Description

The Overdue Comedy Club is a midweek night of stand up comedy bang in the heart of Leeds City Centre. From the unique surroundings of the oldest surviving subscription library in the British Isles, it promises to be a truly unique night of first class entertainment.

The show will feature some of the best TV acts on the circuit as well as a few new faces taking the comedy scene by storm.

Housed within the beautiful Georgian building of The Leeds Library and surrounded by our stunning collection of rare and unique books, it provides a perfect, intimate experience for both the audience and the acts.

Book your seats early to avoid disappointment.

Steve Harris

Whatever age or walk of life you’re from Steve has something for you. Guaranteed to have you breathless with laughter, a master of the obvious and a Ninja of the not so obvious, you’ll be hit so hard by a punch line you won’t know where it’s come from.

With his ever-expanding reputation, the demand for Steve has come from all different types of media outlets including Radio and Television. With support slots with the likes of Johnny Vegas, Peter Kay and Lee Evans, Steve comes highly recommended from the heavy weights of comedy themselves.

Steve headlines and MCs for the UK’s premier comedy clubs and promoters and his hilarity has also seen him entertaining British, American and multi-national troops in far-flung places such as Afghanistan, The Falklands, The Middle East and Cyprus. He’s been in great demand from the CSE group who send entertainers all over the world boosting morale for British and NATO troops.

Tom Taylor

Multi-award winning comedian Tom Taylor has received high praise from audiences and critics alike.

In 2013 Tom reached the final of the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny? competition, the following year he was a finalist in the Hobgoblin Comedy Award and in 2015 he took home the award for Comedian of the Year at the inaugural Great Yorkshire Fringe.

More recently he picked up the Audience Favourite Award at the Musical Comedy Awards 2017 and reached the final of English Comedian of the Year 2018.

A favourite of live bookers across the UK, Tom has also supported John Bishop, Jason Manford and Arthur Smith on tour and performed on Radio 2 and Radio 4 as part of the BBC Radio New Comedy Award .

Tom’s debut Edinburgh show, Tom Taylor is the Indie Feel Good Hit of the Summer was one of The Telegraph’s must see shows of 2019 and was described by The Scotsman as “a genuine joy”. In addition to his stand-up talents, Tom is an accomplished actor and writer having penned and performed two one – man murder mysteries, A Charlie Montague Mystery: The Game’s a Foot, Try the Fish and The Man with the Twisted Hip.

Following two sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Tom embarked on a national tour of both shows in autumn 2017.

In 2020, Tom also devised, produced and hosted The Isolation Song Contest, an alternative Eurovision, which featured David Walliams, Mel Giedroyc, Graham Norton, Clare Balding and Sir Cliff Richard, raised over £38,000 for charity and won a Chortle Award for lockdown entertainment.

“Wave after wave of funny…a genuine joy” – The Scotsman

“Excellent…beautifully daft” – Sunday Times

“An absolute delight” – The Skinny

“Gloriously silly” – The Stage

Dawn Bailey

Pin sharp anecdotes from a life juggling a career, kids, attending weekly slimming club meetings and the joys of involuntary flatulence…

“She’s a very funny lady” – The BBC