Wed 30 July 2025 ➡ Sun 24 August 2025 8:00pm

Matt Forde

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Defying Calamity

Leading political comedian Matt Forde (The Royal Variety Performance, Spitting Image, HIGNFY, British Scandal) finds positivity in life despite all the evidence to the contrary in politics and his own health.

'The most topically incisive impersonator on the block... It's laugh-a-minute stuff, underpinned by the kind of wisdom and natural resilience our leaders could learn from. He was always impressive, but he deserves his inevitable standing-ovation as never before' ***** (Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph).

'Flying the flag for satire... a meaty hour of impressions, gags and reflections... so much to admire here' ***** (Mail On Sunday).

Matt Forde

Matt is a writer on 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Stand-Up for the Week and can also be heard on his own late night phone-in show on the Sony-Award winning talkSPORT. 'A first class comic' (The Guardian) 'Highly engaging, inherently funny... an innate ability to ad lib laughs out of thin air' (Chortle.co.uk) 'Manages to combine infectious enthusiasm with astutely well-informed political opinions' (Three Weeks).

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