Musical Comedy Awards Final Promo

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If you’re planning on coming to this year’s WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards final at the Lyric Theatre, London hosted by Tina T’urner Tea Lady on Monday 10th April then you need to get your skates on as tickets are selling fast! If you’re quick you can nab a great deal on balcony tickets for only £12, just click here and enter the promo code Balcony.

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Competing to win the 2017 musical comedy crown are the following ten finalists:

FRIZ FRIZZLE
WILL HISLOP
KATIE PRITCHARD
TWO PLUS ONES
HURT & ANDERSON
RASPUTIN’S LUNCHBOX
TOM TAYLOR
SHITSTORM
MATT HUTSON
JAMIE D’SOUZA

Each finalist will perform eight minutes of their musical comedy material and a series of industry judges will vote for the winner. The Awards sponsors will also judge which act had the best audience reaction and present the Audience Favourite Award to the winner. There will also be a performance from our Best Newcomer as well as a set from last year’s winners, Four Femmes on the Thames!

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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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