A Room with a Debut
London Hospital Tavern, London, E11BJ
Wednesday 29th April 2026
Three comedians debuting at the Edinburgh Fringe try out some material for 25 minutes each!!
EM HUMBLE
Good ‘morrow, weary traveller! Lay thine arse upon a plastic seat and bear willing witness to a fantastically surreal procession of Arthurian-inspired freaks!BAFTA-longlisted comedian, Em Humble, brings you a magical tale of wizards, goblins and urchins (oh my!) in her debut character comedy show. In a time of myth and a land of sorcery, who will the fickle finger of fate choose to emerge victorious and be deemed the worthy wielder of the legendary Excalibur sword?!
JONATHAN OLDFIELD
Award-winning character comedian Jonathan Oldfield is making his debut comedy hour. Creator and star of BBC Radio 4’s Time of the Week (winner of Best Sketch Show at British Comedy Guide Awards) and BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist.
He’s also directed people like Lorna Rose Treen, Joe Kent-Walters, Alice Cockayne and Lucy Pearman. And you may have seen him in Star Wars: Andor or online in those sketches that someone sent to you.
“Pitch-perfect” The Observer
“Left me snorting with laughter” BroadwayWorld
“Always funny” Chortle
MAIA TASSALINI
In her debut hour, BBC New Comedian of the Year Finalist 2024 and Pleasance Reserve 2025 alum Maia Tassalini guides the audience through an odyssey of power, shame, gossip, sex, public humiliation and being the world’s number one Monica Lewinsky stan.
“Maia is a natural. Born to do it. Unreal!” Shaparak Khorsandi
EM HUMBLE
Good ‘morrow, weary traveller! Lay thine arse upon a plastic seat and bear willing witness to a fantastically surreal procession of Arthurian-inspired freaks!BAFTA-longlisted comedian, Em Humble, brings you a magical tale of wizards, goblins and urchins (oh my!) in her debut character comedy show. In a time of myth and a land of sorcery, who will the fickle finger of fate choose to emerge victorious and be deemed the worthy wielder of the legendary Excalibur sword?!
JONATHAN OLDFIELD
Award-winning character comedian Jonathan Oldfield is making his debut comedy hour. Creator and star of BBC Radio 4’s Time of the Week (winner of Best Sketch Show at British Comedy Guide Awards) and BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist.
He’s also directed people like Lorna Rose Treen, Joe Kent-Walters, Alice Cockayne and Lucy Pearman. And you may have seen him in Star Wars: Andor or online in those sketches that someone sent to you.
“Pitch-perfect” The Observer
“Left me snorting with laughter” BroadwayWorld
“Always funny” Chortle
MAIA TASSALINI
In her debut hour, BBC New Comedian of the Year Finalist 2024 and Pleasance Reserve 2025 alum Maia Tassalini guides the audience through an odyssey of power, shame, gossip, sex, public humiliation and being the world’s number one Monica Lewinsky stan.
“Maia is a natural. Born to do it. Unreal!” Shaparak Khorsandi
