About this Event

Every Monday we bring you a clutch of the best rising and established comedy talent testing out new material, this week headlined by the sensational Chris Betts!



Over the last five years, Chris Betts has performed all across Canada, the USA, the UK and Europe at independent venues, comedy clubs, and international festivals including the Comedy Works in Montreal, SXSW and the Zulu Comedy Festival. In 2012 he decided to move to London from Montreal and this year he was chosen to appear as part of the Pleasance Comedy Reserve during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was a finalist in the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2014. Chris has a style that melds equal parts thoughtful, ridiculous and mischievous and has been entertaining audiences across the UK ever since his arrival.



2015 Finalist-NATYS New Act of the Year

2015 TouMAZEing Comedy Festival (Norway)

2015 Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival

2014 Pleasance Comedy Reserve (Edinburgh Fringe)

2014 Finalist-Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year

2013 Zulu Comedy Festival (Copenhagen)

2012 SXSW Festival (USA)

2012 Dark Comedy Festival (Canada)



"...an enticing prospect, a Canadian who deals in off-kilter thoughts sharpened by the occasional prod at taboo topics." - i (The Independent)



"Chris Betts is tremendous." - Such Small Portions



‘Betts is in the upper echelon of the city’s performers; universally respected and admired for his professionalism, dedication and unique perspective of the world’- Examiner.com



"unhurried delivery that reeled the audience in... unflappable stage presence." - London is funny



"properly hilarious"-What's On London



"Canadian Chris Betts has a confident style and a solid set... a glint of steelier edge."-Steve Bennett, Chortle