Funny Bones comedian line-up

Emma impressed the audience at the Rib Ticklers comedy show at The Gaffe and won the audience vote to perform at Funny Bones.

Emma is equal parts silly and razor-sharp, Aussie born Emma's offbeat humour is as unpredictable as it is hilarious.

A finalist in the Bristol Comedy Competition 2025, Emma is one of the most engaging and exciting new comedic fixtures in the South West. She’s gloriously odd, and you’re going to love every minute of it.

Chelsea performs her smart, silly and open-hearted stand-up at the UK's top comedy clubs and has taken two critically acclaimed and double-award-nominated solo stand-up shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, each getting 10 5, 4.5 and 4-star reviews. Known for combining smart and silly comedy, she’s a regular feature on best jokes of the fringe lists. She was a finalist and runner-up in several prestigious comedy competitions and has been tour support for Helen Bauer, Fern Brady, Sarah Keyworth and more! As seen on BBC, as heard on RHLSTP. Writer for Mock the Week.

Toussaint Douglass is one of comedy’s most exciting talents. Joyfully absurd and charmingly awkward, he has firmly established himself as both a writer and performer to look out for. His writing credits include Late Night Mash, Have I Got News For You, The Russell Howard Hour, Mock The Week, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The Now Show, Dead Ringers and James Acaster's Springleaf: A True(ish) Crime Podcast.

Shalaka Kurup is an Indian stand up comedian and writer. Her observational humour has been described as deadpan joy. A doctor by education and a comedian by choice Shalaka has shot onto the UK circuit receiving numerous awards, winning West End New Act of the Year, runner up Brighton Komedia New Act of the year and a finalist Channel 4 Sean Lock Award. 

Performances include opening for Eshaan Akbar, Grace Campbell, Ria Lina, and was selected for Leicester Comedy Festival Circuit Breakers and Pleasance Reserve in 2023. She has starred on Comedy Central Live Season 3, Jokes Only A…Can Tell (Channel 4 Digital), Asian Network Comedy (BBC Asian Network), Arts Hour Comedy Special (BBC World Service) and Sunday Morning Live (BBC1).

Russell Howard is one of the UK’s most successful comedians, with over nine million followers on social media and has garnered over one billion views on social media worldwide including 500+ million views spawned from six seasons of The Russell Howard Hour. 

To date his current international tour, Russell Howard Live, has sold over 250,000 tickets over 100+ gigs in the UK & Ireland alone (including 11 London Palladium gigs).

In December 2022, Russell wrapped filming the sixth series of ratings and critical hit The Russell Howard Hour. Previously, Russell wrote and starred in 10 seasons of Russell Howard’s Good News originally airing on BBC Three. Russell’s travelogue series, Russell Howard & Mum: Globetrotters was the highest-rated new commission on Comedy Central when it launched in 2016 and ran for two highly acclaimed seasons.