We are thrilled to announce our line-ups for the 2026 WeGotTickets MCA heats! All line-ups and tickets available at www.wegottickets.com/musicalcomedyawards
Line-ups for 2026 WeGotTickets MCA heats
List of acts competing in the 2026 WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards
Dear friends,
We are thrilled to announce the acts that will be taking part in the 2026 WeGotTickets MCA, our 18th MCA! We had some tough decisions to make and if you entered but are not through, we are sorry that you didn’t make it this time and would like to offer you two complimentary tickets to one of our first round heats at the Phoenix on either Jan 10th, 24th or Feb 14th or 28th. Info on all of the MCA shows can be found at www.wegottickets.com/musicalcomedyawards and you can send Ed an email at ed@musicalcomedy.co.uk regarding the heat you’d like to attend. We have occasionally opted to go for acts that have never taken part in the MCA over acts that have been with us a few times before. Again, if you’re not in the MCA this time round, please don’t be too disheartened and we would welcome another entry from you in the future. Thank you all so much for entering! We have selected 44 acts and here they are:
Tasmin Sarkany
Danny Garg
Roops
Amaya Holman
Callum & Toby
Aadar Malik
Bonya Kleyman
Chris Timoney
Aalex Mandel-Dallal
Louis Turner
Sophie Duncan
Will Skillington
Kevin Davidson
Abi Sharp
Irritable Babe Syndrome
Sophie Banister
Alex Duffy
Francesca Lewis
Becky Goodman
Alexis Sakellaris
Emma Price
Rich McCulloch
Will & Noah
Edi Johnston
Chris Iskander
Katie Hand
Steven Grainger
Harry Creffield
Tom Veck
Kirk Fontaine
Jonny Bennett
Jonny Brace
Ben Coleman
Joe Da Costa
Jonathan Rippon
Christian Loveless
Keith Redfern
3 Wise Men
Sam Hickman
Eoghan Collins
Anky Damz
Bad Cowboys
Dru Cripps
Merry Martyn
We will be in contact with acts soon via email regarding availability. Thanks all and we can’t wait for the coming MCA! Tickets are already selling fast for the final at the Bloomsbury on April 10th with our 2022 Best Newcomers, The Sugarcoated Sisters! Book via the link at the top of the article!
2026 WeGotTickets MCA – entries from October 1st!
Dear friends,
The 2026 MCA is around the corner and from October 1st entries will be open! If you combine music and comedy then we would love to hear from you! All the info on how to enter the competition can be found here:
https://musicalcomedyawards.com/2026-awards/
We can’t wait to see the entries for what will be our 18th MCA!
Ed xxx
Great reviews!
Our MCA tech guru Dave Nattriss has uploaded a selection of Ed Moore’s great photos to http://www.facebook.com/musicalcomedyawards. Check them out!
We’ve also received a couple of great reviews! Here they are for you to read. Firstly a fab review from Bruce Dessau writing for The Standard. Secondly a lovely review from Tasha Snaith of Funny Women. Thanks so much for these brilliant reviews!
Results are out!
The results are out for the 2025 WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards!
In joint third place were Sarah Gaul and Paras Patel. In second place was Jack McMinn and the winners and audience favourites were Shots At The Dragon. As soon as we have more photos and reviews we will share them with you all!
Photos courtesy of Edward Moore.
Change to line-up
Due to a recent injury and ongoing recovery, Vinny Shiu has stepped back from the 2025 final and will instead take part in the 2026 final. He is replaced by Al Nash, one of our semi-finalists with the next most audience and judge votes. Al has developed a huge following with his viral videos, amassing close to 100 million views with his videos. Book tickets to see Al and our other 11 finalists, Best Newcomer Roops and headliner, double Chortle award-winning star and MCA alumnus, Jazz Emu.
Running Order for the Final
We are thrilled to announce the running order for the 2025 WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards Final on April 12th at the Bloomsbury!
