EDFRINGE PREVIEWS

TONIGHT 2nd JULY. 8:00pm. FREE!

A fantastic double bill of Edinburgh Fringe previews from Tom Toal (★★★★ ‘a true talent’ Hairline) and Ian Smith (BBC2’s ‘Popatron).

TOM TOAL
Top Ten Fringe shows in Amused Moose Laughter Awards

★★★★ One4Review
★★★★ Shortcom
★★★★ Hairline
★★★★ Three Weeks
“Frolicsome and poignant stand-up.” Broadway Baby
“Certainly one of the most promising of today’s emerging comics.” Steve Bennett, Chortle
“You might find yourself taking a paracetamol to kill the pain in your jawline afterwards.” Shortcom
“Touching addition to the Daniel Kitson-esque heart-on-sleeve comedy subgenre at the Edinburgh Fringe.” The List
“This is a delightful hour of precious personal stuff. We forget the misery and cold of the outside as the Tom Toal comedy glow warms us all.” The Scotsman
“Compelling and funny in equal measure….This is definitely a young man with a big future I reckon and I look forward to seeing him prosper.” One4Review *
*“When a comedian has every member of a crowd bouncing up and down and wholeheartedly chanting along as though they were at a football match, you know they have the charisma to pull off a stunning performance!” EdFest Mag

IAN SMITH
(BBC1’s The Ark, Channel 4′ s Popatron, BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff)
★★★★★ Three Weeks
★★★★ Metro
★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★ The Skinny
‘fantastically funny’ The Times
‘a star of the future’ Time Out
‘gently amusing, inventive and accomplished storyteller’ Time Out
‘If you’re also looking for a smart, well-delivered set and a thoroughly enjoyable hour, then you know where to find that’ The List *
*’he combines that familiar, self-deprecating style of comedy (BBC3, do you have Smith’s number yet?) with good timing and some genuinely original ideas’ Three Weeks

IAN SMITH & CHRIS BETTS!

Sunday 31st May. Time: 8:00pm (Doors open 7:30pm) Tickets: £5.00

https://www.musicglue.com/camden-head/events/31-may-15-edfringe-previews-ian-smith–chris-betts-camden-head/

An awesome double bill of Edinburgh preview shows from two hilarious comedians Ian Smith (‘fantastically funny’ The Times) & Chris Betts (‘properly hilarious’ Whats On London).

IAN SMITH: Whereabouts
Award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC1’s The Ark, BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff)returns with his third hour. It’s about whereabouts things are and whatabouts they’re doing there. While others sleep, Ian is knocking back 35p energy drinks and searching for the answers. Big Smiddy’s back with another hour of stories, talking and attempts at theatre. It’ll be a lot of fun.

★★★★★ ThreeWeeks
★★★★ Metro.
‘Fantastically funny’ Times
‘A highly enjoyable show not to be missed’ ThreeWeeks

‘★★★★ An hour of controlled madness, consistently intelligent and laugh out loud funny’ Skinny

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CHRIS BETTS: Social Animal
Edinburgh Debut; Chris Betts loves to watch people, and his favourite view is from behind the bar. Betts has studied mankind at our watering holes and come back hopeful. Think Jane Goodall polishing glasses!

Comedy Reserve 2014, NATYs finalist 2015, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year finalist 2014.
‘Canadian Chris Betts has a confident style and a solid set… a glint of steelier edge’ Chortle
‘an enticing prospect, a Canadian who deals in off-kilter thoughts sharpened by the occasional prod at taboo topics’ The Independent

CHATBACK COMEDY!

Chatback Comedy’s Friday Night! Fri 11th April. Time: 8:00pm (Doors open 7:30pm). Tickets: £8/£7 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/314388

This regular Evening Standard recommended show presents another tip top night of stand up comedy at Camden Comedy Club (Voted number 16 best comedy club in London by Time Out London!).

