BIGHEAD is a new live comedy production company bringing you regular mixed bill shows blending traditional stand-up with alternative comedy and clowning in venues across London, as well as producing exciting new projects from rising stars.
Upcoming Shows
Everything we're doing (that we've announced).
Live at the Escape with Christian Brighty
Thursday 23rd January
Escape Bar Stratford, London
Stratford's favourite comedy night returns, this month features a headline set from the hilarious character comic and star of his own BBC Radio series Christian Brighty!
He'll be joined by a hilarious line-up of some of the country's best comics including Comedy Central Live star Tamsyn Kelly and BBC New Comedy Awards regional finalists Frankie Thompson and Katie Norris, plus two of our favourite rising stars, Chelsea Birkby and Vidya Divakaran and our host, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Sam Nicoresti!
Paulina Lenoir: Puella Eterna
24th & 25th January 2025
Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
Acclaimed designer turned “virtuosic clown” (FringeReview) Paulina Lenoir (Fool’s Moon: Dance Plague) presents a tale of birth, life and death told through the eyes of this generation’s most renowned couture poet, Puella Eterna
Would you like to live forever?
This is a show about LIFE, in all its stages.
Told by a poetic idiot in search of eternity – between the pages.
Ozzy Algar: Speed Queen (WIP)
Thursday 30th January
The Glitch, London
We are in the Speed Queen, the last launderette on the Isle of Wight! A soothsaying laundry hag, a doe-eyed starlet and the mob's dry cleaner, connected by an international laundry chain.
Airing the dirty laundry in a solo character and clown hour, created by 2024 Sketch Off finalist and host of late-night cult hit cabaret Hot Boys Bathhouse, Ozzy Algar.
Fanny Bleach: The Nearly Naked Show (WIP)
Wednesday 5th February
Hen & Chickens Theatre, London
The new work in progress from the deranged mind of Top of the Slops winner Fanny Bleach: A reclamation of her naked body in all it’s gory glory through the means of drag and alternative comedy.
Basically, a 55 minute cock tease and guaranteed good time.
Pleasance WIP Season
7th February to 9th April
Pleasance Theatre, London
BIGHEAD Comedy brings a massive selection of shows to Pleasance Theatre in London as part of their work-in-progress season in Spring 2025.
Shows include new projects from BIGHEAD favourites like Bebe Cave, Rosa Garland, Kate Cheka and Rosalie Minnitt, plus debut shows from Ozzy Algar, Su Mi, Cabbage The Clown, Pedro Leandro and Anna Hale.
The Screen Test
11th to 15th February
Seven Dials Playhouse, London
A one-woman show about delusion, desperation and dreams. A dark comedy. Betsy Bitterly is an aspiring actress in 1930s Hollywood, so desperate to become a star that she might just sacrifice herself along the way.
Through a series of "screen tests" for roles that could change her life, Betsy herself changes in ways she never expected in her never ending quest to "make it". But what does "making it" really mean? And when do you let go of the dream?
Live at Seven Dials Playhouse with Christopher Hall
Wednesday 19th February
Seven Dials Playhouse, London
Viral star of The Stand-Up Sketch Show with over 12 million likes and 50 million views for his hilarious online content Christopher Hall headlines the February edition of Central London's hottest new comedy night, Live at Seven Dials Playhouse!
He'll be joined by a hilarious line-up of comedy stars including another online comedy legend as seen on BBC, Channel 4 and more Abi Clarke, plus Comedy Central Live star Katie Green, Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club star Alice Brine, 2024 BBC New Comedy Awards finalist Maia Tassalini and one of our fave rising stars Alyssa Virji!
Live at the Escape with Jin Hao Li
Thursday 20th February
Escape Bar Stratford, London
Stratford's favourite comedy night returns, this month features a headline set from Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nominee Jin Hao Li!
He'll be joined by a hilarious line-up of some of the country's best comics including Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Rob Copland and star of Disney+ hit Extraordinary Luke Rollason, as well as Comedy Central Live star Shalaka Kurup and one of our favourite rising stars Jessie Nixon and a BIGHEAD fave host, the hilarious Jo Griffin!
Kate Cheka: A Messiah Comes
23rd February to 14th June
Various Venues, UK Tour
The reigning Funny Women Award winner and Chortle Best Newcomer nominee Kate Cheka brings you her debut hour where she tries to save the world.
Where does this messiah complex come from? Is it the second coming or has she just inherited her mother's psychological disorder? If you're anxious about the state of the world (or just your own mental state), join this 'impressive, frank and relatable' (Chortle.co.uk) BBC New Comedy Awards semi-finalist as she becomes the first woman to wonder what many men have wondered before her: am I actually God?
