As part of Funny Rabbit Comedy Club...
Headliner: Karen Bayley
Karen Bayley is a midlands based act hailing from Birmingham. Karen has been on the circuit for over a decade. She made a name for herself early on in her career reaching the semi-final of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Awards and was later crowned the winner of the 2001 Komedia New Act prize, Karen Bayley followed by becoming the first ever female winner of the prestigious Comedy Store King Gong award as well as reaching the finals of both the BBC New Comedy Awards Showcase and Babycham Funny Women.
Delightfully saucy, her friendly and confident stage presence, combined with a killer wit, an infectious giggle and some devastating one-liners make her a comedic force to be reckoned with a warm and welcoming with a delightfully saucy and spiky edge, her bold, no nonsense attitude strikes a perfect pitch with men and women alike.
Karen can be seen performing at all the established clubs and bookers across the UK and has recently been supporting Joe Lycett on his 2016 tour. Karen also appeared in the Aviva Goth Advert Campaign
“Bayley’s material surprises with inspired and sparkling punchlines…with comic timing that is rarely less than brilliant. An assured performer who doesn’t have much trouble getting audiences laughing” – Chortle
“I saw her recently and she blew my socks off. She doesn’t dwell too much on “lady issues”. Funny in her own right, she was brilliant, clever and she’s gonna be huge.”- BBC Online
“Karen is one of the most consistently hilarious comedians I have had the pleasure of working with . She’s a sharp writer and an unflappable compère, able to cajole any room with her warm audience interaction and precise intelligent gags”- Joe Lycett
Opening: Masai Graham
Masai Graham is a multi award winning one-liner comedian who hails from the West Midlands.
The former Care worker turned comic has been writing and performing comedy for over a decade, winning accolades including ‘UK Pun Championship 2016, ‘Joke of the Fringe’ 2016 and 2022 (also bagging the unofficial lockdown Some-Bloke-Called-Dave Joke of the Fringe in 2021).
His comedy skills have seen him perform live from Singapore to Dublin. With 10 years of sell out shows at Edinburgh, Leicester and Brighton fringes.
His success has led him to perform as tour support for Gary Delaney, Darren Harriott and Tez Ilias as well as writing for TV shows.
Masai delivers genius one liners, puns and word play with his genuine charm and easy-flowing banter and with his reams of material from clean to naughty, he turns his razor-sharp joke writing skills to any subject.
Masai has built a huge cult following at the Edinburgh Fringe having been performing regularly there for 8 years. His show ‘101 Clean Jokes In 30 mins’ 150 times at the festival which is an incredible feat only to be topped by him performing his show ‘101 Naughty Jokes In 30 mins’ an incredible 300 times at the fringe!
‘Annoyingly good gags and great stage presence’ – Gary Delaney’
‘Audience admire the craftsmanship from this cheerful Black Country comic who skirts offence deftly’ – Steve Bennett, Chortle.
‘The best ethnic comedian to emerge from the Black Country if you don’t include myself and Lenny Henry’ – Darren Harriott
