Mike Manera

"You will still be talking about this guy weeks after seeing him" NME

"Funny, charming and a wiz with the ladies. A star in the making" Dan Willis, former Perrier panellist

"Don't expect the usual comedy gumpf… Funny, original and thought provoking" 3 Weeks

"A comedy force" Time Out

"There is something very charming yet menacing about him which I like greatly. A must-see" Cecelia Smart, chortle.co.uk

"At over six foot five, and dressed like a renaissance gangster, you can't rally miss him…" (London Metro). Mike Manera has been performing comedy in firetraps full of Guardian readers for over three years. He is the resident MC and Host at Upstairs at the Queens Head, and has performed all over the country including the Edinburgh Festival, the Brighton Comedy Festival and the St. Albans "Laugh a Minute" festival. Not to mention numerous universities, corporate functions and jazz clubs (?).
Always impeccably attired, punctual and funny he boasts a very full head of hair, his own teeth and his own material.

You may have seen him on TV in…

"The Joan Rivers Position" (2005 series - CH5)
"Take The Mic" (ITV1)
"Funny People" (CH4)
Various TV ads including "Birdseye Fish-Fingers" and "Heinz Baked Beans"
The Stone Roses "Sally Cinnamon" video