Lone Wolf Comedy Festival feat. Scott Bennett, Laura Smyth, Troy Hawke, Keith Farnan, Matt Bragg, Lindsey Santoro, Joe Wilkinson, Russell Howard, James Ellis, Angela Barnes, Matt Richardson, Rosie Jones, Jon Richardson, Hal Cruttenden, MC Andrew Bird

Show details:

Friday – Scott Bennett, Laura Smyth, Troy Hawke

Saturday Matinee – Keith Farnan, Lindsey Santoro, Russell Howard

Saturday – Matt Bragg, Lindsey Santoro, Joe Wilkinson

Sunday Matinee – James Ellis, Angela Barnes, Russell Howard

Sunday – Matt Richardson, Rosie Jones, Jon Richardson, Hal Cruttenden

All hosted by the brilliant Andrew Bird!

Andrew Bird

Andrew appeared on “The Russell Howard Hour” and supported Russell on tour including Bristol’s Ashton Gate Football stadium and six shows at The London Palladium. He’s also supported Rhod Gilbert, Rob Brydon, America’s Brian Regan and Michelle Wolfe on their only London shows and Michael McIntyre on an entire arena tour including Wembley and the O2. He’s written on the TV shows Jon Richardson’s Ultimate Worrier and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

Scott Bennett

Described by the Evening Standard as “Live Comedy’s best kept secret” Scott Bennett has been blazing a trail through the stand-up circuit for the best part of a decade. He’s written for many high-profile acts such as Chris Ramsey and Jason Manford. In massive demand as a comedy writer and with appearances on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, BBC One’s Live at the Apollo and The Now Show, Scott is an act on the verge of breaking through into the big time.

Laura Smyth

Laura Smyth is a comedian, writer and actor from East London with a growing reputation in all fields of comedic endeavor.

TV appearances include ‘Live At The Apollo’ (BBC Two), ‘Frankie Boyle’s New World Order’ (BBC Two), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV1), ‘Yesterday, Today and the Day Before’ (Comedy Central) and ‘As Yet Untitled’ (Dave). Laura recently made her debut appearance on ‘Cats Does Countdown’ for Channel 4.

As an actor she has appeared in ‘Pru’ for BBC Three, independent feature ‘Cottontail’ and played the lead in her own original narrative non-tx ‘Launderette’ for BBC.

Troy Hawke

Troy Hawke is the moustachioed motivator of the high street.

An erudite, homeschooled 1930s throwback, Troy is the founding (and currently sole) member of the Greeter’s Guild.

Hobbies include scrabble, conspiracy theories and calling Man City’s Erling Haaland a “Tremendous Nordic Meat Shield”.

Matt Bragg

The son of television warm up man Bobby Bragg, Matt has been performing stand up all over the country for the last 7 years. With a unique, low energy, deadpan style and meticulously crafted material he has been gaining critical acclaim from audiences, promoters and comedians alike.

As well as performing at some of the largest clubs in the UK, he is tour support for Ricky Gervais, Harry Hill, Lloyd Griffith (Soccer AM), Suzi Ruffell, Jason Manford, John Bishop, Phoenix Night’s Clinton Baptiste and Scott Bennett. He was also selected for Just The Tonic’s Big Value showcase at Edinburgh Festival in 2019 and finished runner up in Leicester Mercury’s Comedian of The Year 2020.

Lindsey Santoro

Lindsey is a comedian sometimes known as the pink haired comedian from Birmingham. She has won numerous awards and won the BIGGEST comedy prize for her 2023 debut show Pink Tinge at The Edinburgh Fringe.

She has performed at the Birmingham Comedy Festival 4 times now. Also, she’s a regular contributor on Brum Radio and BBC’s West Midlands, BBC Radio2 and BBC Radio4. Lindsey describes herself on her Instagram account as a Brummie and also an award winning comedy potato.

Russell Howard

Russell Howard is one of the UK’s most successful stand-up comedians.  After the global success of writing and starring in 182 episodes of ‘The Russell Howard Hour’ (Sky) and ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’ (BBC), as well as six stand-up specials, his clips have garnered over one billion views on social media, and he has sold over two million tickets worldwide.

Russell is currently on a world tour of his new stand-up show ‘Russell Howard Live’, his biggest selling tour to date, which has seen him sell over 315,000 tickets and perform over 200 shows across the UK (including 13 sell-out shows at the iconic London Palladium), Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand.

Matt Richardson

Matt has firmly established himself as one of the UK’s most exciting young performer and presenters – hosting the drive-time show on Virgin Radio. His TV credits include co-hosting the Xtra Factor alongside Caroline Flack, Co-Hosting Celebrity Haunted Hotel Live! Alongside Christine Lampard and helming the live spin off show alone, two one-off documentaries for ITV2 – Pampered Pooches, Hollywood and Meet The Family Guys, a series regular role on Viral Tap (ITV2), Nevermind The Buzzcocks, Celebrity Juice, Sweat The Small Stuff, Big Brothers Bit on the Side, Fake Reaction, Its Not Me It’s You, I’m a Celebrity Get Me out of here Now! and countless other shows.

