Upfront Comedy

Upfront Comedy Jam

UpfrontOnce again the festival brings you a night of big laughs and even bigger tunes as Upfront Comedy present a night of International top-notch comedy and music.

It’s unmissable fun that goes on until late into the night!

‘The most enterprising black comedy promoters in the country’ – The Guardian

Tickets for all shows are available directly from us with a small per ticket booking fee, which covers our software and transaction costs.

Tickets also available from LUNA TICKETS SEETICKETS and TICKETWEB subject to their own booking fees.

Phill Jupitus

Phill Jupitus: Juplicity

Juplicity photo Jupitus

Phill became a familiar face when he started as team captain on BBC2’s Pop quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks in 1996, which went on to run for 19 years. Aside from Never Mind the Buzzcocks and live stand up shows all over the UK, he also appears as a regular guest on QI (BBC2) and Alan Davies As yet Untitled (Dave) in 2012 returned to television stand-up for the first time since 2000 with an appearance on Live at the Apollo (BBC1).

On BBC Radio 4 Phill is a regular panellist of the award winning I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and The Unbelievable Truth and was resident curator on The Museum of Curiosity. In addition he has presented numerous radio documentaries including, Phill Jupitus’ Comic Strips, Calvin and Hobbes and The Man Who Bought Hendrix’s Stage.

In his theatre work Phill has most recently appeared alongside Jason Manford in the 2015 UK touring production of The Producers as Franz Liebkind. In the winter of 2014 he appeared in the West End production of Urinetown in the role of Caldwell B. Cladwell at the Apollo Theatre. In 2011 Jupitus played King Arthur in the UK and Irish tour of Spamalot and he starred in Red Ladder Theatre’s ‘Big Society’ for 19 nights at the Leeds City Varieties the following year. Phill made his West End singing debut in the autumn of 2009 Phill playing Edna Turnblad in the hit musical Hairspray at The Shaftesbury Theatre, receiving critical acclaim for his performance.

Phill is 53 and lives by the sea in Essex (but real Essex, not the one on telly).

Running time: 60 mins. approx

Tickets for all shows are available directly from us with a £1 per ticket booking fee, which covers our software and transaction costs.

Tickets also available from SEE TICKETS and TICKETWEB subject to their own booking fees.

James Veitch

James Veitch: Dot Con

James VeitchSuspicious emails: un-claimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safety deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop-up in our inbox and standard procedure is to delete on sight. But what happens when you reply?

James Veitch has spent the past year responding to as many scam emails as he can. Packed full of Nigerian princes, can’t miss investment opportunities and eligible Russian brides, the correspondence leads to surprising, bizarre and usually hilarious results.

Through a blend of traditional standup, interactive projections and music, he takes the audience on a journey through the schemes, investigates the nature of scamming, examines its role in our connected world; and explores his own psyche as he tries to understand why he finds pushing these cyber con artists to their limits so very satisfying.

Quirky, fast-paced and relatable, It’s comedy for the modern world, a show for anyone with a dream…and an email account.

“I laughed my ass off” New York Times

“Ingenious … One to watch” Independent

“Unusual and entertaining” The Telegraph

“Near-constant belly laughs” Scotsman

“Nerdy, anarchic, twisted mind” Fringe Review

“Topically brilliant comedy. Tears-down-the-face funny” Sunday Herald

Running time: 60 mins. approx

Tickets for all shows are available directly from us with a £1 per ticket booking fee, which covers our software and transaction costs.

Tickets also available from SEE TICKETS and TICKETWEB subject to their own booking fees.

Gary Delaney

Gary Delaney: There’s Something About Gary

Gary Delaney…and that something is he likes to write jokes. An awful lot of them.

Gary thinks a good joke should be like a drunk Glaswegian, short and punchy. His new tour show is not only great for people who like lots of jokes but also fun for people who enjoy getting offended by jokes too.

Regular on Mock The Week
Double Sony Award Winner
Chortle Award Nominee

“An endless flow of top quality jokes”
The Guardian

“A hugely impressive collection of exquisitely crafted gags by one of Britain’s grandmasters of the one-liner”
Chortle

“Gary Delaney has more quality jokes in one hour than many comics have in their entire careers…quite brilliant”
The Scotsman

“I laughed and I laughed and I laughed… A master craftsman”
The Times

Running time: 90 mins. approx

Tickets for all shows are available directly from us with a £1 per ticket booking fee, which covers our software and transaction costs.

Tickets also available from SEE TICKETS and TICKETWEB subject to their own booking fees.

Matt Forde

Matt Forde: It’s My Political Party, and I’ll Cry If I Want To (Preview)

Matt Forde LCF 16 ImageFollowing the UK’s most important referendum until the next one, Matt Forde celebrates why it’s great/awful that we’re in/out of the EU/UK/NATO/whatever the hell happens next.

Matt is one of the country’s most in-demand satirists appearing on The Royal Variety Performance 2015 (ITV), Have I Got News For You (BBC One), Mock the Week (BBC Two), and Question Time (BBC One).

“A first class comic” – The Guardian

“Highly engaging, inherently funny… An ability to ad lib laughs out of thin air.” – Chortle

Running time: 60 mins. approx

Tickets for all shows are available directly from us with a £1 per ticket booking fee, which covers our software and transaction costs.

Tickets also available from SEE TICKETS and TICKETWEB subject to their own booking fees.

So You Think You’re Funny

So You Think You’re Funny?

SYTYFSo You Think You’re Funny? is an annual stand-up comedy competition for newer acts which began in 1988 and has become the longest-running and most prestigious comedy newcomer award in the UK

This is the Yorkshire heat of the 2016 competition with the final being held in August at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A dozen or so acts each do an 8 minute set to wow both the audience and the judges and held together by a professional compere. Past winners include Dylan Moran, Lee Mack, Peter Kay and David O’Doherty with the list of losing finalists reading like a who’s who of comedy, including: Russell Howard, Reginald D Hunter, Rhod Gilbert, John Bishop, Alan Carr and Nina Conti.

If you really want to see the potential stand-up stars of the future, then this is the show for you!

Running time: 120 mins. approx

Tickets for all shows are available directly from us with a £1 per ticket booking fee, which covers our software and transaction costs.

Tickets also available from SEE TICKETS and TICKETWEB subject to their own booking fees.

Pete Firman

Pete Firman: Trix (preview)

Pete Firman‘The UK’s leading comedy magician’ (Time Out) brings a preview of his brand new show to the Leeds Comedy Festival

Expect Pete’s trademark blend of crowd-pleasing comedy and jaw-dropping magic in a show not to be missed from the star of BBC1’s ‘The Magicians’ and guest on BBC2’s ‘The Sarah Millican Television Programme’ and BBC1’s ‘The John Bishop Show’.

★★★★★ – Time Out   ★★★★★ – The Mirror

★★★★ – Metro             ★★★★ – The Independent

‘The man from Middlesbrough sets the pace for comedy-meets-magic in the 21st century’ – The Times

‘The new poster-boy for British comedy magic’ – The Telegraph

‘Seamless blending of quality magic and stand-up comedy. It is a joy to watch’ – Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

Running time: 60 mins. approx

Tickets for all shows are available directly from us with a £1 per ticket booking fee, which covers our software and transaction costs.

Tickets also available from SEE TICKETS and TICKETWEB subject to their own booking fees.