As a prelude to the Machynlleth Comedy Festival, there’s an all-star preview, in association with the Wales Millennium Centre on Friday 12th April, and this is one date you definitely need in your diary.
The iconic Donald Gordon Theatre (that’s the big stage), will see KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN host a wealth of acts who are set to appear in the ancient Welsh capital just two weeks later at the internationally renowned comedy festival. MARK WATSON, JESSICA FOSTEKEW, SOPHIE DUKER, OMAR BADAWY, SHARON WANJOHI and AMY GLEDHILL are the perfect way to warm you up for the 13th Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
Annually, the festival bring around 8000 people to mid wales to enjoy over 250 comedians. The event is widely regarded as one of the best comedy festivals in the world, and this is your chance to get a taste of why it’s so loved ahead of the May Day Bank Holiday weekend.
Festival director Henry Widdicombe told us…..
“it’s an honour to get to come and play in Wales’ most beautiful performance space, and we cannot wait to bring a flavour of this year’s Machynlleth Comedy Festival to Cardiff.
Many of the acts on at the Gala have already sold out their Machynlleth shows, and so it shows the quality of the line-up we’ve put together.”
The event will be live captioned by Claire Hill – an article on her work and the importance of live captioning in comedy can be read HERE.
Claire started training at a London court reporting company, and sidestepped into captioning when she went freelance 12 years later.
And what a line up it is……
The show will be hosted by Angelsea’s own KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN (Live at the Apollo, HIGNFY, 8 Out of 10 Cats and QI) ‘Passionate, smart and yes, bloody funny’ – The Scotsman
MARK WATSON is such a well known face from TV and the live circuit – Taskmaster, Live At The Apollo, QI, Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You and The Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls.
‘Belly laugh brilliant… The audience was weeping with laughter’ – TIME OUT / ‘Terrifyingly funny’ – The Times
SOPHIE DUKER is another TV favourite – Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC2), Live at The Apollo (BBC2), Mock the Week (BBC2), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4) and Hypothetical (Dave). Winner of the 13th series of Taskmaster (Channel 4).
AMY GLEDHILL – Sex Education (Netflix) Life (BBC1) Alma’s Not Normal (BBC2) Somewhere Boy, Hull Raisers, Big Mood (C4)
JESSICA FOSTEKEW as seen on BBC2’s Live at The Apollo, QI, Richard Osman’s House Of Games. Host of The Guilty Feminist and foodie hit and new chart-topping pod, ‘Hoovering’.
SHARON WANJOHL is both a Chortle Student Comedy Award Finalist and Funny Women Stage Award Finalist
OMAR BADAWY – So You Think You’re Funny Winner 2021 and Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee 2022.
So whether you’re heading to Machynlleth on May 3rd or not, get your tickets to this incredible preview Gala at the Wales Millennium Centre on April 12th at 7:30pm. You can more details, and tickets – HERE.
And to find out more about this years Machynlleth Comedy Festival, head over to their site – HERE.
