The LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year Competition features some of the most exciting emerging talent on the LGBTQ+ comedy scene. Watch and vote for your favourites and help find the LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year! MC James Barr with Dick Denham, Headliner and competition runner up 2022. Tickets are available at the event’s website here.

Semi-Finalists lineup: 

Liz Norman – Frumpy and funny, Lizzie Norm is a northern comic with a dry wit, a quirky slant, and weird observations.

Eva Peroni – Don’t cry for me argentinny.

Calvin Jones – One to watch (Calvin’s mother).

Andrea Fallon Vergruggen – One of the hardest names to pronounce on the scene.

James Danielewski – Cheeky real life stories from a gay Northerner down south.

JR – A Clapham Gay or Clapham Grey, representing Daddies.

Jen Nolan – Comedian, train wreck and viable candidate to be your next step mum.

Maple Zuo – Chinese-Mongolian Comedian. Finalist Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2023.

Beck Walker – So good their ex still comes to their shows.

Ciara O’Herlihy – London-based comic and writer.

Sallyann Fellowes – Weirdly funny Autistic Bisexual. Winner Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2023.

Jimmy Tam – Silly Ho who’ll change how you look at rice forever.