Hilarity Bites Comedy Club feat. Nick Doody, El Purnell and Host Will Duggan - The Milton Rooms

Our first Hilarity Bites of 2026 is back!

Nick Doody has been performing comedy since the 90's when, as a student, he got off to a pretty good start by supporting the legendary Bill Hicks, at Bill's request. A little later, Nick was a finalist in Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny? competition. Since then he has performed all over the world: Ireland, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, Dubai UAE, Qatar, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Estonia.... you get the idea. He was the first British comedian to perform in Croatia.

Nick has appeared on various radio and TV shows, and is also much in demand as a writer. He has penned jokes for Joan Rivers, Lenny Henry, Dame Edna Everage and an uncomfortable number of Mock the Week regulars. He was also the creator and head writer of Bigipedia , a critically acclaimed Radio 4 show that broadcast in 2009 and 2011.
In 2006, Nick performed his first solo Edinburgh Festival show, Before He Kills Again . The show received rave reviews and sold out for the whole festival, leading to a run at the Soho Theatre. Since then, Nick has written and performed another six solo hours of stand-up, including the most honest title ever to appear on a poster, Look At This Massive Picture Of My Face.

Ed Purnell is a unique whirlwind of a crowd-pleasing comedy act. His energy and gags per minute are off the scale delivering many belly laughs and so much fun for the audience. He has a unique and clever spin delivering his set in Spanish with a springle of English. Audiences LOVE the interaction, jokes, and actual realisation they can understand him without speaking his mother tongue.

Highlights for Ecuador's No 1 comedian include several runs at the Edinburgh festival, TV shows for both BBC and Sky TV and international gigs in Ecuador, Ireland, Germany and Thailand.

Will Duggan started performing comedy in 2009. Since then he ha established himself as a dynamic and exciting new act and a quick and witty MC. In the short time he has been performing comedy Will has been in the final of many prestigious competitions including Beat the Frog World Series 2011. He was nominated for Best MC at the 2022 Nottingham Comedy Festival Awards.