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Ha Ha
Comedy is one of the UK's largest bookers of comedians for
corporate events, private functions and touring comedy shows. We work
with the biggest selling comedians in the industry and help nurture the
best new comedy talent. No matter the size or shape of your venue, pub,
theatre or castle, we will find the right comedians for you and your
guests at a budget you can afford.
Ha Ha Comedy has been involved in the production &
promotion of Live Stand Up Comedy since 1998. As producers of the English
Comedian of the Year and Scottish Comedian of the Year
competitions Ha Ha Comedy is in an unrivalled position to know which
comedians are on form and who will be the next big thing.
We have discovered and helped to
nurture the career of many of Britain's current crop of high profile Stand Up
Comedians. As well as producing regular comedy shows and tours, we programme for
many Corporate
Events and
Festivals.
As well as our weekly and monthly events across the UK, each year we
produce a wide selection of shows at The Edinburgh Fringe, Glasgow
Comedy Festival and Adelaide Fringe. During August we can be found producing a
series of sell out Best of Scottish Comedian of The Year shows at the Edinburgh
Fringe. This year we are producing over 100 comedy shows at the Adelaide
Fringe Festival in Australia.
Along the way we have regularly worked with
many of the acts you have seen on BBC Live at the Apollo and Michael
McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, household names including
Peter Kay, John Bishop, Jimmy Carr, Ed Byrne, Alan Carr, Jason Manford, Kevin Bridges,
Dave Spikey, Johnny Vegas, Ross Noble, Andrew Maxwell, Nina Conti & even
the late Bernard Manning.
For a bespoke quote or
advice please email Alan Anderson
or call 0844 272 2728
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Ha Ha Comedy will be producing shows
at Adelaide's two most iconic pub venues;
The Austral on Rundle St and PJ
O'Briens on East Terrace opposite The Garden of Unearthly Delights. |
Best
Of British |
A showcase of
top British Stand-Up comedians. As seen at Jongleurs, The Comedy Store,
Paramount Channel and Comedy Central. At least three top class
International comedians every night. Previous acts include Sarah Millican,
Russell Kane, Terry Alderton and Jimeoin. Sold out MICF 2007-12.
"Hilarious" **** Herald Sun. |
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An Irishman, an Irishman and an
Irishman walk into an Irish theme pub and put on a comedy show. There's a
little bit of Oirish in us all. Come and laugh at the most singy songy
accent in the world. Three top Irish comics with guests. Feckin' funny ya
gobsh*tes! |
Comedy
Pub Crawl |
Total sell out
Fringe 2011/12. Trust the Scots to come up with the ultimate night of
comedy and drinking. A pub crawl with a twist. Form part of a gang
stomping around four bars, a different comedian in each venue. Alan
Anderson comperes. "Hilarious" Chortle. "Festival
institution" Glasgow Evening Times. |
Best
of the Fringe: Early Show |
Not sure about what shows to go
and see?? PJ O'Brien's presents a mini-gala of at least 4 of the finest
shows picked from the festival. 60 minutes jam-packed with international
and local acts: 4 acts for the price of one. "Fantastic show,
hilarious" **** Talkfringe. |
Ha
Ha Comedy Late Show |
Sell out 2011.
Four big name guest comedians for the price of one. Throughout the years
HaHaComedy shows have seen Ross Noble strip a heckler, Brendon Burns strip
himself and Jim Jeffries buy the entire audience a drink. Compere Alan
Anderson. "Hilarious" Scotsman, "Bargain of a night"
Adelaide Advertiser. |
 Late
Night Comedy Mash Up
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Four top comedians providing
unscripted late night giggles, followed by big name comedians spinning
party tunes ‘til even later. It's Adelaide’s newest late night comedy
hang out, where anything can happen and probably will. Hosted by Edinburgh
Fringe favorites Alan Anderson “Hilarious” (Chortle) & Nik Coppin
“Hilarious” (RipitUp)x |
 Disco
Kids
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Adelaide's
funkiest, grooviest, coolest dance party for kids and parents. Real club
DJs spin disco & club classics guaranteed to get mum smiling, dad's
head nodding, gran's hands clapping, big sister's feet tapping, big
brother's hands in the air and the little tacker's nappies shuffling.
