OUTSIDE THE BOX COMEDY CLUB (THEATRE 8.15pm) - TRIPLE HEADLINER SPECIAL - 1ST NOVEMBER

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LLOYD GRIFFITH - Lloyd is a comedian, actor, presenter and classically trained singer. You may have seen him most recently appear on Return to Paradise (BBC One), Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), Ted Lasso (Apple TV), Nolly (ITV), Everyone Else Burns (Channel 4), The Outlaws (BBC), It’s A Sin (Channel 4), The People We Hate at the Wedding (Amazon Prime), House of Games (BBC 2), Not Going Out (BBC 1) & Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club (ITV). Lloyd also fronted a documentary on BBC called ‘Can You Beat The Bookies?’ which received rave reviews. He was also co-host of Soccer AM on Sky Sports and was co-host of FLINCH on Netflix. Other TV credits include 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4), Comedy Central Live at The Comedy Store (Comedy Central), Pointless Celebrities (BBC 2), Undeniable (Comedy Central), Comedy Games Night (Comedy Central), Roast Battle (Comedy Central), Songs of Praise (BBC2) and many more. He recently supported Jack Whitehall on his UK arena tour and had previous supported Rob Beckett on his UK tour. Lloyd has completed four of his own sold out stand up tours of the UK.
The Grimsby Town fanatic has also starred in various online football videos including Premier League Fan Reactions and FIFA: Quest for the Best (EA Sports/Sky Sports). He’s best mates with Lionel Messi.
Singing wise, Lloyd is a classically trained choral singer can often be heard performing with the choirs of Westminster Abbey, St George’s Chapel – Windsor Castle and various other London groups. Lad.

TEZ ILYAS - Tez Ilyas is one of the most celebrated rising stars in British Comedy.
Tez has recently appeared on Live at The Apollo (BBC Two) as well as The Last Leg (C4), Mock the Week (BBC Two), Live From the BBC (BBC Two), Man Like Mobeen (BBC Three), Live from the Comedy Store (Comedy Central), Kevin Hart’s Live from Montreal (LOL Network), Virtually Famous (E4), The Now Show (BBC Radio 4), starred in both his own Channel 4 comedy Blap Bounty  – which became the second most watched show in the format’s 10 year history  – and fronted his own satirical sketch series The Tez O’Clock Show, to huge critical acclaim.

SCOTT BENNETT - Scott made his debut at The Royal Variety Performance last year and on BBC One's Live at the Apollo the year before that. He was nominated for Best Club Comedian by Chortle in 2022.
He has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, The Now Show, The Likely Dads and Elephant in the Room with Sarah Millican, The Summer Festival with Daliso Chaponda, The Comedy Club with Arthur Smith, and Knock Knock with Helen Lederer. He also featured on the BBC One show, Live from The Edinburgh Fringe.
During the lockdown of 2020, Scott pioneered the viral hit, Stand up from the Shed, a weekly topical live streamed stand up show from his actual garden shed. The show achieved national coverage in the press, Sky News, BBC News and Five Live and has had over 150,000 views.

MC BARBARA NICE - Barbara Nice is the overenthusiastic housewife alter-ego of award-winning comedian Janice, who was discovered by legendary comedian Peter Kay, who asked her to play Holy Mary in Phoenix Nights. She has been compared to Victoria Wood, Mrs. Merton, and Julie Walters.
Having supported comedians Johnny Vegas and Peter Kay on tour in the past, Barbara Nice is a circuit headline act in her own right, as well as being one of the most experienced comperes in the country. She has also performed solo shows in Edinburgh, Brighton and Manchester.
In a smash hit audition, Barbara wowed the judges with her humour and eccentric style on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent in 2019. Her audition was such a success, the judges gave Barbara their seal of approval and she went on to the semi-finals.
She has also appeared in Coronation Street, That Peter Kay Thing, Max and Paddy’s Road To Nowhere, Thin Ice and Dead Man Weds. Her four-part series Barbara Nice was broadcast in March 2017 as part of BBC Radio 2’s Comedy Showcase.
In 2017 Janice was awarded a British Empire Medal in the New Years Honours list for services to community arts in the West Midlands.

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