The acts appearing at the Music & Comedy Festival in Marlborough
Music | Comedy | Other
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Dan Evans
'Skilful and surreal' The Scotsman
'Original and inventive' The TimesDan Evans first appeared on the comedy circuit in 1994, shortly afterwards leaving a promising career as one of East Anglia's leading office menials to go full time.
Over the past decade his twisted logic has delighted the nation, helping it through the dark days of the death of HRH The Queen Mother and the uncertainties of 21st century property prices.
As well as playing clubs and universities throughout the UK, Dan has gigged in Holland, Germany, Dubai and Ireland as well as being part of the sell-out Screaming Blue Murder Cabaret and Avalon Comedy Zones at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Dan's TV and radio appearances include Brain Candy (BBC3 & 2), Channel 5 at The Store, Channel 5 Comedy Zone and the Radio 2 Stand Up Show.
He writes too, with many credits including The Very World of Milton Jones (R4 - Sony Award Winner), Rory Bremner Who Else? (CH 4), The Eleven O'Clock Show (CH 4), The Live Floor Show (BBC 1), Revolver (BBC 1) and The Joan Rivers Position (CH 5).
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Geoff Whiting
Geoff Whiting takes the stage with consummate ease and works the audience like a miner at the coal face, digging out nuggets of information to fuel his comedy." - Independent on Sunday
Geoff Whiting is an established and popular compere, as well as a strong and versatile act. He has appeared at the Edinburgh Festival, on television and radio and at every notable comedy club in the UK. He is also an established TV warm up.
Comedy Clubs & Appearances-London
The Comedy Store, The Comedy Café, Jongleurs, Bound and Gagged, Up the Creek, Meccano, Red Rose Comedy Club, Screaming Blue Murder, The Bearcat, Downstairs at the Kings Head and the Banana BalhamUK & Others
One hour solo show at Dartmouth Comedy Festival 2010, The Bath Comedy Festival, Exeter Comedy Festival, Jongleurs, Famous for Comedy, The Krater Comedy Club (Brighton and Bath), Rawhide (Liverpool), Just the Tonic (Nottingham), The Comedy Box (Bristol), The Comedy Club (Chelmsford), The Cheeky Monkey Comedy Club (Birmingham) and St John's College Summer Ball (Cambridge University). The Comedy Café (Amsterdam), The Bowler (Paris), GPO (Galway, Ireland) and City Limits (Cork).
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Nick Page
Nick Page got into comedy for a bet, he's still not sure if he's won. He turned professional 4 months after his first open mic appearance, helped by working with Steve Coogan's 'Baby Cow' production company and an approach from the BBC who needed someone with a knowledge of property and a bit of life for a new series. That offer turned into 3 series (so far) of 'Escape to the Country', which attracts daytime audience share of over 30% and has moved to prime time as well.
Despite gaps in his gigging schedule caused by filming, Nick is performing all over the country, and is at home compering a rowdy Friday night comedy club as he is doing a one man show at a corporate event
His material is a surprising mixture of cynical observation and storytelling, drawing on his useless degree (International Politics and Far Eastern History) and inability to do a proper job (he was an estate agent but is mostly cured). He is quite tall, some would say very tall, but that may be hyperbole. His brother holds the record for throwing a Wellington boot (292 feet)
"a huge dose of likeability with some very clever material" Bath Chronicle.
"the funniest thing I've seen all year" Mitch Benn
"managed to combine a ready wit with his extensive knowledge" The Stage
" a curious and enquiring mind in the body of a white rhino" Silky
" a very fine man" Jo whiley, Radio 1
" the icing on the cake" Citizen
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Padraig Hyland
Padraig is an Irish comedian, writer and actor. Padraig is based in London and is the most hilarious comic in terms of his delusional material and attitude on stage. He likes to interact with the audience and it is his ability to relax an audience and take them with him that makes his performances exciting. He has performed in the US, Ireland and the UK and was featured at “The Best Of Irish” at the Edinburgh festival.
Padraig had a successful show at Edinburgh last year where he combined comedy with life coaching to create a show with laughs and a life lesson!
Reviews:
“………. Hyland has us giggling like five-year-olds …”. The Scotsman"….the honey-voiced Padraig Hyland, charming, conversational act as if he was talking to a mate in the pub….". The Public Reviews
“… some fabulous lines…” www.fringereport.com
“….kept the audience laughing pretty hard with his self-deprecating, interactive style, punctuated with spontaneous moments and skilled crowd-bating.” - Oxford Daily Info “Feelgood, inspiring..” - ****Three Weeks
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Sally-Anne Hayward
Sally-Anne Hayward has been described as a charming and popular performer with a winning brand of autobiographical humour. She always manages to endear herself to any audience by taking them on a journey through her slightly eccentric world, including insights into the female psyche and her compulsion to send off spoof job applications.
Sally has developed a unique brand of sweet young lady cum sharp-witted fox, wrapped in layers of eminently likeable stage persona.
Currently performing at major venues up and down the country and regular compere at Jesters Comedy Club in Bristol, Sally is in high demand across the UK. As well as working as a comedian, Sally is an accomplished radio presenter and stage and television actress.
Quotes
"Hayward is a bubbly stream of comedy anecdotes…a delightfully chatty act…an immensely likeable stage manner." Chortle on line review"Small time country posh life versus young lady breaking into the stand-up circuit. Fabulous." - BBC London Live
"This comedienne has developed a sharp, incisive style, making her a delight to watch…Has been singled out as a star for the future." Roar with Laughter on line review
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Sol Bernstein
Sol Bernstein is the comic creation of Steve Jameson, himself a top comedy performer.The character Sol Bernstein perform a solo show at the Edinburgh Festival 2003 to rave reviews:"One part Alf Garnett, two parts Mel Brooks and three part like nothing else you have heard. Bernstein is a great new comic creation in the making" - The Guardian"an instantly winning creation" - The Independent It's true! After 25 years of semi retirement, playing nursing homes, Sol Bernstein is back where he belongs, in smoky nightclubs performing to drunks.
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Stewart McCure
An Australian expat, Stewart McCure gave the show another foreign view of the country. Living in the UK for only three years allowed him the luxury of taking extended liberties in his humorous criticisms of London which the largely Scottish audience lapped up. In addition to his culture shock material, Stewart explored many topical subjects with enough varied insight to make them fresh as well as a few comments of dubious taste to keep the audience on their toes. His confident and smooth delivery were clearly the result of a productive experience on the London circuit. - Review from Edinburgh 2008 on www.thegroggysquirrel.com
Stewart has performed stand-up across London and the South of England at all the usual venues, at the 2006 & 2008 Edinburgh Fringe, the famous Manchester Frog & Bucket, the Bury St Edmunds Fringe Festival, the Leicester Comedy Festival, the Comedy Clinic and ALTdot COMedy Lounge in Toronto, Comedy Crisis in New Jersey, Superego Comedy in New York and the Roxbury and the Comedy Store in Sydney.
He is also a 20-year Australian improv veteran, a two-time winner of the coveted Sydney Theatresports Cranston Cup championship and has performed across Australia, the US, the UK and Canada, including the legendary Second City, Toronto.
Most recently Stewart directed directing the hit comedy Scenes from Communal Living at the Etcetera Theatre, Camden.