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Episode 30: Christopher Macarthur-BoydNov 30, 2020 · 1 hr 1 minBorn and bred in Glasgow, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd is a rising star of Scottish stand-up.
Fast becoming a Fringe festival favourite, Christopher’s debut hour Home Sweet Home was officially the best reviewed of any Scottish stand-up at the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘A debut hour that seems endlessly enjoyable’ (The Skinny). 2019 saw Christopher returning with a sell-out run of Dreamboat: ‘This diminutive Glasgow comedian has the ability to not only find the funny, but to exploit it to the max’ (One4Review). Christopher has followed this up by winning Best Breakthrough Act at the 2019 Scottish Comedy Awards and being listed the 59th funniest person in Scottish history, on a list of 60.
Christopher co-stars in BBC Scotland’s Up For It, with the second series airing in the spring 2020. Other TV credits include hosting BBC Scotland’s The Comedy Underground. Christopher has also made appearances on BBC Scotland’s Breaking The News, BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Stands Up At The Fringe. and BBC Radio 4’s Fred at The Stand, and Evil Genius with Russell Kane.
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd is also a writer, with pieces appearing in The Skinny, The National and Glasgow Times. In 2019 he made his debut as an author when his first short story was published by Speculative Books.
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@macarthur.boyd- Episode 29: Brennan ReeceNov 19, 2020 · 1 hr 13 minSelf professed working class, Lancashire-born millennial, Brennan Reece found his passion for performing as a child actor from the age of 4. Having no idea that comedy was a thing people would employ you to do his varied talents saw him make the inevitable transition from an early career in theatre and film, to live stand up.
In 2016 Brennan’s perfectly pitched debut show EVERGLOW was recognised for its heart-rending honesty and cheerful warmth and saw him deservedly nominated for BEST NEWCOMER at the 2016 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. The success of Everglow has seen him gigging (and giggling) all over the the world, including Australia, – where he went on to be nominated for BEST SHOW the Australian Fringe World 2016, as well as tours in New Zealand, Holland and France.
A classic ‘triple threat’ entertainer, the 30 year old English Comedian of the Year winner has featured in everything from popular TV shows like The Comedy Allstars (ABC), Skins (Channel 4) and The Johnny & Inel Show (CBBC), feature films such as Soulboy and Marvelous (BBC Films), as well as handful of serious plays and all singing and dancing musicals. He has supported the likes of Rob Brydon and Nick Offerman on tour and his 2017 solo tour EVERLONG has just been extended into 2018 due to a hugely popular sell out run. This comic’s knack for spinning a hilarious and ultimately uplifting yarn is proving to be the perfect antidote for those millennial woes…
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- Episode 28: Dan NightingaleNov 12, 2020 · 1 hr 19 minWe're back baby! Doing Bits returns for Lockdown two with the sensational Dan Nightingale.
Doing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
It might be offensive first time round, it might not come out right on the first go but we're here to figure it out and find the funny with feedback from you.
Originally from Preston, Lancashire Dan Nightingale started his comedy career while living in Newcastle in 2002. After working at The Hyena Comedy Café as a sound man for six months, he finally got on stage.
He moved to Manchester within 12 months he went from barman at the Frog & Bucket, to booking agent, to hosting the new act night and finally compering the weekends.
In June 2004 he turned professional. At that year's Edinburgh festival he performed as part of the Big Value Comedy Show, returning in 2005 as part of a double header with Josie Long.
Alongside Adam Rowe he now co-hosts the hilarious Have A Word Podcast.
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- Episode 27: Rob MulhollandSep 4, 2020 · 1 hr 10 minSix foot seven of pure funny, Rob Mulholland is a bombastic, mischievous gag-slinging rascal with a heart full of humour and gob full of shite. An established, bullet-proof comedy Pro forged in the fires of the nothern comedy circuit who now travels the world packing big belly laughs. A regular at all the biggest comedy clubs in the UK; whether going for the kill with his playful filth-mongering and hilarious, furious tirades against minor annoyances or holding a night together with his genial but sharp hosting skills, he can adapt to any kind of crowd and event.
