Machynlleth Comedy Festival | Friday 3 May

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Featured Acts

David O'Doherty

Winner: 2008 Edinburgh Comedy Award
Josh Widdicombe

Star of Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week, ‘Last Leg with Adam Hills’ and BBC1’s Live At The Apol
Richard Herring

An object of shame and pride; inspiring laughter and fear; a symbol of power, yet incredibly frag
Pappy's

NOMINEE: BEST SHOW FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012
Robert Newman

Or - The Survival of The Weakest
Molly Naylor

Molly Naylor presents a warm, beguiling and poignant storytelling show with music from folky duo
DAVID TRENT

YEAR 4. YEAR 4 MACHYNLLETH. NO ONE ELSE LOVES YOU LIKE I DO. KEEP A LITTLE LIGHT IN YOUR HEART.
Sara Pascoe

The uplifting tale of ‘Sara’ who lived from the 1980's to 2012.
Bridget Christie

What are Tory feminists? Why isn’t there a Spielberg blockbuster about donkeys?

Nish Kumar

The underdog champion of last year's festival returns with a bang and also a show.
John-Luke Roberts

A one-man comic play by and performed by Machynlleth Comedy Festival regular John-Luke Roberts, t
Stewart Lee - Work in Progress

A work in progress towards his new show, Much A-Stew About Nothing, which is itself work in progr
Stewart Lee - Work in Progress

A work in progress towards his new show, Much A-Stew About Nothing, which is itself work in progr
Stewart Lee - Work in Progress

A work in progress towards his new show, Much A-Stew About Nothing, which is itself work in progr
Mark Thomas

In advance of a brand new series of his Sony Award Winning Radio 4 show, Mark Thomas goes back to
Mark Thomas

Scotsman Fringe First Award 2012 WINNER

Glasgow Herald Angel Award 2012 WINNER
Nick Helm

Life is hard. Real hard. But life is only as hard as you make it. And this guy likes it hard.
Nadia Kamil

Nadia Kamil (as seen in sketch heroes The Behemoth, on TV in Stella, Channel 4's Happy Finish &am

Lloyd Langford

Ga-loot noun \gə-ˈlüt\ Slang.
Tony Law

Join Mr Tony Law - Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and Chortle Award wi
The Many Lives of Tony Law

See Tony Law (colossus of time, straddler of eons, Canadian) submit to a rare grilling at the han
Chastity Butterworth

Award winning character comedy from Chastity Butterworth, the charming, delightfully incongruous
Edward Aczel

Edward Aczel, "Britain's greatest entertainer" (Time Out), delves into the deep recesses of his c
Brian Gittins

After 6 years on the circuit, Brian Gittins has yet to make any waves in the comedy world and con
Pat Cahill

Combining off-beat jokes with songs about ailing pets and choice fatigue, Cahill's unpretentiousl
Joe Lycett

Joe Lycett brings his Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2012 nominated debut show to Machynlle
Joe Lycett

Join award-winning sparky stand up Joe Lycett as he workshops material for his second hour show.

Ed Gamble

Ed Gamble plods back into Machynlleth with new jokes and stories in a certain order (yet to be de
Benjamin Partridge

An audience with Hollywood megastar Jeff Goldblum, star of Independence Day.
Gareth Richards

Join Gareth Richards, 2010 Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee for his brand new
Ben Target

Revel in this day of international celebration (exclusive to Machynlleth) as His Holiness Ben Tar
Josh Widdicombe

Join the star of BBC1's 'Live At The Apollo', BBC2’s ‘The Rob Brydon Show’, Channel 4’s ‘Stand Up
Tom Parry

Tom Parry likes yellow t-shirts and fancy dress parties.
Chris Boyd and Stuart Laws

IT'S COMING! BEWARE! STORMS, SEISMIC ACTIVITY AND LAUGHS ARE HEADED YOUR WAY!
Fin Taylor

Fin Taylor has supported Glenn Wool on tour, warmed up TV audiences including 'Never Mind the Buz
Alternative Comedy Memorial Society

Fresh from its sell out residency smashing up The Soho Theatre in London, the #ACMS marches on ru

John Kearns

'Sight Gags for Perverts' is how one critic described Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr.
Matt Richardson

Join multi-award winning stand-up Matt Richardson as he previews his debut show ahead of the Edin
Machynlleth Comedy Festival Showcase

The famous Machynlleth Comedy Showcase returns in its regular late-night spot on Friday night.
Caroline Mabey

Oddball Genius' (Chortle) Caroline Mabey presents for you her “work” in progress.
Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan brings a new hour of acerbic stand up to Machfest.
Sara Pascoe

Nothing in life is certain. Everything we believe is subjective.
Angela Barnes

Join 2011 BBC New Comedy Award winner Angela Barnes for her debut solo hour in which she talks ab
Isy Suttie

In this one-off show, Isy will perform a live reading of two episodes from her
Matthew Crosby

Matthew Crosby, from sketch favourites Pappy’s, offers you the chance to join him for an hour of

