With some comics there’s a moment where you ask yourself ‘I wonder how much of this is true?’, with Nick Page you might hope it isn’t true, but somehow know that it is, mostly. His shows are full to bursting with stories from a life lived on the edge of (self inflicted) disaster.
In his shows there are no songs, props or padding, just stories packed with jokes from start to finish.
‘ A bear like man with a host of barely believable stories about life, love and brushes with the law’
– The Guardian
In the last few years he has won the prestigious title ‘English Comedian of the Year’, performed at comedy festivals in 3 continents and been awarded the Operational Service Medal by the British army for numerous gigs in warzones. Page’s shows range from Camp Bastion to Kandahar for 5000 troops at a time, to being helicoptered to perform for 20 soldiers in a patrol base in the desert.
He’s reached the live finals of Britain’s Got Talent despite having never watched the show. A typical week in the UK might see performances in pubs and theatres before a weekend run at a comedy club. Between cruises and expat bookings he’s now performed in over half the world’s countries, and even kept busy during covid lockdown performing over 100 online gigs from a studio in his garage.
With Rob Hughes
Proud Welshman Rob Hughes provides has a laugh packed set that has been delighting audiences across the country for the best part of a decade. Rob’s laidback deadpan delivery and viciously self deprecating style have made him the Eyeore of comedy that you can’t help but love.
“A definite highlight”
-South Wales Evening Post
COMPLETING THE LINE UP Chris Chopping
Bedford-born Chris Chopping began his stand-up career in Wales and quickly installed himself as one of the top-rated acts in the country. Now, his dry outlook and hilarious punchlines have established him as one of the go-to pros for clubs across the UK, where his strong material and deadpan persona have garnered him a cult following.
A regular commentator on Jamie Owen’s BBC Radio Wales Show, and BBC online content ‘SESH’ the English comic even turned his hand to stand-up in a foreign tongue, making his Welsh-language TV debut for S4C’s stand-up showcase Gwerthu Allan last year.
RESIDENT TOM GLOVER
Originally from Bridport, Tom Glover has been hosting and performing at comedy nights in the south west since 2011. As well as being the resident compere at the Lyme Regis Comedy Club, Tom is also a regular host at the Weymouth Pavilion, Blandford Corn Exchange, Teignmouth Pavilions, and the Jurassic Fields Festival. His solo show A Glover Not A Fighter had a month long run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.