MCF2013-programme-web

Mach Comedy Fest 042
Yippee!
Hwre!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Welcome to
Machynlleth Comedy Festival! We’ve got so much to tell
you about, so why not grab yourself a pint of real ale or a
big cup of tea and take some time to have a read through
the jam-packed programme.
As well as the usual mighty-fine comedy line-up, we also have a
pretty special music programme put together by our friends at Fence
Records, some dazzling performances from the incredible Mary Bijou
Cabaret, and a fun-filled children and family programme.
There’s a new woodland stage, a gig on a steam train... and one in a
sweetshop as well as some special surprises on the weekend itself.
We’ve handpicked some delicious food traders and the Waen
Brewery brings us a real ale festival so be sure to sample an awardwinning
blackberry stout or two.
So a big welcome from the team, and from the wonderful town of
Machynlleth, who’s community continue to support and inspire us.
Have fun!
Henry Widdicombe and Emma Butler, Little Wander Ltd
Dyma adeg gorau’r mwyaf flwyddyn! Croeso i Ŵyl Gomedi
Machynlleth! Mae gennym gymaint i’w ddweud wrthych,
felly beth am fachu peint o gwrw neu gwpan fawr o de a
threulio peth amser yn darllen drwy’r rhaglen lawn dop.
Yn ogystal â’r rhaglen gomedi wych arferol, mae gennym hefyd
raglen gerddoriaeth arbennig iawn a drefnwyd gan ein ffrindiau yn
Fence Records, perfformiadau syfrdanol gan yr anhygoel Mary Bijou
Cabaret, a rhaglen llawn hwyl i blant a theuluoedd.
Mae llwyfan goedwig newydd, a gig ar drên stêm ... ac un
mewn siop losin, yn ogystal ag ambell i syrpreis arbennig ar y
penwythnos ei hun.
Rydym wedi dewis masnachwyr bwyd blasus, a daw Bragdy’r Waen
â ni gŵyl gwrw, felly gwnewch yn siŵr eich bod yn blasu stowt
mwyar duon arobryn neu ddau.
Felly croeso mawr gan y tîm, a chan dref wych Machynlleth, y mae
ei chymuned yn parhau i’n cefnogi a’n hysbrydoli.
Mwynhewch!

VeNues
owain glyndwR
centRe
canolfan owain
glyndŵR
Where it all began! The ancient Welsh
parliament building provided the inspiration
for holding the festival in beautiful
Machynlleth. The hub of the festival since
2010 with two intimate performance spaces,
ale bar, picnic area and Bettie’s Lounge.
Lle dechreuodd y cyfan! Yr adeilad senedd
Cymreig hynafol oedd yr ysbrydoliaeth i
gynnal yr ŵyl ym Machynlleth brydferth.
Canolbwynt yr ŵyl ers 2010 gyda dau fan
perfformio agos, bar cwrw, ardal picnic a
Bettie’s Lounge.
Bettie’s Lounge
Located on the lawns of the Owain Glyndwr.
Grab a quick bite to eat between shows or kick
back and take a lounge break on comfy sofas
with cosy blankets and retro board games.
Wedi’i leoli ar lawntiau Owain Glyndŵr.
Mynnwch rywbeth i’w fwyta rhwng sioeau
neu ymlaciwch a chymryd seibiant lolfa ar
soffas cyfforddus gyda blancedi clyd a gemau
bwrdd retro.
Pen’Rallt Bar
Bar Pen’Rallt
Stocking a range of local ales, ciders and soft
drinks.
Bar Pen’Rallt gydag amrywiaeth o gwrw
lleol, seidr a diodydd meddal.
Twist & Snout
Twist & Snout serving up gourmet burgers
and twice-cooked chunky chips.
Twist & Snout yn gweini byrgyrs gourmet a
sglodion trwchus wedi’u coginio ddwywaith.
Caffe Milo
Milo and Estelle will be serving up freshly
brewed coffee and sweet treats from their
coffee rickshaw.
Caffe Milo Bydd Milo ac Estelle yn gweini coffi
ffres a danteithion melys o’u ricsio coffi.
the Pathway
The Woodland Pavillion
Crafted Space have created a new informal
outdoor performance space at the festival.
Check the chalk-boards for events throughout
the weekend.
Mae Crafted Space wedi creu man
perfformio awyr agored anffurfiol newydd
yn yr ŵyl. Edrychwch ar y byrddau sialc am
ddigwyddiadau drwy gydol y penwythnos.
The Monster Shed
Our most intimate venue. 1 shed, 4 seats,
loads of laughter.
Ein lleoliad mwyaf clyd. 1 sied, 4 sedd,
llwyth o chwerthin.
Machynlleth Rugby Club
Clwb Rygbi Machynlleth
Be sure to check out a new venue for
2013. The Rugby Club will hold events on
Saturday and Sunday.
Sicrhewch eich bod yn dod i weld y lleoliad
newydd ar gyfer 2013.Bydd y Clwb Rygbi’n
cynnal digwyddiadau ddydd Sadwrn a
dydd Sul.
Machynlleth
Bowling cluB
clwB Bowlio
Machynlleth
Located behind the Co-op store the Bowling
Club provides an intimate setting to see
comedy… as well as learn how to bowl.
Wedi’i leoli tu ôl i siop Co-op, mae’r Clwb
Bowlio’n lleoliad clyd i weld comedi … yn
ogystal ag i ddysgu sut i fowlio.
Royal house
tŷ-yn-y-lôn
An intimate 30 seat venue in the historic
15th century basement of Mercia’s house
and store.
Lleoliad clyd 30 sedd yn seler hanesyddol
15fed ganrif tŷ a siop Mercia’s.
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y Plas
The historic Y Plas houses 3 of the festival’s
indoor venue spaces: The Main Hall, The
Vortex and Vayne Tempest. The lawns of Y
Plas also play host to box office, the Bigtop
Stage, the festival Beech Bar, cafes, food
stalls and the children’s area:
Mae’r Plas hanesyddol yn cynnwys 3 o
leoliadau dan do’r ŵyl: Y Prif Neuadd, The
Vortex a Vayne Tempest. Mae lawntiau’r Plas
hefyd yn cynnwys y swyddfa docynnau, y
Bigtop Stage, Beech Bar yr ŵyl Bar, caffis,
stondinau bwyd ac ardal blant:
Beech Bar
Located in the stripy bigtop alongside the
ancient beech tree on the lawn of Y Plas. The
beech bar stocks a range of local ales, cider
and soft drinks. See the ale festival section
of the programme to see what John and Sue
at the Waen Brewery have planned.
Wedi’i leoli yn y bigtop streipiog ochr yn ochr â’r
goeden ffawydd hynafol ar lawnt Y Plas. Mae’r
Beech Bar yn cynnwys amrywiaeth o gwrw
lleol, seidr a diodydd meddal. Gweler adran
gwrw rhaglen yr ŵyl i weld beth mae John a
Sue ym Mragdy’r Waen wedi’i gynllunio.
Bigtop Stage
The Pictish Trail have persuaded friends
and artists of the fabulous Fence Records
to take a
R O A D T R I P to mid Wales for some
pretty special performances. See our Music
Programme for details. And on Friday night
Mary Bijou Cabaret see the night out.
Mae The Pictish Trail wedi perswadio
ffrindiau ac artistiaid cwmni ardderchog
Fence Records i fynd ar D A I TH FF O R DD i’r
Canolbarth am berfformiadau go arbennig.
Gweler ein Rhaglen Gerddoriaeth am
fanylion. Ac ar nos Wener, bydd Mary Bijou
Cabaret yn cloi’r noson.
Pabell Pys Melys
The Children’s Tent: Special events, performances
and workshops. See our Children’s
Programme for more details.
Pabell y Plant: Digwyddiadau arbennig,
perfformiadau a gweithdai. Gweler Rhaglen
y Plant am fwy o fanylion.
Box Office
Swyddfa Docynnau
The Chicken Cow Cafe
Relax on comfy sofas and let Nicky and the
team serve you up wholesome breakfasts,
homity pies, oven baked potatoes and
massive cakes!
The Chicken Cow Cafe Ymlaciwch ar soffas
cyfforddus, a gadewch i Nicky a’r tîm weini
brecwast iachus, pasteiod homity, tatws pob
popty a chacennau enfawr!
Matilda’s Bakehouse
Back by popular demand is Matilda’s - a clay
wood-fired oven on wheels, in which sisters
Feline and Nia Charpentier bake delicious
freshly assembled pizzas.
Matilda’s Bakehouse Yn ôl oherwydd y galw
mae Matilda’s - ffwrn bren glai ar olwynion,
lle mae’r chwiorydd Feline a Nia Charpentier
yn pobi pizzas blasus wedi’u rhoi at ei gilydd
yn ffres.
The Curry Stall
Mick will be once again serving up great
quality Indian street food.
The Curry Stall Bydd Mick unwaith eto’n
gweini bwyd stryd Indiaidd o safon.
y taBeRnacl
A beautiful 300 seat converted tabernacle
housed in the Museum of Modern Art
Wales. Heading North from the clock tower
the Tabernacle will be on your right.
Tabernacl 300 sedd prydferth wedi’i
drosi yn Amgueddfa Celf Fodern Cymru.
Gan fynd i’r gogledd o dŵr y cloc, bydd y
Tabernacl ar y dde i chi.

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Station
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HEOL PENTRERHEDYN
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Losin Lush
R U G B Y C L U B
Woodland Pavilion
THE PATHWAY
Bigtop Tent,
Pabell Pys Melys,
Beech Bar,
Food, Box Oce
NEW ST
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MAENGWYN A489
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T H E OWAIN
Camping
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GettiNG ArouNd
MYNd o GwMpAs
GARTH RD

Am eich digwyddiad mawr nesaf yng Nghymru,
ewch i wefan Croeso Cymru – visitwales.co.uk
Cymru. Am wyliau go iawn.
For your next big occasion in Wales – visitwales.co.uk
Wales. For proper holidays.
Cymru:
llond gwlad o ddigwyddiadau.
Wales:
we love a big occasion.
LosiN LusH
Losin Lush is an award winning traditional sweet
shop full of your childhood favourites. Sweets
from glass jars are weighed and popped in pink
and white stripped bags, you choose the amount
and the mixes! Children of ages are welcome.
Come in and share your memories and make
some new ones. We love to laugh and enjoy
making our customers feel treasured and valued.
Mae Losin Lush yn siop felysion draddodiadol
arobryn yn llawn ffefrynnau o’ch plentyndod.
Caiff melysion o jariau gwydr eu pwyso a’u
rhoi mewn bagiau streipiog pinc a gwyn. Chi
sy’n dewis faint a’r cymysgeddau! Croeso i
blant o bob oedran. Dewch i mewn i rannu
eich atgofion ac i wneud rhai newydd. Rydym
wrth ein boddau’n chwerthin ac yn mwynhau
gwneud i’n cwsmeriaid deimlo ein bod yn eu
gwerthfawrogi.
MACH
App
The Machynlleth Comedy Festival phone app will be
available to download the week of the festival for Android
and iPhone. Including scheduling info, now and next,
ticket booking, maps and other cool stuff. Search for
Machynlleth in your phone’s AppStore. Snazzy eh?
Designed and coded by Dave Brush and
James Mahoney www.devfusion.net
Bydd app ffôn Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth ar gael i’w
lawrlwytho yn ystod wythnos yr ŵyl ar gyfer Android a
iPhone. Gan gynnwys gwybodaeth amserlennu, nawr a
nesaf, archebu tocynnau, mapiau a phob math o bethau
cŵl eraill.Chwiliwch am Machynlleth yn siop Apps eich
ffôn. Gwychbeth!
Cynlluniwyd a chodiwyd gan Dave Bruch a James Mahoney.
www.devfusion.net
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isY suttie
isy suttie’s love letteRs
In this one-off show, Isy will perform a live
reading of two episodes from her recent
BBC Radio 4 series, Isy Suttie’s Love Letters.
Combining storytelling, music and stand-up, Isy
recounts two love stories which took place in her
hometown of Matlock in Derbyshire.
Yn y sioe unigryw hon, bydd Isy’n perfformio
darlleniad byw o ddwy bennod o’i chyfres
ddiweddar ar BBC Radio 4, Isy Suttie’s Love
Letters. Gan gyfuno adrodd stori, cerddoriaeth
a chomedi llwyfan, bydd Isy’n adrodd dwy stori
gariad a ddigwyddodd yn ei thref enedigol
Matlock yn Swydd Derby.
“Quirkily endearing” The Scotsman
“A voice you want to swim in” The Independent
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Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
5:30pm
£7
BriNG ANd Bi-LiNGuAL
huw MaRshall, RhodRi Rhys and
aMy howeRska
Come and join us for a full on bi-lingual comedy
session in the company of Huw Marshall, Rhodri
Rhys and Amy Howerska. No knowledge of
Welsh, or indeed English, necessary. Come along
and try-lingual.
Noson o gomedi ddwy-ieithog.
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Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
5:30pm
£6
HoLLY wALsH
woRk-in-PRogRess
An acclaimed writer and stand-up, Holly Walsh,
is an established talent in both fields. In 2012
her sitcom, Dead Boss, co-written with Sharon
Horgan aired on BBC3. Her stand-up credentials
were established with her 2008 Best Newcomer
win at the Chortle Awards and confirmed with
an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination
three years later for her debut Fringe show,
Hollycopter. Holly brings a new work-in-progress
show to the festival.
Mae Holly Walsh awdur ac yn gomedïwr llwyfan
o fri, ac mae’n dalent sefydledig yn y ddau
stewArt Lee
woRk-in-PRogRess
A work in progress towards his new show, Much
A-Stew About Nothing, which is itself work in
progress towards Comedy Vehicle Series 3.
Gwaith ar y gweill ar gyfer ei sioe newydd, Much
A-Stew About Nothing, sydd ei hun yn waith ar y
gweill ar gyfer Cyfres 3 Comedy Vehicle.
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Bowling Club
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
5:30pm
£6
faes. Yn 2012, darlledwyd ei chomedi sefyllfa
Dead Boss, a gyd-ysgrifennodd gyda Sharon
Horgan, ar BBC3. Profwyd ei rhinweddau comedi
llwyfan pan enillodd Wobr Newydd-ddyfodiad
Gorau 2008 yng Ngwobrau Chortle, ac fe’u
cadarnhawyd gydag enwebiad am Wobr Gomedi
Caeredin dair blynedd yn ddiweddarach am ei
sioe Fringe gyntaf, Hollycopter. Daw Holly â sioe
newydd o waith ar y gweill i’r ŵyl.
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Bowling Club
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
7:00pm
£6
MArk tHoMAs
BRavo figaRo
Scotsman Fringe First Award 2012 WINNER
Glasgow Herald Angel Award 2012 WINNER
After walking the wall in the West Bank, becoming
Guinness World Record holder for political
protests and chasing arms dealers around the
country Mark Thomas turns his attention to matters
closer to home with a show about his father.
First commissioned by the Royal Opera house
Bravo Figaro is the true tale of a self-employed
builder’s love of opera, degenerative illness
and how to put opera on in a bungalow in
Bournemouth.
It is about love, death and the search for peace in
an imperfect world ... with some gags thrown in
for luck and told by one of the finest storytellers
in the country.
ENILLYDD Gwobr Scotsman Fringe First 2012
ENILLYDD Gwobr Glasgow Herald Angel 2012
Ar ôl cerdded y wal yn y Lan Orllewinol,
ennill Record Byd Guinness am brotestiadau
gwleidyddol a mynd ar ôl gwerthwyr arfau o
gwmpas y wlad, bydd Mark Thomas yn rhoi ei
sylw i faterion nes at adref gyda sioe am ei dad.
Comisiynwyd Bravo Figaro yn wreiddiol gan y Tŷ
Opera Brenhinol, ac mae’n stori wir am gariad
adeiladwr hunangyflogedig at opera, salwch
dirywiol a sut i gynnal opera mewn byngalo yn
Bournemouth.
Mae’n ymwneud â chariad, marwolaeth a
chwilio am heddwch mewn byd amherffaith ...
gyda rhai jôcs wedi’u cynnwys am lwc, ac wedi’i
hadrodd gan un o’r storïwyr gorau yn y wlad.
“We emerge enlightened, uplifted
and deeply moved” METRO
“Vital emotional viewing... a work of
honest beauty” THE HERALD
Joe LYCett
woRk-in-PRogRess
Join award-winning sparky stand up Joe Lycett
as he workshops material for his second hour
show. Expect it to be rough round the edges,
interactive, potentially slightly awkward, but
most of all BLOODY GOOD FUN. Last year’s
show got nominated for Best Newcomer at the
Edinburgh Comedy Awards so it can’t be all bad.
Bring a friend.
Ymunwch â’r digrifwr cyffrous arobryn Joe Lycett
wrth iddo weithio ar ddeunydd ar gyfer ei ail
sioe awr. Gallwch ddisgwyl iddo fod yn amrwd,
yn rhyngweithiol, efallai ychydig yn chwithig,
ond yn bennaf oll yn HWYL GWYCH. Enwebwyd
sioe y llynedd am wobr y Newydd-ddyfodiad
Gorau yng Ngwobrau Comedi Caeredin, felly
mae’n rhaid nad yw’n ddrwg i gyd. Dewch â
ffrind gyda chi.
‘His confidence and comic timing would be the
envy of the most experienced turn’ The List
‘His armoury consists of wit, charm, and the
enviable ability to elicit laughs through cadence
alone.’ Chortle
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Y Tabernacl
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
7:00pm
£11
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Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
7:00pm
£6

NiCk HeLM
one Man Mega-Myth
Life is hard. Real hard. But life is only as hard
as you make it. And this guy likes it hard. So he
makes it hard deliberately. And after he makes
it hard he makes it harder. Because it’s only once
you’ve pushed yourself through the grinder and
come out the other side that you truly know
what you’re made of. And this guy is made of
hard things. He’s hard right now.
Mae bywyd yn galed. Yn galed iawn. Ond
mae bywyd ond mor galed ag yr ydych chi’n
ei wneud. Ac mae’r boi yma’n ei hoffi’n galed.
Felly mae’n ei wneud yn galed yn fwriadol. Ac
wedi iddo’i wneud yn galed, mae’n ei wneud yn
galetach. Oherwydd dim ond pan fyddwch wedi
gwthio’ch hun drwy’r malwr a chyrraedd yr ochr
arall y byddwch wir yn gwybod o beth rydych
wedi’i wneud. Ac mae’r boi yma wedi’i wneud o
bethau caled. Mae’n “galed” yr eiliad hon.
‘A mesmerisingly volatile, unpredictable and
laughter-filled experience.’ Daily Telegraph
‘His show is invigorating, unpredictable and
unreliable. I loved it.’ The Times
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Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
7:00pm
£6
Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
7:00pm
£6
sArAH BeNNetto
lucky
Sarah Bennetto is lucky. She’s won it all: concert
tickets, holidays, shopping sprees, the lottery, a
car, 27 cans of hairspray.
People always tell Sarah she’s lucky. But what is
luck? Can you make your own? And should you?
The truth is, there’s a point at which most people
eschew luck in the name of having a nice,
normal life. Not Sarah.
Mae Sarah Bennetto’n lwcus. Mae hi wedi ennill
y cyfan; tocynnau i gyngerdd, gwyliau, dyddiau
siopa, y loteri, car, a 27 can o chwistrell wallt.
Mae pobl wastad yn dweud wrth Sarah ei bod
hi’n lwcus. Ond beth yw lwc? Allwch chi ei greu
eich hun? Ac a ddylech chi? Y gwirionedd yw bod
pwynt lle mae’r rhan fwyaf o bobl yn osgoi lwc
er mwyn byw bywyd normal braf. Nid Sarah.
“Sarah Bennetto is a storyteller par excellence” -
Time Out, London
BridGet CHristie
waR donkey
What are Tory feminists? Why isn’t there
a Spielberg blockbuster about donkeys?
Why does the Women’s Studies section in
Waterstones smell of farts? Bridget Christie
knows. Baffling stand-up, juvenile costumes
and exploding balloons from “a writer and
performer of prodigious talent” Guardian.
Beth yw ffeministiaid Torïaidd? Pam nad oes
ffilm boblogaidd gan Spielberg am asynnod?
Pam fo adran Astudiaethau Menywod
Waterstones yn drewi fel rhech? Mae Bridget
Christie yn gwybod. Comedi llwyfan dryslyd,
gwisgoedd plentynnaidd a balŵns yn ffrwydro
GoreuoN stANd-up
CYMrAeG
huw MaRshall, Beth angell,
RhodRi Rhys
Sesiwn o standup Cymraeg yng nghwmni Huw
Marshall, Beth Angell a Rhodri Rhys.Dewch a
ffrind,a mynnwch dau diced ar unwaith.
Welsh Stand-up Showcase
gan “a writer and performer of prodigious talent”
Guardian.
“A brave comic….hilarious, passionate and
insightful”
The Arts Desk .
“…an undeniably spectacular surrealist… deft,
hilarious and intelligent”
The Skinny
Horse ANd Louis
a veRy hoRse & louis PaRty!
Holler party people! There’s a party going on and
you’re invited. Horse & Louis are bringing the
tunes (musical sketches and songs and stuff), the
fun (some jokes) and the games (actual games);
you just need to bring your bad-ass-selves. And
drinks. Just to be clear, Horse & Louis will not
be providing drinks. Join the Musical Comedy
Awards runners-up and ‘TimeOut Presents’ hosts
for an hour of frivolity and dicking about.
Gwaeddwch, bobl parti! Mae parti ar y gweill, ac mae
gwahoddiad i chi. Mae gan Horse & Louis ganeuon
(sgetsys cerddorol a chaneuon a stwff), hwyl (ambell
JoHN-Luke roBerts
sock PuPPet
A one-man comic play by and performed by
Machynlleth Comedy Festival regular John-Luke
Roberts, telling the terrifying tale of a haunted
sock and the man who finds him. John-Luke
Roberts is co-founder of the Alternative Comedy
Memorial Society, and a writer for Radio 4’s The
News Quiz. His first solo show Distracts You From
a Murder was called a “brilliant solo debut” by
the Independent.
Drama ddoniol un dyn a ysgrifennwyd ac a
berfformir gan act reolaidd Gŵyl Gomedi
Machynlleth, John-Luke Roberts, yn adrodd
hanes arswydus hosan fwgan a’r dyn a ddaeth
o hyd iddi.
John-Luke Roberts yw cyd-sylfaenydd yr
Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, ac mae’n
ysgrifennu i The News Quiz ar Radio 4. Galwyd ei
sioe unigol gyntaf, Distracts You From a Murder,
yn “brilliant solo debut” gan yr Independent.
jôc) a gemau (gemau go iawn); yr oll sy’n rhaid i chi
ei wneud yw dod â’ch hunain. A diodydd. I egluro,
ni fydd Horse & Louis yn darparu diodydd.Ymunwch
ag act a gyrhaeddodd rownd derfynol y Gwobrau
Comedi Cerddorol sy’n gyflwynwyr ‘TimeOut
Presents’ am awr o hwyl a chwarae o gwmpas.
‘Excellent’ - British Comedy Guide.
‘Very funny’ - Three Weeks. ‘Silly’ -
Chris Tarrant, BBC Radio 2
Venue: Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Date: Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
Time: 8:30pm
Price: £6
“Structurally impressive, constantly inventive
and playfully mischievous... A unique, highly
accomplished debut hour from a talent to watch.”
- TIME OUT
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Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
8:30pm
£6
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Bowling Club
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
8:30pm
£7
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Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
8:30pm
£6

