Little Wander Presents: New Welsh Wave Comedy
Thu, 22 Feb
|Newport
Time & Location
22 Feb 2024, 19:30
Newport, 14 High St, Newport NP20 1FW, UK
About the event
Little Wander proudly presents the New Welsh Wave Comedy Tour. Join us for a night of the very best of Welsh comedy and incredible home-grown talent, featuring comedians you know and love, and some you may not know you love yet!
This tour is made possible by Creative Wales.
Tickets are on sale now, grab yours! 🎟️
👉 https://bit.ly/NewWelshWaveComedy-Newport
Leroy Brito
Expect big laughs and big heart from one of Wales’ fastest rising stars. As well as racking up millions of views online, Leroy appeared in Baby Reindeer (Netflix), Tourist Trap (BBC One) and the topical panel show What Just Happened? (BBC One).
‘Real King of Wales’ - Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Anna Thomas
Originally hailing from Burry Port in South Wales, Anna won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2021. Since then, she’s done support for the likes of Joe Lycett, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Hal Cruttenden, Lauren Pattison, and Max Fosh. Anna was also nominated for Channel 4’s inaugural Sean Lock Award in 2023.
“She has the appealing air of not quite being of this world, but whatever planet she’s from, they know funny.” Chortle
Matt Rees
Award-winning Welsh comedian Matt Rees has generated a huge buzz on the stand up comedy circuit over the past few years. With his unique brand of well-crafted jokes and acerbic delivery, he has earned high praise from audiences and critics alike. Support for Elis James and Chortle Award nominee.
Tadiwa Mahlunge
️️️★★★★️ ‘The circuit might just have created another Jimmy Carr...’ - Chortle
️️️★★★★️ ‘Young and gifted, in comedy terms, he’s already looking like the complete, fully rounded package’ - The Scotsman
️️️★★★★️ ‘An impressively accomplished and infectiously funny debut hour’ - The Skinny
️️️★★★★️ ‘He’s remarkably confident, with a set as smooth as his shiny silk shirt’ - Fest Mag
As seen on BBC One, Dave, Comedy Central, ITVx, 'Tadiwa has been gathering pace as a prodigious act' - Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show nominee.
Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedy Award nominee.
Siân Docksey
After an Edinburgh Fringe Festival spent making pole dancing funny to rave reviews (★★★★★ “Honestly breathtaking” - The Wee Review, ★★★★★ “Chaos that has the audience in stitches” Voice Magazine) Siân Docksey returns to her unique brand of cheerfully weird stand-up with political zing. Offbeat surrealism and razor-sharp punchlines served with the breezy charm of an air hostess on uppers.
As seen on BBC 3
British Comedy Guide’s Edinburgh Fringe Picks 2023
“Joy and bewilderment in equal measure” - The Skinny
Age Guidance: 16+ (some swearing Duration: approx 50min, interval, 50min)
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Mae Little Wander yn falch o gyflwyno taith gomedi New Welsh Wave. Ymunwch â nin am noson gyda’r gorau o gomedi Cymreig a thalentau anhygoel sydd wedi eu meithrin yn y wlad, yn cynnwys comedïwyr adnabyddus, a rhai nad ydych yn eu hadnabod eto!
Leroy Brito
Gallwch ddisgwyl chwerthin mawr a chalon fawr gan un o sêr Cymru sy’n gwneud cynnydd cyflym. Yn ogystal â denu miliynau o wylwyr ar-lein, ymddangosodd Leroy yn Baby Reindeer (Netflix), Tourist Trap (BBC One) a’r sioe banel What Just Happened? (BBC One).
‘Real King of Wales’ - Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Anna Thomas
Yn wreiddiol o Borth Tywyn yn ne Cymru, enillodd Anna wobr y BBC New Comedy Award yn 2021. Ers hynny, mae hi wedi cefnogi pobl fel Joe Lycett, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Hal Cruttenden, Lauren Pattison, a Max Fosh. Enwebwyd Anna hefyd ar gyfer gwobr Sean Lock gyntaf Channel 4 yn 2023.
“She has the appealing air of not quite being of this world, but whatever planet she’s from, they know funny.” Chortle
Matt Rees
Mae’r comedïwr o Gymru, Matt Rees, wedi ennill gwobrau a chreu gwefr aruthrol yn y sîn comedi stand-yp dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf. Gyda'i frand unigryw o jôcs crefftus a chyflwyniad sur, mae wedi ennill canmoliaeth uchel gan gynulleidfaoedd a beirniaid. Wedi cefnogi Elis James ac yn enwebai y Chortle Award.
Tadiwa Mahlunge
★★★★ ‘The circuit might just have created another Jimmy Carr...’ - Chortle
★★★★ ‘Young and gifted, in comedy terms, he’s already looking like the complete, fully rounded package’ - The Scotsman
★★★★ ‘An impressively accomplished and infectiously funny debut hour’ - The Skinny
★★★★ ‘He’s remarkably confident, with a set as smooth as his shiny silk shirt’ - Fest Mag
Fel y’i gwelwyd ar BBC One, Dave, Comedy Central, ITVx,
"Tadiwa has been gathering pace as a prodigious act" - Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Enwebai sioe orau Leicester Comedy Festival.
Enwebai gwobr gomedi Channel 4 Sean Lock.
Siân Docksey
Ar ôl treulio’r Edinburgh Fringe yn gwneud dawnsio polyn yn ddoniol i adolygiadau gwych (★★★★★ “Honestly breathtaking” - The Wee Review, ★★★★★ “Chaos that has the audience in stitches” Voice Magazine) mae Siân Docksey yn dychwelyd at ei brand unigryw o stand-up hwyliog rhyfedd gyda zing gwleidyddol. Swrrealaeth offbeat a llinellau miniog yn cael eu cyflwyno gyda holl swyn stiwardes awyr.
Fel y’i gwelwyd ar BBC 3.
British Comedy Guide Edinburgh Fringe Picks 2023
“Joy and bewilderment in equal measure” - The Skinny
Canllaw Oedran: 16+ (peth rhegi Hyd: tua 50 munud, egwyl, 50 munud)
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Tickets are on sale now, grab yours! 🎟️
👉 https://bit.ly/NewWelshWaveComedy-Newport
Thursday the 22nd of February 2024
Little Wander Presents
New Welsh Wave Comedy]
Leroy Brito
+ Anna Thomas
+ Matt Rees
+ Tadiwa Mahlunge
& Siân Docksey
Le Pub, Newport
£14 / 16+ / 7.30