Nick Helm

Nick Helm: The Man. The Myth. The Legend.

Nick HelmNick Helm returns to the Leeds Comedy Festival fresh from selling 1,500 tickets for his album launch show at The Forum in London.

The multi-award winning creator and star of BBC’s ‘Uncle’ and ‘Heavy Entertainment’ brings a show that mixes stand-up with songs

This is probably your last chance to see him before he gets really, really big charging hundreds of pounds for a ticket and easily filling stadiums!! So see him now and then boast to your friends in years to come about how you saw him in the early days, before he sold out and went all commercial.

“Pretty f*cking amazing…” TIME OUT ****

“It ain’t pretty, but it is hilarious.” **** Chortle

“A wonderfully crazy funny hour” **** The Scotsman

“A potential megastar.” The Guardian

Running time: 90 mins. approx

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Card Ninja

Javier Jarquin: Card Ninja

Card NinjaAfter a standing-room only run at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Javier Jarquin brings award-winning show ‘Card Ninja’ to Leeds! The Card Ninja possesses extraordinary skills which are more than just sleight of hand; these ‘tricks’ are on another level, and unlike anything you’ve seen before. Watch as Javier uses ordinary playing cards as weapons, with unfathomable precision, speed and power, in a unique, hilarious performance that you’ll never forget. Following his journey from mild mannered card player to silent assassin, ‘Card Ninja’ is a one-man comedy show with upbeat humour, impressive stunts and smooth audience interaction for anyone who’s ever wanted to be a little bit Ninja…

Warning: This show contains ninjas, NOT magic.

Running time: 60 mins. approx

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Ellie Taylor

Ellie Taylor: Infidelity

Ellie Taylor LCF16 ImageAs seen on ‘Mock the Week’, ‘8 out of 10 Cats’ and ‘The John Bishop Show’, Ellie warms up for the Edinburgh Festival with her brand new show all about that pesky bit of marriage known as monogamy. At least, that’s what it was about when she wrote this blurb. It could be 60 minutes on budgies by now.

‘Radiates natural charisma…blessed with great flair’ – The Guardian

‘Frequently hilarious’ – Metro

‘Smart, self mocking and telegenic…it’s hard to see what’s going to get in Taylor’s way’ – The Scotsman

Running time: 60 mins. approx

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Tom Binns

Tom Binns: Summertime Special

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A one-man variety show from the creator and star of BBC1’s ‘Hospital People’ featuring favourite characters and new ones making their debut in this two hour long hilarity extravaganza.
The multi award-winning “Ivan Brackenbury” (Hospital Radio DJ) and “Ian D Montfort” (psychic) are joined by Tom’s equally inventive and skilful new ventriloquist act that includes his whole family.
An annual smash-hit, must-see show at the Edinburgh Fringe, Binns’ shows are a rollicking laugh a minute experience which leaves audiences delighted and astonished in equal measure.
“Binns has his character absolutely nailed, and mines the comic seam ruthlessly to create top-quality entertainment with practically universal appeal” – Guardian
“Top 50 Gigs of the Decade” – Chortle.co.uk
“monster hit at the Edinburgh Fringe” ★★★★★ – Time Out
“Tom Binns’s inspired alter ego…” ★★★★★ – Independent
Top 10 Foster’s Comedy God

Running time: 120 mins. approx

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Mitch Benn

Mitch Benn – Don’t Fear The Reaper (Preview)

Mitch Benn LCF16 jpegIt’s been a morbid year for “the country’s leading musical satirist” (The Times); he’s turned 46 – over the hill by anyone’s standards – his personal life is in turmoil, and his childhood heroes are dropping like flies. At times like these, a man feels the Reaper creeping up on him…

But is death anything to fear? And is it really the end?

Mitch confronts his – and YOUR – mortality with hilarious (and tuneful) consequences.

The nation’s foremost musical satirist features regularly on Radio 4 where he has been a weekly contributor to ‘The Now Show’ since it’s inception, created his own aptly named series, ‘Mitch Benn’s Crimes Against Music’ and ‘The Mitch Benn Music Show’ where he plays records of comic songs and invites musical comedians into the studio to perform. He also appears on Radio 2’s ‘Steve Wright Show’ as the voice of “Elvis” in the “Ask Elvis” feature.

“Well crafted, well sung, his songs are just plain funny” The Guardian

“Song after song of exquisitely crafted satire” The Scotsman

Running time: 60 mins. approx

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Ed Aczel

Ed Aczel: The Random Flapping of a Butterfly’s Wings

Ed AczelEd Aczel “Britain’s greatest living anti-comedian” comes to Leeds as he tries once again to nail down the nature of existence.

Aczel is known for not following the rules of stand-up comedy and he aims to use his show, with help of the Chaos Theory, to change the world once and for all – although it may turn out to be too complicated. He asks whether you can have your cake and eat it – i.e. seek to change human consciousness forever and keep your weekends free. Ed includes a couple of amusingly circular stories about his life, which thankfully don’t last long. Bringing Maths, History and Improv to life for beginners, he explores his own inner psyche with a section analysing his dreams – and then tries not to get too paranoid.

Praise for The Random Flapping of a Butterfly’s Wings…

‘Ed is a deadpan dynamo and very funny… if you don’t laugh you must be sad’ ★★★★ Mirror

‘It could be said that you either love him or hate him, but that’s incorrect. You love him or you’ve missed the point’ ★★★★ Edinburgh Festival Magazine

‘There is no better antidote to the slickness and polished perfection of mainstream performance’ ★★★★ Broadway Baby

‘Britain’s greatest entertainer’ ★★★★★ Time Out

‘One of the most entertaining oddities in years’ ★★★★ Metro

‘Aczel turns unprofessionalism into an art form’ ★★★★ Times

Running time: 90 mins. approx

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Justin Moorhouse

Justin Moorhouse: People and Feelings

Justin MoorhouseAs seen on ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘Phoenix Nights’ and heard on radio’s ‘The News Quiz’ and ‘Fighting Talk’, he’s a little slimmer but still as “belly laugh funny” – Manchester Evening News, everyone’s favourite northern charmer is back and better than ever.

After touring last year’s show Destiny Calling, of which The Guardian said “the amount of first-rate comic craft that goes into his deceptively simple routines is worthy of admiration” he’s had a think about people. And feelings. About people Justin knows, their feelings and how he feels about them. And they about him.

‘He charms the pants off the crowd’ – The Sunday Times ‘Comedic tour-de-force… brought a tear to a critical glass eye” – The Herald

Running time: 60 mins. approx

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Hardeep Singh Kholi

Hardeep Singh Kohli’s Mix Tape

Hardeep LCF 16 ImageThe BBC Radio 4 star shares his personal mix tape – the joy, the pain and the bizarre middle eight – in this brand new stand-up hour.

“A master of pace, mixing stories with fantastic quick-witted patter” **** The Skinny

“Something quite special… in between the laughter are stories of genuine power” ***** Broadway Baby

Running time: 60 mins. approx

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Lloyd Langford

Lloyd Langford: Preview

Lloyd LangfordLloyd brings a brand new hour of his hearty comedy mixing a delicious blend of jokes, stories, observations, ad-libs, one-liners, accents, theories, topical gags and self-deprecation.

As seen on ‘Q.I’, ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ & ‘Ask Rhod Gilbert’ and as regularly heard on The Radio 4’s ‘Unbelievable Truth’

‘… an undiscovered genius’ (The Guardian).

Running time: 60 mins. approx

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