Comedy Night
Please book your table for dinner before the show. We cannot wait to see you there!
Quip Shed Comedy are back in Wendover on Thursday 24th September with another cracking comedy line-up!! Starring MC Lyle Barke, Paddy Lennox, Tadiwa Mahlunge, and headlined by TV's Eshaan Akbar! Tickets go fast, so secure yours now. We can't wait to see you there!
Lyle Barke
Lyle was selected to MC the prestigious Bound & Gagged AAA show at The Gilded Balloon for the 2023 Edinburgh Festival.
He performs at all the major clubs across London and the UK, and recently support for the likes of Andy Parsons and Harry Hill, and Live at the Marylebone with Tim Key.
Very likeable, sardonic, and with enough great lines to make other comics jealous.....Rhys James
A delightful host. Lyle's golden comedy, more like.....Ivo Graham
Warm, engaging, charming, funny. Nice hair too.....Ahir Shah
Lyle is an amazing act and MC. With relatable and self deprecating wit, he leaves you not knowing what he's going to say next. Highly recommended......Full Frontal Comedy
Lyle is a regular MC for many reputable comedy clubs. He has been host for the likes of Nick Helm, Kerry Godlimen, Rhys James, Ivo Graham, Seann Walsh, Fern Brady, Joel Dommett, Phil Wang, Harry Hill and Tim Key. He was MC at the Panc Comedy Festival to an audience of 1000 at Ljubljana Castle in Slovenia in August 2023, as well as performing at the prestigious Antwerp Comedy Club in Belgium.
He sold out his debut solo hour Tragic Potential in 2021 at the Museum of Comedy, as well as a short Camden Fringe run at the Canal Cafe Theatre.
Paddy Lennox
Irish comedian and actor Paddy Lennox first burst on to stage as a Stand-Up in 2001 only to be interrupted with a couple of comedies at the Shakespeare Globe Theatre and filming in far off lands, before returning to his new found passion. An engaging and instantly likeable comic, Paddy combines topical material with observational routines.
Paddy’s had a great start to 2010, he’s been working the corporate scene including gigs for the BBC, ITV, Investec and Jysk, and he’s also featured on The Blame Game, (BBC) Sky Poker and Talksport Radio. Music Festivals and TV warm-up man has been huge fun for him and he has supported many touring comics such as Rhod Gilbert, Lucy Porter and Micky Flanagan.
Whilst playing all the usual big clubs, Paddy likes to gig the smaller ones too. Otherwise life gets too predictable.
As an actor Paddy has already clocked up a pretty impressive list of theatre, film and TV credits with International Artistes as his acting agent. As an accomplished comic actor he has had flattering reviews in many Ray Cooney farces. “beautifully played and surprisingly moving” The Stage.
He’s also an excellent voice-over artist and has voiced and appeared in numerous commercials.
“…simply a scream.” The Telegraph.
Tadiwa Mahlunge
Billed as “one of the country's top new comedy acts” by The York Press, Tadiwa Mahlunge has performed at, among others, the Latitude, Greenman, and Greenwich Comedy Festivals, and regularly performs at Top Secret Comedy Club, The Frog and Bucket, The Comedy Store, Glee, Monkey Barrel, Just the Tonic, and now headlines for Off the Kerb, and at smaller regional clubs around the country.
Tadiwa has provided tour support for Dylan Moran, Ed Byrne, Mark Watson, Kyle Kinane, Craig Conant, Christina P, Steven Ho, Tom Houghton, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jessica Fostekew, and TV warm up for Desiree Burch’s Amazon Prime special.
As seen on BBC 1, BBC 2, Dave, Comedy Central, UTV, Comic Relief and heard on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Northampton and BBC Sounds - Tadiwa Mahlunge has established himself as one of comedy’s hottest prospects. As such, he featured on the 2022 Pleasance Comedy Reserve at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
* ‘Though their styles are different, the circuit might just have created another Jimmy Carr...’- Steve Bennett, Chortle
* 'Expect great things from this charming comic' The Times?
* ‘Young and gifted, in comedy terms, he’s already looking like the complete, fully rounded package’ - The Scotsman
* ‘An impressively accomplished and infectiously funny debut hour, Tadiwa Mahlunge is a name you’ll want to watch out for’ - The Skinny
* ‘Considering this is his debut hour at the Fringe, he’s remarkably confident, with a set as smooth as his shiny silk shirt’- Fest Mag
Quotes
'Fearless comedian on the rise' -Daniel Kaluuya
'Very bloody funny' -Aisling Bea
'Tadiwa has been gathering pace as a prodigious act' -Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Awards
Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show nominee.
Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedy Award nominee.
ISH Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee
‘National treasures, big names and the stars of tomorrow’ -The Times
Press
‘15 comedy shows you need to see at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023’ -Rolling Stone
‘20 must-see comedy shows at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023’ -The Sun
‘He's going to be playing big venues very soon. Catch him on the way up’ -Metro
Eshaan Akbar
Eshaan just finished up his latest UK tour, ‘Eshaan Akbar: Can’t Get No Satisfakshaan.’
Eshaan has appeared on shows such as Sex Education, Live at the Apollo, Apprentice: You’re Fired, QI, Mock the Week, (becoming the first person of Bangladeshi heritage to appear on these shows), Celebrity Mastermind, Just A Minute, The Now Show, Celebrity Masterchef, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Comedy Central Live, The Big Asian Stand Up Night, Sunday Morning Live, Silence is Golden, A Pie and a Pint, The Last Leg, Andy and the Band, and many more.
Eshaan can be seen on the last series of Pilgrimage: The Road Through North Wales on BBC2
Eshaan was the voice of Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid, and Narendra Modi on Spitting Image. He has hosted his own podcasts including ‘But Where Are You Really From?‘ on BBC Sounds, ‘Panic Room‘ on Audible, and the European award-winning business podcast ‘Nine Twenty Nine‘. He was the host of his own Saturday afternoon radio show on the BBC Asian Network, and Newsjack Unplugged on Radio 4Xtra. He is a regular guest on the Have A Word podcast and has also appeared on News Review (Times Radio) and The Moon Under Water Podcast (BBC Sounds).
In 2023, he toured the UK with his show, ‘The Pretender’, (“refreshingly funny hour that suggests a big talent in the making ****” The Times). He has performed three sell out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe – ‘Not for Prophet’ (2017), ‘Prophet Like it’s Hot’ (2018), and ‘Infidel-ity’ (2019) as well as sell out London transfers at the Soho Theatre.
Eshaan supported Micky Flanagan on his recent tour, including 9 sold-out dates the O2 Arena, and has supported a plethora of comedians, including Akaash Singh, Sindhu Vee, Kae Kurd, Adam Rowe, Dan Nightingale, Hal Cruttenden and many others.
