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Lianna Holston & Michael McPheat: WIPtina Aguilera (A stand up comedy split bill)

01/12/2026 @ Aces and Eights Saloon Bar
Doors: 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Price: £PWYC

Local sweetie pies & global pop sensations Michael McPheat & Lianna Holston join together for a Beautiful stand up comedy split bill. Come for the laughs, stay for an earnest attempt at the choreography of Wagon Wheel Watusi from Burlesque.

Lianna Holston is an American (yikes) comedian who co-hosted the iHeartRadio podcast Tossed Popcorn (winner, The Next Great Podcast, 2021 iHeartPodcast Awards), performed on improv teams at UCB in LA, and can now be spotted around London asking if she can say hi to your dog.
Accolades include: BBC New Comedy Awards 2025 (Regional Finalist), Funny Women Stage Award (Semi-Finalist, 2025), Fringe Pick – Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year (2025), Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year (2nd Place, 2024), Kingston New Comedian of the Year (Finalist, 2024), So You Think You’re Funny (Semi-Finalist, 2024), West End New Act of the Year (Semi-Finalist, 2024), Queerovision Ep. 1 (Winner, Jan 2024). @liannaholston on Instagram.
“A comic you’d definitely want to hear more from.” (Chortle)
★★★★★ – A Young(ish) Perspective
★★★★ – One4Review
★★★★ – Roxy Reviews

Michael McPheat is fresh from his latest Edinburgh show BRUTAL! – an hour-long guided tour of his favourite building in the world, Milton Keynes Shopping Centre (“This is a smart performer trying and succeeding to do something just a little different” The Skinny.) Now he’s BACK with some brand new ideas he wants to test on a big batch of lab rats (you).
Recent accolades include: LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year (Finalist, 2026); So You Think You’re Funny (Semi-Finalist, 2024).
“Michael is charm incarnate and a sparklingly funny and exuberant force on stage. Absolutely one to watch” – Elf Lyons
“High-energy buffoonery… exudes warmth.” – Attitude
“We feel McPheat’s sincerity in everything that he says, and it only serves to make his jokes all the funnier.” – Pepper & Salt

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