Funny@TheField is BACK with an Anti-Valentines Comedy Fundraiser for NO MEANS NO
Ticket by donation, suggested £3-10. All proceeds going to global rape prevention charity, No Means No Worldwide. BYOB. PAYCA Vegan food available. Accessible building. Doors open 7pm for 7.30 start. Last gig we had to turn people away as we reached capacity, so get your ticket early!
Featuring the freshest line-up of feminist comedians:
Siân Docksey is an alternative stand-up comedian from Belgium who spent most of 2017 self-identifying as a lemon. She has written for BBC Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack and Channel 4 Shorts, and is often seen with Zoë Tomalin in horror sketch duo Siân & Zoë ("Unalloyed joy... full of impish verve." - Chortle). Zoë will agree to be seen with Siân, sometimes.
Featured in The Telegraphs's Funniest One-Liners of The Fringe 2017
★★★★ "Joy and bewilderment in equal measure" - The Skinny
★★★★ "Siân Docksey has got her weird in order." - Funny Women
★★★★ "I ain't ever seen anything quite like that!" - Mumble Comedy
Charlie George recently got to the finals of Pride's got talent 2018 and the Leicester square new comedian award 2018. In spite of her name she is a lady, a brown lady. But mainly just a funny person. You can see more about her here: https://charliegeorgecomedy.com/ twitter: @CGdoescomedy insta: @charliegeorgecomedy
Carmen Ali is a stand up comedian and sex blogger, and she hates anything too soppy. Don't buy her flowers, write her love letters, or make any grand romantic gestures. Her ideal Valentines presents are black candles and sex toys. She will be doing jokes about her cynicism, as well as talking about stripping, strap-ons, and chess.
Carmen D'Cruz knows her fetishes and likes to share them with a willing, if somewhat nervous audience. Ask her what happened to the chicken.
Mary O’Connell: Scathing, playful, laid-back and assured, Mary brings her perplexed take on life to the stage
Victoria Howden is an actress, singer, improviser, storyteller and comedian with a love of all things musical theatre. She lives in her own musical most of the time and you might get to hear how this fact almost got her run over by an F16 aircraft.
Elevate "If you love puns you”ll love her”
Zoë Tomalin is a neon pink nihilist who grew up on a small island, and it totally shows. Her comedy combines relatable stories with cosmic dread. Writer for BBC Radio & Succubus Magazine
★★★★ 'a great piece of alternative comedy' – The Skinny
'unalloyed joy, full of impish verve' - Chortle
Madeline Campion is a "very inventive and dry writer ****" (Funny Women), as heard on Radio 4xtra and shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award
Sian Clarke is a difficult woman.
When asked to provide a small biography, she refused stating that everyone should know who she is, because she’s done loads of cool stuff and everyone is jealous of her anyway
She will be performing something she insists IS funny and anyone who doesn’t laugh just doesn’t get it.
When asked if she could share any of her performative experiences or endeavours, or give any indication that she has any theatrical credentials whatsoever, she started screaming.
Alexander Bennet is an award-nominated comedian based in London, who started writing and performing on the comedy circuit at the age of 15. He has performed regularly at the acclaimed Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, alongside the cult Weirdos comedy
group and as part of the excellent Laugh Out London's themed nights. Alexander also created the cult fringe hit Hell To Play, the comedy game show set in Hell. @AlexyBennett
"Witty, weird and dark, the one to watch out for: at the spearhead of a wave of great new comics. All hail Alexander Bennett!" HARRY HILL
"Touched with madness...choice laughs...anarchic... I don't think I can begin to do him justice; a producer and performer of some refreshingly different material" CHORTLE
Andrew O’Neill is a stand-up comedian, musician and writer. His distinctive voice and alternative credentials have set him apart and allowed him to carve out a unique place in the comedy world.He is a founder member of the Victorian-obsessed punk band The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, whose distinctive anachro-punk gained a cult following and besmirched the stages of music festivals worldwide. His Radio 4 stand-up show, Pharmacist Baffler, won an award. https://www.andrewoneill.co.uk/