JOE HEENAN

Joe Heenan

Joe Twitter Page is hilarious. Check it out at https://twitter.com/joeheenanChortle award & 7 time Scottish comedy award nominee.He has appeared on BBC Scotland for The Comedy Underground & Breaking the News.Several sold out Edinburgh fringe shows & appeared at the New York comedy festival.Hailing from sunny Perth, this is one comic with two sides. Cheeky chappy he may be, but many a heckler has made the mistake of thinking that’s all there is…Joe had his first gig in the Grassmarket in Edinburgh in 1995 and has been a professional comic for the last three years. He has gigged all over Britain and is a regular at The Stand’s Best of Scottish Comedy shows, which sell out every Fringe.Career highlights include an appearance on The Weakest Link Stand-up Special. At least, it was a highlight, until Des Clarke voted him off. Joe has, understandably, never quite forgiven him.A writer as well as a performer, Joe has had success in radio and television comedy with credits on The Karen Dunbar Show, The Live Floor Show and Chewing the Fat. Joe has also appeared in advertising campaigns for Bank of Scotland and the Scottish Sun.

Supporting acts

Fred Ferenczi

Crowned Silver Comedian of the Year atLeicester Comedy Festival in 2018, Fred now appears across the UK on all-proline ups at top clubs. A highlyexperienced (13+ years) and reliably very funny and genuinely unique stand-upwho gets repeat bookings and well-paid work.

For a flavour of the left-a-bit-field darkly-tinged,rude oddness, erudition and sheer unseriousness of Fred Frenzy, one can do nobetter than cite the following quotes:

“Fred absolutely knocked it out ofthe park tonight. Best-received of the entire evening. His timing/pacing wasmagnificent.” - The Stand Edinburgh

"That was brilliant Fred!" –Arthur Smith

“Brilliantly weird. A verybookable act” – Mark Rann, Chesham ComedyClub

"Great, extremely funny!" Henning Wehn

“Fred … [Like] a cross between JeremyHardy and a slow burn Count Arthur Strong.” BruceDessau, Evening Standard

“It was refreshing to see thehilarious Fred Ferenczi and if any bookers see this, we highly recommend Fredfor a set.” - Gary Jackets, Joker comedy club

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Peter Wood

Peter Wood takes his sell out show National Fan#y from the Glasgow Comedy Festival 2023, to his home city of Aberdeen! Peter has a comedy career of over a decade. He is resident MC for Breakneck comedy. In 2019, he sold out his solo show called Aberdeen in Technocolour, was a finalist for Scotland' s best comedian. He has been tour Support for Gary Miekle, Fred Mcauley and MC for some of the biggest names on the UK circuit. Founder of Breakneck Comedy Naz Hussian has quoted he is one of the best acts from the North East of Scotland. John Scott and Bill Dewar - seen Peter Wood smash it many times. If he's feeling the love from the crowd he's electric. His material is from his heart, his thoughts, his experiences. No two shows or Peter's the same. Delighted to be taking the show to Breakneck. Always welcomed and supported and an honour to take the show to my neck of the woods Aberdeen #standfree

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Breakneck Comedy, 2-8 King Street, Aberdeen, United Kingdom