Good Ship Comedy feat. Sara Pascoe

SARA PASCOE

Sara Pascoe is one of the biggest starts in British stand-up right now. A regular on Live At The Apollo, QI, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Mock The Week among others, her calling card is her perfectly wrought mixture of a rigorously academic mind unafraid to cover any topic and a sense of humour that is childishly naive and razor sharp.  A best-selling author thanks to her book 'Animal', Sara's appeal is vastly wide-ranging and growing every day.  If you want to have your mind expanded whilst laughing like a merry idiot, Sara is the comic for you.

"Always intelligent and occasionally exquisite." The Independent

"Pascoe uses erudite references as just one strand of an offbeat worldview, offset by moments of gloriously deliberate dumbness and delivered with nothing less than full-megawatt charisma." The Guardian

"Defiantly idiosyncratic and highly accessible." Evening Standard

ALEXANDER BENNETT

Alexander Bennett’s comedy has been variously described as dark, silly, filthy and thoughtful. He has filmed several stand-up specials, created the cult hit comedy game show Hell To Play and recently started his new high-concept podcast Born Yesterday with comedian Andy Barr, which has already had guests including Jordan Gray, Phil Wang and Eshaan Akbar.

His 2023 show recieved several 5 and 4 star reviews, was shortlisted for the Amused Moose Comedy Award and a joke from it appeared in the Telegraph's Top 10 Funniest Jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe.

He has collaborated with Mark Watson, was nominated at the Leicester Comedy Awards as part of Consignia and co-orchestrated a huge charity event at the Pleasance Grand in Edinburgh called Dan Vs Food, in which a cast of 25+ comedians including Ed Gamble, Iain Stirling, Nick Helm, Sophie Duker and Ivo Graham watched a man called Dan eat his lunch. 

"Bennett is undoubtedly a funny man - an hour of self deprecating stories that leaves his audience in stitches" The List

SHARON WANJOHI

Sharon Wanjohi is an up and coming stand up comedian with a varied act ranging from shock to absurd comedy. A Chortle Student Comedy Award Finalist and Funny Women Stage Award Finalist, she talks maybe too much about children's films and the cartoon dilfs that inspired a generation of sexual awakenings. And she thinks Ratatouille is a commentary on race.

In 2022 Sharon featured in the Channel 4 online series Jokes Only A … Can Tell and The Big Breakfast.  In 2023 Sharon presented a section on The Laura Whitmore Breakfast Show, features on fifth series of ITV’s The Stand Up Sketch Show and Comedy Central Live.

"A spark in her performance…….. memorable zingers, she’s witty and engaging company." Chortle

AND YOUR RESIDENT HOST:

BEN VAN DER VELDE

One of the quickest wits around and a much-loved compere, he always brings a jam-packed back of nonsense, silliness and wisecracks to every gig he hosts.

"Wonderfully improvised riffs showcasing his impressive spontaneity and sharp tongue." Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

“The perfect comedy club host – he is a master of audience interaction. The audience weren’t just warmed up, but pretty hysterical even before the first act of the night hit the stage.”  Huffington Post