MACHYNLLetH
CoMedY FestiVAL
sHowCAse
The famous Machynlleth Comedy Showcase returns in its regular late-night
spot on Friday night. Join Ed Gamble as he hosts as many festival comics as
we can cram into one evening.
If previous years are anything to go by, you can expect it to be long, and to
end in chaos.
Mae’r Machynlleth Comedy Showcase enwog yn dychwelyd yn ei fan
rheolaidd yn hwyr nos Wener. Ymunwch ag Ed Gamble wrth iddo gyflwyno
cynifer o ddigrifwyr yr ŵyl ag y gallwn eu cynnwys mewn un noson.
Os gallwn farnu yn ôl blynyddoedd blaenorol, gallwch ddisgwyl iddo fod
yn hir, ac i ddod i ben â gwallgofrwydd.
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Y Plas
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Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
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10:20pm
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£10
pAppY’s
last show eveR
NOMINEE: BEST SHOW FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD 2012
Pappy’s Last Show Ever was the smash hit success of the 2012 Edinburgh
festival. It garnered nine 5 star reviews and earned Pappy’s their second Edinburgh
Comedy Award nomination for Best Show. Full of sketches, songs
and silliness – and fresh from a sell-out national tour – catch the latest
show from ‘one of the finest sketch troupes of the last decade’ (Guardian).
ENWEBAI: SIOE ORAU GWOBR COMEDI CAEREDIN FOSTER’S 2012
Roedd Pappy’s Last Show Ever yn llwyddiant ysgubol yng Ngŵyl Caeredin
2012. Cafodd naw adolygiad 5 seren ac enillodd ail enwebiad Sioe Gorau
Gwobr Comedi Caeredin i Pappy’s. Yn llawn sgetsys, caneuon a ffolineb - ac
yn ffres o daith genedlaethol a werthodd bob tocyn - dewch i weld y
sioe ddiweddaraf gan ‘one of the finest sketch troupes of the last decade’
(Guardian).
Guardian, Telegraph, Scotsman,
Chortle, List, Times,
Independent, Time Out,
Evening Standard, Metro
‘The funniest thing I’ve seen this Edinburgh.’ Telegraph
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Y Tabernacl
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
9:00pm
£10
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MAttHew CrosBY
an houR with BRill cRosBy
Matthew Crosby, from sketch favourites Pappy’s,
offers you the chance to join him for an hour of
fun, chat, jokes, songs, games and more. One
thing is guaranteed... it will be brill!
Mae Matthew Crosby, o’r ffefrynnau sgets
Pappy’s, yn cynnig cyfle i chi ymuno ag ef am
awr o hwyl, sgwrsio, jôcs, caneuon, gemau a
mwy. Mae un peth yn sicr ... bydd yn bril!
“Groucho Marx trapped in the body of Woody Allen”
Bruce Dessau writing in the London Evening Standard
“...it will be brill!” Matthew Crosby writing in his
own blurb
“...it will be brill!” Matthew Crosby yn ysgrifennu
ei froliant ei hun
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Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
1:00pm
£6
Royal House
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
1:00pm
£5
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 18
tHoM tuCk
kalahaRi diaMond golf classic 1982
Thom Tuck (fresh from his own Radio 4 series) is
doing two work in progress shows in one hour.
Come along! See which of these semi-shows
is worth persisting with! One of them is called
“Thom Tuck’s Bonus Sisters” and the other is
probably called “I Am A Reptile (Aren’t You)” or
something. That sounds fun, no?
Bydd Thom Tuck (yn ffres o’i gyfres Radio 4 ei
hun) yn perfformio dwy sioe o waith ar y gweill
mewn un awr. Dewch yn llu! Dewch i weld pa
hanner sioe fydd yn werth dyfalbarhau ag ef!
Enw un ohonynt yw “Thom Tuck’s Bonus Sisters”
a mwy na thebyg mae enw’r llall yw “I Am A
Reptile (Aren’t You)” neu rywbeth. Mae hynny’n
swnio’n hwyl, na?
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Machynlleth Rugby Club
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
1:00pm
£5
CHris BoYd ANd stuArt LAws
natuRal disasteRs
IT’S COMING! BEWARE! STORMS, SEISMIC ACTIV-
ITY AND LAUGHS ARE HEADED YOUR WAY!
Hurry down to the Royal House where stand-up
comics Stuart Laws and Chris Boyd will have
constructed a makeshift shelter, designed to
protect you from the elements.
Once inside, relax, and enjoy a full-on
multimedia explosion, as storm chaser Chris
and volcanologist Stuart tell you everything you
need to know about dust devils, magma pools
and the town of Hathersage, Ohidaho soon to be
twinned with Machynlleth, Wales.
oweN NiBLoCk
calculating coMedy
Can a computer be funny? Will computer comedians
ever replace humans on the stage? Owen
Niblock looks at these questions and more as he
delves into the fascinating world of Computational
Humour. A light-hearted and informative
look at the current state-of-the-art with special
guests (both humans and computers).
A all cyfrifiadur fod yn ddoniol? A fydd digrifwyr
cyfrifiadurol fyth yn cymryd lle bodau dynol
ar y llwyfan? Bydd Owen Niblock yn ystyried y
cwestiynau hyn a mwy wrth iddo ymchwilio
i fyd rhyfeddol Hiwmor Cyfrifiannol. Golwg
ysgafn llawn gwybodaeth ar y dechnoleg
ddiweddaraf gyda gwesteion arbennig (pobl a
chyfrifiaduron).
“Not since Jimmy Carr have I seen a cold computer
program on stage generate so much laughter.”
- Robin Ince
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Royal House
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
2:30pm
£5
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GAREDD SEISMIG A CHWERTHIN TUAG ATOCH!
Brysiwch i’r Tŷ-yn-y-Lôn lle bydd y digrifwyr Stuart
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ddylunio i’ch amddiffyn rhag yr elfennau.
Unwaith y byddwch ynddo, ymlaciwch, a
mwynhewch ffrwydrad amlgyfrwng llawn,
wrth i’r heliwr stormydd Chris a’r arbenigwr ar
losgfynyddoedd Stuart ddweud popeth mae
arnoch angen ei wybod am gythreuliaid llwch,
pyllau magma a thref Hathersage, Ohidaho a
gaiff ei gefeillio’n fuan â Machynlleth, Cymru.
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CAriAd LLoYd
caRiad’s chaRacteRs
Foster Newcomer Nominee Cariad Lloyd presents
an array of bizarre and wonderful characters
from her two sell-out Edinburgh shows containing
the best and brilliantest creations from her
award winning, smash hit solo hours. Join Cariad
and the people who live in her head, Andrew
(the child stand-up), Jacque (the French parkour
expert), Cockney Sam (music hall murderer),
Moominmamma (Scandinavian Detective) and
Joooey Bechamel (new girl).
Enwebai Newydd-ddyfodiad Foster Cariad Lloyd
yn cyflwyno amrywiaeth o gymeriadau rhyfedd
a rhyfeddol o’i sioeau Caeredin a werthodd
bob tocyn, yn cynnwys rhai o’i creadigaethau
gorau a gwychaf o’i horiau unigol arobryn
poblogaidd. Ymunwch â Cariad a’r bobl sy’n byw
yn ei phen, Andrew (y plentyn sy’n ddigrifwr),
Jacque (yr arbenigwr parkour o Ffrainc),
Cockney Sam (llofrudd neuadd cerddoriaeth),
Moominmamma (ditectif o Sgandinafia) a
Joooey Bechamel (merch newydd).
‘Breathtaking’ The Skinny
‘Character comedy at its best’
Edfest Magazine
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 20 Mach Comedy Fest 042
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New ACt sHowCAse
Matt Rees, JoRdan BRookes and chaRlie weBsteR
A triple-headed bill of rising comic talent, featuring - Matt Rees, “a properly original comedy
mind” Guardian, Jordan Brookes, “His role as an outsider was thoughtfully created and brilliantly
executed.” South Wales Echo and Charlie Webster, “a parody of a man”
thehaddock.co.uk.
Bil o dri talent comig newydd, yn cynnwys -Matt Rees, “a properly original comedy mind”
Guardian, Jordan Brookes, “His role as an outsider was thoughtfully created and brilliantly
executed.” South Wales Echo a Charlie Webster, “a parody of a man” thehaddock.co.uk.
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Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
2:30pm
£6
Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
1:00pm
£5
pAt CAHiLL
staRt
Combining off-beat jokes with songs about
ailing pets and choice fatigue, Cahill’s unpretentiously
surreal and absurd outlook has seen
him win a veritable bushel of new act awards.
His music videos have proved an online hit
and he recently appeared on Dave’s One Night
Stand at the Hackney Empire… catch this hotly
anticipated debut hour.
Gan gyfuno jôcs gwirion gyda chaneuon am
drafferthion anifeiliaid anwes a blinder dewisol,
mae agwedd swreal ac absẃrd ddiymhongar
Cahill wedi ennill llwyth o wobrau act newydd
iddo. Mae ei fideos cerddoriaeth wedi bod
yn llwyddiant ar y we, ac yn ddiweddar,
ymddangosodd ar Dave’s One Night Stand yn
Hackney Empire. Dewch i weld yr awr gyntaf
hon y bu disgwyl mawr amdani.
“This quirky performer has true star quality and
bags of originality… Imagine a cross between
Sean Lock and Eddie Izzard and you might be
getting somewhere, but nowhere close.” - Bruce
Dessau, Evening Standard
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Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
2:30pm
£6

NisH kuMAr
is a coMedian
The underdog champion of last year’s festival
returns with a bang and also a show. In 2012 he
sold ZERO tickets in advance before SELLING OUT
on the day. How did he achieve this? One word
- pity. Both from the audience and from more
famous comedians. Stars of such shows as ‘Mock
the News’ and ‘80% of Cats’ were seen literally
begging people to buy a ticket.
Now he returns to Mach with an hour of jokes
about race, relationships, cultural identity, the
significance of context and a story about a man
vomming on a train.
Mae pencampwr annhebygol gŵyl y llynedd
yn dychwelyd gyda chlec, a sioe hefyd. Yn
2012 ni werthodd UNRHYW docynnau ymlaen
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 22
llaw, a GWERTHODD BOB UN ar y diwrnod.
Sut gyflawnodd hyn? Un gair - tosturi. Gan
y gynulleidfa a gan ddigrifwyr mwy enwog.
Gwelwyd sêr sioeau fel ‘Mock the News’ a ‘80%
of Cats’ yn llythrennol yn erfyn ar bobl i brynu
tocyn.
Nawr mae’n dychwelyd i Mach gydag awr
o jôcs am hil, perthnasoedd, hunaniaeth
ddiwylliannol, arwyddocâd cyd-destun a hanes
dyn yn chwydu ar drên.
‘Impressive and accomplished….full of confidently
delivered, wryly witty tales’
Scotsman
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Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sat 4May / Sad 4 Mayio
2:30pm
£6
MArk tHoMAs
Manifesto waRM uP
In advance of a brand new series of his Sony
Award Winning Radio 4 show, Mark Thomas
goes back to the country to test out brand new
policy ideas and invite comments from the
audience. Someone has got to lead us out of
this mess!
New material and new stand up from the UK’s
finest political comedian.
Cyn cyfres newydd sbon o’i sioe Radio 4 a
enillodd Wobr Sony, bydd Mark Thomas yn
mynd yn ôl i’r wlad i roi cynnig ar syniadau
polisi newydd sbon ac i wahodd sylwadau gan
y gynulleidfa. Rhaid i rywun ein harwain allan
GoreuoN stANd-up
CYMrAeG
gaRy slayMakeR, Rhian ‘MadaM
RygBi’ davies a tuduR owen
Sesiwn o standup Cymraeg yng nghwmni Gary
Slaymaker, Rhian ‘Madam Rygbi’ Davies a Tudur
Owen. Dewch a ffrind, a mynnwch dau diced
ar unwaith.
Welsh Stand-up Showcase
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Machynlleth Rugby Club
Sat 4May / Sad 4 Mayio
2:30pm
£6
o’r llanastr hwn!
Deunydd a chomedi newydd gan un o
ddigrifwyr gwleidyddol gorau’r DU.
“A human time bomb who mixes comedy with
old fashioned investigative journalism…very
funny, irrepressible and devilishly clever” The
Irish Times.
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Y Tabernacl
Sat 4May / Sad 4 Mayio
3:00pm
£11

ALterNAtiVe CoMedY
MeMoriAL soCietY
Fresh from its sell out residency smashing up
The Soho Theatre in London, the #ACMS marches
on rural Wales to continue its pursuit of Noble
Failure.
The #ACMS is a place for envelope pushing and
nonsense peddling: a place for life-risking, odd
and downright peculiar jokes. It’s more a way of
life than a comedy show - but a way of life that
is a ticketed event that will last an hour or two
and has comedy in it.
Actually, thinking about it, it is more of a
comedy show.
Newspapers keep mentioning us and we have to
pretend to be some sort of movement.
Yn ffres o’i sioe breswyl a werthodd bob tocyn
yn Theatr Soho yn Llundain, mae gorymdeithiau
#ACMS yn y Gymru wledig yn parhau â’i ymgais i
sicrhau Methiant Nobl.
Mae’r #ACMS yn lle i gwestiynu cyfyngiadau a
hyrwyddo nonsens; lle i jôcs od, rhyfedd ac sy’n
berygl bywyd. Mae’n fwy fel ffordd o fyw na sioe
gomedi - ond ffordd o fyw sy’n ddigwyddiad
mynediad drwy docyn a fydd yn para am awr
neu ddwy ac sy’n cynnwys comedi.
A dweud y gwir, wedi meddwl am y peth, mae’n
fwy o sioe gomedi.
Mae papurau newydd yn mynnu sôn amdanom,
ac mae’n rhaid i ni esgus ein bod yn rhyw fath
o fudiad.
“Genuinely alternative and properly comedic” –
The Guardian
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Y Plas
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
3:00pm
£7
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 24
FLANGe krAMMer
alPine hoRn
International skiing sensation and world
class ladies man, Flange Krammer, brings his
Edinburgh show to Wales. Character comedy
from Neil Dagley.
Arwr sgïo rhyngwladol a lothario o’r radd
flaenaf, daw Flange Krammer â’i sioe Gaeredin i
Gymru. Comedi cymeriad gan Neil Dagley.
“Pure silliness” 4 stars - Broadway Baby.
“Hilarious” 4 stars - The Skinny.
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Owain Glyndwr Centre
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
4:00pm
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COMEDIANS TALKING ABOUT COMEDY
MArk oLVer
dancing aBout aRchitectuRe
Mark Olver hosts a discussion show where
comedians talk about comedy. Featuring the
best performers at the Festival talking about
how they write and why they love comedy. A
show for anyone who loves, or has an interest in,
the art of being funny.
Mark Olver yn cyflwyno sioe drafod lle bydd
digrifwyr yn siarad am gomedi. Yn cynnwys
perfformwyr gorau’r Ŵyl yn trafod sut y maent
yn ysgrifennu a pham eu bod wrth eu boddau
â chomedi. Sioe i unrhyw un sy’n dwlu ar, neu
sydd â diddordeb yn, y grefft o fod yn ddoniol.
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Y Plas Vortex
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
4:00pm
£6
Mike pArker
a (veRy) Rough guide to wales
Twenty years ago, Mike Parker wrote the original
Rough Guide to Wales. Here’s the unofficial
update, a rampage around this stubborn little
land, poked like a bunioned toe into the soft
belly of its next-door neighbour. Join Mike on
his armchair tour of the Land of Song - even if
that song is rather more Shakin’ Stevens than
Shirley Bassey.
Ugain mlynedd yn ôl, ysgrifennodd Mike
Parker fersiwn wreiddiol Rough Guide to Wales.
Dyma’r diweddariad answyddogol, taith wyllt o
amgylch y wlad ystyfnig hon, yn sownd fel bys
troed ffiaidd ym mogel ei chymydog. Ymunwch
â Mike ar ei daith cadair freichiau o Wlad y Gân
- hyd yn oed os yw’r gân honno ychydig yn fwy
Shakin’ Stevens na Shirley Bassey.
Venue: Machynlleth Rugby Club
Date: Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
Time: 4:00pm
Price: £6
JeNNY FAwCett
does Mach fest
Featuring stuff from my dazzling 2012 show
Jenny Fawcett, plus disturbingly brilliant work
from my forthcoming 2013 show, Time for Mime.
Yn cynnwys pethau o fy sioe ddisglair 2012
Jenny Fawcett, ynghyd â gwaith tywyll a gwych
o fy sioe sydd i ddod yn 2013, Time for Mime.
‘There’s a thin line separating madness and
genius, and Jenny Fawcett walks it like a frayed
tightrope without a safety net…jaw-dropping
…rib-achingly hysterical’
The Metro
‘everything a Fringe show should be’
The List
‘A scream’ - The Guardian
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Royal House
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
4:00pm
£5
edwArd ACzeL
edwaRd aczel lives in a
Meaningless shed
Edward Aczel, “Britain’s greatest entertainer” (Time
Out), delves into the deep recesses of his comic
brain to offer up an hour of new, mind-blowing,
gravity-defying stand-up comedy. Bookended by
some slightly more reliable old material.
Bydd Edward Aczel, “Britain’s greatest
entertainer” (Time Out), yn plymio’n ddwfn i
gilfachau ei ymennydd comig i gynnig awr o
gomedi llwyfan newydd i ddinistrio’r meddwl
ac i herio disgyrchiant. Gyda rhywfaint o hen
ddeunydd mwy dibynadwy bob ochr.
“Aczel turns unprofessionalism into an art form”
The Times
“Britain’s greatest living anti-comedian” The Guardian
Owain Glyndwr Centre
Date: Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
Time: 4:00pm
Price: £6
sArA pAsCoe
the Musical!
The uplifting tale of ‘Sara’ who lived from
the 1980’s to 2012. Sara was born as a baby,
meaning she could neither talk nor walk, until
she faced adversity in the face, and grew up. The
show includes catchy tunes and many morals.
Sara’s life includes being on TV in Stand Up For
the Week & Campus (C4); The Thick of It, Being
Human & Twenty Twelve (BBC).
Hanes hapus ‘Sara’ a oedd yn byw o’r 1980au hyd
at 2012. Ganed Sara fel baban, sy’n golygu na
allai siarad na cherdded, nes iddi oresgyn adfyd
a thyfu i fyny. Mae’r sioe’n cynnwys alawon
bachog a moesau lawer.
Mae bywyd Sara yn cynnwys bod ar y teledu yn
Stand Up For the Week a Campus (C4); The Thick
of It, Being Human a Twenty Twelve (BBC).
“Always clever and sometimes exquisite” The
Independent
“She has an obvious flair for comic timing... Nothing
less than full mega-watt charisma”. The Guardian
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Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
4:00pm
£7
Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 25

