Comedy and Curry @ The Olympia

Tummy tickling acts and belly bursting curry - who could ask for more?

Wednesday 25th of March from 7pm

Mr Cee will be back by popular demand so make sure you have an acceptable ring tone on your phone – you may be asked to dance to it!

Carl Donnelly – Multi Award Winning Comedian

Carl started performing stand-up in 2005 and quickly established himself as one of the UK’s most exciting young comedians. His conversational, silly sense of humour saw him win a host of awards (Chortle Best Newcomer 2007, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2007 among others) and become a regular at all of the finest comedy clubs in the UK and Ireland.

Carl has also appeared on various TV shows including Mock The Week, Dave’s One Night Stand, Stand Up for the Week and Russell Howard’s Good News. He is also a regular on radio appearing as a guest on such shows as BBC 5live’s ‘The Back End of Next Week’, Radio 4’s ‘Loose Ends’ and ‘Act Your Age’ as well as being a regular guest on talkSPORT.

“Excellent, fast-rising comic with pacy anecdotal routines”
Sunday Times

“Donnelly has developed a style that is the antithesis of the loud, sweaty, manic comic so prevalent on the telly and live tours at the moment. This is stand up with valium: near horizontal levels of louche that take the mundane stories of everyday life and turns them into stretches of self deprecating silliness”
The Guardian

Jay Foreman

BBC New Talent Pick of the Fringe

Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2009

Musical Comedy Awards Finalist 2010

Bedford New Comedian of the Year 2010

“A Victoria Wood for the spotify generation” Steve Bennett, Chortle

***** Three Weeks

Matt Richardson

After stating comedy at 18 Matt has quickly risen through the comedy ranks, and is now one of the most exciting up-and-coming comedians in the country. Within a year of starting comedy he had been in the finals of some of the largest new act competitions in the country and won several others. He has also featured on BBC Radio 2's recent comedy series "Whistle Stop Tour" Hosted by Russell Kane and is currently the youngest professional act in the country, at 20.

"This (extremely) young stand-up is set to become the next bright, young sensation on the circuit, expect to hear a lot more of him"
The Guardian