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Nick Hall is a stand-up, improviser and writer. He has written and performed for BBC2, BBC3, and BBC Radio 4.

Nick has taken six solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as performing at the Brighton Fringe, Latitude Festival, Soho Theatre, Princes Trust, and Bloomsbury Theatre.

Nick started his comedy career by beating the Gong at The Comedy Store, beating the Blackout at Up the Creek, and winning the New Act Night at the Comedy Café. He has now performed over 500 gigs across the UK and Europe.

Nick comperes a variety of live events, including cult movie night Hot Tub Cinema and hit football show Comedy Commentary. He also performs with The Committee, one of London’s hottest improvised comedy groups, and has appeared on Sky News, The Times Red Box podcast and written articles for The Independent.

“Crackingly original” ★★★★ The List

“Side splittingly funny” ★★★★★ ThreeWeeks

“Mad cap energy” ★★★★★ British Comedy Guide

“One not to miss” ★★★★ The Skinny

“Genuinely hilarious” ★★★★ Fringe Review

Fran Bushe is an award-winning comedian, writer and performer.

She has had sold-out runs at Soho Theatre, The Roundhouse and she has been a resident artist at Pleasance Theatre, Arts Depot and Theatre Deli.

An adaptation of Fran’s solo show Ad Libido has just been released by Channel 4 as a Comedy Blap.

Fran’s multi-award winning comedy play Ad Libido had a highly successful run at VAULT Festival (‘Highly Commended’ award winner, ★★★★ The Stage), Pleasance Theatre Edinburgh (Sold Out run, ★★★★ The Guardian, one of the Guardian’s top shows to see at the Edinburgh Fringe) and Soho Theatre, London in 2019.

Fran is a writer for Comedy Central’s sketch comedy show Laughing at Salad and her play Alive Day is published in 20 Short Plays with Big Roles for Women (Routledge Books). She has written features for The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, Metro and been a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.

★★★★ “Relentlessly hilarious” The Stage

★★★★ “Smart and audacious” The Guardian

★★★★★ Londontheatre1

★★★★★ Arthur’s Seat

★★★★★ Fringe Review

★★★★ Theatre Weekly

★★★★ Upper Circle Theatre

Performer of the Year – Sexual Freedom Awards 2019

The Guardian’s ‘Best Shows of the Fringe 2018

Tom Crowley is a writer, actor and comedian, best known for writing the stage adaptation of Rocky Horror sequel Shock Treatment and performing in TV drama The Royals.

He writes and performs (as Eric Chapman) in the Prix Europa-nominated podcast sitcom Wooden Overcoats. He also appears regularly in podcasts Victoriocity and The Beef & Dairy Network Podcast. His episode of BBC Sounds’s anthology drama podcast Murmurs was selected to launch the series in January 2020.

He has also performed in audio productions for BBC Radio 4, Audible, Fremantle Media and Somethin’ Else.

He has written for Cartoon Network Studios Europe, BBC Radio 4Extra, BBC Radio Wales, Wooden Overcoats, Six to Start and Bafflegab Productions. Tom worked as a series writer on the second season of BAFTA-winning animated series The Amazing World of Gumball for Cartoon Network Studios Europe

As part of comedy group Sad Faces, he co-created the sketch show Four Sad Faces for BBC Radio 4Extra in 2008, produced by Victoria Lloyd. His writing has also been heard in BBC Radio Comedy’s The Now Show, The News Quiz and The Show What You Wrote.

In 2019 his stand-up hour, Tom Crowley’s Mass, performed at multiple venues and festivals nationwide. His solo sketch and character comedy podcast Crowley Time is available on all podcast apps. His modernised adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations was published by Methuen in 2017.

“Crowley’s comic writing is a superb match for the show’s lunatic satire” Time Out (on Shock Treatment)

“Funny, gripping theatre” The Stage (on Great Expectations)

“The star of the show here is adaptor Tom Crowley” WhatsOnStage (on Shock Treatment)

“The podcast equivalent of impossible to put down” Vox (on Wooden Overcoats)