Mitch Benn & Njambi McGrath at Lafayette London July 15, 2023
Channel: Mad About Comedy
Date: 2023-06-19

Mad About Comedy is proud to announce that London shows will start at The Lafayette in July with Mitch Benn and Njambi McGrath performing previews of their Edinburgh 2023 shows with top UK MC Nick Wilty at the helm. Tickets on sale June 15th, 2023.

MITCH BENN:

Mitch Benn is a comedian, author, satirical songwriter, musician and actor and is widely acknowledged as one of the best writers/performers of comedy songs in the UK. He is perhaps best known as the resident comic songwriter on BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show from 1999 to 2016.
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​Mitch has a large online following and his recent comedy songs, such as F*ck All and Moving to Scotland, have amassed more than a million views.

​Mitch began his comedy career in Edinburgh in the mid-1990s, before moving to London and becoming one of the most in-demand comedians on the UK comedy circuit. He has released many albums of comedy songs and has performed all over the world, including South Africa, Singapore, China and many European nations.

​In addition to his work on The Now Show, Mitch has presented several series of his own show on BBC radio, and his TV credits include Live At Jongleurs (ITV), Watchdog (BBC) and The Comedy Store (5).

​Mitch's acting credits include Merlin (BBC1) and in 2013 he took over the role of Zaphod Beeblebrox for the live stage show tour of The Hitchhikers’ Guide To The Galaxy. His voice acting credits include Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens TV series and the Sandman audiobooks.

​Mitch has also appeared on celebrity editions of several TV quiz shows, including winning Celebrity Mastermind in 2016.

​Mitch is a weekly columnist for The New European newspaper and has written three Science Fiction novels - Terra, Terra's World and Terra's War. 
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NJAMBI MCGRATH:

"A must see.." - The Scotsman
"Trail blazing.." - The Guardian
"An Important voice.." - The Sunday Times
 
Njambi McGrath is a Kenyan born, UK based comedian. She is a rising comedy star. She is the writer and star of the Radio 4 hit Series Njambi McGrath: Becoming Njambi. When it aired, it was chosen for BBC Radio 4 Comedy of the week. Njambi is also an accomplished author with her book shortlisted as one of the Twentyin2020 writers announced in the Guardian 2019. Her critically acclaimed memoir Through The Leopards Gaze optioned for a 6 part TV drama series. David Lammy MP said, “Written with poetic fortitude, Through The Leopard’s Gaze reveals that the hardest part of survival is not the experience of violence but the pressure you feel to make sense of it. Bravely sharing her own attempt to confront the past, Njambi McGrath’s memoir is a stunning portrayal of human brutality and human resistance – heart-breaking and empowering in equal measure.” BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends described it as ‘Beautifully written’. 

Away from writing, Njambi is an accomplished comedian with a successful Soho theatre run, seven one woman Edinburgh Festival shows and four filmed comedy specials. She was crowned winner of 2019 prestigious Hackney empire NATYS Award joining the ranks of previous winners like Stewart Lee and Lee Mack.

She is a “compelling voice of a rarely heard African perspective’ FestMag. Njambi’s 2019 Edinburgh show Accidental Coconut, was a satirical examination of striking parallels between the Brexit rhetoric mimicking the struggles of those who fought for independence from Britain. Described as ‘nothing short of ground-breaking’ Banbury Magazine, and ‘a unique voice with deliciously tart lines’ Evening Standard. Accidental Coconut was featured on BBC Two’s Edinburgh Nights and BBC Radio 4 Extra Stand-ups. 

Her current stand-up show Black Black, she is s comparison of her grandmother’s life under imperialist Britain, with the rise of Nazism and fascism to her own political climate with Nazism, fascism on the rise. Her previous shows Breaking Black and African in New York – Almost Famous and Accidental Coconut were filmed comedy specials available on Next Up, Amazon Prime and Trains.

She was in the original line up of the (ARIA) Radio Awards hit BBC World comedy show ‘New Year’s International Comedy Celebration. Since her debut in 2010, she was voted 1 of 5 top up and coming female comedians 2012 by Fabulous magazine barely 14 months later. She was shortlisted for the BBC Radio New Comedy Awards x 2 a year later. 

NICK WILTY

Nick is known as the "Globetrotting Comedian" for good reason. He has performed on every continent except Antarctica (although he did a show in Tierra Del Fuego!), and has done shows in all major Festivals, including Edinburgh (6 times), Glastonbury (5 times), Auckland (twice), Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide, Montreal (Just For Laughs), Vancouver, Edmonton, San Francisco, New York, Amsterdam, Cape Town & Hong Kong.

Nick has won several awards, including the Polo Mint Comedy Award, voted by fellow comedians and club owners in England, and Best International Act in San Francisco.

"Three adjectives describe Wilty - brilliant, brilliant and brilliant." - Chortle