Movies: Nextup

Debut stand-up hour from sarky Londoner Lily Phillips. Star of The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Lily's dry, smutty wit made her a [y]2021[/y[ New Comedy Award finalist (BBC One). She wanted to write a show about feminism, but ended up with a bunch of...

Angela Barnes has good intentions but trying to live your best life, as it turns out, is really bloody hard....

Jason Byrne, half man, half natural disaster. Over the course of his accident-prone life Jason has been rebuilt from the ground up. Bits removed, metal pins, new knee, and an eye that’s been treated, over the years, by the medical profession like a g...

Riding the highs of a brilliant TV career, with a hit stand-up show under his belt and an exciting relationship underway...

After Lloyd’s last tour was interrupted by ‘you know what’ and ended up lasting 8 years or so, he’s BACK with a brand-new, fresh stand-up show for 2023. This is his biggest tour to date, and he is pumped / really needs you to come. Since school Lloy...

Hot on the heels of her sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run, Here Comes Trouble is packed with brilliant routines and fantastically embarrassing stories. Audiences can expect razor-sharp observations and scandalous one liners as Jo gets her claws into eve...

'The attractively impish Matt Winning' (Guardian) returns with a show within a show and more utter nonsense. It's about landlords, the solar system, climate change and corn on the cob....

Born in North London, Sonubi discusses his time as a doorman in some of the scariest clubs in London, his career in musical theatre and life as a parent to two young children....

In the blink of an eye, Shappi has clocked up 50 years on this planet, a quarter-century as a comedian. What would the 25-year-old Shaparak think of this incarnation? Two dogs: very good. Tory friends: what has she become!? And why are there still s...

It’s 5 years since Laura’s critically acclaimed show 'Trying', her searingly honest, achingly funny experience of depression and trying for a baby. Since then she’s written another hit show, published two books, conquered TV comedy, created two hit ...

She. Is. Not. Easily. Defined. How would YOU categorise yourself in just five words? Enjoy some comedic therapy as Juliette Burton takes you on her journey of self discovery (and mental health recovery) in asking: why can't we be everything at once? ...

Safe everyone. English Comedian of the Year winner and star of Comedy Central Live and Dave's Hypothetical. Tour support for Joe Lycett and 'almost certain future star' (Chortle.co.uk), Josh takes us through the past two years of his life, trying to ...

Star of BBC Scotland's Up For It! and BBC Radio Scotland, Ashley Storrie returns to the Fringe with a raw and hysterical show about mental health and the ways she uses humour to overcome her pain....

Debut show from the Malawian-born Britain's Got Talent breakthrough act, Dalisio delivers his cheekily charming take on recent news, old news, fake news, and stories that were never quite but ALMOST news. Having lived in countries where it is forbidd...

During lockdown, comedians experimented with hundreds of online comedy gigs that connected people worldwide. Access Festival curates the best examples of these, beaming comedians from their homes into yours via Zoom and NextUp. So this January - sta...

A very personal show of Luisa Omielan's journey in comedy and stand-up and the frustrations of navigating the UK entertainment industry. Omielan is a critically acclaimed comedian, the first to get a BAFTA breakthrough, and this is her experience of ...

Lou is vulgar and fearless, intelligent and inviting - an expert in painting characters and riding the energy of the room. This special demonstrates the best of storytelling comedy; it's about presumption, misunderstandings, misgivings and a bloke ca...

Cool, smart and humble to boot, Archie Maddocks presents a provocative, unflinching hour of life, love, loss and laughs with candid authenticity. Delve into Archie’s deepest, darkest thoughts on toilet technique, kebabs and growing up in London as he...

A ward-winning musical comedian and improviser Rachel Parris gives us her fresh, life- affirming collection of songs, stories and stand-up here in the live recording of her hit solo show Best Laid Plans. Reflecting on childhood hopes for the adults w...

During lockdown, comedians experimented with hundreds of online comedy gigs that connected people worldwide. Access Festival curates the best examples of these, beaming comedians from their homes into yours via Zoom and NextUp. So this January - sta...