Banbury Mostly Comedy: ZOE LYONS & DESIREE BURCH (22.01.26)

Thu Jan 22 2026 at 08:00 pm to 11:00 pm UTC+00:00

The Mill Arts Centre | Banbury

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Banbury Mostly Comedy: ZOE LYONS & DESIREE BURCH (22.01.26)
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The popular club returns to Banbury with another mixed bill of top-class comedy, hosted by DAVID EPHGRAVE (‘As smooth as they come’ BBC.co.uk).
22nd January’s lineup includes:
Stand-up from ZOE LYONS
(Seen on BBC’s ‘Live at The Apollo’, ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘QI’ and ‘Mock The Week’)
(Heard on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Just a Minute’, ‘The News Quiz’ and ‘The Now Show’)
‘Lyons has what it takes to delight any crowd’ ★★★★ (Guardian)
‘Confident and razor sharp’ (Observer)
‘I don’t think I have laughed so hard at a stand-up show in my life’ (Edinburgh Guide)
‘Probably the most impressive British female comic on the circuit’ (The Skinny)
‘I have renewed faith in stand-up comedy after seeing Zoe Lyons’ (Australian Stage)
Stand-up from DESIREE BURCH
(Seen on BBC’s ‘Live at The Apollo’, ‘Have I Got News For You’ and ‘QI’, and C4’s ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ and ‘Taskmaster’. Host of Netflix’s ‘Too Hot to Handle’)
(Heard on BBC Radio 4’s ‘The News Quiz’, ‘The Now Show’ and ‘It’s Not What You Know’)
★★★★ (Guardian)
‘A near-perfect example of comedic storytelling’ ★★★★ (Evening Standard)
‘A funny, frank, eloquent, entertaining and perceptive raconteur… positively poetic’ (Scotsman)
‘A larger than life New Yorker…who brought the roof down’ (Independent)
‘The funniest comedian I have ever seen in person. She left me breathless with laughter’ (Scotsgay)
Standup from JOE HADDAD
‘Great energy and fun material’ (JokePit audience review)
‘Awesome’ (JokePit audience review)
‘Refreshing’ (JokePit audience review)
Hosted by DAVID EPHGRAVE
(Featured in The Times, Daily Telegraph, Comedy Central, i Newspaper, Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News best Fringe jokes lists.)
‘As smooth as they come’ (BBC)
‘Refreshingly down-to-earth…devastatingly witty’ (EdFest Magazine)
'A very likeable stand-up, confident but not cocky, and a lot of fun to spend time with…a natural entertainer’ (View From the Gods)
'Fringe veteran’ (ThreeWeeks)
‘Wonderfully innovative comedy’ (Broadway Baby)
Starts at 8:00pm. Tickets £22.50.
Tickets on general release from 10:00am on Thursday, 6th November 2025.
(Lineup may be subject to last-minute alteration. There are no refunds in the case of a lineup change.)
For the latest information, visit www.mostlycomedy.co.uk or www.themillartscentre.co.uk.
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