The Comedy Cellar

Fiona Allen

Star of Channel 4's iconic all-female sketch show Smack the Pony. Twice Emmy-winning actor and comedian Fiona Allen has been a mainstay of our TV screens over the past two decades as well as an excellent stand-up comedian. She has starred in various sketch shows, including Goodness Gracious Me and The All Star Comedy Show, but most famously Smack the Pony. Fiona has also appeared in television dramas such as Dalziel and Pascoe, Coronation Street, in Happiness alongside Paul Whitehouse, and on film as Sandra in the film version of the famous Viz comic strip Fat Slags, and Smirgut the Fierce in Gladiatress. Most recently she has been in that little-known soap Eastenders. Fiona won a whole new generation of fans in the second series of the hit E4 teenage drama Skins, playing Maxxie’s mum, Jackie Oliver (her on-screen hubby was Bill Bailey). She has also played the role of Georgia Stevenson in the BBC drama Waterloo Road, while often appearing as herself on comedy shows like Mock the Week and 8 Out Of 10 Cats.

Middle Act

Joseph Emslie

Joseph Emslie is an English stand-up comedian. A regular on the UK club circuit and a Comedy Cellar favourite.

Opening Act

Mark Palmer

Mark Palmer is a South African stand-up comedian and writer. TV and radio credits include Go Jetters.

Stand-Up

Tom Toal

A South East London comedian, writer and actor — one of comedy's rising stars with a string of acclaimed solo shows.