Hastings Comedy Festival 2026

Hal j reviewed Red Richardson (Work In Progress) which happened on 8:00pm on Fri 5th Jun 2026.

Was amazing would definitely recommend

Elizabeth S reviewed Speechless Improv which happened on 7:30pm on Fri 5th Jun 2026.

I enjoyed the show, it was clever , fun and well performed. Effort was put in by people who know what they are doing. A professionally casual show or is that a casually professional show.

Naomi R reviewed Erika Ehler (Work in Progress) which happened on 7:30pm on Thu 4th Jun 2026.

You seemed a bit disheartened at the end but you were so good. You seemed to think you’d lost the audience but that was just loss of energy and momentum from checking your notes. We could sense you losing your will and we began to lose it with you. Also I know we were Guinea pigs but you were slightly dismissive towards us for that which maybe cooled us down a bit. But it was all there, just need to get the flow and pin down the ending. Maybe don’t tell us beforehand if you think the next bit is funny or not because that’s up to us! It makes us feel bad if we don’t laugh! I would come and watch this again once it’s a finished piece.

MICHAEL W reviewed Red Richardson (Work In Progress) which happened on 8:00pm on Fri 5th Jun 2026.

Fantastic!! Great Venue, great staff and a great time!

Naomi R reviewed Rodney: Fear of Failure which happened on 8:45pm on Fri 5th Jun 2026.

A very likeable performer. Could have done with some more jokes as it felt more like a motivational talk / life story at times. Which was interesting but not quite comedy enough. I found the jokes about the Swedish volleyball club a bit old fashioned and sexist. I felt a bit the same about what you want from your perfect woman - a bit old school and could alienate female audiences. Women a re bored of being expected to be nice for men! But it had a good arc and you are good to listen to, just a bit of tweaking!

Naomi R reviewed Sarah Roberts: Scary Movie 7 (Work in Progress) which happened on 7:30pm on Fri 5th Jun 2026.

Really good and on its way to being great. Once you’ve got it flowing it’ll be even better. Like the dark weirdness of it! Talk a bit slower and louder cos I missed a couple of bits. Give your material a bit more space. Music / sound effects need to be louder.