Chuckl. proudly presents Cheltenham XL Comedy Club.

Our XL clubs showcase some of the biggest names in comedy alongside three of our favourite comedians off the telly... expect wall-to-wall laughs from comedians you know and love!

Tonight’s Line Up includes Babatunde Aléshé, Rory Bremner, Fiona Allen & Ben Norris


Babatunde Aléshé

Babatunde Aléshé is an award winning comedian, writer, actor and podcaster.

A firm TV favourite, Baba has appeared shows including Guessable (Comedy Central), House of Games (BBC), The Sorry I Didn’t Know (ITV), The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains (Comedy Central), Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave) as well as a cast regular in the BAFTA nominated Celebrity Gogglebox (C4)

In addition to his success in comedy, Babatunde has authored provocative factual content drawing on his own powerful story of growing up poor in inner city London (Trap Town, London Live). An experienced actor, he has appeared in an extensive list of TV shows including Waking the Dead and films including Pelican Blood and The Naked Poet, alongside cutting-edge theatre such as Iya Ilé (Soho Theatre) and Requiem for Tomorrow (Shaw Theatre).

He is also featured in the cast of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.


Rory Bremner

As a mimic, he’s provided definitive impersonations of PMs and Presidents from Major to Mandela, Blair to Brown, Clinton to Cameron and Bush to Trump. As himself, he’s been presenter, writer, quiz-show host, actor, translator and even (briefly) ballroom dancer.

As seen in comedy shows Whose Line is it Anyway, Spitting Image, Have I Got News for You, and Mock the Week, where he was team captain for two series.


Fiona Allen

Twice Emmy-winning actor and comedian and starred in various sketch shows, most famously the iconic “Smack the Pony”.

Fiona won a whole new generation of fans in the second series of the hit E4 teenage drama “Skins“, playing Maxxie’s mum, Jackie Oliver (her on-screen hubby was Bill Bailey). She has also played the role of Georgia Stevenson in the BBC drama “Waterloo Road“, while often appearing as herself on comedy shows like “Mock the Week” and “8 Out Of 10 Cats“.


Ben Norris

Ben’s TV credits include: “Mock the week” (BBC 1), “The Comedy Store” (Paramount and Comedy Central), “Never mind the Buzzcocks” (BBC 2), “They think it’s all over” (BBC 2)
Ben has written and performed three solo shows at The Edinburgh Festival: ‘Sitting room only’ (1997), ’Mr Ambiguousness’ (2013), and ‘Benny on the loose’ (2014)
Ben was Ed Byrne’s tour support for his 2013 UK tour and appeared at the Apollo, Hammersmith.
Ben acted in a play developed with the ‘Comedians Theatre Company’ called ‘The last minutes’ which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.


Get ready for stand-up comedy at its best!

Please be aware line-up may be subject to change. In the rare case, the line-up does change then Chuckl. will replace acts with other comedians with a similar profile.