Congratulations to all of our
finalists below, and also the Semi Final runners up that narrowly missed out on this years Final: Liam
Williams, Adam Staunton, Chris McGlade, Rory O'Hanlon, David Hannah and Kevin B
13th April - The 2010 New Act of the year Semi Finalists are...
Thur 15th - Danny ward, Ian Smith, Adam Staunton, Rob Carter, Abigail Watts,Daniel Smith, Liam
Williams, Suzi Ruffell, Joe Davies, Richard Gadd, Simon Douglass, Hatty Ashdown, Paul Langton,
Stuart Mitchell and Paul Sweeney.
Fri 16th - David Gibson, Paul Laight,
Paul McGarrity, Kevin Shevlin, Carys Willims, Andrea Hubert, Alan Sharp, Demitri & Demitri,
Nabil Abdulrashid, Claire Parker, Renata Muss, Tony Jameson, Will Howells, Carly Smallman, Smayles
& Payne and Laurence Tuck
Sat 17th - Damian Kingsley, Inel
Tomlinson, Christopher Scoular, Baker, Murray Cummings, Thomas Walker, Nico Yearwood, Andrew
Doyle, Christopher McGlade,, Russell Powell, David Keeling, Richard Fox, Robert Beckett, Kevin B,
and Nathanial Metclafe
Thur 22nd - Rory O'Hanlon, Richard
Rycroft, Enda Muldoon, Elena Procopiu, Max Dowler, Julian Deane, Ryan Cull, Duncan Hart, Dan
Wright, Chris Pacey, Anthea Neagle, Dougie Hastings, Linus Lee Bowman, Phil Boothman, John Kearns,
and Romesh Ranganathan
Fri 23rd - Lloyd Griffith, David
Hannah, Mark Cornell, Matt Richardson, Adam Belbin, The History Girls, Surb Sandhu, Mark Jearey,
Leo Kearse, Ben Van Der Velde, Spencer Owen, Luke Thompson, Robert Comminsky, Helen Arney, Karel
Hutter, and Mark Simmons
Sat 24th -Nick Brown, Masud Milas,
Mark Davidson, Peter Beckley, Paul Moynihan, Mark Restuccia, Lewis Charlesworth, Sarah Hendricx,
Hannah Warman, Finlay Taylor, Mike Wood, Adnan Ahmed, Jonathan roberts, Ana Freyburg, Tim
Shoshodia, and Tom Tolson
Sorry for the lack of updates - for the Quarters -
we'll be back with news of the first finalists once the semi's start!
9 Feb: Due to health
and saftey issues at the LH Soho venue we have decided to cancel all shows at this venue as we
cannot guarentee the safety of performers or audience members. Please note that all heats and
quarter finals due to be held there have now been moved to our Green park, Goat Tavern venue
25 Jan: Due
to such high demand for places in the competition we have added another additionl heat on
March 4th at Laughing Horse Earls Court.
Qualifiers
through: Earls Court Jan 30th: Dan Smith, Tom Stranden, Juliette Stern
Qualifiers
through: Kingston @ The Goat Jan 30th: Peter Beckley, Fraser, Samer Selby, James
Revell
Qualifiers
through: Cambridge Jan 29th: Liam Williams, Justin Pranks, William Morris, Richard
Todd, Daniel Spinks
Qualifiers
through: Goat Tavern Jan 29th: Richard Rycroft, Kieran Boyde, Hannah ISherwood, Julia
Clark, Toby Pierra, Paul Fung
Qualifiers
through: Earls Court Jan 28th: Mark Cornell, Chrristopher McGlade, Taylor Glen, Marie
Connelley, Jo Fibee
Qualifiers
through: Soho Jan 26th: Tom McDonnell, Carly Smallman, Joe Daniels, Mickel Kossew,
Phil Byrne (The second)
Qualifiers
through: Earls Court Jan 25th: Danny Ward, Smales & Payne, Mark Davison,
Sammantha, Mark Sale, Paul mcGarity
Qualifiers
through: Richmond Jan 24th: Sasha Distilled, Steve Gray, Tim Rivettm David Hannah,
Laura Carr, Julian Deane
Qualifiers
through: Richmond Jan 23rd: Romesh Ranganathan, Russell Powell, Abi Bruce, Michael
mooney, Dave Woods, Gary Turk
Qualifiers
through: Earls Court Jan 23rd:: Mark Stephenson, Dougie Hastings, Sarah Pearce, Ola
Da Vinchy, Jackson Voohar
Qualifiers
through: Goat Taven Jan 22nd: Baker, Stacey Adams, Stu Richards, Tom Neenan, James
Abbott, Suzi Ruffell, Luke Thompson
Qualifiers
through: Halifax Jan 21st: Andy Staunton, Andy Woolton, Karl White, Eddie french,
Will Duggan, Joe Bronehead
Qualifiers
through: Piccadilly Jan 21st: Mark Restuccia, Sarah Iles, Ian Rigby, Adam
Larter, Dan McKee, Paul Moynihan
Qualifiers
through: Earls Court Jan 21st: Nick Brown, Kirst Mac, Inel Tomlinson, John Chambers,
Hatty Ashdown
Qualifiers
through: Bury Jan 20th: Hayley Ellis, Mr Kenyon, Phillip cooper, Curtis Threadgold,
Ben Lawes
Qualifiers
through: Camden Jan 20th: Sam Quinn, Alex Clissod-Jones, Sally Tatum, Linus Lee
Bowman, India McLeod, Luisa Omelian
Qualifiers
through: Soho Jan 19th: Mike Sheer, Will Howells, Norman cho, Barnaby Slater, Angelo
Makri, Nick Rado, Geoff Brown
22
Jan: Due to such high demand for places in the competition we have added an additionl
heat on March 8th at Laughing Horse Earls Court.
Qualifiers
through: Earls Court Jan 18th: Laurence Tuck, Lloyd Griffiths, The Beta Pales picnic,
Joe Wells, Ben Morgan, Will Marsh
Qualifiers
through: Richmond Jan 17th: Christ Turner, Paul Laight, Ben Van Der Velde, Gemma
Goggin, Kevin Malsen, Vinny McHale, Mike Lee
Qualifiers
through: Earls Court Jan 16th: Rob Carter, Lindsay Sharman, Jay Hampson, Simon
Douglass, Carys Williams, Rachel Stubbings
Qualifiers
through: Richmond Jan 16th: John Kearns, Luke Graves, Mark Simmons, Charlie Duncan,
Joe Davies
Qualifiers
through: Brighton Jan 16th: Kevin Shevlin, Carl maxim, Sam Savage, Rob Dumbrell,
Kerry Herbert
Qualifiers
through: Goat Tavern Jan 15th: Stephanie Lang, Duncan hart, Matt Whiteley, Christian
Ancliff, Blossom, McNeil and Pamphilion
Qualifiers
through: Earls Court Jan 14th: Ian Smith, Robin Buckland, Thomas Walker, Lauwrie
Turner, Elena procopiu
Qualifiers
through: Soho Jan 12th: Tim Shishodia, Andrew Doyle, Rob Beckett, Masud, Fraser
Millward
Qualifiers
through: Earls Court Jan 11th: Ed Bainbridge, Ed O'Meara, Rory O'Hanlon, Billy Hill,
Timothy Lock, Damian Kingsley
Qualifiers
through: Richmond Jan 10th: Rich Heap, Ric Nicholls, Abigail watts, David Keeling,
Bobby Carroll
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.
