The Comedy Defect

Zack Dyer (Comedian)

Zack Dyer is a comedian hailing from North Queensland, Australia. Having performed in Queensland for several years, Zack then moved south to Melbourne and found success after winning RAW comedy, Australia’s biggest national comedy competition. The prize for winning was a trip to Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the opportunity to compete in the coveted So You Think You’re Funny competition. Although he didn’t win the entire competition, he did win the hearts of several audience member who “thought he was very good” When not writing and performing comedy, Zack enjoys playing video games and getting likes on social media.

Twitter: @localfunnyman

Instagram: @localfunnyman

Facebook: Zack Dyer

Jez Watts (Comedian)

Jez has been a comic for 5 years and has already notched up an impressive list of achievements. He’s about to start touring his third straight solo show in as many years and has sold out shows in Perth, Sydney and Scotland. He’s the creator of comedy production company Infinite Jest Comedy, host of the touring festival juggernaut The Nasty Show and of podcast Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. He’s also supported the international tours of Brian Posehn (USA), Duncan Trussell (USA), Joe Mande (USA), Sami Shah (PAK) amongst others, and regularly tours Australia performing in the best venues the country has to offer. Right now he’s prepping for his 2018 solo festival show “1” Comedy Great Fun Jez Watts SEO Nightmare, which will be touring festivals around Australia and the Edinburgh Fringe.

Twitter: @infinitejez

Instagram: @infinitejez

Facebook: @infinitejez Website: www.InfiniteJez.com

Andy Storey (Comedian)

Born and braised in the north of England.  BBC New Comedy Award Finalist 2015.  Andy Storey is one of the most exciting and idiosyncratic rising stars of the post alternative comedy scene.  His deliciously dry sense of humor, and effortless performance style mark him out as a refreshing albeit positively cynical new voice in comedy.

Andy started comedy in November 2010, and since then has been remarkably prolific, finding him in the finals of six major comedy competitions.  Notably "One to Watch" runner-up at the world famous Up the Creek Comedy Club & Leicester Square New Act of the Year.

Andy is taking his brilliant debut hour show 'Awkward' to the Edinburgh Festival 2018.

"Andy Storey looks like a beatnik genie in a bowling shirt... He tells a truly funny story." Ed Fest Mag 4 Stars ****

Twitter: @funnystorey

Instagram: funnystorey

Lubo (Comedian)

Lubo began performing stand up comedy in December 2015, he has since developed into a hugely engaging and exciting comedian, performing all over the country and establishing himself as one of the most exciting new acts on the circuit.

He won Eastbourne new Comedian of the Year in May 2016 and was a semi-finalist in the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year. The following month he performed to over 2,000 people. In February 2017 he performed his first solo show at the Stratford Circus Arts Centre to a sold out crowd. His show was picked up for a foreign TV show to be broadcast in 2018.

His set often features story telling, audience interaction and routines about growing up in a Zambia and living in London. 

 

Twitter: @Lubo4real

Instagram: Lubo Comedian

Sally Firth AKA Sian Doughty (Comedian)

Sian Doughty has been performing stand up since October 2013.

In 2014 she created the character Sally Firth, the mother of a young male stand up comedian who does her version of his act, using his notebook.  

Reviews include:  “Beautifully written jokes,” (Maureen Younger, MY Comedy), “Looking wonderfully out of place was (spoiler alert: eventual winner!) Sally Firth. Imagine your friend’s slightly posh mum coming onto stage and being both adorable and hilarious and you'll understand why the audience fell in love with Sally. Sally's timing, expressions and delivery were so natural and her persona so likeable that the crowd were chanting her name at the end of her routine. Fantastic.” (Codie Louise Austin, North West End).  “Sally is a real hoot, switching from naive and unsure to more rude…she has the delivery spot on….has the charm to go solo.” (Views from the Gods)  “Did a fantastic set, drove the audience wild” (Jason Why, promoter), “Very funny” (Matthew Baylis, comic, MC and promoter) “Lit up the stage” (Alastair Sadler, comic, MC and promoter), “Sally is eminently likeable and the juxtaposition between content and delivery is a joy to watch. I've yet to see the character of "Sally" fail to win over audiences and keep them on her side throughout the journey that is her set. In short, smart, clever but most importantly funny."  (Ray Davis, comic, MC and promoter) “The innocent-looking but sexually explicit Sian Doughty” (Johnny Glasgow, MC and comic) “Hilarious” (Ariane Sherine, writer and comedy performer) “A class act, on and off the stage” (Steve McCann, promoter and performer).

In 2015 Sian was a semi-finalist in the Golden Jester Competition. In 2016 she beat King Gong at the Comedy Store, Manchester, won Beat The Frog at the Frog and Bucket, Manchester, won “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” in Leicester and won the Comedy Carousel at Birmingham Glee Club.