Host of hit podcast "Rob Mulholland Has An Opinion"
Writer for Mock The Week
As seen on BBC iPlayer's Comedian Rap Battles
"Popular Comedian Rob Mulholland" available now on Nextup
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- Episode 26: Larry DeanAug 15, 2020 · 1 hr 1 min
- Episode 25: Michael OdewaleJul 25, 2020 · 57 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
It might be offensive first time round, it might not come out right on the first go but we're here to figure it out and find the funny with feedback from you.
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- Episode 24: Sid SinghJul 15, 2020 · 1 hr 14 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Hot off the release of his first solo stand-up album, Amazing, Probably, Sid Singh returns to conquer the fringe with his completely unique focus on everything awkward.
Life is awkward in all of its interactions and search for identity. Sid Singh goes deeper and more personal, finding comedy in the uncomfortableness of being brown in America, the UK, and even the rest of the World; finding out you’re more racist than your white girlfriend; learning that you’re terrible at smoking weed and in fact you’ve never actually gotten high before...right before you try the strongest drug of all time.
OK, fine that all sounds great, but you know what’s way more important about Sid’s show?
It’s hilarious. H-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s. All that other stuff is unhyphenated fluff.
Sid Singh is a regular at numerous clubs in New York, Los Angeles and San Diego including Night Train with Wyatt Cenac, and The Tony Show (run Comedy Central’s Adam Atamanuik). Among his television credits are Living the Life (Islam Channel), Greatest Party Story Ever Told (MTV), Night Train With Wyatt Cenac (NBC). On radio Sid has appeared on BBC Radio Four’s Inconspicuous Consumption, BBC Asian Network, Fresh Air Radio, and Mutiny Radio. Sid has appeared on Kurt Metzger and Sherwood Small’s popular podcast Race Wars and weekly on legal podcast The Law is My Ass.
Sid’s debut stand-up album, Amazing, Probably, is available on Stand Up Records, iTunes, and anywhere else albums are sold and is currently at number 3 on the iTunes US Comedy chart.
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- Episode 23: Katharyn HensonJul 15, 2020 · 1 hr 8 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Katharyn regularly hosts and performs comedy nightly all over New York City including but not limited to New York Comedy Club, Gotham Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, The Stand, & The Comic Strip. Additionally, Katharyn performs in the UK and recently won The Black Out at Up the Creek and can regularly be seen at Top Secret Comedy Club in London.
In 2019, Katharyn made her Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut of her hour of stand up, "Ew Girl, You Nasty" to excellent critical review. Kate Copstick of The Scotsman exclaimed, “This show is a blast!" The Skinny awarded her **** and Pop Dust noted that "you won't see many comics like her at the Fringe or anywhere else." She has hosted a show in the New York Comedy Festival three years running and currently produces two weekly shows in NYC which she headlines.
Katharyn's current projects include co-hosting the podcast "Somewhat Scientific" with Meghan Walsh and "This American Irish Life" with Mark O'Keeffe. In March/April 2020, you can see Katharyn perform in "Hot Garbage" at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with Eve Ellenbogen and also doing her hour, "Ew Girl, You Nasty" at the Sydney Comedy Festival. This year she hopes to finally pay off an antique ring she bought on credit.
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- Episode 22: Bilal ZafarJul 3, 2020 · 1 hr 4 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Bilal Zafar is a Stand up Comedian, Actor and Writer from and based in London.
COMEDY
He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe 2016 and won the Hackney Empire New Act Award (NATYS) in the same year. He has taken 3 solo shows to Edinburgh and toured them around the UK including runs at London’s Soho Theatre. Bilal’s solo shows are;
CAKES: A story about a time Bilal’s twitter handle @Zafarcakes was confused for a ‘Muslim only bakery’ by angry people on twitter and he went along with it to see what happens.
BISCUIT: Bilal’s experience of trying to find in the modern world of Muslim (and non Muslim, God forgive him) dating apps in comparison to how his parents met through an ‘arranged marriage’ (Which isn’t the same as a forced marriage)
LOVEBOTS: A show about social experiment in which Bilal teamed up with Rob Manuel to create twitter bots to fight the bad Russian bots by spreading Love rather than hate and misinformation.
And Bilal is working on a brand new show for Edinburgh 2020 called CARE all about his experience of working in a care home for a year as a 21 year old. Exploring stuff like how we treat our elderly, employment in the UK, dementia, dignity etc.
