BSL Interpreted Laugh-Able Comedy Night! June 5th Wanstead Library

With Leicester Square New Comedian Of The Year Finalist 2023 Stephen Catling

Presented by: Laugh-Able

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0	LONDON: Wanstead Library
P	Wednesday 5th June, 2024
N	7:00pm

Event information

From 7:00pm in Wanstead Library Come to the only Accessible, Affordable, Award Winning and Heart Warmingly Hilarious Disability and Mental Health Comedy Night at the heart of Wanstead. BYOB, Free Tea and Coffee and Prizes for the best audience and all from ONLY £2.50!

As we've had some very kind donations from local charities recently this has meant for our June show we have been able to hire BSL INTERPRETERS!

Here are the fantastic array of talent you get for such an affordable price!

First up our HOST, Promoter and Founder of Laugh-Able Comedy Night

Mark Nicholas
Mark Nicholas is an Autistic stand-up comedian, workshop leader and a West End New Act of The Year Semi Finalist 2023, Comedy Store Manchester King Gong Winner 2021, earning him recent regular performance spots at the Comedy Store London.

.Mark is the lead panellist for Blue Badge Bunch, a critically acclaimed, groundbreaking, disabled-led game show for all ages funded by Arts Council England, and co-host of Disabled Cants, a disability stand-up compilation show which received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023.

Mark has performed at some of the best comedy clubs and festivals in the UK.
"A hugely important figure in pushing for opportunities and spaces for disabled comedians to thrive, Mark Nicholas. Mark is a natural born MC, with a comedy delivery that is incredibly warm and welcoming but that doesn’t stop him revelling in pushing buttons and,using pre-conceived notions about him to his advantage.

Mark is one of those comedians who always seems to be having fun on stage, which on top of being an excellent joke writer in his own right, creates a sense of infectious joy that ripples round the room and leaves everyone feeling better and wanting more"

(Blizzard Comedy)

"Mark is one of the most exciting new acts on the circuit. See him before he becomes Famous"

(Joe Wells)

"Impressively Skilled"

(The Scotsman)

Mark will introducing some of the most up and coming and best talent with disabilities on the comedy circuit including

Jamie Preece

Jamie Green

Caitlin Ince

Variety D

Dominique Davis, also known as ‘Variety D’, is an actor and comedian who performed at Dave’s Disabled Comedians’ Showcase produced by UKTV & Phil McIntyre Entertainment. Her other credits include Sorry, I Didn’t Know (ITV), The Judi Love Show (BBC Radio London) and Two Birds In A Park (BBC Radio 4).

‘Variety D’ was named the ‘Baby Girl of Comedy’ when she started doing stand-up at the age of 16. Since then she has performed at comedy clubs and venues around the country such as Just The Tonic, The Drum Theatre (Birmingham), Broadway Theatre (Catford), Lyric Hammersmith as well as at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Variety is a panel judge for the Scope Disabilty Equality Awards 2024 alongside TV and TV stars, campaigners, social media influencers and journalists such as Dr Shani Dhanda, Adam Pearson and Samantha Renke.
Dominique is the first Black, Female, British, Disabled Comedian… so far, in her era.

There will be more amazing acts TBC but we can announce our fantastic headline act is the formidable and downright absurdly hilarious Stephen Catling

Stephen Catling brings you his new surrealist escapade, droning on about work as an autistic person and dealing with the struggles that this brings in a world that (despite what it claims) doesn't want people to "bee" themselves, while bumbling between other animal-based sketches. Finalist: Stand-Up for Cider 2023. Semi-finalist: South Coast Comedian of the Year and Chortle Student Comedy awards 2022. Shortlisted for the Luke Rollason Memorial Bursary 2023, Recipient of the Phoebe Waller Bridge Keep It Fringe Award Bursary 2023 and the Leicester Square New Act Of The Year Finalist 2023

"Stephen Catling presents a masterclass in imperfection, a fragmented journey through his wonderful mind with a finale that'll have you wanting more of this absurdist gem"

*****
(The Crumb, Ed Fringe Review 2023)

DIVE DIVE DIVE BEFORE IT SELLS OUT!

£2.50 for Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing and Those with Disabilities and/or Mental Health Conditions

£5.00 General Admissions

Grab them while you can