The RYND Comedy Showcase

THE RYND COMEDY SHOWCASE.

Finally our upstairs is open for business. This Thursday sees the launch of our weekly comedy night. Showcasing the best well know + up & coming comedians the UK has to offer.

This Week:

Conor Drum (Our Host): A regular on the UK and Ireland circuit, 2013 saw Conor perform on both RTÉ and BBC's New Comedy Awards. He recently performed his acclaimed new standup show Nutjob at the Edinburgh fringe and in Dublin's International comedy club.

This year he went to New York as the star of Irish comedy Scratch, which was named one of the Top 12 Short Films of the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.

“He engages well with the audience and delivers high quality material”- The Skinny.

"very shrewd observational humour”- Broadway Baby.

Danny O'Brien: Danny has been performing stand-up comedy for over four years, performing regularly at top comedy clubs both in Ireland and the UK.

As well as this, he is an accomplished compere and is the resident host of The Comedy Crunch in Dublin, one of Ireland's busiest comedy clubs. He also runs and hosts several hugely successful monthly comedy club's around Dublin in conjunction with pubentertainmant.ie

Danny performed his first solo show "All My Friends" at last years Edinburgh Fringe Festival and received rave reviews.

Danny recently won the annual "Tedfest" Comedy award in The Róisín Dubh in February of this year.

He also won title of "Dublin's Funniest Comedian" after winning the prestigious Stand Up For FM104 competition in May 2012 in association with The Laugher Lounge, Dublin. In 2013 Danny will be taking part in the upcoming RTE Show "The RTE Comedy Awards", and releasing his first comedy album on iTunes. Definitely one of the top young Irish comedians on the circuit at the moment, Danny is not to be missed!

"Danny O' Brien is a serious young talent in the making" **** The Examiner "Great Energy" Entertainment.ie "Danny is destined for stardom!" The Laughter Lounge

Rich Wilson: With subject matters ranging from being a young father to observational material on the absurdities of life in general, comedian Rich Wilson has rapidly become one of the most in demand comedians in the country. Plus with an exceptional ability to think on his feet, Rich has proved to be a top compere able to tame even the toughest of crowds with his likable, charming manner. With Rich Wilson you are guaranteed a fantastic evening of top class entertainment.

Rich Wilson has loved comedy ever since his older nextdoor neighbour gave him a cassette of Eddie Murphy-Delirious."It was the most mind blowing thing I'd ever heard. My young ears had never heard language like it." His comedy aspirations lay dormant until he got a job as a barman at a comedy club in Greenwich, South London, called Up The Creek. After getting friendly with a few of the comics, a couple of them suggested that he should give comedy a go himself and so in October of 2004, Rich took his first steps onto the stage and into the limelight. Since then Rich hasn't looked back. He is a regular at all the major comedy clubs up and down the country and has become a firm favourite entertaining troops across the world as part of the armed forces entertainment service.

"Highly entertaining" Time Out "He's a very very funny man" Frank Skinner "I thoroughly enjoyed myself." Damon Hill, ex Formula One

Doors open at 7pm, Show starts at 8pm.

£7 Advance ticket. Some tickets will be available on the door.

RYND Bar & Kitchen. 11 Castle St, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 7SB