The Last Laugh Comedy Club

0	SARRATT: Village Hall
P	Friday 4th October, 2024
N	7:00pm

SARRATT: Village Hall

Friday 4th October, 2024

7:00pm

Event information

Join us as one of the country's longest running comedy clubs opens its doors for the first time in the south of England. Born in Sheffield in the nineties The Last Laugh is one of the most respected clubs on the circuit, and everyone has played its hallowed stages. Now, for try first time, we are heading down the M1...

And what a night!

Josh Elton is your host and compere, and he introduces:

Alistair Barrie

Alistair is one of the top headliners on the international comedy circuit. A regular at London’s world-famous Comedy Store, he has performed in over 40 countries including acclaimed performances in Australia, Cape Town, Mumbai, New Zealand and the legendary Comedy Cellar in New York.

He has made countless appearances at UK music festivals including Glastonbury, Latitude, Bestival and Green Man and taken several solo shows to The Edinburgh Festival. His 2013 and 2015 shows were nominated for ‘Best Show at The Fringe’ with the latter transferring to London for a run at The Soho Theatre, and he was runner-up in the 2015 English Comedian of the Year. His 2018 show, 'The InternationAL' premiered at the 2018 Melbourne Festival and went on to Edinburgh where it received a highly coveted five star review from The Scotsman, before selling out its entire run at The 2019 New Zealand International Comedy Festival. After a limited run sold out in 2021, Alistair returned to Edinburgh in 2022 with the critically acclaimed 'Alistaircratic,' with The Herald describing him as 'one of the UK's sharpest comedians'.

A seasoned performer at corporate events, Alistair is the only comedian to have performed at both the Labour and Conservative Party conferences. He has also entertained international troops as far away as Afghanistan, Cyprus and the UAE.

Mike McClean:

Mike McLean has hosted numerous television shows for the BBC, ITV, C4, C5, Sky1 & Nickelodeon and excels at live TV. He originally trained as an actor, at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester. However, after leaving college Mike gravitated towards stand-up comedy and quickly broke onto the circuit with a comedy magic act. He was soon spotted by a TV producer from Nickelodeon and went on to front several shows for the channel, including "Nick AM", a live daily breakfast show. He later joined ITV to present the kids game show "It's Not Fair", followed by 2 series of "Mad for It", a live children's show, he devised, for ITV. In 2001 Mike moved to Channel 4 and joined "The Big Breakfast". He was soon waking up the nation, knocking on punters doors and interviewing some of the biggest stars, including Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Britney Spears and many bands of the day. After "The Big Breakfast", Mike continued to work for Channel 4 as the roving reporter on "Richard & Judy", a job he loved and excelled at for six years. During this time he also presented "House of Games", a family entertainment show for Challenge TV. Following this he presented the XFM Manchester Breakfast show from 2008 – 2009. More recently Mike has fronted "Essential" a new travel show for the Travel Channel. The series follows Mike's journey to Las Vegas, Canada, Ecuador, Peru & Mozambique. We encounter him fishing for piranhas, deep-sea diving and sampling the local cuisine. In 2010 Mike returned to his acting routes, playing 'Father Tony' in "Shameless". Previous cameos had included 'Club Host' in "The Office Christmas Special".

And Paul Tonkinson
A sensational live performer, Yorkshire man, marathon runner and former (double award-winning) Time Out Comedian of the Year, Paul Tonkinson has long upheld his esteemed reputation as one of the finest stand-ups the UK has to offer. With a unique and distinctive style, Tonkinson is noted for his effervescent physicality and skillful impressions, which bring alive exuberant, tender comic reflections on love, family and the day-to-day idiosyncrasies of 21st century living. A plethora of first class material, combined with tremendous charm and irrepressible, infectious energy make for quite a formidable talent.

Venue information

SARRATT: Village Hall

0	The Green Sarratt Rickmansworth Herts WD3 6AS
`	Sarratt Village Hall is located in the centre of the lovely village of Sarratt. We have a licensed bar and for when the comedy is there is a wonderful pub just next door.