Kev's Comedy Club - PAUL PIRIE + DAVE CHAWNER + HAMISH SHEPHERD + TONY BASNETT

PAUL PIRIE

Paul Pirie is a stand-out Scottish stand-up comedian. His physical, theatrical presence on stage and his sharp, rapid-fire comedy onslaught is packed with highly entertaining material, blurring the line between real-life anecdotes and flights of fancy.

Shortly after embarking on a stand-up comedy career, he was runner-up in the Scottish Comedian Of The Year competition and a member of the Glasgow-based comedy improv group, Dance Monkey Boy.

A confident and intelligent comedian, Paul is a regular performer at the UK’s best comedy clubs and has performed worldwide, from Australia to shows for the Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

DAVE CHAWNER

Dave's a number 1 best-selling author, award-winning stand up, presenter & mental health campaigner.

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Dave's 1st Edinburgh show, Normally Abnormal, sensitively used humour to explore his anorexic past. The show received critical acclaim, had sell-out shows and went on UK tour. As a result, the show was given an award by The UK's Eating Disorder Charity at The Houses Of Parliament in 2014.

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In 2015 Dave was asked to give a TED Talk on the topic of eating disorders. This caught the attention of a publisher and he was asked to write a book based on his experiences. This became Weight Expectations - part memoir, part self-help guide aiming to engage, entertain and educate people about anorexia.

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Since then Dave has gone on to do shows about adult circumcision, veganism, philosophy and mental health.

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In 2023 he won Pegasus' Comedy Awards 'Ongoing Comedian Of The Year' at The Edinburgh Fringe.

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Dave has been a stand-in for BBC's Mock The Week & Channel 4's Taskmaster and has appeared on BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain, ITV's Lorraine, Jeremy Vine On 5, Radio 1, Radio 2 & Radio 4. His comedy special 'Mental' has recently been uploaded to 'NextUp'

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He has written for National newspapers including The Guardian, The Telegraph and Metro as well as numerous magazines including Cosmopolitan, GQ​ and Men's Fitness.

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Dave is patron of the award-winning Midlands based eating disorder charity First Steps, a patron of the mental health charity Recovery Assistance Dogs (AKA RAD), and a patron of Oakleaf in Guildford. He is a founding member of The Speaker's Collective. He is Mental Health First Aid trained & a media ambassador for Mind, The Mental Health Foundation and Beat. 

HAMISH SHEPHERD

Hamish Shepherd is an Australian comedian known for his dark sarcastic style.

He quickly made a mark on the London comedy scene and was shortlisted for the 2024 BBC New Comedy Awards. In addition to winning multiple gong shows at the London Comedy Store, he was a finalist in the Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year.