BEAM Spring Comedy Special

Alistair Barrie

Alistair Barrie is one of the top headliners on the international comedy circuit. A regular at London’s world-famous Comedy Store, he has performed in over 40 countries including acclaimed performances in Australia, Cape Town, Mumbai, New Zealand and the legendary Comedy Cellar in New York.

He has made countless appearances at UK music festivals including Glastonbury, Latitude, Bestival and Green Man and taken several solo shows to The Edinburgh Festival. His 2013 and 2015 shows were nominated for ‘Best Show at The Fringe’ with the latter transferring to London for a run at The Soho Theatre, and he was runner-up in the 2015 English Comedian of the Year. His 2018 show, ‘The InternationAL’ premiered at the 2018 Melbourne Festival and went on to Edinburgh where it received a highly coveted five star review from The Scotsman, before selling out its entire run at The 2019 New Zealand International Comedy Festival. After a limited run sold out in 2021, Alistair returned to Edinburgh in 2022 with the critically acclaimed ‘Alistaircratic,’ with The Herald describing him as ‘one of the UK’s sharpest comedians’.

A seasoned performer at corporate events, Alistair is the only comedian to have performed at both the Labour and Conservative Party conferences. He has also entertained international troops as far away as Afghanistan, Cyprus and the UAE.

Alistair is a frequent panelist on BBC Scotland’s award-winning ‘Breaking the News’ and a regular pundit on Times Radio, Radio 4 and 5Live. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows all over the world, including ‘Celebrity Deal or No Deal’, ‘BBC Breakfast,’ ‘Good Morning South Africa’ and ‘The Blame Game’ in Northern Ireland.

He has also written for most of the major TV and radio networks and a number of other comedians, as well as keeping a regular blog, ‘Food Ponce,’ about restaurants he visits on his travels.

Tom Davis

Tom Davis is best known for hit shows King Gary, The Curse, Live at the Apollo and Murder in Successville, as well as his hugely popular podcast Wolf and Owl with Romesh Ranganathan, which has received critical acclaim and sold out live shows. Tom is also known for multiple appearances on A League of Their Own, Ranganation, Judge Romesh, and Action Team.

Tom has recently returned to his stand-up roots and performed his debut tour Underdog up and down the country.

Ivo Graham

Despite extensive grooming for more serious careers at Eton and Oxford, Ivo (now 33) has spent his entire adult life on the stand-up circuit, winning So You Think You’re Funny? aged 18 in 2009 and since establishing himself as, if not the UK’s poshest, then certainly its most apologetically posh comedian. With a bumbling charm to snare audiences of all ages, he’s detailed the various developments in his relationships/neuroses over eight sell-out solo shows, receiving a nomination for Best Show in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2019.

He’s appeared on shows including Have I Got News for You, QI, The Last Leg, Would I Lie to You?, Mock the Week, and Live at the Apollo, quizzed on Pointless, Celebrity Mastermind, The Weakest Link, House of Games and University Challenge, and toured the country for Dave’s six-part travelogue British As Folk. He’s earned his parents’ respect with appearances on Radio 4’s The Now Show, The News Quiz, Just a Minute, and the drama Unite, and is a regular on 5 Live’s Fighting Talk and BT Sport’s The Football’s On.

2023 saw the launch of his podcast, Gig Pigs, co-hosted with best-friend Alex Kealy, and also saw Ivo appear as a contestant on the fifteenth series of Channel 4’s Taskmaster, and fans of his chaotic energy on that show caught it live, first on the concluding leg of his My Future My Clutter tour, before Ivo took Organised Fun to the Fringe and on a national tour. Ivo’s new show Grand Designs will take to the Pleasance Grand this August.

This year, Ivo has released his standup special Live From The Bloomsbury with 800 Pound Gorilla which is available to stream now, announced his debut book Yardsticks For Failure to be published in September by Headline Publishing Group, and was announced as the new host of Radio 4’s Obsessions format.

Harriet Kemsley

Harriet is an award winning comedian, writer and actress. She has starred in the Viceland reality sitcom Bobby and Harriet: Get Married which she co-created and co-wrote with her husband Bobby Mair, to huge critical acclaim. She can also be seen on Dave’s Hypothetical, ITV’s Hey Tracey, Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, and is a recurring guest on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats. Her other credits include hosting the BBC Radio 4 Comedy Club, The Radio 1 Comedy Lounge, BBC3’s Comedy Marathon, The One Show (Edinburgh Special) and Kevin’s Hart’s LOL Live.

Harriet’s awards include the Leicester Mercury New Act of the Year Finalist, Funny’s Funny Winner, Up The Creek New Act of the Year Winning and Leicester Square New Act of the Year Finalist.  She has been described by Time Out as ‘a very funny rising star’ and as one of Rhod Gilbert’s ‘Ten Comics to See’ in the Mail on Sunday.

Limahl Germain

Limahl Germain is a hilarious British-Caribbean comedian hailing from East London. Known for his quick wit and ability to blend personal experience with insightful social commentary, he’s earned a reputation as one of the most exciting young voices in British comedy.

He seamlessly navigates topics like race, class, identity, and the often absurd nature of contemporary life. His razor-sharp observational skills and silky smooth delivery invite audiences to laugh while also challenging their assumptions and broadening their perspectives.

Having already appeared on the BBC and Comedy Central, Limahl continues to captivate audiences with his candid, clever, and consistently hysterical performances.