Quip Shed Comedy @ PRYZM Brighton ft. Dylan Moran

Quip Shed Comedy comes to PRYZM Brighton this May with a host of the best comedians around!

Our stellar line-up includes TV's Esther Manito and Darren Harriott, plus the wonderful Mark Bittlestone, host Rich Wilson, and headliner Dylan Moran!

Esther Manito is an Arab Essex girl who will challenge every single preconception of what that means. As seen on Live At The Apollo (BBC), The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV), Hypothetical (Dave) and heard on: BBC Sounds Russel Kane’s Evil Genius, co-hosting Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack Unplugged, CBBC Bitesize Parents, BBC'S Breaking the News and Russell Kane’s Boys Don’t Cry.

Esther’s hour #NotAllMen won best show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2021.

Esther has supported Alan Davies, Shappi Khorsandi, Sindhu Vee, Jason Mansford, Jo Brand and Al Murray.

"Manito skilfully weaves her own personal story with a wider look at gender issues in society" - ★★★★ Evening Standard

“At times it’s like Victoria Wood has taken the mic” - Radio Times

"an astute observer of everyday daftness as well as being able to tackle the bigger issues with wit and guile.” – The List

Double Edinburgh Award nominee Darren Harriott’s TV includes, Dancing on Ice, co-host of Love Island: Aftersun, Britain’s Best Takeaway with Sara Cox, British as Folk, host of Live at the Apollo and Dog Ate My Homework, team captain on four series of Guessable and series regular on Don’t Hate the Playaz.

Darren’s 2023 Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Roadman‘ received **** from Mail on Sunday, The Skinny, EdFest Magazine and was named ‘Pick of the Fringe’ by The Guardian and The Evening Standard.

Other TV includes: The Wheel, Outsiders (Dave), The Last Leg, Backstage with Katherine Ryan, All Star Games for Comic Relief, Richard Osman’s House of Games, The Real Dirty Dancing, Apocalypse WOW, Celebrity Karaoke Club, BBC Funny Festival Live, Question Team, Undeniable, As Yet Untitled, Ghost Bus Tours, Hey Tracey, Comedy Games Night, 8 Out of 10 Cats, The Apprentice You’re Fired, Great British Bake Off Extra Slice, Catchpoint for Sport Relief, University Challenge for Comic Relief, CelebAbility, Stand Up and Sketch, Ultimate Worrier, Celebrity Mastermind, Celebrity Pointless, Dave Gorman’s Terms and Conditions Apply, Dave’s Comedian’s Against Living Miserably, Comedy Central Stand Up Special, Roast Battle, Mock the Week, Comedy Central at the Comedy Store, Hypothetical, Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, Most Ridiculous and The Comedy Bus.

Mark Bittlestone is rapidly making a name for himself both online and in the real world. He was shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award in 2022 and is performing regularly in the country’s biggest comedy clubs.

“Catch him before he shoots off into the comedy stratosphere” Broadway Baby.

Rich Wilson's performances have earned him a win for Best International Guest at the 2016 New Zealand Comedy Awards, followed by a sell out run in 2017 which saw him nominated for the same award again. He's performed at sellout shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival and the New Zealand Comedy Festival. An extremely in demand writer, Rich Wilson has also contributed on shows for BBC Three, Sky Arts and Channel 4.

Rich was nominated for Best MC at the 2023 Chortle awards.

Dylan Moran is a comedian, actor and writer who in 1996 won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. Black Books, the Channel 4 hit sitcom that he co-wrote and starred-in, won him two BAFTAs, and he has since won numerous prizes and accolades for his television work and live-shows. As a comedian, Moran has toured the world many times, but he also works extensively in film.

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Please note that the line-up is subject to change and this event is for people over the age of 18.

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