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Bug Jam 26

Comedy Guide

Bug Jam 25 hosts two days of comedy by Bound & Gagged, featuring some of the most hilarious comics in the UK, so grab a beer and put your funnybone in a cast- this a sidesplitting way to pass the afternoon.

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Comedy Lineup
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Friday - 4pm to 5.30pm

  • 4.00-4.15pm - Stephen Carlin (compere)
  • 4.15-4.45pm - Joe Rowntree
  • 4.45-4.55pm - Stephen Carlin
  • 4.55-5.25 - Mitch Benn
  • 5.25-5.30pm - Stephen Carlin
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Saturday - 1pm to 4pm

  • 1.00-1.10 – Susan Murray (compere)
  • 1.10-1.30 – Michael Fabbri
  • 1.35-1.55 – The Noise Next Door
  • 2.00-2.20 – Sean Percival
  • 2.225-2.245– Paul Foot
  • 2.50-3.10 – Mike Gunn
  • 3.15-4.00 – Milton Jones
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Info on the comedians coming to Bug Jam is at the bottom of this page.
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Bug Jam Comedy Challenge
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For years Bugjam has assaulted V-Dubbers with the best in cutting edge stand-up comedy. But in 2011, for the second year running, Bugjammers have the opportunity to take to the comedy stage themselves. On Friday July 22nd 15 participants will be given a 90min crash course in standup comedy, then after a quick refresher Saturday the 2 most promising will join the professionals on stage during the live comedy show. These chosen 2 will have just 4 minutes to show why they should be crowned the new Bugjam King or Queen of comedy.

Sully spacer Heading the workshop will be professional Stand Up Comedian and Bugjam regular Sully O'Sullivan. Having run crash courses in Stand-Up and Improv Comedy in NZ, Canada, the US and the UK, he returns to Bugjam fresh from a sellout Croatia tour.

“a blast of hilarity” Manchester Evening News (UK), “Hilarious standup” The Dominion Post (NZ), "smrtonosno zabavni voditelj" Living Stone Magazine (Croatia).

The Inaugural Bugjam Comedy Challenge was.... “one of the things I'll never forget about Bugjam 24, absolutely great” M Callow, "a whole lot of fun and a whole lot of laughs" R Minards.

Previous Comedy Crash Courses have been..... “fantastic…..everyone enjoyed themselves” B Adams, “can’t believe what an experience this has been from start to finish” W Davis, “life hanging….. absofuckinglutely!! W Lester, “One of the best experiences I’ve had” Tearaway Magazine.
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When & Where

Main Workshop Friday 2pm to 3.30pm - Retro Zone (Big Top)
Followup Workshop Saturday 11am to Midday - Retro Zone (Big Top)

To take part just come along to the Retro Big Top at 1.45pm on the Friday of Bug Jam.

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Comedian Profiles
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Joe Rowntree

Joe Rowntree is a stand up comedian and general simian roustabout. He works as a man of mirth, trading his surreal observations for laughter, performing in some of the most prestigious and reputable comedy clubs in the UK and across the International comedy circuit. He recently completed touring the Middle East with the Comedy Store performing to the expats.

Joe’s television career started back in 2001 writing put-downs for Anne Robinson on the Weakest Link. Recently he has completed hosting a UK Tour of Brainiac Live after appearing in all 6 series of the award winning hit TV show.


Stephen Carlin

Stephen Carlin has earned critical acclaim, accolades and a growing fanbase with his original and insightful writing style and accomplished delivery. From his sartorial elegance to his in-depth and hilarious knowledge of International snooker, Carlin’s performance takes the audience into the mind of a passionate obsessive. This man is well on his way to become Scotland's newest addition to its history of brilliant comedians. 
 
“if this man isn’t a household name in five years time, the world is even more lacking in justice than we could have feared.” The Scotsman.

"Dry delivery and wry humour" The Sunday Times


Mitch Benn

Mitch Benn from BBC Radio 4’s ‘Now Show’ and BBC 1’s ‘One Show’ and ‘Watchdog’, Mitch was described by The Times as ‘The country’s leading musical satirist’.  He has well over a million Youtube views and in late 2010 his single ‘I’m Proud of The BBC’ reached No. 11 in the Official Independent Singles Chart.

