Chuckl. Grays with Mark Watson, Tom Rosenthal & Special Guests

Mark Watson is one of the UK’s most successful comedians, the winner of the Panel Prize at the Edinburgh Fringe (where he has been one of the biggest-selling acts over the past twenty years), as well as Best Show at the Adelaide and Sydney Comedy Festivals, multiple Chortle Awards – including a Legend of Lockdown, in 2021, for his online work – Time Out Comedian of the Year and quite a lot more. He will be going on a UK tour this year with his show, Mark Watson Before it Overtakes Us – tickets here. His many TV credits include Taskmaster, Live At The Apollo, QI, Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You and The Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls. He is also a very familiar voice on Radio 4, where his series ‘Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life‘ has been a popular fixture for more than fifteen years. He has also appeared on Breaking the News, Franke off the Radio, and Unspeakable. Mark is one-third of the cult YouTube phenomenon No More Jockeys, which has had well over nine million views since it began in 2020. He currently presents the World Snooker Tour’s podcast with sporting legend Stephen Hendry. Not only a stand-up, Mark has also written eight novels: Bullet Points (2004), A Light-Hearted Look At Murder (2007), Eleven (2010), The Knot (2012), Hotel Alpha (2014), The Place That Didn’t Exist (2016) Contacts (2020) and One Minute Away (2025). With Oliver Harud he co-authored a graphic novel, Dan And Sam, which was optioned by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and is now in development with Universal....

The son of sports commentator Jim Rosenthal, Tom was a finalist in the 2008 Laughing Horse new act competition and the 2009 Chortle Student Awards. And in 2011 he was joint winner of the 2011 Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year title. He landed a central role in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner in 2011, as one of two Jewish twenty-something brothers who revert to childhood roles at the weekly family meal. A striking show, raising questions and laughter in equal measure.’ – The Guardian...

Paul has appeared on Harry Hill’s Nite Club on Channel 4 and also the award-winning BBC Radio 4 sketch show Please Use Other Door. He was nominated for best new show at the Leicester Comedy Festival 2017, and won the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Award in 2013. As an actor and writer, he has starred in many comedy short films that have won critical acclaim and awards on the festival circuit as a long time collaborator with the two time BAFTA nominated director Ben Mallaby; in films such as Milk, Battlecock! and Guilt Trip and his latest film Bleep by Ben Hyland being selected my multiple BIFA and BAFTA qualifying film festivals. Along with his wife Rebecca Shorrocks, he is one half of sketch duo Short & Curly who enjoyed mass critical success at the Edinburgh Fringe as well as being nominated for Best Character and Sketch Act in the Chortle Awards....

Mandy is one of the World's only female Comedy Magicians. She was one of the first females to be granted membership to the famous Magic Circle in honour of her esteemed career. Since joining, Mandy has won many top awards including the prestigious Magic Circle Carlton Award for her contribution to Comedy in Magic. An award which Mandy is, still the only woman in history to receive. Mandy was also invited to be a Member of the Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star. Mandy has performed all over the world from Comedy Clubs to the most prestigious venues ranging from The Magic Castle in Hollywood to Buckingham Palace. Mandy's sensational appearances on the 2018 Britain's Got Talent, won critical acclaim from both judges and public alike and she's here at Wychwood to knock your socks off!...