
SIC Fest Gala Show 2025

13 July 2025 from 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
We return for our eighth year with an outstanding line up of comedians SO FAR – with acts more to be announced. Now taking place over five days, the festival culminates with the Live At The Apollo-style gala show on the final night at Theatre Severn.
SCOTT BENNETT (MC)
Scott is a stand-up comedian and writer who is ‘without doubt live comedy’s best kept secret’ according to The Evening Standard. He made his debut on Live at the Apollo in 2021 and has also appeared as a regular guest on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, The Now Show, and The Likely Dads. In 2022 he was nominated as Best Club Comedian in the Chortle awards.
LINDSEY SANTORO
Birmingham basedLindsey Santoro has emerged as one of the most original female voices to come out of the West Midlands. She enjoyed success at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023, winning Next Up’s Biggest Award in Comedy for the most outstanding show. Naturally effusive and full of giddy joy, Lindsey made her TV debut on Mel Giedroyc’s: Unforgivable (Dave), Comedy Central Live and The Stand-Up Sketch Show (ITV2). Other credits include Channels 4’s The Joy of Missing Out and The Elephant in the Room with Sarah Millican on BBC Radio 4. Lindsey has been named on several ones-to-watch comedy lists.
ABANDOMAN
Ireland’s finest hip hop musical comedian Rob Broderick, aka Abandoman uses his trademark blend of audience interaction and razor-sharp improvisation to transform audience likes, loathes and daydreams into hit songs and captivating tales. Abandoman has previously headlined comedy stages at Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading and Leeds festivals, been seen in Dictionary Corner in 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and toured with pop behemoth Ed Sheeran. The Stage magazine described Abandoman as:‘Killer punch lines. Note-perfect, lyrically mind-blowing hip-hop. Improv genius!’
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