We book well known acts for big events as well as managing its own stable of breaking acts. We know which acts like the mountain and we know which acts the mountain likes.
We also offer a full service with respects venue and event managment, corporate do’s, weddings, anniversarsies, birthdays or bar mitzvahs.
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Whirlwind, dervish, maelstrom or just plain lunacy, Rob Rouse is a comedian who’s energy and zeal takes stand-up to a different level!
Armed with paper sharp witts and a truck load of charm, he is a must see act who never fails to deliver a top quality performance.
If its TV credits you need to convince you – bla bla bla he’s done all the panel shows (Comedy Shuffle with Rob Rouse BBC3 8 Out of Ten Cats Channel 4. Grown Ups BBC3 Guilty Pleasures BBC3 Spoons Channel 4. The Friday Night Project). The CV is littered with TV and Radio credits, comedy awards and accolades. But Live stand up comedy is a different medium and Robs command of it is superb!
We love Rob Rouse, he’s amazing – come see this show!
The legend that is Pierre Hollins ladies and gentlemen.
Not only has he been gigging for over two hundred years, all accross the globe and nearby planets, Pierre Hollins can juggle and ride a unicycle too. Having said that, he’s more than likely just going to be amusing us with his witty anecdotes and devishly crafted songs. Pierre Hollins is one of the most sought after UK headliners, come and find out why.
An easy going joyful manner laced and juxtaposed with pathos and reality that only an experienced comedian and earthling can bring you.
In the early days he worked as a support act to Lenny Henry and Rory Bremner; appeared in the West End with Rita Rudner; and toured with The Flying Pickets, and Willie Rushton & Barry Cryer.
Today his wit and banter is a razor sharp as it is funny.
I hope he gigs for another two hundred years.
2016 Dates:
07/03 – Jekyl, Chamonix08/03 – Meribar, Meribel
09/03 – Lodge Du Village, Meribel Village 10/03 – Montana, La Tania
Taking the Piste regular, the mighty Phil Nichol never fails to entertain the apres ski audience. Yes he wins awards, yes he won the biggest award in comedy, yes he is unique. No matter how you try to describe Phil Nichols humour you do find yourself saying, “look, just go and watch him he’s amazing” and afterwards you are always thanked!
SCOTTSMAN FRINGE FIRST WINNER 2011″SOMEWHERE FOR BENEATH IT ALL, A SMALL FIRE BURNS STILL”
NOMINEE CHORTLE BEST HEADLINER AWARD (2010, 2006, 2002)
IF.COM EDDIE AWARD WINNER 2006
NOMINEE THE STAGE AWARD FOR ACTING EXCELLENCE 2006
WINNER THE STAGE AWARD FOR ACTING EXCELLENCE 2005
WINNER BEST INTERNATIONAL GUEST – NZ COMEDY GUILD 2003
NOMINEE PERRIER AWARD FOR ‘THINGS I LIKE, I LICK’ 2002
NOMINEE CHORTLE BEST MALE CIRCUIT COMIC 2002
TIME OUT BEST COMEDY PERFORMER 1998
NOMINEE PERRIER AWARD FOR ‘CORKY AND THE JUICE PIGS’ 1993
Be prepared for a fantastic barrage of insightful, sometimes cutting always funny comedy from this truly exceptional international award winning comedian!
Canadadian Pete Johansson is a tour de force on the international comedy circuit and definitely one to watch now close up, before he starts filling Stadia!
Pete headlines comedy clubs around the world, from New York’s Caroline’s Comedy Club, The Helium Club In Philadelphia, Austin’s Capital Comedy Club, Minneapolis’s Acme Comedy Theater, The Comedy Store in London and Manchester, as well as shows in Dubai, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Afghanistan, Guam, Cayman Islands, Germany, Malta, Cyprus, Amsterdam, Ireland and Canada, and many, many more too numerous to mention.
He is a regular at the renowned London Comedy Store venue, has been invited on Radio 4′s prominent Loose Ends and appeared on Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3). Pete has performed alongside Stephen Merchant, Stewart Lee, Simon Amstell and even had the rare opportunity of closing for Jerry Seinfeld in the Comedy Store in 2011. He bagged a starring role opposite Ed Byrne in BBC4′s Sex Bombs and appeared on Channel 4′s Brighton Best of the Fest.
