The Coastal Comedy Show with Angela Barnes
The Coastal Comedy Show with Angela Barnes at The Hub, Verwood
About the show
Launch Night Special! Coastal Comedy has been showcasing exceptional live comedy across the South West for over a decade, and now brings its award-winning stand-up shows to Verwood Hub for the very first time! Featuring a hand-picked line-up of some of the UK’s finest acts and host. A triple bill not to be missed and something for every comedy lover. To launch us off in style our headline act is the incredible Angela Barnes! Star of Mock The Week, Live at The Apollo and many many more! Angela Barnes swapped a career in health and social care for stand up in 2010 and hasn’t looked back. Within just a couple of years she had won the BBC New Comedy Award and has since toured the UK and starred in BBC2’s iconic series Mock the Week as a regular, and Live at the Apollo. Angela has also appeared on Channel 4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, BBC’s House of Games and is a regular guest on Radio 4's The News Quiz. Angela also co-hosts the popular comedy history podcast We Are History. “Brilliantly funny” Sarah Millican “She's just a gloriously down-to-earth, straight talking and extremely funny comic” The Guardian We are excited to welcome Angela to Verwood for this special show. Opening the show is the hilarious comedy magician Wayne the Weird with his outrageous on-stage tomfoolery! Incorporating stand-up comedy, with magic. Plus loveable Welshman David Arnold who is an award-winning comedian and a real find, blending together both mainstream and alternative styles of comedy i
Featuring - Angela Barnes
Before becoming a comedian, Angela worked in health and social care. In 2011, she won the BBC New Comedy Award and became a finalist at the 2011 Latitude Festival New Act of the Year competition. Since then Angela has become a regular on BBC’s The News Quiz, Newsjack and Mock The Week.
She has also appeared on BBC Three’s Russell Howard’s Good News, Russell Kane’s Whistle Stop Tour (BBC Radio 2), and BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show.
“Feels like a sure-fire bet the instant she utters her opening lines.” (The Scotsman).
“The pace is fast, the material strong and the delivery perfect” (Chortle).
“She’s just a gloriously down-to-earth, straight-talking and extremely funny comic” (The Guardian).
Angela Barnes was #8 in Ents24's Hardest Working Comedians of 2018 list.