LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year returns for 2022 with a national competition across the UK.
Watch & vote for your favourite acts and be guided on the way by Alice Frick, MC and Joe Sutherland, headlining.
We have a fantastic group of talents with something for every taste & style to entertain you so don't miss your chance to help shape the future of LGBTQ+ Comedy and for one lucky winner winning the top prize - their own 1 hour comedy special filmed and broadcast on Next Up Comedy.
SHOWTIME 7.30PM PROMPT
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Heleana Blackwell
Observational comedy about the hunt for a wife, wedding planning and what to do when even your bank thinks you're boring in bed
Brandon Burke
A good ol’ country boy with a dash of red-neck and a helping of queer. He's not fabulous but he's a hell of a good time.
Dian Cathal
As seen at the Soho Theatre and HBO, Dian Cathal is a queer New Yorker just doing his best not to get deported!
Rhys Thorne
Award winning comedian with a unique take on life as a gay man with a limp
Renata Pereira
Observational/Storyteller
Caleb James
Whiter than your teeth but not quite as straight.
Dee Allum
Dee Allum is a trans comedian, and the most interesting person to come out of Watford since Elton John
Lily Webb
Aa lesbian comic with cerebral palsy and recent Max Turner Prize finalist who outlines the trials and tribulations from their life with a comedic outlook and hopes to use comedy to shine a light on my slightly different life perspective.
Sue the Carer
Sue is a tongue-in-cheek portrayal of a care-worker who’s anything but caring. A character act, incorporating clowning and physical comedy.
Alison Zrada
SYTYF semi-finalist 2021, Soho Comedy Plus Lab alumnus 2021 and big fan of history lessons thinly disguised as comedy
Luke Hughes
Irish comedian who has won nights in Ireland, the Uk and Hong Kong. My comedy is best described as a whistle stop tour of Irish history and culture wrapped up in a narrative of body image and tied delicately with a neat bow of light (but historically accurate) jabs at the English.
Lachlan Werner
The "incredibly versatile", ventriloquist/clown, Lachlan Werner is comedy's poof prince of puppets. With a small squishy witch always screaming over him and a "clear talent for this craft" (Chortle). Expect surprising physical comedy and voice throwing like never before.
Doors: 6.45pm
Showtime - 7.30pm prompt