Friday 23rd September Evening Entertainment
A brand new event for our Beer Festival - a comedy night! We have two stand-up
comedians to entertain you during the evening, while you taste some magnificent beers:
PAUL KERENSA - Exiled Cornishman Paul Kerensa has established himself as
one of British comedy's leading young talents, both as a writer and a comedian. In just a few
short years he has become a regular at the UK's biggest venues, and a popular and reliable
headline act. Still only in his late twenties, Paul has emerged to win ITV's 'Take The Mike'
stand-up competition. In the same year, he appeared in four new act finals at the Edinburgh
Festival, including the televised BBC New Comedy Awards. He also writes for various sitcoms,
including BBC1 hits Not Going Out and After You've Gone, Dead Ringers and countless others...
More about Paul
Reviews:
"Attitude, style and diamond-sharp wit" Maxim Magazine
"A comic wave that just keeps coming.. As effortless a writer as he is a performer." The Stage
"Ingenious" Evening Standard
"His experience showed ... he made it look effortless" Manchester Online
"Kerensa is a wildly talented comic... His on-stage presence is one of the most amiable and unthreatening around, whilst his writing is uniquely left of field and introduces concepts that a lot of his peers could not even imagine. Big things await this man." Chortle
DAVE THOMPSON - Best known for playing Tinky Winky in the Teletubbies(!),
Dave plays a semi-regular character in both series of Al Murray's sitcom Time Gentlemen
Please, and two cameo roles in Ben Elton's feature film Maybe Baby. Dave has appeared in
ITV's The All New Harry Hill Show, and TV Burp! and plays various roles in Harry Hill's
stage show, Wild Horses. Dave is an international stand-up comedian, known for his brilliant
one-liners and odd persona. He has written for Harry Hill's TV Burp! and The Sketch Show,
along with a number of top stand-up comedians. His stand up work includes Jongleurs, The Comedy Store, Banana Cabaret, Hampstead Comedy Club, Up the Creek and many more...
More about Dave
Reviews:
"Dave Thompson is hilarious and goes down a storm with the crowd." (DAILY MAIL).
"Dave Thompson has a unique style and some of the best one-liners". (THE GUARDIAN).
"The best one-liners I've heard this season". (THE INDEPENDENT).
"His ballerina routine nearly brought the house down". (COMEDY REVIEW).
"Dave Thompson astonishes with his lanky eccentricities... talented and always amusing". (TIME OUT).
"Dave Thompson... everything in the world is beautiful". (COMEDY MAGAZINE).
"One of the finest joke writers in the country". (TIME OUT).
"The weirdest dude on the face of the earth". (TIME OUT).
JONNY AWSUM - (our compere for the night) From his roots in a small Derbyshire village, Jonny Awsum has stumbled
into the bright lights of comedy venues around the UK - and fortunately people are laughing! With his
likeable style and trusty guitar, Jonny's musings take in everything from the stadium banter of Jon Bon Jovi
to the perils of climbing scaffolding after eight hours in the pub.
In his first year Jonny has performed well over 100 shows at venues all over the country, including
Jongleurs and The Glee Club. He has also won the Magners Funhouse Comedy gong show, the Comedy Cafe
new acts night and appeared in a sell-out run of 'Playtime' at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
More about Jonny
Reviews:
"He's awesome!" (TIME OUT MAGAZINE).
"The host with the most" (THE SUN).
"Cooler than a hypothermic Samuel L Jackson" (THE DAILY STAR).
"Delirious and hilarious compering" (NOTION MAGAZINE).
Saturday 24th September Daytime Entertainment
The daytime is a family event for adults and children, and some of the confirmed daytime stalls
include:
For all the family: Climbing Wall - New for this year!, Fun Archery, provided by the Thorney
Archers. Discover the Robin Hood in you!, Football Speed Reader Competition provided by Thrapston Town,
Cricket Skills Competition ...
For the children: Bouncy Castle, Fairground Rides, Electric karts, Duck Race!, Face painting,
Coconut Shy, Spider Mountain and more..
Entertainment: Live Music, a Carnival Drum band,
Magician, Highland Dancers, the traditional visit from Woodland
Pytchley Fox Hounds ..
Food: Hog-Roast and Barbeque
Saturday 24th September Evening Entertainment
The evening entertainment provides a background for you to come and taste the beers while listening
to great quality local music. Our top-line band is Ock N'Dough,
the world's only Anglo-Latvian Zydecajun Ceilidh Band!
A magnificent hog-roast will also be available should you feel a little peckish. There is also
a raffle/silent auction with terrific prizes - details to be confirmed.