New Acts Of The Year 2015- The NATYS: Spotlight Nights

The legendary annual quest for New Variety Comedy returns to Rich Mix, with a season of NATYS Spotlight Nights, seeing 100 new acts, each performing a 5 minute routine of stand-up, musical, sketch and speciality comedy.

NATYS Spotlight Nights are free. See the next generation breaking through, help select the future of Comedy and choose who will appear on the coveted NATYS Variety Bill at the Bloomsbury Theatre, hosted by Arthur Smith.

Alternative Comedy pioneers, Roland & Claire Muldoon, continue to champion the legendary new talent platform they established in the early 80s, brought to prominence at the Hackney Empire and that introduced many of comedy’s household names, including: Russell Brand, Men in Coats, Gina Yashere and Harry Hill.

A seasoned cohort of live comedy practitioners including, writers, directors, producers and promoters, will audition 100 new acts, each performing a 5 minute routine of stand-up, musical, sketch or speciality comedy, for their chance to receive professional bookings to appear on the NATYS, at the Bloomsbury Theatre on Sunday 25 January 2015, and New Variety Lives spring comedy season.

The NATYS holds the stage door open for new emerging talent and keeps New Variety Comedy – Live: Really Live!

‘The most important new comedy showcase in the country’ The Guardian
‘Always one of the most fun (and often most bizarre)...’ Time Out

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