Our Christmas Comedy night welcomes for the first time headliner Steve N. Allen who stars as a regular member of the news-desk team on Late Night Mash on UKTV/Dave; a show formerly known as The Mash Report.

He is also an experienced comedian and host who is at home anywhere on the bill, with a warm and upbeat act that soon connects with any audience.

His material ranges from an observational look at life to up to date topical comedy - or shows solely based on the interaction with the crowd.

As a stand-up Steve has performed in comedy clubs all across the UK and Europe. He has also performed at comedy festivals in Edinburgh, Brighton and Leicester with versions of his solo topical comedy show "Some News" that dissects the news and how we use it.

Steve has been a news commentator and satirist on TV and on radio, including TalkRadio, Fubar Radio, LBC, BBC Radio London and GBNews.

During lockdown, along with American comedian Erich McElroy, Steve created the livestream Facebook show "Comics Solving Problems."

He has also been a panellist for "The Wright Stuff" and "Jeremy Vine" (Ch5), "Not The One Show" (London Live) and was the "Anchor-man" on the very funny "News500" YouTube channel.

Credits include:

- "Jeremy Vine" - panellist (Channel 5)

- "The Wright Stuff" - panellist (Channel 5)

- "New Talent Awards" (BBC)

- "Not The One Show" (London Live)

- talkRADIO (host/guest)

- BBC Radio 5 Live - (guest)

- "Any Questions" (BBCR4) (warm up)

Other guests this evening feature:

Yazz Fetto a comedian, comedy writer and director. He has written comedy material for BBC Radio 4s 'Dead Ringers'. He also has sitcoms in development for BBC Radio, BBC TV and Sky. He was a producer on the cult hit comedy horror film 'Freak Out' which was released on DVD in the UK and USA. He has directed many online videos as well as a pilot for Sky Digital.

Dave Wilder, a fast-rising stand-up comedian, based in Brighton, who is gigging for clubs, promoters and festivals all over the UK. Alongside his comedy, he is also a bestselling, award-winning author.

"My favourite one-liner comedian on the Brighton scene. Dave is one to watch. You will be seeing his name in all the big clubs in no time. Definitely one of Brighton's top up and coming acts." - Alexander Voodoo, THE SECRET COMEDY CLUB

Helen Prior, a professionally trained actress, an Art Historian and a member of the Author's Society, UK, and a comedian.

She has performed in numerous London Comedy Clubs - Camden Comedy Club, Soho Zebrano, Up the Greek, All About Eve, Camden Comedy Club, Happy Monday Comedy, Comedy at the Tram, Reading Comedy, Full Frontal Comedy, Funhouse Comedy, Soho Theatre and more. She has been on stage many times around the country - Bristol, Brighton, Oxford, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Pool, Southampton, Windsor, Eton, Plymouth, Maidenhead, St Albans, Surbiton, Cambridge. She has also successfully performed in the US and Germany and was asked to return. She gigged as a support act for the award winning comedians Mad Ron, Dave Thompson, Phil Henderson, Matt Price. She was a finalist of several gong shows and received a Cup as the Best Comedian of the Show at Comedy Virgins and Rising Star.

Her solo show Adventures of an Old CxNT had a successful run at the Camden Fringe 2022. Her show Sex, Art and the Art of Survival is going to Brighton, Bath , Camden and Edinburgh Fringes 2023.

Samantha Day

Samantha has six children. Three of them are step children, which means that they have been brought up properly, by someone else, and are therefore nice. But her three are a lot better at shoplifting.

She is 53, but looks younger because she's had a lot of work done. Some people have said that that makes her a bad feminist. They don't know the half of it.

She is an alcoholic and hasn;'t had a drink for 17 years. And that's ok - she doesn't need to drink in order to socialise or dance. Happily, she doesn't even need to drink to wet herself.

For nearly thirty years, Samantha was an accountant. She gave it up when, despite her best efforts, she only managed to sleep her way to the middle. Samantha dreams of a day when we are all treated the same, and bosses will sleep with all of their staff, whether they fancy them or not.

Samantha's maiden name was Wise. To this day she is the height of the hobbit, Sam Wise, out of Lord of the Rings. Being called Goblin Girl throughout your teens is character building.

Her first bid to rid herself of this name was to marry a Latvian whom she met as a teenager. She will not be marrying any more Latvians. They don't want her to.