Sara Pascoe & Kerry Godliman at Larmer Tree Festival

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This July 2015 marks the 25th Larmer Tree Festival on the border of Dorset and Wiltshire. To celebrate as well as the fantastic music, art installations and street theatre, they have a hilarious comedy line up headed by Bill Bailey at their late night comedy club on the ARC stage. Bill Bailey will be joined by Ed Byrne Russell Kane, 2008 Funny Women Awards runner up Sara Pascoe and Seann Walsh, alongside the fabulous Kerry Godliman, James Acaster, David Trent, Alex Edelman, Gareth Richards, Rhys James, Carl Hutchinson, Stephen Bailey, Damian Clarke, Fin Taylor, Yve Blake and Mark Simmons.

Kerry Godliman Sara Pascoe
The 2015 late-night comedy programme kicks off on Thursday 16th July, on Friday Larmer Tree will
headline returning star Sara Pascoe who has rocketed through the comedy ranks since her last visit in 2011. With a sell out UK debut show, Sara has also amassed numerous TV acting credits including W1A, Twenty Twelve and Campus.

The stellar 2015 comedy bill also includes London comedienne Kerry Godliman, returning to her stand-up roots after a major role in Ricky Gervais’ recent series Derek.

To find out more visit www.larmertreefestival.co.uk

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Kate Stone
Kate Stone is the editor of Funny Women and an award-winning script writer. She has written comedy sketches for the BBC's 100 Women project and created the Funny Women Awards Comedy Shorts category.
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