tiN sHed tHeAtre
dR fRankestein’s tRavelling
fReak show
Mary Shelly will roll in her grave...
Tin Shed Theatre Company stunningly retell Mary
Shelly’s Classic Gothic Horror Novel Frankenstein
through the debauched and twisted eyes of one
cynical raconteur and his faithful gaggle of gormless
goons. Darkly comical and sickly twisted, Dr
Frankenstein’s Travelling Freak Show treads the
thin line between hilarity and morality.
Mae Tin Shed Theatre Company yn ailadrodd
hanes nofel arswyd gothig glasurol Mary Shelly
Frankenstein yn drawiadol trwy lygaid llygredig
a dirdro un storïwr sinigaidd a’i griw ffyddlon
o gynorthwywyr heb glem. Tywyll a doniol a
BridGet CHristie
a Bic foR heR
Isn’t female oppression stupid and old-fashioned?
How come we still have misogyny when
technology is so advanced? Why hasn’t anyone
in power ever thought about sorting it all out?
Join Bridget Christie (BBC Radio 4’s Bridget
Christie Minds the Gap, BBC2’s It’s Kevin, Comedy
Central’s The Alternative Comedy Experience), as
she tries to get to the bottom of it all.
Onid yw gormesu menywod yn dwp ac yn henffasiwn?
Pam fo rhywiaeth yn dal i fod gennym pan
mae technoleg mor ddatblygedig? Pam nad oes
unrhyw un mewn grym erioed wedi meddwl am
ddatrys y cyfan? Ymunwch â Bridget Christie (BBC
Radio 4’s Bridget Christie Minds the Gap, BBC2’s It’s
Kevin, Comedy Central’s The Alternative Comedy
Experience), wrth iddi geisio cael at wraidd y cyfan.
“Real, political bite. Brilliant” Telegraph.
“Her finest moments hit highs of genuine brilliance”
Chortle.
“Avant-garde comedian of prodigious talent” Guardian.
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 26
chwbl afiach, mae Dr Frankenstein’s Travelling
Freak Show yn camu ar y linell denau rhwng
chwerthin a moesoldeb.
“Marvellously grotesque and freakishly
compulsive… Darkly and nastily fabulous from
start to finish”
The Latest
“One of the most impressive theatre performances I
have ever seen… This is fringe theatre at it’s best.”
Broadway Baby
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Machynlleth Rugby Club
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
5:30pm
£6
Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
5:30pm
£6
ed GAMBLe
woRk-in-PRogRess
Ed Gamble plods back into Machynlleth with
new jokes and stories in a certain order (yet to
be decided). He has been on Russell Howard’s
Good News (loads of people have, I know, but he
wore a nice shirt for it if that helps), Dave’s One
Night Stand (his bit only went on the website
but he did the gig so that must count for something)
and supported Greg Davies on a national
tour (they were particularly underwhelmed
in Bristol.) He is also in the stupid double act
Peacock & Gamble (BBC Radio 4 Extra) but this
show is just him (Gamble). He would be grateful
if you came.
Chortle Award nominated 2011 (seems a while
ago now)
Daw Ed Gamble yn ôl i Fachynlleth gyda jôcs a
straeon newydd mewn trefn benodol (eto i’w
phenderfynu). Mae wedi bod ar Russell Howard’s
Good News (mae llwyth o bobl wedi, rwy’n
gwybod, ond gwisgodd grys neis ar ei gyfer os
yw hynny’n helpu), Dave’s One Night Stand (dim
ond ar y wefan oedd ei ran e, ond roedd yn rhan
o’r gig, felly mae’n rhaid bod hynny’n cyfrif am
rywbeth) a chefnogodd Greg Davies ar daith
genedlaethol (roedd diffyg diddordeb gwaeth
nag arfer ym Mryste.) Mae hefyd yn yr act ddwbl
dwp Peacock & Gamble (BBC Radio 4 Extra), ond
mae’r sioe hon yn ei gynnwys e’n unig (Gamble).
Byddai’n ddiolchgar pe gallech ddod.
Enwebwyd ar gyferGwobr Chortle 2011 (sy’n
ymddangos fel amser bell yn ôl erbyn hyn)
“moments of stupendous invention” The List
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Machynlleth Bowling Club
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
5:30pm
£6
COMEDI YNG NGHANOLFAN Y CELFYDDYDAU
COMEDY AT ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE
JIMMY Carr
GaGGInG OrDEr
Sul | Sunday
Hydref 13 October
7pm £25
MILtOn JOnES
Sul | Sunday
Tachwedd 10 november
8pm £20
www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre
01970 62 32 32
rEGInaLD D huntEr
In thE MIDSt Of CraCkErS
Iau | thursday
Hydref 24 October
8pm £20
PauL MErtOn
IMPrO ChuMS
Sul | Sunday
Tachwedd 17 november
8pm £21
arDaL O’hanLOn
Gwener | friday
Tachwedd 1 november
8pm £20 (£18)
aLan DavIES
LIfE IS PaIn
Iau | thursday
Tachwedd 28 november
8pm £25
PLuS ELIS JaMES, ChrIS COrCOran, SIMOn EvanS anD MOrE!

FiN tAYLor
woRk-in-PRogRess
Fin Taylor has supported Glenn Wool on tour,
warmed up TV audiences including ‘Never Mind
the Buzzcocks’ (BBC2) and is generally just a
great guy!! He is 22 years old, enjoys arguing
for sport and swearing. This will be his first
ever solo show after successful appearances at
the Edinburgh Fringe as part of ‘The Lunchtime
Club’(2011) and ‘The Big Value Show’ (2012).
Normally people say ‘hotly anticipated’ but that
would be pushing it.
Mae Fin Taylor wedi cefnogi Glenn Wool ar
daith, wedi cynhesu cynulleidfaoedd teledu yn
cynnwys ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’ (BBC2) ac
yn gyffredinol yn foi gwych!! Mae’n 22 oed, yn
mwynhau dadlau fel gêm a rhegi. Hon fydd ei
sioe unigol gyntaf erioed ar ôl ymddangosiadau
llwyddiannus yn Fringe Caeredin fel rhan o ‘The
Lunchtime Club’(2011) a ‘The Big Value Show’
(2012). Fel arfer, mae pobl yn dweud y bu aros
mawr, ond byddai hynny’n gor-ddweud.
“Comic Gold” Fest
“Orignal, distinctive and fresh” Chortle
British Comedy Guide
Venue: Royal House
Date: Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
Time: 5:30pm
Price: £5
MoLLY NAYLor
My RoBot heaRt
Molly Naylor presents a warm, beguiling and
poignant storytelling show with music from
folky duo The Middle Ones. Inspired by experiments
about love using robots in Japan, Molly
offers the tale of three generations of one family
and an impending wedding. Together they
explore the meanings of love and fear, and the
relationship between the two.
Molly Naylor yn cyflwyno sioe adrodd
straeon gynnes, hudolus a theimladwy gyda
cherddoriaeth gan y ddeuawd werin, The Middle
Ones. Wedi’i hysbrydoli gan arbrofion am gariad
toBY ANd NAtHAN
deAN wiLLiAMs
thRice
Nathan Dean Williams is wrong. Sibling sketch
duo Toby are worse. Together they are perfect.
Witches, whingers, perverts, fantasists,
simpletons, sadists, and sillybillys. Inventive
sketch comedy from the murky corners of an
unwell mind.
Mae rhywbeth o’i le ar Nathan Dean Williams.
Mae’r chwiorydd sgets Toby yn waeth. Gyda’i
gilydd, mae nhw’n berffaith.
gan ddefnyddio robotau yn Japan, mae Molly
yn cynnig hanes tair cenhedlaeth o’r un teulu a
phriodas ar fin digwydd. Gyda’i gilydd, maent
yn archwilio ystyr cariad ac ofn, a’r berthynas
rhwng y ddau.
“A funny, touching, sad and life affirming piece of
theatre” - The Scotsman
“Hearteningly vivid and acutely observed “ -
The Times
Venue: Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Date: Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
Time: 5:30pm
Price: £7
Gwrachod, cwynwyr, cyfeiliornwyr, ffantasïwyr,
ffyliaid, sadistiaid a phobl wirion. Comedi sgets
dyfeisgar o gorneli tywyll meddwl afiach.
‘The pacing of these oddball, original sketches is
expert’ Independent
‘Compelling... glorious...poetic... For those who
find a perverse delight in the darkest depths of
human nature’ Spoonfed
Venue: Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Date: Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
Time: 7:00pm
Price: £6
Mike wozNiAk
take the hit
A new hour of stand-up from this Time Out New Act
Winner of 2008 and Edinburgh Newcomer Nominee
(also in 2008). 2008? A has-been? No. An Is-Being.
Awr newydd o gomedi llwyfan gan Enillydd Act
Newydd Time Out 2008 ac Enwebai Newyddddyfodiad
Caeredin (hefyd yn 2008). 2008? Hen
hanes? Na. Hanes yr eiliad hon.
Venue: Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Date: Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
Time: 5:30pm
Price: £6
riCHArd HerriNG
leicesteR squaRe theatRe
Podcast (But at the
Machynlleth coMedy festival)
Richard Herring - The Podfather (The Guardian),
reluctant ‘King of Edinburgh’ and two time
Chortle Internet Award winner - brings his
Leicester Square Theatre podcast west for a chat
with a star comedy guest at the Machynlleth
Comedy Festival. It’s ad-libbed, unedited, largely
unplanned and may well contain questions
about ham hands, sun cream and bigfoots. The
conversations can go off at all kinds of comedic
tangents, or be serious.
Daw Richard Herring - Y Podfather (The Guardian),
‘Brenin Caeredin’ amharod ac enillydd Gwobr
Rhyngrwyd Chortle ddwywaith - â’i bodlediad
Leicester Square Theatre i’r gorllewin am sgwrs
gyda gwestai comedi arbennig yng Ngŵyl
Gomedi Machynlleth. Mae’n fyrfyfyr, dyw heb ei
olygu, i raddau helaeth mae heb ei gynllunio ac
efallai’n cynnwys cwestiynau am ddwylo ham, eli
haul a bigfoot. Gall y sgyrsiau fynd i bob math o
gyfeiriadau comedi, neu fod yn ddifrifol.
isY suttie ANd
GAViN osBorN
isy suttie and gavin osBoRn’s
Mach attack
Long time friends and fellow singer songwriters
Gavin Osborn and Isy Suttie perform a
knockabout collection of songs old and new and
at least one duet about P Diddy.
Bydd y ffrindiau ers amser hir a’r cydgantorion-gyfansoddwyr
Gavin Osborn ac Isy
Suttie yn perfformio casgliad swnllyd o hen
ganeuon a chaneuon newydd ac o leiaf un
ddeuawd am P Diddy.
roBert NewMAN
RoBeRt newMan’s new
theoRy of evolution
Or - The Survival of The Weakest
The show explores the 150-year controversy in
evolutionary theory between cooperation and
competition.
Rob tells the story of the 150-year battle
between competing views of natural selection.
It is a story that takes us all the way from Prince
Kropotkin’s daring escape from a Tsarist prison,
to Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show at the 1893
Chicago Expo. From the self-sacrificing amoeba,
Dictyostelium discoideum, to the banking crash;
and from capuchin monkeys endowed with an
inalienable sense of justice, to the tragic suicide
of brilliant evolutionary theorist and Manhattan
Project scientist George Price in a Camden Town
squat in 1974.
Mae’r sioe’n ystyried dadl 150 oed mewn
theori esblygiad rhwng cydweithrediad a
chystadleuaeth.
Bydd Rob yn adrodd hanes y frwydr dros 150 o
flynyddoedd rhwng safbwyntiau gwahanol ar
ddethol naturiol. Mae’n hanes sy’n mynd â ni
yr holl ffordd o’r Tywysog Kropotkin yn dianc o
garchar Tsaraidd i Sioe Gorllewin Gwyllt Buffalo
Bill yn y Chicago Expo ym 1893. O’r ameba sy’n
hunan-aberthu, Dictyostelium discoideum,
i’r argyfwng bancio; ac o fwncïod capuchin
sydd â synnwyr cyfiawnder anaralladwy i
hunanladdiad trasig damcaniaethwr esblygol
gwych a gwyddonydd Manhattan Project
George Price mewn sgwat yn Nhref Camden
ym 1974.
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Y Tabernacl
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
5:30pm
£6
Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
7:00pm
£7
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Y Plas
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
7:00pm
£7/£5

AMY HoGGArt
as Pattie BRewsteR
As just your average, non-creepy, cat-loving,
dream-girl Pattie has written a self-help guide
to a happy life. She’s a totally normal girl just
doing her cool show.
Mae Patti - merch arferol eich breuddwydion,
sy’n dwlu ar gathod ac nad yw’n iasol - wedi
ysgrifennu canllaw hunangymorth i fywyd
hapus. Mae hi’n ferch hollol normal sydd ond yn
gwneud ei sioe drendi.
“A desperate attempt to make human contact”
Chortle
“Not at all creepy” Time Out
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Royal House
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
7:00pm
£5
pAppY’s
PaPPy’s flatshaRe slaMdown
Pappy’s Flatshare Slamdown is the hilarious and
anarchic panel game podcast hosted by award
winning sketch team Pappy’s and featuring
great comedian guests. Set in Pappy’s flat - with
landlord Matthew in charge - each show sees
unruly tenants Ben and Tom battle to avoid
doing an annoying household chore. To help
them in this exciting high stakes contest they
force their houseguests (who have previously
included Tim Vine, Josie Long, Jason Byrne, Sara
Pascoe and Nick Helm) to take sides and help
them fight it out over a number of stupid games.
Pappy’s Flatshare Slamdown yw’r podlediad
gêm banel ddoniol ac anarchaidd a gyflwynir
BeN tArGet
holiday (needlewoRk in
PRogRess)
Revel in this day of international celebration
(exclusive to Machynlleth) as His Holiness Ben
Target - the maverick of physical comedy -
sacrifices new ideas (some bright, several tepid,
many inclement) to the Gods of Laughter (you,
the forgiving audience). So, don your socks n’
sandals combo because in truth, this’ll end up
being somewhere between a civil weekend in
Faliraki and a wild one at Butlins. Sunburn free.
Group hug included.
Mwynhewch y diwrnod hwn o ddathlu
rhyngwladol (unigryw i Fachynlleth) wrth i
Ei Sancteiddrwydd Ben Target - rebel comedi
gan y tîm sgets arobryn Pappy’s, gyda digrifwyr
gwych yn westeion. Wedi’i leoli yn fflat Pappy’s
- gyda’r landlord Matthew yn gyfrifol - mae
pob sioe yn gweld y tenantiaid afreolus Ben a
Tom yn brwydro i osgoi gwneud tasg gartref
ddiflas. Er mwyn eu helpu yn y gystadleuaeth
gyffrous hon am wobr enfawr, maent yn gorfodi
eu gwesteion yn y tŷ (sydd wedi cynnwys Tim
Vine, Josie Long, Jason Byrne, Sara Pascoe a Nick
Helm yn y gorffennol) i ddewis ochr a’u helpu i
ymladd dros nifer o gemau gwirion.
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corfforol - aberthu syniadau newydd (rhai
gwych, rhai gwan, llawer yn arw) i Dduwiau
Chwerthin (chi, y gynulleidfa sy’n maddau). Felly
gwisgwch eich cyfuniad o sanau a sandalau,
oherwydd mewn gwirionedd, yn y pen draw,
bydd hon rywle rhwng penwythnos sifil yn
Faliraki ac un gwyllt yn Butlins. Heb losg haul.
Coflaid grŵp wedi’i gynnwys.
‘Staggeringly inventive and sometimes unnerving,
this highly physical performer is a true original
and a legend in the making’ Guardian
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Y Tabernacl
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
7:00pm
£6
Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
7:00pm
£6
stewArt Lee
woRk-in-PRogRess
A work in progress towards his new show, Much
A-Stew About Nothing, which is itself work in
progress towards Comedy Vehicle Series 3.
Gwaith ar y gweill ar gyfer ei sioe newydd, Much
A-Stew About Nothing, sydd ei hun yn waith ar y
gweill ar gyfer Cyfres 3 Comedy Vehicle.
HoLLY BurN
h cluB – Redux
Wannna join a private members club but don’t
have the money, sense of elitism or decent
shoes? Then kick back with Holly and a selection
of old and new members in Machynlleth’s least
exclusive private members club. Door Policy:
Pretty lax.
Holly was the comic chosen as “THE ONE TO
WATCH 2013” by the Independent.
Eisiau ymuno â chlwb aelodau preifat arnoch,
ond heb fod gennych yr arian, yr ymdeimlad o
elitaeth nag esgidiau gweddus? Yna dewch i
ymlacio gyda Holly a chasgliad o hen aelodau
ac aelodau newydd yng nghlwb aelodau preifat
lleiaf cyfyngedig Machynlleth. Polisi Drws:
Eithaf diofal.
Holly oedd y digrifwr a ddewiswyd fel “YR UN I
WYLIO 2013” gan yr Independent.
“Best comedy newcomer” - Harry Hill - Radio
Times
“Sexy And Bonkers Like Twin Peaks” - Eddie Izzard
“Like a holiday camp run by clowns and
deviants... there’s plenty of fun to be had”- The
Guardian
Venue: Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Date: Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
Time: 8:30pm
Price: £6
BriNG ANd
Bi-LiNGuAL
gaRy slayMakeR, Rhian
‘MadaM RygBi’ davies and
tuduR owen
Come and join us for a full on bi-lingual
comedy session in the company of Gary
Slaymaker, Rhian ‘Madam Rygbi’ Davies and
Tudur Owen. No knowledge of Welsh, or
indeed English, necessary. Come along and
try-lingual.
Noson o gomedi ddwy-ieithog.
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Machynlleth Bowling Club
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
7:20pm
£6
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Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
8:30pm
£6

