BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8319@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240504T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240504T200000 DTSTAMP:20240223T150237Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/unity-theatre-up-next-comedy-nig ht/ SUMMARY:Unity Theatre: Unity Theatre: Up Next Comedy Night DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nUP NEXT COMEDY NIGHT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturda y 4th May\n\n8:00pm\nPart of Up Next 2024 – a two-week festival celebrat ing Merseyside artists.\n \;\n\nWe’re closing Up Next 2024 in hilari ous style with the festival’s first-ever comedy night.\n\nHosted by Unit y regular and Open Call alumni\, the award-winning comedian Sian Davies\, this stella line-up of local\, scouse comedians is the perfect way to fini sh our two-week celebration of Merseyside artists.\n\nAlready announced as part of the line-up are sets by…\n\n \;\nAlex Stringer:\nAlex Strin ger’s hysterically sarcastic material and brilliant dead pan delivery ha s audiences howling with laughter. She is one of the fastest rising stars on the comedy circuit and has proven herself to have a huge future in the industry.\n\n“Alex is a natural comedic talent and even with 5 months aw ay from stage\, she stays hilarious and consistent” – Dane Baptiste\n \n“Fantastic gag rate. I can see you on TV. Really original persona I ca n see working on TV. I hope you do.” – Rachel Parris\n\nComedy Bloome rs LGBT+ New Comedian of the year Finalist 2022\n\nLeicester Square new co median of the year semi-finalist 2021\n\nSo You Think You’re Funny semi- finalist 2021\n\n2nd in West Didsbury Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2020\n\nBeat the Frog World Series 2020 finalist\n\n \;\nNiki Rooney:\ nNiki Rooney is a disabled comedy writer from a working class background. Her stand up leans towards a storytelling format\, often about living life with bowel disease\, in which she is often\, quite literally\, the butt o f her own joke. Niki has written extensively for children’s television a nd was once described as ‘the closest you can get to hiring a child with out actually hiring a child’.\n\n \;\nSam Serrano\n \;\nHannah P lat\n \;\nBen Hodge:\nBen Hodge is quickly becoming seen as one of the most exciting new acts on the circuit. His unique outlook as a trans man is something he is exploring in his work-in-progress show\, It’s a Boy?\ , which has been performed at the Edinburgh Fringe\, Brighton Fringe\, Woo ol Comedy Festival and Glasgow Comedy Festival. Since his debut in Novembe r 2018 his comedy has been lit up with positive reviews. Ben has also been in high demand at pride events and LGBT+ focused events across the North West and beyond.\n\n‘Relatable\, even if his experiences are unusual’ – Chortle\n\n“Ben is such an exciting act. Tonnes of charm and stage p resence all topped off with killer jokes.” – Kiri Pritchard-Mclean\n\n  \;\nSian Davies:\nSian won the Edinburgh Comedy Award Panel Prize for Best in Class in 2022\, the award for Best Debut Show at the Leicester Co medy Festival in 2020\, was runner up in the Funny Women Stage Award in 20 19 and winner of Hilarity Bites Best New Act in 2018. She can be seen on C omedy Central Live and has recently recorded a stand up special for Next U p.\n\nAs a recipient of The Hive mentorship award from Greater Manchester Fringe\, Sian was able to develop her first solo stand-up show\, the aptly named About Time. In 2021 Sian was selected through the Open Call scheme to be part of the re-opening program at Unity Theatre\, Liverpool. Sian de buted her latest show\, This Charming Man\, to a sold-out Unity Theatre as part of Homotopia Festival in November 2022.\n\nShe is working class and queer\, and fiercely proud of belonging to both communities.\n\n \;\n\ n \;\nAbout Up Next Festival:\nUp Next Comedy Night is part of Up Nex t 2024 – a two-week arts festival celebrating Merseyside artists.\n\nWit h a line-up programmed through the Unity Open Call\, Up Next Festival fe atures 11 brand-new shows from some of the region’s most exciting artist s and companies\, plus a comedy night\, exhibition launch\, live music\, p anel discussions\, creative events and more.\n\n \;\nThis programme is made possible thanks to our Open Call Crowdfunder 2023 Donors and funding from The Arts Society and The Granada Foundation.\n\n\n\n\n\nBOOK TICKETS  \n\n£6 - £8\nRunning time: Approx TBCmins\n\nPricing:\nFull Price £8\ nCreative’pool £6\nPay Extra If You Can £20\n\nAccess:\nThis show will be BSL interpreted\n\nWeekly Festival Pass:\nSee all shows in Week 2 of U p Next Festival for just £25 (£23 saving)\n0151 709 4988\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/02/Up-Next-Comedy-Night-1-640x640-1.png LOCATION:Unity Theatre\, Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\, Liverpool\, Unit ed Kingdom GEO:53.400829;-2.971716 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Unity Theatre :geo:53.400829,-2.971716 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR