Taunton Comedy Club – Pro Stand-up Comedy Night – Sat 18th Oct

Doors 7.00pm. Start 8.00pm.  Adv ticket £15 online. £19 OTD.

Brought to you by CICCIC and Genius Events (the people who bring you Stand Up for Cider) this bi-monthly comedy club will exercise your chuckle muscles and deliver a great night out at CICCIC’s amazing Memorial Hall.

You’ll get the chance to see 4 professional comedians on the night along with some amazing talent from known comedians. It will be unadulterated, full of surprise and have you laughing all the way through the weekend.

So why not relax in comfort, enjoy a drink or three, while we take you on a few hours journey of forgetting your worries while you dose yourself in laughter. Tickets are limited and booking is advised.

YOUR COMEDY LINEUP

Headliner – Stuart Goldsmith

Stuart Goldsmith is an internationally award-winning Climate Comedian and speaker, who specialises in performing stand up relating to the climate crisis.

His TV credits include performing his climate comedy on BBC institution Live at the Apollo and he also performed stand up on Conan in LA, hosted by comedy icon Conan O’Brien.

His climate comedy has been featured widely across press and media outlets including: BBC Radio, BBC News, Radio Times, News UK and many more.

Stuart is also a talented interviewer and host of the internationally renowned “Comedian’s Comedian” podcast. He has interviewed many of the comedy world’s household names, including Jimmy Carr, James Acaster, Bo Burnham, Sarah Millican, Ronny Chieng and Bill Burr. The podcast has had over 25 million downloads to date.

• Quiet excellence…an intelligent, well-crafted act – ★★★★ The Times (on Spoilers)
• A warm, hilarious hour that pokes fun at our hypocrisies, while suggesting genuine pathways for change – ★★★★ Fest (on Spoilers)
• A master of the form. – Independent
• Expert, charming stand-up. – The Sunday Times ★★★★
• Truly a comedy masterclass… Endlessly inventive. – The List ★★★★

Middle Act – Travis Booth Millard

For the past 10 years Travis has been an actor. But now he’s picked up the mic and has quickly established himself as one to watch on the comedy circuit.

• 🎤BBC New Comedy Awards 2024 – Shortlisted
• 🥇Winner of the Coggeshall Comedy Cup 2025

Opening Act – Ricky Balshaw

A quick-witted, slow walking, fast rising star, Ricky Balshaw is without question, the funniest Paralympic Dressage medallist in the UK, perhaps the world.

Stepping over his cerebral palsy like it’s the mildest of inconveniences, Ricky pulls his audience into a joyfully dark world of self-depreciating hilarity. No sympathy vote is needed (or accepted) as Ricky dominates comedy stages up and down the UK.

A brilliant joke-smith and storyteller, this young man has comedy greatness in his bones.

MC – Stephanie Laing

Stephanie started performing in April 2007 on the Scottish comedy circuit. She quickly established herself as one of the most promising acts of her generation on the circuit, and in 2015 appeared as a finalist in the prestigious Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year competition.

Stephanie is best described as goofy and peculiar, and her comedy is partway between the needy oddness of Maria Bamford and the upbeat affability of Josie Long. Her material is a mix of silliness, filth and unusual observations, underpinned by a disarming honesty which makes her seem charmingly vulnerable.

Now a regular on the circuit Stephanie has also become a stalwart of comedy festivals across the country having appeared at Brighton Fringe, Leicester Comedy Festival, York Comedy Festival, Bath Comedy Festival, Women in Comedy Festival as well as appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe every year since 2010. Not content with just performing in the UK Stephanie has also appeared at UCB in New York & The Laugh Factory in L.A.

Please note: Online tickets close 45 minutes before the event. On the door tickets may be available. Call 01823 337477. Ticket Policy here.