The NATYS: New Acts of the Year 2015 (Comedy Showcase)

New Variety Lives’ annual Top-of-the-Bill new-act showcase, hosted by Arthur Smith at the Bloomsbury Theatre, has selected an eclectic evening of new and diverse comedy acts.

After 6 weeks of ups and downs at Rich Mix, 144 auditionees were narrowed down to a tight 15, who will now present a show crammed full of inspirational comedy and variety on the Bloomsbury stage. On the night a panel of comedy enthusiasts will nominate the Top-of-the-Bill Act for 2015.

2014’s Top-of-the-Bill Act, Alasdair Beckett-King, headlines this year’s chosen acts,

who are:
SEAN PATRICK: deadpan commentary on life, love and truth
JOSH R CHERRY: original, slick material, starting to find his voice
CHRIS BETTS: long-form, punchy stand-up
ASHLEY HADEN: angry and topical and very funny
FRANCiS FOSTER: confused human being, in a ridiculous, bizarre wreckage of an existence
MIKEY BHARJ: impressions as comic comment
DON BISWAS: razor-sharp one-liners
THE JEST: innocent sketches with dark, subversive twists
RACHEL FAIRBURN: dark, observational humour with a morbid edge
NICK ELLERAY: droll and literate, laconic Australian in London
DANIEL DUFFY: a comedy snapshot of life in a bizarre Irish village
CHEEKYKITA: clown, character-comedy, surreal, offbeat, energetic and silly
JOE SUTHERLAND: caustic, camp cattiness
JENNY COLLIER: likeable, clever, fast-paced wit
THE HERBERT: a cockney idiot with a whistle and flutes