COMEDY YOU CAN’T IGNORE

Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2016
EVENTS
ED PATRICK: JUNIOR OPTIMIST - WORK IN PROGRESS
Ed Patrick is a rising stand-up comedian and junior doctor. Following his first experiences working in the much loved NHS, he now brings
his debut stand-up show to Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival. Former finalist in both the Chortle Student Comedy Awards and Paramount
Comedy Funniest Student Award. “Masterful, often playfully provocative writing” Chortle
www.justthetonic.com/leicester-comedy
DATES:
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
VENUE: Just the Tonic at Hansom Hall Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (16)
TIME: 5pm (6pm)
ENTRY: £5
Reward Projects present
EL BALDINIHO: BUY WAND, GET WAND FREE
Up and coming magic comedy starlet “El Baldiniho” presents his debut DLCF hour of puns, prop gags, live music and of course, magic related
nonsense. “Baldiniho’s magic is very much influenced by Paul Daniels’ uncle, Jack” Sayeed Nowan (The Polygraph) As seen at major UK music
and comedy festivals. El Baldiniho is sensitively portrayed by sketch actor, Jason Jared (John Bishop’s Britain BBC1, Mad Bad Ad Show C4)
- part of the Kayal all-dayer www.elbaldiniho.co.uk
REGIONAL
PREMIER
DATES:
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
VENUE: Kayal Map Ref: MAP 1 - B3 (17)
TIME: 2pm (2.50pm)
ENTRY: £7 advance / £8 door
OXYGEN ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT
ELEANOR CONWAY’S WALK OF SHAME
Have you ever done the walk of shame? Ferocious clubber and party girl Eleanor Conway spent her twenties partying around the world
as a music journalist. Now with a year of sobriety from alcohol and substances under her belt she’s learnt a few things. Previewing her debut
solo show about porn, sex, drugs, drink and all the stuff you’re supposed to know by Tinder age 31.
www.eleanorconway.com
REGIONAL
PREMIER
DATES:
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
VENUE: Manhattan 34 Map Ref: MAP 1 - A3 (19)
TIME: 10.45pm (11.45pm)
ENTRY: FREE
Weirdos Weekender present
ELEANOR MORTON: ALLOTTED MUCKING AROUND TIME
Award nominated Eleanor Morton brings her highly anticipated second Fringe show to Leicester. As heard on Radio4 Extra. Praise
for Allotted Mucking Around Time: “Eleanor Morton’s uncanny comedy is intelligent, enjoyable and very funny” TV Bomb “A perfectly formed,
awkward hour of social ineptitude” Broadway Baby “A wonderfully whimsical experience” Three Weeks
www.eleanormortoncomedian.com
REGIONAL
PREMIER
DATES:
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
VENUE: Bob’s BlundaBus Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (4)
TIME: 7.15pm (8.15pm)
ENTRY: £5 (£4)
Mandy Ward Artist Management present
ELEANOR TIERNAN - DON’T CRY FOR ME
Eleanor Tiernan making her debut at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival. You may have watched her on The Alternative Comedy Experience
on Comedy Central. A regular at the Edinburgh fringe festival, Eleanor writes and performs on Irish Pictorial Weekly on RTE in Ireland.
“A distinctive, inspired comic mind” Scotsman. “Tiernan boasts a magnificent curl in her lip and snarl in her voice.” Sunday Times
www.eleanortiernan.com
REGIONAL
PREMIER
DATES:
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
VENUE: Just the Tonic at Hansom Hall Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (16)
TIME: 8.30pm (9.30pm)
ENTRY: £5
Dawn Sedgwick Management present
ELF LYONS - WORK IN PROGRESS
Award-winning comedian Elf Lyons presents a work in progress performance of her new kooky stand-up show. “Enthusiastically peculiar...
showing sexy, nerdy and funny aren’t mutually incompatible.” CHORTLE “Endearingly eccentric... She has a knack for fostering the desire to be
her new best friend.” FEST “The funniest, most intimate, and sexualised word vomit you’ve ever experienced” THIS IS RADELAIDE, Australia
www.theelflyons.com
DATES:
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
VENUE: Duffy’s Bar Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (9)
TIME: 8.45pm (9.45pm)
ENTRY: £5 (£3)
“All in all, a pretty broad grin” the observer
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