Gits and Shiggles Comedy 3rd Birthday Bash


Win tickets to the stellar line-up celebration at The Half Moon


Gits and Shiggles Comedy ("Top notch alternative night" Time Out) is celebrating its third anniversary at The Half Moon Putney with a stellar line-up and PutneySW15.com has 5 pairs of tickets to give away to our members.

The line up includes:

KATHERINE RYAN


Katherine has appeared as a guest on numerous panel shows including 8 OUT OF 10 CATS and NEVER MIND THE BUZZCOCKS, she is also due to appear on Q.I. later in the year. She also filmed two appearances on Jack Dee's Sky Atlantic panel show DON'T SIT IN THE FRONT ROW and appeared on BBC2's MOCK THE WEEK Series 11. She was the 2008 winner of the Nivea Funny Women Awards and is a fresh and bitingly funny addition to UK stand-up.

"Enough attitude to stop an elephant in it's tracks" Time Out

"A distinctive comic voice" The Telegraph

"Innovative, original and hugely charming... massively entertaining" The Public Reviews

SPECIAL SECRET GUEST


Our Special Guest has appeared on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, The Royal Variety Performance and much more besides, and shall be joining us before going on a national tour.

JOHN KEARNS


Winner of the 2013 Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer for his critically acclaimed show Sight Gags For Perverts, John Kearns is one of the most distinctive and original voices in comedy, returning to The Half Moon after his show stealing set in October 2013.

"Bold, hilarious debut. FIVE STARS" Chortle

"Kearns is simultaneously charming and enigmatic" The Guardian

"A masterful absurdist" Time Out

LUISA OMIELAN


Luisa Omielan's critically acclaimed solo show, What Would Beyonce Do?, has broken records at The Soho Theatre, with five sell-out runs, and has been toured worldwide. Also returning after a blistering set in December.

"So fresh, so original, so funny" Vogue

"Bold, Brash, Beautiful" The Independent

"Megawatt comedy personality" The Guardian

"About as funny as any comedy show needs to get" The Telegraph

"Beyonce wouldn't have it in her to deliver a debut stand-up hour as fresh, ambitious and vulnerable" The Scotsman

LORETTA MAINE


Bitter, sardonic and hilarious US songstress and star of the critically acclaimed shows I'm Not Drunk I Just Need to Talk to You and Bipolar.

"The finest female character comic around. FOUR STARS" - TIMEOUT

"Wicked musical comedy in every conceivable way" - THE LIST

MATTHEW CROSBY


One third of the sketch royalty Pappys (stars of their own BBC3 sitcom Badults) and a fantastic stand-up in his own right.

"Fabulously funny" Chortle

"A rising star" BBC's Culture Show

MC VIV GROSKOP


Author of the best-selling book I Laughed, I Cried and awarded five star reviews for her 2013 Edinburgh show The Night I Died, Viv Groskop is a stand-up, freelance journalist, author, Artistic Director of Bath Literary Festival and much more besides.

"Fresh and exciting" Sara Pascoe

All this for just £6 advance.



May 29, 2014

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Tuesday 3 June 8pm (doors 7.30). Tickets £6 adv/ £8 door.
The Half Moon,
93 Lower Richmond Road,
Putney,
SW15 1EU
Tel: 0208 780 9383. www.halfmoon.co.uk/ www.gitsandshigglescomedy.co.uk

Five lucky members* will win a pair of tickets to this fun evening.
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