“Pete’s relaxed and insightful performance at the Improv brought the crowd what they had been waiting for all night” – National Post (USA)
“By far the breakout performer this year at Just for Laughs, but more importantly made my list of best jokes of the fest twice!” – The Montreal Gazette (CAN)
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Paul began his comedy career in Alberta Canada and now is an internationally toured comedian with appearances on television, radio, festivals and world renowned comedy competitions.
Live performances in: Canada, United States, The Caribbean, United Kingdom, Italy, Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Austria, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Australia, Thailand and China make Paul a sharp international performer with a great stage presence and an extremely fun comic to watch.
“Carries the comedy off with a natural flair, in a manner so effortless one might think it was ingrained in his DNA” – The Hindu, India
“Dry, dark but with an irrepressible youthful charm.” – The Toronto Star
“Hilarious Enough to Stand Alone.” – The Seattle Stranger
I was born in Amersham in Buckinghamshire at an early age. Initially, I was unable to fend for myself. I could not work out how to walk or even say words. Luckily, a kind lady and gentleman took me home from the hospital.
My mother taught me to speak nicely and talk about the weather. My dad mainly used to cook a pie. It wouldn’t always go right. Quite often he would drop the pie on the floor. “I’ve dropped the pie on the floor!” he would shout. That’s what he’s like, because he doesn’t use oven gloves.
Later I became a teenager, and decided to have a go at stand-up comedy in a little bar. I did not have any jokes. So I just made up stuff like, “Can anyone here name a fruit? A peach, madam? Personally, I prefer a pineapple.”
Amazingly, it went well, due to comic timing, stage presence and luck and I resolved on the spot to become a professional entertainer.
Otherwise known as the ‘car crash of comedy’ Nick Helm has literally smashed on to the comedy scene. Having only started in 2007, Helm has already bagged nominations at Ed Fringe for best comic and winner of best Joke… I’ll let him tell though.
This guys makes me laugh, which is good as he does it for a living…
Intelligent, original and hilarious, Nick Doody is one of the UK’s leading contemporary political comedians, as well as being an engaging live performer and a prolific comedy writer for TV and radio.
Nick Doody has been performing comedy since the 90s when, as a student, he got off to a pretty good start by supporting the legendary Bill Hicks, at Bill’s request. A little later, Nick was a finalist in Channel 4’s So You Think You’re Funny? competition.
Since then he has performed all over the world: Ireland, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Estonia… You get the idea. He was the first British comedian to perform in Croatia.
Nick has appeared on various radio and TV shows (listed below), and is also much in demand as a writer. He has penned jokes for Joan Rivers, Lenny Henry, Dame Edna Everage and an uncomfortable number of Mock The Week regulars. He was also the creator and head writer of Bigipedia, a critically acclaimed Radio 4 show that broadcast in 2009 and 2011.
Mitch Benn started his career in Edinburgh in 1994, and was voted best new comic at the 1995 Glastonbury festival; scooping the Comedian Of The Year at The Leicester Comedy Festival three years later.He has performed hour-long shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1997, 1998 and 1999, in the revue show The Bootleg Bootleg Beatles in 1998 and the showcase Carlton Comedy Warehouse in 1999, which the subject of a documentary series for Carlton TV.
He’s now an established face on the comedy circuit, a regular on both Radio 4’s Now Show and Radio 2’s It’s Been A Bad Week, and star of his own Radio 4 series Mitch Benns Crimes Against Music, which he performed with his regular backing band, The Distractions (Kirsty Newton on bass and keyboards and Tash Baylis on drums and percussion).
Making his 8th consecutive trip with Taking the Piste comedy, Matt Kirshen is back for the 2013/14 season, headlining our pre Christmas run of gigs.
You may have also seen him on Last Comic Standing on NBC or Paramount or some other channel in your home country. Or on the World Stands Up, which put out my half hour special. Or Ferguson or Fallon, or on E4’s Rudetube. Or on a few other TV things. His youthful looks disguise a veteran comic with almost a decade of experience, and a wealth of smart, funny and relatable material, making him a firm favourite with college audiences.
Kirshens precision has already earned him an impressive reputation in the UK comedy circuit. His engagingly impish style is shot through with an intelligent and skilful talent that belies his youthful appearance, making him a firm favourite with audiences and fellow comidians alike. With an impressive array of awards and press accolades under his belt.
