Friday 5 July
Doors: 7pm
Starts: 8pm
Ends: 10:30pm (show includes intervals)
The Friday Night Show: £20, £15 concessions
ARGComFest: £49 Weekend Tickets, £34 Day Tickets
16+
Comedy
Assembly Hall
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Following their sell-out shows in 2022 and 2023, ARG and Shoreditch Town Hall are thrilled to present another spectacular, star-studded showcase of comedians at the top of their game!
This July’s blockbuster bill is hosted by Ania Magliano and features Phil Wang, Jamali Maddix, Sindhu Vee, Larry Dean, Suzi Ruffell, Glenn Moore and Sikisa. PLUS a very special surprise guest.
Happy Hour 7pm - 8pm: 2 for £10 on all cans of wine and beer
Phil Wang
Released his first Netflix special, Philly Philly Wang Wang, in 2021 and has since performed stand-up on Late Night with Seth Meyers, been interviewed by chat show royalty on That’s My Time with David Letterman, and his first book Sidesplitter: How to be from Two Worlds at Once was named a Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year.
“Solid-gold gags … every routine lands with a bang.” ★★★★ Telegraph
Jen Brister
Critically acclaimed stand up comedian and writer. As seen on Live at the Apollo, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Hypothetical and Sara Pascoe’s Comedians Giving Lectures. She is a regular performer on the UK and international comedy circuits and has written and performed on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, The Now Show and presented for BBC 6 Music.
“Her energy is explosive. Her use of space and delivery, mesmerising” - Sunday Times
Jamali Maddix
As seen on Taskmaster, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and his critically acclaimed series Hate Thy Neighbor for Vice.
★★★★ “It’s a failing of the comedy industry that there aren’t more voices like Jamali Maddix on the circuit” - Chortle
Sindhu Vee
As a critically acclaimed stand up comedian, Sindhu has twice appeared on Live At The Apollo, most recently as host, and has appeared on all of the top British comedy panel shows, including: Mock the Week, QI, Have I Got News For You and Would I Lie to You?
“Gleefully wicked” - Sunday Times
Larry Dean
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee. As seen and heard on Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, World’s Most Dangerous Roads and Shared Baggage.
★★★★★ The Telegraph
Glenn Moore
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, comedian, actor and one of the best and most prolific joke writers in the country.
Glenn is a regular face on TV, having appeared on Mock The Week, Rob Delaney’s Stand Up Central, and The Stand Up Sketch Show. He’s also appeared on The News Quiz, The Now Show, House of Games and Pointless Celebrities.
★★★★★ “pulls huge big laughs… you’ll still be laughing about it as you walk away” - Scotsman
Sikisa
As seen and heard on Live at the Apollo, Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club and Off-Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster. Tour support for Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Catherine Cohen.
★★★★★ “will leave you in stitches and in awe of the incredible woman on stage” - Broadway World
Ania Magliano (MC)
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show 2023 nominee. She has opened for Ed Gamble, Marc Maron and Catherine Cohen, and she also writes with comedian, journalist and viral sensation Amelia Dimoldenberg on Chicken Shop Date and Amelia’s Cooking Show. Her choices on Off Menu were widely regarded as one of the worst menus of all time.
★★★★ “Consistently amusing and deceptively daring” - The Times
Sara Pascoe, Jen Brister and Suzi Ruffell will no longer be performing at The Friday Night Show.
The Friday Night Show will be live captioned. ARG is committed to making live comedy more accessible and inclusive and this year’s festival programme features captioned performances throughout the weekend. For more information, visit argcomfest.com
ARGComFest is a weekend comedy festival of Fringe previews and work-in-progress shows, bringing huge TV stars, social media royalty and future household names to Shoreditch every summer. For info and to book tickets for the rest of the festival, please click here.
You can book a ticket for The Friday Night Show only on this page.
If you would like to book tickets to the weekend festival ARGComFest, you can do so on the Weekend Tickets page here, or the Day Tickets page here.
Weekend ticketholders can get £12 tickets (saving £8) to The Friday Night Show - just add both tickets to your basket and the discount will apply automatically.
Line-up subject to change. For more information on this year’s programme including artists and show information, visit argcomfest.com