‘Well crafted, well sung, his songs are just plain funny’ The Guardian.  
‘Song after song of exquisitely crafted satire’
The Scotsman


Susan Murray

Susan Murray Winner of the first ever Jongleurs Competition and a seasoned regular on the circuit,
Susan has emerged as one of the best female stand-ups around.

'A feisty comedy fireball of fun' Time Out
'Susan Murray is delightful from start to finish' Fest
'Murray works the packed audience with skill' The Stage


Michae lFabbri

Michael Fabbri quickly stamped his mark on the UK circuit appearing in the 2003 final of Channel 4’s So You Think You’re Funny? and rapidly earned a reputation as one of the most promising up and coming comedians on the circuit. A reputation that he is living up to, regularly performing for the best clubs in the country.

With a dark and honest approach to some of life’s more touchy subjects Fabbri manages to effortlessly slip between some harsh, controversial topics to light-hearted silliness to make for a refreshingly eclectic and brilliantly funny act. 

“exceptionally funny…extremely sharp…hugely enjoyable” The Scotsman
“Hilarious, Clever, sick and completely unrepeatable” BBC Online
“One of the best up-and-coming acts around” Chortle


The Noise Next Door

The Noise Next Door This charming fivesome will blow you away with their razor sharp improvised comedy, transforming audience suggestions into fantastically funny scenes and songs in the blink of an eye. Taking the country by storm in 2010, The Noise Next Door have drawn no end of superlatives from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival and enjoyed the prestige of headlining the finest Comedy Club venues across the UK.

The Noise Next Door will have you in stitches with their perfect blend of ludicrous characters, witty one-liners, epic stories and musical mayhem.

"A comic masterpiece" ThreeWeeks
"Pure genius" Fringe Review
'Five slick improvisers...No one can fail to be engaged by the vivacious sense of fun' Chortle


Sean Percival

Sean Percival is a standup comedian from Dudley of which he says “It’s a lovely place to come from but bloody horrible to go back to”.

Sean has never been a regular panelist on Have I Got News For You neither has he appeared on Mock the Week, but he did recently spend two years writing and performing on Capital FMs drive time radio show in Birmingham. Although the show was never nominated for a sony award it did receive a record amount of complaints.

Sean enjoys moaning and feeling sorry for himself and dislikes reading misleading biogs with made up quotes in them.


Paul Foot

Paul Foot is one of the UK’s most creative and original comedians.  His recent Edinburgh Shows have met with great critical acclaim as did his appearance on the last series of “Never Mind The Buzzcocks”. He is a BBC New Comedy Award and Daily Telegraph Open Mike winner.

"It's baffling to me that Paul is not a household name in this country.  His routines are like jazz clusters, loose hammocks, choked to the brim with jokes and ideas" Noel Fielding
“Subversive and surreal ... like a cult classic, a relic from the past, a rare exotic bird, he’s special.”  The
Daily Express
“It’s impossible to describe what Paul does, it’s like trying to strangle mercury.... in an all too predictable comedy universe, Paul Foot orbits his own planet. Fantastic.”
The Daily Mirror


Mike Gunn

Mike Gunn's history is as interesting and entertaining as his comedy. A misspent youth and a series of grim jobs cultivated his cynical outlook on life and a perverse desire led him to the world of stand-up. His lugubrious comedy has been described as 'drier than a dead man's bones'. He has a rare ability to walk close to the line of what audiences find acceptable and yet still remain likable and funny.


Milton Jones

Milton Jones is a multi-award winning comedian. He has been a panellist many times on Mock the Week, and has been on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and had his ninth radio series commissioned for BBC Radio 4. He is a former Perrier Best Newcomer and Perrier Nominee as well as having won a Sony Award for his radio show the Very World of Milton Jones.

'King of the surreal one-liners' The Times

'Sultan of the surreal' The Guardian

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