- Episode 21: Aatif NawazJun 27, 2020 · 1 hr 3 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Aatif Nawaz is an award-winning British-Pakistani actor, writer, television presenter and stand-up comedian. He is best known for creating, writing and starring in BBC Three’s acclaimed sketch comedy show ‘Muzlamic’.
Yet the bulk of Aatif’s career has been spent as a stand-up comedian, with four solo stand-up comedy shows to his name.
In 2014, Aatif performed his debut solo 60 minute comedy show 'Talk Roti To Me' in front of 4 sell out crowds at the iconic Leicester Square Theatre in London.
This was followed up by Aatif's critically acclaimed 'Muslims Do It 5 Times A Day' comedy show which played to 11 sell-out audiences in London's West End. The show was also Aatif's debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2015 and was attended by over 1800 people. Popular with critics and audiences, the show then toured the UK as well as a sold out show at the 2016 Leicester Comedy Festival.
In 2016, Aatif debuted 'AATIFicial Intelligence', a brand new comedy show reflecting on his experiences of appearing on Channel 4, writing for the Guardian and other dalliances with mainstream media. The show's performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and it's subsequent UK tour earned unanimously strong reviews from critics and audiences. He ended the year with a UK Comedy Tour in aid of the charity Human Appeal that raised over 2 million pounds from it's 25 shows in 20 cities, a tour Aatif would continue to perform on in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
In 2017, Aatif made his BBC Radio 4 presenting debut with 'Clockface', a programme focused on the history of time. He also debuted a brand new comedy show called 'The Last Laugh' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In 2018 began hosting a weekly podcast on BBC Radio 5 Live called 'The Doosra'. He also became a regular contributor to BBC’s iconic Test Match Special programme. Aatif has made several appearances on the popular Sunday Morning Live programme on BBC One. He toured Malta three times to perform for Maltese Funny Business, including 4 hour long shows at the Valletta Campus Theatre. In August, he debuted his brand new stand-up comedy show 'Instant GrAATIFication' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show was Aatif’s most acclaimed yet, receiving accolades and strong reviews from The Guardian, Evening Standard and Daily Mirror to name a few. The show toured the UK in January 2019 including a special extended performance at London’s 450-seater Leicester Square Theatre.
An accomplished actor, Aatif’s recent credits include ‘Muzlamic’ (BBC Three) ‘Bounty’ (Channel 4), ‘The Tez O’Clock Show’ (Channel 4), as well as national ad campaigns for Easyjet, Vauxhall and Stanley Tools. Aatif has also appeared in the Urdu-language series Lehrein and the film Majboor. He also wrote, directed and starred in the Urdu television series 'Bahir Waalay'.
Since 2014, Aatif has been a regular presenter for the popular lifestyle programme 'Living The Life' on the Islam Channel. He has made recurring appearances on BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio 5 Live as well as being a panellist on BBC Two's Newsnight programme. He featured on Channel 4's 'What British Muslims Really Think' documentary and began contributing columns to The Guardian.
In 2012, Aatif won an Honourable Mention Laural at the Los Angeles Movie Awards for his documentary Postcards from Lahore. The film also holds the distinction of being the only Pakistani film to be screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
His work on The Aatif Nawaz Show and 'Living The Life' earned him two nominations for MOMO (Music of Muslim Orientation) Awards for Best Television Presenter and Best TV Show. His work on ‘Muzlamic’ also earned an Asian Media Award nomination in 2019.
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- Episode 20: Lauren PattisonJun 24, 2020 · 1 hr 3 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
It might be offensive first time round, it might not come out right on the first go but we're here to figure it out and find the funny with feedback from you.
Edinburgh Best Newcomer Nominee 2017, Lauren is a comedian, actor and writer. Her TV appearances include two episodes of Comedy Central at the Comedy Store (Comedy Central), Roast Battle (Comedy Central), hosting an episode of Takeshi’s Castle (Comedy Central), The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC), The Great Christmas Rant (ITV2), The Blame Game (BBC One Northern Ireland) and internationally on New Zealand’s 7 Days (TV3), Australia’s Comedy Up Late (ABC) and Canada’s The Stand Up Show with Katherine Ryan (The Comedy Network Canada). As an actor her credits include Drunk History (Comedy Central), Jerk (BBC3) and Climaxed (BBC3).
