House of Comedy with Robert Hughes, Dereks Mojo, Paul Cox, Joshua Robertson & Elle Burt
Come to the House of Comedy for late night laughter with…
Robert Hughes
Derek’s Mojo
Fun, fast and feminist!
No explanations, no apologies and no pause for breath.
Derek's MoJo are two improvisers out to entertain and challenge the world one story at a time..Think loud, think fast, think OMG did that just really happen?.A completely improvised high octane adventure inspired by the audience's suggestions. #BAME #Queer #WomenOfAllAges #PlusSize #Multicultural #Improv #Storytelling #Comedy
“Derek’s Mojo are full of energy, funny and captivating. The audience loved them.” Guleraana Mir, Early Bloom Festival 2018
"If you book improv shows book Derek's Mojo they are brilliant" Steve Roe, Hoopla Improv
"Improv Acts You MUST See in 2019" The Phoenix Remix
Paul Cox
Paul Cox has been cutting his teeth on the London and UK comedy circuit since 2015. His likeable stage presence and sharp observations of life caught between the working and middle classes has led to him being compared with Micky Flanagan by Beyond the Joke
Accolades include New Act of the Year Finalist 2018 and South Coast Comedian of the Year Finalist 2017.
‘Echoes of Micky Flanagan’ - Bruce Dessau
Joshua Robertson
Having appeared on BBC, worked with channel 4 and frequently gigging for The House of Comedy including Byline 2018. Josh’s self-deprecating, edgy humour covers life as a disabled person – from everyday reality to dating and sex. Josh tackles the thorny aspects of disability, from the tame to the outlandish. Come and check out ‘The Diz-abled Gangster’.
Elle Burt
Elle’s comedy career started in August 2016 at an open mic night in Southampton when after a few too many gin and tonics she wrote her name down “as a joke”. The joke paid off as the audience liked the cut of her gib and the venue even asked her to return the following week as comedy had always been seen as the “dark horse” of the open mic circuit.
Since August 2016 Elle had performed and compered all over the country to audiences as small as 2 and as big as 600. She’s been on the same bill as some comedy greats and even ran her own monthly comedy night at The Stable in Winchester. She’s picked up awards, won gong shows and even gained a world record along the way.
Winner Solent Comedy Gong Show - 2017, Winner Fifty 50 Entertainment Gong Show - 2017, Funny women - One to watch - 2017, Guinness World Record - Longest Running Stand Up - 2018, Winner Blackout at Up The Creek - 2018, Bath New act Finalist - 2018, Bath New act Finalist - 2019
AMBUSH TACTICS and TWIZZY ( ROUGHCUT COLLECTIVE) with JINXSTA JX
MCs Twizzy and Ambush Tactics.
Both lyricists have rhyme schemes that hark back to UK hip hop’s original surge in creativity at the same time as pushing onwards, they simultaneously sound classic and more than capable of holding their own against the scene leaders of today. In terms of content: Positivity can be a dirty word in the current landscape of hip hop, but the balance of hope and fuck-you-if-you-don’t-like-it defiance was what made the genre powerful in the first place.
As Twiz and Ambush put it “We bring the battle to the empires, you can say I’m Wrong but this energy can start fires.”
Seething Akira
Seething Akira are a 5 piece Electronic rock band from Portsmouth in the South coast of the UK. Combining rock riffs, rap and harmonic vocals Seething Akira are truly unique and stand out with their electric live shows.
Tokyo Taboo
London duo Tokyo Taboo’s comprise of singer Dolly Daggerz and guitarist Mike, who are joined by a band for their live shows. Dolly takes inspiration from iconic performers from Heart to David Bowie and Karen O and Mike simply loves a good riff. Tokyo Taboo is a perfect amalgamation of Dolly and Mike’s influences; inspired by Manga, Japanese culture, drag and 80s fashion, they are true performers, with an image that equals the intense vibrancy of what you hear on record.
From Dolly’s quarter life crisis to politics and vulnerability, they aren’t afraid of smashing the expectations of ‘the industry’ whilst wearing their hearts on their sleeves - cuts, bruises, tears and all.
Sasha and the Shades
Sasha & The Shades are a six piece band fronted by Sasha Adamczewski on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, backed by Tom Julian Jones on lead guitar and harmonica, Sam Rutland on bass and vocals, and Paul Winter-Hart on drums, Eli Rose also on Lead Vocals and finally Arthur Palmer on Keys.
Musically, Sasha & The Shades aren't easy to pigeonhole but at the heart of it is a convergence of blue-collar rock, blues, and punk music. The group takes influence from bands such as Dr Feel Good, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, The Ramones and Nick Curran & The Lowlifes.
Delphis
Delphis formed in 2014 and were winners of the “Purbeck Rising” competition in 2016. Made up of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mike Floyd and classically trained singer and recorder/whistle player Julia Simpson, they play festivals around the UK and regularly perform in the London area, where they are based. They play their original songs as an acoustic duo/trio or invite other musicians to perform with them for a full band set up with guitar and drums.
Frontline Panel - The Parallel State: Truth, Lies and Political Fiction in Contemporary Turkey
What began as a documentary photography project by Guy Martin in Turkey quickly spiralled into a deeper journey along the fault lines of truth, and the power of narratives to control reality.
Guy Martin in conversation with Jo Glanville
Related book: The Parallel State by Guy Martin
Truth, Trust and Transparency in The Courts
Chair: Brian Cathcart
- Lucy Reed (barrister and chair of the Transparency Project)
- Sophie Walker, criminal barrister and former CEO of Centre for Criminal Appeals, representing criminal law, and
- Adam Wagner, barrister and founder of RightsInfo, representing the human rights angle.
- Mark Hanna, senior university teacher, Sheffield University department of Journalism and co-author of McNae's Essential Law for Journalists.