Joe LYCett
soMe lycett hot
Joe Lycett brings his Edinburgh Comedy Award
Best Newcomer 2012 nominated debut show to
Machynlleth. Charmingly funny, Joe is ‘one of the
strongest emerging comedy talents we’ve seen
in a long time’ (Time Out).
BBC New Comedy Award Finalist 2011 and
Chortle Best Newcomer 2010.
Daw Joe Lycett â’i sioe gyntaf a enwebwyd am
Wobr Newydd-ddyfodiad Gorau Comedi Caeredin
yn 2012 i Fachynlleth. Yn swynol a doniol, Joe yw
‘one of the strongest emerging comedy talents
CoLiN HouLt
chaRacthoRse
A brand new show from master character comedian
and star of BBC Three’s ‘Being Human’, Colin
Hoult, following on from his hit show Ultimate
Carnival of Monsters’. Meet a host of hysterically
funny oddballs and fruit loops from the highly
inventive mind of a true original in a show unlike
any other.
Sioe newydd sbon gan Colin Hoult, meistr
comedi cymeriad a seren ‘Being Human’ BBC
Three, yn dilyn ymlaen o’i sioe boblogaidd,
Ultimate Carnival of Monsters’. Dewch i gwrdd â
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we’ve seen in a long time’ (Time Out).
Cyrhaeddodd Rownd Derfynol Gwobr Comedi
Newydd y BBC 2011 a Newydd-ddyfodiad Gorau
Chortle 2010.
‘Imaginative and cheekily subversive comedy …
Entertainingly mischievous’ (Guardian).
‘Already possesses the relaxed, homely charm of
an old campaigner’ (Times)
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llu o gymeriadau rhyfedd a gwallgof anhygoel
o ddoniol o feddwl hynod ddyfeisgar rhywun
gwirioneddol wreiddiol mewn sioe wahanol i
unrhyw un arall.
‘Twisted Comic Brilliance’ (Jeremy Dyson, League
of Gentlemen, Ghost Stories)
‘Effortlessly and painfully funny. A brilliant performer’
(Toby Whithouse, Creator of Being Human)
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Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
8:30pm
£7
Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
10:30pm
£6
sArAH MiLLiCAN
woRk-in-PRogRess
Sarah Millican pops in with a preview of her
new tour show. She will bring jokes, if you bring
laughs. It’ll be rough and ready and very very fun.
Daw Sarah Millican draw gyda rhagolwg o’i sioe
daith newydd. Bydd yn dod â jôcs, os dewch chi
â chwerthin. Bydd yn arw ac yn anwastad ac yn
llawer o hwyl.
Venue: Bowling Club
Date: Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
Time: 8:50pm
Price: £7
LLoYd LANGFord
galoot (woRk-in-PRogRess)
Ga-loot noun \ gə-ˈlüt\ Slang. A fellow,
especially one who is strange or foolish. A standup
comedy show about embracing your inner
bellend. Will contain jokes about rum, blood and
helicopters. As seen/heard on Don’t Sit In The
Front Row (Sky Atlantic), The Unbelievable Truth
(Radio 4) and Splash! With Tom Daley (ITV1).
Ga-loot noun \ gə-ˈlüt\ Slang. Person, yn
enwedig un sy’n rhyfedd neu’n ffôl. Sioe comedi
llwyfan am dderbyn eich bellend mewnol. Bydd
yn cynnwys jôcs am rym, gwaed a hofrenyddion.
Fel y gwelwyd/clywyd ar Don’t Sit In The Front
Row (Sky Atlantic), The Unbelievable Truth
(Radio 4) a Splash! With Tom Daley (ITV1).
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Y Plas
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
8:50pm
£6
riCHArd HerriNG
talking cock – the second coMing
An object of shame and pride; inspiring
laughter and fear; a symbol of power, yet incredibly
fragile; it creates life, it can condemn
us to death... and it can do wees too. Herring
updates the hit show that exposes the truth
about the porridge gun.
How can one tiny flap of sponge and sinew be
all these things?
Richard Herring intends to find out in this
tenth anniversary update of the critically
acclaimed show that exposes the truth about
men and their flutes of love.
Ffynhonnell cywilydd a balchder; yn ysbrydoli
chwerthin ac ofn; symbol o rym, ond hynod
fregus; mae’n creu bywyd, gall ein condemnio
i farwolaeth ... ac mae’n gallu pi-pi hefyd.
Herring yn diweddaru’r sioe boblogaidd sy’n
datgelu’r gwir am y gwn uwd.
Sut all un fflap bach o sbwng a gewyn fod yr
holl bethau hyn?
Mae Richard Herring yn bwriadu dod o
hyd i’r ateb yn y diweddariad hwn ar gyfer
degfed pen-blwydd y sioe o fri beirniadol sy’n
datgelu’r gwir am ddynion a’u ffliwtiau cariad.
“Man’s answer to the Vagina Monologues”
Guardian
“An impassioned and thoughtful disquisition
on masculinity, cultural identity and sexual
anthropology… but there are still loads of
jokes about porridge guns.” Observer
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Y Plas
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
10:30pm
£11
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JoHN keArNs
sight gags foR PeRveRts
Sight Gags for Perverts’ is how one critic described
Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Dr. Strangelove’ upon its release.
Stan cherished this, writing it down on a list headed
‘Titles in Search of a Script.’ It was never made. This
won’t be it either. I’ve got a little wig and some false
teeth, a few things to say about Berlin Zoo before
wearing a dress and singing Bruce Springsteen. I
will be supported by Yogi Baby.
‘Sight Gags for Perverts’ - disgrifiad un beirniad
o ‘Dr. Strangelove’ Stanley Kubrick pan gafodd
ei rhyddhau. Croesawodd Stan hyn, gan ei
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ysgrifennu ar restr o dan y pennawd, ‘Titles in
Search of a Script.’ Ni chafodd ei wneud erioed.
Nid hon fydd hi chwaith. Mae gen i wig bach
a dannedd ffug, ychydig o bethau i’w ddweud
am Sw Berlin cyn gwisgo ffrog a chanu Bruce
Springsteen. Bydd Yogi Baby yn fy nghefnogi.
‘Weird, room splitting lunacy’ Chortle
‘Brilliant’ Time Out
Venue: Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 1:30pm
Price: £4
tHeAtre rue
veRy haRd tiMes indeed
Following hard on the heels of last year’s preview tour
of Very hard Times and previous shows, Lady in the Van
and Same Time Next Year, Mid Wales outfit Theatre Rue
presents a dark, brooding meditation on the banking
crisis, spiced up with music, dancing and some bare legs.
Taking as its source material a hackneyed, yet startlingly
relevant, Victorian melodrama based on Dickens’ classic.
Theatre Rue are a Machynlleth based theatre group who
regularly tour Wales.
Yn dynn ar sodlau taith Very Hard Times llynedd , a
toNY LAw
the Many lives of tony law
See Tony Law (colossus of time, straddler of eons,
Canadian) submit to a rare grilling at the hands of
John-Luke Roberts (insightful, wordy, Briton).
An interview with the hairy, peculiar man who
saw the birth of the Roman Empire, rode with
the Mongol hordes and nearly killed Hitler. What
was the past like? What did he do in it? How
does he feel about it? Find out the truth* about
Tony Law in this special, one-off show.
Dewch i weld Tony Law (baid amser, cerddwr yr
oesoedd, boi o Ganada) yn caniatáu cyfweliad prin
gyda John-Luke Roberts (Prydeiniwr craff, amleiriog).
Cyfweliad gyda dyn blewog, rhyfedd a welodd
enedigaeth yr Ymerodraeth Rufeinig, a
farchogodd gyda llu Mongolia ac a fu bron â
lladd Hitler. Sut le oedd y gorffennol? Beth
wnaeth e yno? Sut mae’n teimlo am y peth?
Dewch i gael y gwir* am Tony Law yn y sioe
arbennig unigryw hon.
*Probably not the truth / *Nid y gwir.
Venue: Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 1:30pm
Price: £6
teithiau blaenorol Lady in the Van a Same Time Next
Year, mae theatr Rue o Ganolbarth Cymru yn cyflwyno
sioe dywyll, sy’n fyfyrdod ar yr argyfwng bancio, ond
wedi’i sioncio gyda cherddoriaeth, dawns a choesau
moel. Mae’r sioe yn seiliedig ar melodrama Fictorianaidd
oedd wedi’i ddylwanwadu gan waith clasurol
Dickens, ac yr un mor berthnasol heddiw.
Venue:
Date:
Time:
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Y Plas
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
2:00pm
£6
ANNA FreYBerG
woRk-in-PRogRess
You won’t know Anna Freyberg from TV. You
probably won’t know her at all unless you’re also
from New Zealand in which case you’ve almost
certainly met her* but if you’d like to see her
then please come along to her debut solo show.
*Wales looks a lot like New Zealand but it is not
the same. In NZ they make Lord of the Rings & in
Ticket prices start
from FREE!
Wales they make Dr Who. Dr Who looks a lot like
Lord of the Rings but it is not the same.
Funny’s Funny Female Comedian of the Year
2012, finalist. Funny Women 2011, shortlist
Ni fyddwch yn adnabod Anna Freyberg o’r
teledu. Mwy na thebyg na fyddwch yn ei
hadnabod o gwbl oni bai eich bod yn dod o
Seland Newydd hefyd, ac os felly, mae’n siŵr
eich bod wedi cwrdd â hi*, ond os hoffech ei
gweld, dewch i’w sioe unigol gyntaf.
*Mae Cymru’n edrych fel Seland Newydd, ond
nid yw yr un fath. Yn Seland Newydd, maent
yn gwneud Lord of the Rings, ac yng Nghymru,
maent yn gwneud Dr Who. Mae Dr Who yn edrych
fel Lord of the Rings, ond nid yw yr un fath.
Digrifwr Benywaidd y Flwyddyn Funny’s Funny
2012, rownd derfynol. Funny Women 2011,
rhestr fer
“Chic geek Anna Freyberg appeals from the offset
with a routine that is both intelligent and bizarre”
Three Weeks
Venue:
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Royal House
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
1:30pm
£5
^ wyl
achynlleth
estival
GoreuoN stANd-up
CYMrAeG
daniel glyn, steffan alun
a Phil evans
Sesiwn o standup Cymraeg yng nghwmni Daniel
Glyn, Steffan Alun a Phil Evans. Dewch a ffrind, a
mynnwch dau diced ar unwaith.
Welsh Stand-up Showcase
Venue:
Date:
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Machynlleth Rugby Club
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
3:00pm
£6
Aled Wyn Davies • Sara Meredydd • O Duo • Côr Godre’r Aran • Zoe & Idris Rahman
The Razumovsky Ensemble • David Tress • Louis Schwizgebel • Doelen Quartet • Anna Tilbrook
James Gilchrist • Alina Ibragimova • Cédric Tiberghien • The Carducci String Quartet • Julius Drake
Visit www.machynllethfestival.co.uk for a full programme and to buy tickets
Box Offi ce: 01654 703355
Y Tabernacl • Heol Penrallt • Machynlleth • Powys • SY20 8AJ • info@momawales.org.uk

oMesH
rANGANAtHAN
RoM-coM – the eaRly veRsion
Romesh Ranganathan brings a new hour of
acerbic stand up to Machfest. He is a comedian
that many are describing as the future of
“overweight with a lazy eye Sri-Lankan origin
British comedy.”
Combining personal anecdotes with social
commentary, this show examines a man trying
to make sense of the world, when he cannot
make sense of his own house.
Daw Romesh Ranganathan ag awr newydd o
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 36
ANGeLA BArNes
woRk-in-PRogRess
Join 2011 BBC New Comedy Award winner Angela
Barnes for her debut solo hour in which she talks
about the big stuff, you know, life, death, love,
work and how rubbish she probably is at all of it...
Ymunwch ag enillydd Gwobr Comedi Newydd y
BBC 2011 Angela Barnes ar gyfer ei sioe unigol
awr gyntaf lle bydd hi’n sôn am y pethau mawr
- chi’n gwybod, bywyd, marwolaeth, cariad,
gwaith a pha mor wael mae hi am bob un
gomedi surbwch i Machfest. Mae’n ddigrifwr y
mae llawer yn ei ddisgrifio fel dyfodol “comedi
Prydeinig o darddiad Sri Lanka , or-dew, gyda
llygad diog.”
Gan gyfuno hanesion personol gyda sylwebaeth
gymdeithasol, mae’r sioe hon yn astudio dyn
sy’n ceisio gwneud synnwyr o’r byd, pan na all
wneud synnwyr o’i dŷ ei hun.
“Every time I have seen him, he has blown the
room away.” - Adam Bloom
“Boundaries are where funny is often found,
and Ranganathan has the writing eloquence to
explore that.” - Chortle
JosH widdiCoMBe
woRk-in-PRogRess
Join the star of BBC1’s ‘Live At The Apollo’, BBC2’s
‘The Rob Brydon Show’, Channel 4’s ‘Stand Up
For The Week’ and ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats’, Fosters
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer
2011 nominee, Chortle Best Breakthrough Act
nominee 2011, FHM Stand-Up Hero 2010 Josh
Widdicombe as he tries out new material at the
Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
Ymunwch â seren o ‘Live At The Apollo’ BBC1, ‘The
Rob Brydon Show’ BBC2, ‘Stand Up For The Week’
ac ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats’ Channel 4, enwebai Newyddddyfodiad
Gorau Gwobrau Comedi Caeredin
Fosters 2011, enwebai Act Arloesol Orau Chortle
2011, Arwr Comedi Llwyfan FHM 2010 Josh
Widdicombe wrth iddo roi cynnig ar ddeunydd
newydd yng Ngŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth.
“Josh Widdicombe has the sort of gentle confidence,
low-key charisma and one-for-all-the-family
charm which could see him selling out enormous
stadiums in a couple of years.” - The Times
Venue: Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 3:00pm
Price: £7
ohonynt, mwy na thebyg ...
“Brilliantly funny” Sarah Millican
“Hers is a world-weary and devastatingly matterof-fact
outlook on the world that really makes her
stand out” The Guardian
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Machynlleth Rugby Club
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
1:30pm
£5
Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
3:00pm
£5

GAretH riCHArds
gaReth goes electRic
Join Gareth Richards, 2010 Fosters Edinburgh
Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee for his
brand new show of songs and jokes. In November
2011 Gareth was asked to support Englebert
Humperdinck at the Royal Albert Hall. He felt he
couldn’t say no. He should have.
Ymunwch â Gareth Richards, Enwebai Newyddddyfodiad
Gorau Gwobr Comedi Caeredin Fosters
2010 am ei sioe newydd sbon o ganeuon a jôcs.
Ym mis Tachwedd 2011, gofynnwyd i Gareth
gefnogi Englebert Humperdinck yn y Royal
Albert Hall. Teimlai fel na allai wrthod. Dylai
fod wedi.
“He’s a quietly clever craftsman with a big future”
(Bruce Dessau, The Evening Standard)
CAroLiNe MABeY
chaos is a fRiend of Mine
Mike BuBBiNs
the kings and i
iVo GrAHAM
BinoculaRs
‘Binoculars’ is the punchline of a joke my brother
made at my expense at Christmas. Please come
and laugh my pain away. Debut show from So
You Think You’re Funny? winner & “One of the
best young comedians around” (Time Out).
‘Binoculars’ oedd llinell glo jôc wnaeth fy mrawd
amdanaf i adeg y Nadolig. Dewch i chwerthin
ar fy mhoen. Sioe gyntaf gan enillydd So You
Think You’re Funny? ac “one of the best young
comedians around” (Time Out).
COMEDIANS TALKING ABOUT COMEDY
Venue: Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 3:00pm
Price: £6
NAdiA kAMiL
nadia kaMil in: wide oPen
BeaveRs!
Nadia Kamil (as seen in sketch heroes The Behemoth,
on TV in Stella, Channel 4’s Happy Finish
& playing a weirdo on Holby City once, and
heard on Radio4’s The Now Show, Radio4 Extra’s
Newsjack and everything good on Radio Wales)
has taken seven years of performing comedy to
work up the confidence to do a show by herself.
This is it. It will have jokes, characters, songs,
a warm feeling of bonhomie and, possibly, a
dancing chorus of puppet Mary Wollstonecrafts.
There will be no live exposed vaginas.
Mae Nadia Kamil (fel y gwelwyd yn yr sioe
sgetsys The Behemoth, ar y teledu yn Stella,
Happy Finish Channel 4 ac yn chwarae cymeriad
rhyfedd ar Holby City unwaith, ac y clywyd ar
The Now Show Radio 4, Newsjack Radio 4 Extra
a phopeth da ar Radio Wales) wedi cymryd saith
mlynedd o berfformio comedi i ddatblygu’r
hyder i wneud sioe ar ei phen ei hun. Dyma hi.
Bydd ganddi jôcs, cymeriadau, caneuon, teimlad
cynnes o gyfeillgarwch ac, o bosib, corws
dawnsio o bypedau Mary Wollstonecrafts. Ni
fydd unrhyw faginas byw.
Venue: Royal House
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 3:00pm
Price: £5
‘Oddball Genius’ (Chortle) Caroline Mabey
presents for you her “work” in progress. It’s going
to be really good.
Mae’r ‘Oddball Genius’ (Chortle) Caroline Mabey
yn cyflwyno ei “gwaith” ar y gweill i chi. Bydd yn
dda iawn.
“Truly, Mabey’s dippy mind produces some of the
most bewildering and wonderful lines you could
hope to topple from a person’s mouth” EdFest
Magazine
“The slightly deranged offspring of a menage a
trois between Vic Reeves, Harry Hill and Floella
Benjamin” Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard
Venue: Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 4:30pm
Price: £5
Machynlleth favourite, Mike Bubbins, returns
with a show about obsession. More accurately,
the difference between obsession, and healthy
interest in Elvis Presley. Some Elvis fans can take
things too far. Others, like Mike, are satisfied to
merely live in a house called Graceland, name
their daughter Elli Presley, and spend two years
entering every Elvis Presley Tribute Artist competition
in the country. But don’t expect a show
just about Elvis. There will be lots of other stuff
too. But comedy festivals do love a theme. And
it was an excuse for Mike to wear a wig in the
photo. That said, there will be a song. Probably
two. And there may be a jumpsuit. Just giving
you the heads up on that one.
Bydd ffefryn Machynlleth Mike Bubbins yn
dychwelyd gyda sioe am obsesiwn. Yn fwy cywir,
y gwahaniaeth rhwng obsesiwn a diddordeb
iach mewn Elvis Presley. Gall rhai ffans Elvis fynd
yn rhy bell. Mae eraill, fel Mike, yn fodlon gyda
dim ond yn byw mewn tŷ o’r enw Graceland,
enwi eu merch yn Elli Presley, a threulio dwy
flynedd yn cystadlu ym mhob cystadleuaeth
Artist Teyrnged Elvis Presley yn y wlad.
Ond peidiwch â disgwyl sioe am Elvis yn unig.
Bydd llawer o bethau eraill hefyd. Ond mae
gwyliau comedi wrth eu boddau â thema.
Venue: Royal House
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 4:30pm
Price: £5
toM pArrY
fancy that!
Tom Parry likes yellow t-shirts and fancy dress
parties. This will be his second ever performance
of Fancy That! (after last year’s SELL OUT SUC-
CESS) He is very happy to be here. (His Brother’s
got a caravan just up the road in Aberdyfi).
MArk oLVer
dancing aBout aRchitectuRe
Mark Olver hosts a discussion show where
comedians talk about comedy. Featuring the
best performers at the Festival talking about
how they write and why they love comedy. A
show for anyone who loves, or has an interest in,
the art of being funny.
Mark Olver yn cyflwyno sioe drafod lle bydd
digrifwyr yn siarad am gomedi. Yn cynnwys
perfformwyr gorau’r Ŵyl yn trafod sut y maent
yn ysgrifennu a pham eu bod wrth eu boddau
â chomedi. Sioe i unrhyw un sy’n dwlu ar, neu
sydd â diddordeb yn, y grefft o fod yn ddoniol.
Venue: Y Plas Vortex
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 4:30pm
Price: £6
Ar ryw bwynt, rwy’n dychmygu y bydd yn ceisio
chwarae trymped nad yw wedi dysgu sut i’w
chwarae eto. (A dweud y gwir, fi sy’n ysgrifennu’r
stwff yma yn y trydydd person, felly rwyf eisoes
yn gwybod am ffaith y byddaf yn gwneud!)
Dylai fod wedi’i hysgrifennu ychydig yn well na’r
llynedd (dim addewidion).
BeNJAMiN pArtridGe
an audience with Jeff goldBluM
(woRk-in-PRogRess)
An audience with Hollywood megastar Jeff
Goldblum, star of Independence Day. Get within
6 feet of your idol. Sit in a plastic chair while he
tells you about a holiday he took with Richard
Attenborough. Find out what it’s like to eat your
breakfast in L.A. and your lunch somewhere else.
Learn how an imaginary prawn can save your
Goldblum, seren Independence Day. Gallwch
ddod o fewn 6 troedfedd i’ch arwr. Eisteddwch
mewn cadair blastig wrth iddo adrodd
hanes gwyliau a gymerodd gyda Richard
Attenborough. Dysgwch sut beth yw bwyta
eich brecwast yn LA a’ch cinio yn rhywle arall.
Dysgwch sut y gall corgimwch dychmygol achub
eich bywyd. Yn cynnwys Whoopee Goldberg.
Venue: Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Ac roedd yn esgus i Mike wisgo wig yn y llun.
Wedi dweud hynny, mi fydd cân. Dwy, mwy na
thebyg. Ac efallai y bydd jumpsuit. Dim ond i’ch
rhybuddio.
‘Wales next big thing’ – Walesonline
‘Hilariously gifted’ – Rhod Gilbert
Venue: Machynlleth Rugby Club
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
At some point I imagine he’ll try and play a
trumpet he’s still not learnt to play yet. ( To tell
you the truth this is me writing this stuff in the
third person so I already know for a fact that I
will!) It should be slightly better written than
last year (No promises).
Mae Tom Parry yn hoff o grysau T melyn
a phartïon gwisg ffansi. Hwn fydd ei ail
berfformiad erioed o Fancy That! (ar ôl
LLWYDDIANT GWERTHU POB TOCYN y llynedd).
Venue:
Date:
Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
life. Featuring Whoopee Goldberg.
Time: 4:30pm
Time: 4:30pm
Mae’n hapus iawn i fod yma. (Mae gan ei frawd Time: 4:30pm
Noson gyda seren enfawr Hollywood Jeff Price: £4
Price: £6
garafán i fyny’r ffordd yn Aberdyfi).
Price: £6
Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 39

siMoN MuNNerY
fylM-MakkeR
Experimenting with a tiny camera and big screen, Simon Munnery is Fylm-
Makker. Munnery offers up a beautiful mix of visual sketches, handcrafted
animation, music and stand-up: all performed live by Simon - sat amongst
the audience throughout - and projected onto screen. This is “one of the
most consistently original and imaginative minds in comedy” (The Guardian)
at his most rewarding, enthralling and avant-garde best.
Gan arbrofi gyda chamera bach a sgrin fawr, mae Simon Munnery yn Fylm-
Makker. Mae Munnery yn cynnig cymysgedd hyfryd o sgetsys gweledol,
animeiddio wedi’i wneud â llaw, cerddoriaeth a chomedi llwyfan: oll wedi’i
berfformio’n fyw gan Simon a’i gynorthwyydd cerddorol - yn eistedd
ymhlith y gynulleidfa drwy’r cyfan - ac wedi’i daflunio ar sgrin. Dyma “one
of the most consistently original and imaginative minds in comedy” (The
Guardian) ar ei fwyaf gwobrwyol, diddorol ac avant-garde.
“He might not be a household name, but Simon Munnery is an avant-garde
comedy god... Ambitious, artistic and hugely funny – comedy connoisseurs
will love it” - Time Out
“A comic genius... He does more with the English language than many great
novelists” The Scotsman
Venue:
Date:
Time:
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Y Tabernacl
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
5:45pm
£9
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Mach Comedy Fest
MAtt riCHArdsoN
hoMetown heRo
Join multi-award winning stand-up Matt
Richardson as he previews his debut show
ahead of the Edinburgh Festival and a
national tour. Winner of the Best New Show
at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival, Matt
has spent the last few years gigging around
the world and supporting big names such as
Mark Watson and Andi Osho on tour. High-
Energy and confessional stand-up as seen on
E4, Channel 4, MTV and BBC3 and heard on
BBC Radio 2.
Ymunwch â’r digrifwr Matt Richardson,
enillydd sawl gwobr, wrth iddo roi rhagolwg
pLeB tALks LiVe
love
Machynlleth Comedy Festival’s finest comic minds assemble to deliver a
radical lecture: fuelled by funny, utterly reckless and intellectually…worth
nothing. Expect to laugh, not to learn.
Fall head over heels as we embrace the mother of all topics: LOVE!
Hosted by lifetime underachiever, Nish Kumar ‘bubbling with ideas’
Guardian, and shameless pedant Ben Target, ‘slightly insane’ Telegraph and
featuring mighty ‘must see’ comedians.
Daw rhai o feddyliau comig gorau Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth ynghyd
i draddodi darlith radical: yn llawn digrifwch, yn hollol ddi-hid ac yn
ddeallusol ... ddiwerth. Disgwyliwch chwerthin, nid dysgu.
Cwympwch yn llwyr wrth i ni drafod y pwnc pennaf un: CARIAD!
Cyflwynir gan y tangyflawnwr gydol oes, Nish Kumar (‘bubbling with ideas’
Guardian), a’r pedant digywilydd Ben Target (‘slightly insane’ Telegraph), ac
yn cynnwys digrifwyr gwych y mae’n rhaid eu gweld.
‘a hugely enjoyable hour, packed with gags and funny stories’ Time Out
‘Impressive and accomplished…full of confidently delivered, wryly witty tales
that delight’ Scotsman
o’i ei sioe cyntaf cyn Gŵyl Caeredin a thaith
genedlaethol. Enillydd y Sioe Newydd Orau
yng Ngŵyl Gomedi Caerlŷr Dave, mae Matt
wedi treulio’r blynyddoedd diwethaf yn gigio
o amgylch y byd yn cefnogi enwau mawr fel
Mark Watson ac Andi Osho ar daith. Comedi
ynni uchel o gyfaddef fel y gwelwyd ar E4,
Channel 4, MTV a BBC3 ac y clywyd ar BBC
Radio 2.
“The future of comedy” - The Guardian
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 40 Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 41
Venue:
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Royal House
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
6:00pm
£5
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dAVid treNt
this is all i have
YEAR 4. YEAR 4 MACHYNLLETH. NO ONE
ELSE LOVES YOU LIKE I DO. KEEP A LIT-
TLE LIGHT IN YOUR HEART. DAVID TRENT.
THIS>IS>ALL>I>HAVE>>>>
BLWYDDYN 4. BLWYDDYN 4 MACHYNLLETH.
DOES NEB YN EICH CARU FEL RWYF I. CADWCH
RYWFAINT O OLAU YN EICH CALONNAU. DAVID
TRENT. DYMA’R>OLL>SYDD>GEN>I>>>>
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Y Plas
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
6:00pm
£7
Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
6:00pm
£6

