New Malden Area Guide

RHYS JAMES As seen on Mock the Week This will be at the award winning Outside the Box Comedy Club in New Malden The Royal Oak, 90 Coombe Road, New Malden, KT3 4RD

We have our Asian comedy karaoke club show, showcasing the best Asian comedians in the UK. Show is staged from 8 to around 10pm, where the show will be topped off by karaoke. Here is the line up we have for the evening: Jimmy Tam Jimmy is a British-Chinese queer comedian who tells short, sharp and sometimes saucy jokes about my gaysian life and heritage. Jen Zheng A high-energy storyteller-y Northern Irish & Chinese comic, who talks about being so bad at Mandarin they failed backwards into the beginners class for white people, having dry sex, a young divorce, and diving clit first into horrible dates! Blank Peng Blank Peng is an incognito bilingual stand-up comic. She started performing stand-up in Mandarin and began performing in English after coming to the UK. In just one year, she became the first female winner of the Top Secret Comedy Gong, King Gong, Rising Star New Act Competition 2022, Finalist of Leicester New Comedian of the Year, West End New Act Runner-up, Semi-finalist of Komedia Comedy Awards, Bath Festival New Act Competition Nominee and her star is set to rise on the very near future! Hidehito Yanase Japanese sumo wrestler and comedian storming the London circuit Marvin McCarthy A strange, unique and an unforgettable character comedian magician, who has a unique bag of unique magic tricks to delight the audience.

We have our Asian comedy karaoke club show, showcasing the best Asian comedians in the UK. Show is staged from 8 to around 10pm, where the show will be topped off by karaoke. Here is the line up we have for the evening: Jimmy Tam Jimmy is a British-Chinese queer comedian who tells short, sharp and sometimes saucy jokes about my gaysian life and heritage. Don Biswas Don Biswas is one of the gems of the circuit. A politically charged gag merchant who likes to cover a wide range of subjects including his Asian upbringing, his neurodiversity as someone with dyspraxia, ADHD, and ASD and even the most important of topics.. conspiracy theories. Don has gained huge admiration off all corners of the circuit. Kuan-wen Huang Kuan-wen Huang is an emerging comedian, writer and actor from Taiwan, with major breakthroughs on the UK circuit in the last two years. With a unique voice and his trademark quirky persona, Kuan-wen is an alumni of the Soho Theatre Young Company and recently performed for Comedy Central at the Edinburgh Fringe. Marcus Beebly Marcus Beeby is a storytelling, autobiographical & observational comedian, talking about events in his life and thoughts and feelings around them, filled with punchlines throughout. A So You Think Youre Funny (2022) and West End New Act of the Year Semi Finalist (2023), Marcus offers a unique point of view covering topics such as identity, trials in life, and current affairs both personal and further afield Marvin McCarthy A strange, unique and an unforgettable character comedian magician, who has a unique bag of unique magic tricks to delight the audience. Doors open at 7:00pm Show starts at 8:00pm Location:Glasshouse, new malden,14 Coombe Rd, New Malden KT3 4QE Tickets are £5 online and £7 on the door.

Stand up comedy at the Pavilion, a sports club at the heart of Raynes Park, it is just a short walk from Raynes park station and we have a belter of a line-up for the evening: Siobhan Dodd Charming comedy force of nature, who will have you in fits of laughter and has recently won the Not so new comedian of the year. Hannah Lloyd Davies Hannah is a thirty-two year old quirky woman and comedian, but life hasn't turned out quite as she hoped: she's moved back in with her parents, is working as a universally disliked GP receptionist JB Carter An American stand-up who's been living in the UK for 10 years. Finalist-Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2017 Shortlisted BBC New Comedy Award: 2018J Javier Costales Javier Costales is talked about as surreal, absurdist, observational, daft and satirical; but he doesn’t stand as a novelty, neither does he mirror what you think you know about Stand-up Comedy. Luke Richards Originally from Liverpool, now living in London. Started stand up in 2020 and have quickly become a regular on the London and South comedy circuits having performed at nights such as Angel Comedy, Quantum Leopard and Jericho Comedy. Doors open at 7:00pm Show starts at 8:00pm Location:The Pavilion,Taunton Ave, West Wimbledon, London SW20 0BH Tickets are £11 online and £13 on the door.

Tickets 10 In honour of the 80th anniversary of VE Day, the Lantern Arts Choir will be holding a concert of Karl Jenkins work, including The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace on Saturday 12th April at 7.30pm. The Armed Man was voted 4th in the Classic FM Hall of Fame last year and is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The Armed Man was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the Millennium to mark the Museums move from London to Leeds, and was originally dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. The Choir will be singing in English, French and Latin, and as well as the Mass, the text includes both sacred and secular poems. The first half of the concert will contain other works by Karl Jenkins including some of his Motets and Palladio (recognisable from its use in adverts). Sir Karl Jenkins CBE is, globally, among the most performed living composers, and in 2023 his music was played at the Coronation of King Charles III. The music of Karl Jenkins is a gift to humanity Terry Waite The Lantern Arts Choir is the in-house choir at the Lantern Arts Centre, led by Stephen Hall OBE, who is also founder music director of the Civil Service Choir. PLEASE NOTE WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE REFUNDS. EXCHANGES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LANTERN ARTS CENTRE. Registered Charity 109868 Please note alcohol is not permitted on site at any time.

Oaken is a vocal quartet with roots in folk music, branching out into pop and original songs. Emily Barden, Anna Tabbush, Camilo Menjura and Dominic Stichbury are four choral directors and composers who came together in 2020 to deliver online singing workshops during the pandemic. Since then they have developed an exciting repertoire of contemporary and traditional songs plus some of their own compositions. Their innate musicality and friendship bring warmth and joy to their audiences. Oaken will be delivering an afternoon singing workshop which they will team teach, each member leading a part. Music will be taught by ear in luscious 4-part harmony. No previous musical or singing experience necessary. In the evening you can hear Oaken perform their unique repertoire and join them for refreshments in the interval, donations for which will go to City of Sanctuary: a charity that supports refugees in the UK Workshop 2 - 5pm Concert 7.30 - 9.30pm We are unable to accept ticket refunds within 2 months of the event (after 17th March). Tickets can be exchanged (no need to notify us)