She can currently be heard hosting the critically acclaimed weekly podcast Conversations Against Living Miserably, produced by the TV channel Dave in partnership with the Campaign Against Living Miserably. Now in its second series, the podcast has had guests including Richard Gadd, Jenny Eclair, Lou Sanders, Dane Baptiste and Stu Goldsmith. The Guardian described the show as “funny, kind and thought-provoking.”
In 2017, Lauren sold out her debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with her critically acclaimed show Lady Muck. On top of her Best Newcomer nomination, Lauren won the prestigious Herald Angel Award and was nominated for Amused Moose Best Comedy Show. The 5-star show was the best-reviewed show at The Pleasance that year and was so popular that she added three extra sold-out shows. The success of the show saw it go on to a six-night sold-out run at London’s Soho Theatre, as well as runs at the Perth and Adelaide Fringe in Australia and the Auckland Comedy Festival in New Zealand.
Bursting out of the North East and onto the international circuit, Lauren has performed at numerous national and international festivals. In 2018, she was the only UK rising star invited to Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, performing on the Brit(ish) lineup. Along with Montreal, she has performed at Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, New Zealand and Kilkenny International Comedy Festivals, and in Autumn 2017 she toured India for two weeks with Soho Theatre, playing in Bangalore, Goa and Mumbai.
A sought after act, Lauren is a regular at all the major national comedy clubs and has provided tour support for Katherine Ryan, Jason Manford, Kerry Godliman, Stewart Francis and Dane Baptiste, as well as gracing the comedy stages of Latitude and Reading and Leeds Festivals.
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- Episode 19: Olga KochJun 19, 2020 · 55 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Olga Koch is a stand up comedian, writer, actor and semi-professional podcast guest.
Having lived in Russia, Germany, the US and the UK - she speaks confidently and hilariously on current affairs both global and personal. She has trained at the UCB Theatre in New York, The Soho Theatre Young Company and The Free Association Improv program and holds a degree in computer science from New York University, which often inspires her work.
In 2018, she was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her debut hour, Fight, which premiered at The Pleasance Courtyard. Directed by Charlie Dinkin and produced by Berk’s Nest, Fight has been described as "a hybrid of a John le Carre novel and an episode of Black Mirror" by Bruce Dessau of The Evening Standard. In 2019, she embarked on a sell out tour of Fight and recorded the show as a Special for BBC Radio 4.
Olga's critically acclaimed second hour, If/Then, was also directed by Charlie Dinkin and produced by Berk’s Nest. She performed it at Monkey Barrel in Edinburgh and is touring it around the country in 2020.
Olga has also appeared on Mock The Week, The Now Show, The Blame Game, BBC Arts Hour, Pls Like and King Gary.
- Episode 18: Josh WellerJun 16, 2020 · 58 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Josh Weller is a comedian, comic book author, musician, and podcast host. He was born in England, raised in Malaysia and now lives in London.
Weller’s high energy brand of cleverly self-deprecating stand-up landed him on pro bills after just one year on the circuit. In addition to his live comedy work, Josh has developed a loyal fanbase for his online content, which includes sketches, live pub quizzes, professional trolling, animated stand-up comedy shorts, character work, and more. In 2020, he was included in Twitter’s Valentine’s Campaign, featured on billboards across the US and UK.
Josh is also a successful broadcaster and presenter, having hosted and produced the popular Excitable Boy podcast (#6 on the iTunes Comedy chart, #13 on the worldwide iTunes chart), as well as the official Hard Rock Café podcast and the Vans Warped Tour podcast. He’s currently the host of the Hard Rock Cafe’s social video content, including Learn Guitar with Josh Weller.
Josh is already well-known for his successful music career. Having signed with Universal Records as a teenager, he went on to tour the world as both a solo artist and the lead singer of popular punk act The Kenneths. He has performed on the Vans Warped Tour alongside The Offspring, The Descendants and Juliette Lewis, has drummed for Ray Davies at the Royal Variety Performance, released a Christmas single with Paloma Faith and has toured with Mumford & Sons, The Maccabees, and more.
