Exclusive: Latitude festival comedy line-up announced

Who will be bringing the funny to Latitude's 10th anniversary edition?
Latitude veteran: Shappi Khorsandi will play at the festival again this July
Bruce Dessau3 March 2015

This year’s Latitude Festival marks the 10th anniversary of what has become a must-see in the cultural calendar. While the festival has always been strong on music and theatre, the comedy tent has become a major reason why people head to Henham in Suffolk every year.

Latitude’s full line-up is announced tomorrow but we can exclusively reveal the star comedy names today. Stand-ups include Jason Manford, Alan Davies, Jack Dee and, most excitingly, America’s Rob Delaney, who has just made a splash in the UK as co-star of painfully realistic C4 romcom Catastrophe.

There is also a strong selection of female comics, with pithy feminist Sara Pascoe, storyteller Sarah Kendall, frighteningly frank Shappi Khorsandi and ventriloquist Nina Conti. Khorsandi is a Latitude veteran. “My best Latitude was when I cut it very fine and ran out of a car straight onto the stage,” she tells us. “I did my hair and make-up in front of the audience. My worst Latitude was when there was a mix-up with timings and I went on straight after being up all night partying. I would like to apologise publicly to all parents at that gig for the things I said in front of their children.”

It helps if an act can appeal to all ages and this year the festival has recruited Funz and Gamez, the spoof children’s show that won the Foster’s Award Panel Prize at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe. This ingenious concept works on two levels, with marshmallows and quizzes for the children and crafty asides about alcoholism and divorce for the parents.

The comedy tent has been the scene of countless memorable moments since the festival began. We recall Michael McIntyre only just making it in time in 2007, having been stuck behind a tractor on the A12. In 2009 Adam Hills, another favourite returning this year, got the audience to crowdsurf two giant ornamental poodles across the venue. You cannot predict the British weather in July but you can predict that at Latitude the outlook will always be funny.

FULL LIST OF COMEDY ACTS AT LATITUDE 2015

Alan Davies, Jon Richardson , Jason Manford, Jack Dee’s Help Desk, Rob Delaney, Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe, Nina Conti, Robin Ince & Josie Long’s Festival Shambles, Tim Key, Funz And Gamez, Shappi Khorsandi, Sara Pascoe, Daniel Sloss, Holly Walsh, Marcus Brigstocke, Abandoman, Carl Donnelly, Rob Beckett, Pappy’s, Tiffany Stevenson, James Acaster, Sarah Kendall, Joe Lycett, Romesh Ranganathan, Max And Ivan, Sunday Assembly, Liam Williams, Charlie Baker, Zoe Lyons, Elis James, Nish Kumar, Matt Richardson, Matt Forde, John Robins, Eric Lampaert’s Comedy Cinema Club, Pippa Evans, Danielle Ward, Angela Barnes, Ivo Graham, Stuart Goldsmith, Adam Hess, Jarlath Regan, Phil Wang, Gein’s Family Giftshop, Guilt And Shame, Rhys James, Dane Baptiste, Rachel Parris, David Elms, David Morgan, Pat Cahill, Suzi Ruffell, Tom Allen, Harriet Kemsley, Lazy Susan, Massive Dad, Kai Humphries, Sofie Hagen, Pierre Novellie, Anna Morris, Phil Jerrod, Aunty Donna, Sarah Callaghan, Ellie White, Natasia Demetriou, Jenny Collier, Lolly Adefope, Johnny And Inel, Twayna Mayne, Yve Blake, Lloyd Griffiths, Chris Kent, Amir Khoshsokhan, Chortle Student Comedy Awards Show

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Latitude 2015 runs from July 16-19 (latitudefestival.com)

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