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Friday Night Comedy – 25TH JULY 2025
Are you ready for Borehamwoods BIG night out?
A superb evening of stand-up comedy entertainment with 3 excellent comedians, usually found on the stages of top comedy clubs around the UK as well as JEST ANOTHER Comedy and now… Allum Hall Doors open 7pm, show 8pm, Bar available. – Full information see below.
Allum Hall is right next to Elstree & Borehamwood Thameslink Train Station, Minutes from A1/M1/M25/A41 with plenty of Free parking on site.
Allum Hall is a Community Building and a registered charity, and this is part of a plan to help raise funds towards the upkeep and improvement of this wonderful building, steeped in history.
JEST Another Comedy’s Des Feehily has put together an evening of great comedians for you to come and enjoy, read about them below.
Are you ready for Borehamwoods BIG night out?
MARY BOURKE
Mary Bourke is a Dublin born Irish comic currently based in Leafy Buckinghamshire. She has performed all over the world including such far-flung places as The United States, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, Europe, The Philippines, and Vietnam.
Mary is hugely coveted for the UK comedy Scene! Headlining in Comedy Clubs the length of Britain.
Her recent hit radio show “Who Cares” is a “one to listen to” on Radio 4.
She was described by GQ magazine as one of the “best female comics in the country” and has won numerous awards for her solo comedy shows.
What the Critics say..
IRISH COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR.
“INTELLIGENT COMEDY THAT’S ALSO FURIOUSLY FUNNY”
(IRISH WORLD)
Catch her act before she becomes a cult.
The Guardian
Intelligent comedy that’s also furiously funny.
Irish World Times
”The audience loved her”
The Independent
”An hour packed with fine routines and beautifully written gags”
Scotsman
DAN KIELTY
Before taking to the stand-up stage Daniel Kielty misspent a lifetime.
He brings his experiences as a Boxer, a Hairdresser and a Bailiff, together with a wry smile. He’s twice married, once divorced. Father to a young daughter, Son to an elderly mother and brother to an overweight Sister.
He’s dyslexic and has a poor sense of direction. All this makes looking at the world through his eye’s very funny.
His material is a delightful peek into the bewildered mind of the “every man,” pondering relationships and the perils of Spanx.
He’s got that rare charm—a dash of menace, a sprinkle of self-deprecation, and the ability to make you laugh until your sides ache. It’s a wonder he can still find his way to the stage, given his confessed poor sense of direction. But thank goodness he does!
He’s optimistic, charismatic and refreshing”. Quotes Steve Day
“I was” Said Dan
ALAN ARTEK
Alan burst onto the comedy scene a couple of years ago, after a lifetime of Banter and Laughs in the serious world on the tools.
Alan went from being one of the biggest comedy fans anyone has ever met (genuinely) .. To performing stand up himself, he is now working his way upwards and has already graced the stage at several widely recognised comedy clubs
A combination of an old head and building site sharpness, he’s cultivating his own style and making a name for himself in the comedy world, which is why we have chosen him as our “one to watch for the future”
“Comes alive on stage”
Dirty Dog Comedy
“Made the audience roar”
Jongleurs Comedy
DES FEEHILY Your Host and MC –
After building up a cult following over the past 11 years appearing at JEST Another Comedy Club, emceeing weekly, in St Albans, and performing on the UK comedy Circuit he has a great love for interacting with audience and acts alike, delivering crowd work with a natural ability of quick wittiness and well delivered funny jokes.
Des is just as at home in theatres and village halls as well as comedy clubs and also hosts and comperes Festivals, Charity Events, Parties and anywhere they’ll hand him a microphone!
Des has performed at countless other occasions and places over the last 20 years.
