Robin’s hilarious performance at last year’s festival was such a hit, we couldn’t resist having him back this summer.

Robin started as a comedy writer, working on V Graham Norton, Alistair McGowan’s Big Impresison and Meet Ricky Gervais. He appeared with Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Jimmy Carr in the Edinburgh show Rubbernecker. He also supported Gervais on his Politics and Fame tours and made a cameo performance in BBC comedy The Office. Robin can often be seen on TV panel shows and as a talking head. In 2005, he began running the Book Club night, where acts are encouraged to perform turns of new and experimental material. The Book Club proved to be so successful that Ince took it on a full UK tour in 2006 and won the Time Out Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. Robin often works along side greats such as Josie Long, Chris Addison, Richard Dawkins, Simon Singh and Philip Jeays.

http://www.robinince.com
http://www.myspace.com/robinince

Had you been lucky enough to go and watch pretty much any TV show recording in the last couple of years, chances are, you will have seen Ray warming up! covering such shows including

Russell Howards Good news, Harry hills TV Burp, Friday night with Jonathan Ross, Miranda, Not Going out, Deal or no Deal Bremner, Bird and Fortune, The IT Crowd

On top of this, he has also managed to appear as on screen in Dr Who, Skins, Doctors and No Heroics. Add this to his Massive hit podcast (Peacock and Gamble, well worth checking out on iTunes)  Means that Ray is one of the busiest and best comics out there on the Circuit. Ray will be headlining on Friday Night.

http://www.comedycv.co.uk/raypeacock/index.htm

Former host of “Escape to the Country” Nick became a comic after being bet he couldn’t/wouldn’t do it, after four months, he turned Pro and is still not sure if he has won the bet or not!

Mixing comedic styles of quick and punchy with smooth story telling puts nick in the comfortable situation of being able to play to any audience and draw laughter from every room.

Nick will be your MC on Sunday.

http://www.comedycv.co.uk/nickpage/index.htm

Hailing all the way from Canada, Pete has burst on to the UK comedy scene with some gusto.  His Debut show “Naked Pictures of My life” was nominated for the highest award of Best Newcomer. This has led him onto massive success, including Radio 4s Loose ends, Performing opposite the likes of Stewart Lee, Ed Byrne and  Simon Amstell.

There is much more to come from Pete in the world of comedy, and you have the chance to see him perform as your Sunday headliner.

http://www.petejohansson.com

Silky has performed internationally, including gigs in China, the Philippines, the Gulf, Singapore, the US, the Melbourne Comedy Festival, and all over Europe, including at the Glastonbury Festival, where no-one lobbed bottles of wee, much to his relief. He performed at the 2004 God’s Kitchen Global Gathering, the 2005 Big Bang at Santa Pod, and in the houseband for the Kilkenny Festival.

He is also the evil mastermind behind the Kill for a Seat Comedy clubs across the UK, and has performed with the Comedy Store’s MEN at Work satirical team and Monkey Lab Improv. A tall, versatile, funny and very likeable performer, whether you need an MC, an extended set, or simply something down from the top of a cupboard…

You can see silky HERE

OR

visit him HERE

(not ‘the other Craig Murray’ – former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan ).

Craig cuts his comedy teeth as the resident compere at London’s “The funny side, covent Garden” and will be MCing on the Friday night.

Where He has rapidly become a master of the compere’s art; able to turn any crowd from a lacklustre mob into 
a clapping, cheering, delirious audience ready to laugh 
all night.

Having honed his talents as an MC introducing others, 
he’s now bringing his impressive stage presence and 
flair for audience banter to his very own stand-up set.

www.thecraigmurray.com

Resident Compere of the Lil Fat Comedy Club in Witney, Iszi Lawrence manages to weave wordplay into a surreal and infectiously joyus world that audiences love to explore. Iszi was part of Wil Hodgsons Perrier award winning show “The Passion of the Hodgson” Which led her onto her own sell out Edinburgh Fringe Show “A Matter Of Tact” in 2009. Fancy a brief insight into the world of Iszi? She hosts a weekly podcast over at www.sundayssupplement.com

Iszi will be performing on the Sunday night.

www.iszi.com

The self confessed Midget sting look-a-like is also an accomplished actor , a graduate of London’s Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, first began performing stand-up comedy in Janruay 2006.

