The LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year Competition is back for 2024 featuring some of the most exciting emerging talent on the LGBTQ+ comedy scene.

Join us for your chance to watch & vote for your favourites and help us find the LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year!

Guided by our amazing MC (and former finalist) Alex Stringer and with Jenny Hart headlining our Manchester heat a night of queer hilarity is guaranteed!

Featuring;

Kie Carson - Just a little queer boy bringing the giggles

Mary Cross - Pun-slinging gay mum and possibly the world's angriest Buddhist

Justina Seselskaite - Immigrant from Lithuanian trying to fit in but often fumbles

Aj Rohan - Big Bad & Beautiful

Eddie Fortune - A Scouse working class delusional comedian

Stuart Thomas - Welshy Bi Bloke. Frog & Bucket Finalist

Hollie Noble - 6ft, Queer and outrageous

Jack McClean - Northern, queer and very lanky

Lizzie Norman - Frumpy and funny, Lizzie Norm is a northern comic with a dry wit, a quirky slant, and weird observations.

Sam Danson - Embracing Bisexuality with Wit and Charm!

James Johnson - 30-something homosexual who would get on well with your grandma

Shev Fodor - Surreal absurdist character comedy

Holly Redford-Jones - Singing songs, spelling words wrong. Straightest thing in Chesterfield

Zuza Ritt - In a different country, in a foreign language, always confusing

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