Stand Up & Slam! - Grand Finale

Performance poetry: comedy’s boring cousin, right? Stand up: poetry’s idiot relation, yes? Let’s find out!

Well, season two at The Comedy Cafe is going splendidly. The score currently stands at Comedy 3 Vs Poetry 2 and Thursday 8th April sees our Grand Finale! Will comedy sweep a final victory? Or will poetry battle back bravely - setting us at a tie and finishing with a final, epic, Captain's battle?

So, 8pm. May 8th. Comedy Cafe, London. Six phenomenal acts from the worlds of comedy and poetry go face-to-face for your approval in three killer rounds of Stand Up Comedy Vs Performance Poetry with unpredictable and hilarious results.

The winners? Whoever the audience decide are really, truly the best art form of the night! And therefore...of the season!
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PRESS:
Comedy Pick in Metro & The Evening Standard

'Stand Up & Slam is the best night out in London!'
- Stage & Screen Insider

'The most exciting new comedy night'
- The Northern Branch

'Original and, most importantly, hysterically funny 'Stand Up & Slam!' is a must see!'
- Stage & Screen Insider


Here's the fantastic line up for this month's show:

TEAM CAPTAINS:
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PAUL SWEENEY (Doc Brown Tour Support, 'intriguing and memorable' - Chortle, bursting with talent' - FFF)

DAN SIMPSON (Canterbury Poet Laureate, 'clever, frequently amusing' - Broadway Baby, 'erudite wit' - The Flaneur)

TEAM COMEDY:
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CHASTITY BUTTERWORTH
Performed by Gemma Whelan - Yara Greyjoy in 'Game of Thrones'
As seen on BBC3's 'Live at the Electric'
Winner: Funny Woman Variety Act Award 2010
★★★★★ Broadway Baby
'A female Tim Vine...most impressive' Chortle
'Brilliant character creation' Broadway Baby
'Butterworth has a mind like a Shoreditch sewer' Bruce Dessau

JONATHAN HEARN
Resident Compere - Jester Jesters
'plenty of charisma and a glint of silliness' Chortle
'an unconventional but intelligent style' Three Weeks
'produced a foul-mouthed version of a song that would be worthy of a Two Ronnies number' Chortle

SUZY BENNETT
Tour Support for Jimmy Carr
Winner: Funny Women Awards 2006
'Vibrant, gorgeous and extremely funny' BBC
'Undeniable confidence and verve - she went down superbly well' Chortle


TEAM POETRY:
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MARK GRIST
YouTube Sensation - Rap Battle Teacher
As heard on BBC6 Music as part of 'Dead Poets'
Edinburgh Fringe Slam Champion 2010
★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★ The Scotsman
★★★★ Three Weeks
'an entertaining raconteur' Guardian
'as uproariously funny as it is unflinchingly self-analytical' Broadway Baby
'Grist is a passionate, engaging man' Three Weeks

RICHARD MARSH
Listed in TimeOut's Culture 100
London Slam Champion 2012
Winner: BBC Radio Best Scripted Comedy Drama
Winner: Fringe First Award
★★★★★ The Independent
'Marsh is brilliant, a word virtuoso who can spin poetry out of the everyday' The Times

MALCOLM HEAD
Tour Support for Paul Foot
‘Delivered plenty of laughs with his low-key delivery and mundane inspirations’ Chortle
'Malcolm Head is a wonderful performer' Paul Foot
'Impeccable rhythm and some deceptively well-written lines' WhosLaughingNow