It's the night before Pride In London, so come on down to 21Soho, in the heart of Soho, to get warmed up with a night of queer comedy and cabaret! There'll be laughs, puppets, music, drag and pleeeeenty of booze!
LINE UP:
LEA PEART!
Lee Peart is a comedian, presenter, broadcaster and actor.
Lee gigs at all the major comedy clubs across the UK, and has previously supported Jason Manford on tour. He is the resident warm-up artist for ITV's Loose Women, having worked there since 2017. He has also worked as warm-up for Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1, Netflix's Dance Monsters,Love Island: Aftersun on ITV2, Ruth & Eamonn's Do The Right Thing for Channel 5, and was the main stage warm-up for This Morning Live& Loose Women Late.
SÉAYONCÉ!
Created by Dan Wye, a rising queer star on the comedy scene. This fusion of stand-up, cabaret and drag elevates alternative comedy and queer performance to a cosmic level. Creator and performer of Séayoncé, Dan Wye, brings a winning combination of brilliant comedic timing, high-calibre theatrics and tantalising audience interaction.
“It’s a hilarious, outrageous, and fabulously queer show”★★★★★ (Deadline)
“Hilarious” ★★★★★ (Deadline)
"Queer, overboard and full of vice" ★★★★★ (LondonBoxOffice)
"A sharp edge of wit...I found myself hoping for it to last longer."★★★★★ (LGBTQArtsReview)
GUY BRANUM!
Guy Branum is the creator and host of truTV’s Talk Show The Game Show, a hilarious mashup of two beloved television formats that pits comedians and celebrities against each other for the title of “Best Guest of the Night.” You may also know him from his recurring segment “No More Mr. Nice Gay” on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, serving as “Staff Homosexual” on Chelsea Lately and his performance as Natalie Portman’s sassy gay friend in the feature film No Strings Attached. Noticing a trend? Guy has also appeared on @Midnight, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Road to Roast and Debate Wars. As a TV writer, Guy spent three seasons writing for Hulu’s The Mindy Project and was a producer during the show’s last season. Other TV writing credits include A League of Their Ownfrom Amazon, Punk’d and Awkward on MTV, Another Period on Comedy Central, Billy on the Street on truTV and Fashion Police on E! That means he’s watched the Grammys at Joan Rivers’ house. Jealous?
SHELF!
“Cool and relevant” The Skinny
Comedy double act Shelf is made up of Rachel WD and Ruby Clyde.
Already lifelong friends, they started performing as Shelf in 2015. Shelf started out at open mic nights, honing a style that blends standup with musical comedy.
Since their formation Shelf have performed across the UK comedy and festival circuits and their work has appeared on NextUp, LADBible, and on BBC3 with over one million views. They were featured as part of Penguin’s audiobook Edinburgh Unlocked in 2020. Finalists: Sketchfest’s Best New Act 2016; Funny Women 2020; Musical Comedy Awards 2020.
They are founding members of The LOL Word, which showcases queer women and non binary comedians. The LOL Word has hosted absolute ragers at Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe, and SOHO Theatre. They have curated live music and cabaret events at The Southbank Centre, and corporate events for clients including Sony.
“The LOL Word is transforming comedy” The Guardian
CHARLIE GEORGE!
Hilarious and no messin’. BBC Asian Network Comedy
Charlie George is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer.
A talented and accomplished writer, Charlie was chosen to join Charlie Brooker’s writers’ room for Cunk & Other Humans on 2019 and AntiViral Wipe (both for BBC Two), plus Death to 2020 for Netflix. She has written for Channel 4’s Alternative Election Night, Have I Got News For You, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, E4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats, BBC1’s Blankety Blank, BBC Two’s Frankie Boyle’s New World Order and BBC Radio 4’s Newsjack and The Now Show. Charlie was recently selected out of 3,700 writers for the Penguin Write Now editorial programme to write her first autofiction book Door to Door.
LACHLAN WERNER!
Lachlan Werner is comedy's poof prince of puppets. A fast rising star ventriloquist, clown and live artist, he was runner up for LGBTQ+ New Comedian Of The Year '22 and a nominee for VAULT Comedy Breakthrough Award. His solo show 'Voices Of Evil' has been a sell out hit at Soho Theatre, VAULT Festival, The Pleasance London, Brighton Fringe, London Clown Festival, winner of ReviewsHub Best Show Award, and nominated for an Off-WestEnd Award and Soho Playhouse New York Award. He can frequently be seen yelling at himself with a small squishy witch. He is graduate of Ecole Philippe Gaulier and a member of the clown company, Pointy Finger.
He will be making his Edinburgh Fringe Debut this year.