By creating spaces where queer and alternative performers can showcase their talents they hope to continue to challenge stereotypes, provoke thought, and bring people together through laughter.
Hilarious resident MC Lee Peart is joined by the likes of:
Josh Glanc - one of Australia's most exciting emerging talents.
Dane Buckley - LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year Finalist 2022 and one of Skiddle.com's best up-and-coming stand-up comedians in 2023.
Daniel Foxx - viral sensation and NextUp 'Biggest Award in Comedy' Nominee 2023, as seen on BBC One, BBC Three, ITV and Comedy Central.
Lachlan Werner - the "funniest new ventriloquist on the block" (Telegraph), winner of ReviewsHub Best Show Award and nominated for a Soho Playhouse New York Award.
Jess Fostekew - Host of Hoovering podcast, as heard/seen on Guilty Feminist and Motherland and Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show Nominee 2019.
Joe Kent-Walters – Creator of Frankie Monroe and Winner of the 2023 BBC New Comedy Award and 'Best Show' at Leicester Comedy Festival.
Riggs - BBC New Comedy Award Nominee and Leicester Square New Comedian of The Year Nominee 2023.
Robert White – Runner up in Britain's Got Talent in 2018.
Komedia's current charity partner for Down The Hatch comedy club is
The Brighton Rainbow Fund charity, a central hub for community fundraising for Brighton & Hove LGBTQIA+ and HIV support projects.
This season of
Down The Hatch will take place on Sunday 6th October, and Sunday 3rd November.