BECCLES - MIKE GUNN + TADIWA MAHLUNGE+ MC Kai Barron

MIKE GUNN

“ONE OF THE TOP TEN STAND-UPS IN THE COUNTRY”Independent

Mike Gunn’s history is as interesting and entertaining as his comedy. He’s been a successful stand-up comedian for over 15 years, but his road to success was a rocky one involving a misspent youth, a heroin addiction spanning 15 years and a stint in a psychiatric unit. Thankfully his sordid past is long behind him; but it cultivated a deeply cynical outlook and a perverse desire led him into the world of stand-up. A self-confessed pessimist, he describes himself as “not a natural choice for a career in laughter”. The evidence however, might suggest otherwise.

For well over a decade Mike has been firmly established as one of the most sought-after and accomplished comedians working on the UK and international circuit. An original talent, distinguished by his trademark laconic and lugubrious dark humour, killer punch lines and masterful delivery. Mike headlines at all the major clubs in the UK and has performed all across the globe, in the Middle and Far East, and as far afield as New Zealand and Australia; completing a five week sell out season at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

On TV, he’s performed on BBC One’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, and The World Stands-Up and The Comedy Store for Comedy Central. He’s also appeared on Celebrity Deal or No Deal and The Gas on Channel 4; Harry Hill’s TV Burp on ITV, Live at Jongleurs for Channel 5 and Al Murray’s sit-com Time Gentlemen Please for Sky1. As a writer, he has been a regular contributor for The Guardian and has also written for Time Out, The List, The 11 O’clock Show (Channel 4) and Match of The Day Magazine.