Markus Birdman is an original and highly talented Liverpool based stand up.

He took his solo show, ‘ One Step Beyond' to last year's Edinburgh Fringe and has featured on BBC Radio's ‘ Spanking New' ' and is the voice of ITV's ‘ Blank Screen', a s well as performing on the Paramount Comedy Store series.

He has previously performed at the Edinburgh Festival as part of Screaming Blue Murder's ‘ Big Value Show' and as a finalist in the televised ‘ BBC New Comedy Awards'.

He also won the Lewisham Comedy Festival Open Mic competition, was a finalist in The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Awards, Jongleur's New Act 2000 and the Leicester Comedy Festival New Act competition.

He performed at the Edinburgh Festival 2002 as the compere of Comedy Zone, and in Francesca Martinez's solo show, 'I'mPerfect', which they performed at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2003. Whilst there, Markus performed at the Sydney Comedy Store.

Markus was featured and interviewed on BBC Radio London Live, and has appeared on BBC One, BBC Choice and Sky and Triple J Radio, Fox FM and Channel 9 TV in Australia.

As well as being booked for weekends at The Comedy Store, and in most major UK clubs, Markus Birdman headlined on the 2003 Comedy Network.

Quotes

"uniquely talented" - The Evening Standard

"on his way up" - Time Out

"wonderful, extremely versatile." - The Scotsman

"One of the millionaire mirth merchants of the future" - The Metro.

"The crowd fell for his dry wit in a big way" - The Observer.

"infectious, likable and popular with the crowd" - The Stage.

Rex Boyd appears at first to be a normal guy talking about normal life in England . Normality soon gives way to the enthusiastic fervour of a street preacher and the manic physicality of a cross between Lee Evans and Jim Carrey culminating in an exciting, party-like atmosphere of improvisation, interaction and quite often thrillingly unpredictable responses.

"With style and energy, Rex Boyd can bombard any room into a hilarious state of frenzy, making him a brilliant crowd pleaser and a slicker-than-slick stand up," -   The Other Side Comedy Clubs .

"It's a refreshing change to see an act that dares to be so different from peoples expectations, truly breaking the proverbial mould and doing it with such style and confidence that only the most humourless among us could possibly be left unimpressed ." - Funny.co.uk .

“This is the second time he has been here in six months and still utterly brilliant. I think you could watch this act over and over again and still find it funny. He is definitely in the top 5 funniest acts who have ever appeared at this club - I had members of the audience saying this to me afterwards as well.” - Cheeky Monkey Comedy Club .

Scottish comedian and impressionist, Geoff Boyz "has established himself as one of the most versatile comedians on the London Circuit" - ID MAGAZINE

On television he has been featured in COMEDY RULES (STV), PEBBLE MILL (BBC1), BEST OF SCOTTISH COMEDY (STV), TALKING TELEPHONE NUMBERS (ITV), AUNTY'S SPORTING BLOOMERS (BBC) the Sci Fi series SPACE CADETS (Ch 4), A GAME OF TWO HALVES (STV), LIVE AT THE COMEDY STORE (Ch 5) and as a presenter on THIS MORNING (ITV). More recently he appeared in ONLY AN EXCUSE (BBC Scotland), CALEDONIA MACBRAINS (BBC Scotland) and TAKE THE MIKE (ITV) - giving advice to young hopeful comedians.

Geoff has also worked as a warm-up for television. Recent shows include THEY THINK IT'S ALL OVER (BBC 1), DEAD RINGERS (BBC 2), JACK DEE (BBC 1) and MR CHARITY (BBC 1).

Geoff has been a guest on numerous radio shows. He also featured on GLORIA UPSTAGED and appeared in two series of RED DEVILS and FANTASTIC VOYAGE (all for BBC Radio). He co-wrote and starred in the BBC Radio 5 series COLIN and was the hit act on Radio 2s THE STAND UP SHOW .

His theatre credits include THE ELECTRONIC DARK AGE , NOISE AND OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS , WHY? GEOFF BOYZ and GEOFF BOYZ LIVE 2002 (all at the Edinburgh Fringe).

Geoff continues to be in demand on the corporate circuit and last year performed at the Scottish Sports Personality of the Year Awards . He recently undertook a new marketing campaign for Whyte and McKay and a second promotional tour with Johnnie Walker.

Geoff has performed in numerous countries all over the world, including Indonesia , Hong Kong , Singapore and Dubai . Last year he was one of the first British comics to perform in China . More recently he signed a development deal with Celador (the makers of Who Wants to be a Millionaire) for a new game show called What Ever Happens I Hate You .

Quotes:

"Fast and very funny.” - GQ MAGAZINE

"It would be a welcome treat to see Geoff Boyz get his own small screen special" - THE GUARDIAN

"His Robert De Niro remains unrivalled" - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

"a fantastic show" - Rory Bremner, August 2002

"His demeanour is tense - his delivery explosive" - SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

(AKA Tom Binns)

Tom cut his teeth in comedy at the Comedy Café in London and on the BBC Radio Comedy Network. His first television appearances were in 'Knowing Me Knowing Yule with Alan Partridge', 'Friday Night Armistice' and 'Fist of Fun'.

In 1999 the readers of Melody Maker voted 'Tom Binns Breakfast' on London 's XFM as one of their Top Ten Radio shows of the year.

One of the sketches Tom wrote for 'Trigger Happy TV' made it into both the BBC and Channel 4 polls for best comedy moment and TV moment of 2001.

In 2002 while Tom was presenting 'Ri:se' the live breakfast show on Channel 4, readers of More magazine voted him the 25th sexiest man in the world, leaving George Clooney trailing behind at number 33.

