Tuesday 27th September we will be hosting a heat for the British Comedian of the Year 2022 competition.
Acts will be vying for a place in the finals held at The Comedy Store for the largest cash prize in comedy.
A panel of judges plus YOU the audience will help decide who goes into the finals.
Read on to find out who will be performing at the Northampton heat.
Jack Gleadow
Award-winning, stand-up comedian and Hull local, Jack Gleadow, is one of the most unique performers on the UK comedy circuit today. He takes his inspiration from the golden era of variety; Jack is the One-Man Variety Show with the use of sounds, stories, jokes and a scooter and has got off to a good start by already performing for Harry Hill!
2018 Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year award
Kate Martin
Dubbed effortlessly funny & currently storming comedy clubs in London & beyond! Kate Martin's experience in mental health gives fuel to her confident, high energy storytelling combined with razor sharp observations of life's quirks through queer eyes!
“Effortlessly funny – easily one of the best new acts on the circuit " Mark Palmer.
Danny
Clives
Tour support for Joe Lycett and Guz Khan.
Handpicked for the Pleasance Comedy Reserve at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
A finalist of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year. Shortlisted for the BBC Comedy award. Performed at Green Man Festival in Wales.
Masai Graham
Award-winning gag merchant (Dave TV UK Pun Championship winner 2016 & Dave TV Top 10 Edinburgh jokes Winner 2016).
Gags galore from clean to clever and smutty to dark so expect puns, one-liners and wordplay in this 3.3 laughs per minute bonanza.
"Annoyingly good." Gary Delaney.
Harvey Hawkins
BBC New Comedy Award nominee Harvey Hawkins started performing comedy in 2015, and by the end of 2016 he had won the Birmingham Breaking Talent Award at Birmingham Glee Club chosen by a panel of judges which included comedy legend, Jasper Carrott.
Jay Handley
Jay emphasises being funny over being right and applies that to a range of sensitive topics other comics would shy away from. He loves nothing more than sharing wrong-headed opinions on matters he should probably leave well alone, with hilarious consequences!
David Stanier
David Stanier is a silly and nice stand-up comedian and comedy writer. Fun and daft, enthusiastic and unconventional, David always tries his best!
"Stanier has a knowingness behind the daftness...lovely, feelgood stuff" Chortle
Noel Brodie
Noel Brodie's act is suitable for any audience from Holiday Centres, Comedy Clubs and Cruise Ships to Corporate Events, Television and Theatre. He seems to effortlessly bridge that old age gap between ‘mainstream’ and ‘alternative’ with a blend of observational and off the cuff improvisational material, plus some intelligent parodies.
Trevor Bickles
Lovable Cockney lad Trevor came onto the scene in 2016 & his comedy has gone from strength to strength.
“Trevor Bickles is a joke machine of the highest order. Very funny man. Go see.” Mark Dolan