Sarah Millican
“Her laughter rate is exceptional” The Scotsman
• Winner: If. Comedy Best Newcomer 2008
• Winner: Best Breakthrough act, North-West Comedy Awards 2006
• Nominee: Chortle Awards, Best Newcomer 2006
• Winner: Amused Moose Comedy Awards 2005
• Runner Up: BBC New Comedy Awards 2005
• Runner Up: So You Think You’re Funny 2005
• Runner Up: Funny Women 2005
Sarah has just returned from an incredibly successful Fringe Festival run for which she was awarded Best Newcomer at the prestigious
If.Comedy Awards for her debut solo show, Sarah Millican's Not Nice.
She received rave reviews and enjoyed sell-out
audiences for the entire run with critics pinpointing her as a hot new talent to keep an eye on.
Having gigged at just about every venue across the country, Sarah has established herself as a crowd-pleasing act with well-
written material and a gentle delivery style that disguises her cutting observations on life. Her comedy writing has been
recognised by the BBC, Live Theatre Newcastle and The Customs House in South Shields where her first play was staged in
September 2005.
Press Quotes ...
"Millican's material has the entire audience - men and women, young and old - rolling in the aisles. Her delivery is fantastic, and her jokes are well structured and perfectly paced. In short, she is a real talent."
Fest ****
"It requires exceptional skill to be a cruel yet likeable comedian and Sarah Millican nails the contradiction beautifully with a
wonderfully assured Fringe debut."
The Scotsman ****
"A mercilessly unsentimental wit…her set is as neatly constructed as her individual, triple-punchline
jokes."
The Daily Telegraph
"It's credit to Millican's talent that her man-baiting isn't man-alienating; the blokes in the audience howl as loudly as the
women. There isn't a spare second in this gag-packed, deliciously dark show. One of the hottest prospects on the UK circuit."
Metro *****
"British comedy needs a new female star and might just have got one!"
The Herald ****
"She surely has one of the highest gags-per-minute counts on the Fringe, with punchlines arriving every few beats with
unwavering punctuality….Laughs come thick and fast. Millican has a frank, self-effacing manner and an obtuse approach to writing that avoids clichés and refreshes the genre. An impressive, and consistently funny, festival debut."
Chortle ****
"Saran’s gift is in her gentle, unthreatening delivery and the way she engages with the audience.
This is a fully crafted first show and a real delight."
The Observer
"Sarah Millican is one of the most talented newcomers I have seen in many years. A perfectly
formed hour. Touching, witty and wonderfully ribald."
Veronica Lee, Sunday Telegraph
Andrew Lawrence
‘One of the greatest as-yet undiscovered talents on the circuit" Daily Mirror
‘Evil elegance’ Time Out
• Nominee: If.Comedy Main Award 2007
• Nominee: If.Comedy Best Newcomer 2006
• Nominee: Sony Radio Awards 2006
• Winner: BBC New Act of the Year Competition 2004
• Winner: York Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition 2004
• Winner: Amused Moose Starsearch 2004
• Finalist: So You Think You’re Funny? 2003
The buzz about comedy’s best-kept-secret is fast making Andrew Lawrence a cult classic. With two successive If.
Comedy nominations under his belt, Andrew recently returned from performing another hugely successful sell-
out run with his brand new show, "Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There!" at this year’s Fringe Festival.
Andrew
recently reprised his role as Marco on the new series of Ideal on BBC 3 and was also heard as the voice of David
Miliband on the CGI series, Headcases on ITV 1. His appearance as headliner on Paramount’s World Stands Up
is due to be broadcast later in the year with numerous other projects in the pipeline.
Andrew has received rave recognition in all the key new act competitions and is now a regular favourite on the
comedy circuit, gigging at all the major clubs across the country and building a base of discerning fans addicted
to the bleakly dark comic world he creates.
Boaasting a fiery crown of red hair and a deep, demonic voice, Lawrence’s fiendish persona is in complete
allegiance with his material; it will shock you both in terms of content, and in terms of how much you will laugh.
With his flawless timing and delivery he can induce tears of laughter from audience members almost against
their will.
Press Quotes ...
“Quite possibly the strangest and most original new comedian on the block…His material is dark and more than a bit twisted, but irresistibly funny.” The Irish Independent
"Comedy’s most bountiful little ball of hatred…A fabulous show." The Times
"Exquisitely evil…The writing is tight and razor-sharp, pulling no punches. He attacks everyoneand everything
with poetic machine-gun bullets of acid tipped comedy. A genuis gremlin gnawing away at society." Time Out
"Homicidal musings have never seemed so appealing!" The List
"Lawrence is so thorough in assuming his character, that he often comes across as a young man who really does kill the thing he loves then feasts on the gooeyness inside, singing a tune about it as some kind of terrible yet
touchingly inevitable catharsis. His victims’ losses are truy comedy’s gain." Scotsman
"Lawrence is certainly not for the faint heated but for those that brave it - it is quite, quite brilliant! He expresses his festering negatively beautifully, a relentless onslaught of savage adectives and corrosively evil
metaphors. The florid language, the ceaseless pace of great lines and the vigour with which he pursues his
derision all combine for a barnstorming show " Chortle
Warren Speed
Compere for the show is Warren Speed, the festival director and general local fool. Besides doing stand-up Warren also performs male burlesque around the UK and Europe, and has been seen on BBC1 as well as regularly being featured in Bizarre magazine. With his big smile and easy going charm, Warren will certainly get the audience in the mood for the fabulous main acts to follow.
Admission £13.50 (£11.50) admission to see all three performers.
Show starts at 8.00pm prompt, finishes at approx 10.30pm.
Tickets available direct from The Sage Gateshead on 0191 443 4661.
Subject to availability you may be able to pay on the door on the night.
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