JW3 Comedy Club (June)

Olivia Lee is a multi award winning writer, stand up comedian and actress, with a long track record of creating, writing and starring in her own TV shows. She has many scripted projects in development with UK & US production companies and broadcasters. A well-known face of TV comedy, Olivia started her career on Channel 4’s hit comedy show ‘Balls of Steel’ with her own slot called ‘Prank TV with Miss Lee’. She created her own vehicle for Channel 4, ‘Olivia Lee’s Naughty Bits’. This led to her own series on Comedy Central; ‘Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny’. The USA came calling and Olivia was invited to regularly appear on NBC’s ‘The Tonight Show With Jay Leno’ where she wrote and starred in her own regular comedy slot. That led to truTV giving Olivia her own comedy pilot ‘The Olivia Lee Show’ – which Ben Stiller produced with his company Red Hour. As an actress she has starred in many BAFTA nominated shows. Her feature script ‘Pardon The Interruption’ has recently won multiple awards. ‘Best Feature Script’ at ‘The Rome Prisma Film Awards’, ‘Best Comedy Screenplay’ at ‘The Prague Screenplay Awards’ and ‘Best Comedy Screenplay’ at the ‘Berlin International Screenwriting Festival’. It has also been officially selected for ‘New York Script Awards’, ‘International World Film Awards’ and the ‘Budapest Movie Awards’ and got honourable mention at ‘The Los Angeles Film & Script Festival’ and ‘The Hollywood Indie Film Awards’. Recently she created and starred in her own pilot ‘Make Me A Misogynist’ for which she played all men for Channel 4. She also launched her first album with Universal records; ‘Mindful Mum; How Not To Lose Your Total Fuc*ing Sh*t’ a unique spin on mindfulness, this was a hit and Olivia has turned it into a one woman show ‘Olivia Lee; Losing Her Total Fuc*ing Sh*t’ playing homage to female anger and toxic femininity. A tour of this is now in the works.

Ben Van der Velde is a stand-up comedian, actor, improviser and presenter. Over the past decade he has spread joy and nonsense to all four corners of the British Isles, as well as Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Norway. He is a regular host and act for respected British comedy clubs such as The Comedy Store, Komedia, The Glee, Headliners, Up the Creek, The Stand, Just the Tonic, Top Secret Comedy, Outside the Box and Comedy Club 4 Kids, as well as hosting stages for Bestival, Festival No.6, End of the Road and Sunday Papers Live. He also has experience of performing at RAF Bases, large corporate events, hosting comedy workshops and doing audience warm-up for Deal Or No Deal. On top of that, he has taken commissions to perform a voodoo re-marriage ceremony, founded the Church of the Holy Kazoo with comedy legend Mark Thomas, walked the entire London Underground network to raise money for The Refugee Council, hosted a comedy tour of the FIFA Museum in Zurich and even took part in experiments at The Royal Society that revealed him to have the most infectious laugh of any human, rat or monkey.

Native New Jerseyan-turned-Londoner Leslie Gold is the cool auntie you didn't know you needed. As seen at the Comedy Store, Edinburgh Fringe, and resident MC for Laughter to the Rafters, this year transferring to the Hackney Empire. Leslie is a warm, engaging storyteller and audiences love her well-crafted, intelligent jokes (and her naughty jokes too) and accent. She speaks truth to power - or just anyone who will listen. With no patience for idiocy, Leslie is endearingly funny and confident enough to get away with it. "Snappy observational wit."  ★★★★ Jewish Renaissance

With his darkly funny tales of neurosis mixed with observational material, Aaron Levene has performed throughout the UK and Europe. He also is the co-creator of "Jew-O-Rama" a 4-star reviewed mixed bill of the best Jewish comedians in the country, which has become a staple of the Edinburgh Fringe since its debut in 2017 as well as running at other festivals.  In 2024, Aaron also debuted his work-in-progress show, "Aaron Levene: An ADHD Love Story" at the Edinburgh Fringe. Aaron can be seen at some of the UK’s best loved comedy spaces, including Top Secret Comedy Club, Downstairs at The Kings Head, Komedia, The Frog and Bucket, Backyard Comedy Club, Angel Comedy at the Camden Head and The Bill Murray. He’s appeared on the One Show (BBC 1) and has been nominated for numerous awards including as a Finalist in the Jewish Comedian of the Year 2015 and 2017!

Rachel Creeger is a multi-award-winning stand-up comedian, writer, director and broadcaster, and resident MC for "Comedy Upstairs at the Adam & Eve”. She co-hosts internationally renowned chat show podcast "Jew Talkin' To Me?", and Neighbours superfan podcast “Leaving Erinsborough”. Rachel is a regular guest comedian on BBC One’s Sunday Morning Live and BBC Radio London’s Shay Show, has appeared on NextUp Comedy, and been heard across the BBC Radio network’s flagship shows on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 Live, and many other regional stations. Winner: Pegasus Comedy Award 2024, Best Comedy, Greater Manchester Fringe 2017 and Most Audience Recommended Show, Camden Fringe 2012. Nominee: Best Stand Up at the Greater Manchester Fringe in 2023 and 2024, and Best Comedy, Greater Manchester Fringe 2022. She is currently touring her show, “Rachel Creeger: Ultimate Jewish Mother”.