Josh recently appeared in an episode of BBC’s Life Lessons with Alfie Brown and his darkly comic graphic novel, Die Already, was published by CollegeHumor.
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- Episode 17: Jacob HawleyJun 14, 2020 · 1 hr 8 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Jacob Hawley is a London based stand-up comedian, writer, performer and me, as seen on BBC3 and heard on BBC Radio 4.
He first performed stand up in 2014, since then he's done hundreds of other, nicer gigs around the UK, including big old sets at some very nice clubs. He was a finalist in the BBC New Comedy Awards in 2017 and he has written and starred (acted) in shorts for BBC3.
In 2018 Jacob did a show called Howl at the Edinburgh Fringe which went down quite well. Bits of this went in to a stand up special called Jacob Hawley's Welcome to Britain for Radio 4 in May 2019. I think it is still available on iPlayer but I'm not 100% sure.
He does a podcast called Jacob Hawley: On Drugs for BBC Sounds. It gets lots of listeners, Adam Deacon was on it and for a while it was 14th in the iTunes chart which is above Peter Crouch!
Jacob did another show in Edinburgh in 2019 called Faliraki. Reviews were nice. The room was usually busy and always too hot. It was better than Howl. And its coming to a town near you soon! Maybe!
- Episode 16: Nico YearwoodJun 10, 2020 · 1 hr 4 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Originally from the tropical island of Barbados, Nico has been setting the London comedy circuit alight with his unique blend of Caribbean flavoured comedy. Whether he is delivering hilarious stories about growing up in Barbados or his new life in London, his laid back style and charm immediately win audiences over and leave them wanting more. He is always a crowd favourite, especially with the ladies.
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- Episode 15: Jamali MaddixJun 4, 2020 · 1 hr 1 minJamali Maddix is one of most promising and exciting acts to hit the circuit in years.
With an assured stage presence and considered material that comes from a fresh perspective, he already has the aura of a successful comic well beyond his years.
His natural confidence and charm allow him to tread gracefully across more sensitive topics leaving many of his contemporaries behind.
In his first two years of performing Jamali won the Comedy Café New Act of the Year Competition and the Chortle Student Comedy Award - all while making it look effortless.
Jamali has a plethora of gigs under his belt - he plays the Comedy Store and toured with them in the Middle East. In June 2015 he supported Jim Jefferies before a 3,500 strong Hyde Park audience. His debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe was a total sell out and received rave reviews.
He has also done a plethora of TV shows including The John Bishop Show, Live at the Apollo and 8 out of 10 Cats. Jamali also became one of the faces for the new Viceland TV channel with his own series “Hate Thy Neighbor”.
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- Episode 14: Brian GallagherMay 28, 2020 · 55 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Unique, clever, surreal & irreverent, Gallagher has been taking the Irish stand up circuit by storm. - Runner up in Show Me The Funny 2017 & a contributor to the hugely successful YouTube channel 'Facts', Gallagher has performed everywhere from Forbidden Fruit to the Edinburgh Fringe.
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- Episode 13: Aurie StylaMay 27, 2020 · 1 hr 3 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Having started stand-up comedy back in 2010, Aurie has tirelessly honed his craft and his likeable charisma has earned him fans in the thousands.
Starting out as a function host, he quickly became a favourite of many universities across the UK for his easy going nature and quick wit. He was a regular master of ceremonies for both club and comedy nights before deciding to turn his attention solely towards stand-up.
In 2016, Aurie self-produced and toured his first live stand-up comedy special "Working... Hardly!", around the UK, with all dates completely sold out. In 2017, he toured his second "Straight Up!" again with all shows sold out. Due to overwhelming demand, both tours were extended. 2019 saw him finish his third sold out tour ‘Just Like That’
Aurie currently presents 'The Scene' on BBC Radio London, every Monday night from 8pm - 10pm, where he invites guests from all corners of entertainment to interview and discuss current affairs, with a comical twist. Aurie also is the main presenter on the "No Escapin' This" Podcast, available on Spotify, Apple Music & more. You can also catch Aurie in his element as an avid gamer on the RePlay Gang Livestreams, on Youtube.
