The Comedy Defect

Matt Smith who has been called “the Man Mountain of Mirth” controls the room with an energetic, larger than life stage presence. This Fringe regular has an engaging surreal take on everyday observations that has audiences laughing out loud. Matt Smith is half of the ShitStorM Duo (2nd Member is Gary G Knightley), an interactive, high energy rock expereince that is a must see, they're available for...

Sandra Hale Semi Finalist - Golden Jester, 2014 Finalist - Golden Spud, 2014 Finalist - Joker of the Year, 2015 Winner - Herts King or Queen of Comedy, 2015 Finalist - Silver Stand Up Dave's Comedy Festival Leicester, 2016 Sandra Hale a cheeky cheery welcome challenging of stereotypes, her lines are clearly carefully written while her natural cut-glass voice and way with accents evoke memories of...

The Rev. Henry King Hallelujah! Christ is King, Love is Cross and Nails Thing. Born in Bletchley s, was where I raised, In me Church is where I spend most of me daze, Relaxing, Pilling and me dress is cool, I shot me Grandma outside me school. But that was before I found God, I've been forgiven. I save Punters now and get em into Heaven with my Turbo Sermons. I been doing this 5 F#*$ing Years now....

President Obonjo has been performing Comedy for well over four years and is the only comedy dictator in the UK . Last year he succesfully took a show to Edinburgh which received 5 stars by the "Fringe Guru." Played to full houses this year at Brighton & Hastings Fringe with his new show the Rise of the Comedy Dictator. Descibed by Steve Bennet "has a great comic construct." The President is making...

Comedian, comedy promoter, comedy writer, MC, radio presenter, all round hero (but he doesn’t do electrics) and now podcast guest, Mike (Lord) is a seasoned performer. Pepper or mixed spice being his normal stage covering. Mike started stand up in 2012 having got the stage bug from several years in Pantomimes. His first stand up gig was to 150 people and what started out as an ambition to challeng...

Jim Daly is a standup comedian and presenter, a YouTuber, a football expert and bad at knowing when to stop sentences. He is the host of the Five Year Plan podcast which is a podcast about Crystal Palace FC and not Joseph Stalin's socialist economic goals in the last 1920s. He has also just joined JOE.co.uk as a presenter, comedy actor and writer and has a comedy YouTube channel which has had more...

I'm Phil Alexander, singer of silly songs and igniter of lyrical fireworks. I have been entertaining people round camp fires, at parties and musical open mics for more decades than I care to remember. For some totally inexplicable reason, I had the stage name "Philfy Phil" bestowed upon me, and since then have striven to live up to it. It took me quite a long time to realize that people find my st...

Fred Ferenczi began stand-up in 2001 and clocked up some 500 gigs in that time, performing all over the UK, at least twice a week. ‘Glee’ described Fred as “Kaufmanesque, great use of time” and Steve Bennett (Chortle) said “Fred could become quite the cult.” Chesham Comedy Club call Fred is “brilliantly weird”. He has performed at numerous festivals including Edinburgh, Leicester, Brighton, Citade...

Peter Ford is seventy and frankly looks every day of it. Started standup at the age of sixty four and the Whiteleaf Comedy Club in Croydon and has appeared on the circuit as a regular ever since. Talks endlessly about little old ladies, sex, Viagra and a whole lot of leading edge stuff (not). A well known humorous public speaker and has been a member of 'Toastmasters International' for thirteen ye...

Rick Murtagh has been on the circuit for 4 years. His style is confessional, conversational, angry and funny (definitely funny) He will be recording his first hour show in December titled, 'Self-Indulgent (p)Rick' in London (details to come) He plans to release online content for free every year - keeping comedy fun  Twitter - @rickstandup  Instagram/r.j.murtagh

Michael Daley Since performing for 1 minute at a professional comedy club 5 years ago; Mike hasn't looked back. He used to regularly MC a gig in Chelsea & his own in Windsor, music gigs & a few charity specials He performs a mixture of one-liners, puns, observational humour, prop comedy & general silliness. "I would have preferred a more narrative style." - Actress Anna Friel A great fan of music...

Fin O'Driscoll started doing stand up in 2015 & is regularly found popping up on the open mic scene. She has done courses with Gráinne Maguire and Logan Murray. Fin participated in the Tringe Festival Tringe Rovers event. She's worked with the Battersea Arts Centre on one of their children's shows. Fin has also worked in health care but is too angry about what is happening to our NHS to make jokes...

Musician and music producer. Dan has performed in bands for over 20 years, playing a mix of genres including rock, grunge, sludge, voodoo, pop, indie and funk. He is currently recording an acoustic album and performing in his metal band, Vespasian. He has supplied soundtracks to short films and podcasts, and promotional videos to several live events. In recent times Dan has been enjoying producing...

Writer, lover, comrade and 'Song and Dance man' Stuart has been honing his writing skills for many years now with graphic novels and sitcoms (writing, not reading or watching) ready for an all out attack on the mainstream media.  He's 6' 2" with eyes as big as jammy dodgers and legs up the Ying Yang. His background in martial arts and circus clownery have set him up just right for comedy podcasts...