Hilarity Bites Comedy & Curry Night February 11, 2011

Hilarity Bites presents the best of the UK comedy circuit for a Comedy & Curry night (featuring a full curry buffet) at the Hall Garth Hotel.

Carl Donnelly

Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee 2009 Carl Donnelly brings his "impossibly effortless" (Fest) stand-up to the Witham Hall in Barnard Castle. As seen on Mock the Week, Russell Howards Good News, Dave's One Night Stand and Live at the Comedy Store, Carl has won a host of awards for his brand of unbridled silliness.

Gripping, unmissable stand-up. In Donnelly's hands, something as simple as getting out of bed can be the springboard to a hilarious anecdote - The Guardian

A hell of a lot of innocent fun - Chortle

A flair for sharp observational humour and a superb delivery - Fest

Brilliant stand-up - quick, well-paced and affable - ThreeWeeks

You are advised to come see what all the fuss is about!

Tom Deacon

Tom Deacon, the 2007 winner of Chortle's Student Comedian Award and finalist in the Amused Moose New Act Competition has burst onto the comedy scene drawing all eyes his way with his undeniable stage presence and slick timing.

Tom can currently be seen presenting 5:19 - a youth orientated show for BBC Switch featuring comedy sketches, music and celebrity interviews. The show airs daily online and on Saturday mornings on BBC Two, and since March 2010 Tom has been the host of his own Radio One Show, featuring music and chat from celebrity guests.

As a stand-up Tom has appeared in Edinburgh and Beyond (Comedy Central), was asked to attend the first stage of Last Comic Standing in Miami, and was seen performing stand up on the new BBC Two show The Rob Brydon Show.

"Slick stagecraft, bags of energy...and material that goes below the belt without being offensive" - Chortle

Ian Smith

Despite only being 21, Ian Smith has been performing comedy for more than three years and in that time has caught the eye with his style of downbeat observations and uniquely warped trains of thought. Having won the Newbury Comedy Festivals competition You Must Be Joking in 2009, Ian has gone on to cement his reputation as one of the brightest young comics around, placing second in Comedy Centrals student competition and appearing in the final of Chortles student competition in 2010 for the second time.

"Fantastically funny" - The Times

"Star of the future" - TimeOut

"Real laugh-out-loud moments" - Comedy Central

MC Tiernan Douieb

Tiernan has been doing the stand-up thing for a little while now. In that time that hes graced many a stage with his beardy face, playing gigs all over the UK and abroad. Douiebs friendly manner and fast paced gags have made him a highly sought after compere and act on the circuit.

Small in stature, not in talent - Scotsman

"Uplifting and light hearted... Douieb was energetic, fast paced and his humour was full of kitsch appeal" - BBC

Tickets for this show are £25 each, with doors opening at 7pm and the meal served from 7:30pm.