Specs Comedy Luton - December 2018

IVO GRAHAM

Apologetic Eton and Oxford alumnus Ivo started stand-up in 2009 at the age of eighteen and eight months later became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny award for new acts at the Edinburgh Fringe. Since graduating three years later he has become a regular fixture in the clubs and theatres of the UK circuit, with a gauche charm and crafty, self-aware wit which has proved a hit with audiences of all ages, and led to appearances on multiple TV and radio shows including Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, Comedy Central At The Comedy Store, As Yet Untitled, Live From the BBC and Fighting Talk. He has also written for various other TV comedy shows, as well as his own sitcom projects in development with Big Talk Productions and the BBC. His three solo stand-up shows have enjoyed sell-out runs at Edinburgh and London’s Soho Theatre, and he will be returning there and elsewhere to perform his fourth hour in 2017. As the Evening Standard put it, ‘if you like your comedy with long words and beautiful linguistic flourishes, buy a ticket immediately’.

‘Cleverly constructed comic timing’

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****

Edinburgh Evening News

‘A very convincing set from this erudite comedian’

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****

The Independent

‘Beautifully constructed comedy’

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The Scotsman

DAN EVANS

For over a decade Dan's accessible but childish surrealism has delighted audiences throughout the UK and Ireland. He’s also had his grammar corrected by Dutch and German crowds; performed for chubby sweating ex-pats in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Thailand, and is one of just two UK comics to play Hanoi, Vietnam.
ooooooHe’s appeared on BBC 2's Brain Candy, Channel 5 at The Store and the Channel 5 Comedy Zone, Radio 2’s Stand Up Show and 28 acts in 28 minutes on Radio 4. He writes too, the sitcom pilot, 'THE HOUSE OF ROOMS' he wrote with Milton Jones went out recently. He’s also written extensively for TV and Radio and his short film 'The Mouse That Teased The Wind',

'Skilful and surreal'

The Scotsman.

'Original and Inventive'

The Times.

CRAIG MURRAY

YOU WILL RECOGNISE HIM AS THE FACE OF PLUSNET Ads

Hailing from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire (a town otherwise famous for international terrorists, fake kidnaps and 'Britain's Best Market'), charming northerner Craig is currently one of the hottest rising talents on the comedy circuit. Craig cut his comedy teeth as resident compere at award-winning London club The Funny Side...of Covent Garden sharing a stage with some of the very best comedy acts in the business including Harry Hill, Stewart Lee and even Hollywood legend Robin Williams. He rapidly became a master of the compere's art; able to turn any crowd from a lacklustre mob into a clapping, cheering, delirious audience ready to laugh all night. Having honed his talents as an MC introducing others, in 2008 he began bringing his impressive stage presence and flair for audience banter to his very own stand-up set. Since then, his rise through the comedy ranks has been nothing short of meteoric. Within just 1 month he had reached the final of The Other Side New Act of the Year competition and within 3, the final of the coveted Hackney Empire New Act of the Year. In the past three years he has also appeared in a comedy film alongside Adam Hills and Brendon Burns and recorded a comedy pilot for the BBC. He is currently recognisable to many as the face of a series of comedy TV adverts for Plusnet Broadband. An instant crowd pleaser with a charismatic, mock-confrontational style, Craig is now a highly sought-after act and compere, performing all over the UK at the nation's leading comedy clubs, as well as overseas.

“…a great line in Northern humour”
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Spoonfed.co.uk

“Craig Murray knows his comedy roots…
his material was well presented [and]
recognisably funny”

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Chortle.co.uk

“Bloody funny”
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Jo Brand

Paul T. Eyres

Paul T. Eyres was so bored of middle-class values that he converted to Buddhism, only to win the title of world's rudest Buddhist. Despite his everyman appearance, Paul rallies against the stereotypes and assumptions that are ingrained into our culture. Paul is also a lively and engaging compere who is much in demand for his ability to get a room going. With his relentless high energy humour and rapid fire delivery, Paul breaks down barriers in way which is often challenging and frequently shocking - inspiring his audiences to laugh, gasp, then laugh some more!

''Cracking material!''

Matt Kirshen

''I wish I'd written that joke.''

Reg D. Hunter