The UK's Biggest Ever Stand Up Show Returns For A Third Year

16 February 2012

The 2011 Comedy Gala line-up. It might even be 2010. Not quite sure. Look, we're just using it to illustrate the article, okay? Be thankful you didn't just get the Big 4 logo. Again.

 

** Tickets go on sale from 9am Friday 17th February **

The Channel 4 Comedy Gala Live At The O2 in aid of Great Ormond St Hospital returns for a third year to the world famous O2 Arena.  The amazing all-star line-up confirmed for the biggest annual comedy event of the year so far includes:

Lee Evans, Michael McIntyre, Jonathan Ross, Micky Flanagan, Sean Lock, Kevin Bridges, Jo Brand, Jack Whitehall, Jack Dee, Jon Richardson, Seann Walsh, Lee Nelson, Josh Widdicombe and Paul Chowdhry...with many more to be confirmed.

Tickets go on from 9am Friday 17th February priced £40 - £100 (please see listings and booking details below). Money raised will pay for a brand new operating theatre at Great Ormond Street Hospital so that the surgeons can help more children with rare and often life-threatening conditions.

The Channel 4 Comedy Gala Live At The O2 will be recorded for a two-hour Channel 4 TV special to be aired later on this year.

The past two Comedy Galas have seen the nation's favourite comedians and TV presenters show support by taking to the stage to perform at the O2. Each comedy extravaganza, watched by 15,000 comedy fans at the O2 and over 3 million viewers on Channel 4, featured a world class collection of stars all giving up their time to support Great Ormond Street Hospital and have raised over £1.5 million in total.

Promoted by Off The Kerb Productions, Channel 4's Comedy Gala At The 02 is an Open Mike Production for Channel 4 Television. The programme was commissioned by Entertainment Commissioning Editor Syeda Irtizaali with Addison Cresswell and Andrew Beint as Executive Producers and Anthony Caveney and Richard Ackerman as Producers for Open Mike Productions.

 

Listings details:

Venue:                                                 The O2, Peninsula Square, London, SE10 0DX

Date/Time:                        Friday 11th May, show start at 7.30pm

Price:                                    £40 - £100 plus booking fee

Booking info:                   0844 856 0202 / www.theo2.co.uk

 

Notes to editors:

About Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity:

Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world's leading children's hospitals with the broadest range of dedicated, children's healthcare specialists under one roof in the UK. The hospital's pioneering research and treatment gives hope to children who are suffering from the rarest, most complex and often life-threatening conditions, from across the country and abroad.

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity needs to raise £50 million a year to help rebuild and refurbish Great Ormond Street Hospital, provide vital up-to-date equipment and fund research into better treatments for the children. You can help us to provide world class care for our patients and families.

The Channel 4 Comedy Gala will fund a new operating theatre so that the surgeons can help more children with heart or brain and spine surgery. For further details please visit www.gosh.org

© 2007 Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.

Registered charity no. 235825

 

Channel 4's Comedy Gala Live At The O2, 2011:

A world class collection of stars supported GOSH at the 2011 Gala event at the 02 on May 24th with live performances from the following: Alan Carr, Andi Osho, Chris Moyles, Dara Ó Briain, Jack Dee, Jack Whitehall, Jason Byrne, Jason Manford, Jo Brand, John Bishop, Jon Richardson, Jonathan Ross, Kevin Bridges, Lee Evans, Mark Watson, Michael McIntyre, Micky Flanagan, Noel Fielding, Paul Kaye, Rhod Gilbert, Rich Hall, Sarah Millican, Sean Lock, and Shappi Khorsandi.

Other highlights from the night included a performance from chart toppers N Dubz plus some very special bespoke VT messages from Lady Gaga and Russell Brand.