JoHN roBiNs
wheRe is My Mind?
If I could travel through time I would go back
to 4.30pm on the 24th August 2001. This show
is about why. It’s also about nostalgia, growing
up and why indie clubs aren’t what they used to
be. This is a work-in-progress, so will be pretty
damn fresh, pretty damn funny, and will contain
one moment of mild nudity.
Pe bawn i’n gallu teithio drwy amser, byddwn
yn mynd yn ôl i 4.30pm ar 24 Awst 2001. Mae’r
sioe hon yn egluro pam. Mae’n trafod hiraeth,
tyfu i fyny a pham nad yw clybiau indie yr hyn
roeddent yn arfer bod. Gwaith ar y gweill yw
hwn, felly bydd yn eithaf ffres, yn eithaf doniol,
a bydd yn cynnwys un foment o noethni ysgafn.
“Comedy’s Best Kept Secret” The Skinny
“An hour in his charming, generous and honest
company is so effortlessly entertaining” Chortle
“A complete and utter natural” Russell Howard
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
6:00pm
£6
toM CrAiNe
cRying on a waltzeR
This is a show about breaking up, moving on,
and having a gun held to your head.
It is not about a friend who recently did his
driving test with food poisoning, and how
the emergency stop made him poo himself.
Although this may change.
Mae hon yn sioe am wahanu, am symud
ymlaen, ac am fod â gwn wrth eich pen.
Nid yw am ffrind a gafodd brawf gyrru gyda
gwenwyn bwyd yn ddiweddar, a sut y baeddodd
ei hun oherwydd stop brys. Er y gallai hyn
newid.
“Wise, funny, lyrical” Observer
“Deeply funny, genuinely touching” Broadway Baby
“Wonderful” Time Out
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Machynlleth Rugby Club
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
6:00pm
£6
sArA pAsCoe
vs the tRuth
Nothing in life is certain. Everything we believe
is subjective. Evidence can be manipulated by predispositions
and prejudices. Maybe you’re just a brain in
a lab being stimulated by electrical impulses? Or, if
every cell in your body is replaced every year, maybe
you are not even you anymore, like the Sugababes?
Sara believes that she is immortal and can
control the universe. She used to believe that
a boy called Abbas from year 8 could see her
through her cat.
She will be attempting to make all of the above,
funny.
Nid oes dim mewn bywyd yn sicr. Mae popeth
rydym yn ei gredu yn oddrychol. Gellir effeithio ar
dystiolaeth gyda rhagdueddiadau a rhagfarnau.
Efallai eich bod ond yn ymennydd mewn labordy
yn cael ei pryfocio gan ysgogiadau trydanol? Neu,
os yw pob cell yn eich corff yn cael ei amnewid
bob blwyddyn, efallai nad chi ydych chi bellach,
fel y Sugababes?
Mae Sara yn credu ei bod yn anfarwol ac yn gallu
rheoli’r bydysawd. Roedd hi’n arfer credu y gallai
bachgen o’r enw Abbas o flwyddyn 8 ei gweld hi
trwy ei chath.
Bydd hi’n ceisio gwneud yr uchod i gyd yn ddoniol.
CHAstitY
ButterwortH
chastity ButteRwoRth and the
sPanish haMsteR
Award winning character comedy from
Chastity Butterworth, the charming, delightfully
incongruous creation of actress and comedienne
Gemma Whelan.
Comedi cymeriad arobryn gan Chastity
Butterworth, creadigaeth hyfryd, anghydweddol
yr actores a’r ddigrifwr Gemma Whelan.
‘A female Tim Vine with a persona akin to
emotionally frigid posh-boy comic Will Smith …
most impressive’ Steve Bennett Chortle
Venue: Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 7:30pm
Price: £6
MiCHAeL LeGGe
what a shaMe
Imagine being caught by your mum with your
trousers down kissing a statue of Kim Jong Il
made out of ladies’ underwear you stole from
Poundland. And then come and see this show.
Award-winning comedian Michael Legge returns
to Machynlleth to explain why there’s no shame
in being embarrassed. No matter how much of
an idiot you’ve made of yourself, Michael has
done way worse and, disturbingly, he’s proud
of it. It’s time to embrace your inner beetroot.
Better red than dead!
Dychmygwch gael eich dal gan eich mam
gyda’ch trowsus i lawr yn cusanu cerflun o Kim
Jong Il wedi’i wneud o ddillad isaf merched a
ddygoch chi o Poundland. Ac yna dod i weld y
sioe hon. Mae’r digrifwr arobryn Michael Legge
yn dychwelyd i Fachynlleth i egluro pam nad oes
cywilydd i fod mewn cywilydd. Dim ots faint
o ffŵl a wnewch chi o’ch hunain, mae Michael
wedi gwneud llawer yn waeth, ac yn waeth na
hynny, mae’n falch ohono. Mae’n amser derbyn
eich betys mewnol. Gwell cochi na marw!
“Frenetic, indignant, hugely enjoyable” - The
Independent
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 42 Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 43
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
6:00pm
£6
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
7:30pm
£6
Buy yourself a festival mug at
machcomedyfest.co.uk/shop
Prynwch fyg yr ŵyl i chi eich hun yn
www.machcomedyfest.co.uk
sArAH MiLLiCAN
woRk-in-PRogRess
Sarah Millican pops in with a preview of her
new tour show. She will bring jokes, if you
bring laughs. It’ll be rough and ready and very
very fun.
Daw Sarah Millican draw gyda rhagolwg o’i sioe
daith newydd. Bydd yn dod â jôcs, os dewch chi
â chwerthin. Bydd yn arw ac yn anwastad ac yn
llawer o hwyl.
Venue: Machynlleth Bowling Club
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 7:30pm
Price: £7

BriAN GittiNs
woRk-in-PRogRess
After 6 years on the circuit, Brian Gittins has yet to make any waves in the
comedy world and continually struggles to find an audience that like him.
A Nick Ferrari enthusiast and a nasal spray addict, Brian has given himself
25 years to reach the London Palladium.
‘One of the best comedy characters of the decade.’ Ricky Gervais
‘Very funny and horrifically distressing.’Independent
‘Mundane, ineffectual and misconceived-to-the-point-of-disturbing.’
Guardian
Ar ôl 6 blynedd ar y cylch comedi, nid yw Brian Gittins eto wedi creu stŵr
yn y byd comedi ac mae’n parhau i frwydro i ddod o hyd i gynulleidfa sy’n
ei hoffi. Ffan Ferrari Nick sy’n gaeth i chwistrell trwynol, mae Brian wedi
rhoi 25 mlynedd i’w hun i gyrraedd y Palladium yn Llundain.
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
7:30pm
£6
dAVid o’doHertY
seize the david o’doheRty
It’s just so bloody complicated. The whole thing.
You know? So many things to remember to do,
and not to do, and then so many total jerks trying
to ruin everything. And just when you think
you’ve got it all sussed, you’ve made some sense
of the whole mess, then it all goes on its arse
and so do you. What are you supposed to do? I
don’t know. I really don’t know.
A show about trying to cheer yourself up, with
songs, talking and sex tips from an actual book.
Mae mor blydi gymhleth. Yr holl beth. Chi’n
gwybod? Cynifer o bethau i gofio’u gwneud, ac
i beidio â’u gwneud, a chynifer o bobl erchyll yn
ceisio difetha popeth. A phan fyddwch yn credu
eich bod wedi dod i ddeall popeth, eich bod
wedi gweld rhywfaint o synnwyr yn y llanast,
yna mae’r cyfan yn mynd ar chwâl, ac rydych
chi’n ei ddilyn. Beth ydych chi fod i’w wneud?
Dydw i ddim yn gwybod. Dydw i wir ddim yn
gwybod.
Sioe am geisio codi’ch calon, gyda chaneuon,
siarad ac awgrymiadau rhyw o lyfr go iawn.
“A national treasure” – The Irish Times
“Not everyone’s cup of tea” – The Irish Times
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Y Tabernacl
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
7:30pm
£11
toNY LAw
woRk-in-PRogRess
Join Mr Tony Law - Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy
Award nominee and Chortle Award winner - as
he works through ideas, thoughts, nonsense
and, possibly, material for his new show. As seen
on Have I Got News For You, Never Mind The
Buzzcocks, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and more.
JosH widdiCoMBe
the fuRtheR adventuRes of…
Star of Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week, ‘Last
Leg with Adam Hills’ and BBC1’s Live At The
Apollo, Josh’s eagerly awaited brand new show
deals with his inability to embrace adventure in
his life, his continued frustration with everything
he comes into contact with. Unable to relax and
enjoy life, Josh has instead decided it is everyone
else that is at fault for his lack of enthusiasm for
leaving the house.
Seren Stand Up For The Week Channel 4, ‘Last
Leg with Adam Hills’ a Live At The Apollo BBC1,
mae sioe newydd Josh yr arhoswyd yn eiddgar
amdani yn trafod ei anallu i groesawu antur
yn ei fywyd, ei rwystredigaeth parhaus gyda
phopeth y daw ar ei draws. Gan nad yw’n
gallu ymlacio a mwynhau bywyd, mae Josh yn
hytrach wedi penderfynu mai pawb arall sydd ar
fai am ei ddiffyg brwdfrydedd i adael y tŷ.
Ymunwch â Mr Tony Law - enwebai Gwobr
Comedi Caeredin Foster’s ac enillydd Gwobr
Chortle - wrth iddo weithio trwy syniadau,
meddyliau, nonsens, ac, o bosib, deunydd ar
gyfer ei sioe newydd. Fel y gwelwyd ar Have I
Got News For You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 8
Out Of 10 Cats a mwy.
“His genius for the random makes Salvador
Dali look about as abstract as Constable”
Metro
“Form-busting and hugely enjoyable”
The Times
Venue: Machynlleth Bowling Club
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 9:00pm
Price: £7
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Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Y Plas
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
9:00pm
£10

tiM keY
woRk-in-PRogRess
Key will be talking about these things for about
55 minutes: beds, bedding, India, his father and
getting to know owls (their behaviour/needs).
New material and work-in-progress material
building up to a polished material evening
further down the line.
Bydd Key yn trafod y pethau canlynol am ryw
55 munud: gwelyau, dillad gwely, India, ei
dad a dod i ddeall tylluanod (eu hymddygiad/
anghenion). Deunydd newydd a gwaith ar
y gweill yn cael ei ddatblygu i greu noson o
ddeunydd graenus yn y pen draw.
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Y Tabernacl
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
9:00pm
£9
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 46
stewArt Lee
woRk-in-PRogRess
A work in progress towards his new show, Much
A-Stew About Nothing, which is itself work in
progress towards Comedy Vehicle Series 3.
Gwaith ar y gweill ar gyfer ei sioe newydd, Much
A-Stew About Nothing, sydd ei hun yn waith ar y
gweill ar gyfer Cyfres 3 Comedy Vehicle.
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
9:00pm
£6
BriNG ANd Bi-LiNGuAL
daniel glyn, steffan alun and
Phil evans
Come and join us for a full on bi-lingual comedy
session in the company of Daniel Glyn, Steffan
Alun and Phil Evans. No knowledge of Welsh,or
indeed English, necessary. Come along and trylingual.
Noson o gomedi ddwy-ieithog.
Noson o gomedi ddwy-ieithog.
Venue: Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 9:00pm
Price: £6
storYteLLers’ CLuB
Some of our most treasured comedians, just telling
stories. Brilliant ones. Simple as that really.
On this balmy spring night, Sarah Bennetto, will
gather her comedy friends round a brilliant faux
log campfire to tell witching hour tales to blow
your mind and break your heart.
Storytellers’ Club: you show, we tell.
Rhai o’n digrifwyr mwyaf gwerthfawr, yn adrodd
straeon. Rhai gwych. Mor syml â hynny, wir.
Ar noson dwym y gwanwyn, bydd Sarah
Bennetto, yn casglu ei ffrindiau comedi o amgylch
tân gwersyll ffug gwych i adrodd straeon gyda’r
hwyr i’ch syfrdanu ac i dorri’ch calon.
Storytellers’ Club: dewch chi, dywedwn ni.
‘A magical idea.’ The Metro
‘A chance to see some very fine comics and musicians
including Josie Long and Robin Ince try their
hand at storytelling. Think Jackanory, but without
the books or Bernard Cribbins. In fact, don’t think
Jackanory at all – just go and see it.’ Time Out
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Y Plas Vayne Tempest
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
9:00pm
£6
NiCk HeLM
gReatest hits: voluMe one
Do you like your genitals? Well best leave
them at home tonight, because after this
show they’ll either be in tatters or completely
blown off. Or just useless. That’s right, the
supergroup that is known as Nick Helm
(consisting of David Trent, Chris Boyd and
coincidentally singer/songwriter Nick Helm)
is coming to Machfest ‘13 armed with nothing
but the best rock ballads and anthems on the
planet with the explicit aim to fuck you up all
night long* until your genitals are useless. If
you’re not there you’ll miss it and then what
will you tell your grandchildren? That you
weren’t there? Good luck with that mate.
Alternatively if you do like your genitals this is
also the show for you.
*Show lasts 1 hr.
Ydych chi’n hoff o organau rhywiol? Wel,
gwell eu gadael gartref heno, oherwydd ar
ôl y sioe hon, byddant naill ai ar chwâl neu
wedi’u chwythu i ffwrdd yn llwyr. Neu’n gwbl
ddiwerth. Ry’ch chi’n iawn - mae’r supergroup
a elwir Nick Helm (sy’n cynnwys David Trent,
Chris Boyd a, thrwy gyd-ddigwyddiad, y
canwr/cyfansoddwr Nick Helm) yn dod i
Machfest ‘13 gyda dim byd ond y baledi roc
ac anthemau gorau ar y blaned gyda’r nod
o’ch ffycio’n llwyr drwy’r nos* nes bod eich
organau rhywiol yn ddiwerth. Os na fyddwch
yno, byddwch yn ei fethu, a beth fyddwch
chi’n dweud wrth eich wyrion a’ch wyresau
wedyn? Nad oeddech chi yno? Pob lwc, ffrind.
Fel arall, os ydych yn hoffi’ch organau rhywiol,
dyma’r sioe i chi hefyd.
*Mae’r sioe’n para 1 awr.
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Y Plas
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
10:30pm
£10
Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 47

MusiC/CerddoriAetH
Machynlleth Comedy Festival are extremely
excited to welcome our good friends at Fence
Records who have programmed the nightly
music on the lawns of Y Plas. They have put
together 6 incredible bands and musicians for
your entertainment over the weekend, and best
of all… it’s all for free! So grab a drink and come
and enjoy some fantastic music on us.
Fence Records is a micro-indie record label based in Fife, Scotland, founded
dJ’s
Fri/Gwe
Date:
Time:
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
8:00pm
by Kenny Anderson (King Creosote) and run by Johnny Lynch (The Pictish
Trail). Fence are also responsible for the legendary Scottish festivals Home
Game, Away Game and most recently Gnome Game.
Mae Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth yn falch iawn i
groesawu ein ffrindiau da yn Fence Records sydd
wedi trefnu’r rhaglen gerddoriaeth nosweithiol
ar lawntiau’r Plas. Maent wedi rhoi 6 band a
cherddorion anhygoel at ei gilydd i’ch diddanu
dros y penwythnos, a gorau oll ... mae’r cyfan am
ddim! Felly mynnwch ddiod a dewch i fwynhau
cerddoriaeth gwych gennym.
Mae Fence Records yn label record indie micro wedi’i leoli yn Fife, yr Alban,
a sefydlwyd gan Kenny Anderson (King Creosote) ac a redir gan Johnny
Lynch (The Pictish Trail). Mae Fence hefyd yn gyfrifol am wyliau enwog yr
Alban, Home Game, Away Game ac yn fwyaf diweddar Gnome Game .
Machynlleth Comedy Festival’s favourite DJ’s/people Jonny Bull and Andy Dudfield also return to fill your ears with appropriate
tunes at appropriate times of the day. Mae hoff DJs/bobl Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth Jonny Bull ac Andy Dudfield hefyd yn
dychwelyd i lenwi eich clustiau gydag alawon priodol ar adegau priodol o’r dydd.
kid CANAVerAL
Kid Canaveral are an alternative pop group based in Edinburgh, and the
indiepop poster children of the Fence Records roster. Kid Canaveral are
David MacGregor (Guitars & Voice), Kate Lazda (Guitars & Voice), Rose Mc-
Connachie (Bass Guitar & Voice) and Scott McMaster (drums).
Mae Kid Canaveral yn grŵp pop amgen yng Nghaeredin, a phrif act indiepop roster
Fence Records. Kid Canaveral yw David MacGregor (gitarau a llais), Kate Lazda
(gitarau a llais), Rose McConnachie (gitar fas a llais) a Scott McMaster (drymiau).
tHe piCtisH trAiL
Johnny Lynch is a Scottish musician who performs under the pseudonym
The Pictish Trail. His new album, Secret Soundz Vol.2 is a kaleidoscopic mix
of DIY electronics, distorted folk and psychedelic pop.
Mae Johnny Lynch yn gerddor o’r Alban sy’n perfformio o dan y ffugenw
The Pictish Trail. Mae ei albwm newydd, Secret Soundz Vol. 2 yn
gymysgedd amryliw o electroneg DIY, gwerin gwyrgam a pop seicadelig.
Date:
Time:
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
9:30pm
sAt/sAd
rozi pLAiN
Rozi Plain was born Rosalind Leyden, in the leafy-greens of Winchester.
Since moving to Bristol she’s been working on the ferries that bob in
and out of the city, along the Avon, whilst creating her own beautifully
intimate music that captures life slowly floating by.
Ganwyd Rozi Plain yn Rosalind Leyden, yng ngwyrddni Winchester. Ers
symud i Fryste, mae hi wedi bod yn gweithio ar y llongau sy’n dod i mewn
ac allan o’r ddinas, ar hyd yr Avon, gan greu ei cherddoriaeth brydferth
gyfarwydd ei hun sy’n cyfleu bywyd yn llifo heibio’n araf.
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 48 Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 49
Date:
Time:
Date:
Time:
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
9:30pm
suN/suL
r.seiLioG
R.Seiliog is alias to Robin Edwards, a musician/producer operating from
Cardiff, Wales. He was born in the basement of a watchmakers shop in
Peniel, North Wales in 1985. This early exposure to the syncopated rhythms
of countless different timepieces was to have a lasting effect on the way he
hears the world and indeed, composes.
R.Seiliog yw Robin Edwards, cerddor/cynhyrchydd yn gweithredu yng
Nghaerdydd, Cymru. Cafodd ei eni yn seler siop oriadurwr ym Mheniel,
Gogledd Cymru yn 1985. Cafodd y profiad cynnar hwn gyda rhythmau
trawsacennog amseryddion gwahanol di-ri effaith barhaol ar y ffordd y mae’n
clywed y byd ac, yn wir, yn cyfansoddi.
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
7:45pm
spArrow ANd
tHe worksHop
Sparrow and the Workshop are a three-piece based in Glasgow consisting
of Belfast-born, Chicago-raised Jill O’Sullivan, Welshman Nick Packer and
Scotsman Gregor Donaldson.
Mae Sparrow and the Workshop yn grŵp tri darn yn Glasgow sy’n cynnwys
Jill O’Sullivan a anwyd yn Belfast ac a fagwyd yn Chicago, y Cymro Nick
Packer a’r Albanwr Gregor Donaldson.
Date:
Time:
Date:
Time:
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
11:00pm
Y NiwL
Y Niwl is an instrumental rock band formed in North Wales in 2009. Originally
a surf rock band, their style has progressed to incorporate a wider
range of influences, though still retaining the instrumental aspect. Y Niwl
are Alun Evans (guitar), Siôn Glyn (bass), Gruff ab Arwel (organ/guitar) and
Llyr Pari (drums).
Mae’r Niwl yn fand roc offerynnol a ffurfiodd yng Nghogledd Cymru yn
2009. Yn wreiddiol yn fand roc syrffio, mae eu harddull wedi symud
ymlaen i gynnwys ystod ehangach o ddylanwadau, er eu bod wedi cadw’r
agwedd offerynnol. Y Niwl yw Alun Evans (gitâr), Siôn Glyn (bas), Gruff ab
Arwel (organ/gitâr) a Llyr Pari (drymiau).
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
11:00pm

