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Gulbenkian's monthly comedy club has been organised by our Student Committee!

Everyone is welcome to this special Funny Rabbit, and we have 200 FREE student tickets available – first come, first served.

Opener: Blank Peng

Second Place of Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2024

Finalist of Funny Women Awards, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year; Beat the Frog World Series; The Pleasance Scratch
Blank is the opening Act for Henning Wehn.

Regular act at top clubs like Top Secret Comedy. Hot Water Comedy Club, The Glee, The Forge.

Headliner: Aaron Simmonds

Aaron Simmonds has been failing to stand up for 34 years; luckily he is far better at comedy than standing up. Aaron has appeared on QI (BBC Two), Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV), Russell Howard Hour (Sky), Undeniable (Comedy Central) and Guessable (Comedy Central) and has been heard on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Scotland. Aaron offers sharply-observed comedy which is grounded in his disability, but is by no means limited by it.

Aaron performed his critically-acclaimed debut shows, Disabled Coconut and Hot Wheels, at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 and 2022. He was an Amused Moose Comedy Award Best Show finalist and was nominated for Best Comedy Show in the Broadway World UK Edinburgh Fringe Awards in 2019.

In 2023, he then decided to embark on his biggest challenge yet, perform Stand-up standing up! Baby Steps at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe received rave reviews and sold-out shows with was longlisted for the ISH Edinburgh Best Comedy Show.

FR: Aaron Simmonds & Blank Peng

Fri 10 October

ART31

ART31 takes its name from Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, which states that ‘Children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities’.

ART31 is a vision created with, by, and for young people in Kent, championing the belief that all children and young people have an entitlement to access high quality arts and culture, to empower them to achieve their creative potential, and to genuinely engage young people as equal partners in any decision making that affects them.

The ART31 Youth Board is made up of young people from across Kent aged 13-25 who steer its governance, and influence policy and practice across the county and beyond, challenging the creative sector to examine existing ways of working and integrate young people into the core of their practice.

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