December Comedy at the Tap
Join us on Friday 5th December for Comedy Night at the Tap.
Featuring four fab comedians, courtesy of Rural Roars, it’s just £15 per person, for a barrel of laughs:
Line Up
Steve McLean MC
Chris Ali
Hazel Donovan
Chris Norton Walker - Headliner
Doors open: 18.00
Comedy starts: 19.45
So kick off Christmas with a chortle!
18+
Cheer on Chris Norton Walker
Since 2010, Chris Norton Walker has been performing comedy all over the world, including gigs in Europe and The Comedy Store in LA, alongside numerous UK comedy festivals, most notably Edinburgh, Leicester, Hastings and Bath.
This award-winning comedian has been nominated for best jokes at Leicester Comedy Festival as well as two time UK Pun Championship Finalist, and whose reviews speak for themselves:
“Cementing his reputation as one of the best up and coming acts around.” – Funny First Mondays
“Chris Norton Walker is a comedy dream, non stop laughter, a must see for all!” – The Comedy Cavern
“Chris Norton Walker was one of the best value for money headliners ever” – Nottingham Comedy Festival.
Chris is a massive stage presence…he doesn’t warm the audience, he sets them on fire. A hearty mix of exciting crowd work and delicious material” – Honest Comedy
Shout out for Steve McLean
See Steve, a Edinburgh Fringe veteran, and resident Rural Roars MC, having performed, written and produced more than 20 shows since 2014.
His trilogy of shows based on geek culture; Action Figure Archive, Action Figure Archive Vol 2 and Steve McLean is Retrosexual made multiple top lists including The Herald and Wired Magazine. In 2023 he toured the east coast of the US and performed to sold out rooms and gained excellent reviews in Tampa, Orlando and Miami.
His latest show is called Aerosmith to ZZ Top and is all about 80s hair rock. It's touring festivals and small theatres in 2025 and was a hit during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with capacity crowds and critical acclaim.
2025 saw Steve release his first book; Stealing Deep Purple. It tracks the unbelieve true story of a band pretending to be Deep Purple in 1980. The book was in the Lulu Entertainment Bestseller chart for over 10 weeks
Steve's radio and TV appearances include; Screen Wipe (BBC), Soccer AM (Sky Sports), Very British Problems (C5) and Slaving Away (Amazon Audible).
Steve is also the resident host of the West End New Act of the Year Comedy Competition, which helps Rural Roars obtain access to some of the best new acts on the circuit.
"McLean keeps you hooked...Part stand-up, part rock history, part mixtape from the friend who always knew where the good tracks were" **** ONE4REVIEW
"A wonderful show for the old rockers out there" SQUIRREL COMEDY
“Riotous fun, oddly hysterical and completely unexpected” TAMPA INK 19
“A hilarious walk down memory lane” THE HERALD
“A fun examination of nostalgia and nerdiness” WIRED MAGAZINE
“Steve McLean's shows have a reputation for being fun and funny” EDINBURGH FRINGE REVIEWS
“I laughed harder and longer than any other time at the festival” ORLANDO SENTIAL
“He deftly handled heckling that would have cratered a lesser comic” ORLANDO WEEKLY
Hooray for Hazel Donovan, with her light-hearted approach to the gritty realities of life
Hazel is a cocktail mixture of funny observation, smart one liners and storytelling with a dark twist. Using her experience of childhood growing up on a council estate in Birkenhead, she recalls the many colourful characters met along the way, including the local 'perv', who with the assistance of friends, Hazel managed to groom sweets from.
Applaud Chris Ali
Chris is a London-based comic, who started standup in 2022, having performed at clubs such as Up the Creek, Backyard Comedy and the Comedy store. In the last year he has gone from being a very promising newcomer to a circuit regular and Rural Roars favourite. He also runs his own comedy show called "The O.M. Comedy Club" in North London.
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