Huge night of stand up comedy in Metric this February!
Irish Improvised Hip Hop Comedy Megastars, Abandoman return to Imperial College Union!"Flight of the Conchords meets 8 Mile. Nothing short of genius" Chortle.co.uk 'Truly innovative' (The Guardian)
'A proper party. raucous, expansive and relentlessly hilarious' (The Times). Winners of the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, Musical Comedy Awards and the Adelaide Fringe Festival “Best Comedy – Newcomer” award, Abandoman create musical songs and sketches at lightening speed based on audience interaction. Come to the show, drop your suggestions in the ring and watch as Abandoman make musical magic. No two shows will ever be the same.
The last five years have seen Abandoman tour with multi-platinum artist Ed Sheeran, headline comedy stages at every major UK music festival (including Glastonbury, Latitude, Bestival, Leeds & Reading), host London’s St Patrick’s Day event to over 15,000 revellers in Trafalgar Square, and be named out of over 2000 acts as the Sunday Times’ “Best Musical Act” of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014
They have appeared as the house band on Alan Carr’s Happy Hour (C4), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4), The Al Porter Show (RTE), The Ray D’Arcy Show (RTE), BBC3′s Live at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, BBC2′s The Stephen K Amos Show, on Sky Arts as part of their Latitude coverage and many radio shows, including BBC Radio 1′s Fun And Filth Cabaret, alongside Paloma Faith and Nick Grimshaw.
But that's not all!!
Lloyd Griffith
Fresh from supporting Jack Whitehall and Rob Beckett on their sold-out UK tours, Star of BBC's Taxi to Training, Drunk History (Comedy Central) and Soccer AM (Sky Sports 1).
'Disarmingly good' (Times). 'Jaw-dropping' (Evening Standard).
'Inherently funny: voice of an angel' body of a trucker... very neat lines in his comic repertoire' (Steve Bennett, Chortle)
'... the next big thing’(FHM)
Sophie Duker
Funny Women Finalist 2015
"a sparky proposition... intelligent jokes" - The Independent
Oliver Noakes
Up The Creek 'One To Watch' finalist. 'He's got good jokes' (Norman Lovett).
“2 People”
Imperial’s own Autoin Chhabra & Jaime Fernandez debut their double trouble sketch act
MC Sion James
"Utterly charming ... Lovable giant' Time Out London
Tickets include a drink too....you can chose from:
This event is 18+ only. Imperial College Union Members and Associate members only Acts shown are correct at time of going to press. Mgmt reserve the right to change the line-up without notice.