It's time for our Leicester Comedy Festival special! Paul's introducing our brilliant line-up of local talent bringing us a taste of their shows.

First up a Rough Draft favourite Kevin Daniel!

Next up is Tharun Chelley!

The fantastic Katie Mitchell brings a snippet of her new show!

Bringing us back from a break is A Very Serious Detective Play with our very own Hayley Thornton and Katie Burchett!

Finally, the hilarious Rahul Somia!

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And we're off!!! 🎉🎉🎉

First up the brilliant Andy Richardson with some brand new spoken word 🙌🏼

Next up is the fabulous duo Joseph Allen and Luke Evered with their sketch, The Builders 🎭

And finally we have some magic and illusion from Lee Joseph and Sienna! 🪄

And we're wrapping up the night with everyone's favourite, Plugs and Pitches! 😆

🎉 FIRST ACT ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 We have a brand new act coming your way on Tuesday in the shape of Matt Arwen-Langham - Just a good, honest, standard-issue magic man... Honestly... 😜 🪄 27/05 - The Y Theatre - Bar opens 7pm, show start 7:30pm - FREE! 🎭

🎉SECOND ACT ANNOUNCEMENT🎉 We have the brilliant Mayapee Chowdhury returning to Rough Draft with Fame Hunger, a new script exploring more taboo topics in her candid style. 27/05 - The Y Theatre - Bar opens 7pm, show start 7:30pm - FREE! 🎭

🎉 FINAL ACT ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 Detective Magician Andrew Stannard is back with a new case to solve. Will you help to solve the case with Detective Stannard or will you be the one under the microscope? 27/05 - The Y Theatre - Bar opens 7pm, show start 7:30pm - FREE! 🎭

And we're off!

First up with some magic is Matt Arwen-Langham 🪄

Next up a new theatre piece by Mayapee Chowdhury - Fame Hunger 🎭

And finally, Detective Andrew Stannard 🪄

And we're finishing up with Plugs and Pitches!