More...
MwY …
ALL ABoArd!
Machynlleth Comedy Festival will deliver a small
audience of 30 by steam train to the north end
of the Corris railway’s carriage shed at Maespoeth
for one hour of comedy.
Ticket holders will be picked up at Y Plas,
Machynlleth at 9.30am and returned at 1pm.
There is insufficient parking at Corris to enable
independent travel. Have tickets available for
inspection.
DDYDD SADWRN 4 MAI 2013, bydd Gŵyl Gomedi
Machynlleth yn cludo cynulleidfa fach o 30 ar drên
stêm i ben gogleddol sied gerbydau rheilffordd
Corris ym Maespoeth am awr o gomedi.
Caiff deiliaid tocynnau eu codi yn Y Plas,
Machynlleth am 9.30am a’u dychwelyd am 1pm.
Nid oes digon o le parcio yng Nghorris i sicrhau
teithio annibynnol. Sicrhewch bod tocynnau ar
gael i’w harchwilio.
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Y Plas Car Park
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
9:30am
£10
LiFe drAwiNG
Fast becoming a festival favourite. Our first attempt
at a festival life drawing class proved so popular last
year, that we were compelled to bring it back!
About the tutor: Wales based artist Carl Chapple
has many years experience and has had
exhibitions of his work displayed across the UK,
including a solo exhibition here at MoMa in
Machynlleth in 2007.
About the model: Tom Parry has many years
experience exposing himself on-stage as part of the
successful sketch group Pappy’s. Always looking to
stretch his art he was only too keen to volunteer as
the model for this class for a second year running.
The class will be tailored to all levels of ability and
experience and all materials will be provided.
Cream teas will be served at elevenses. Work from
the class will be displayed in a festival exhibition.
ArLuNio BYwYd
Prysur ddod yn un o ffefrynnau’r ŵyl. Roedd ein
cynnig cyntaf ar ddosbarth arlunio bywyd i’r ŵyl mor
boblogaidd y llynedd, roedd rhaid i ni ddod ag e nôl!
Am y tiwtor: Mae gan yr artist Carl Chapple,
sy’n byw yng Nghymru, flynyddoedd lawer
o brofiad, ac mae arddangosfeydd o’i waith
wedi cael eu harddangos ar draws y DU, gan
gynnwys arddangosfa unigol yma ym MoMa ym
Machynlleth yn 2007.
Am y model: Mae gan Tom Parry flynyddoedd
lawer o brofiad yn dinoethi ar y llwyfan fel rhan
o’r grŵp sgets llwyddiannus Pappy’s. Gan ei fod
bob amser yn chwilio am gyfleoedd i ymestyn ei
waith celf, roedd yn awyddus iawn i wirfoddoli
fel y model ar gyfer y dosbarth hwn am ail
flwyddyn yn olynol.
Bydd y dosbarth wedi’i deilwra i bob lefel gallu a
phrofiad, a darperir yr holl ddeunyddiau.
Bydd te hufen yn cael ei weini fel pryd bore.
Caiff gwaith o’r dosbarth ei arddangos yn
arddangosfa’r ŵyl.
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Y Tabernacl
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
10:00am
£12
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BBC rAdio sHowCAse
The BBC Radio Showcase returns hosted by Mike
Bubbins. Recorded for the BBC live at the Machynlleth
Comedy Festival and broadcast the very
same night on Radio Wales and Radio 4 Extra this
is your chance to be in the audience. They’ll even
give you coffee and a danish, and it’s all for free!
Mae’r BBC Radio Showcase yn dychwelyd, wedi’i
gyflwyno gan Mike Bubbins. Wedi’i recordio
ar gyfer y BBC yn fyw yng Ngŵyl Gomedi
Machynlleth i’w ddarlledu ar yr un noson ar Radio
Wales a Radio 4 Extra, dyma’ch cyfle i fod yn y
gynulleidfa. Byddant hyd yn oed yn rhoi i chi coffi
a danish i chi, ac mae’r cyfan yn rhad ac am ddim!
Venue: Machynlleth Bowling Club
Date: Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
Time: 11:00am
Price: Free
MoNster sHed
The Monster Shed is back, and functioning as
Machynlleth’s smallest venue throughout the
weekend. Settle in to your seat, one of four,
and enjoy some up-close comedy from festival
comedians. Keep an eye out on Saturday night
as the Monster Shed attempt to recreate a scene
from Up!
Mae’r Monster Shed yn ôl, ac yn gweithredu
fel lleoliad lleiaf Machynlleth yn ystod y
penwythnos. Setlwch yn eich sedd, un o
bedwar, a mwynhewch gomedi agos gan
ddigrifwyr yr ŵyl. Cadwch lygad ar nos
Sadwrn wrth i’r Monster Shed geisio ail-greu
golygfa o Up!
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Shed
Most of the time
Quite often
Free
Quiz Quest
coMe to quiz quest!
wales’s Best MultiMedia PuB
quiz extRavaganza!
Each Quiz Quest has a different theme. Past
themes have included Saints, The Colour Red
and Now That’s What I Call Music 29. At last
year’s Mach festival, the quiz masters did the
quiz lying down in a tent. It was draughty and
amazing. There were bean bags and grass. This
time they’re INSIDE*.
The Quiz Quest team have put together a special
quiz for the festival, for which the theme is THE
MACHYNLLETH COMEDY FESTIVAL.
All of the rounds will be based on or inspired by
the festival. Don’t worry, it’ll be fun. You won’t
necessarily have to know that much about
anything.
There is a limit of five people per team. The
prizes will either be meagre or magnificent.
Quiz Quest is brought to you by Benjamin
Partridge who is a comedian and Jonny Bull who
is a self-facilitating media node.
*a tent
dewch i quiz quest! sioe cwis
tafaRn aMlgyfRwng oRau cyMRu!
Mae gan bob Quiz Quest thema wahanol. Mae’r
themau blaenorol yn cynnwys Saint, Lliw Coch
a Now That’s What I Call Music 29. Yng ngŵyl
Mach y llynedd, cynhaliodd y meistri cwis y cwis
yn gorwedd mewn pabell. Roedd yn ddrafftiog
ac yn anhygoel. Roedd bagiau ffa a glaswellt. Y
tro hwn mae nhw TU MEWN*.
Mae tîm y Quiz Quest wedi rhoi cwis arbennig
at ei gilydd ar gyfer yr ŵyl, a’r thema yw GŴYL
GOMEDI MACHYNLLETH.
Bydd pob rownd yn seiliedig ar yr ŵyl neu wedi’i
ysbrydoli ganddi. Peidiwch â phoeni, bydd yn
hwyl. Ni fyddwch rhaid i chi wybod cymaint â
hynny am unrhyw beth o reidrwydd
Mae cyfyngiad i pum person i bob tîm. Bydd y
gwobrau naill ai’n wael neu’n odidog.
Cyflwynir Quiz Quest gan Benjamin Partridge
sy’n ddigrifwr a Jonny Bull sy’n nod cyfryngau
hunanhwylusol.
*pabell
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Price:
Bigtop Stage
Sat 4 May / Sad 4 Mayio
1:30pm
Free
The BBC Radio Wales
Comedy Showcase
Mike Bubbins presents
some of the finest
stand-up comedians
live and uncut
Saturday 4 May
Doors 10.30am
Recording from 11am
The Bowling Club, Machynlleth
FREE ENTRY
See the festival website for ticket details
BBC Radio Wales proud to support Machynlleth Comedy Festival
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 52 Mach Comedy Fest 042

MArk oLVer’s
CoMedY Quiz
A pub quiz. In a tent. On a sunday afternoon.
With questions purely about comedy. We don’t
really know exactly what it will involve but expect
actual prizes and real life comedians taking
part. Free to enter. Come alone or form a team.
Cwis tafarn. Mewn pabell. Ar brynhawn Sul.
Gyda chwestiynau am gomedi’n unig. Dydyn
ni ddim yn gwybod yn union sut beth fydd y
cwis, ond gallwch ddisgwyl gwobrau go iawn
a digrifwyr go iawn yn cymryd rhan. Am ddim
i gystadlu. Dewch ar eich pen eich hun neu
ffurfiwch dîm.
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Bigtop Stage
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
1:30pm
Free
A QuArter oF…
Will you be one of the lucky 20 to join 4 comics
at a very special intimate gig at Machynlleth’s
own traditional sweet shop? To be in with a
chance of winning a pair of golden tickets head
to Losin Lush and pick up a hand-made festival
chocolate bar.
A fyddwch chi’n un o’r 20 lwcus fydd yn ymuno â 4
digrifwr mewn gig agos arbennig iawn yn siop losin
draddodiadol Machynlleth? Er mwyn bod â chyfle i
ennill pâr o docynnau euraidd, ewch i Losin Lush a
chasglu bar siocled wedi’i wneud â llaw i’r ŵyl.
Losin Lush
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
4:30pm
Golden Ticket
toM HuMBerstoNe
Keep your eyes peeled for Tom Humberstone,
he’ll be drawing the festival this year and making
our very own festival comic! So if you see
someone scribbling furiously at the back of a gig
you know why. We’re extremely excited to have
Tom at the festival this year.
Tom Humberstone is an award-winning comic
artist and illustrator based in London.
He is the regular comic artist for the New
Statesman, producing the In The Frame comic on
a weekly basis. In addition to also publishing his
own comics, he edits and publishes the critically
acclaimed UK comics anthology Solipsistic Pop.
Cadwch eich llygad am Tom Humberstone, bydd
yn arlunio’r ŵyl eleni ac yn creu comic i’r ŵyl!
Felly, os gwelwch chi rywun yn sgriblo’n wyllt
yng nghefn gig, byddwch yn gwybod pam.
Rydym yn edrych ymlaen yn fawr i gael Tom yn
yr ŵyl eleni.
Mae Tom Humberstone yn artist a darlunydd
comics arobryn sy’n byw yn Llundain.
Ef yw artist comics rheolaidd y New Statesman,
gan gynhyrchu’r comic In The Frame bob
wythnos. Yn ogystal â chyhoeddi ei gomics hun,
mae’n golygu ac yn cyhoeddi’r casgliad comics
Prydeinig o fri beirniadol Solipsistic Pop.
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Machynlleth
Most of the time
Quite often
Free
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 54 Mach Comedy Fest 042

Tudur Owen
Wyneb Radio
Tudur Owen
Dydd Gwener 2.30 - 5pm
Dydd Sadwrn 12.30 - 2pm
Llais Cymru
CABAret
MArY BiJou CABAret
ANd soCiAL CLuB
Come on a late night date with Mary Bijou.
Expect a mischievous seduction of your
senses and better sense. Be ravished by the
international cavalcade of talent. We will show
you a good time and you don’t even have to pick
up the tab.
Watch the circus folk frolic as you have lively pint
in the comfort of the beer tent.
Dewch i gwrdd â Mary Bijou gyda’r nos. Gallwch
ddisgwyl i’ch synhwyrau a’ch synnwyr cyffredin
gael eu swyno’n ddireidus. Cewch eich synnu
gan y talent rhyngwladol. Byddwn yn rhoi
amser da i chi, a does dim rhaid i chi dalu’r tab
hyd yn oed.
Gwyliwch y bobl syrcas yn prancio wrth i chi
fwynhau peint fywiog yng nghysur y babell gwrw.
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 56 Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 57
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Bigtop Stage
Fri 3 May / Gwe 3 Mayio
10:45pm
Free

pABeLL pYs MeLYs
CHiLdreN ANd
FAMiLY teNt/
pABeLL pLANt
A tHeuLuoedd
Come and join us in the Pabell
Pys Melys! It’s bursting to
the seams with fun activities
for all the family. There is
something here for everyone
whatever your age. We can
guarantee that adults will
have as much fun as the kids!
Just turn up to the tent and
join in!
(Please make sure children are accompanied by
an adult at all time. Maximum of 4 children to
one adult owner is advised).
Dewch i ymuno â ni yn y
Babell Pys Melys! Mae’n
llawn o weithgareddau
difyr i’r teulu cyfan. Mae
rhywbeth yma i bawb, beth
bynnag yw eich oedran.
Gallwn warantu y bydd
oedolion yn cael cymaint o
hwyl â’r plant!
(Gwnewch yn siŵr bod plant yng nghwmni
oedolyn bob amser. Cynghorir uchafswm o 4
plentyn i un oedolyn).
sAt/sAd
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad
10:00am-12:00pm The Arty Monkey Creative Academy
11:15-12:00pm Rotten Tomatoes! - Family workshop
12:00pm Nature Walk with the Ladybirds
1:15-2:45pm The Arty Monkey Creative Academy
2:00 -2:45pm Chicken Challenge - Family workshop
3:00-4:00pm “What Rhymes With Custard?” - Comic Verse Workshop
suN/suL
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad
10:00am-1:00pm The Arty Monkey Creative Academy
11:15-12:45pm Rotten Tomatoes! - Family workshop
1:00-1:50 Circus Skills for Beginners
2:00-2:50pm Junk Yard Percussion Workshop
2:30pm Nature Walk with the Ladybirds
3:00-4:30pm The Arty Monkey Creative Academy
cRaft activities foR childRen
and theiR faMilies
Come and enjoy some creative fun, including:
Badge making, U.V. bracelets, sun-catchers,
mask-making, sock puppets, button jewellery,
decorate a photo frame, bedroom door name
tags, and more! One token gives one child the
opportunity to make three different items to
take home and treasure! The activities change
throughout the day so you can drop in and out
all day. Get another monkey token if you fancy
making more! Monkeys of all ages welcome.
Which one will you try first?
(Crafts on offer will be subject to change and
will vary between sessions.)
Dewch i fwynhau hwyl creadigol, gan gynnwys:
Gwneud bathodynnau, breichledau U.V., dalwyr
haul, gwneud masgiau, pypedau hosanau,
gemwaith botymau, addurno ffrâm llun,
tagiau enw drws ystafell wely, a mwy! Mae un
tocyn yn rhoi’r cyfle i un plentyn wneud tair
eitem gwahanol i fynd adref i’w trysori! Mae’r
gweithgareddau yn newid drwy gydol y dydd er
mwyn i chi allu galw i mewn ac allan drwy’r dydd.
Mynnwch docyn mwnci arall os oes arnoch awydd
gwneud mwy! Croeso i fwncwn o bob oedran. Pa
un fyddwch yn rhoi cynnig arno’n gyntaf?
(Gallai’r y crefftau sydd ar gael newid, a byddant
yn amrywio rhwng sesiynau.)
chicken challenge
oR Rotten toMatoes
*£6 a team per challenge - max 5 in a team
must include one adult
Fun-filled family workshop by The Arty Monkey
Creative Academy
Will you take on one challenge or both?! A funfilled,
frantic, race against time with prizes for
the strongest bridge/most brilliant design and
certificates for all competitors.
Chicken Challenge - Why did the chicken cross...
the bridge?! Work in teams to design and create
the most brilliant bridge for Clucky the chicken
to get to the other side! The last bridge standing
will take the prize, but it’ll have to withstand
the weight of Clucky’s mighty belly! A must for
all you feather-brained inventors. Or are you
chicken?
Rotten tomatoes! - Build a contraption to protect
our death-defying tomatoes as they’re launched
from our patented tomato-chucker! (Comedians
not included)
To help you in your task you’ll be using materials
from our ‘mystery box’. If you’re very lucky you’ll
get some bubble-wrap. And if you’re unlucky...
Custard anyone?
£6 y tîm per sialens - uchafswm o 5 mewn tîm,
gan gynnwys oleia 1 oedolyn.
Gweithdy teuluol llawn hwyl gan The Arty
Monkey Creative Academy
A wnewch chi gymryd yr un her neu’r ddau?! Ras
wyllt yn erbyn amser gyda gwobrau am y pont
cryfa/dylunio gorau a thystysgrifau ar gyfer yr
holl gystadleuwyr.
Her Cyw Iâr - Pam groesodd y cyw iâr ... y bont?!
Gweithio mewn timau i ddylunio a chreu y
bont mwyaf gwych ar gyfer Clucky y cyw iâr i
gyrraedd yr ochr arall! Y pont sydd dal i sefyll
ar y diwedd fydd yn cipio’r wobr, ond rhaid iddi
wrthsefyll bol anferthol Clucky!
Cystadleuaeth hanfodol i chwi ddyfeiswyr pluog!
Tomatos Pwdr. - Adeiladwch teclyn i ddiogelu
y tomatos dewr fydd yn cael eu lawnsio gan ein
teclyn lluchio tomatos unigryw!
Er mwyn eich helpu yn eich tasg byddwch yn
defnyddio deunydd o ein ‘blwch dirgel’. Os ydych
chi’n lwcus iawn byddwch yn cael rhywfaint o
fybl-wrap. Ac os ydych yn anlwcus ... Cwstard
unrhywun?
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 58 Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 59
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Pabell Pys Melys
£4 per Child
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Pabell Pys Melys
£6 per Team*

“wHAt rHYMes witH
CustArd?”
coMic veRse woRkshoP (1 houR)
Join award winning poet Kit Lambert in a rhymetastic
workshop for all ages. Together, we’ll create
a brand new poem to celebrate the comedy festival
and everyone will go away having written their
own comic verse. So if you fancy yourself as a budding
poet/comedian (no experience necessary), join
us for a relaxed and fun hour playing with words.
All you need to bring is your imagination.
Ymunwch â’r bardd arobryn Kit Lambert mewn
gweithdy odl-tastig i bob oedran. Gyda’n gilydd,
byddwn yn creu cerdd newydd sbon i ddathlu’r
ŵyl gomedi a bydd pawb yn mynd i ffwrdd wedi
ysgrifennu eu cerdd ddoniol eu hunain. Felly os
hoffech chi fod yn fardd/digrifwr newydd (nid
oes angen profiad arnoch), ymunwch â ni am
awr ddifyr heb bwysau o chwarae gyda geiriau.
Yr oll y mae ei angen arnoch yw eich dychymyg.
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CirCus skiLLs For
tHe BeGiNNer
Drop in to this Circus Skills workshop. Play with
juggling balls, scarfs, clubs, hoola hoops, learn
balancing tricks, and lots of silly stunts. Fun for
everyone!
Dewch draw i’r gweithdy sgiliau syrcas hwn.
Chwaraewch gyda’r peli jyglo, sgarffiau, clybiau,
cylchau hwla, dysgu castiau cydbwyso, a llawer
o styntiau gwirion. Hwyl i bawb!
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Pabell Pys Melys
£3
5+
Pabell Pys Melys
£3
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 60
JuNk YArd perCussioN
Make and decoRate youR own
instRuMent!
Any ages and abilities, come along and make
junk percussion instruments with top London
percussionists and tutors from the Becky Dell
Music Academy. Ever wanted a glittery shaker
to beat all glittery shakers, or a tin can drum
to hang round your neck?! Then this is the
workshop for you! We promise fun, silliness and
some cool and individual percussion instruments
for you to create and take away.
Dyfeisiwch ac addurnwch eich offeryn eich hun!
Yn addas i bob gallu ac oedran, dewch draw i
greu offerynnau taro o hen geriach yng nghwmni
cerddorion o fri a thiwtoriaid o Academi Cerddoriaeth
Becky Dell. Os ydydych chi’n dyheu am gael dyfeisio
y siglwr gorau erioed, neu ddrwm can tun am eich
gwddw, dyma weithdy eich breuddwydion! Ry ni’n
gaddo hwyl a hafoc, ac offerynnau unigryw i chi
gael mynd adre â nhw gyda chi.
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A NAture wALk
witH tHe LAdYBirds
Join the jolly friendly Ladybirds on a 45min
guided nature walk around the wonderful
wilderness of Machynlleth.
Ymunwch â’r Ladybirds hwyliog cyfeillgar ar
daith gerdded natur dywysedig hudol 45 munud
o amgylch Machynlleth.
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Pabell Pys Melys
£3
Meet at the Woodland Pavilion
£3 child adults free
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Georgia Ruth Week of Pines
Week of Pines is a record about
joyfulness, and coming home.
And reclaiming things presumed gone.
And grace, after making mistakes,
that element of forgiveness and calm
has been integral to this record.
New CD out May 20th CD Newydd-allan Mai 20fed Al Lewis Band Ar Gof a Chadw
Mae’r holl ganeuon yn trafod y syniad
o fywyd yn gwibio heibio gan ein gadael
yn hiraethu neu’n myfyrio am gyfnodau
penodol. Ond yn fwy na dim, y teimlad
hwnnw o berthyn.
All songs discuss how quickly life
passes by, leaving us longing for the
good old days. But more than anything,
they discuss the feeling of belonging.
Fflur Dafydd Ffydd Gobaith Cariad
Ond mae ’na hefyd ganeuon am bobl
yr ydym oll yn eu hadnabod, megis y
cawr o Fynydd y Garreg, Ray Gravell,
a fu’n ddylanwad mawr ar Fflur.
Moving songs written in memory of her
grandparents, as well as tributes to more
well-known figures such as Ray Gravell,
the rugby player and broadcaster,
who was a great influence on Fflur.
AVAILABLE WITH FREE POSTAGE
AR GAEL GYDA’R POST AM DDIM

