Gag House Comedy Superstars is back at G Live to open Guildford Fringe Festival with a lineup full of headliners!!

Gag House Comedy are over the moon to be presenting this night of comedy with acts that will be familiar to you from shows such as Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, The Chase, Have I Got News For You and lots more…

Hal Cruttenden is headlining this club. We couldn’t possibly list all of his telly credits but here are a few… Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You, The Royal Variety Performance, Mock the Week, The One Show and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow!

Opening the show is Chris McCausland who, amongst other things, has appeared on Live at the Apollo, Comedy Central at the Comedy Store, Jimmy Carr’s Celebrity Deal or No Deal and Unwrapped with Miranda Hart.

For the middle section, a very recognisable face, Paul Sinha. A trained medical doctor who is perhaps best known as the ‘Sinnerman’ on the hugely popular ITV quiz show The Chase. Paul has been a successful comedian for a number of years, as a club comedian he has played every major comedy club in the UK.

Susan Murray is the MC for the evening. Susan has emerged as one of the best female stand-ups in the UK. She wrote for and was a guest on Jeremy Hardy Talks To The Nation and has also starred in Stephen K Amos’ Idiots Guide both for Radio 4.

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Hal Cruttenden

Hal Cruttenden is one of the top stand up comedians working in the UK today, as well as being a highly accomplished writer and actor.

He has made several appearances on ‘Live at the Apollo’ (BBC1 and 2), ‘Have I Got News For You’ (BBC1) and ‘The Royal Variety Performance’ (ITV) as well as his regular appearances on shows such as ‘Mock the Week’ (BBC2), ‘The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice’ (BBC2 and Channel 4) and ‘The Apprentice: You’re Fired’ (BBC2). On the radio, the second series of his sitcom ‘Hal’ (co-written with Dominic Holland) was recently broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and he has released two comedy DVDs, ‘Tough Luvvie’ (Universal) and ‘Straight Outta Cruttenden’(Amazon Prime and NextUpComedy.com). He has toured the country extensively and, in the last two years, has also taken shows to the Melbourne Comedy Festival and the New Zealand Comedy Festival.

His other TV appearances include ‘The John Bishop Show’ (BBC1), ‘The Channel Four Comedy Gala’ (Channel 4), ‘The One Show’ (BBC1), ’Would I Lie To You’ (BBC1), ‘Kevin Bridges: Live at the Referendum’ (BBC1), ‘Sunday Night at the Palladium’ (ITV),‘Pointless Celebrities’ (BBC1), ’Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow’ (BBC1), ‘Celebrity Mastermind’ (BBC1), ‘Let’s Dance For Comic Relief’ (BBC1), ‘The National Lottery Draw’ (BBC1), ’Comedy Rocks’ (ITV), ‘The Nightly Show’ (ITV), ‘John Bishop’s Only Joking (Sky One), ‘The Rob Brydon Show’ (BBC2), ‘Celebrity Squares’ (ITV), ‘The Wright Stuff’ (Channel 5), ‘The Omid Djalili Show’ (BBC1), ‘The 11 O’Clock Show’ (Channel 4), ‘A Right Royal Quiz’ (ITV), ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’ (Channel 5), ‘The Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala’ (Channel 10 Australia), ‘Comedy Central at the Comedy Store’ (Comedy Central), ‘Just For Laughs Gala’ (CBC Canada), ’Funny as Hell’ (BBC America), ‘George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight’ (CBC Canada), ‘The World Stands Up’ (Paramount Comedy Channel UK, The Comedy Channel Australia, Comedy Central and BBC America), ‘7 Days’ (TV3 NZ)), ‘The Project’ (TV3 NZ).

Chris McCausland

Chris McCausland is a British stand-up comedian and actor from Liverpool.

Chris is blind, has been performing stand-up since 2003, and has long been firmly established at the very top of the UK’s live comedy circuit. He performs all over the country, including regularly at the world famous Comedy Store in the heart of London’s West End.

He has performed all over the world, including India, Singapore, Malaysia, across the Middle East, and throughout Europe.

Chris has appeared on…

Live at the Apollo in 2018 for the BBC
Three series of Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
Jimmy Carr’s Celebrity Deal or No Deal for Channel Four
ITV Stand-up Hero
Unwrapped with Miranda Hart for BBC2
The Comedy Club Interviews with Arthur Smith for Radio 4
Comedy on the Boat for Radio 4
Loose Ends with Clive Anderson for Radio 4
Multiple shows across BBC and Commercial radio, alongside the likes of Rob Beckett, Bob Mills, Russel Kane, Hawksby & Jacobs, and Gethin Jones

Paul Sinha

A trained medical doctor who is perhaps best known as the Sinnerman on the hugely popular ITV quiz show The Chase, Paul has been a successful comedian for a number of years. As a club comedian, he has played every major comedy club in the UK, performed in eighteen other countries across the globe, and been three times nominated for Best Club Comedian at the Chortle Awards, winning in 2014.

On Radio 4, Paul has appeared several times on venerable favourites Just a Minute, The Now Show, and the News Quiz, and has carved out a career in factual comedy, with shows on cricket, the 2012 Olympics, Magna Carta, UK Citizenship, and three series of History Revision, which won the 2016 Rose D’or for best radio comedy show. On Radio 5, he is a regular and twice series champion on feisty sports panel show Fighting Talk.

At time of writing, Paul is ranked 6th in the UK at quizzing and in November 2017 recorded his second top 10 finish at the European Quizzing Championships.

Susan Murray

Susan Murray was winner of the first ever Jongleurs Competition and a seasoned regular on the circuit.

Susan has emerged as one of the best female stand-ups in the UK and was the first ever woman to MC Decompression gigs for the British Army and is in the top 100 Huffington Post funny women Tweeters. She wrote for and was a guest on Jeremy Hardy Talks To The Nation and has also starred in Stephen K Amos’ Idiots Guide both for Radio 4. In 2018 she was the main support at for Britain’s Got Talent runner up Daliso Chaponda’s tour.

“Feisty fire-headed pocket rocket” Broadway Baby.

“Energetic, comical and charming, Susan Murray captivated the audience with her personal engagement creating the most hilarious comedy show opening in Belfast so far” Love Belfast

“Has the ability to make quirky connections allows her to build a compelling believable and richly funny picture of 21^st century womanhood..Anyone who loves the work of Sarah Millican and Kerry Godliman will find plenty to enjoy here” The Guardian