Mock the week star ANDY OSHO ,VIKKI STONE,

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at Camden`s

SIR RICHARD STEELE
FULLY AIR CONDITIONED
97 Haverstock Hill NW3 Chalk Farm /Belsize Park
with top award winning acts
(Just 5 mins walk from Chalk Farm tube) or take 168 bus from Camden Town get off when they call Steeles Road. Bar till midnight

Fully Air conditioned Bar till midnight.

Monkey Business

Proudly Presents

very funny multi award winning

Live at The Apollo & Mock The Week Star
Andi Osho

In three short years, Andi has made a big splash on the comedy scene, with much talked about appearances on Mock The Week, Tonightly and most recently Ch4's new topical show, Stand Up For The Week.
"Recommended"
Time Out
Having reached the final of no less than five major new talent competitions in her first year, Osho is definitely regarded as one to watch.
"Translating Osho's words to the page doesn't do her proper justice
... her work is visual, narrative and pivots on her perfect delivery."
Guardian
As well as an established performer on the stand up circuit, Andi is proving to be a popular guest on radio and TV for her cheeky, quick wit and effervescence. Only this year her appearances included several guest spots on Radio 1, Big Brother's Big Mouth and Little Brother (E4) and The Culture Show (BBC2).
"Hilarious" Sun
Andi has also written on several projects including her own e4 pilot, The Andi O Show.
"Blazing a trail"
Telegraph
Andi worked as an actor for many years and has several screen credits including Eastenders, Casualty and Paradox.
Andi Osho is one of the most eagerly anticipated comedy newcomers in the UK. And has been a regular on Ch4's Stand Up For The Week, as well as co-host on the anarchic Tonightly with Jason Manford. Her other television credits include: Mock The Week (BBC2), Psychoville (BBC2), Big Top (BBC1) Russell Brand and Friends (Channel 4), and her very own E4 pilot, The Andi O Show. Andi has just finished working on British feature film, Swinging with the Finkels; featuring Martin Freeman. Andi has also written and performed on The Now Show (BBC Radio 4), Newsjack (BBC Radio 7) and Hot Gossip (BBC Radio 2).
Andi will be touring Afroblighty nationally spring 2011.
"The performance is a perfect balance between restraint and confidence, as you might expect from an actress of her experience, and she's another expert at working the room" Chortle

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multi-talented comedian, actress,
singer and musician

VIKKI STONE


Vikki Stone is a multi-talented comedian, actress, singer and musician and the winner of The 2011 Soho Theatre One Night Stand Up Award.

Her unique musical comedy has made her one of the fastest rising stars on the UK circuit, and she performs regularly at major clubs, festivals and theatres across the country both as a solo act and with her band 'The Flashbacks'.

This summer saw Vikki's Edinburgh debut "Big Neon Letters" play to sell out audiences and receive incredible reviews, including The Observer's Comedy Top 5 Edinburgh Shows 2011.

Her TV appearances include 'Most Annoying People 2010' (BBC3), 'Flash Prank' (MTV), "The Hour" (STV), and "Greatest Ever 3D Moments" (Channel 4). You may also recognise her from fronting major ad campaigns for Yakult, Fiat and Tena Lady!

Vikki trained at The Royal Academy of Music, and as an actress has featured in numerous musicals and theatre productions including Beauty and The Beast (Theatre Clwyd), The Ladies That Lunch (Jermyn Street), West End Girls (Jersey Opera House), Oklahoma! (Peacock Theatre), and Times Up! (Shaftesbury Theatre).

As musically talented and exciting as she is funny, expect big laughs from this girl with a big voice.
tone has the musicianship, the energy and the warmth to make her a newcomer well worth watching."

The Observer

"If Kate Nash was a character invented by Viz, she'd be Vikki Stone.

She sings about modern life and failed relationships in a manner that takes filth to the highest level of art.

Her original songs are good. and she's got a belter of a voice...when she weaves her crude killer couplets into recognisable tunes the squirm factor and and laughter quotient reach an explosive level.

This is Bette Midler for the Adele generation."

The Sunday Herald



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Excellent, Exciting, Extraodinary

JEFF INNOCENT

Jeff Innocent had a typical East London upbringing. Born in a workhouse his mother died in childbirth while his father was in Newgate prison.


If you were to believe Jeff, before coming a stand up comedian, he fulfilled every dream of an east-ender; he worked as a chimney sweep, a fruit and veg stallholder, a fishmonger at Billingsgate Market, a footballer playing inside right for West Ham Utd and a driver for the Kray Twins.


In reality, young Jeff Innocent became a window dresser for a smart chain of 1970's boutiques while moonlighting by night as both a doorman and a DJ.


In the 80s, Jeff went to university, ending up with an MA in history and philosophy. After that there was only one place to go - stand up comedy. Now, he is acknowledged as one of the most consistent and reliable acts and comperes on the circuit, and has played all over the world, with a particular penchant for the east, including Singapore, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Dubai, Holland, Taiwan and Japan.


Jeff Innocent plays on his east-end upbringing to the last. In an ideal world we would have all worked for an undertaker as children but after ill treatment at the hands of his alcoholic governor escaping and joining a gang of child pickpockets preying on the toffs who frequented the west end of London.
However we didn't, so we will leave it to Jeff to enlighten us of the ways of the cockney.


According to Jeff, it was the cockneys who built the earth; it was Michaelangelo who looked up at the Sistine Chapel ceiling, took a drag of his roll up and said "a couple of cherubs would look nice there love." He is not stuck in his ways though as he has some interesting ideas on carbon offsetting and will help old ladies paint their houses in double quick time.


Jeff's cockney insights have not been confined to the clubs and he has made frequent television appearances.


He has performed on a variety of stand up shows including Paramount's Comedy Store, BBC1's The Stand Up Show and Channel 4's Take The Mike.


In addition to this, he has been a guest on both Later With Jools Holland and The National Lotter and given his tuppence worth to I Love 1999 on BBC1, Brief Histories on BBC3 and Real Eastenders on Channel 4.


Jeff can also act with the best of them and has done so in Al Murray's Time Gentlemen Please on Sky1 and on the big screen too alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor in It Was An Accident and Vinnie Jones in Mean Machine.


Jeff Innocent doesn't just bring a little cockney spice to the stand up scene, he brings a whole fistful. Although it may look like you wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of him, the right side is a very enjoyable experience.


Did You Know?:
Jeff Innocent's father was a real life 'East End Gangster'. He ran with Harry Not-Guilty, Pete Acquitted and Terry Don't-Muck-Us-About.

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very enjoyable 20 year old

Matt Richardson

After starting comedy in November 2009 multi award-winning comedian Matt Richardson quickly became one of the most exciting new acts on the comedy circuit.

Within a year he had appeared in the Finals of some of the biggest stand-up competitions in the country, including the prestigious 'So You Think You're Funny', The Chortle Student Comedy Award and performed to several thousand people in the Comedy Tent at Latitude Festival in the final of The Latitude New Act of the Year . On top of these, he has also won several competitions, including the Newbury Comedy Festival, Bath Comedy Festival, Oxfringe Festival New Act of the Year competitions.

At just 20 years old, Matt is currently the youngest professional Comedian working regularly on the UK comedy circuit, taking his high-energy and confessional stand-up to comedy clubs up and down the country.

"This (extremely) young stand-up is poised to become the next bright young sensation on the comedy circuit - expect to hear a lot more of him"
The Guardian

"Confident and engaging delivery... at just 19 there are bags of potential here"
Chortle

"Frantic... gave a confident and well structured set"
The Stage


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funny newcomer

Lyndsay Sharman



MC Martin Besserman

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