New for 2026 – Bi-annual Comedy Club XL – Xtra Large
Resident MC Danny McLoughlin takes to the BIG STAGE to introduce a Top Class night of Stand Up Comedy.
Think ‘Live at the Apollo’ comes to St Mary’s Church, with all the lights, smoke, music and razzmatazz of the BIG COMEDY STAGE.
Doors 7pm – On Stage 8pm – Licensed Bar
LINE UP
Eshaan Akbar
Eshaan just finished up his latest UK tour, ‘Eshaan Akbar: Can’t Get No Satisfakshaan.’
Eshaan has appeared on shows such as Sex Education, Live at the Apollo, Apprentice: You’re Fired, QI, Mock the Week, (becoming the first person of Bangladeshi heritage to appear on these shows), Celebrity Mastermind, Just A Minute, The Now Show, Celebrity Masterchef, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Comedy Central Live, The Big Asian Stand Up Night, Sunday Morning Live, Silence is Golden, A Pie and a Pint, The Last Leg, Andy and the Band, and many more.
Eshaan can be seen on the last series of Pilgrimage: The Road Through North Wales on BBC2
Eshaan was the voice of Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid, and Narendra Modi on Spitting Image. He has hosted his own podcasts including ‘But Where Are You Really From?‘ on BBC Sounds, ‘Panic Room‘ on Audible, and the European award-winning business podcast ‘Nine Twenty Nine‘. He was the host of his own Saturday afternoon radio show on the BBC Asian Network, and Newsjack Unplugged on Radio 4Xtra. He is a regular guest on the Have A Word podcast and has also appeared on News Review (Times Radio) and The Moon Under Water Podcast (BBC Sounds).
Rachel Fairburn
Star of Live at the Apollo and Comedy Central Live, Rachel has been described by Rolling Stone as ‘very much the Rock ‘n’ Roll star of British comedy’. She has been a finalist of several prestigious competitions including Funny Women, City Life Comedian of the Year, the NATYS and English Comedian of the Year.
Rachel has been a staple of the Edinburgh Fringe since 2014, with 6 critically acclaimed solo shows under her belt and featured in the ‘40 jokes of the fringe’ by the Daily Telegraph in 2018 and ‘Best Jokes from Edinburgh Fringe 2022’ in The Times. She also featured on Chortle’s ‘One to Watch’ list in 2020 and picked up the 2019 online content award from Joe.co.uk.
She has appeared on BBC Presents: Stand Up For Live Comedy and BBC’s Funny Festival Live. Her TV credit’s include Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, Richard Osman’s House of Games and Russell Howard Hour Life Lessons.
Rachel is also a popular podcaster, co-hosting and co-writing the worldwide smash hit podcast All Killa No Filla. With a huge international following of over a quarter of a million listeners and growing, she has taken the podcast on several sell-out UK tours and a tour of the USA. She also features in Global Original’s Ghoul Guide with Rachel Fairburn and Glad Rags with Paul McCaffrey & Rachel Fairburn.
Ignacio Lopez
Ignacio has been wowing audiences internationally with his individual style and high gag-rate since 2010. A crazy mixture of Welsh & Spanish Ignacio has become one of the most unique voices on the UK circuit. A frequent headliner and MC in top comedy clubs all over the UK, Ignacio also performs regularly at corporate functions, private shows, military gigs, sports dinners, art centres and festivals.
Ignacio soon gained TV recognition when he appeared on ITV’s ‘Show Me The Funny‘, and since then he has gone on to become a regular face on BBC Wales Sesh, appeared on Live At The Apollo, QI, HIGNFY, his online content has racked up nearly 40 million views across all social media channels. This has contributed to sell out shows at comedy festivals in Edinburgh, Brighton, Cardiff, Reading & Neath. Ignacio produced and hosted a comedy series for Made Television called ‘Comedy Sheep Stand-Up’ and has been touring his solo stand up show throughout 2025.
