The Big Comedy Roadshow

A rip-roaring night of the very best live stand-up comedy starring the TV names you know and love alongside some of the hottest up-and-coming talent. Presented by Scotland’s original home of live comedy Gilded Balloon, this is the ultimate night out for comedy fans!

Star of ‘The Office’ (Australia), Felicity Ward headlines this season following appearances on Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and The Stand Up Sketch Show. Joining her for a hilarious night of comedy is fellow Live at the Apollo star Brennan Reece, viral sensation Kim Blythe and one of Scotland’s brightest rising stars Daniel Petrie. BBC Breaking the News star and Scottish Comedy Award Winner Jay Lafferty hosts the show.

*Line-up is subject to change in exceptional circumstances. In the event of a line-up alteration, a performer of similar calibre will be added.

Felicity Ward

Felicity is a London-based comedian, actor, writer and knucklehead. As seen on Wakefield, BBC’s Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, Stand Up Sketch Show and direct from her very own Amazon Prime stand-up comedy special. As heard on The Guilty Feminist, The News Quiz and The Now Show.

Best Comedy Nominee – Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2018
Best International Show – New Zealand Comedy Festival, 2016
Best Show Nominee – Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2012

“The strongest single hour of solid jokes… that’s basically all this show is: gag after gag after gag, in a rolling, ballsy, crazy show that draws near-standing ovations.” The Times

“A gloriously entertaining stand-up at the top of their game” – Evening Standard

“On stage Ward is the life and soul of the party, energising the audience and bouncing back off them, too”- Chortle

Brennan Reece

As seen on Live At The Apollo (BBC), Celeb Coach Trip (E4) and Roast Battle (Comedy Central).

Brennan is a multi-award-winning working-class wordsmith (Edinburgh Best Newcomer Nominee and English Comedian Of The Year Winner). A stand-up, a storyteller and self-confessed mummy’s boy. His boyish cheeks recently cropped up on Survival Of The Fittest (ITV), The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV) Live At The Comedy Store (Comedy Central) and racking up over 6 million YouTube hits for his stint on Top Gear (BBC). A true Northern voice, with family close to his heart. Your Mum is going to love him! Not like that, you dirty little perve.

“A powerfully entertaining, unstoppable force” – Chortle

“A teenage Alan Bennett” – The Skinny

Jay Lafferty

***** ‘Engages her audience with such playfulness and genuine curiosity we have no choice but to cling to her every word.’ – EdFest Magazine

Sought after for her on point satirical views Jay Lafferty has become a regular face on BBC Scotland’s television channel. It was a performance on BBC’s Breaking The News that saw Lafferty hit the front page of The New York Times for her on point description of Theresa May’s catastrophic handling of the Brexit deal. Her Edinburgh Fringe 2019 hit solo show Jay Lafferty: Jammy was made into a BBC Radio Scotland three part series – Jay’s Jammy. During the pandemic alongside the rest of the world Jay took her work online performing comedy all over the world from the comfort of her living room while continuing to be a regular voice on BBC Breaking The News.

Daniel Petrie

Glasgow born and bred Daniel Petrie who despite having made relatively few on-stage appearances due to COVID was a finalist in the So You Think You’re Funny? as well as the Chortle Student Comedy Awards in 2023. In July that same year he appeared on the Latitude Festival comedy stage (as a result of the latter achievement) and in September he taped a set for the BBC New Comedy Awards.

Daniel is also the 2023 winner of the prestigious Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Award.

✶ Winner, 2023, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Award
✶ Finalist, 2023, Chortle Student Comedy Awards
✶ Televised artist 2023 Regional Heat, BBC New Comedy Award
✶ Finalist, 2022, So You Think You’re Funny

Kim Blythe

One of Scottish comedy’s most exciting rising stars, Kim Blythe started her comedy journey online accruing nearly 300,000 followers across her social media platforms.

Known for her brilliantly relatable stories, Kim’s unique style blends sharp observations with laugh-out-loud punchlines that’ll have you hooked from start to finish.

Since then she has sold out multiple sold out runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Glasgow International Comedy Festival, won The Skinny/Fest Next Big Thing Award at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Bestie Awards and was shortlisted for the 2024 BBC New Comedy Awards.