Chuckl. Melton with Russell Kane & Special Guests

Multi-award-winning comedian, presenter, actor, author, and scriptwriter Russell Kane is a regular on Channel 4, BBC, and ITV with recent TV appearances include The Apprentice: You’re Fired, The One Show, Live at the Apollo, The Stand Up Sketch Show, Michael McIntryre’s Big Show, Antiques Road Trip, Stupid Man, Smart Phone, as well as regular appearances on Steph’s Packed Lunch. True to form, the show is defined by Kane’s hyperkinetic performance energising the room. He must do his 10,000 daily steps in an hour, purposefully striding the full width of the stage, as well as scrambling on the floor or contorting his body into dramatic poses to make a point… he certainly has a spring in his step… and it’s very infectious. Chortle His chart-smashing BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds podcast Evil Genius quickly became a flagship show, and was the best performing original podcast on the platform. It has been turned into a TV show by BBC Studios, and will appear on Sky TV in November 2023. Russell also recently helped present a prime-time, conversation-changing documentary about men’s bodies and sperm counts on Channel 4’s Celebrity Save Our Sperm. This year he performed headline slots at Latitude, Reading, and Leeds festivals. ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ The Times, Time Out, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph Winner of Best Show in 2010 at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, Russell went on to make history as the first comedian to win both the Edinburgh Comedy Award and Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Barry Award in one year. As ever, Russell also continues to provide his ever-popular topical online rants known as Kaneings....

“If you’re a fan of Bill Bailey or Rich Hall, you’re probably a Christian Reilly fan already...” THE GUARDIAN Christian is a global comedy circuit headliner and has appeared at numerous international comedy festivals, on BBC radio and TV, and in four series of the Chortle Award-winning stand-up and sketch show ‘Richard Herring: As It Occurs To Me’. In 2015, BBC Radio 4 followed Christian on the road to the Edinburgh Fringe for ‘Lives In a Landscape’. 2016 saw Christian taking his comedy to Australia as part of Perth’s Fringeworld festival. Christian has performed at the Edinburgh Festival since 1999, and his most recent show, Gig Economy, was released on DVD through Go Faster Stripe in 2019. “Like watching Jack Dee and Bill Bailey simultaneously… I don’t think I’ve ever come so close to hyperventilating with laughter…” ★★★★★ THE STUDENT...

“The kind of comedy vision that can see round corners” Chortle Stephen Grant is one of the UK’s funniest, hardest working and most respected comedians. Whether entertaining full-size theatres, voicing animations, warming up TV audiences, presenting radio shows or hosting corporate award nights Stephen never fails to pull in the laughs. Stephen is , the curator of the Forge Comedy Club, Britain’s most advanced comedy venue. A multi-award winning MC and the most experienced late show compere in the UK due to his 23 year residency at the Krater Comedy Club. He performs at clubs and corporate events all over the UK and on the international circuit and has taken six critically acclaimed shows to the Edinburgh Fringe since 2003. “Brilliant” The Scotsman A repeat award winner of Best UK Compere, Stephen Grant is one of the hardest working comedy performers and writers in the UK. He was the host of the Krater Comedy Club at Komedia between 1999 and 2022, which won Best Comedy Venue in the South for an unprecedented amount of times. In Jan 2022, Stephen started the Forge Comedy Club in Brighton’s newest and most advanced performance space. As a performer, Stephen is a regular headliner at The Comedy Store in Leicester Square. He possesses an energy and intellect which combined with his eight years in the corporate world make for a perfect experienced host and entertainer for any event. Clients often return to Stephen for repeat engagements due to his ability to vary his content and material, often tailoring it specific to the client’s requirements and industry. “Grant, whose regular slot at the Brighton Komedia Club has earned him a cult status, is an engaging host and an easy person to spend an hour with.” The Independent Stephen still finds the time to headline and MC gigs all over the country. His speed and dynamism create a magical energy which has audiences rapt and hanging onto his every word. As a writer, Stephen has written on TV shows from Mock the Week to Live at the Electric as well as for Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show and Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week. As a writer of Live shows, Stephen has written, directed and script edited on over 120 different shows for over 50 different comedians, and is probably Britain’s number 1 director of stand up comedy. Stephen’s awards include: WINNER BEST COMPERE – CHORTLE AWARDS 2011 RUNNER UP BEST COMEDY SHOW – LATEST AWARDS 2010 NOMINEE BEST COMPERE – CHORTLE AWARDS 2010 FINALIST BEST COMPERE – CHORTLE AWARDS 2009 FINALIST – COMEDY WRITER – MIPTV CANNES 2009 WINNER BEST COMPERE – CHORTLE AWARDS 2008 WINNER BEST COMEDIAN – JUICY AWARD 2003 FINALIST – DAILY TELEGRAPH OPEN MIC AWARD 1998 FINALIST – SO YOU THINK YOU’RE FUNNY? 1997...

Jack Hester is an Irish storytelling comedian. He has been compared to Dave Allen amongst others. “Extremely funny Irish comedian” (Bearcat comedy) “A comedian with strong storytelling skills” (Chortle : The UK comedy guide) Always a crowd favourite, Jack broke into the UK comedy circuit by winning gongs shows at the comedy store, top secret , up the creek and the frog and bucket. He is a high energy, good craic comedian with killer delivery!...