Rosie Jones

Rosie Jones has quickly made a household name for herself but is still striving for national treasure status. She’s the star of Out of Order, hosted Channel 4’s hard-hitting documentary Am I A R*tard, and fronted comedy travel series Mission: Accessible and BAFTA-nominated Trip Hazard. As an actor, Rosie has appeared in Silent Witness, Casualty, and Call the Midwife, proving her versatility across both drama and comedy.

Her TV credits include Taskmaster, Live at the Apollo, The Jonathan Ross Show, The Royal Variety Performance, QI, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Cats Does Countdown, The Last Leg, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, Mock the Week, and The Ranganation, alongside writing for Netflix’s Sex Education and starring in her own Channel 4 Comedy Blap Disability Benefits which will return as a full series in the near future.

Jon Richardson

One of the most individual, accomplished and hilarious stand-ups, Jon is best known as the team captain on Channel 4’s Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Jon also stars in the sitcom Meet The Richardsons, written by Lucy Beaumont and Tim Reid, which received record breaking figures for DAVE across the series and quickly became a flagship show for the channel.

Constantly in demand for TV and radio, Jon’s most recent TV credits include hosting Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson, as well as appearances on Have I Got News for You, The One Show, Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You? and Taskmaster. Jon can also be heard on his regular podcast Jon Richardson And The Futurenauts, where Jon takes Mark Stevenson and Ed Gillespie through his daily worries, from food to climate change. He can also be heard co-hosting the Down The Dog podcast, alongside Matt Forde, where they sometimes discuss the football.

Jon’s tour The Knitwit played to a whopping 150k people right across the UK and Ireland.

 

Hal Cruttenden

Hal is back with a brand-new tour for 2025 with a show that promises to stick it to ‘The Man’, as long as ‘The Man’ doesn’t stick it back to him.

With his trademark hard-hitting ‘take no prisoners’ comedy (this is what Hal told me to write!!!) he will be hilariously pontificating on subjects like middle aged dating, social media, the insanity of modern politics and the fact that his daughters love him but don’t respect him. He believes that, after you’ve seen the show, you’ll feel exactly the same way.

Keith Farnan

Having appeared on BBC’s Michael Mcintyre Comedy Roadshow as well as adapting his own comedy documentary for RTE, Money, Money, Money: Keith Farnan versus the Economy, Keith has just topped an outstanding eighteen months by appearing at the Montreal Just For Laughs All Access show for the Canadian Comedy Network and Hollands highest rating comedy show, The Comedy Factory. In America, Showtime have Keith has appeared on their new standup show, Live From Amsterdam, which brings together the best American and European comedians working today.

He has performed as a stand-up all over the world, from Montreal to Amsterdam to Hong Kong. His four Edinburgh Festival shows have proved a powerful mix of the personal and the political and have sold out their runs at the major comedy festivals in the UK as well as the Soho Theatre and Royal Festival Hall in London.

Joe Wilkinson

Joe is an award-winning comedian and has been a fixture on our television screens for the best part of a decade. Making regular appearances on shows such as 8 Out of Ten Cats, Have I Got News for You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Taskmaster – he is regarded as one of the finest and most surreal comedians on the circuit.

As an actor, he has starred in hit shows such as Him & Her, Miranda, Derek, Afterlife, Sex Education and he co-wrote the series Rovers which was aired on Sky One. His stand up shows have won over audiences up and down the country and he one half of the iconic sketch duo Two Episodes of MASH with Diane Morgan who have appeared on Radio 2, Radio 4 and Live at the Electric.

James Ellis

His sharp observational humour and clever punchlines have won him rave reviews from critics and audiences alike.

James’ comedy is rooted in everyday life, and he has a knack for finding the funny in the mundane. A gifted writer, his jokes are well-crafted and delivered with precision.

Leicester Comedian of The Year 2025 Nominee, South Coast Comedian of the Year 2021, regional finalist for the BBC New Comedy Award, James is currently on the road supporting Angela Barnes on her “Angst” Tour. Ellis is a “Talented comedy craftsman” (Steve Bennett, Chortle) with a bright future ahead of him. If you’re looking for a good laugh on a night out, be sure to catch James live!

Angela Barnes

Angela swapped a career in health and social care for stand-up in 2010 and hasn’t looked back. Within just a couple of years she had won the BBC New Comedy Award, and progressed to UK tours and starring as a regular on BBC’s Mock the Week and Live at the Apollo, and Hypothetical on Dave.

She is a firm favourite on BBC Radio 4, having featured on The Now Show and The News Quiz – including a recent stint as the host – and she has also hosted BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Newsjack. Besides this, Angela co-hosts the popular podcast We Are History with John O’Farrell (Acast).

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Timings

Day Shows 

Door open: 11.30pm

Show starts: 11.45pm

Show ends: 2.30pm

Matinee

Door open: 2pm

Show starts: 3pm

Show end: 5pm

Evening Show

Doors open: 5.30pm

Show starts: 7:30pm

Show end: 10.30pm

 

 

 

With food, drinks, and an unbeatable atmosphere, this is the comedy event of the year you don’t want to miss!

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Thanks for your support—now let’s all manifest some good weather!

 

 

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