CHARITY CHUCKLE Stand-Up for the Our Sansar Nepal Earthquake Appeal

Tuesday 12th May 2015, 8pm at Komedia, Brighton

Comedians: Al Lubel, Mark Simmons, Sam Savage as Linda Larkin, Juliet Meyers and more - unmissable comedy during Brighton's Fringe.

Charity: Our Sansar - the Brighton-based charity helping the poor of Nepal, particularly street children. The aim of this night is to provide aid, relief and blankets for victims of the Earthquake. www.oursansar.org

Our Sansar Director, Julia Krepska: 'We are thankful that all our children and staff are safe. However we urgently need to get blankets and tents for families in remote villages that have been completely destroyed, leaving many homeless, with no shelter, food and basic facilities. With your support we can reach those that need our help the most.'

DONATE HERE: http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/projects/urgent-appeal-nepal-earthquake-relief/

Charity Chuckle is Brighton's award-winning comedy fundraiser. Over the last six years it has raised £17,000 for local charities, benefitting a different one each month.

May is a special time because of the Brighton Fringe, and this month's special headliner is one of America's finest stand-ups, AL LUBEL. Al is a world-class comic. He's been on the Late Show with David Letterman no less than five times. He supported Bill Hicks and Jerry Seinfeld on tour, the latter saying he "has one of the best jokes I have ever heard" - in the comedy world, praise doesn't come much higher! In a Brighton exclusive, Charity Chuckle is his only Sussex gig on this visit to the UK.

In support is MARK SIMMONS. He's hilarious, his first solo show last year in Edinburgh was "packed full of inventive one-liners" (Chortle), and he's currently on tour with Seann Walsh. If you like Tim Vine you'll love Mark Simmons. He's at least three laughs a minute!

Brighton resident SAM SAVAGE won Funny's Funny Best Female Comedian 2012 and was runner-up in the NATYS in 2013. Described by Chortle as "A comedy natural… the female Micky Flanagan", here she will be in character as suburban housewife Linda Larkin. Part Abigail's Party, part Pam Ayres, she's cutting and irresistible.

Managing to mix silliness with edginess, JULIET MEYERS has a chatty style that allows her to interact with the crowd.She has been bringing her own brand of hilarious, cerebral, observational, gag –driven comedy to the stage for 7 years."Laugh out loud funny" Chortle

Tickets: £10 from the Komedia Box Office. Charity Chuckle regularly sells out - early booking highly recommended. https://komediabrighton.ticketsolve.com/shows/873485431

Website: www.charitychuckle.co.uk

Twitter: @charitychuckle

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Charity-Chuckle/

Notes for Editors

An award-winning comedy night at Brighton's award-winning club, Charity Chuckle presents the best new stand-up on the circuit for the benefit of a different local charity each month. Established comedians hone new material alongside brand new acts, and you never know who might pop in with a killer 5.

Previous comics include Stewart Lee, Al Murray, Lucy Porter, Seann Walsh, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, and Joe Wilkinson.

Charity Chuckle is one of the South Coast's longest-running comedy nights and it has raised nearly £17,000 for local charities. In 2014, the show had a successful run at the Edinburgh Festival - 9 shows, 9 days, 9 Scottish charities, 36 comedians!

Unpredictable, hilarious, inspiring - no two shows are the same - and with proceeds going back into the community it's a laugh with the feel good factor.

Listings

Venue: Komedia Studio, 8pm.

Tickets: £10 from Komedia

BOOK ONLINE: http://komediabrighton.ticketsolve.com/shows/873485431

Tags: Comedy, Stand-Up, Charity, Nepal, fundraiser

NEXT SHOW: TUES 9TH JUNE 2015 with Sean McLoughlin