Comedy club Honk! is preparing for 2025 by setting a date … from January, its shows will be held on the last Thursday of the month.
And to kick off the new year in hilarious fashion, they will welcome Edinburgh Award winner Elf Lyons – ranked by the Telegraph as one of the 50 funniest comedians of this century.
She is a clown and theatre practitioner with more than 10 years of experience working as a professional comedian.
Elf spends her months touring internationally with her solo shows and directing and teaching artists all over the world.
In 2024 Elf received 12 ★★★★★ reviews and a sell out run of her show Horses at the Edinburgh Fringe. She was awarded the (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show, the Comedian’s Choice Award for Best Show and the Mervyn Stutter ‘Spirit of the Fringe’ Award. For her show Raven she was awarded Best Show at the Reykjavik Fringe, Iceland and was awarded Best Comedy at the Adelaide Fringe, Australia.
Originally from London, Elf says she aims to create work that pushes the relationship between comedy, theatre and performance art.
And she feels she has been lucky to work on creative projects with the Barbican, the British Library, the London Science Museum, the Royal Society of Literature and the City of London to name a few.
Also on the bill will be Daniel McKeon (BBC New Comedy Show) and Dee Allum (Edinburgh).
Dee Allum
Dee Allum is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer. She has been nominated for Best Newcomer at the Chortle Awards, placed as runner up in the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year award 2021, won the 2Northdown New Act Competition 2021 and was a finalist in the 2022 BBC New Comedy Award competition.
Daniel McKeon
Daniel is a laidback, self-effacing storyteller who’s featured on the BBC New Comedy Show.
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What about February’s line-up?
Thursday, February 27 is the date of the next show.
The line-up includes Tony Hawks, Kate-Lois Elliott, Evaldas Karosas and Kitty Pilgrim-Morris.
Tony Hawks
Having conquered page, stage, screen and radio, Tony Hawks is finally ready for a hotel lounge in Henley-on-Thames. He’s been making us laugh since the Stutter Rap in 1988; on Radio 4 classics Just a Minute and I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue; live in the West End and around the country; and of course with his bestselling books, two of which – Round Ireland With A Fridge and Playing The Moldovans At Tennis – he also made films of.
Kate-Lois Elliott
Kate-Lois Elliott comes to Honk! fresh from a sellout, critically acclaimed Edinburgh run. She’s also a British Writers’ Guild Nominee and made the Times and Edinburgh News Best Jokes of The Fringe list 2024.
Evaldas Karosas
After rising to prominence in his native Lithuania, Evaldas Karosas moved to the UK where he won multiple competitions and established himself as a unique comic voice. His strong and persuasive style of writing is held up by deft well-timed delivery that keeps the audience constantly guessing on where the next laugh is coming from. Beat The Frog World Series winner, Cheshire Cat New Act of the Year – Winner, Manford’s New Act of the Year finalist.
Kitty Pilgrim-Morris
Kitty Pilgrim-Morris is an award-winning theatre-maker and founder of @redpatchproductions. Her show, The Trying Rooms, had a successful run at Camden and Birmingham Fringe Festivals during the 2024 season, winning the award for Best New Piece in Birmingham. Fresh from the London comedy circuit, Kitty is thrilled to be performing in her hometown of Henley-On-Thames.
Where does Honk! take place and how much are tickets?
Honk! shows regularly take place at the boutique riverside hotel The Relais Henley.
The date will be Thursday, January 30.
Tickets, from £10 plus a booking fee, are available via linktr.ee/honkhot or Eventbrite.
What else do I need to know about Honk!
In addition to its residency in Henley, it hosts pop-ups at The Oracle Reading and Hambledon’s Lockdown Lodge.
It attracts big names – this year Honk! featured Taskmaster contestant Fern Brady, Friday Night Dinner‘s Tom Rosenthal, Live at the Apollo comedian Olga Koch and stand-up stars including Athena Kugblenu, Red Richardson, Sara Barron and Travis Jay, alongside new and local acts.
It has a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HonkHoT/
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