Red Herring Comedy Club: June 8th

June’s Red Herring Comedy Club Headliner is RICH WILSON.

About me? I won Celebrity Mastermind on the 30th of December 2011 on BBC1 – my chosen subject was Les Dawson. I’m a vegetarian, dog owner, father of two and I like Batman quite a bit. I’m a comedian, actor, writer and radio presenter. I’m not very good at juggling or triple jump.

I’ve done a couple of pantomimes and more theatrically I’ve done two very lovely plays at the Royal Exchange in Manchester. I write and appear in the Radio 4 sitcom called Everyone Quite Likes Justin – it’s often repeated on Radio 4 Extra.

I’m very good at hosting corporate events and doing after-dinner stuff. You can ask my agent for nice letters people have written about me (I’ve got my own black suit and everything) I delivered a car to Sally once on Coronation Street. I was Doug, she told me to do one. I did one. Then I went back to Weatherfield for 3 episodes as Dean Upton the landlord of The Flying Horse in Summer 2014 – a role I still play (completely off screen).

Cheeky, quick off the mark and side achingly funny. Having trained as an actress at The Oxford School of Drama in the 90s, LOU CONRAN has gone on to craft her career as a comedian – A high energy storyteller with an instinctive wit that has been wowing audiences and industry alike over the last 15 years.

ANDREW BIRD 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.

Andrew is one of only seven comedians to perform for Banksy at Dismal Land.

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

“A brilliantly funny comedian” Russell Howard

“Funny as Hell” Rhod Gilbert

Your MC for the evening is stand-up comedian, improviser and comedy producer BURT WILLIAMSON, based in Bristol. He’s had two critically acclaimed runs at the Edinburgh Fringe while also having self-produced his debut comedy hour 200 IQ Audience Only (No Munters) which is available on YouTube.

At once silly and serious, smart and stupid Burt packs dense punchlines with know-it-all smarm and goofy charm to hilarious effect. At the forefront of a new and exciting generation of comics emerging from Bristol, Burt leads the charge on a new wave of talent in British comedy.
“His beautifully crafted set is clever in unguessable ways, unexpectedly hilarious at every turn and a great joy wrapped up in a big laugh, sprinkled with adorable.” – ★★★★ The Scotsman

*Please note, the line-up is subject to change.

The age requirement for this event is 18 plus.