Press Release

HATTY ASHDOWN AND NATHANIEL METCALFE HOST THEIR NEW COMEDY CHAT SHOW!

Group Name: Hatty Ashdown & Nathaniel Metcalfe
Show Title: Hatty & Nathaniel’s Comedy Chat Show Experiment
Show Date: Sunday 21st February 2010
Venue name & Address:
Monkey Chews, 2 Queen’s Crescent, London, NW5 4EP

Info:
Hatty Ashdown and Nathaniel Metcalfe present their new daytime comedy chat show in the evening. Imagine Today with Des and Mel only not on telly, and funny to people below the age of 75. Hatty and Nathaniel will introduce you to some of their favourite acts on the comedy circuit. Expect chat, laughs, a game show, and acres of showbiz.

Hatty Ashdown is a presenter/actress and new stand-up . Her presenting credits include:
BBC London Radio with Hatty’s Haberdashery- a cheeky look at the world of fashion style, arts and craft. She then went on to give London a What’s On guide with everybody’s loveable fat Aussie friend Jono Coleman.
Channel Four - Covering back stage shenanigans at some of the biggest UK music festivals - managing to share a parasol with Danni Minogue and a hula-hoop with Lou Reed!
Channel 4 Radio - Back Stage podcasts, Credits include the unveiling of the `Shameless’ estate, gossiping with the cast members and surviving an interview with the notoriously difficult actor David Threfall - aka Frank Gallagher. Music Hall Of Fame where It wasn’t just the carpet that was a walk over, as she managed to interview such legends as James Brown, Bon Jovi and Brian Wilson.
Hatty co-hosted the The Fix/Channel 4 Laughs podcasts at the Edinburgh festival interviewing such greats as Jim Bishop, Richard Fulcher and Kristen Schaal.
Still a newbie to the stand-up circuit Hatty’s credits include:
* Funny Woman semi-finalist 2009
*BAC 3 day festival June 09- Co-hosting with Josie Long
*The South Bank Udder Belly in July 2009 with Josie Long, Robin Ince, Pappys Fun Club and Friends.

In 2009 she did her first Edinburgh Show, a double bill show Hatty and Tony Rub it Better - The List magazines Top 5 Free Fringe shows.

“I could listen to Hatty’s story’s for hours, she has funny bones”
–Robert Popper, Peep Show/Look Around You

Her comedy has often been described as warm, honest and engaging; `like your friendly next-door neighbour who you share a cup of tea with over the garden fence (but you might not get the mug back) ‘. A great raconteur with anecdotal tales of her mishaps and unusual upbringing, it’s been said she has the bubble and squeak of a young Barbra Windsor. And carry on she does……

Nathaniel Metcalfe Link