Waterloo Comedy Club: Launch Night

The launch night of the brand new Waterloo Comedy Club!!

A line-up of the best comedians on the UK comedy circuit live in Central London.

Featuring TV's Ahir Shah, Lyle Barke, Claire Haus, Davina Bentley and your host Philipp Kostelecky!

Ahir Shah, is a double Edinburgh Comedy Award ‘Best Show’ nominee and one of the fastest-rising comedians of his generation.

Ahir is a regular on television and radio and has appeared on Live At The Apollo, The Now Show, Stand Up Central, Have I Got News For You, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Mock the Week, The Mash Report/Late Night Mash, Guessable, Rob Beckett’s Undeniable and Catastrophe.

Ahir’s 2019 show, 'Dots', completely sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe and toured the UK ahead of an international release on US streaming platform HBO Max. Ahir is currently on UK tour with his latest show 'Dress'. Internationally, Ahir has played to sell out audience at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Adelaide Fringe and Just for Laughs Montreal, and has toured in continental Europe and India.

An in-demand writer, Ahir has written on shows including The Mash Report/Late Night Mash and Mock the Week, has written and starred in the short films Ahir Shah’s Summer (Sky) and Ahir Shah’s Life Lessons (BBC Three), and has developed two sitcom pilots with Channel 4.

Lyle Barke is a regular MC for many comedy clubs and has hosted the likes of Nick Helm, Janine Harouni, Ivo Graham and Seann Walsh. He was MC at the Panc Comedy Festival and played to an audience of 1000 at Ljubljana Castle in Slovenia in August last year, as well as performing at the prestigious Antwerp Comedy Club in Belgium.

He sold out his debut solo hour 'Tragic Potential' at the Museum of Comedy, and a short Camden Fringe run at the Canal Cafe Theatre. He regularly performs all over the country and has supported Rhys James, Lou Sanders, Dane Baptiste, Shaparak Khorsandi, Reginald D Hunter, Mark Watson, & Kerry Godlimen.

He was a Get Up, Stand Up Semi Finalist, Max Turner Prize Semi Finalist, Moth Club Honk Show Finalist, Comedy Store King Gong Finalist, & Top Secret Gong Show Finalist.

Claire Haus is a comedian and writer. She’s featured on ITV2’s Stand Up Sketch Show 2022. Her 2021 collaboration with LADbible reached 650k+ views in just four days and she’s a So You Think You’re Funny grand finalist. She can regularly be seen performing high-energy stand-up at some of the best clubs on the London circuit and also creates a stream of popular sketch content on Instagram. A collection of her comic drawings, The Blaring House, was released by Conundrum Press.

Davina Bentley, draws upon none of her skills as a neuroscientist and lawyer in her stand-up comedy. Davina’s analytical style juxtaposes pop culture references with everyday observations and smart gags. Davina was the winner of the 2020 Banana Cabaret New Acts Competition.

'Hilarious, super-smart and very contemporary. A British Sarah Silverman'.

Philipp Kostelecky started performing comedy in London in 2018. Since then, he has gone on to perform across the globe playing venues such as Stand-up NY, The Comedy Store, Up the Creek, Camden Comedy Club, Backyard Comedy Club, Angel Comedy, and Top Secret Comedy Club. He has also headlined shows in Paris, Berlin, and the prestigious comedy club Zelig in Milan.

His child-like energy, confident stage presence, and quick-fire performance style have propelled him up the UK comedy ladder, reaching the finals of the Roast Battle UK championship and winning the brutal Comedy Store King Gong Show.