumbleComedy.net).
Heidi Regan is back working on her fifth stand-up hour. Some are calling the show a beautiful discourse on the duality of man and facing your fears. Others are calling it a very silly story about a hospital trip that goes wrong. None of these people have seen the show but they've really nailed the vibe!
The Jamie Mykaela & Friends Variety Hour is the triumphant return of Soho socialite and ex-BBC hostess Jamie Mykaela - after a wobble with the HR department (a miscommunication involving Cliff Richard, some fresh vegetables and a few too many martinis) the BBC axed the pilot of her Vaudeville Variety Hour that was set to air in April of 1965. Thankfully, some 60 years later, [insert producer and/or festival] have finally rescued it from the cutting room floor! A bevy of multi-talented comedians, musicians, and their outrageous tales will be blessing the illustrious stage of [insert venue] for a night of (slightly) clean-hearted fun that will have you forgetting the Brady’s names in an instant. So walk right in, and sit right down and let Jamie Mykaela & Friends transport you back to the golden age of swinging television and far out variety!
*Bingo tickets not included.
'Fresh' from hatching a baby girl and a sold out Edinburgh run of Smut ‘Uninhibited feminist with a foul mouth' ★★★★ Daily Express, Lily, as seen on ITV, Comedy Central, E4 and BBC1, is back with a new hour and she's absolutely FINE. She may have lost her sleep, her social life and her perineum, but she's nailing it, everything is great. She’s one of those cool mums that takes it all in their stride. If you understand sarcasm this show is for you.
★★★★ “Stitches is hilarious and harrowing in equal measure…” VoiceMag
Being loud, brazen and a little bit lairy was all Matt Richardson needed to propel himself onto the comedy circuit aged 18 and be presenting national telly by 22.
Matt has moved to the countryside, settled down, and is trying his hardest to not make rude jokes. It’s not going as well as he’d hoped…
Attempting to navigate a world of mate’s kids, mortgages and village life is proving a challenge for the guy who can't resist causing a scene. How do you age with grace and dignity when it’s at odds with all the personality traits that got you this far?
As seen on Dancing on Ice, The Stand Up Sketch Show, Love Island: Aftersun (ITV2), Comedy Central’s Roast Battle and many more.
otal 2024 Fringe Sell Out. Amy Annette is back, after her critically acclaimed 2024 debut, with a show about being perceived. Ever felt like a floating head? Amy has. But she'd rather talk about you. '
A delight to behold' **** (Guardian).
'A bright addition to the stand-up scene' **** (List).
'One of my favourite comedians' (Aisling Bea).
'Brilliant, hilarious. If I didn't love her so much, I'd hate her' (Suzi Ruffell).
Join us at Oxford's most amazing secret bar, Trinity Beer Cellar, for a night of two different comedy shows that will knock you socks off (both of them).
The first half is Outliars (four comedians tell you an outrageous true story but one is lying. Can you figure out which one?) and the second half is a stand-up show featuring four great comics doing their best ten minutes for you. So it is the fun, experimental kind of comedy show you expect from QED Comedy Lab along with a night of top-notch stand-up.
Join us at Oxford's most amazing secret bar, Trinity Beer Cellar, for a night of two different comedy shows that will knock you socks off (both of them).
The first half is Outliars (four comedians tell you an outrageous true story but one is lying. Can you figure out which one?) and the second half is a stand-up show featuring four great comics doing their best ten minutes for you. So it is the fun, experimental kind of comedy show you expect from QED Comedy Lab along with a night of top-notch stand-up.
Join us at Oxford's most amazing secret bar, Trinity Beer Cellar, for a night of two different comedy shows that will knock you socks off (both of them).
The first half is Outliars (four comedians tell you an outrageous true story but one is lying. Can you figure out which one?) and the second half is a stand-up show featuring four great comics doing their best ten minutes for you. So it is the fun, experimental kind of comedy show you expect from QED Comedy Lab along with a night of top-notch stand-up.
Join us at Oxford's most amazing secret bar, Trinity Beer Cellar, for a night of two different comedy shows that will knock you socks off (both of them).
The first half is Outliars (four comedians tell you an outrageous true story but one is lying. Can you figure out which one?) and the second half is a stand-up show featuring four great comics doing their best ten minutes for you. So it is the fun, experimental kind of comedy show you expect from QED Comedy Lab along with a night of top-notch stand-up.
