Comedy Night with Aurie Styla, Gearoid Farrelly - Friday 24th November

Gearoid Farrelly comes to The Attic in Southampton  

Gearóid is a polished live performer with numerous television and radio credits to his name. In 2012 he made his solo debut at the Edinburgh Festival with his show “Turbulence” winning a five star review in the process. He was subsequently invited to support comedy royalty and living legend Joan Rivers for the Dublin dates of her “Now or Never” tour, following these dates Joan Rivers once again asked him to open for her at one of the largest venues on her UK tour, which was filmed for her reality show.

He has had three solo tours and also been tour support for Sarah Millican, Patton Oswalt and Joanne McNally in large venues and theatres. In 2018 he appeared at the 3 Arena in Dublin in front of 15,000 people as part of a star-studded show for Comic Relief.

Gearóid was one of the first Irish comedians to begin podcasting. He is the host of the popular podcast “Fascinated” where he chats to people he was a big fan of as a teenager. He has interviewed Grammy Winners, Emmy Winners, Oscar Nominees, Eurovision Winners, Tony Winners, Politicians and Olympians. Gearóid also co-hosts the five-star podcast “Agony Rants” with Niamh Kavanagh. 

“Intelligent Reflective comedy” - Irish Times

 “Gearóid Farrelly is bloody hilarious” - Sarah Millican

“My Absolute Favourite” - Joanne McNally 

“The best opening act in his price range" - Joan Rivers

“A Force To Be Reckoned With” - Irish Independent

Aurie Styla comes to The Attic in Southampton

Aurie Styla is an award-winning comedian, actor and writer from London, UK. Aurie has strongly established himself as a powerhouse of presence & humor, making him one of the most charismatic & versatile performers in the UK. His most recent comedy special ‘GREEN’ was critically acclaimed, and won the Spirit of the (Edinburgh) Fringe Award for 2022, and is available to watch on YouTube.

During his climb in the UK comedy scene, Aurie has since appeared on ‘Deep Fake Neighbour Wars’ (ITVX), ‘Comedy Central Live’, ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club’ (ITV), ‘Life’s A Pitch’ (Sky), ‘Don’t Hate The Playaz’ (ITV), ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ (ITV2), ‘Mo Gilligan’s Black British & Funny’ (C4) & more. Along with these appearances, Aurie was a writer on the Bafta Award-winning season of ‘The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan.’

Mark Bittlestone

Mark is convinced that he’s the only gay man in the world doing comedy so please be respectful and don’t tell him otherwise! 

Rapidly making a name for himself both online and in the real world (!), Mark was shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award in 2022 and is performing regularly in the country’s biggest comedy clubs. 

Follow him on social media @markbittlestone or find him selling his underwear for money on Grindr. 

“Catch him before he shoots off into the comedy stratosphere” - Broadway Baby.

Graeme Collard

Southcoast Comedian of the Year – Runner up 2021

“Graeme Collard is very very very funny” -  TV's Joe Wilkinson    

 "There is much to enjoy in his way of thinking" - Steve Bennett, Chortle     

Presented by Geordie Geoff