Up The Arts Comedy

NO NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS PARTY

*STOP PRESS* NOW AT THE ROEBUCK, 50 GREAT DOVER STREET, SE1 0207 357 7324

DON'T GIVE IT UP, do it shamelessly. Nobody likes a quitter so we offer you the strongest comedy line-up in London on New Year's Eve... Eve.

PATRICK MONAHAN (PICTURED)
Mad as a pint of tar with a sausage stuck in it, Patrick Monahan has to be the most natural Irish/Iranian/Middlesborough performer on the circuit. We say this because he is just as charmingly happy and relentlessly enthusiastic off stage as he is on it. "This gifted livewire commands the stage with a mix of wit and force of personality" Evening Standard, “a star in the making” Daily Telegraph, "Bright young talent" Sunday Times,
"Lovable Stuff" The Independent

RONNIE GOLDEN
One of the early performers on the alternative circuit, appearing at The Comic Strip and The Comedy Store, he was the man who portrayed Buddy Holly hanging from a parachute in the loft in The Young Ones. Ex-leader of the Fabulous Poodles and over the last five years Edinburgh collaborations with Barry Cryer and Arthur Smith, Golden is the self confessed ‘Swiss Army Knife of Entertainment’. A lively multi-instrumentalist with an impressive vocal range, warm self-deprecating banter and sharp gags. TV: ‘Interference’ Ch 4, ‘Pushing Up Daisies’ Ch4, Radio: ‘The Right Time’ BBC Radio 4, Film: ‘The Fourth Protocol’ as MI6 agent The Busker.

MARC LUCERO
A quirky and funny thinker, off-the-wall and laconic, Lucero's brilliantly inventive gags are a bit of a slow burner. He expertly conjures up the most ridiculous of images - yet they are all based on sturdy observations, further heightening their impressive effect. Never going quite where you expect and combined with imaginative topical humour, Lucero is classy and original.
"a laugh a minute" The Times "eco humour" Time Out "comic master" Chortle
"persuasively funny, a damn fine evening," Evening Standard

GRIFF GRIFFITHS
Born into a travelling family from Notting Hill, his Mum is a 7th daughter of a 7th daughter of a Romany Gypsy family which means she's a witch whereas Griff believes his Dad (a small bloke) is the 7th son of the 7th son of one of the 7 dwarves. An ex-drummer, then market trader, starting his own furniture company. Then got married, went mad, divorced and was in a nut house believing he was the King of Spain. On stage he is a unique Explosion of Energy - spouting hilarious one liners and surreal lunatic tales of genuine madness.
"So funny he will change your life" Time Out

AL STICK
He's good, he’s won ‘King Gong Night’ at London’s Comedy Store and comes from Romford. I repeat, he's recently moved but he’s from Romford.

Plus PAUL RICKETTS (MC) and VERITY WELCH comperes. Also Punch line Competition and Cheapo Sparkling Wine Challenge - win two bottles of wine.