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. With MC, Kuan Wen and Headliner Dee Allum. Tickets are available here.

Semi-Finalists lineup:

Sam Danson – Embracing Bisexuality with Wit and Charm.

Fab Goualin – The levity architect – constructing joy one punchline at a time.

Alan Jay – Delightfully dark and audaciously dirty.

Mara Joy – Very stupid person doing very stupid comedy.

Holly Redford-Jones – Singing songs, spelling words wrong. Straightest thing in Chesterfield.

Caitlin Powell – Blends razor-sharp rants, off-kilter observations, and silly bits.

Becky Cheatle – Her 50 years spent as a man received mixed reviews.

Rob Moriaty – Dark, Dirty and Silly.

Kate Sharp – Kate Sharp is an average gay but above average gay comedian.

LeighDouglas – She’s too femme to function, too femme, too furious.

Marty Gleeson – Offbeat, whimsical and dry with an unexpectedly dark edge.

JoeMayo – Joe wears odd socks, and they act like it too.