January 29th – Jen Brister – Andy White – Steph Lane – Bennett Arron

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We’ve gone MONTHLY! 

Well Folks, We’ve now gone to monthly, so this will mean we’re bigger and better! We’re already looking for BIG acts to come and fill our monthly Venue and our first night will be the 29th!

On that night we have the massive talent that is Jen Brister the fantastic comedy tales of Bennett Arron and the wonderful Andy White and as a special treat we’ve put on another cracking comedian in Steph Lane

Tickets are just £7.50, £4.50 nus, £10 for a Meal ticket

Doors open at 6:30pm Acts are on at 8pm 

Jen Brister

‘Gorgeously Talented’  - Time Out

‘Great show… Hilarious!’ – Rip It Up Australia

 

 

Andy White


Had me exercising my pelvic floor muscles to avoid an accident” – Karen Slater, BBC Tees

“Undeniably entertaining” – Chortle.co.uk

“Oozes talent”  - What’s On Magazine

 

 

 

Steph Lane

 

‘With dark one-liner comedy Steph takes the audience by surprise and produces a great set’

 

 

 

 

 

Bennett Arron

“Genuinely original and funny” – The Times

“Had the room creased up with laughter” – The Scotsman

December 18th – Sally-Anne Hayward, Otiz Cannelloni, Windsor

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Tickets £7.50, £4.50 with valid NUS, Doors open at 6:30pm, Acts start at 8pm! Arrive early to get a good spot. We also do a £10 combo ticket which includes a burger and fries! 

Well “tis the season to be jolly” and what better way than to spend it with us at On the Floor, we’ve got some splendid acts for you this coming week and we’re going that extra mile to make it special for everyone that comes!

Sally-Anne Hayward

 ”It’s easy to imagine Hayward at the 02 or guesting on QI. She is a crowd-pleaser and a straightforward observational comic, but so are most of Britain’s favourite comedians today. Hayward is easily the equal of any of them”
The Skinny

“innate effusive likeability with straightforward but effective writing…. a primetime act”
Chortle.co.uk

 

 

Otiz Cannelloni 

 

“Master of mirth and minimalist magic …delightful.” TIME OUT
“A magical wag – bewitching.” THE GUARDIAN

“Sheer hilarity that no one wanted to see end.” THE STAGE

 

 

 

And guiding us through this comedic adventure will be Windsor one of our resident compères

Again as always we have some cracking drinks offers

3 bottles of either VK, Carling Chrome or Corona for just £5
House Wine £9.99

And an extensive food menu

December 11th – Nathan Caton, Mark Maier, Bennett Arron

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Tickets £7.50, £4.50 with valid NUS, Doors open at 6:30pm, Acts start at 8pm! Arrive early to get a good spot. We also do a £10 combo ticket which includes a burger and fries! 

So this week we have another special line up of comedians, starting with one of the brightest new talents in the land,

Nathan Caton

‘Caton is probably the most exciting young black comic on the scene.’- Fest

‘More than material, presentation is Caton’s strongest suit and he’s confident, charismatic and upbeat.’- Chortle

 

‘He specialises in laidback, on-the-nose material, chopping down fools of all colours, both in day-to-day life and in the media’ – Guardian

 

 

Mark Maier

“A multi-talented, mercurial comedian” – The Independent

“It’s high time someone gave him a TV show of his own” – The Guardian

“ Maier proves himself quite a character actor, making these frankly ridiculous flights of fancy seem perfectly believable through precise, nuanced performances” – Chortle

 

 

Bennett Arron


 

“One of the best gagsmiths on the circuit… a Welsh Seinfeld” – The Guardian

“Genuinely original and funny” - The Times

“Hilarious… clever wit… razor sharp” - The Standard

December 4th – Steve Hall, Chris McCausland, Gary Delaney, Windsor

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December 4th, Tickets £7.50, £4.50 with valid NUS, Doors open at 6:30pm, Acts start at 8pm! Arrive early to get a good spot.

Everywhere you look Christmas lights are being put up, The market square beach is nothing but a distant memory, So let us bring a little sunshine back into your life!