As an actor, he was offered the male lead in The Graduate in the West End opposite Jerry Hall, but turned it down to play Peter ‘Geordie’ Gardner in BBC’s Second World War film “Night Flight” alongside Christopher Plummer & Edward Woodwood. He then went on to film Channel 4’s “Shackleton” with Kenneth Branagh (HBO/CH4FILMS)- living on an ice breaker in the North Pole for five months and was guest star in Born&Bred (BBC 1) as Mr Manley along side James Bolam. He has also played the lead in “Hell in The Falkla

As a young child Nathan was inspired by the likes of Lenny Henry and Eddie Murphy. At the age of 19, Caton decided to give stand-up comedy a real go and began performing in comedy clubs, before performing at the Edinburgh Festival in 2005. He came second in the Amused Moose Comedy Search and won the award for Chortle Student Comic of the Year. Soon he gained a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Black Entertainment Comedy Awards, and made his first TV appearances on Richard Hammond’s 5 o’clock show and Little Miss Joycelyn. In October 2007 he got his big break when his debut comedy pilot The Nathan Caton Show aired on Paramount Television. Caton wrote and starred in the show and was rewarded with a Hotshot award from Broadcast magazine.

“Caton’s a slick performer with an unbeatable stage attitude and the confident air of someone much more experienced’ – Chortle

http://www.nathancaton.com

onathan Elston is a comedian in his early twenties. Despite his tender age he has been gigging ferociously since his teens. He first started comedy while at univeristy. However due to early victories at infamously difficult gong shows it meant that the degree soon lost it’s importance and he limped towards his 2:2 and the inevitable dissapointment this brought his parents.

The degree wasn’t the only thing to have been negativity affected by Jonathan’s new found love of comedy. Due to his early successes and the bookings that they brought it meant that he was rarely to be found out of a coach or car. The carbon footprint that Jonathan has created since his career began is big enough to have destroyed a football pitch sized hole in the Brazilian rainforest. Despite the havoc he is wreaking on the rainforests Jonathan is steadfast in his focus and continues to be one of the most sought after young acts working the circuit.

www.jonathanelston.com

Tony, originally from sleepy Suffolk but now an adopted “cocker-knee”, has been performing his particular brand of hilarity all over the country since 2004. A genial gagster whose material covers a wide spectrum (mostly semi-autobiographical and observational with a pinch of topicality), his quick wit has made him sought after as an act and compere by Mirth Control, Christian Knowles Productions and various independent promoters around the UK; performing at clubs across the UK.

Tony’s likable ‘everyman’ character and wide ranging humour means that he is comfortable in front of any audience and is regularly booked to host comedy nights for the military (entertaining various regiments, from the Irish Guards to the Royal Army Dental Corps) as well as universities, football clubs, festivals and for corporate work. Tony recently made the breakthrough into TV as a football pundit on “Anglia News”, and appearances on BBC’s Celebrity Scissorhands and “The One Show” and film (in the demanding role of “Comedy Club Customer #2″ in the horror classic “Hellbride”).

Tony will be performing on Sunday night.

http://www.myspace.com/tonycowards

Del Strain.

A Scottish Disadent who has been in London since ‘89 who got into Stand Up 5 years ago reaching the final of the Hackney New Act Competition on his 5th gig! which is no mean feat.

As well as writing Sketchs for itv and the BBC 1 Scotland Karen Dunbar Show he has made tv and radio appearences from X-FM and Talksport to Sky Poker and the Itv 1 program The 5 O’clock show doing his Stand Up, Del is quickly becoming one to take note of on the circuit, and certainly has enough potential in him to become a very big name indeed.

Hailing from deepest, darkest Tamworth, Ben Davids has established himself as one of the brightest new acts on the circuit in recent years.

His act is a barrage of non-stop gags and one-liners that range from the silly to the very silly indeed, and that will provide something a bit different for any comedy night. Ben will be performing on Friday night.

Ben has competed in a number of competitions including:

• Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year – Finalist
• ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’ Gong Show, Champion’s Final 2009 – Winner
• You Must Be Joking Comedy Competition 2009 – 2nd place
• Anything for Laffs New Act Competition 2007 – 3rd place
• English Comedian of the Year 2009  – Finalist

http://www.myspace.com/bdcomedy

Hailing all the way from Didcot, this oxfordshire based fall out boy is making some nice waves on the UK comedy scene.

Winner of the Chortle Student comedy awards Bristol, Matt is really starting to make a name for himself, Matt appears on stage like a middle class Lee Evans, chirpy and bouncy with an air of innocence that make his stories believable from the the get go.

The Oxford Imps are the improvisational comedy troupe associated with Oxford University. They were reviewed as “the best improvised comedy show I have ever had the pleasure to witness” by Edinburgh Fringe festival magazine.

They have extensively toured all over Europe and appeared on BBC2 quiz show Eggheads in 2009.

http://www.oxfordimps.com