Late Stage Comedy, New Material Night!

Hello and welcome to Late Stage Comedy, a new material comedy night giving performers the chance to test out new material and/or try something new in these strange and trying times. Doors 7:45, host on stage at 8.

"Like an actual comedy club, but on Zoom," The Edi Johnston Bit.

The event will be hosted in a (closed) Zoom event - we ask that audience members keep their cameras on and microphones unmuted so the performers receive live laughter, applause and encouragement.

HEADLINE ACT: JALEELAH GALBRAITH
Bristol based stand up has been performing since 2017. Jaleelah is currently writing her third full length show Fraudian Slip which she hopes to debut this year. Her first show was ‘It is a Truth’ (2018) and her second ‘Age Fright; 35 and Counting’ (2019), she performed both at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as in Bristol and London. Jaleelah was the first stand up to ever perform at the world’s only Vagina Museum. She is anecdotal, loves a good story and is very sarcastic!
Feminist Fringe: ‘Jal owns the stage with the confidence of a veteran performer and the enthusiasm of a young comedian.’ *****
Fringe Review: ‘true comedy gold' ****
Jaleelah can be found across social media as @jalgalactor

BENNY SHAKES
Benny has set up a live video cast, “Benny Shakes Things Up”, which airs once a fortnight on his social media pages, where he interviews a variety of disabled comedians, to show the world that disabled people deserve the respect of others. He also has a show about disability awareness called Below the Belt, where he takes 4 comedians and lets them experience a little of what it is like to be disabled.
Follow his YouTube Channel, “Benny Shakes Things Up”, and his Facebook Pages: @Benny Shakes Things Up and @Benny Shakes.

CHRIS CHOPPING
Punch line heavy but introspective stand up as seen on BBC One Wales and Next Up comedy.
Follow his YouTube Channel: www.YouTube.com/c/chrischopping

PAISLEY BOYD
Paisley Boyd is a queer non-binary autistic comedian who is just happy to be around. This Pokemon loving 90s kid once tried to fight a swan after it stole a flower from their jelly sandal. The real question is, have they grown up?
Follow them on Twitter: @paisleyjboyd

LESLIE GOLD
Irreverent observational comedy from an American expat living in London.
Follow her on Instagram - @realLeslieGold

COSMIC KAT
Musical comedy with some anecdotes, puns and stories from her life.
Follow her on Instagram - @cosmickatcomedy

CALLUM SCHOFIELD
Storytelling and Observational comedy from the perspective of a lad from South Wales with a stutter. He describes his material as “Relatable, so something everyone can enjoy.”
Follow Callum on Instagram - callum_theschof and Twitter - callum_theschof

KEZ LITTLER
Energetic comic, finding the fun in every situation.
Follow him on Instagram - @Kez_Littler

AND YOUR HOSTS:

KITTY MESSALINA
Kitty Messalina is a triple threat - a queer woman of colour. Her unique perspectives on prejudice, promiscuity and polyamory quickly earned her a nomination as a Finalist for the NCF New Act of the Year Award 2019. With anecdotes about political foreplay, accidental threesomes and lesbian sheep, delivered with "an honesty and vivacity" (Notts Comedy Review), she’s excited to kick off this platform for new acts and new material.
Find her on Facebook: Facebook.com/kitty.messalina/

JOHN MORRIS
John Morris is absolutely no threat - a straight white man. John’s an improviser and a comedian from Nottingham. He also hosts the task-based panel show ‘Larklord’ for MissImp: Improv Comedy Nottingham. He’s also relatively excited about Late Stage Comedy, though he wrote this after designing all the posters, so who knows?
Follow John on Twitter @johnjamesmorris 

Our club ethos can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/latestagecomedyethos

We’re really looking forward to this inclusive, supportive event and encourage audience members to cheer on the acts as they test their new material.

Late Stage Comedy runs every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month every month, with a bonus event on the 5th Tuesday of the month whenever there is one.

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