Expect games, giveaways and surprises. |
 Magical
Mystery Comedy Coach Tour
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A unique day out in the
countryside with some of the Fringe's finest comedians. Laughs on the bus,
laughs in the pub, laughs by a lake and laughs up a hill. Get on the bus
and be whisked away from the city towards the land of laughs and funnies. |
Alan
Anderson : Whisky for Dafties |
Six (new) malt
whiskies to be tasted, many laughs to be had. “very humourous sermon on
the origins of whisky, the making of whisky, the taste of whisky, the way
to drink whisky. ****” (Adelaide Advertiser). 'Inventive, fun, light
hearted way to learn about whisky" (Scotsman). Sold out 2011/12 |
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In the 11 years Ha Ha Comedy has produced shows at the
Glasgow Comedy Festival we have given you performances from Alan Carr,
John Bishop, Ross Noble, Ed Byrne & The Big Yin. 2013's line up will
be equally exciting.
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Cassidy : Scotland's Comedy Champion
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Eddie Cassidy
was in the same class at school as two multi award winning Scottish
comedians - Des Clarke & Scott Agnew. Not to be out done, Eddie
himself has just won a very prestigious award for being funny. He’s also
just been told that he’s about to become a new dad. Life’s just
getting interesting.
“a
genuinely impressive turn... a clear winner came in the shape of Eddie
Cassidy” (The Scotsman)
“It
could be lucky number seven for the Scottish Comedian Of The Year. In its
seventh winner, Eddie Cassidy, the contest has unearthed a strong prospect
for the future. He has a quirky point of view, original and efficient
gags, and an authentic voice, which combine in a routine that always has
you interested, and often has you laughing.” (Chortle).
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Best
of Scottish Comedian of the Year |
‘Four
Stars ****’ - The Scotsman.
The Underbelly’s biggest selling showcase of critically acclaimed, award
winning Scottish comedy talent at the Edinburgh Fringe. Ha Ha Comedy’s
Alan Anderson ‘Hilarious’ (Chortle.co.uk) introduces previous SCOTY
finalists and SCOTY winners including Mark Nelson, Scott Agnew, John
Gavin, Ro Campbell, Jamie Dalgleish and Eddie Cassidy.
‘Rarely
can a non-sponsored event have featured quite so many mentions of
Gregg’s the bakers. ****’ (Scotsman)
‘SCOTY
does attract some major talent’ (Skinny)
‘No-one
can deny the sense of excitement and occasion that this annual event now
generates.’ (Scotsman)
‘the
Scottish Comedian of the Year final looms ever more influentially in the
stand-up calendar’ (The List)
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Ha
Ha Comedy Late n Loud |
Nine Sell Out
Years. Throughout the years Ha Ha Comedy Late shows have seen Ross Noble
strip a heckler, Brendon Burns strip himself, Jim Jeffries buy the entire
audience a drink and Alan Carr & Patrick Monahan almost drown in a
canoe. Top comedians, celebrity guests and a late night bar. Alan Anderson
introduces Glasgow’s most unpredictable late night show, anything can
happen and probably will. Often the comedians are as drunk as the
audiences by this point so it’s no-holds barred humour that can lead
anywhere – but always results in top notch hilarity. So make sure
you’re at Late'n'Loud every Friday and Saturday during the festival for
a truly once in a lifetime experience. |
Susie
McCabe : An Uncivil Partnership |
Runner
up in SCOTY 2012, Coatbridge’s Susie McCabe is about to get civil
partnered. This show about her impending nuptuals has no underlying
political message, nor is it her intention to get you emotional and make
you cry. Its only premise is simple, she will make you laugh.
“Susie
McCabe won over her crowd with a nice line in self depreciation”
(The Scotsman)
“irradiated
an uncompromising no-bullshit attitude, playing very well with the Glasgow
crowd... (she has) a nicely dismissive approach to all the rigmarole her
forthcoming civil partnership will involve, undercutting the audience’s
support of the nuptuals, and elsewhere she was similarly contemptuous of
pretty much anything that involves any effort on her part. More of this to
match her strong persona... could make her a force to be reckoned with.”
