Headline- Paul Sinha
Opening- Travis Jay
Host – Daman Bamrah
Headline- Paul Sinha
A trained medical doctor who is perhaps best known as the Sinnerman on the hugely popular ITV quiz show ‘The Chase’, Paul has been a successful comedian for a number of years. As a club comedian, he has played every major comedy club in the UK, performed in eighteen other countries across the globe, and been three times nominated for Best Club Comedian at the Chortle Awards, winning in 2014.
Paul has taken eight solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe, his 2006 show Saint Or Sinha being nominated for whatever the Perrier award was called back then. His 2017 show Shout Out To My Ex had a sellout run and toured nationally, with 2018’s The Two Ages Of Man following suit. On Radio 4, Paul has appeared several times on venerable favourites Just A Minute, The Now Show, and The News Quiz; and has carved out a career in factual comedy — making programmes on cricket, the 2012 Olympics, the Magna Carta, and UK citizenship; and three series of the Rose d’Or-winning Paul Sinha’s History Revision. Alongside Marcus Berkmann, he also plays for the South of England on the long-running Round Britain Quiz. On Radio 5 Live, he is a regular (and twice series champion) on the “feisty” sports panel show Fighting Talk. At the time of writing, Paul is ranked sixth in the UK at quizzing and, in November 2017, recorded his second top-ten finish at the European Quizzing Championships.
“One of those comedians who makes you realise the power of stand-up comedy and the respect it deserves as an art form.”
Opening- Travis Jay
Travis Jay is a stand-up comedian, actor and radio presenter and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee.
A phenomenal live act, Travis most recently performed his 2021/22 show Travis Jay Live to a sold out Bloomsbury Theatre, which was also filmed as a special and will be released in 2022. He has previously played to sold out crowds at the world-famous West End Palladium Theatre as part of the U Got Jokes Comedy show and performed alongside Dave Chappelle for Dave Chappelle and Friends directed by Stan Lathan in 2018 which subsequently led to him supporting Chappelle in London as part of his world tour. Travis made his Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2019 with his show Funny, Petty, Cool which achieved widespread critical acclaim and recently supported Britain’s Got Talent golden-buzzer winning comedian Kojo Anim on his UK tour in 2020.
On television, Travis is a regular on Late Night Mash (DAVE), and as a writer and voice artist for the rebooted Spitting Image (Britbox) and has appeared on shows including Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Mo Gilligan: Black, British & Funny (Channel 4) and Drunk History and Comedy Central Live (Comedy Central).
Travis plays teacher Theo, in the second series of Princess Mirror-Belle for CBBC. He will be appearing in the upcoming series of Deep Fake Neighbour Wars for ITVX. Travis will be appearing as John, a reocurring character in SUPACELL this Autumn, a superhero drama for Netflix.
Host – Daman Bamrah
A British-Sikh performer with raw wit, likability and heart, the in-demand Daman is known for his topical writing, acute observations and imaginative storytelling. His blend of carefully crafted jokes along with his signature charm has lead to his supporting some of the biggest names in the industry including Munya Chawawa, Ria Lina, Jamali Maddix, Babatunde Aleshe, Kae Kurd and Mo Gilligan.
Online, Daman is making his presence known with regular self-shot and cleverly edited videos, which have rapidly expanded his TikTok and Instagram profiles with some videos receiving hundreds of thousands of views and counting.
AS SEEN ON
Captive Audience (Channel 4)
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4)
BBC New Comedy Awards (BBC One)
BBC Asian Network Network Comedy Night (BBC Three)