kids stuFF/
petHAu pLANt
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Y Plas Vortex
Sat 4May / Sad 4 Mayio
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
11:00am
£3 a ticket. £10 family (2 adults
& 2 children)
4+, adults and woodland
creatures alike.
BodY perCussioN
This is for parents, kids and anyone who has an
interest in making music from your body. Becky
spent years touring the world with ‘Stomp’ and
picked up a few tricks along the way! With the
help of Amy from DrumChasers they will show
you how to make awesome sounds just using
your bodies, and turn them into a routine (no
jazz hands, don’t worry). There will also be
basketballs, big bottles and boomwhackers -
come and find out what they are!
Mae hon i rieni, plant ac unrhyw un sydd â
diddordeb mewn gwneud cerddoriaeth gyda’ch
corff. Treuliodd Becky flynyddoedd yn teithio’r
byd gyda ‘Stomp’, ac mae wedi dysgu ambell dric
ar y ffordd! Gyda chymorth Amy o DrumChasers,
bydd yn dangos i chi sut i wneud synau anhygoel
gan ddefnyddio’ch cyrff yn unig, ac yn eu troi’n
rwtin (dim dwylo jazz, peidiwch â phoeni). Bydd
hefyd peli basged, poteli mawr a boomwhackers
- dewch i ddarganfod beth ydynt!
oNCe upoN A tiMe
These hilarious steam punk, time travelling
storytellers set out to tell the classic fairy tale
‘Billy Goats Gruff’. Unfortunately for them their
trusted Story Telling machine has a naughty
habit of creating all sorts of mischief. Join them
on their haphazard and unique adventure. You
will meet the silly goats and the very grumpy,
hungry Troll trying to eat them! Who knows
who else you might meet along the way! Armed
with trunks of costumes, buckets of energy and
their not to be trusted storytelling engine, they
begin where all good stories should begin “Once
upon a time...”
Bydd y storïwyr doniol pync stêm, teithio drwy
amser hyn yn rhoi cynnig ar adrodd y stori
dylwyth teg glarurol, ‘Billy Goats Gruff’. Yn
anffodus iddyn nhw, mae gan eu peiriant adrodd
straeon ffyddlon arferiad drwg o greu pob math
o ddrygioni. Ymunwch â nhw ar eu hantur
damweiniol, unigryw. Byddwch yn cwrdd â’r geifr
wirion a’r trol sarryg, llwglyd sy’n ceisio eu bwyta!
Pwy a ŵyr pwy arall y gallwch gwrdd â nhw ar y
ffordd! Gyda cisitau llawn gwisgoedd, bwcedi o
egni a’u peiriant adrodd straeon annibynadwy,
byddant yn dechrau lle mae pob stori dda
ddechrau yn dechrau - “Un tro ...”
Venue: Y Plas Vortex
Date: Sat 4May / Sad 4 Mayio
Time: 12:00pm
Price: £4
Age: 9 - 90, over 90’s welcome too
dAVe soutHerN
theatRe on the lawn
A street performing legend, with unrivalled
experience, Dave Southern’s career spans over
30 years, through Covent Garden, The Edinburgh
Fringe, Europe and the USA. Old enough to
know better, but still young enough to attempt
it anyway, he’s bringing a classic blend of skill
and stupidity to Y Plas lawn.
This is authentic street theatre, happening
outdoors and suitable for all ages. There are no
tickets, just turn up and put a generous donation
in the hat after the show.
Perfformiwr stryd heb ei ail, mae gyrfa Dave
Southern ymestyn dros 30 mlynedd, o Covent
Garden i Fringe Caeredin i Ewrop ac UDA. Ddigon
hen i wybod yn well, ond yn dal yn ddigon ifanc
i geisio beth bynnag, mae’n dod â cyfuniad
clasurol o sgiliau a hurtrwydd i lawnt y Plas.
Dyma theatr stryd go iawn, yn yr awyr agored,
ac yn addas ar gyfer pob oedran. Nid oes unrhyw
docynnau, dim ond troi i fyny a rhoi rhodd hael
yn yr het ar ôl y sioe.
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Y Plas Lawn
Sat 4May / Sad 4 Mayio
12:30pm
Donations
JoHN HeGLeY
The must see family show of the festival. Poet,
comedian, musician and songwriter, described
as the Spike Milligan for our time. We welcome
‘the people’s poet laureate’ John Hegley and his
subversive and surreal poetry to the festival.
There is something here to tickle the fancy of
both young and old alike. Still the most successful
poet on the comedy circuit, Hegley enjoys
a cult following and is an ever-popular regular
feature on BBC Radio 4.
Bardd, digrifwr, cerddor a chyfansoddwr
caneuon, wedi’i ddisgrifio fel Spike Milligan i’n
hoes ni. Croesawn ‘bardd y bobl’ John Hegley a’i
farddoniaeth chwyldroadol a swrrealaidd i’r ŵyl.
Mae rhywbeth yma i apelio at yr hen a’r ifanc
fel ei gilydd. Y bardd mwyaf llwyddiannus ar y
cylch comedi o hyd, mae Hegley yn mwynhau
dilyniant cwlt ac mae’n aelod rheolaidd
poblogaidd iawn ar BBC Radio 4.
‘Scandalously talented’ - The Sunday Times
‘Bleeding marvelous’ – NME
Venue: Y Plas Vortex
Date: Sat 4May / Sad 4 Mayio
Time: 13:30pm
Price: £5 adults £3 children
£15 family? (2 adults/2 children)
Age: 8+
Get serious ABout
BeiNG siLLY
A show for 4+ jam packed with amazing circus
skills, noisy songs, and lots of very, very silly
silliness.
Meet George Silly and Hazel Silly. They are very,
very silly. Something is very wrong. Hazel is
being very serious. Silly’s are to be SILLY. George
needs your help to help Hazel be silly again.
Expect silly, get serious, them’s the rules.
Dewch i gwrdd â George Silly a Hazel Silly. Mae
nhw’n hynod, hynod wirion. Mae rhywbeth o’i
le. Mae Hazel yn bod yn ddifrifol iawn. Rhaid i
Sillys fod yn WIRION. Mae angen eich help chi ar
George i helpu Hazel i fod yn wirion eto.
Disgwyliwch wiriondeb, byddwch yn ddifrifol,
dyna’r rheolau.
BeN tArGet ANd
MAttHew HiGHtoN
BeaR hugging and otheR skills
Hello team! We’re going to attempt the
impossibles – all of them – together! So come
prepared to grow wings, tails and gills as we
take to the skies, seas and trees in a world of our
own making.
A charming rogue and his loveable fool guide you
on this exuberant journey into constructive chaos
and hopefully…back again in time for tea.
Disclaimer: we all know that children are idiots
and that parents are bigger idiots but luckily,
Ben Target and Matt Highton, are award winning
idiots who travel the UK trying their best
to be funny for their audiences. Most of the time
this works.
£3 Helo tîm! Rydym yn mynd i roi cynnig ar yr
amhosibl - gyda’n gilydd! Felly, dewch yn barod
i dyfu adenydd, cynffonnau a thagellau wrth i
ni gymryd i’r awyr, moroedd a choed mewn byd
dychmygol ein hunain!
Mae hogyn drwg a’i ffwl hoffus am eich tywys
ar daith anturus ac anhrefnus ac yn ol, mewn da
bryd am amser te. Gobeithio.
Gyda llaw, rydym i gyd yn gwybod bod plant yn
dwp, a bod rhieni yn dwpach fyth ond, yn ffodus,
mae Ben Targed a Matt Highton yn dwpsod
arobryn sy’n teithio yn y DU yn ceisio eu gorau i
fod yn ddoniol ar gyfer eu cynulleidfaoedd.Rhan
fwyaf o’r amser mae hyn yn gweithio.
Venue: Y Plas
Date: Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
Time: 12:00pm
Price: £3
Age: 4+
‘Full of imagination’ Skinny
‘impressively funny” Scotsman
‘daring and different’ New Current
‘memorably absurd moments’ Chortle
Time Out and Spoonfed recommended
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 62 Machynlleth Comedy Festival 63
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Owain Glyndŵr Centre
Sun 5 May / Sul 5 Mayio
13:30pm
£3

Food & driNk BwYd A diod
Because we know you like to plan
where and when you’ll be fuelling
up on delicious treats during your
weekend in Machynlleth, here’s
a run-down of the festival bars,
cafes and stalls.
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 64
BArs
We have two real ale bars located on site. You’ll
find the Beech Bar on the lawns of Y Plas
and the Pen’Rallt Bar on the lawn at Owain
Glyndwr. The bars will host a range of real ales
lovingly curated by the local Waen Brewery,
as well as local cider, wine, water and juices. See
the bars section for full details.
Y pLAs LAwNs
The Chicken Cow Café: From porridge for
breakfast to popcorn at midnight, The Chicken
Cow Café serves delicious, nutritious, bootilicious
food late into the evening. We specialise in
massive cakes freshly cooked on site, fabulous
evening quiches, homity pies and oven-baked
spuds to warm your cockles. Come and relax on
a comfy sofa and sample a slice of Chicken Cow
Café cake!*
Half our profits will be donated to Machynlleth
Community Children’s Project.
(*does not contain chicken or cow)
Matilda’s Bakehouse is a clay wood-fired oven
on wheels, in which sisters Feline and Nia Charpentier
bake delicious freshly assembled pizzas.
Using only handmade dough, pure mozzarella
cheese, homemade tomato sauce, and toppings
of seasonal and ethically sourced ingredients.
The pizzas are assembled to order and then
baked in the 400 degree oven next to the flames
in under two minutes. Delicious!
The Curry Stall is a family run business passionate
about great quality Indian street food.
Specialities include a fantastic ‘secret recipe’
chicken curry, Keema Matar (lamb & peas) -
both served either mild or spicy depending
on taste - and delicious vegetarian options all
served with speciality rice or wraps! All ingredients
are sourced locally wherever possible and
served in eco-friendly containers
owAiN GLYNdwr
LAwNs
Twist and Snout: Get your laughing gear
round a ‘Twist and Snout’ handmade gourmet
burger and be sure to try the twice fried, handcut,
chunky chips! All meat products are locally
and responsibly sourced from a local butcher.
Caffe Milo: Visit Milo and Estelle at their coffee
rickshaw for freshly brewed, fairtrade coffee and
tea, as well as homemade cakes and brownies.
expLore tHe towN
The town of Machynlleth has many fine pubs,
restaurants, cafes and takeaways. Pick up
an information sheet at box office and start
exploring what the beautiful town has to offer.
Gan ein bod yn gwybod eich bod
yn hoffi cynllunio ble a phryd
y byddwch yn manteisio ar
ddanteithion blasus yn ystod eich
penwythnos ym Machynlleth,
dyma restr o fariau, caffis a
stondinau’r ŵyl.
BAriAu
Mae dau far cwrw ar y safle. Mae’r Beech
Bar ar lawntiau’r Plas ac mae Bar Pen’Rallt
ar y lawnt yn Owain Glyndŵr. Bydd y bariau’n
darparu amrywiaeth o gwrw wedi’u curadu
gyda chariad gan fragdy lleol Bragdy’r Waen,
yn ogystal â seidr lleol, gwin, dŵr a sudd. Gweler
adran y bariau am fanylion llawn.
LAwNtiAu’r pLAs
The Chicken Cow Café: O uwd i frecwast i bopcorn
am hanner nos, mae’r Chicken Cow Café yn gweini
bwyd blasus, maethlon, bootilicious tan yn hwyr
yn y nos. Rydym yn arbenigo mewn cacennau
enfawr wedi’u coginio’n ffres ar y safle, quiches
gwych gyda’r nos, pasteiod homity a thatws pob
i’ch cynhesu. Dewch i ymlacio ar soffa gyfforddus ac
i flasu darn o gacen Chicken Cow Café! *
Rhoddir hanner ein helw i Brosiect Plant
Cymunedol Machynlleth.
(*nid yw’n cynnwys iâr na buwch)
Mae Matilda’s Bakehouse yn ffwrn bren glai
ar olwynion, lle mae’r chwiorydd Feline a Nia
Charpentier yn pobi pizzas blasus wedi’u rhoi at
ei gilydd yn ffres. Gan ddefnyddio dim ond toes
wedi’i wneud â llaw, caws mozzarella pur, saws
tomato cartref a thopins o gynhwysion tymhorol
ac wedi’u tarddu’n foesegol. Rhoddir y pizzas at
ei gilydd yn ôl yr archeb, ac yna fe’u pobir yn y
ffwrn 400 gradd nesaf at y fflamau mewn llai na
dau funud. Hyfryd!
Mae’r Curry Stall yn fusnes a redir gan deulu,
sy’n angerddol am fwyd stryd Indiaidd o safon
gwych. Mae ei arbenigeddau’n cynnwys cyri
cyw iâr ‘rysáit cyfrinachol’ ffantastig, Keema
Matar (cig oen a phys) - y ddau wedi’u gweini
naill ai’n fwyn neu’n sbeislyd gan ddibynnu ar
eich chwaeth - a dewisiadau llysieuol blasus, oll
wedi’u gweini â reis neu fara lapio arbenigol!
Mae’r holl gynhwysion wedi’u tarddu’n lleol lle
bynnag y bo’n bosib ac wedi’u gweini mewn
cynwysyddion eco-gyfeillgar
LAwNtiAu owAiN
GLYNdwr
Twist and Snout: Dewch i fwydo’ch offer
chwerthin gyda byrgyrs gourmet ‘Twist a Snout’
wedi’u gwneud â llaw, a byddwch yn siŵr o roi
cynnig y sglodion tew wedi’u torri â llaw a’u coginio
ddwywaith! Mae’r holl gynnyrch cig wedi’u tarddu’n
lleol ac yn gyfrifol gan gigydd lleol.
Caffe Milo: Dewch i ymweld â Milo ac Estelle yn
eu ricsio coffi am goffi a the masnach deg ffres,
yn ogystal â chacennau a brownis cartref.
CrwYdro’r dreF
Mae gan dref Machynlleth lawer o dafarnau,
bwytai, caffis a mannau cludfwyd da. Casglwch
daflen wybodaeth yn y swyddfa docynnau a
dechreuwch chwilio am yr hyn sydd gan y dref
brydferth i’w gynnig.
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FestiVAL BArs /
BAriAu’r wYL
the waen BReweRy
The Waen Brewery is a family run Micro Brewery based less than
20 miles from Machynlleth. In 2010 and 2011 they won Gold and
Silver medals for their beers in the SIBA Wales and West Competition
and qualified for the National Championships at their first
attempt. Their now internationally known Blackberry Stout has
been on BBC2, featured in two Beer Writer of the Year winners’ Top
50 Beers in the Publican’s Morning Advertiser and has a page all to
itself in Melissa Coles’s recent book, ‘Let me Tell You about Beer’.
The Machynlleth Comedy Festival is
extremely proud to have been working in
partnership with the Waen Brewery since
2010 to provide high quality local ales to
festival attendees. This year as well as
providing 4 of their ever-popular beers on
pump at both the Owain Glyndwr Centre
and Y Plas lawns, they’ve also curated a
mini-beer festival incorporating some of
their favourite Welsh brewers.
Mae Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth yn hynod
falch o fod wedi bod yn gweithio mewn
partneriaeth gyda Bragdy’r Waen ers 2010
i ddarparu cwrw lleol o ansawdd uchel
i fynychwyr yr ŵyl. Eleni, yn ogystal â
darparu pedwar cwrw hynod boblogaidd ar
y pwmp yng Nghanolfan Owain Glyndŵr a
lawntiau’r Plas, maent hefyd wedi curadu
gŵyl gwrw fach yn cynnwys rhai o’u hoff
fragwyr o Gymru.
BRagdy’R waen
Mae Bragdy’r Waen yn fusnes bragdy micro a redir gan deulu llai nag
20 milltir o Fachynlleth. Yn 2010 a 2011, enillon nhw fedalau Aur ac
Arian am eu cwrw yng nghystadleuaeth SIBA Cymru a’r Gorllewin,
gan gyrraedd y Pencampwriaethau Cenedlaethol ar eu cynnig
cyntaf. Mae eu stowt mwyar duon, sydd bellach yn adnabyddus yn
rhyngwladol, wedi bod ar BBC2, wedi ymddangos 50 Cwrw Gorau
dau enillydd Ysgrifennwr Cwrw’r Flwyddyn yn Publican’s Morning
Advertiser, ac mae ganddynt dudalen i’w hunain yn llyfr diweddar
Melissa Coles recent book, ‘Let me Tell You about Beer’.
Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 67

the waen BReweRy will
Be seRving fouR of theiR
Most PoPulaR ales.
Bydd BRagdy’R waen yn
cyflwyno PedwaR o’R
cwRw Mwyaf PoBlogaidd.
FestiVAL GoLd 4.2% ABV
Golden session ale with refreshing citrus notes and a delicately hopped
finish with staying power. Broad palette range and a popular addition
to any bar.
Cwrw sesiwn euraidd gydag arflas sitrws ffres a gorffeniad wedi’i
hopio’n gain sy’n aros. Ystod palet eang ac ychwanegiad poblogaidd
i unrhyw bar.
JANNer’s pride 4.0% ABV
Malty chestnut coloured best bitter with hints of ginger and whisky,
and smooth transition to a long hoppy tail.
Chwerw gorau brag lliw castan gydag awgrym o sinsir a chwisgi, a
phontio esmwyth i gynffon hir hopiog.
twA trAditioNAL
weLsH ALe 3.7 %
A low hopped, pale ale of traditional Welsh style. UK hops, fruity, fresh!
Cwrw gwelw gweddol ddihopys traddodiadol Gymreig. Hops y DU,
ffrwythlon, ffres!
BLACkBerrY stout 3.8% ABV
SIBA Silver Medal winning full flavoured stout, pitch opaqueness in
the glass with an attractive beige collar. Light in body at 3.8% ABV
yet beautifully balanced with distinctive bitter hop at the back of the
palette and fruity lift in the finish.
Stowt llawn blas a enillodd Fedal Arian SIBA, cwbl afloyw yn y gwydr
gyda choler llwydfelen ddeniadol. Corff ysgafn o ABV 3.8%, ac eto
wedi’i gydbwyso’n berffaith gyda hop chwerw unigryw yng nghefn y
palet a lifft ffrwythlon yn y diwedd.
the BaRs will also stock local
cideRs, Juices, and a Range of
otheR dRinks. Bydd y BaRiau hefyd
yn gweRthu seidR lleol, sudd, ac
aMRywiaeth o ddiodydd eRaill.
MACHYNLLetH
CoMedY FestiV-ALe
Sue has put together five of her favourite Welsh brewers for you to sample
over the weekend of the festival. Check the blackboards at the bar on
the lawns of Y Plas for what kegs are on when and enjoy the inaugural
Machynlleth Comedy Festiv-ale.
Mae Sue wedi casglu pump o’i hoff fragwyr o Gymru ynghyd i chi eu
samplu dros benwythnos yr ŵyl. Edrychwch ar y byrddau du yn y bar ar
lawntiau’r Plas i weld pa gasgenni sydd ar gael pryd, a mwynhewch y
Machynlleth Comedy Festiv-ale gyntaf.
otLeY BrewiNG Co
As a micro-brewery, Otley Brewing Co are dedicated to the craft of producing
Welsh ale with a difference. They believe in using the highest quality
ingredients with every effort made to source their produce from the local
area, including fresh Breconshire water and the finest malts and hops
available. Once they have all our essential ingredients, they can begin the
science, the art that is brewing.
Fel bragdy micro, mae Otley Brewing Co yn ymroddedig i’r grefft o
gynhyrchu cwrw Cymreig gyda gwahaniaeth. Maent yn credu mewn
defnyddio’r cynhwysion o’r safon uchaf gyda phob ymdrech i gael eu
cynnyrch o’r ardal leol, gan gynnwys dŵr ffres Sir Frycheiniog a’r brag a’r
hopys gorau ar gael. Unwaith y byddant wedi casglu’r holl gynhwysion
hanfodol, gallant ddechrau’r wyddoniaeth, crefft bragu.
BreCoN BrewiNG
Established in 2011 by Buster Grant, one of Wales’ best known brewers,
Brecon Brewing have created a range of beers full of flavour and character
inspired by the dramatic locality, working with the local community and
reigniting interest in Brecon.
Sefydlwyd yn 2011 gan Buster Grant, un o fragwyr mwyaf adnabyddus
Cymru, mae Brecon Brewing wedi creu amrywiaeth o gwrw llawn blas a
chymeriad a ysbrydolwyd gan yr ardal leol ddramatig, gan weithio gyda’r
gymuned leol ac ailgynnau’r diddordeb yn Aberhonddu.
CeLt
Beer fashioned as an artform for exuberance. Welsh Craft Sommelier
Tom and his brewing brothers at The Celt Experience exploit their natural
penchant for craft beer to experiment with natures tools. A stray brewery
absent in time chasing emotions reflected in their ancestors.
Cwrw wedi’i greu fel crefft afiaith. Mae’r sommelier crefft Gymreig Tom
a’i frodyr bragu yn The Celt Experience yn manteisio ar eu dawn naturiol i
grefftio cwrw i arbrofi gydag offer byd natur. Bragdy crwydr ar goll mewn
amser yn ceisio emosiynau a adlewyrchir yn eu cyndadau.
purpLe Moose BrewerY
BrAGdY Mws piws
Y Bragdy Mws Piws / The Purple Moose Brewery is a ‘10-Barrel’ microbrewery
based in the historic harbour town of Porthmadog, North Wales,
close to the mountains of Snowdonia. Brewing commenced on 14th June
2005 with a one-off special pale ale at 3.5% called “No.1”.
Y Bragdy Mws Piws / The Purple Moose Brewery is a ‘10-Barrel’ microbrewery
based in the historic harbour town of Porthmadog, North Wales,
close to the mountains of Snowdonia. Brewing commenced on 14th June
2005 with a one-off special pale ale at 3.5% called “No.1”.
tiNY reBeL
Tiny Rebel produce both retro and modern beers that are full of rebellion.
Brewing is their passion and they experiment and innovate with a purpose,
a vision. They have a little more imagination than most and aren’t afraid
to use it.
Mae Tiny Rebel yn cynhyrchu cwrw retro a modern sy’n llawn gwrthryfel.
Maent yn angerddol dros fragu, ac maent yn arbrofi ac yn arloesi gyda
diben a gweledigaeth. Mae ganddynt ychydig yn fwy o ddychymyg na’r
mwyafrif, ac maent yn fwy na pharod i’w ddefnyddio.
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 68 Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 69

