The Best of The Friday Alternative (Wilde Theatre)

Tim Vine

Timothy Mark Vine is an English comedian, actor, writer and presenter best known for his puns and other one-liners and his role on the TV sitcom Not Going Out (2006–2012, 2014). He has also released a number of stand-up comedy specials and written several joke books. From 2004 to 2014, Vine held the Guinness World Record for the most jokes told in an hour: each joke had to get a laugh from the audience to count towards the total, and he set the new record with 499 jokes.

Stand-Up

Milton Jones

Milton Hywel Jones is an English comedian. His style of humour is based on one-liners involving puns delivered in a deadpan and slightly neurotic style.

Martin Coyote

MC

Lynn Ferguson

Lynn Ferguson Tweddle is a Scottish writer, comedian, actress, and creative consultant. Her writing credits include works in theatre, radio, television and film. The younger sister of comedian Craig Ferguson, she is known for voicing the character of Mac in the animated film Chicken Run (2000), and its sequel Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023). From 2009–2011, she was a writer on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and has served as a writer for the radio stations BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland.