
Headlined by the hilarious Lindsey Santoro! Naturally effusive and full of giddy joy, Birmingham’s Lindsey has emerged as one of the most original female voices to come out of the West Midlands, and is one of the best hidden gems on the comedy circuit.
Fresh off the Live at the Apollo stage, finalist of the 2021 British Comedian of the Year competition, semi-finalist at the BBC New Comedy Awards, Funny Women Regional finalist, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year semi-finalist, and Leicester Comedy Festival Best Podcast Award Nominee for Biggest Idiot, Lindsey has become one of the country’s must book acts.
Credits include Channel 4’s The Joy of Missing Out, BBC Radio 4’s Elephant in the Room with Sarah Millican, and she is soon to be seen on Comedy Central Live. Recently, Lindsey has been seen supporting Russell Kane and Joe Lycett on tour.
Opening the show is British-Sri Lankan comedian, Dinesh Nathan! Dinesh is a rising star in comedy with his viral online videos and supporting renowned comedians such as Tom Allen, Tom Davis, Romesh Ranganathan, Kerry Godliman, Seann Walsh and Fern Brady on tour.
After winning several gong shows, Dinesh won South Coast Comedian Of The Year and was a finalist at the Komedia New Act competition and the coveted Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year competition. In 2022 Dinesh appeared on BBC 3’s New Comedian of the Year awards and Comedy Central Live and in 2025 he performed on BBC Asian Network.
With a mix of high-spirited delivery and sarcastic, self-deprecating viewpoint, this is a club-ready act, bulletproof in its relentless fusillade.- Chortle
Plus Brummie comic Harry Jenkins! With just 18 months' worth of gigs under his belt, Harry Jenkins is a rising star of the UK comedy circuit, known for his dry, deadpan, irreverent take on everyday life.
Harry was crowned 2024’s Leicester Comedy Festival Comedy World Cup Winner, The Funhouse Champion Gong Winner of 2024, Nottingham Comedy Review’s New Act of the Year and was a finalist in the Southport Comedy Festival Comedian of the Year Competition in late 2023. He also was a runner up at the infamous Comedy Store Gong Show and won his heats of this year's Get-Up Stand-Up New Act of the Year Competition and the Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year.
Hosted by brilliant Brummie comic Jay Handley!
Please note, that while we do our best to ensure that we deliver the published bill, line-ups can be subject to change at short notice.
Sat 6 September 2025
8pm
The Studio at The Core
Tickets: £20 plus booking fee
Running time: 2 hours
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