Entry £14
(Reserved Seating) or £12 (General Admission)
Do
you think You're Funny... And you would you
like to win part of a £2,500 prize package? Including a £1,000 winners cheque, paid bookings throughout
2010, trophy and performances at the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringes? And also perform in a
semi-finals and a final attended by many bookers, promoters and agents from across the comedy
industry.... If so you should enter the 2010
Laughing Horse New Act of the year!
This year
we are celebrating the 10th Anniversary year of the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year - the nationwide new comedy competition that has launched the
careers of many comedians performing on the comedy circuit today... including Russell Kane,
Rhod Gilbert all of 'We Are Klang' (Greg Davies, Marek Larwood and Steve
Hall), Jack Whitehall, Matt Kirshen, Daniel Rigby and and many, many
more (click here for past winners and finalists)...
Qualifiers
through: Brighton Jan 9th: Jac Bayles, Karl Davidson, Ged Butcher, Alex Petrovic,
Stephen Nelson
Qualifiers
through: Goat Tav Jan 8th: Richard Fox, Dave Smith, Max Dowler, Matthew Highton, Mark
Burrows, TOBY
First
qualifiers through: Piccadilly Jan 7th: Jonathan Grant, Sam Furniss, Mark Jearey,
David Kelly, Michelle Strutt & Murray Cummings
17th Dec 2009:
Tickets are now on sale on-line for all heats in London, all quarter finals, the semi-finals and
Final
27th Oct 2009: The
2010 is open for entrues from today, take a look around these web pages for details of how to
enter the 2010 competition
Format
of the Competition
1.
Overall Information:
In all rounds the winners
and runners-up will be announced on the night - if an act cannot stay until the end of the
evening they should ensure that the laughing Horse Promoters have their contact details to
inform them of progression to the next round. If an act is uncontactable then we reserve the
right to replace that act with another act.
2:
Heats
(a) The Winner and four runner-up acts at
each heat will qualify for the quarter-finals by audience voting. All competitiors will
progress to the London Quarter Finals except
from the Edinburgh, Newcastle, Bolton and Halifax heats. Competitors in
Edinburgh will progress to the Quarter Finals in Edinburgh and qualifiers from Newcastle,
Bolton and Halifax can choose between a London or Edinburgh Quarter Final.
(b) Additional qualifiers from heats may be
decided by The Laughing Horse Promoters during the course of the first round, if further acts
warrant being put through to the quarter finals stage
(c) Acts will perform sets
of up to 5 minutes in the heats
3: Quarter Finals
(a) The Winner and one
runner-up act at each quarter final will qualify for the semi-finals by audience voting.
(b) Additional qualifiers,
and best runner's-up from the quarter finals will be decided by The Laughing Horse
Promoters during the course of the quarter finals.
(c) Acts will perform sets
of up to 5 minutes in the quarter Finals
4. The Semi Finals
(a) The Winner of each of
the six semi-finals will qualify for the final by a mixture of audience voting and voting from
Laughing Horse Promoters and comedy industry professionals.
(b) The remaining six Final
places will be decided by laughing Horse Promoters and comedy Industry judges from the best
runners-up from each of the semi-finals – using average scores across all semi-finals -
depending on the strength of individual semi-finals and semi-finalists this may mean more
going through from one semi-final and less from others.
(c) An additional Final place will go to the winner of the
Laughing Horse's Brighton Fringe New comedy competition to be held during May 2010 at the
Brighton Fringe, making a 13th finalist.
(d) Acts will perform sets
of up to 6 minutes in the semi-finals
5. The Final
(a) The Winner, runner-up
and third place acts will be announced on the night, along with any acts the judges decide to
give an honourable mention.
(b) The Winner, runner-up and
third place acts will be decided by a panel of Judges that will inclide a selection of Comedy
Industry professionals, promoters and acts - These judges will be announced before the final.
(c) Acts will perform sets of up
to 7 minutes in the Final
At all stages of this
competition the Laughing Horse Promoters decisions are final. Laughing Horse Comedy reserve
the right to make any decisions or changes that we see fit regarding this competition, at any
time.
Do
you think You're Funny... And you would you
like to win part of a £2,500 prize package? Including a £1,000 winners cheque, paid bookings throughout
2010, trophy and performances at the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringes? And also perform in a
semi-finals and a final attended by many bookers, promoters and agents from across the comedy
industry.... If so you should enter the 2010
Laughing Horse New Act of the year!
