FRIDAY COMEDY ft. Tom Webb, Javier Jarquin and Holly Walsh

Friday comedy night with Tom Webb, Javier Jarquin and Holly Walsh Hideaway
Friday, 31st Oct 2014

Tom Webb (MC)

‘Ingenious and fresh' (Time Out)

‘Tom Webb is a cheeky, inventive, damn funny fellow' (London Is Funny)

‘Hilarious... A comedy treat' (Edinburgh Evening News)

Tom Webb is a hilarious, award-winning comedian, performing all over the country in venues including The Soho Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, The Komedia, Frog & Bucket and The Gilded Balloon. You can also see him on Dave TV, as David Baddiel’s assistant, Aaron, in ‘FC Dave’. Or hear him on BBC Radio (Bristol), JNET Radio and Fuse FM.

He is the host for Popbitch, They Quiz and Match Bars, is resident MC at PARTY PIECE and Comedy Loft and compères the triumphant 'London Is Funny Presents...' a mixed bill show with acts like Rufus Hound, Josie Long and Simon Brodkin at the Edinburgh Fringe. And 2012 sees him in the Pleasance Courtyard as the closer for AAA Late.

If not performing live, Tom writes and performs for the screen and radio. He was commissioned by Myspace Comedy to write and perform in a 6 part sitcom, 'Tom Webbisodes' with Jemima Rooper and also sold a full-length, feature film, 'Friendless Wonder', to Anyway Films. He directed the award winning, sell-out show, The Fudge Shop and also wrote, directed and performed in sell-out plays for the Lyric: Hammersmith, Riverside Studios and Canal Cafe Theatre. And he's directed the World’s longest running comedy show, NewsRevue, as well as creating its two Christmas Specials.

‘Super duper MC... Top 20 Free Fringe Show' (London Is Funny)

‘The masterful Tom Webb... It's stuff like this that makes the Fringe great' (Three Weeks)

‘Wonderfully inventive stand-up Tom Webb' (Spoonfed)

‘The extraordinarily funny Tom Webb' (Hackney Gazette)

Javier Jarquin

Winner - The Press Critics Choice Award 'Best National Artist' World Buskers Festival 2012

WINNER – 'Best Show Wellington'

The New Zealand International Comedy Festival 2010

After appearing on television and playing and headlining some of the biggest clubs in Australia and New Zealand Javier Jarquin moved to the UK in 2010 where he has established himself as a circuit regular and headline act around the country and in mainland Europe.

He has performed on the same bill with top names such as Jimmy Carr, Stewart Lee, Jo Brand and Paul Daniels. He is based in London.

He is also well known for his CARD NINJA act.

“He's gonna be a star” - William Burdett-Coutts (Producer of Black Books / Artistic Director of Assembly Theatre)

“Jarquin is seriously talented when it comes to working a crowd” - The Stage

“High calibre throughout” - The Morning Star

“Jarquin draws in the audience like an industrial magnet” - SG Fringe

“Brilliantly entertaining performance” - The Edinburgh Reporter

“Kept the audience laughing throughout” - The Edinburgh Spotlight

“Fresh, funny and unique” - The Press (NZ)

Holly Walsh

• Nominee: Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award, Best Newcomer Nominee, 2011
• Winner: Chortle Award Best Newcomer Chortle Awards 2008
• Finalist: Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year 2007
• Finalist: So You Think You’re Funny Competition Finalist 2006
• Finalist: Funny Women Competition Finalist 2006

An acclaimed stand-up and writer, Holly Walsh, is an established talent in both fields. In 2012 her sitcom, Dead Boss, co-written with Sharon Horgan aired on BBC3 and has since been commissioned for a pilot episode by Fox Network for the US. Her stand-up credentials were established with her 2008 Best Newcomer at the Chortle Awards and confirmed with an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination three years later for her debut Fringe show, Hollycopter. The show also enjoyed a sell-out run at the Soho Theatre in 2012.

Holly has featured on many of the top TV comedy shows including, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Would I Lie To You? and Mock The Week, as well as hosting the Channel 4 series, TNT, alongside Jack Whitehall. On top of this she is often heard on radio and has appeared on shows such as The Unbelievable Truth, The Now Show, and Charlie Brooker’s So Wrong It’s Right for Radio 4. As well as these guest appearances, Holly is much in demand as writer for both TV and Radio and has written widely for both.

On top of her TV and radio commitments, Holly’s live work remains a key element of her career and sees her perform at the best comedy clubs in the country. She was one of the founders of Popcorn Comedy, regularly comperes the Happy Mondays comedy night in London.