Last Laugh Comedy Club 5/6 June with Paul Sinha (ITV1's The Chase)

The Last Laugh Comedy Club this Fri/Sat at Sheffield City Hall has a cracking line up with Toby Foster hosting, Chris Martin, Craig Murray and Paul Sinha (ITV1’s The Chase). All rounded off with DJ Foxy’s infamous cheesey disco.

Date – Fri 5 / Sat 6 June – Doors 8pm Show 8 30pm

Venue – Memorial Hall, Sheffield City Hall

Tickets - £16 / £10 NUS - 01142210317.

CHRIS MARTIN

“One of the UK’s best young observationalists” - The Guardian

Chris Martin is a keen observer and uses uniquely twisted logic to tackle many ‘earth shattering’ problems. He has previously supported Jack Whitehall (2011) and Russell Kane (2012) and Milton Jones on his full tour in 2013.

After performing a sold out run in 2011 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival of his debut show ‘Chris Martin: No, Not That One’, Chris returned to the Fringe in 2012 with ‘Spot The Difference’ and again in 2013 with ‘Passionate about the Pointless’ both to critical acclaim.

Last year, Chris embarked on a five week run at the New Zealand Comedy Festival before once again taking a brand new solo hour to Edinburgh entitled ‘Responsibilliness’. He received 4 and 5 star reviews and extremely positive press:

“Responsibiliness is another sharply written and consistently humorous offering from Chris Martin that is packed full of witty observations and hilarious anecdotes” - Broadway Baby

“Martin is certainly one to watch” – EdFest Mag

“A series of expertly delivered life stories, with a little drama here and there, and plenty of big laughs throughout” – Three Weeks

Chris has just completed his first solo tour, spanning 18 dates across various venues in the UK. Currently, he is on tour in Australia performing at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Perth World and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Chris also records a podcast with fellow comic Carl Donnelly (Top 10 Comedy Podcasts – The Guardian) with other 47,000 subscribers. You can listen to that over at http://www.carlandchrispodcast.com

TV Credits

Fake Reaction – ITV2

The Dog Ate My Homework – CBBC

Euro’s Most Amazing Moments – BBC3

Olympics’ Most Amazing Moments – BBC3

One Night Stand – Dave (Online)

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CRAIG MURRAY

Mr Plusnet, returns to one of his favourite venues. Hailing from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire (a town otherwise famous for international terrorists, fake kidnaps and 'Britain's Best Market'), charming northerner Craig is currently one of the hottest rising talents on the comedy circuit.

Craig cut his comedy teeth as resident compere at award-winning London club The Funny Side...of Covent Garden sharing a stage with some of the very best comedy acts in the business including Harry Hill, Stewart Lee and even Hollywood legend Robin Williams.

An instant crowd pleaser with a charismatic, mock-confrontational style, Craig is now a highly sought-after act and compere, performing all over the UK.

“…a great line in Northern humour”– Spoonfed.co.uk

“Craig Murray knows his comedy roots…his material was well presented [and]recognisably funny”– Chortle.co.uk

“Bloody funny” – Jo Brand

PAUL SINHA (AKA The Sinnerman on ITV1’s The Chase.)

Medically qualified Paul Sinha is now a critically acclaimed international stand up comedian of many years standing who first achieved media recognition in 2006 when his solo show Saint or Sinha was nominated for the If.comedy (formerly Perrier) award at the Edinburgh Festival. Since then he has been something of a fixture on Radio 4 with the series Paul Sinha’s Citizenship Test and Paul Sinha’s History Revision as well as one off shows on cricket, the 2012 Olympics and Magna Carta. He has also made frequent appearances on Radio 4 favourites News Quiz, Just a Minute, and The Now Show and has registered several victories on Radio 5’s feisty weekly sports panel show Just a Minute.

As a live comic, Paul has performed several extremely well received solo shows, has had two national tours, performed in Beijing, Munich, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Tokyo as well as many non Olympic cities across the globe. He appeared in the first two series of the Stewart Lee curated tv show Alternative Comedy Experience and in 2014 Paul was voted “Best Club Comedian” in the annual Chortle Awards.

In addition to this Paul has carved out a further career as a professional quizzer, attaining grandmaster status in 2014, reaching a career high UK ranking of 7 in 2015. Since 2011 Paul has been one of the regular “Chasers” on ITV’s award winning quiz show The Chase.

"Sinha's wonderfully uncluttered one-liners are delivered with the crisp clarity of cut glass, but, crucially, his set retains an engaging warmth.He doesn't so much walk the line between controversy and outrage as use it for a skipping rope.Highly original." Metro, June 2005

"Universal anecdotes as warmly delivered as you would find anywhere........it’s a pleasure listening to him" - Steve Bennett, Chortle

"His confidence on stage was excellent and his talent for adlibbing and summoning gags off the cuff were very funny" - BBC Online

"Wonderfully inventive and intelligent" - Evening Standard

"One of the most consistently funny acts on the circuit today" - The Last Laugh Comedy Club

"A tour de force of humor and insightful observation" - BBC Online

"One of the bravest stand ups I have ever seen ....... a thoroughly recommended act" - Funny.co.uk