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Magician Sean Heydon headlines Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club’s New Year’s Eve bill at The Basement. Don’t miss the early start

Sean Heydon: From Britain’s Got Talent to The Basement’s New Year’s Eve bill for Laugh Out Comedy Club. Now that’s magic!

LAUGH Out Loud Comedy Club will see out the old year with an unusually early start to the New Year’s Eve bill at The Basement, City Screen Picturehouse, York.

No, seriously, that is true. To facilitate revellers heading off for midnight revelries, master of ceremonies Damion Larkin will be calling out the names from 6pm tomorrow, with everyone having the last laugh at 8.30pm.

Britain’s Got Talent’s madcap comedy magician Sean Heydon has been performing at comedy clubs and corporate events for A-list celebrities and blue-chip companies for more than 15 years. 

Heydon has many television credits to his name, such as Soccer AM on Sky One and three seasons as resident magician on The Paul O’Grady Show on Channel 4. In 2020, he was engaged by Google to headline its sales conference in Birmingham.

Headliner Heydon will be supported by viral breakout star Karl Porter and alt. comedy act Ryan Kenny. Sharp, physical and unpredictable, Porter can make a room chuckle by using nothing more than his body, his face and an instinctive understanding of how absurd everyday life really is.

Ryan Kenny: Comic turn with a love for all things different

Porter broke through in a way that almost never happens in comedy anymore: organically, virally and purely on talent. A single piece of physical comedy – his slow-motion goal celebration impression – took on a life of its own online, introducing him to a huge new audience overnight. Now he has more than 500,000 followers on Instagram.

His stage act combines physical comedy with observational material, weaving everyday frustrations, modern life, and human behaviour into routines that feel familiar yet still surprising.

British Comedian of the Year semi-finalist Ryan Kenny is a whimsical comic with a love for all things different. Host and promoter Larkin likes to improvise his entire set.

To book tickets, go to: https://lolcomedyclubs.co.uk. Laugh Out Loud’s first gig of 2026 will be on January 10 at The Basement at the usual starting time of 8pm (doors 7.30pm).

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Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club relaunches monthly Saturday gigs at The Basement, City Screen with April 1 quadruple bill

Daliso Chaponda: Playing Laugh Out Comedy Club night at The Basement on Saturday

THE long wait is over. Damion Larkin’s Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club is making a post-lockdown return to The Basement at City Screen Picturehouse, York, on April Fool’s Day.

The sold-out line-up of Daliso Chaponda, Fran Garrity, Steve Harris and master of ceremonies Danny Deegan on April 1 leads off a series of 8pm gigs on the first Saturday of the month, with acts confirmed for May 6 and June 3. Doors open at 7.30pm for each show.

“The first three months of shows will feature TV comedians galore,” says Damion. “These include an international Britain’s Got Talent favourite, a BAFTA award-winning Hollywood superstar, still keeping it real with brilliant comedy sets for us, and a BBC3 sitcom star who’s a multi award-winning act and prolific writer for top names such as Steve Coogan, Johnny Vegas and John Bishop.  

“You can check out the line-ups at https://lolcomedyclubs.co.uk/ but as always we’ll be bringing you comedians off the telly from such shows as BBC2’S Mock The Week, Shooting Stars, Channel 4’S 8 Out Of 10 Cats, BBC1’S Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Have I Got News For You, QI and Paramount’s Live At The Comedy Store.”

Each show features three professional comics and a host. “Laugh Out Loud Comedy Clubs have a successful track record of bringing the very best comedy acts on the club scene and breaking new talent on the cusp of stardom,” says Damion, who runs nights at York Barbican’s Fishergate Bar too.

Dave Johns: On the May 6 bill at The Basement

“We’re the people who previously booked Chris Ramsey, Jason Manford, John Bishop, Sarah Millican and Russell Howard before they were household names. So come and see more brilliant comedians.”

Mike Newall, Karl Porter, I, Daniel Blake lead actor Dave Johns and Jed Salisbury are confirmed for The Basement on May 6, followed by Tony Burgess, Eddy Midgley, Russell Arathoon and Damion Larkin for June 3.

Meanwhile, Jonny Awsum, Russell Arathoon and Damion Larkin are booked in for York Barbican on April 15; Alan Hudson, Joshua Robertson, Eric Rushton and Damion Larkin for May 13; Raymond Mearns, Ben Silver, The Young’Uns David Eagle and Damion Larkin for June 10, then Daliso Chaponda, Mad Ron and Damion Larkin for July 8.

Laugh Out Loud Comedy nights are held at Hull City Hall, Bournemouth Pavilion, Stoke Regent Theatre, Portsmouth Guildhall and Hastings LOL Comedy Club too.

Tickets are on sale at https://lolcomedyclubs.co.uk  and on the door, subject to availability.

Damion Larkin: Laugh Out Comedy Club programmer and master of ceremonies