Fri/Gwe
coMedy / coMedi
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
5:30pm Stewart Lee - Work in Progress: Friday Machynlleth Bowling Club £6
5:30pm Isy Suttie: Isy Suttie’s Love Letters Owain Glyndŵr Centre £7
5:30pm Bring and Bi-Lingual: Huw Marshall, Rhodri Rhys and Amy Howerska Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
7:00pm Sarah Bennetto - Lucky Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
7:00pm Joe Lycett - Work in Progress Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
7:00pm Nick Helm - One Man Mega-Myth Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
7:00pm Holly Walsh - Work in Progress Bowling Club £6
7:00pm Mark Thomas - Bravo Figaro Y Tabernacl £11
8:30pm Horse and Louis - A Very Horse & Louis Party! Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
8:30pm John-Luke Roberts - Sock Puppet Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
8:30pm Goreuon Stand-up Cymraeg Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
8:30pm Bridget Christie - War Donkey Bowling Club £7
9:00pm Pappy’s - Last Show Ever Y Tabernacl £10
10:20pm Machynlleth Comedy Festival Showcase Y Plas £10
Music / ceRddoRiaeth
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
8:00pm Kid Canaveral Bigtop Stage Free
9:30pm The Pictish Trail Bigtop Stage Free
caBaRet
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
10:45pm Mary Bijou Cabaret and Social Club Bigtop Stage Free
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Machynlleth Comedy Festival 70 Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 71

sAt/sAd
coMedy / coMedi
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
1:00pm New Act showcase - Matt Rees, Jordan Brookes and Charlie Webster Owain Glyndŵr Centre £5
1:00pm Chris Boyd and Stuart Laws - Natural Disasters Royal House £5
1:00pm Matthew Crosby - An Hour with Brill Crosby Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
1:00pm Thom Tuck - Kalahari Diamond Golf Classic 1982 Rugby Club £5
2:30pm Owen Niblock - Calculating Comedy Royal House £5
2:30pm Pat Cahill - Start Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
2:30pm Nish Kumar - Is a Comedian Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
2:30pm Cariad Lloyd: Cariad’s Characters Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
2:30pm Goreuon Stand-Up Cymraeg Rugby Club £6
3:00pm Alternative Comedy Memorial Society Y Plas £7
3:00pm Mark Thomas - Manifesto Warm Up Y Tabernacl £11
4:00pm Jenny Fawcett - Does Mach Fest Royal House £5
4:00pm Flange Krammer - Alpine Horn Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
4:00pm Edward Aczel - Edward Aczel Lives in a Meaningless Shed Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
4:00pm Sara Pascoe - The Musical! Y Plas Vayne Tempest £7
4:00pm Mike Parker - A (Very) Rough Guide to Wales Rugby Club £6
4:00pm Mark Olver - Dancing About Architecture Y Plas Vortex £6
5:30 pm Fin Taylor - Work in Progress Royal House £5
5:30 pm Bridget Christie - A Bic For Her Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
5:30 pm Molly Naylor - My Robot Heart Owain Glyndŵr Centre £7
5:30 pm Mike Wozniak - Take the Hit Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
5:30 pm Ed Gamble - Work in Progress Bowling Club £6
5:30 pm Richard Herring - Leicester Square Theatre Podcast Y Tabernacl £6
5:30 pm Tin Shed Theatre: Dr Frankenstein’s Travelling Freak Show Rugby Club £6
7:00pm Amy Hoggart Royal House £5
7:00pm TOBY and Nathan Dean Williams - Thrice Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
7:00pm Ben Target - Holiday (Needlework in Progress) Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
7:00pm Isy Suttie and Gavin Osborn’s Mach Attack Y Plas Vayne Tempest £7
7:00pm Robert Newman - Robert Newman’s New Theory of Evolution Y Plas £7/£5
7:00pm Pappy’s Flatshare Slamdown Y Tabernacl £6
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 72
coMedy / coMedi
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
Music / ceRddoRiaeth
kids stuff / Pethau Plant
MoRe... / Mwy …
Stewart Lee Bowling Club £6
8:30pm Bring and Bi-lingual Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
8:30pm Joe Lycett: Some Lycett Hot Owain Glyndŵr Centre £7
8:30pm Holly Burn: H Club - Redux Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
8:50pm Sarah Millican: Work in Progress Bowling Club £7
8:50pm Lloyd Langford: Galoot (Work in Progress) Y Plas £6
10:30pm Richard Herring: Talking Cock - The Second Coming Y Plas £11
10:30pm Colin Hoult: Characthorse Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
9:30pm Rozi Plain Bigtop Stage Free
11:00pm Sparrow and the Workshop Bigtop Stage Free
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
10:00am The Arty Monkey Creative Academy Pabell Pys Melys £4
11:00am Once Upon a Time Y Plas Vortex £3
11:15am Rotten Tomatoes! - Family Workshop Pabell Pys Melys £6 per team
12:00pm Body Percussion Y Plas £4
12:30pm Dave Southern Theatre Y Plas Lawn Donations
1:15pm The Arty Monkey Creative Academy Pabell Pys Melys £4
1:30pm John Hegley Y Plas Vortex £5
2:00pm Chicken Challenge Family Workshop Pabell Pys Melys £6 per team
3:00pm What Rhymnes with Custard? Pabell Pys Melys £3
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
9:30am Depart for Steamtrain Corris Railway £10
10:00am Life Drawing Y Tabernacl £12
11:00am BBC Radio Showcase Bowling Club Free
1:30pm Quiz Quest Bigtop Stage Free

suN/suL
coMedy / coMedi
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
1:30pm Anna Freyberg: Work-in-Progress Royal House £5
1:30pm The Many Lives of Tony Law Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
1:30pm Angela Barnes: Work-in-Progress Rugby Club £5
1:30pm John Kearns - Sight Gags for Perverts Owain Glyndŵr Centre £4
2:00pm Very Hard Times Indeed Y Plas £6
3:00pm Goreuon Stand-up Cymraeg Rugby Club £6
3:00pm Nish Kumar - Is a Comedian Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
3:00pm Gareth Richards - Gareth Goes Electric Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
3:00pm Romesh Ranganathan - Rom Com - the early version Owain Glyndŵr Centre £5
3:00pm Josh Widdicombe -Work-in-Progress Y Plas Vayne Tempest £7
3:00pm Nadia Kamil: Nadia Kamil in WIDE OPEN BEAVERS! Royal House £5
4:30pm Tom Parry: Fancy That! Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
4:30pm Benjamin Partridge - An Audience with Jeff Goldblum Owain Glyndŵr Centre £4
4:30pm Mark Olver - Dancing About Architecture Y Plas Vortex £6
4:30pm Mike Bubbins - The Kings and I Rugby Club £6
4:30pm Caroline Mabey - Chaos is a Friend of Mine Owain Glyndŵr Centre £5
4:30pm Ivo Graham - Binoculars Royal House £5
5:45 pm Simon Munnery - Fylm-Makker Y Tabernacl £9
6:00pm Sara Pascoe - Vs The Truth Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
6:00pm Matt Richardson - Hometown Hero Royal House £5
6:00pm PLEB Talks Live - LOVE! Y Plas £6
6:00pm DAVID TRENT - THIS IS ALL I HAVE Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
6:00pm John Robins - Where Is My Mind? Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
6:00pm Tom Craine - Crying on a Waltzer Rugby Club £6
7:30pm David O’Doherty - Seize the David O’Doherty Y Tabernacl £11
7:30pm Brian Gittins - Work in Progress Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
7:30pm Michael Legge: What a Shame Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
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coMedy / coMedi
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
7:30pm Sarah Millican - Work in Progress Bowling Club £7
7:30pm Chastity Butterworth: Chastity Butterworth & The Spanish Hamster Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
9:00pm Stewart Lee - Work in Progress Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
9:00pm Tim Key - Work in Progress Y Tabernacl £9
9:00pm Josh Widdicombe - The Further Adventures Of... Y Plas £10
9:00pm Tony Law - Work in Progress Bowling Club £7
9:00pm Bring and Bi-Lingual Owain Glyndŵr Centre £6
9:00pm Storytellers’ Club Y Plas Vayne Tempest £6
10:30pm Nick Helm: Greatest Hits: Volume 1 Y Plas £10
Music / ceRddoRiaeth
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
7:45pm R.Seiliog Bigtop Stage Free
11:00pm Y Niwl Bigtop Stage Free
kids stuff / Pethau Plant
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
10:00am The Arty Monkey Creative Academy Pabell Pys Melys £4
11:00am Once Upon a Time Y Plas Vortex £3
12:00pm Rotten Tomatoes! - Family Workshop Pabell Pys Melys £6 per team
12:00pm Get Serious About Being Silly Y Plas £3
1:00pm Circus Skills for the Beginner Pabell Pys Melys £3
1:30pm Ben Target and Matthew Highton - Bear Hugging and Other Skills Owain Glyndŵr Centre £3
2:00pm Junkyard percussion Workshop Pabell Pys Melys £3
3:00pm The Arty Monkey Creative Academy Pabell Pys Melys £4
MoRe... / Mwy …
Time/Amser Event/Digwyddiad Venue/Lleoliad Price/Price
1:30pm Mark Olver’s Comedy Pub Quiz Bigtop Stage Free
4:30pm A Quarter Of Losin Lush Golden Ticket

festival teaM & cRedits /tîM yR ŵyl a chydnaByddiaethau
Festival Directors/
Cyfarwyddwyr yr Ŵyl
Henry Widdicombe, Emma Butler
Logistics Manager/ Rheolwr
Logisteg
Pete Dobbing
Artist Liaison Manager/
Rheolwr Cyswllt â’r Artistiaid
Clare Nightingale
Volunteer Manager/
Rheolwr Gwirfoddoli
Helen O’Donnell
Technical Manager/
RheolwrTechnegol
Adam Cobley
Tent and Bar Manager/
Rheolwr y Babell a’r Bar
Steve Pickup
Box Office Managers/
Rheolwyr y Swyddfa Docynnau
Abbie Kirkwood, Laura Keating
Gwefreiddiol Sioe Tudur Owen Y Lle: Ochr 1 Gwerthu Allan
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Venue Managers/ Rheolwyr
Lleoliadau
Lisa Jones, Katy Wilkes, Katie Hall, Kate
Simons, Hugh Russell, Alexandra Adey,
Clara McMenamin, Shaun Lothian
Volunteer Leaders/
Arweinwyr Gwirfoddoli
Andy Dudfield, Jonny Bull
Artist Liaison/ Cyswllt â’r Artistiaid
Sarah Hazel, Lauren Nightingale, Lucy
Robertson
Technicians/ Technegwyr
Phil Tiso, Andy Thomas, Joel Clements,
Rod Edwards, Leigh McAndrew, Misha
Anker, Rowan Woodhouse, Dave Brush,
Charlie Bull
Children and Family Events
Hazel Anderson
Welsh Language Events
Digwyddiadau Cymraeg
Daniel Glyn
Music Programming/
Rhaglen Gerddoriaeth
Johnny Lynch – Fence Records
Cabaret Programming/
Rhaglen Cabaret
George Orange – Mary Bijou Cabaret
Community Engagement/
Ymgysylltu â’r Gymuned
Catherine Paskell
Press Office/ Swyddfa’r Wasg
Andy Richards, Adam Wilcox
(www.writegood.co.uk)
Festival Photography/
Gŵyl Ffotograffiaeth
Ed Moore (www.edshots.co.uk),
Ian Greenland
(www.greenlandphotography.com)
MONTY TRENT
Film/Ffilm
Ewan Jones Morris
(vimeo.com/ewanjonesmorris)
Design/Dylunio
Dickie Dwyer (www.dickiedwyer.com)
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Festival App/Ap yr Wyl
James Mahoney, Dave Brush
Welsh Translation/ Cyfieithiad
Cymraeg
Steffan Alun
Volunteer Crew/
Criw Gwirfoddolwyr
Alyson Fielding, Carl Chapple, James
Mahoney, Carly Hughes, Matthew
Stevens, Zoe Fell, Fern Lloyd, Beth Eddleston,
Sarah Vaile, Nick Rose, Owen
Niblock, Jem Jenkins-Jones, Alex Jones,
Rhian Clugston, Tim Grewcock, Gerry
Beirnstein, Lora Elliot, Colin Edwards,
Steven Greenaway, Nick Oram, Laura
Eddleston, Steph Smith, Joshua Brenner,
Catrin Jones, Mark Jones, Sarah
Kalwarowsky, Olivia Patricio
(Correct at time of going to print)
(Yn gywir wrth fynd i’r wasg)
tHANks dioLCH
The town of Machynlleth. We’d like to thank all the residents and
businesses for their continued support for the festival and being so
welcoming to attendees and crew during the event. We hope that the
festival can continue to be a small part of this special community.
Mel Biffin, Colin Wilde and the staff of Y Plas, and Raymond Jones
and the staff and board of MOMA for always going out of their way
to accommodate the festival as we grow and develop. Geoff and Janet
Humphries, the boards of the Owain Glyndwr Centre, Machynlleth
Bowling Club and Machynlleth Rugby Club for accommodating the
festival. Mercia Hammond at the Royal House Deli for allowing us to use
her wonderful basement room. Fiona Stewart, Ben Coleman and Ian
Fielder at Green Man for always being on-hand with practical advice and
a helping hand. Paula and Gerry Jewson at West Coast Energy Ltd
for your continued invaluable support of the festival. Sara Lewis from the
Welsh Government’s Major Events Unit, Laura Thomas and Julie Lewis
from Powys County Council for your support for the festival. Arts and
Business Cymru for their continued support of the festival. Geoff Hill and
Annie Grundy for their continued invaluable support. Phil Wheeler for
local advice, help and contacts. Thanks to the owners of the White Lion
for offering to host a staff room during the event. And to Jenny Hall at
Crafted Space for her ideas, inspiration and hard work. All the artists who
perform at the festival and make it what it is. All the attendees who come
together to enjoy comedy in the ancient capital of Wales.
Tref Machynlleth. Hoffem ddiolch i holl drigolion a busnesau’r dref am
y gefnogaeth barhaus i’r ŵyl, ac am fod mor groesawgar i’r mynychwyr a’r
criw yn ystod y digwyddiad. Gobeithiwn y gall yr ŵyl barhau i fod yn rhan
fach o’r gymuned arbennig hon.
Mel Biffin, Colin Wilde a staff Y Plas, a Raymond Jones a staff a
bwrdd MOMA am fynd allan o’u ffordd bob amser i ddarparu ar gyfer
yr ŵyl wrth i ni dyfu a datblygu. Geoff a Janet Humphries, byrddau
Canolfan Owain Glyndŵr, Clwb Bowlio Machynlleth a Chlwb
Rygbi Machynlleth am ddarparu ar gyfer yr ŵyl. Marcia Hammond
Deli Tŷ-yn-y-Lôn am ganiatáu i ni ddefnyddio ei hystafell wych yn y seler.
Fiona Stewart, Ben Coleman ac Ian Fielder yn Green Man am fod
ar gael bob amser gyda chyngor ymarferol a help llaw. Paula a Gerry
Jewson yn West Coast Energy Ltd am eich cefnogaeth amhrisiadwy i’r
ŵyl. Sara Lewis o Uned Digwyddiadau Mawr Llywodraeth Cymru, Laura
Thomas a Julie Lewis o Gyngor Sir Powys am eich cefnogaeth i’r ŵyl.
Celfyddydau a Busnes Cymru am eu cefnogaeth barhaus i’r ŵyl. Geoff
Hill ac Annie Grundy am eu cefnogaeth amhrisiadwy barhaus. Phil
Wheeler am gyngor, cymorth a chysylltiadau lleol. Yr holl artistiaid sy’n
perfformio yn yr ŵyl ac yn ei gwneud yr hyn ydyw. Yr holl fynychwyr sy’n
dod at ei gilydd i fwynhau comedi ym mhrifddinas hynafol Cymru.

ABout MACHYNLLetH
CoMedY FestiVAL
“A welcome break from the norm... it boasts the kind of
top-quality lineup that’s beyond many of its rivals.” The Guardian
When we first talked about starting
Machynlleth Comedy Festival above
of all we wanted to create somewhere
where people came to have fun, and get
away from it all, whether this be the
attendees, the comedians or the festival
team. It was all about taking a different
approach with an aim of creating a spirit
of experimentation and intimacy. We’re
passionate about the thrill of seeing
live comedy in intimate places, and the
glorious, picturesque and enchanting
town of Machynlleth gave us a wealth
of interesting and unique performance
spaces in which to do this.
Most of all we want people to laugh, have a
great time and find a warm welcome in the
heart of Wales.
Now in our fourth year the festival is already a
firm fixture in many people’s diaries. It would be
impossible for the festival to grow and develop
without key support from funders and sponsors.
Our Supporters/Partners
welsh goveRnMent
In 2012 the festival gained the support
of the Welsh Government’s Major Events
Unit (MEU) as a Growth Event. Working
with officers from the MEU a three year
development strategy was agreed securing
the festivals future until 2014 and beyond.
Machynlleth Comedy Festival would like to
thank the Welsh Government for supporting
the development of live comedy in Wales
and what we believe is a unique event in the
UK comedy calendar.
Powys county council
Powys County Council’s tourism department
are directly supporting the event in 2013
and we would like to thank Powys County
Council for their continued support.
west coast gRouP of
coMPanies ltd
West Coast Group of Companies have been
business mentors for the festival since
2010 overseeing our development as a
company and providing invaluable advice
at key times. West Coast have offered direct
sponsorship support in both 2012 and 2013.
We’re proud to be working in partnership
with a leading independent renewable
energy developer working in Wales.
BBc
Machynlleth Comedy Festival is proud to be
working with BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Radio
Wales and BBC Radio Cymru for another year.
RoustaBout
Local tent specialists Roustabout have supported
the festival since year one. Thanks to
Geoff, Alex and all the crew.
the waen BReweRy
Our partnership with local brewers Sue and
John continues to develop and flourish.
YNGLYN Â GwYL
CoMedi MACHYNLLetH
“A small but perfectly formed antidote to some of the more
sprawling comedy festivals” The Independent
Ein Cefnogwyr/Partneriaid
llywodRaeth cyMRu a 2013. Rydym yn falch o fod yn gweithio
mewn partneriaeth gyda datblygwr ynni
Yn 2012, cafodd yr ŵyl gefnogaeth Uned adnewyddadwy annibynnol blaenllaw sy’n
Digwyddiadau Mawr Llywodraeth Cymru gweithio yng Nghymru.
fel Digwyddiad Twf. Gan weithio gyda
swyddogion o’r Uned Digwyddiadau Mawr,
cytunwyd ar strategaeth ddatblygu dair celfyddydau a Busnes
blynedd, gan sicrhau dyfodol yr ŵyl gwyliau cyMRu
tan 2014 a thu hwnt. Hoffai Gŵyl Gomedi Rydym yn gwerthfawrogi cefnogaeth a
Machynlleth ddiolch i Lywodraeth Cymru chyngor parhaus Celfyddydau a Busnes
am gefnogi datblygiad comedi byw yng Cymru i’r digwyddiad.
Nghymru a’r hyn a gredwn sy’n ddigwyddiad
unigryw yng nghalendr comedi’r DU.
BBc
cyngoR siR Powys
Mae Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth yn falch o
fod yn gweithio gyda BBC Radio 4 Extra,
Mae adran dwristiaeth Cyngor Sir Powys yn BBC Radio Wales a BBC Radio Cymru am
cefnogi’r digwyddiad yn uniongyrchol yn flwyddyn arall.
2013, a hoffem ddiolch i Gyngor Sir Powys
am eu cefnogaeth barhaus.
RoustaBout
Mae’r arbenigwyr pebyll lleol Roustabout
wedi cefnogi’r ŵyl ers y flwyddyn gyntaf.
Diolch i Geoff, Alex a’r holl griw.
gRŵP cwMnïau west
coast cyf
Mae Grŵp Cwmnïau West Coast wedi
bod yn fentoriaid busnes i’r ŵyl ers 2010,
gan oruchwylio ein datblygiad fel cwmni
a rhoi cyngor amhrisiadwy ar adegau
allweddol. Mae West Coast wedi cynnig
cefnogaeth nawdd uniongyrchol yn 2012
BRagdy’R waen
Mae ein partneriaeth gyda’r bragwyr lleol
Sue a John yn parhau i ddatblygu a ffynnu.
Pan ddechreuon ni drafod dechrau Gŵyl
Gomedi Machynlleth, yn fwy na dim,
roeddem am greu rhywle lle byddai pobl
yn dod i gael hwyl, ac i gael gwyliau, boed
yn fynychwyr, yn ddigrifwyr neu’n dîm
yr ŵyl. Y diben oedd dilyn ymagwedd
wahanol gyda’r nod o greu ysbryd o arbrofi
ac agosatrwydd. Rydym yn frwdfrydig am
y wefr o weld comedi byw mewn mannau
agos, ac mae tref ogoneddus, hardd a
hudolus Machynlleth yn rhoi cyfoeth o
fannau perfformio diddorol ac unigryw i
wneud hyn.
Yn fwy na dim, rydym am i bobl chwerthin, cael
amser da a chael croeso cynnes yng nghalon
Cymru.
Bellach yn ein pedwaredd flwyddyn, mae’r ŵyl
eisoes yn ddyddiad cadarn yn nyddiaduron
llawer o bobl. Byddai’n amhosib i’r ŵyl dyfu
a datblygu heb gefnogaeth allweddol gan
gyllidwyr a noddwyr.
Machynlleth Comedy Festival 78 Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 79

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