Pedro Leandro: Soft Animal (WIP)
Thursday 27th February
The Glitch, London
A work-in-progress of the debut show from Pedro Leandro, a comedian who has famously been described as “magnetic” (Guardian) and “a beautiful bright-eyed joy” (Everything Theatre). Sadly, he has found this praise to be insufficient. Standing atop the lonely Everest of his innumerable achievements, he invites his audience to reflect: will it, can it, ever be enough?
A BAFTA might do the trick. It certainly won’t hurt.
Live at Seven Dials Playhouse with Jazz Emu
Wednesday 19th March
Seven Dials Playhouse, London
One of The Telegraph’s Top 30 Comedians of the 21st Century and The Guardian’s Breakout Comedy Act of 2023 Jazz Emu headlines the March edition of Central London's hottest new comedy night, Live at Seven Dials Playhouse!
He'll be joined by a hilarious line-up of comedy stars including RuPaul’s Drag Race icon Kate Butch, Live at the Apollo star Celya AB and sketch comedy icons of the No Rolls Barred channel Grubby Little Mitts, plus rising stars Emily Bampton and Sam Nicoresti!
Live at the Escape with John Tothill
Thursday 20th March
Escape Bar Stratford, London
Stratford's favourite comedy night featuring a mix of stand-up and alternative comedy from some of the country's brightest rising stars.
This month features a headline set from one of the fastest rising stars of comedy, as seen on Comedy Central Live and featured in The Telegraph's Top Comedy Shows of 2024, hilarious BIGHEAD fave John Tothill! Joining him will be the ‘out-and-out hilarious’ (The Stage) Derek Mitchell and Funny Women Awards finalist Molly McGuinness, plus BBC New Comedy Awards regional finalist Christian Jegard and RAW Comedy finalist Dom McGovern, as well as two hilarious rising stars Zoe Wohlfeld and Jennifer Zheng!
Bebe Cave: Christbride (WIP)
Monday 24th March
Hen & Chickens Theatre, London
In the dark, desperate, deathly world of the middle ages, one (quite annoying) woman strives to find the light. Join CHRISTBRIDE, a female mystic in a world of male dullards, as she escapes from a life of monotony to a life of devotion. Expect fantasy, prophesies, miracles both real and fake and a mystical marriage in her bedroom to Jesus Christ our lord and saviour.
The writer and star of critically acclaimed 2024 fringe hit The Screen Test ('Full of madcap ideas and caricatures...a riot from start to finish' Broadway Baby) presents a work in progress of her debut character comedy show.
Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine
3rd - 5th April 2025
Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
The critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe hit from Rosalie Minnitt featured in The Telegraph’s Funniest Comedy Shows of Fringe 2024 and The Guardian’s Top 10 Comedy Shows of 2023.
Lady Clementine has until her 27th birthday to find The One. When her latest beau goes missing, Clementine embarks on a hilariously unhinged quest to solve the mystery of her ill fortune. But with neither sense nor sensibility, will our romantic heroine find love in time? Set roughly “in the past”, this is a story about sickly sisters, self-love and Sylvanian Families.
Bonnets at the ready, ladies, for the debut character comedy show of the (Scorpio) season.
Bebe Cave: Christbride (WIP)
Sunday 27th April
Hen & Chickens Theatre, London
In the dark, desperate, deathly world of the middle ages, one (quite annoying) woman strives to find the light. Join CHRISTBRIDE, a female mystic in a world of male dullards, as she escapes from a life of monotony to a life of devotion. Expect fantasy, prophesies, miracles both real and fake and a mystical marriage in her bedroom to Jesus Christ our lord and saviour.
The writer and star of critically acclaimed 2024 fringe hit The Screen Test ('Full of madcap ideas and caricatures...a riot from start to finish' Broadway Baby) presents a work in progress of her debut character comedy show.
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Want to be on a show?
BIGHEAD run mixed bill shows most months of the year, including Hilarious at Hoxton Hall in Hackney, Live at the Escape in Stratford and Live at Seven Dials Playhouse in Central London.
We also occasionally work with performers and groups on individual projects for performance at venues across London and at festivals around the UK.
We especially encourage acts who come from a non-traditional comedy performance background who would like to try performing on a mixed bill stand-up night.
If you would like to perform at one of our nights, or you have a project you'd like to pitch to us, please send a bio and video clips if you have them to:
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