Lone Wolf Comedy Club feat. Esther Manito, Ben Norris, MC Andrew Bird

Show details:

Esther Manito

Live at the Apollo star

Esther Manito is Lebanese-British stand up comedian and winner of Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival.

After reaching the finals of So You Think You’re Funny and the Funny Women awards, her debut solo show led to an appearance on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two).

In addition to being the first female comedian to perform at Dubai Opera House, Esther’s book “Don’t Panic I’m Islamic” was published and is available on Amazon.

 

‘’A comedian with keen instincts, and punchlines delivered with a nice turn of phrase’’ – Fest Mag

“Crusade proves Esther Manito to be an astute observer of everyday daftness as well as being able to tackle the bigger issues with wit and guile.” – The List

Ben Norris

Ben is a highly experienced and hugely well-respected stand-up. He’s been performing comedy since 1993 and is renowned for his incredibly relaxed stage persona and his innate ability to improvise as well as deliver sharply crafted material.

Other interesting facts about Ben: he’s the cousin of actor Martin Freeman and also the father of triplets (2 girls and a boy)

Ben’s TV credits include: “Mock the week” (BBC 1), “The Comedy Store” (Paramount and Comedy Central), “Never mind the Buzzcocks” (BBC 2), “They think it’s all over” (BBC 2)

Ben has written and performed three solo shows at The Edinburgh Festival: ‘Sitting room only’ (1997), ’Mr Ambiguousness’ (2013), and ‘Benny on the loose’ (2014)

Ben was Ed Byrne’s tour support for his 2013 UK tour and appeared at the Apollo, Hammersmith.

Ben acted in a play developed with the ‘Comedians Theatre Company’ called ‘The last minutes’ which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.

 

‘’Impressively dark surrealism’’ – Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard

‘’A cast iron guaranteed headliner’’ – London is Funny

‘’…one of the comedy circuits best improvisers’’ – Daily Mirror

‘’…a splendidly funny live stand-up’’ – Timeout

 

 

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.

“A brilliantly funny comedian” – Russell Howard

“Birdie supported me on my arena tour and made me laugh every
night. A truly excellent comedian” – Michael McIntyre

 

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Timings

Doors open: 6:30pm
Show starts: 8pm

 

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