Joan Rivers recently worked with Tom when he hosted a very expensive pilot episode of 'Celebrity Squares' for So TV and Five.

Tom is currently writing a sitcom, DJing on BRMB radio, developing TV shows, performing stand-up and sailing catamarans

IVAN

Ivan Brackenbury is Hospital Radios Flagship Presenter. He presents his "Disease Hour" every week on Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Hospital Radio. He's also been heard on "Lee and Herring Fist of Fun" on BBC Radio 1.

Then BBC GLR [now London ], XFM and Talksport. Ivan Brackenbury also did a stint as a continuity man on Channel 4's 4Music.

"Comedy Genius " - Chris Evans

"The funniest thing I've seen in my life .” - Simon Bates

"The precision of the comedy timing was unbelievable it was amazing .” Capital Radio

Noel Britten's award winning comedy (Winner: Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 1996 and Ha Bloody Ha New Act of the Year 1996), has earned him a solid reputation for comedy excellence on the circuit and beyond.

From the outset Noel was described as "the country's finest emerging stand-up talent" (Comedy Review Magazine) and throughout his career in which he has notched up 7 years of solid experience he is considered "something of a hot property" (Venue Magazine) within the comedy world.

As well as performing in the famous Comedy Store and Jongleurs his clients also extend to numerous corporate events including IBM, HP, Pentel, Pictet Swiss Bank Corporation and Hamptons where his quick witted observational comedy has entertained executives all around the world. He is regularly invited to perform in the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, Dubai and Canada at a variety of events including The Sydney International Festival in Australia, The Nova Scotia Comedy Festival in Canada, The Oerol Festival in Holland and of course The Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. Noel's work has also been featured on Channel 4 and BBC.

In the West Country, he is well known for his Bizarre Bath comedy tours of his home City of Bath that have run nightly throughout the summer for the last 10 years. It has been recommended by all the major tourist books ("a great idea, superbly executed, and should be on every visitor's itinerary" Choice Travel Guide), TV Travel shows ("brilliantly unforgettable" BBC's Holiday Show), and has now reached the status of a "must do" for many visitors to Bath .

Madness, mime, magic & mirth

Otiz Cannelloni combines the illusion of magic and the logic of stand-up to produce a hybrid comic creation. With a mind more suited to testing crash helmets his performance fluctuates between sheer genius and downright stupidity.

Just when you suspect he doesn't have a clue, he removes all doubt. When Cannelloni is on stage the dressing room empties, as the rest of the comics rush to watch and learn from his mistakes. It's taken years of practice to make something so simple look so difficult.

Despite various television appearances, The Stand Up Show BBC1, Stuff the White Rabbit, BBC 2, producers are prepared to forgive and forget, mostly forget. Still there are always the cruise liners.

Otiz is a popular choice for the corporate market. His laid back brand of mirth has proved a hit at a variety of occasions.

Television:
The Happening (BSB)
Saturday Live (LWT)
Friday Night Live (LWT)
The Stand Up Show (BBC1)
Stuff The White Rabbit (BBC2)

www.iancognito.net

After 17 years in the business we call show, Ian Cognito knows one thing: you need two things to make it big - hype and bullshit.  Ian Cognito has neither.  He has become one of the most respected comedians in the world by simply consistently doing great performances.

That he is so remarkably unfamous can be put down to one thing: Ian Cognito has never been on television in any shape or form.  If Spiderman was bitten by a radioactive spider and became, like, a spider, then Ian Cognito was bitten by a radioactive cunt.

“The trouble with a moustache is that you can taste what you've been eating. I got fed up of mine tasting of TV producers arseholes.” Ian Cognito

Possibly one of the most influential comedians of modern times Ian Cognito has been responsible for the shape of the careers of many comedians.  Some of which he is pleased about.

“Changed the face of this circuit single handedly. He was rallying against political correctness before it even had a name. I also love it when he pisses in my mouth .” Brendan Burns

“He's the reason I am in this business.” Boothby Graffoe

Some not so pleased.

Ian Cognito has headlined some of the best line ups in British comedy putting many established performers in the shade. However, the longer you spend in the comedy arena, the more people you will upset, particularly if you take the risks that Ian takes. 

Consequently Ian Cognito appears to be banned from more comedy clubs than any other British comedian.  Ian Cognito is not proud of this. The comedy business should be ashamed.

So, funny, challenging, honest and he gets it right 98.5per cent of the time (and of course he's got his awards).  Ian Cognito.  He's the real thing.

“It's not a widely known fact that I sign my name Ian D.Cognito, it's an anagram of gin and tonic , and the D stands for Danger.”

Trevor began his career at the Sydney Comedy Store in 1991, he received his first booking in just two months, his first television performance in six and capped off that first year by winning the Sydney Comic of the Year competition.

Within 18 months he was headlining regularly at the Comedy Store and touring with the likes of Jimeoin, Ben Elton and David Strassman. His television career also blossomed, performing on shows like The Midday Show, Tonight Live, and Hey Hey Saturday. After an acclaimed visit to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1996, Trevor began working extensively in England and Europe . He is the first Australian comic to have performed in the arctic circle, and has performed in France , Holland , Scandinavia, Hong Kong and China .

His UK TV Credits include Live at Jongleurs ( four series), the Stand Up Show (BBC1) and amongst his radio credits is Stand Up Two for BBC Radio 2.

What they say about Trevor:

"Was that you getting all those laughs" - Ben Elton

"My all time favourite funny man!, Superb totally unique" - Rick Wakeman

"Shines Like A Diamond" - Edinburgh Evening News

"One of those once in a lifetime finds" - London Evening Standard