“A Powerful Force “ JEST Another Comedy Club
“Fun Loving, Fast Talking” National Guild of JESTERS
“Top Man” Bobby Davro
Comedy Legends – Friday 27th June 2025
Are you ready for Borehamwoods BIG night out? A superb evening of stand-up comedy entertainment with 3 of the best comedians on the circuit, usually found on the stages of top comedy clubs around the UK and JEST ANOTHER Comedy and Allum Hall (allumhallcomedy.co.uk) are bringing them to Hertfordshire. Doors 7pm, show 8pm, Bar available. – Full information see website
Venue is right next to Elstree & Borehamwood Thameslink Train Station, Minutes from A1/M1/M25 Free parking on site
JEST Another Comedy’s Des Feehily has put together an evening of great comedians, legendary on the comedy circuit and among their peers, read about them below.
RUDI LICKWOOD
Rudi Lickwood is one of the most dynamic and in-demand performers on the UK comedy circuit. As one of the first Black British comedians to successfully bridge the gap across all audiences, Rudi has carved out a unique space in British comedy—clever, charismatic, and consistently captivating.
From his early days as the warm-up act for the award-winning Goodness Gracious Me, to appearing in the first-ever edition of The Stand-Up Show on BBC One, Rudi’s talent has always stood out. He was honoured with the Jongleurs “Best Performer” award in 2001—voted by club members nationwide, recognising both his popularity and outstanding comedic ability.
His critically acclaimed, sell-out solo show at London’s Tricycle Theatre offered audiences a rare chance to experience his full-length set: a masterclass in observational humour, cultural insight, and razor-sharp wit.
With a career spanning from the early 1990s, Rudi has performed at all the major UK venues including the Comedy Store, Jongleurs, and international comedy festivals in Germany, Holland, and Hong Kong. His performances are known for their warmth, intelligence, and bold commentary—making him a favourite with diverse audiences both at home and abroad.
Rudi’s extensive television and radio credits include appearances on:
The Stand-Up Show (BBC One)
That’s Show Business (BBC One)
Noel Edmonds’ House Party (BBC One)
What’s Up Doc (BBC One)
291 Club (BBC One)
Blouse and Skirt (BBC Two)
The Real McCoy (BBC Two)
Live at Jongleurs (ITV)
Get Fresh (ITV)
Heart of Harlesden (BBC Two)
What the critics say:
“Irresistible… he’s going to be massive.” – — The Guardian
“Easily the funniest new comic I’ve seen this year.” – — GLR
“At last Britain has a Chris Rock.” – — Black Eye Magazine
DES FEEHILY
Your Host and MC – After building up a cult following over the past 11 years appearing at JEST Another Comedy Club, emceeing weekly, in St Albans, and performing on the UK comedy Circuit, he has a great love for interacting with audience and acts alike, delivering crowd work with a natural ability of quick wittiness and well delivered funny jokes. Des has performed at countless other occasions and places over the last 20 years.
“A Powerful Force “JEST Another Comedy Club
“Fun Loving, Fast Talking” National Guild of JESTERS
“Top Man” Bobby Davro
CHRIS NORTON WALKER
Since 2010, Chris Norton Walker has been performing comedy all over the world, including gigs in Europe and The Comedy Store in LA. A favourite on the UK comedy circuit and a regular comedy headliner, Chris is constantly in demand as he is well known to deliver the comedy goods.
He has also performed at numerous comedy festivals all over the UK including Edinburgh, Leicester, Hastings and Bath. includinga very succesfull run at the 2025 Leicester Comedy Festival.
“One of the best value for money headliners ever” – Nottingham Comedy Festival
“A fun, teasing way of keeping the audience on their toes” – Chortle (Steve Bennett)
“Riotous and fun, one of our audiences favourites” – JEST ANOTHER COMEDY
KIRK FONTAINE
Kirk Fontaine performs inventive musical comedy and stand up, gleefully entertaining audiences with a fun mixture of smart and silly material. He performs regularly at comedy clubs up and down the country and his written work has appeared on BBC Radio 4. Kirk is a regular on the UK comedy circuit, well respected by promoters who know he is a safe pair of humorous hands comedy crowds love.
