Machynlleth Comedy Festival | Friday 4 May

See you next year!

We hope you had a wonderful time at the 2012 Machynlleth Comedy Festival, we did. We'll be back in 2013 on May 3rd-5th.

Box Office Information

Our on-line box office will stop selling from 10am on Friday 4th May (today). The Festival Box Office will open from...

West Coast Stage Programme

As if you needed more reasons to come to the Machynlleth Comedy Festival here's the downloadable programme for the

Friday Night Combo Ticket!

In response to the many enquiries we've had about who to go and see before the Friday night Showcase event, we've...

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Featured Acts

Abandoman

Following appearances on Radio 1, 6Music, BBC1 and BBC3 plus a recent sell-out tour with Ed Sheer
Alternative Comedy Memorial Society

“Genuinely alternative and properly comedic” - The Guardian.
Ben Target

Dear Organiser,
Bridget Christie

Join Bridget Christie as she hands out communion wafers, eats a banana, explains religion, sugges
Charlie Baker

Join the charismatic hyperactive funnyman Charlie Baker as he tries out new material for his fort
Chris Boyd

Chesterfield's second finest comedy mind* and purveyor of shambolic daftness, Chris Boyd returns
David Trent

HELLO MACHYNLLETH. I DIDN’T USE A GOOGLE TO CHECK YOUR NAME. I KNOW YOU. I AM COMING TO YOU.
Ed Gamble

Ed Gamble (Russell Howard's Good News, Dave's One Night Stand, mustard stain on his front) return
Edward Aczel

Edward Aczel re-works some of his dodgy old material in a vain attempt to see if he can get it to

Gareth Richards

Gareth’s parents could not afford to take the whole family to Disneyland, so they went without hi
Henning Wehn

You may well have heard Henning on BBC Radio’s “Unbelievable Truth”, “News Quiz”, “Now Show” and
Henry Paker

Constructs of the gleefully absurd.
Horse & Louis

Jovial guitar chaps Horse & Louis battle their greatest (and only) enemy yet: a terrifying an
Isy Suttie

This extraordinary new comedy show tells the story of the part Isy played in two people's blossom
James Acaster

A comedy show for children of all ages and parents too.
Jarred Christmas

You've seen him on Mock The Week, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Argumental, Dave's One Night Stand, dancing a
Jigsaw

Jigsaw are the rising stars in British sketch comedy.
Joe Lycett

Join Joe Lycett as he prepares for his debut show at the Edinburgh Festival.

John-Luke Roberts

John-Luke Roberts presents a lighthearted look at 7pm, Friday 4th May 2012.
John Robins

"Comedy's best kept secret" (The Skinny) returns to Machynlleth to preview his 2012 Edinburgh sol
Jon Richardson

The brilliant Jon Richardson is coming back to Machynlleth in 2012.
Josh Widdicombe

Ymunwch â seren 'Live At The Apollo' BBC1, 'The Brydon Rob Sioe' BBC2 , 'Stand Up for the Week'
Josie Long

Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee 2011
Lloyd Langford

A sort of picaresque shaggy dog story. Will contain jokes about bread and circumcision.
Mike Parker

"The ancient capital of Wales" it says on the signs. Really?
Mike Wozniak

“The Substitute Astronaut”

And other stories. Comedy.
Nathaniel Metcalfe

Over the last decade Nathaniel Metcalfe has wasted his life indulging his own obscure minor obses

Owen Niblock

Owen's life is out of control, how can he regain control?
Sara Pascoe

‘Sara Pascoe: The Musical’ is the tale of a lady who lived from the 1980's to 2012.
Sheeps

Sheeps is a sketch show by Daran Johnson, Alastair Roberts and Liam Williams.
Arthur Smith

Arthur Smith, stand up raconteur, writer and international playboy is grumpy, poetic, and tuneful
Stuart Goldsmith

In 2011, his positive and negative reviews all agreed, Stuart Goldsmith was nice. Really nice.
Tony Law

As seen on Russell Howard's Good News, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, Edinburgh Or Bust and Edinbu
Wil Hodgson

From Catowman to Samantha Fox Strip Poker via Frenchie's Slumber Party and Hattie Jacques Bed Bat
James Acaster

Here’s a bit of fun, get a green pen and a red pen then underline in the appropriate pen the bits
Isy Suttie

A work in progress show of songs, characters and stand up from Isy, as she reflects on her thirty

Steve Pretty

Steve Pretty is in the unlikely position of owning a mixtape of songs that was
Mark Olver

"Dancing About Architecture"...it's going to be a chat show for geeks and enthusiasts and comedy
Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart

The Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart is a night curated by Josie Long designed to celebrate 'uns
Pat Burtscher

What the heck's a Patopotomoose? Its a title. You don't like it?
Machynlleth Comedy Festival Showcase

One of the annual festival highlights returns as we pack in as many acts doing
Richard Herring

"What is l-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uhve anyway?

Does anybody love anybody anyway?"
Rob Deering

There have been other Rob Deering shows but this is The One
Tony Law

Tony Law opens the Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2012 by saying some words that he hasn’t said befo
Elis James

Elis James has taken the Edinburgh festival by storm for the last three years and he's back in Ma

Robin Ince

Robin continues his comic exploration of the human condition, and asks can you be happy and ratio
Josie Long

Josie Long will do a play.
Pappy's

Award winning sketch team Pappy's return to Machynlleth Comedy Festival for the third year runnin
Committee Meeting

The best thing to happen to the valleys since 1992's Garden Festival of Wales, Chris Corcoran (Ra
Tom Parry

Tom Parry likes yellow t-shirts and fancy dress parties.
Holly Burn

After 2010’s critically acclaimed show “Living and Dying”, Holly returns with new renegade charac
Colin Hoult

Colin Hoult performs an exciting culmination of his three ground-breaking shows: Carnival of Mons
Daniel Glyn

Yn ystod yr wythdegau agorwyd ysgol gyfun Gymraeg yng Nghaerdydd fel arbrawf ieithyddol.
Paul Foot

Paul Foot is one of the UK’s most creative and original comedians. A BBC New Comedy Award and Da

See you next year!

We hope you had a wonderful time at the 2012 Machynlleth Comedy Festival, we did. We'll be back in 2013 on May 3rd-5th.
Box Office Information

Our on-line box office will stop selling from 10am on Friday 4th May (today). The Festival Box Office will open from 3pm on the lawns of Y Plas.
West Coast Stage Programme

As if you needed more reasons to come to the Machynlleth Comedy Festival here's the downloadable programme for the
Friday Night Combo Ticket!

In response to the many enquiries we've had about who to go and see before the Friday night Showcase event, we've created this special