"Grab a ticket. He’s brilliant.”

Sarah Millican

 

“How the f**k is Markus Birdman Not Famous?”

Paul Sinha

 

Chortle ‘Best Club Comic’ 2023 nominee

 

“I did a tour of NZ with Markus Birdman, who wiped the floor with me every night. He was fantastic.”

James Acaster

 

As seen on Britain’s Got Talent (ITV) and Rosie Jones TV Disability Extravaganza (UKTV)

 

 “MARKUS ÜBER ALLES! One of the best acts around.”

Henning Wehn

 

From The Palladium to Pakistan, a highly experienced, versatile & award winning comedian, Markus is one of stand-up’s most well travelled comedians, much in demand in the UK and all over the world, and one of the very first British Comics to have his own Netflix Special - Live in Amsterdam.

 

He has written and performed thirteen Edinburgh Festival Solo shows, and toured Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Scandinavia and throughout Europe, The Middle East and Far East. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows both in the UK and abroad. Co-Writer on Jayde Adams’s 2020 Amazon Prime Stand Up Special, ‘Serious Black Jumper’

 

He often incorporates visual artwork & animations in his comedy performances. He has created numerous 24 hour murals as part of the comedian Mark Watson’s 24 hr Comedy shows, raising thousands of pounds for Comic Relief.

 

Just recently, Markus collaborated with the Norwegian musician, Ole Maa, to produce animations for Ole’s live show, En Psychotic Handbok, which premiered in Oslo in 2020 and toured Norway in 2021 and 2022.

 

After attending several Art Schools, and even managing to graduate from one, Markus became a Graffiti Artist, Muralist, Performance Poet and Glastonbury Festival Poetry Slam Champion. He can’t remember which year, he was fairly out of it. But it made him think being funny on stage might just work out! This path would eventually lead him to becoming an award winning Stand-Up Comedian and total Don.

 

 

Steve Day describes himself as Britains only deaf comedian, if there are any others he hasn't heard. Actually there are a couple of others who have started since he wrote that joke, but it's only a joke after all.

 

For the past eleven years Steve has been performing to huge laughter around the country and abroad, well they tell him the laughter was huge to humour him, he doesn't know either way.

 

Married with five children, a fact nothing to do with not being able to hear the word 'No', Steve has been described as 'warm and witty' by the Scotsman and has received many other rave reviews whilst performing shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Chortle.co.uk gave him five stars in 2007 for Deafy's Island Discs, a show The Sunday Times called 'Funny and Moving'. This show toured the UK in 2008, Steve's third national tour of the uk, and has been performed in several countries in Europe and translated into Italian. No-one knows why.

 

A familiar voice on Radio 4, Steve has appeared many times on You and Yours, was a token man on Woman's Hour, has appeared in two radio dramas, All Fingers and Thumbs with Bill Nighy, whom he punched dramatically, and Sound Barriers with Patricia Routledge and Caroline Quentin, both of whom he was prevented from punching.

 

A disabled performer, Steve is more concerned with success in the mainstream comedy circuit, but is happy to 'deaf it up' as necessary if the money is ok and there are sandwiches.

 

"Revelatory and very funny" The Guardian

 

"Wonderful" Bath Chronicle

 

"Warm, funny, frank and thought-provoking" The Scotsman

 

"The best comedy often comes from real-life observations, something that Day had down to a T" Brighton Argus

 

"A very different kind of comedy ... something which Day seems particularly proud of, and so he should be" Three Weeks

 

"A hilarious, hard-of-hearing, heavenly host" Time Out Comic's Choice

 

"Has a self-effacing charm which endears him to audiences" Chortle

 

 

A highly distinctive performer and deft writer of finely crafted jokes, Peter Brush unassumingly takes the stage with his slight bespectacled frame and scruffy hair, before consummately conquering it with an arsenal of razor sharp quirky one-liners and peerlessly original routines, all delivered in an amusingly awkward fashion.

 

Peter performs at all the major clubs across the UK, as well as having done many of it’s biggest festivals, he has also played shows in Switzerland, Norway and Hungary. Formerly a BBC New Comedy Award finalist, he has written for several BBC Radio 4 shows and was the support act for Alexei Sayle’s most recent tour. Other acts he has supported on tour include Jason Manford, Fern Brady, Jonathan Pie, Geoff Norcott, Arthur Smith and Paul Sinha.

 

Regularly performing at weekends (20 minutes+) for:

The Comedy Store, The Stand, The Glee, Off The Kerb, Manfords Comedy Club, The Frog & Bucket, Hot Water, Komedia, Just The Tonic, Little Wander, Banana Cabaret, The Last Laugh, Rob Riley/Comedy in a Van, Toby Jones Productions/Hifi, The Comedy Club Ltd, Funhouse Comedy, Bearcat, Barnstormers, Comedy Station Blackpool, Screaming Blue Murder, Backyard Comedy Club, Comedy Hotspot, Top Secret, Hilarity Bites, Out of Bounds Comedy, Avalon, Kill For A Seat, Crack Comedy, Buzz Comedy, Headliners, Makin Projects

 

★★★★½ ”Compellingly hilarious.. first-class gag writing… an original and achingly funny voice” Chortle

 

”I love Peter Brush, what a comic” Jason Manford

 

“Unique observations and connections that stand-ups crave” Guardian

 

“An imaginative use of language and obtuse angles of thought that produce distinctive and eclectic gags… his best lines are inspired” Chortle

 

“He’s a great comic” BBC Radio 4

 

“Genial and affable, with almost instantaneous audience rapport, this is an entertaining, enjoyable hour” One4Review

 

“Christ does he know how to write a gag… This an hour of killer gags, tripping from his mind one after another with no let up in quality” Fest

JOHN MANN (Your very own MC)

John Mann is one of the most experienced and popular comedians in the UK.

 

As a comedian he has headlined and compered shows throughout the country for over thirty five years and has performed extensively across most of Europe and beyond including America, Hong Kong, South Africa, Norway, Iceland and Canvey Island.

 

As a writer he has written for and been warm-up for some of the biggest names in entertainment including Lenny Henry, Harry Enfield, Paul O’Grady, Milton Jones, Phill Jupitus, Clive Anderson and Jasper Carrot as well as audience warm up for Father Ted, Blankety Blank and Ant & Dec and was the first comedian to act as warm up for a TV music show – The White Room.

 

John has acted as a consultant to several comedians and agents and in 2023 was signed as a consultant for one of the largest and most established comedy agencies in the UK.

 

As equally at home in front of a packed theatre, a student bar, a small pub room or a tent full of soldiers John is able to make an audience feel relaxed and comfortable almost instantly with a confident rapport that endears him to all who watch.

 

“Complete genius . . . Brilliant Observations” - Johnny Vaughan

 

“A fantastic compere . . . The night is his” - Steve Lamacq

 

“One of the funniest people I know” - Phill Jupitus

 

“The man is quite simply very very Funny” - Nihal Arthanayake

 

http://www.johnmann.co.uk