‘Brilliant, clever and hilarious’ – A Rich Comic Life Blog
‘Incredibly talented’ – Northamptonshire Telegraph
‘Just terrific!’ – Crackers Comedy
Line up subject to change, no refunds on the basis of performers.
Comedy Legends – Friday 30th May 2025
JEST ANOTHER COMEDY is bringing mirth galore to Allum Manor House and Hall, on Friday 30th May 2025…
Come back again soon to check out the website for more information as we update more upcoming comedy events!
In the meantime, here is the link to buy tickets for the next comedy night at this wonderful venue.
ABOUT THE NIGHT and COMEDIANS PERFORMING
A superb evening of stand-up comedy entertainment with 3 of the best comedians on the circuit, usually found on the stages of top comedy clubs around the UK and JEST ANOTHER Comedy are bringing them to Hertfordshire. Doors 7pm, show 8pm, Bar available.
JEST Another Comedy’s Des Feehily has put together an evening of comedians, legendary on the comedy circuit among their peers.
JAY SODAGAR (Superbly written about in the original book on London’s famous Comedy Store)
He was heavily involved with Comedy Improvisation, as part of the first all Asian Impro Team, which tours Canada and the US. Jay has appeared everywhere from tiny comedy clubs to large theatres to Television and even around the world (France, Croatia, New York, LA)
“What night would not be complete without the razor-sharp acerbic wit of Jay Sodagar” BBC TV
“Amusing and Funny” Timeout Magazine
“Side-splittingly funny” Eastern Eye
JOSEPHINE LACEY – first came onto the UK comedy circuit in October 2008. Drawing on her Jamaican-Irish heritage and life experiences she delivers her material with an honest humour and a natural raw energy with the guile and wisdom of someone that’s been there, done it and bought the t-shirt, delivering her material with an effortless charm and huge smile that leaves audiences loving her and wanting more.
She regularly performs ‘opening’ and ‘headline’ spots all around London, England, and Ireland. She is one of the resident MC’s at The Top Secret Comedy Club in Covent Garden, where audiences and comedians are safe alike in her hands!
“Josephine is a comedy bombshell, just light the blue touch-paper and watch the mirth erupt. She has a raw natural energy which is a joy to watch and even better to watch an audience’s reaction as she explodes on stage”. – BBC TV
Multiple 5 Star Reviews!
ROBERT WHITE – ‘Hello and welcome to me, Robert White, the only Autistic, gay, dyslexic, cross-lateral, quarter- welsh, webbed-toed, hyper-sensitive, Gluten-intolerant, pseudo-genius, musical comedian there is…. probably!’
Starting in 2004 and working his way up the comedy scene, he found early success in the prestigious Hackney Empire comedy competition in 2006, catapulting upwards from there in 2010 he won the Malcolm Hardee main award at the Edinburgh Festival. He is now a very sought after act who performs all over the UK in clubs, theatres and festivals, after gaining 2nd place in Britain’s got Talent in 2018 he now performs all over the world!
“Just one of the funniest performers I have ever seen, I’ve never laughed like that.” – David Walliams
“.. Souped up risque keyboard-based songs, waspish asides and neurotically charged camperie from a hyper-active man-child, superb – Telegraph
DES FEEHILY – Your Host and MC – After building up a cult following over the past 11 years appearing at JEST Another Comedy Club, emceeing weekly, in St Albans, and performing on the UK comedy Circuit he has a great love for interacting with audience and acts alike, delivering crowd work with a natural ability of quick wittiness and well delivered funny jokes. Des has performed at countless other occasions and places over the last 20 years.
“A Powerful Force “JEST Another Comedy Club
“Fun Loving, Fast Talking” National Guild of JESTERS
“Top Man” Bobby Davro
Comdey Legends – Friday 28th March 2025
JEST ANOTHER Comedy
Brings the legends that are
Arthur Smith
Bob Mills
Steve Owen
To the stage at Allum Hall, superb Stand-up Comedy followed by a fascinating Q&A session on their lives in the world of Entertainment.