(Chortle)
“the
deadpan, self-deprecating, but wonderfully witty Susie McCabe” (Festival
Journal)
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Whisky
Comedian Podcast Live |
Over the past 2
years at comedy festivals across the globe Alan Anderson’s Whisky
Comedian Podcast has been educating the palate of the world’s most
famous comedians, including Al Murray, Tom Green, Ed Byrne, Phill Jupitus,
Tommy Tiernan and Rich Hall. In his Glasgow hometown Alan will be joined
by some of the Scotch whisky industry’s most cherished distillers and
blenders for an hour long chat show and tasting alongside some of the
comedy festival’s top comedians. Drams for all at the end of the
recording.
“one
of the most popular comedians at the festival” (Galway
Independent)
“Special
thanks must go to Whiskey Comedian Alan Anderson... Any time you felt
yourself flagging and whenever you didn’t, he turned up with a rare
single cask blend of heather-soaked barrell aged Glenlivermorangie” (Hot
Press review of Altitude Comedy Festival).
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Merchant
CIty Pub Crawl |
A festival
institution which always sells out fast! Get yer walkin’ boots on and
join the mob as we navigate you through four bars. A surprise top-class
comedian in each venue, Make friends, have fun. Previous Comedy Pub Crawl
acts include Kevin Bridges, Des Clarke, Des McLean, Raymond Mearns, Janey
Godley, The Boy With Tape On His Face, Alan Carr, Patrick Monahan, Terry
Alderton, Raymond Mearns, Limmy, Mark Nelson, Scott Agnew, Jim Jefferies
& Andrew Maxwell.
“A
festival institution” Evening
Times
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Alan
Anderson’s Gallus Glasgow Comedy Walk |
It's
not a ghost walk, it's not a history walk, it's 70 minutes of patter,
banter, craic and magic about Glasgow from comedian and architectural
historian Alan Anderson. Mind & wrap up warm.
Alan
Anderson, Architectural Historian and Comedian – takes you on a magical,
musical, mystery jaunt round Glasgow: her buildings, inventors, murders,
jokers, and murkier past.
It's
not a ghost walk, it's not a history walk, it's 70 minutes of patter,
banter, craic and magic about Glasgow from comedian and architectural
historian Alan Anderson. You’ll laugh yourself silly when you join the
celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at Glasgow’s Merchant
City. You'll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises
that stretch the traditional image of the city.
“Anderson
educates his audience as well as keeping them rolling with laughter…. a
warm and hilarious get-together.” (Chortle)
"A
very funny and genuinely informative show... a riot"
(Three Weeks)
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Anderson’s Scotland’s Greatest Inventions
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The Scots
invented or discovered almost everything the modern world relies on...
televison, telephone, steam engine, macadamisation, electromagnetics,
ultrasound, penicillin, anesthetic, radar, insullin, the bicycle, screw
propellor, economic science, the deep fried mars bar and of course golf.
What makes us
such a great nation of inventors? What do we wish we had invented? and
most intriguingly what do we take credit for inventing when we actually
didn’t?
"Cleverly
worded, creative, fun, light hearted way to learn" (The
Scotsman)
"Anderson
educates his audience... keeping them rolling with laughter... a warm and
hilarious get together" (Chortle)
"A very
funny and genuinely informative show." (Three Weeks)
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Anderson’s Whisky for Dafties
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Six malt whiskies to be tasted, many laughs
to be had. Alan Anderson has performed his unique whisky tasting comedy
show across the globe to sell out audiences. You get to sample
some fine malty, peaty beverages whilst Alan fills you in on the
history, methodology and lore of this great drink. It’s a hilarious
hour of educational drinking. Wine tasting is fir poofters. This is the
real (15 year old single malt cask aged) Mcoy.
“one of the
most popular acts at the Festival.” (Galway Independent)
'Mercifully,
Anderson isn’t just some Scotsman who wants to get drunk with you,
he’s a passionate whisky enthusiast who absolutely needs his audience to
learn about the magical amber liquid.**** '(Adelaide Advertiser).
‘A very
funny and genuinely informative show **** ’(ThreeWeeks).
'Inventive,
fun, light hearted way to learn about whisky' (Scotsman).
'Warm and
hilarious' (Chortle.co.uk). |
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