Overview

Our MC for the night is Ania Magliano:

Ania is a 22 year old comedian and writer based in London. She has written for Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC2), Newsjack (BBC R4), The Now Show (BBC R4) and is one of the 4 regular writers on the Have I Got News For You Twitter account. She is a writer on Amelia’s Cooking Show, a new webseries by Amelia Dimoldenberg which features guests such as Maya Jama and Romesh Ranganathan. She is also the presenter of HSBC’s Level Up campaign, a 6 part YouTube series teaching Gen Z how to handle their money. Ania has a growing social media following, including 20k followers on Twitter, and over 1 million views on Youtube with over 20k subscribers. She’s recently branched out into TikTok.

Ania is a regular at gigs across London, including the Lol Word, 21Soho Presents and Canned Laughter. She is currently developing her debut comedy hour, Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not, which she previewed to sold out rooms at VAULTS Festival in February 2020. Her previous shows received 5 stars from Diva Magazine, and have been recommended by Comedy Central as a ‘show not to miss’. She was a Funny Women Finalist 2020, 2Northdown New Act of the Year Finalist 2019 and Chortle Student Comedy Award Finalist 2018. She is a former member of the Cambridge Footlights as one of the first Access Officers, and a founder of Stockings Comedy, a comedy collective for female and non-binary comedy performers.

Opening the evening is Julian Deane:

Julian Deane is a talented stand-up comedian and has been wowing audiences across the country with his genius punch lines and perfect delivery.
Julian has performed on The Russell Howard Hour (SKY) and supported Paul Chowdhry on his mammoth nationwide tour Live Innit, which included a sold out Wembley arena date.

His witty writing skills have also been put to use on Unspun with Matt Forde (Dave), Mock the Week (BBC 2), Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC2) and Morgan Spurlock’s New Britannia (SKY Atlantic).

Julian and fellow comedian Carl Donnelly host the podcast Two Vegan Idiots.

“Deliciously twisted. a stream of seriously good gags. quick, sharply written and endlessly repeatable lines.” (The Guardian)

“Assured and brilliant. Deane is a class apart. a master of hilarious twists and turns.” (Chortle)

The Headliner: Carl Donnelly

Carl is an accomplished stand-up comedian and is a regular at all of the finest comedy clubs in the UK and Ireland, he has been nominated for the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy award for Best Newcomer with Relax Everyone, it’s Carl Donnelly! and Best Comedy Show with Now That’s What I Call Carl! Volume V. His conversational, silly sense of humour has seen him win a host of awards (Chortle Best Club Comedian 2017; Chortle Best Newcomer 2007; Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2007; among others)

As well as being a notable British comedian Carl has ventured overseas to Australia and regularly appears at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.

Carl has also appeared on various TV shows including Mock The Week (BBC 2), One Night Stand (Dave), Stand Up for the Week (C4), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC Three), Stand Up Central (Comedy Central) and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (Dave). His radio appearances include The Back End of Next Week (BBC 5live), Loose Ends (Radio 4) and Act Your Age (Radio 4) as well as being a regular guest on talkSPORT. He has co-hosted a radio show for the Fubar Radio app and an acclaimed podcast that he recorded with Chris Martin.

Carl and fellow comedian Julian Deane currently host the podcast Two Vegan Idiots.