Mega Big Show Friday, 12 April 2024
A guaranteed great night out for couples, friends or colleagues.
After a hugely successful collaboration at Franklin’s Gardens in June 2023, Milton Keynes based promoters The Comedy Cow are teaming up again with The Comedy Crate and Milton Keynes Theatre to bring you the best in comedy. This night will contain a mix of TV names and the best circuit headliners from a team with over 20 years combined experience in booking.
One of the region’s leading live entertainment venues, Milton Keynes Theatre showcases the best West End and touring productions from across the UK. Offering a wide and varied programme including first class dance, drama, musicals, opera, comedy and children’s shows
Headline - Omid Djalili
Opening - Glenn Moore
Middle - Josie Long
MC - Boothby Graffoe
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Omid Djalili
Omid Djalili – A comedic powerhouse who has captivated audiences globally for over three decades.
Omid Djalili is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer born in London to Iranian parents. He has performed with great success at the Edinburgh Festival, in numerous national tours, and secured a series of successful international television and film roles, as well as his own BBC entertainment series, The Omid Djalili Show.
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Glenn Moore
Glen will be bringing his show - Love Don't Live Here Glenny Moore
'Glenn Moore' (List) follows up last year's Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination with a new hour of 'brilliantly original' (Chortle.co.uk), 'blissfully silly' (Guardian) jokes. He used to have a very different job to this, and now he's finally brave enough to spill the beans about it. **** (Guardian, Chortle.co.uk,
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Josie Long
I am a writer and a stand up comedian and I love travelling to perform my comedy.
I try and write about what I care about and I try to make my shows friendly and silly.I care a lot about politics and social justice and sometimes run a thing called the Alternative Reality Tour that you can read about via the site.
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Boothby Graffoe
Boothby Graffoe is a comedian, singer/songwriter and playwright. He has won numerous awards, including the 2002 Adelaide Fringe Award for Excellence, the Time Out Comedy Award and has been nominated for the Perrier.
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Graffoe's surreal, sharp, often improvised humour, combined with his unique line in original comic songs such as Umbrella Head Boy and Planet Dog, is winning him a legion of fans around the world. His first CD of songs Wot Italian?, with Antonio Forcione, has just gone on general release in the UK to great acclaim.
In 2002 his live shows in Adelaide, Edinburgh and London played to sell-out houses and received a clutch of five-star reviews.
In 2001 Graffoe's first play Condition of the Virgin premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe to wide acclaim and was nominated for a Fringe First award. It was later broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In 2002 his second play God and Adam played a sell-out season at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London, starring Steve Frost and Mark Arden. His new play Hitler Sells Tickets premiered to acclaim at the Assembly Rooms for the Edinburgh Fringe 2004 and will play the London Fringe later in the year.