Tom Craine

Tom Craine is an award winning stand up, as seen on shows such as Russell Howard's Good News (BBC
Bridget Christie

Isn’t female oppression stupid and old-fashioned?
PLEB Talks Live

Machynlleth Comedy Festival’s finest comic minds assemble to deliver a radical lecture: fuelled b
Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown

Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown is the hilarious and anarchic panel game podcast hosted by award winni
Richard Herring

Richard Herring - The Podfather (The Guardian), reluctant 'King of Edinburgh' and two time Chortl
Anna Freyberg

You won't know Anna Freyberg from TV.
Jenny Fawcett

Featuring stuff from my dazzling 2012 show Jenny Fawcett, plus disturbingly brilliant work from m
Owen Niblock

Can a computer be funny? Will computer comedians ever replace humans on the stage?
Cariad Lloyd

Foster Newcomer Nominee Cariad Lloyd presents an array of bizarre and wonderful characters from h

Holly Burn

Wanna join a private members club but don’t have the money, sense of elitism or decent shoes?
Tim Key

Key will be talking about these things for about 55 minutes: beds, bedding, India, his father and
Simon Munnery

Experimenting with a tiny camera and big screen, Simon Munnery is Fylm-Makker.
John Robins

If I could travel through time I would go back to 4.30pm on the 24th August 2001.
Ivo Graham

'Binoculars' is the punchline of a joke my brother made at my expense at Christmas.
New Act Showcase

A triple-headed bill of rising comic talent, featuring -
Mike Parker

Twenty years ago, Mike Parker wrote the original Rough Guide to Wales.
Ben Target & Matthew Highton

Hello team! We’re going to attempt the impossibles – all of them – together!
Mike Wozniak

A new hour of stand-up from this Time Out New Act Winner of 2008 and Edinburgh Newcomer Nominee (

Flange Krammer

International skiing sensation and world class ladies man, Flange Krammer, brings his Edinburgh s
Colin Hoult

A brand new show from master character comedian and star of BBC Three's 'Being Human', Colin Houl
Michael Legge

Imagine being caught by your mum with your trousers down kissing a statue of Kim Jong Il made out
Amy Hoggart

As just your average, non-creepy, cat-loving, dream-girl Pattie has written a self-help guide to
Thom Tuck

Thom Tuck (fresh from his own Radio 4 series) is doing two work in progress shows in one hour.
Sarah Millican

Sarah Millican pops in with a preview of her new tour show.
Horse and Louis

Holler party people! There's a party going on and you're invited.
Nick Helm

Do you like your genitals?
TOBY and Nathan Dean Williams

Nathan Dean Williams is wrong. Sibling sketch duo Toby are worse. Together they are perfect.

Sarah Millican

Sarah Millican pops in with a preview of her new tour show.
Mike Bubbins

Machynlleth favourite*, Mike Bubbins, returns with a show about obsession.
Sarah Bennetto

Sarah Bennetto is lucky.
Tin Shed Theatre

Mary Shelly will roll in her grave...
Isy Suttie and Gavin Osborn

Long time friends and fellow singer songwriters Gavin Osborn and Isy Suttie perform a knockabout
Storytellers' Club

Some of our most treasured comedians, just telling stories. Brilliant ones.
Mark Olver

Mark Olver hosts a discussion show where comedians talk about comedy.
Mark Olver

Mark Olver hosts a discussion show where comedians talk about comedy.
Goreuon Stand-up Cymraeg

Sesiwn o standup Cymraeg yng nghwmni Huw Marshall, Beth Angell a Rhodri Rhys.

Goreuon Stand-up Cymraeg

Sesiwn o standup Cymraeg yng nghwmni Gary Slaymaker, Rhian ‘Madam Rygbi’ Davies a Tudur Owen.
Goreuon Stand-up Cymraeg

Sesiwn o standup Cymraeg yng nghwmni Daniel Glyn, Steffan Alun a Phil Evans.
Bring and Bi-Lingual

Come and join us for a full on bi-lingual comedy session in the company of Huw Marshall, Rhodri R
Bring and Bi-lingual

Come and join us for a full on bi-lingual comedy session in the company of Gary Slaymaker, Rhian
Bring and Bi-Lingual

Come and join us for a full on bi-lingual comedy session in the company of Daniel Glyn, Steffan A
PASSENGER ANNOUNCEMENT

On SATURDAY 4 MAY 2013 Machynlleth Comedy Festival will deliver a small audience of 30 by steam t
Once Upon a Time - Saturday

These hilarious steam punk, time travelling storytellers set out to tell the classic fairy tale '
John Hegley

The must see family show of the festival.
Get Serious About Being Silly

A show for 4+ jam packed with amazing circus skills, noisy songs, and lots of very, very silly si

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Download the 2013 Programme!

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News from the Monster Comedy Shed...

SHED SALES SOAR IN WEST LONDON AS WALES BRACES ITSELF FOR ARRIVAL OF PITHY LONDON COMEDY CLUB
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