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Monkey Business Comedy Club
Proudly Presents


CELLIST VOCALIST COMEDIENNE

KATE SHORTT

Kate Shortt is an award winning freelance cellist, pianist, vocalist and comedienne. Her work takes her through eclectic genres including Portuegese Fado, Classical, Jazz, Theatre, Rock, Comedy and Free improvisation. Past work with pop artists include Gary Kemp of Spandeau Ballet, Take That and Simon Le Bon. Kate performs her unique one woman sit-down comedy show with cello, keyboard plus more with original songs of life observation, impressions and topics ranging from Jewish cats to love and Bach!
Festivals include Edinburgh/Madrid Gras for Classic Fm/Covent Garden and Austria. Radio includes BBC Scottish radio/Birmingham radio.
...?Really gets the blood racing?...Brighton Magazine
...?She twists the dials of our genre sensitive mind, hopping from station to station like a pre-digital radio sliding in and out of wave bands?...Alban Low -The art of Jazz
...?Wild cellist with wide ranging vocals?... The Stage
...?Stomach achingly funny?... Fleece Jazz News

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champion of left wing politics TV personality and comedian
Award-winning

KATE SMURTHWAITE

She performs all over the UK and around the world at major clubs She also writes and tours an annual solo show of highbrow left wing comedy under the name The News At Kate which has been a feature of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival since 2009. In 2013 she won a Three Week's Editor's Choice Award naming her one of the ten best things about the Edinburgh Fringe!Kate is often a guest on news and debate shows and is well known for her forthright opinions and campaigning work. Appearances include the BBC's flagship political debate show Question Time as well as BBC 1's The Big Questions, BBC Breakfast, BBC News 24, Channel 4 News, Channel 5 News, ITV News, ITV This Morning, Sky News, BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show, BBC 5live, BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 The Moral Maze. In 2012 Radio 4's Four Thought series included a 15-minute program written and performed entirely by Kate about sexist humour and sexism in comedy. One clip of her setting the world to rights even went super-viral under the name "Athiest B!tchslap".She also writes for publications from Cosmopolitan to both the Guardian and the Independent and is the Vice Chair and Media Spokesperson for campaign group Abortion Rights UK.Kate is a writer for the BBC Three political comedy show The Revolution Will Be Televised and the UK's leading political satire show Have I Got News For You?

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Award-Winning

PRESIDENT OBONJO

of Lafta Republic


"President Obonjo the Idi Amin of St Albans is a strong comic premise. President Obonjo is a great comic construct with lots of seized opportunities for playing the cliches" - Steve Bennett, Chortle

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funny Irish stand up

JACK HESTER

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MC MARTIN BESSERMAN

Doors 7.00 pm Showtime 8.00 pm

Please note six people maximum from two households only

SPECIAL OFFER

adv tickets only £15.00 / Students NHS £12.00

Special meal deal Any fire oven pizza or pasta + side dish only £10.00

served from 6.30pm

Drinks at normal pub prices /Happy Happy before 8pm

For info Tel 07932 338203

Please note that we are following / social distancing / guidelines

Table seating / Table service /One way system

If for any reason we are unable to go ahead We will give a full refund

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43 Chalk Farm Road,

Camden Town,

Greater London,

England,

NW1 8AJ.