Star-studded line-ups so book early
Friday 14th July - Opening Gala
The hugely successful Friday night gala is back � twice! This year's festival will include not one but two eight act extravaganzas, one opening and one closing the festival. Opening night features top Irish stand-up Ed Byrne, delightfully bitchy Aussie comic Kitty Flannagan, Jim Tavare and his double-bass, Perrier nominees Reginald D Hunter and Michael McIntyre, rising star Alun Cochrane and more with Pete Firman (from Channel 4's �Dirty Tricks�) as mc � also look out for a special guest...
Tickets £14
Saturday 15th July
Alan Carr
Alan Carr, star of TV's �Friday Night Project� and regular on lots of TV panel shows is also a superb stand-up and regular headliner at all the major comedy clubs throughout Britain. Carr's endearing camp style goes just as well at the end of the pier as the Comedy Store. His forthcoming autumn tour will make him a huge star � now is the perfect time to see him.
Another TV regular, top stand up comic, actor, radio presenter and winner of the Timeout award for Best Comedy performance 2006 and sometime �Have I got News for You� presenter, Brigstocke is a busy man. However he's found time to get down to Walpole Park this July and so should you!
Men in Coats
The hits of the 2002 festival � an increasingly rare British performance from this unique double-act. Performed entirely to music their fantastic set has been described as � physical comedy at its finest � by Chortle. A short film of their spectacular performance found it's way onto the internet and so far has had over 2 million viewings! They perform worldwide including Germany, Australia, South Africa and Japan so grab your chance to see them while they're briefly in Blighty
When Bob Mills burst onto the comedy scene back in 1985, he turned the faltering alternative establishment on its head with his unique brand of �laddish' irreverent humour. Twenty years on his humour is as fresh as ever and most still as unfailingly funny.
Tickets £14
Sunday 16th July - starts 6pm
What are they actually singing about at the Opera?
Is the triangle hard?
What does the conductor actually do?
Find out the answers to these and many more questions at this spectacular show. Even if you can't tell a string quartet from a string vest this show is � a guaranteed laugh every four bars� (The Scotsman)
Rarely performed due to it's sheer size and scale Rainer and his 50 piece orchestra bring to Ealing the spectacular show that outsold Roseanne Barr 2 to 1 at the Leicester comedy festival. A must see event for fans of comedy and music alike, you will learn nothing but you will laugh. Really laugh.
Tickets £14
Wednesday 19th & Thursday 20th July
Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey needs little introduction. Quite simply the best live comedian currently performing. His latest West-End show sold out a record breaking 20 consecutive nights, the DVD sold by the truckload. We are very privileged to welcome him to the Ealing Comedy Festival for the third time, this year for two nights. This show is a guaranteed sell-out so please book early.
Tickets £18
Friday 21 st July � Closing Gala
Richard Herring, John Moloney, Shazia Mirza, Boothby Graffoe, Arj Barker, Felix Dexter, Shappi Khorsandi, Ben Hurley MC
Richard Herring heads a fabulous bill for our second eight act funfest.
The former fist of fun star takes time off from touring to bring us his unique brand of cynicism. John Moloney's act is the only constant in an ever-changing world; he is consistently funny. Controversial Shazia Mirza delivers her unique standpoint on life as a Muslim stand �up (Her Dad thinks she's at the library!). Brilliantly inventive Boothby Graffoe, Felix Dexter who has just finished a stint in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and is back to stand-up, laid-back American comic Arj Baker and brilliant Ealing resident Shappi Khorsandi complete the bill. Accomplished Aussie mc Ben Hurley will link everything together while taking the mickey out of anyone foolish enough to sit in the front row!
Tickets £14
All shows start at 8pm except Sunday 6pm, and are open to anyone over 18 years old. Children aged 12 years and older may come to the Rainer Hersch performance on Sunday 16 July if accompanied by an adult.
Where: Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, Ealing W5
Tickets: From £14 (A £1.50 booking fee per ticket applies on all credit or debit card transactions.)
ADVANCE BOOKING STRONGLY ADVISED
Box office 020 8825 6277
Open from 1 June Monday - Friday 10am � 5pm
Saturday 11am � 3pm (telephone bookings only)
or visit the box office
Customer Service Centre, Ealing Council, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, London, W5 2HL
General Enquires 020 8825 6640
June
27th 2005
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