Resistance Comedy & Chickenshed Presents Friday Night Funnies

Live comedy at Chickenshed presented by Resistance Comedy! Chickenshed comedy nights continue to deliver laughs as Resistance Comedy bring some of the best and brightest comedy performers to our café performance space. Drinks at the bar and tasty snacks available. Lateef Lovejoy Lateef is an an extremely gifted entertainer, who made his show business debut as a witty 12 year old on ITV’s famous morning gameshow “Mousetrap”. After that experience on the big screen he has never looked back. Not many performers can boast of having exceptional skills in all the main areas of the performing arts, lateef has these multi-faceted skills in abundance! Lateef also has tremendous comedic talent and is one of the most unique and distinctive acts on the comedy circuit, and vastly gaining the reputation of becoming a force to to reckoned with, both on the Black, Mainstream, and International comedy circuits. In 2007 lateef played to sold out shows at the Oude Luxor Theatre in Rotterdam and the Tuschinski Theatre in Amsterdam when he toured Holland and has featured in many of the UK’s top comedy clubs and venues. Brandon Palmer American Comedian, Presenter, Actor and Writer. Born in Baltimore, Maryland and starting comedy in London Brandon has a very diverse comedy background. Performing in Brighton and numerous venues in London such as Dulwich Hamlet, Caverndish Arms, and Comedy Cafe Theatre. Comedy special events for We Are Funny Project: 2016 Election Special Comedy Show and Feminist Talking Points Comedy Show. Also having Performing and surviving King Gong at the Comedy Store. President Obonjo President Obonjo, is an upcoming and increasingly successful stand-up comedian.. As the larger-than-life, uber-confident, self-appointed, side-splitting dictator of 'Lafta Republic', President Obonjo has quietly been leading a comedy revolution to become the first President to take over the comedy industry by storm. He has been creating rumblings by storming New Act competitions including winning Luton Comedian of the Year, Runner-Up at Great Yorkshire Fringe and was a finalist in the Naty New Act of the Year . Macolm Hardee Awarded winner 2019. “It’s a great comic construct, with lots of seized opportunities for playing with the clichés” – Steve Bennett, Chortle “There was the potential of that high-status, comedy bomb-proof kind of character that Alexis Dubus has created so successfully with Marcel Lucont.” - Ben Veneables, Londonist “This hour-long show was a revelation... Not at all what I was expecting.” - John Fleming “On the face of it, it works as a well-crafted political comedy, exposing how the world has treated Africa and left much of it to suffer corrupt governments led by the likes of Obonjo. But it's the layers of context that really make this a fascinating, bewildering and painfully funny experience.” - ☆☆☆☆☆ Fringe Daphna Baram Daphna Baram, AKA MissD, started performing as a comedian in 2009 following a frightening turn of events which involved two weddings, one heart attack and Chris Morris. She’s been at it ever since. The Israel-born human rights lawyer gone journalist has been gigging relentlessly in the UK, Ireland and Scotland and has taken shows to Brighton, Edinburgh and Leicester Fringe festivals. She supported Ava Vidal in her 2012 tour, and ran MissD’s Silver Hammer comedy club in Hammersmith. “loud and vivacious”, 3 Weeks “Awesome… a dynamic comedian who can hold the attention of a room with her wit and charm”, Amanda Whitehead, Krank.ie Mike Capozzola Mike Capozzola is a New York-raised, London-based stand up comic. He’s performed in most of the USA as well as the UK, France, Israel, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Spain, Denmark, Poland, the Netherlands, Dubai, Luxembourg and Turkey. Mike Played an MiB Agent in “Men in Black International and upcoming TV & Film appearances include: “The Batman”, “The Phantom of the Open”, “Violence of Action”, “Locked Up Abroad”, and Amazon Prime’s “Citadel“. “Mike Capozzola is a brilliant comedian with a dry sense of humor — we always enjoy having him at the festival” -San Francisco SketchFest Ginnia Cheng Ginnia is a London-based East Asian comedienne who’s reached the semi-finals of many of the UK’s comedy competitions including SYTYF and Up the Creek’s One to Watch. She co-hosts London’s sex-positive live comedy experience Sex Standing Up, which has been recommended by the Metro and Londonist and is regularly listed as TimeOut’s top 3 things to do in London. Ginnia was recently handpicked by BBC Writersroom for a programme showcasing the UK’s East Asian comedy talent. Michael Frankland Award winning comedian Michael Frankland has been entertaining crowds across the UK as well as France, NewYork and Luxembourg. With his quick wit and self deprecating humour this is not an act you’ll want to miss