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- Episode 12: Omid SinghMay 22, 2020 · 56 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Born to an Iranian mother and Indian father, Omid Singh is one of the top multicultural comics working today. Not that he considers himself a public symbol or boundary-breaker. As he puts it onstage, “I don’t do anything scary when I go to the airport…but I do like to see how far I can walk away from my luggage.”
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- Episode 11: Seann WalshMay 19, 2020 · 53 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Charming, charismatic and a natural motor mouth, Seann Walsh is the most frighteningly precocious talent to emerge from the UK comedy circuit in ages.
Team captain of Channel 4 and E4’s Virtually Famous and regular on ITV’s Play To The Whistle, other TV appearances include: ITV’s Jonathan Ross Show and Tonight at The London Palladium, ITV 2’s Celebrity Juice, Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Alan Carr: Chatty Man, Comedy Central’s Russell Howards Stand Up Central.
Seann is also an incredible actor having starred in Sky’s silent comedy, Three Kinds of Stupid as well as creating his own web series The Drunk. His debut DVD, Seann Walsh: Seann to be Wild, was recorded at Hammersmith Apollo and did brilliantly when it was released in 2013 by Universal Pictures.
Recently he has appeared in Jack Dee’s ITV sitcom Bad Move, the second series of which will be aired this autumn. Seann is currently working on his new show for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, and his UK tour in the autumn.
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- Episode 10: Micky BartlettMay 14, 2020 · 54 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Ireland's star of BBC's Blame Game, Monumental, the General Banter Podcast and fluffer for Netflix show Flinch.
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- Episode 9: Kate BarronMay 13, 2020 · 1 hrDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
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Kate Barron is a London-based stand-up comedian and writer who has toured across North America and the United Kingdom. Born in Vancouver, she started her comedy career while living in Toronto and working as an art dealer.
Kate has been named one to watch my multiple national Canadian media outlets including the Toronto Star and CBC. She has been invited to perform in JFL42 in Toronto, Off Just For Laughs + Zoofest in Montreal, SheDot Festival, NXNE, SirusXM Top Comic Canada, HBO's Women in Comedy Festival in Boston, Kitchener-Waterloo Comedy Festivals, and became the first woman to win the Toronto Comedy Brawl in its 9-year history, beating out over 400 other comedians. Kate has continued to stand out, winning multiple competitions including The Comedy Store’s notorious King Gong show in London UK, and the Brantford Comedy Festival’s Rising Star title, before being asked to join the roster of Yuk Yuk’s, Canada’s largest, and most recognized comedy brand! Kate was nominated as “Notable Stand-Up Comedian” of the year through the Notable Life Awards, and nominated for Breakout Comedian of the Year by the I Heart Jokes Awards.
In 2020 Kate has been invited to bring her debut stand up hour, “Made You Lick” to the Leicester Comedy Festival, VAULT Festival in London, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Brighton Fringe, and Edinburgh Fringe.
Kate has opened for Saturday Night Live’s Sam Jay and Chris Redd, Comedy Cellar Regular Nathan Mackintosh, The Late Show with James Cordon writer Eliza Skinner, and Last Comic Standing’s James Adomian to name a few. She has been heard on SirusXM Canada Laughs as part of the AltDot Comedy Lounge, and hosted a comedy and well-being podcast with writer and comedian, Sara Starkman called, A Positive Spin.
Kate is known best for her energetic story-telling style and performances that appeal to a variety of audiences.
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- Episode 8: Nigel NgMay 8, 2020 · 1 hrDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
It might be offensive first time round, it might not come out right on the first go but we're here to figure it out and find the funny with feedback from you.
Nigel Ng is a Malaysian stand-up comedian who moved to London to pursue a comedy career. He was nominated for the prestigious Best Newcomer Award for his sold-out show Culture Shocked at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019, and then followed that up with another sold out week-long run at London’s Soho Theatre in 2020.
He made his TV debut in 2018 on Comedy Central’s Stand Up Central, shortly followed by Comedy Central’s Roast Battle. In 2019, he’s quickly added to this by appearing on Mock the Week (BBC Two), Romesh Presents: Nigel Ng (Sky) and Stand Up, Asia! (Comedy Central).
