The Best in Comedy
Schedule
Fri, 30 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
The Maltings, Ely riverside | Ely, EN
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The Best in Comedy show returns to The Maltings in January with a top line-up featuring the wonderful Jen Brister, Angela Barnes, Vlad Ilich & Kate Barron!Mock the Week regular Jen Brister is a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian who has been seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Hypothetical and Sara Pascoe’s comedy Lectures on Dave.
She is a regular performer on the UK and international comedy circuits and has written and performed on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, The Now Show and presented for BBC 6 Music.
★★★★ “Laughing till your face hurts” - The List
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After a career in health and social care, Angela Barnes took the plunge and embarked on her life-long dream to be a comedian. Within just a couple of years she had won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2011 and has now gone on to star in BBC Two’s Mock The Week, Live At The Apollo and Hypothetical on Dave.
★★★★ "She's just a gloriously down-to-earth, straight talking and extremely funny comic" - Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
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Vlad Ilich is an up-and-coming comic from Macedonia who’s won a London comedy award for each year he’s been performing.
Vlad has recently appeared on both BBC Three and BBC One.
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Kate Barron is a London-based stand-up comedian and writer, and has performed across North America and the United Kingdom. Born in Vancouver, she started her comedy career while living in Toronto. Kate became the first woman to win the Toronto Comedy Brawl in its 9-year history, beating out over 400 other comedians
★★★★★ “Her delivery is that of a finely-honed instrumentalist” – Entertainment Now
Strictly over 18s only.
Please note that the line-up subject to change without notice.
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Where is it happening?
The Maltings, Ely riverside, Ship Lane,Ely, Cambridgeshire, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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