Kahleej Times, Bahrain

Laughter Factory due to arrive with new international line-up

The Laughter Factory will be back this month with a full international line up on one mega event, featuring class acts from Australia, America, and once again Canada.

The show will open with a guy often referred to as the most popular Australian comic to visit the UK. Trevor Cooke has recently toured with Ben Elton and David Strassman often providing them with a hard act to follow. This winner of 'Sydney Comic of the Year' has extensively toured Europe and the UK where he stormed the Edinburgh festival receiving rave reviews. Add stand up comedian Winston Spear to this list.

After six years of working on Canada's highly acclaimed Yuk Yuk circuit, Spear has managed to create his own episode of CBS's stand up show Comics! Riding on the back of this success, he then traveled to London where he managed to claw his way from nothingness to a prominent face on the UK circuit.

Winston Spear's comedy is dry and understated. He is firmly entrenched in the Steven Wright School of stand up, which is characterised by well written quick jokes that are heavy on absurdity. Spear specialises in a comic one/two punch that leaves his audiences both exhilarated and exhausted from laughter.

The Laughter Factory has many requests for female comedians. So this time American Karen Loftus with her razor sharp wit is on the line-up.