First Black British stand-up nominated for the main Edinburgh Comedy Award.

Double Edinburgh Award nominee Darren Harriott’s TV includes, Dancing on Ice, co-host of Love Island: Aftersun, Britain’s Best Takeaway with Sara Cox, British as Folk, host of Live at the Apollo and Dog Ate My Homework, team captain on four series of Guessable and series regular on Don’t Hate the Playaz. Recently he appeared on BBC Two’s Celebrity Antiques Road Trip and BBC One’s Interior Design Masters Children in Need Special.

Darren’s 2023 Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Roadman‘ received **** from Mail on Sunday, The Skinny, EdFest Magazine and was named ‘Pick of the Fringe’ by The Guardian and The Evening Standard.

He regularly co-hosts the comedy night, You Dress Funny, with Rachel Fairburn, a show where comedians have to perform in outrageous costumes. In 2024, he was host of the New Comedy Awards Midlands Regional Final.

Other TV includes: The Wheel, Outsiders (Dave), The Last Leg, Backstage with Katherine Ryan, All Star Games for Comic Relief, Richard Osman’s House of Games, The Real Dirty Dancing, Apocalypse WOW, Celebrity Karaoke Club, BBC Funny Festival Live, Question Team, Undeniable, As Yet Untitled, Ghost Bus Tours, Hey Tracey, Comedy Games Night, 8 Out of 10 Cats, The Apprentice You’re Fired, Great British Bake Off Extra Slice, Catchpoint for Sport Relief, University Challenge for Comic Relief, CelebAbility, Stand Up and Sketch, Ultimate Worrier, Celebrity Mastermind, Celebrity Pointless, Dave Gorman’s Terms and Conditions Apply, Dave’s Comedian’s Against Living Miserably, Comedy Central Stand Up Special, Roast Battle, Mock the Week, Comedy Central at the Comedy Store, Hypothetical, Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, Most Ridiculous, Would I Lie to You, Saturday Mashup and The Comedy Bus.

On radio, Darren currently presents a show every Sunday morning on BBC West Midlands. He has also had three BBC Radio 4 series: Black Label, which covered his time as a teenager in gangs; Red Label, which covered his take on romance; and Father Figuring, which explored his relationship with modern fatherhood. Father Figuring won gold at the New York Festivals Radio Awards 2026. He has hosted Newsjack Unplugged and the Radio 4 Summer Festival. Other radio appearances include The News Quiz, The Infinite Monkey Cage, The Now Show, Fighting Talk and Best of the Fest. Podcasts include Shame is Delicious, Obsessed with Peaky Blinders, The Adam Buxton Podcast, Evil Genius, Dave’s CALM Podcast, Griefcast, Susan Calman’s Mrs Brightside, and Wheel of Misfortune.

Originally from Birmingham, and now living in London, before getting into comedy, he was a security guard for over five years. His debut Edinburgh show Defiant transferred to The Melbourne Festival and The Soho Theatre, he toured the UK in 2018 with Visceral, and in 2019/20 with Good Heart Yute. He returned to The Melbourne Festival in 2024, in addition to the Machynlleth Comedy Festival.

Darren is a self-confessed fitness junkie who is regularly in the gym and loves fashion. He is a keen sports fan with an encyclopedic knowledge of Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts, plus a love of the World's Strongest Man competitions.

"This very funny Brummie makes joke telling look simple."
★★★★ - The Times

Masai Graham is a multi award winning one-liner comedian who hails from the West Midlands.

The former Care worker turned comic has been writing and performing comedy for over a decade, winning accolades including ‘UK Pun Championship 2016, ‘Joke of the Fringe’ 2016 and 2022 (also bagging the unofficial lockdown Some-Bloke-Called-Dave Joke of the Fringe in 2021).

His comedy skills have seen him perform live from Singapore to Dublin. With 10 years of sell out shows at Edinburgh, Leicester and Brighton fringes.

His success has led him to perform as tour support for Gary Delaney, Darren Harriott and Tez Ilias as well as writing for TV shows.

Masai delivers genius one liners, puns and word play with his genuine charm and easy-flowing banter and with his reams of material from clean to naughty, he turns his razor-sharp joke writing skills to any subject.

Masai has built a huge cult following at the Edinburgh Fringe having been performing regularly there for 8 years. His show ‘101 Clean Jokes In 30 mins’ 150 times at the festival which is an incredible feat only to be topped by him performing his show ‘101 Naughty Jokes In 30 mins’ an incredible 300 times at the fringe.

An internationally acclaimed Australian stand-up comedian known for his razor-sharp wit, he tackles everything from relationships, modern life and his own personal experiences. A former lawyer turned comedian, Michael Shafer has become an exciting name on the international comedy circuit.

Nominated for Best Show at the 2025 Leicester Comedy Festival, Michael has performed at major comedy clubs across the UK and Australia, supported by renowned comedians Jim Jeffries and Sammy Obeid, and sold over 2,000 tickets at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

His comedy credits include his debut stand-up special A(LIVE) on Amazon Prime, and his more recent special Alright, Next Joke on YouTube.

"Gasp, laugh out loud funny."
 ★★★★ The Scotsman

"Shafar has a disarmingly relaxed approach and an intelligent sense of humour with a wildly inventive, darkly comic imagination."
★★★★★ The Edinburgh Reporter

Josephine Lacey first came onto the London 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 has 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.

2022 saw Josephine selling out her debut solo show ‘Autism Mama’ at the fabulous Soho Theatre, London. In 2023, Josephine was listed as one of Chortle’s “One to watch”, and a nominee for the ‘Leicester Comedian of the Year Award’.

In August 2024, her solo show, Autism Mama was the talk of the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it gained a collection of four-and five-star reviews.

Josephine delights in working closely with The Comedy School and regularly supports the fabulous work they do with their ‘Wellbeing Projects’, where comedy is used to support the wellbeing of mental and all-round health.

“A comedy Bombshell” - BBC
“Unmissable” - The Guardian
“Her timing is perfect” - WhatsOnStage
“Heartwarming and hilarious” – ReviewsGate
“Lacey’s lovely presence wins the audience over immediately” – West End Best Friend
“An instantly likeable and warm comic” – A Young(ish) Perspective