Dates: Friday 26 July
Times: Doors: 7.30pm
Place: The Gig Space, Level 5
Access: There is step-free access via a lift
BELLA HULL, SAMI ABU WARDEH, ADAM FLOOD
A fantastic chance to preview brilliant new live comedy shows. Catch some of the most exciting names in stand-up before they head up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Bella Hull: Piggie (Work in Progress)
Bella Hull has let out her inner child, and now it's at large. Hide your kids, hide your wives, hide your lunch. She'll eat them all for breakfast. As seen on BBC1's Stand Up For Live Comedy, Comedy Central Live and ITV2's The Stand Up Sketch Show. Tour support for Russell Howard, Phil Wang, Ed Gamble and Simon Amstell. Only supports men on tour.
'Very talented' ★★★★ - TheArtsDesk.com
'A great storyteller' ★★★★ - One4Review.co.uk
★★★★ - Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe
Sami Abu Wardeh
One of The Guardian’s top ten comedy acts of 2022, Sami Abu Wardeh is a rising star on the British comedy scene. Having created, written, led and produced his Channel 4 Digital comedy debut The Sheikh as well as his smash hit debut live hour Bedu in partnership with the Soho Theatre, his energetic feel-good character comedy plays as well on screen as it does on stage.
‘Blissfully funny while barely speaking a word’ - The Guardian ★★★★
‘The single funniest face I’ve seen in years.’ - Chortle ★★★★
Adam Flood: Back Of The Spoon
Blah blah blahing about his feelings has, quite honestly, made things worse for Adam Flood. OK sure, he might have won some awards, been on telly and dubbed by The Times as in the Top 3 Rising Stars of the Fringe but things have got to change for the Stoke-on-Trent urchin.
Behold, an anti-mental health show. Do you open a dropped bottle of coke right away - no, you leave it, for a long time before opening up. On a mission to find his own ways to avoid the deep stuff, can Adam distract you, but most of all himself, with fixations on ASMR, football (table), carpentry (table), pigeon watching, and big questions like, ‘do all Dads love marmalade?’ It’s time for Adam to hold a spoon up to society with high energy stand-up, original music and real-life voice notes.
‘Despicably multi-talented’ - Ivo Graham
★★★★★ - The Real Sparkle
★★★★ - Broadway World
★★★★ - Pick of The Fringe