All expertly hosted by
Des Feehily
ARTHUR SMITH
Comedian, Presenter, Actor, Writer (and Night Mayor of Balham – self-appointed), Arthur is one of the much-admired originals of the great British alternative comedy scene.
Arthur has a consistently brilliant talent and ability to provide light entertainment whilst also still finding new and interesting ways to make people laugh.
It is no surprise, therefore, that he remains a sought-after artist by Comedy Clubs, Theatres, Festivals and Private Events and is regularly seen and heard on Television and Radio.
“Smith stands out among his generation for a willingness to keep pushing himself and experimenting with the new forms of comedic expression… Today’s hottest young comics still see him as an inspiration.” – Guardian
Credits –
TV:
- – Grumpy Old Men (BBC)
- – QI (BBC)
- – Have I Got News For You (BBC)
- – They Think Its All Over (BBC)
- – Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC)
- – People Just Do Nothing (BBC)
- – Red Dwarf (BBC)
- – Filthy Rich & Catflap (BBC)
- – Girls On Top (ITV)
- – Pyjamarama (ITV)
- – Arthur and Phil Go Off (Channel 4)
- – Room 101 (BBC)
- – The One Show (BBC)
- – Are You Being Served (BBC – 2016)
- – Celebrity University Challenge (BBC)
- – Pointless Celebrities (BBC)
- – Celebrity The Chase (ITV)
- – Mastermind (BBC)
- – Newsnight (BBC)
- – Clive Anderson Talks Back (Channel 4)
- – Countdown (Channel 4)
- – Just A Minute (BBC)
- – Whose Line Is It Anyway (Channel 4)
- – Married (BBC)
- – Nightcap (BBC)
- – Ident (Short – Aardman Animations – Voice)
- – Rex The Runt (Animation – Voice)
- – The Animal Train (Animation – Voice)
- – Romuald The Reindeer (Animation – Voice)
- – Life of Grime (BBC – Voice)
- – Money For Nothing (BBC – Voice)
BOB MILLS
Bob Mills was born in Chester and attended Chester City Grammar School. After a very short spell of training for the Merchant Navy, he quit and worked as a valet in King’s Cross, London and as a Hoffman dry cleaning presser operator, driver and delivery man. After seeing Kevin Day and Eddie Zibbin (Pat Condell) at the Market Tavern in Islington in 1983, he decided to become a comedian and has been a mainstay of the British ‘stand-up’ circuit ever since.
Bob is one of the most recognisable and respected comedians in the business. His voice is pretty famous too, as not a weekend goes past without Bob and his distinctive cockney drawl getting an airing, not once but several times as either a host or guest on the numerous sports, comedy and current affairs that dominate the airwaves.
Bob is still fondly remembered for hosting TV’s Win Lose or Draw in the mid 90’s but he has never been off television since, with appearances on, Have I Got News For You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and They Think It’s All Over.
For although Bob Mills may have been born in Chester, it was only a brief stop, Bob is an out and out Londoner and proud of it. Particularly the East End, home to both Mills himself and more importantly (to him at least) his beloved Leyton Orient Football Club. Bob Mills writes a regular column for the O’s match day programme.
Bob Mills is a superb comedian for Stand Up or After Dinner and he is also available to host at Awards and Celebrations.
Bob’s TV credits include:
IN BED WITH MEDINNER, ITV (6 series). Written & presented by Bob.
