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KETTERING ARTS CENTRE presents:

KETTERING COMEDY CLUB (formerly RITA Comedy Club!)

TOP comedians and an MC perform cutting edge stand up at Kettering Arts Centre?s monthly Comedy Club!


KEITH FARNAN
Irish raconteur

Best known for his appearance on BBC One?s Michael McIntyre?s Comedy Roadshow, stand up comedian Keith Farnan is an engaging and sharp-witted performer who personifies Irish charm.

He has performed stand up all over the world, from Montreal to Amsterdam to Hong Kong. His many Edinburgh Festival shows have proved a powerful mix of personal and political and have sold out at major comedy festivals in the UK as well as the Soho Theatre and Royal Festival Hall in London.

Keith?s many TV appearances include Live from Amsterdam (Showtime), Live at The Comedy Store (Comedy Central), The Social (RTE), Most Annoying People (BBC Three), One Night Stand (Dave) and Money, Money, Money: Keith Farnan versus the Economy (RTE).

Brilliant, thought-provoking and laugh out loud funny.
TIME OUT

Artful, satirical? with a lightness of touch and a hefty helping of roguish Celtic charm.
THE SUNDAY TIMES


KAREN BAYLEY is a midlands based act hailing from Birmingham. Karen has been on the circuit for over a decade. She made a name for herself early on in her career reaching the semi-final of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Awards and was later crowned the winner of the 2001 Komedia New Act prize, Karen Bayley followed by becoming the first ever female winner of the prestigious Comedy Store King Gong award as well as reaching the finals of both the BBC New Comedy Awards Showcase and Babycham Funny Women.

Delightfully saucy, her friendly and confident stage presence, combined with a killer wit, an infectious giggle and some devastating one-liners make her a comedic force to be reckoned with a warm and welcoming with a delightfully saucy and spiky edge, her bold, no nonsense attitude strikes a perfect pitch with men and women alike.

Karen can be seen performing at all the established clubs and bookers across the UK and has recently been supporting Joe Lycett on his 2016 tour. Karen also appeared in the Aviva Goth Advert Campaign

?Bayley?s material surprises with inspired and sparkling punchlines?with comic timing that is rarely less than brilliant. An assured performer who doesn?t have much trouble getting audiences laughing?
Chortle

?I saw her recently and she blew my socks off. She doesn?t dwell too much on ?lady issues?. Funny in her own right, she was brilliant, clever and she?s gonna be huge.?
BBC Online

?Likeable headstrong persona- packing a considerable performing punch?
The List

?the night?s star attraction?
Tamworth Herald

?Karen is one of the most consistently hilarious comedians I have had the pleasure of working with . She?s a sharp writer and an unflappable compère, able to cajole any room with her warm audience interaction and precise intelligent gags?
Joe Lycett


Lead writer and star of his own BBC Radio 1 sketch series The ANDY FIELD Experience, Andy has made an impact on the comedy scene with his silly style and refreshing approach to traditional stand up.

TV appearances include BBC Presents: Stand Up For Live Comedy (BBC 1 & BBC 3), As Yet Untitled (Dave), The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2) and Pie and a Pint (Comedy Central)

A regular at festivals such as Latitude, Download, Bestival, Leefest, Secret Garden Party and Green Man, Andy is fast becoming a familiar face at top comedy clubs around the country.

BBC New Comedy Award Finalist / Chortle Student Comedy Award Winner / Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist / Dave?s Top 5 Jokes of the Fringe / Chortle?s One to Watch 2017

*****- Voice Mag
****- The Skinny
****- Broadway Baby
****- Fest
****- Ed Fest Mag

?A joyous insight into a truly bizarre mind?
The Telegraph

?He has a surreal outlook, a set packed full of proper punchlines and a nerdy glee in sharing it.?
Steve Bennett, Chortle

?This is what Milton Jones would be like if he had his pick of the mushroom fields?
Broadway Baby

?Wonderfully weird?
Ed Fest Mag


SPECIAL GUEST MC ? NICK WILLS!

Nick Wills (Compere)?Yay! He?s coming back!?/?Oh no! Not him!?/?Never heard of him? (delete as applicable)

?Britain?s sweariest Vicar? (Mark Steel, BBC Radio 2) returns! Whiter of beard than ever before and with a well-developed palate for all things offal or deep-fried, honed over 4 and a half years in Scotland?s capital, where the cows, eggs and locally-produced soft drink of choice all make him feel proud to be ginger? And some of the residents make him embarrassed to be ginger?

What will he make of what the ravages of time and a global pandemic have wreaked on Kettering Town Centre?
How will he cope with a gig in a church which doesn?t have a clicky floor??
And will a hen party from Corby turn up again???
At least, if they do, he?ll have a chance of understanding their accents this time!


Age 18+
Tickets £11 in advance // £14 on the door
Licensed bar // Unreserved seating // Disability access

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Lindsay Street,

Kettering,

Northamptonshire,

England,

NN16 8RG.