RENT-A-LAUGH PART V: RENT CAPS NOW!
Sunday 29. March at 20:00 - 22:00
COLAB Tower (the entrance is opposite 54 Park Street, London, SE1 9HB)
The London Renters Union is back with a fifth comedy fundraiser! Bring your friends and family for an evening of laughs, to support LRU in our fight to cut rents, transform the housing system and win homes for people, not profit.
Doors: 7 30pm
Start time: 8:00pm
End time: 10:00pm
Line-up:
Kate Cheka
Kate Cheka is an artist whose primary creative medium is human emotion, either trying to make people laugh (comedy), think (philosophical musings) or feel (storytelling). She has travelled extensively, studied in four different countries and performed stand-up in over ten. Her primary focus is always the human lived experience, the best art walks with you through life, reflecting back our intimate feelings as well as (hopefully) providing inspirational impetus for revolutionary acts.
The Funny Women Award winner of 2023, she was also a Chortle Best Newcomer nominee 2024, a BBC New Comedy Awards regional finalist 2022, a finalist at the Berlin New Stand-up Award in 2019 and BBC Radio 4 Introducing New Comedy Award 2019 nominee as well as Funny Women semi-finalist in both 2021 and 2022. Described as having ‘stylish comedy delivered with a great blend of joy and disdain.
Sooz Kempner
Sooz started comedy in 2009, won Best Newcomer at the Musical Comedy Awards in 2010 and graduated from the Royal Academy of Music that same year. In 2012 she won the Variety Award at the Funny Women Awards. She made her Edinburgh debut in 2014 and performed her ELEVENTH (!!!) solo hour, Sooz Kempner is Ugly, a show about looks, trolling and Noel's House Party, at the 2025 fringe to jam-packed rooms.
Sooz cohosts two podcasts, Mystery on the Rocks, a true crime and cocktails comedy podcast with comedians Chris Stokes and Masud Milas, and The Queen Podcast, the UK's official Queen podcast featuring licensed music by the band, alongside John Robins, Simon Lupton and Rohan Acharya. Outside comedy Sooz performs in musical theatre and is a regular collaborator with Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer the Opera).
Andy Barr
Currently operating as a comedian, podcaster, writer, content creator and administrator (although not necessarily in that order), in the London area of the world.
This Andy Barr has been performing stand-up comedy since 2010, has produced four Edinburgh Fringe shows, amongst other solo and collaborative projects.
Headliner: Toussaint Douglass
Multi-talented award-winning comedian and writer, Toussaint Douglass, is one of comedy’s most exciting and talked about names and is making serious waves across the industry. Harnessing his neurodivergence, his innovative brand of oddball comedy mixes the personal with the political whilst adding a uniquely absurdist slant to brilliant comic effect making it accessible for all.
Toussaint’s social media green screen creations and guerilla documentary-style clips consistently capture the attention of the best in the industry and catapult him to the top of everyone’s must-have list, rewarding him with appearances on Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave), The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITVX), Late Night Mash (Dave), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC), Outsiders (Dave) and many many more!
Toussaint becoming a regular writer on The Russell Howard Hour (Sky), Dead Ringers (BBC R4), 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4), Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV), Have I Got News For You (BBC) to name a few.
In 2025, Toussaint made his hotly anticipated Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with a critically acclaimed hour of stand-up that blended the surreal, the heartfelt, and the pigeon-obsessed. The show earned him a Best Newcomer nomination at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, a NextUp Biggest Award in Comedy nomination, and a place on the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards Longlist. The show sold out its entire run, prompted an added extra performance, and due to overwhelming demand, led to an additional week being added to his Soho Theatre run. His debut firmly cemented him as one of the most original and exciting new voices in UK comedy.
MC James Ross
MC of 5x Chortle Award winning cult favourite comedy night Quantum Leopard.
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Kate Cheka INSTAGRAM // @katecheka
WEBSITE // https://katecheka.co.uk/
Sooz Kempner INSTAGRAM // @soozkempner
TWITTER // @SoozUK
WEBSITE // https://www.soozkempner.co.uk/
Andy Barr INSTAGRAM // @catballbag
WEBSITE // https://andybarrcomedy.com/#
Toussaint Douglass INSTAGRAM // @toussaint_gram TWITTER // @Toussaint_X WEBSITE // https://utcgroup.co.uk/talent/toussaint-douglass
James Ross TWITTER // @jamesrosscomedy
COLAB Tower (the entrance is opposite 54 Park Street, London, SE1 9HB) • Park Street 54, SE1 9HB London, England, United Kingdom