GAMES WORLD, SKY TV (3 series)
VH1. PRESENTER. DAILY SHOWS
GOALS ON SUNDAY, SKY TV, Co-Presenter (2 Series)
WIN LOSE OR DRAW, ITV, (3 series)
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT, BBC 1 (1 series)
THE SHOW, Channel 5 (8 x 60 min series)
TAKING THE PITCH. ITV 2, (2 series)
DON’T MENTION THE SCORE, ITV 2 (2 series)
THERE’S ONLY ONE BRIAN MOORE, LWT
DIAL MIDNIGHT, LWT
NEVER MIND THE BUZZCOCKS, BBC 2
HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, BBC 2
THEY THINK ITS ALL OVER, BBC 1
CELEBRITY SQUARES, ITV
RICHARD AND JUDY (x 2), Channel 4
BIG BREAKFAST (x 2), Channel 4
THE JACK DOCHERTY SHOW (x 4) Channel 4
BIG BROTHERS LITTLE BROTHER, Channel 4
THE WEAKEST LINK-COMEDIANS SPECIAL, BBC 1
CALL MY BLUFF’ (x 4) BBC
CHRITIAN O’CONELL’S WORLD CUP SPECIAL, ITV
JOHNNY VAUGHAN SHOW, BBC
NICK HANCOCK’S BOOM-BANG-A-BANG, UK Gold
Bob’s Radio credits include:
GLR SUNDAY NIGHT SHOW (Presented own show) A mix of music, chat and competitions.
BBC LONDON 94.9 SATURDAY MORNING SHOW (presented own show) mix of music, chat and phone-in.
FIGHTING TALK, BBC Radio 5
LOOSE ENDS, BBC Radio 4
TALK RADIO Bob Mills Show
TALK SPORT Jim White Show
RADIO 5 Pundit
STEVE OWEN
Celebrating his 40th year in the comedy industry. Armed with experience, passion and natural talent. A broad range of accurate celebrity / sporting impressions, mixed with his original brand of stand-up, has created many career highlights:
Including: New Zealand Rugby Craig Dowd’s testimonial, England Barmy Army, Darren Gough, An evening with Paul Merson. Windsor Theatre Royal Supporting Mane Chance with Joe Pasquale.
Previous clients include Wasps, London Irish, Rugby clubs, Watford football club, Crystal Palace FC, Wooden Spoon Society, Spinal Injury Association, Matt Hampson Foundation, Wasps Legends, Met Police Ex Tecs.
Currently working the UK comedy club circuit working with established promoters at Laughing Chili, The Stand-Up Club, Pie Entertainments, Chesham Comedy, Castle Comedy. Supporting the fantastic talents of Terry Alderton, Arthur Smith, Jeff Stevenson, Bob Mills, Gary Delaney, Adam Bloom, Ninia Benjamin, Clinton Baptiste, Ricky Grover, Raymond and Mr Timpkins to name but a few.
A naturally funny, experienced, engaging communicator with an inherent talent for comedy impressions.
Recent highlights include… Clinton Baptiste Tour Support, Talk Radio – Bob Mills Show, Matt Hampson Foundation Awards 2024
“Anything But Coldplay” – BBC 3CR, British Comedian of The Year Semi Finalist 2021,2022
One Man Show “Endangered Species ” to preview in 2025………
Homicide Detective…Comedy Impressionist…. Stand Up Comedian…. Severe Acute Pancreatitis Survivor……The material writes itself!
“Super confident totally unflappable, Stephen Owen is every inch the natural comic. Such easy charm, immediately the audience know they are in competent and very funny hands. Bang – On impressions and such an amiable way with the crowd I could listen all night” Alex Lowe Actor, Writer, Comedian
“Stephen Owen a superb mimic! His Dara `O Briain and Michael McIntyre make you wish they hosted a show together. Hilarious!” Lewis MacLeod, Radio 4 Dead Ringers
“Whether it be to MC, middle or open, Steve Owen is safe hands. A calm professionalism with brilliantly funny impressions. We have booked him numerous times across various gigs, always been a real crowd pleaser” Mark Rann Chesham Comedy Club
DES FEEHILY
DES FEEHILY – Your Host and MC – After building up a cult following over the past 11 years appearing at JEST Another Comedy Club, emceeing weekly, in St Albans, and performing on the UK comedy Circuit he has a great love for interacting with audience and acts alike, delivering crowd work with a natural ability of quick wittiness and well delivered funny jokes. Des has performed at countless other occasions and places over the last 20 years.
“A Powerful Force “JEST Another Comedy Club
“Fun Loving, Fast Talking” National Guild of JESTERS
“Top Man” Bobby Davro