“Sally Firth” has been named as One To Watch by the judges of Funny Women 2016, was shortlisted for Silver Stand Up of the Year 2017 and was a semi-finalist in Welsh Unsigned Act of the Year 2017. She has beaten the blackout at Up the Creek in London three times, in 2015, 2016 and 2017 and won King Gong at the London Comedy Store in June 2017.

 She has also taken part in the 2014, 2016 and 2017 Edinburgh Fringe, the 2015 and 2017 Brighton Fringe, the 2017 Hastings Comedy Festival and the 2017 Camden Fringe. She has done a number of gigs for Joke Club and Mirth Control.

She has performed at sports club comedy nights and charity and school fund raising functions.

Email: goldengirl55@live.co.uk

Ryan J Dalton (Comedian)

Comedian and Animal Enthusiast

Ryan started comedy 4 years ago and since then has performed all around the UK & Ireland. Mixing his skill of story telling with his love for animals, Ryan manages to grip the audience when one stage, making them feel a part of his set.

In 2014 Ryan started The Comedy Wire, a small open mic night and a way to practise his hosting. 3 years on, TCW is now a monthly pro night in Kingston. Having acts such as Phil Kay, Sara Pascoe & Nish Kumar headline.

Ryan is now living in North London working freelance in comedy and running his own dog day care company. Along with another comedian Jake Howie, he is due to perform at The Camden Fringe in Ha Ha Land. Tickets below: http://www.camdenfringe.com/show.php?acts_id=944

Twitter: @mrryanjdalton
@The_ComedyWire
Instagram: mrryanjdalton

Mark Palmer (Comedian & Actor)

Comedian, Actor and Writer. Mark has been performing stand-up comedy for over 16 years, firstly in South Africa, and for the last 5+ years in the UK. Mark currently lives in Surrey with his foodie wife and 2 dogs (Mr Higgins and Maggie_Mae) and fish (named Fishpaste) and travels across the UK and the world trying to make complete strangers laugh.

In recent times apart from performing across the UK Mark has also performed in Canada, Malta, Belgium, Czech-Republic, Ireland, South Africa and all across the Mediterranean and South Pacific, bringing laughs and good times to almost evert part of the planet.

Twitter: @Markpalmercomic
Instagram: @markpalmercomedian
Facebook: Mark Palmer Stand-Up Comedian

 

Chris Norton Walker (Comedian)

Comedian and Actor. Chris Norton Walker has performed comedy for 6 years, performing “A hearty mix of exciting crowd work and delicious material" - Honest Comedy”.

He is currently touring his new show “YEAH” around the country to rave reviews “Funniest show of the Fringe... Hilarious One Liners : *****” – Barbican Theatre (Plymouth)

He has also appeared on several TV shows including Eastenders, Take Me Out, Drifters, The Kevin Eldon Show, and Crackanory . Chris has performed comedy all over the world including gigs in Europe and The Comedy Store in LA. Go and see him in tour around the UK!

Twitter: @NortonWalker
Instagram: Chris Norton Walker
Facebook: Chris Norton Walker

Mr Sean Sellers (Comedian & Improviser)

Stand up comedian, actor, improviser, and director, Sean Sellers shares his name with far more people than he thinks he should, including an infamous Satanist–turned–Christian double–murderer and the progressive Christian Rock band named after him.

And now he’s on a podcast trying his best not to reveal anything about himself to you, the listener!

Will he? Won’t he? Listen and find out…

An intensely guarded yet clearly self-possessed American comedian, who started doing improvisational, physical, and sketch-based comedy in the early 1990s, Sean’s now a full-time London-based stand-up.

Whether he’s comparing himself to Jesus or making fun of Mexican drug lords, for Sean, it’s all about attitude. A natural comedian and comic performer, his current material covers everything from pop culture and politics to premature babies in a style that is alternately camp, clever, guarded, and intense, but always very, very funny.

“A very distinctive figure: A camp, intense American in an untied cravat and with a thick mop of hair that had such a mind of its own it deserves its own agent. He speaks in short, sharp sentences as he agitatedly expresses his hefty catalogue of peeves. His angsty, agitated style…makes him very watchable.” Steve Bennett, Chortle 2016

Twitter: @mrseansellers
www.mrseansellers.com

Julian Deane (Comedian)

Julian Deane is a circuit favourite, celebrated across the country for his ingenious punch lines and perfect delivery. He is an award-winning comedian (ITV’s Stand Up Hero, Laughing Horse winner), and writer (Unspun, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Mock the Week, Morgan Spurlock’s New Britannia). Julian will be supporting Paul Chowdhry on a national wide tour including a sold out Wembley Arena and 2 Hammersmith Apollos in November “deliciously twisted… a stream of seriously good gags… quick, sharply written and endlessly repeatable lines” The Guardian “His trick is to make you think you’re watching standard stand-up fare, then twisting expectations with sharp, original punchlines” The Independent “Sublime jokes” The Scotsman

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www.juliandeane.com
www.instagram.com/juliandeane80