Stendhal Festival comedy line-up 'ready to roll'

This year’s comedy line-up for Stendhal Festival will include headliner Stephen K. Amos, Belfast-born comedian Paddy Raff and Vittorio Angelone.

The multi-award-winning three-day event is taking place at Ballymully Cottage Farm, in Limavady in County Londonderry.

Stephen K. Amos has appeared regularly across the Stage, TV, Radio, and Film.

Stendhal organisers have hailed Stephen K. Amos as one of the most critically acclaimed stand ups of his generation having secured a Bafta and a Richard Prior Award nomination.

Topping the bill of home-grown acts is Paddy Raff.

Paddy went from open-mic in 2018 to beginning a record breaking 5-night sell-out arena run in 2020. From 2020 to 2022 he won 2 awards for his BBC1 NI comedy sketch TV series ‘The Paddy Raff Show’.

In his first two years in comedy, Paddy established himself as one of the biggest comedians in Northern Ireland amassing a huge following across social media (currently over 250K+) which spread to the UK and beyond during the pandemic.

Also performing at Stendhal this year is the acerbic Irish-Italian Vittorio Angelone

Edinburgh Fringe Festival award nominee, Vittorio is an Italian Irish comedian who grew up in Belfast. After moving to London to train as a classical musician he eventually made the switch to stand-up comedy.

He has supported several well-known comedians including Russell Howard, Jason Manford, Adam Rowe, Shane Todd, and Dan Nightingale.

Joining them on the comedy bill are a mix of up-and-coming Northern Irish stand-ups, who have been curated especially for Stendhal by Yeo Magazine.

The Yeo Comedy club portion of the programme will be MCed by Brónagh NicAoidh and will feature the hilarious talents of Jazmynne Sierra, Alan Irwin, Ciaran Franco, Talal Jomar and Bronagh Diamond.

Stendhal Festival Director Ross Parkhill said: “We have a great history of bringing the cream of the crop in UK and Northern Irish stand-up to the festival and this year we are delighted that a Bonafede UK Comedy legend in Stephen K. Amos is headlining our comedy bill.

“We are also pleased to continue our tradition of showcasing some of the best established and up and coming talent from Northern Ireland. Our Comedy scene here is thriving at the moment and acts like Paddy Raff and Vittorio Angelone are big reasons why.

Ross concluded: “We are also pleased to be working for the first time this year with Yeo Magazine who have put together a brilliant showcase of up-and-coming talent for our Stendhal comedy club. We certainly have a big weekend of laughs in store.”

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