Latitude 2014: Dara O’Briain announced as first comedy headliner
Dara O’Briain has been announced as the first comedy headliner at Latitude 2014.
Organisers have announced Mock The Week host O’Briain is to perform at the outdoor festival in July, joining the likes of Milton Jones, Al Murray and Tim Key at the top of the bill.
Other names confirmed today include Josh Widdicombe, Trevor Noah, Josie Long, Henning Wehn, Katherine Ryan, Doc Brown and Arthur Smith.
The increasingly fertile field of sketch comedy will certainly be well represented at Latitude, with Luke Kempner’s The Only Way is Downton, Wittank, Pappy’s, Cardinal Burns, Max and Ivan and Pajama Men all heading to the Suffolk site.
And five-piece improv group The Noise Next Door will return to Latitude following a hit run at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe.
Latitude founder Melvin Benn said: “This year sees Latitude return for its ninth edition, with a sensational and diverse bill that once again really offers something for everyone.
“We’re delighted to be able to reveal a whole host of high calibre comedians, theatre companies, poets, writers and other performers across the festival. I’m confident this is going to be the best Latitude yet!”
The full comedy line-up is:
Marcus Brigstocke & Andrew Maxwell, Seann Walsh, Tommy Tiernan, Jeremy Hardy, Miles Jupp, Felicity Ward, Glenn Wool, Kerry Godliman, Hannah Gadsby, Tiffany Stevenson, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Joe Lycett, Tom Rosenthal, Aisling Bea, Jared Christmas, John Robins, Nish Kumar, James Acaster, Roisin Conaty, Mike Wozniak, Eric Lampaert, Celia Pacqoula, Alfie Brown, Bobby Mair, Pat Cahill, Angela Barnes, Kwame Asante, Joseph Morpurgo, David Morgan, Johnny Pelham, Dane Baptiste, Gabby Best, Sarah Callaghan, The Sunday Assembly, Sara Pascoe, John Kearns, Liam Williams, Cariad Lloyd & Louise Ford & Holly Burn Character Comedy Show, McNeil & Pamphilon, Club Sol, Jamie Demetriou, Chortle Student Comedy Awards, Suzi Ruffell, Tania Edwards, Phil Wang, Ivo Graham and Harriet Kemsley.
The festival takes place in Southwold, Suffolk, on 17-20 July.
Tickets are £187.50.
