The LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year Competition is back for 2025 featuring some of the most exciting emerging talent on the LGBTQ+ comedy scene.
Guided by our amazing MC Kuan-Wen Huang and with Maple Zuo headlining (finalist 2024) our semi-finals are an extra special night as the final chance to go through to the finals!
Join us to watch & vote for your favourites and help us find the new LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year!
Katie Sheinman - Queer mum, fake northerner and competitive breastfeeder
Zoe Harding - Transgender comedian who mainly talks about crabs and/or Godzilla
Sydney May - Blind queer woman shares unique stories and observations
Anna Hale - Singer, songwriter, comedian, control freak
Sean Barnham - Goes with the flow because they're not a good swimmer
Sam Coade - “Very well written material, witty and unusual, great stage presence” The Stand
David Ingram - High-energy, punchy and fast-paced.
Lucy Jenner - Female queer dyslexic comedian who subverts and misleads. Satire, witty, stupid.
Natalie Durkin - “If Greggs don't sponsor this woman they are missing a trick”
Rhys Thorne - A comic with a walk as limp as his wrist
Su Mi - “She’s hugely entertaining force of nature who’d breathe life into any gig” Chortle
Jack Henry - A triple threat - gay, anxious and exhausted