Headliner
IAN SMITH
*(As seen on BBC shows ‘The Ark’, ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’ and ‘Popatron’)
★★★★★ Three Weeks
★★★★ Metro
★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★ The Skinny
‘Hilarious’– Metro
‘deft, well-executed comedy’– One4Review
‘consistently intelligent and laugh out loud funny’ – The Skinny
‘If he follows this path, the next step could be huge’ – The Sunday Times
‘Quite possibly the funniest thing I have seen at the Fringe so far this year’ – Broadway World
‘The amazement here is that Ian is not a bigger name in comedy filling up larger venues, though this only seems a matter of time’ – Informed Edinburgh *

Plus
ABIGOLIAH SCHAUMAN
★★★★.5 Talk Fringe
★★★★ The Skinny
★★★★ Three Weeks
‘A foul mouthed sweetheart’ – The Skinny
‘Brash and to be remembered’ – The Adelaid
‘Schamaun is not just funny, she’s hilarious’ – Three Weeks
‘A smartly crass New Yorker, not for the squeamish or easily offended’ – The AU Review
‘Her cheeky honesty is completely disarming and delightful’ – Chortle

PAT CAHILL
(As seen on BBC3’s ‘Seann Walsh’s Late Night Comedy Spectacular’ & ‘Chris Moyle’s Comedy Empire’)
WINNER: Chortle Best Newcomer 2012
NOMINEE: Chortle Breakthrough Act 2013
★★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★ Metro

‘highly inventive rising star’ – Time Out
‘A comedic force to be reckoned with’ – Chortle
‘true star quality and bags of originality’ – Evening Standard
‘Stand up with a difference…reminiscent of the old great comics’ – Broadway Baby

JONATHAN HEARN
‘Very clever wordplay’ – The LP Project
‘plenty of charisma and a glint of silliness’ – Chortle
‘Hearn has an unconventional but intelligent style.” – Three Weeks

Chatback Comedy!

Fri 30th Jan. 8:00pm (Doors 7:30pm). Tickets: £8/£7 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/303885

COMEDY PICK IN THE EVENING STANDARD.

This regular sell out night, presented by Chatback Comedy, features some of the most exciting headliners and up-and-coming talent on the comedy circuit! This week’s line up:

**DANIEL SIMONSEN **
(WINNER: Foster’s Comedy Best Newcomer 2012, Tour Support for Simon Amstell, As seen on BBC3’s ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’)
★★★★ The Times
★★★★ Time Out
★★★★ Fest
★★★★ Fringe Guru
‘quirky, offbeat style’ Public Reviews
‘Look out for this brilliantly offbeat Norwegian stand-up’ Guardian
‘You knew he was funny before he even opened his mouth’ Scotsman

**FELICITY WARD**
As seen on BBC3’s ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’ and at Soho Theatre (UK) and on ‘Spicks and Speck’s, ‘Thank God You’re Here’, ‘Good News Week’ & many more (AUS).
AWARDS:
Nominee: Best UK Club Act – Chortle 2014
Nominee: Barry Award – 2012
Nominee: Best Show – MICF 2013
Winner: Time Out Best Local Act – 2011/2
Nominee: Best Comedy – Adelaide Fringe 2012
★★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★★ Big Issue
★★★★ Time Out
★★★★ Scotsman
★★★★ Fest
★★★★ Chortle
★★★★ The List
‘Comedy at its’ finest’ – Three Weeks
‘explosively funny routines’ Chortle
‘Extremely animated and compelling’ – The Skinny
‘A filthy high speed hour of breathless laughs’ – The List

**ANDREW STANLEY**
★★★★ The List
★★★★ Hairline
★★★★ Three Weeks
★★★★ Fresh FM
‘an affable gift of the gab and an ability to conjure up witty phrases on the fly’ Chortle
‘It’s rare…to see a comic so clearly destined for the top, but with astonishingly good observational material delivered and timed to perfection there’s no doubt about the destination of the young Irishman’s career.’ The Scotsman

**SEAN McLOUGHLIN**
(London Live’s ‘Funny Rotten Scoundrels’)
★★★★ Chortle
‘The stand-out stand-up’ Evening Standard
‘This guy is an entertaining talent…one of the best’ Scotsman
‘brilliant and unexpected turns of phrase…had a cumulatively hilarious effect’ Chortle
”Beautifully cynical … and he is not far off being utterly brilliant’ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine