mostly comedy
Hitchin comedy club, bringing the best-known acts to Hertfordshire since 2008.Hosted by David Ephgrave. "Devastatingly witty" (EdFest Mag)
Hitchin Mostly Comedy was established in October 2008 by Doggett & Ephgrave. The club has gradually expanded since then, outgrowing six venues across the town (as well as runs at the Edinburgh Fringe & in London’s West End) to reach its current home of Hitchin Town Hall in December 2024.
Mostly Comedy has also previously hosted occasional dates at Leicester Square Theatre, the Counting House in Edinburgh, Letchworth’s Broadway Theatre, Maltings Arts Theatre in St Albans and the Royal Air Force Museum London, among others.
Acts who’ve previously appeared at Hitchin Mostly Comedy include Harry Hill, Jack Dee, Phill Jupitus, Rory Bremner, Stewart Lee, Katherine Ryan, James Acaster, Aisling Bea, Henning Wehn, Richard Herring, Paul Daniels & Debbie McGee, Sara Pascoe, Sean Hughes, Kate Robbins, Reginald D Hunter, Jan Ravens, Josh Widdicombe, Arthur Smith, John Shuttleworth, Isy Suttie, Dr John Cooper Clarke, Neil Innes, Roisin Conaty, Desiree Burch, John Thomson, Lucy Porter, Ardal O’Hanlon, Nish Kumar, Kevin Eldon, Bridget Christie, Simon Day, Katy Brand, Tony Slattery, Lou Sanders, Bobby Davro, Tony Hawks, Rachel Parris, Kerry Godliman, Phil Kay, Norman Lovett, Josie Long, Angelos Epithemiou, Barry from Watford, Robin Ince, Rosie Holt, Hattie Hayridge, Simon Munnery, Matt Green, Shaparak Khorsandi, Phil Wang, Bec Hill, Mark Watson and many more.
Glyn Doggett stepped down from Mostly in December 2021. The club then relaunched in July 2023 under the stewardship of David Ephgrave & Dan Graham. All shows are compéred by David, unless otherwise stated.
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David Ephgrave is a comedian, actor, musician, podcaster – and the back end of the comic duo Doggett & Ephgrave.
His material recently featured amongst The Times’ Best Jokes of 2022 Edinburgh Fringe, the Daily Telegraph’s 20 Funniest One-liners of the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe and Comedy Central’s 35 Funniest Jokes of the Year (2017) plus i Newspaper’s 50 Best Jokes, The Scotsman’s 40 Best Jokes and Edinburgh Evening News’ 40 Funniest One-Liners of 2018 Edinburgh Fringe lists.
Solo credits include playing John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the No. 1 UK tour of The Roy Orbison Story, Buddy Holly in numerous UK/Ireland tours of Buddy Holly and the Cricketers, and Richard in the West End production of Dreamboats and Petticoats. He took his first solo stand-up show, ‘…and Ephgrave’, to the 2015 Brighton and Camden Fringe Festivals, his second, Mostly David Ephgrave, to Brighton and Edinburgh in 2016, his third and fourth, Now Who’s a Comedian? and ‘David Ephgrave: My Part in His Downfall’, to Edinburgh in 2017 & 2018 – and his fifth, Good Grief, to Edinburgh in 2022. He has also kept a regular blog for a decade.
Credits with D&E include eleven seasons with The Comedy Project at the Soho Theatre, and multiple shows on the Edinburgh, Brighton, Camden and Leicester Fringe. They used to host a weekly show on SG1 Radio, called Doggett & Ephgrave: In Your Inner Ear. A notable D&E career highlight was performing their sitcom pilot Nick & Joe at The Soho Theatre alongside a cast that included Michael Barrymore & Norman Lovett.
David is also a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He used to front the rock band Big Day Out, who supported Slade, The Troggs, Kula Shaker and The Supernaturals, to name a few. He co-hosts two podcasts: More Than Mostly Comedy and The McCartney McAlphabet. Previous MTMC guests include Phill Jupitus, James Acaster, Katherine Ryan, Lucy Porter and Arthur Smith.
David is represented by TAGA Management. His blog can be found here, plus he’s on Instagram, Threads and Facebook .
Dan Graham trained at Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA gaining a Bachelor of Music performance degree as well as playing drums in sessions and live gigs in Boston, New York, Canada and Philadelphia alongside jazz and rock artists such as Esperanza Spalding, Vinnie Colauita, John Robinson and Meshell Nedegeocello.
Theatre credits include: Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story (UK and Germany No.1 Tour), Dreamboats & Petticoats (West End and UK Tour), Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven (No.1 UK Tour), Save the Last Dance For Me (No.1 UK Tour) and Three Steps to Heaven (No.1 UK Tour).
TV credits include: Ladbrokes 2021 ‘Euros’ TV ad campaign, Nationwide McCain Pizza ad campaign and Stephen Poliakoff’s Dancing on the Edge for BBC TV.
After forming rock and roll band ‘The Bluejays’ in 2012, Dan co-wrote the show Rock and Roll Revolution for the band before writing and producing Rave On in 2020.
Dan joined Team Mostly in July 2023, and – as well as co-running the club – can often be spotted playing drums in the houseband.
Glyn Doggett is an actor, writer and videographer who trained at Hertfordshire Theatre School, where he received the Student of the Year Award on graduating in 2003.
Theatre credits include: Gerald Popkiss in “ROOKERY NOOK”, Flight-Lieutenant Graham in “FLARE PATH”, Jan Warwick in Agatha Christies “UNEXPECTED GUEST” and Eric Birling in “AN INSPECTOR CALLS” (Sidmouth Rep), Charles Murdock in “THE GHOST TRAIN” and Lloyd Mitchell in “A TOUCH OF DANGER” (The Theatre Royal Nottingham), Chris in “STEAM” (A new play for the White Bear, London), “PLEASE READ ME” (Hen and Chickens, Islington) and the Tin Man “WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ” and Buttons “CINDERELLA” (both at the Gorleston Pavilion). He’s also a regularly member of the Market Theatre Company in his hometown of Hitchin in Hertfordshire and have appeared and been involved in numerous plays and tours around the UK for them.
Glyn’s website can be found here, and he’s on Twitter/X.
Glyn stepped down from Mostly Comedy in December 2021, but wishes the club well for its 2023 relaunch.