This week we have another cracking line up.

Our Compere for the 4th is…

Windsor

“A master of putdown, Windsor…delivers hot material with a rare skill”, The Stage

“An amazing performer with a very special gift”, Pitsch Lesser, Organiser of the Auckland Festival

“A very good act with excellent control of his audience”, Melbourne Age

 

Steve Hall 

“Breathtaking comic firepower.” Kate Copstick, The Scotsman

“Steve Hall is the most intelligent stand-up you’ve never heard of” GQ

“his phrasing is joyous and his choice of words close to poetic…tales of hilarious woe” Metro

 

 

 

Chris McCausland 

 

“It’s no surprise that he’s a firm favourite on the Fringe.”, Culture Vulture

“Always excellent!”, The Times

“Terrific material!”, The Scotsman

 

 

 

Gary Delaney

‘unremittingly vicious comic Gary Delaney, master of the one-liner’ – The Scotsman’
‘razor sharp one-liners’ – Daily Telegraph
‘a hugely impressive collection of exquisitely crafted gags by one of Britain’s grandmasters of the one-liner.’ – Chortle
‘Quickfire material of the very highest quality is pretty much guaranteed from the fast-thinking Delaney, a master of the deadpan one-liner’. – The Guardian

 

November 27th, Phil Ellis, Steve Day, Carey Marx, Paul Tonkinson

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Wowzers! What a way to start off! how on earth are we going to match such a strong line up I hear you ask? well how about this….

Tickets £7.50, £4.50 with valid NUS, Doors open at 6:30pm, Acts start at 8pm! Arrive early to get a good spot.

Our Compère for the night is the wonderful

Phil Ellis

‘Ellis sets such a cracking pace… he flits around the audience with his frisky, easy banter spreading a feeling of good-humoured fun.’ Chortle

‘Mad and severely likeable… possessed with manic energy’
Metro

‘a great 70s-style slide-show’
Fringereport.com

 

 

Steve Day

 

“A very different kind of comedy … something which Day seems particularly proud of, and so he should be” – Three Weeks

“Revelatory and very funny” – The Guardian

“Warm, funny, frank and thought-provoking” – The Scotsman

 

 

 

Carey Marx

“Opium for the people… a clever man… the audience are in stitches” **** – Broadway Baby

“… the mocking stance and unremitting march of cold logic will reduce you to howls of laughter… shockingly hilarious… as funny as it is wrong.” **** Sunday Mail

“Utterly brilliant” **** The Skinny

 

 

 

Paul Tonkinson

“Excellent… extremely talented… brilliant”. - Time Out

“Very funny” - The Mirror

“Brilliant” - The Independent

Winner of 2 Time Out Comedy Awards.

 

 

 

As these are all popular acts we do suggest getting tickets early to avoid disappointment 

November 20th, Bennett Arron, Adam Ethan Crow, Phil Walker, The Noise Next Door.

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So it all kicks off at The Approach on November 20th, Doors open at 6:30pm, Acts start at 8pm! Arrive early to get a good spot.

Our compère for the evening is the hugely popular

Bennett Arron

Bennett Arron

“One of the best gagsmiths on the circuit… a Welsh Seinfeld” - The Guardian

 ”Genuinely original and funny” – The Times

 ”Hilarious… clever wit… razor sharp” – The Standard

 

 

 

 

 

Adam Ethan Crow

Adam Ethan Crow

“His stories are all told from the heart. Extremely well thought-out, smart humour.” – Chortle

“Adam Ethan Crow is a breath of fresh air to a darker sense of humour. His timing and delivery are testament to his success.” – Comedy best magazine

 

Phil Walker

Phil Walker

“Comedian Phil Walker continues to evolve in leaps and bounds & his material is as up to date as tonights news.” – The Stage

“A ready wit, one to watch!” - BBC Leeds

 

 

 

 

 

 

The noise next door

The noise next door

 ”The sheer volume of laughter this show produced was astonishing!”  - Edinburgh evening news

“A world class act” – US weekly

“Hilarious… a superior kind of chaos” - Daily Telegraph