Comedy Club April 2025

The Cresset Comedy Club hosts the very best in live stand up each month.

Keith Farnan

Best known for his appearance on BBC One’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, stand up comedian Keith Farnan is an engaging and sharp-witted performer who personifies Irish charm.

He has performed stand up all over the world, from Montreal to Amsterdam to Hong Kong. His many Edinburgh Festival shows have proved a powerful mix of personal and political and have sold out at major comedy festivals in the UK as well as the Soho Theatre and Royal Festival Hall in London.

Gareth Waugh

Hailing from Edinburgh, one of Scotland's most loved comedians Gareth Waugh has been ripping comedy rooms up and down the country for the past few years. Waugh's renowned for his engaging storytelling and cleverly crafted punchlines but his real appeal lies in his ability to relate to audiences on so many levels, whether sharing tales from his own life or providing a humorous take on universal experiences. Armed with an affable stage presence and a knack for astute observations, Gareth is poised to solidify his position as a comedic force to be reckoned with in the years to come.

Peter Rethinasamy

Born and raised in Belfast to a Malaysian father and Irish mother, Peter is a comedian with hard hitting, punchy jokes and hilarious tales of growing up in Northern Ireland.

Since he started performing stand up, he has reached the semi-finals of the Laughing Horse New Act Competition and won the London Comedy Store’s King Gong Competition. Recently Peter has been supporting Judi Love, Seann Walsh, Kerry Godliman, Russell Kane and Tom Allen on tour around the UK.

Garrie Grubb

Garrie Grubb is a comedian from Essex, UK. He was the Cheltenham Comedian of the Year 2014 and Essex Comedian of the Year Finalist 2019 and has been described as a real technician of proper joke telling.