He is the host of Rice To Meet You, a comedy podcast about Asian culture. He also makes content for Instagram and YouTube.
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- Epsiode 7: Ali MacofskyMay 5, 2020 · 56 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
It might be offensive first time round, it might not come out right on the first go but we're here to figure it out and find the funny with feedback from you.
Ali Macofsky is a comedian from Los Angeles, California.
She’s been a semi-finalist in Standup NBC, received over one million views on Just For Laughs Digital, and was a regular on over 100 episodes of The Comedy Store’s Kill Tony Podcast. Macofsky has also opened for Joe Rogan at theaters and arenas as well as headlining clubs herself across the country.
Instagrams:
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@vittorioangelone
@notalimac
- Episode 6: Alfie BrownApr 30, 2020 · 1 hr 1 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
It might be offensive first time round, it might not come out right on the first go but we're here to figure it out and find the funny with feedback from you.
Alfie’s firebrand style of comedy has been forged from years of pushing boundaries and experimentation. Searingly honest about both himself and the world at large, he is a superb storyteller, astute social commentator and brave comic explorer prepared to find laughs in the darkest of caves. Natural stage presence combined with explosive material makes for a thrilling performance every time he hits the stage.
Instagrams:
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- Episode 5: Jarlath ReganApr 28, 2020 · 1 hr 13 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
It might be offensive first time round, it might not come out right on the first go but we're here to figure it out and find the funny with feedback from you.
Jarlath Regan is a London-based Irish comedian and podcaster. A former graphic design consultant, he began his stand-up comedy career in 2003 and by the end of 2004 was a finalist for three major UK comedy newcomer awards: So You Think You're Funny, BBC New Comedy Awards and the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year.
In 2013, Regan began An Irishman Abroad, a series of weekly podcasts interviewing Irish people and people of Irish descent about their lives and gaining insights into the experiences of Irish people abroad, both successes and failures.
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- Epsiode 4: Aaron McCannApr 21, 2020 · 55 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
It might be offensive first time round, it might not come out right on the first go but we're here to figure it out and find the funny with feedback from you.
Aaron has already sold out Belfast’s Mandela Hall and spent a year in Los Angeles gigging in front of the likes of Tom Segura and Tony Hinchcliffe and performing stand up on the New York comedy circuit.
“I don’t see what can stop him from becoming one of the biggest Irish comedians ever” – Tony Hinchcliffe
“F*cking hilarious” – Joe Rogan
“Very funny” – Tom Segura
“I genuinely hope Aaron McCann dies young so I have less competition” – Daniel Sloss
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- Epsiode 3: Sindhu VeeApr 14, 2020 · 57 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
It might be offensive first time round, it might not come out right on the first go but we're here to figure it out and find the funny with feedback from you.
This week we are joined by Sindhu Vee.
The Vee stands for Venkatanarayanan. That's six A's. Count them.
I grew up in the Philippines, Lucknow and Delhi, my dad is Tamil, my mum is from Uttar Pradesh, I studied in Delhi, Oxford, Montreal and Chicago, my husband is Danish, I live in London, and I can probably do your accent.
- Episode 2: Adam RoweApr 7, 2020 · 1 hr 3 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
It might be offensive first time round, it might not come out right on the first go but we're here to figure it out and find the funny with feedback from you.
This week we are joined by Adam Rowe.
Widely regarded as one of the most exciting, young comics in the world; Adam Rowe has risen from a prodigious newcomer to an international headline act, since his debut in 2010. He is one of the most sought after acts for all of The UK’s biggest comedy clubs & festivals, whilst he has also performed in & headlined clubs in The Middle East & The United States.
- Episode 1: Tez IlyasMar 31, 2020 · 54 minDoing Bits with Eshaan Akbar and Vittorio Angelone is a live broadcast event featuring top comedians working on brand new joke ideas that are quarantined in our heads until further notice.
It might be offensive first time round, it might not come out right on the first go but we're here to figure it out and find the funny with feedback from you.
This week we are joined by Tez Ilyas.
Tehzeeb "Tez" Ilyas is a British stand-up comedian of Pakistani descent. He currently presents a satirical comedy show that mixes sketches and current affairs, called The Tez O'Clock Show on Channel 4
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