In the first half after the show has been opened by our MCA resident MC, Nick Horseman, we will have a performance from our Best Newcomer, Roops! Then we will have performances from Al Nash, Zara Gladman, Paras Patel, Abi Sharp, Eoghan Collins and Jack McMinn.
In the second half we will have performances from Shots at the Dragon, Holly Spillar, Jonathan Oldfield, Sarah Gaul, Joe da Costa and Alex Prescot. St the end we will have a headline performance from multi-award winning MCA alumnus, Jazz Emu.
Book the last remaining tickets from the theatre here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-theatre/events/2025/apr/2025-wegottickets-musical-comedy-awards-final-jazz-emu
Running out of seats!
The 17th WeGotTickets MCA Final is fast approaching and we are running out of tickets. Snap up the last few via Bloomsbury theatre at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-theatre/events/2025/apr/2025-wegottickets-musical-comedy-awards-final-jazz-emu or one of the last cheaper tickets via WeGotTickets at www.wegottickets.com/musicalcomedyawards.
Who will win the 17th MCA? Come along and find out on April 12th! The show can also be livestreamed via NextUp at https://nextupcomedy.com/programs/mca-2025-final.
Full line-up confirmed! Last few tickets available!
We now have our full line-up confirmed! View all of our finalists at http://www.wegottickets.com/musicalcomedyawards and book yourself one of the last tickets!
First four finalists announced!
We are thrilled to announce our first four finalists for the 2025 WeGotTickets MCA, taking place on April 12th at the Bloomsbury theatre. Book yourself in for the 17th annual celebration of the UK’s best up and coming musical comedy acts!
HOLLY SPILLAR
Holly Spillar takes to the stage armed with nothing but a little red loop pedal and a DREAM. ‘Ethereal and enthralling’ (LAMOnaise) in equal measures, Holly’s debut show was on of the ten best-reviewed comedy shows of the 2023Edinburgh Fringe. Let her transport you to her hauntingly ludicrous world.
★★★★★”Otherworldly…the love child of Kate Bush and Bo Burnham” – North West End
★★★★”A riveting performer” – Chortle
★★★★★”The vocal chords of Mitski and the wildness of Kate Bush” – West End Best Friend
photo credit – @Justoffthesix
JONATHAN OLDFIELD
Jonathan Oldfield was a BBC New Comedy Award Finalist 2024 and second place winner in the Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off 2024. He co-created and stars in BBC Radio 4 series ‘Time of the Week’ – alongside Sian Clifford – which was recently named Best Radio Sketch Show at the British Comedy Guide Awards 2024. The series has also been nominated for a Chortle Award and a BBC Audio Drama Award, with series 2 airing autumn 2025.
ALEX PRESCOT
Alex is a musical comic who mainly improvises off crowd work. He was the Clap Back To Reality Winner 2023/24, a previous Chichester New Act & Kingston New Act Finalist and was shortlisted for Chortle Hotshots 2025.
★★★★★ ‘An incredibly talented performer’ – Broadway World
★★★★★ ‘Plenty of humour, plenty of heart’ – LondonTheatre1
‘The comedy equivalent of sunshine’ – Pepper & Salt
‘Incredibly funny…a brilliant improviser’ – CurtainsUp
VINNY SHIU
Vinny Shiu is a London-based stand-up comedian in his 20s who combines comedy songs with stories and jokes to highlight his unique upbringing: growing up in the West as part of an East Asian family. His act includes observational humor about cultural differences between East and West, the challenges of growing up with traditional Asian parents, and the identity crisis that comes with looking different from his peers.Winner of Southampton Comedian of the Year 2023. Selected for Leicester Comedy Festival Circuit Breakers 2024. Finalist in British Comedian of the Year 2024. 2nd Place in Bath Comedy Festival New Act Competition 2024. Finalist in The Bristol Comedy Competition 2025.
On Saturday 15th we will have our second semi-final and then we will soon find out which other finalists we have! Tickets are selling fast via Bloomsbury theatre and http://www.wegottickets.com/musicalcomedyawards.
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