Comedy at Turtle with Headliner Arielle Souma

**Advance tickets (£12.50) close mid day on Friday 21 April. Limited tickets will be available on the door for £15**

Stand Up Comedy in Reading is back. Mates Rates Comedy is proud to present Comedy at Turtle with Headliner Arielle Souma.

Mates Rates Comedy has teamed up with The Purple Turtle to bring you the best acts from the UK comedy scene.

We will have TV names, up and coming circuit comics and as always, you will be guided along by our trusty MC Carl Richard.

The show takes place at The Purple Turtle on Friday 21 April between 7:30pm-9:30pm (doors open 7:00pm).

Early Bird - £9.99

Advance - £12.50

On Door - £15.00 (subject to availability)

Lineup subject to change

Please be advised that you will need id to get into The Purple Turtle.

Arielle Souma

French-Ivorian with an authentic voice in comedy and is a force to reckon with. Strong stage presence, punchy delivery; Arielle Souma is hilarious & blunt AS F*** ! You have been warned

"Arielle Souma is just what the comedy industry needs and should be forced upon every audience until they buckle under her spell" Frankie Boyle

“ So much charm & ebullient, always smashes her spot. The audience love her” Leo Kearse

"Her delivery is really strong and lively, she’s brilliant fun and totally commands the stage. She killed it and totally raised the roof. Clearly very accomplished, she just has it." The Stand Comedy Club

"Arielle Souma dominates the stage! Big and bold with bags of sass and nice garnishes" Steve Bennett, Chortle

"super sassy and super funny. Arielle Souma is a breath of fresh air on any comedy ilill" Barry Ferns, Angel comedy club

Jamie Mykaela

Back by popular demand, Comedy at Turtle on Friday 21 April will be opened by the hilarious Jamie Mykaela.

“Immediately captivating… Comedy-cabaret at its sharp-tongued finest” 5* - Fringefeed
“Like Wanda Jackson if she turned into a pint-sized, foul-mouthed feminist” 4.5* - Fourth Wall Media
“A complete tour-de-force… Hilarious, thought-provoking and disturbing all at once - the hat trick of comedy genius.” - Daily Info Oxford
“Remarkable… Extremely funny, cheeky and charmed the audience within a microsecond of coming on stage” - Brighton & Hove News

Hatty Preston

Hatty is a London-born, Chicago-built comedian.

In London she is a regular at comedy clubs across the city and was the 2018 winner of ‘Breakin Thru’ stand up competition. Whilst in Chicago she was a regular at all major comedy venues: Laugh Factory, Zanies, Comedy Bar and Second City. She has opened for major US comics such as Mike E Winfield (Zanies, Rosemont), Hunter Hill (Greenhouse Theatre, Chicago) and Eddie Ifft (Zanies Chicago). She has featured at venues across the US including: The Virgil, Los Angeles; The Comedy Bar, Nashville and comedy festivals across the US such as Cleveland, Ohio; Iowa City, Iowa; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Raleigh, North Carolina.