Thatcham Comedy Club is our town's very own comedy night, featuring professional acts from the Comedy Circuit in London and the South. Every two months or so, we host a line up of established and newer comedy talent, including acts that have graced the stage of bigger venues like the world famous Comedy Store and have TV and radio credits to their names.
Njambi McGrath is an award-winning rising comedy star with a hit BBC Radio 4 Series, Becoming Njambi & Black Black, both selected for BBC Radio 4 Comedy of the Week. She's appeared on Comedy Central, Just For Laughs and is in partnership with NextUp, Comedy Dynamics and Amazon Prime. Her comedy specials have had successful Soho theatre and Edinburgh runs. Njambi has performed all over Europe Africa and Dubai. She won the coveted Hackney empire New Act Of The Year (NATYS) Award 2019. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Through The Leopards Gaze and Rinsing M?kami's Soul her debut fiction 1st of a 2 book deal.
On the surface Don Biswas is a straight forward and old fashioned gag merchant. However, he does talk about a wide variety of unique subjects from having Dyspraxia and mild Asperger's Syndrome (both learning difficulties that effect coordination and social skills) to left-wing politics. Also thrown into the mix, in his set, are razor sharp one-liners. As seen on the BBC Asian Network.
Talented award-winning writer and stand-up, Mark Maier, is an established and highly sought after performer on both the national and international comedy circuits.
He has worked the comedy clubs of Germany, Holland, Ireland, Hong Kong, The Bahamas, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand and has also appeared at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles and Caroline's in New York.
Amongst his many credits, Mark has taught and performed improvisation with Catherine Tate in London and has had a string of successful radio series, in which he was both writer and performer.