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Naomi Paxton - Researcher and Performer

WINNER: THE STAND COMEDY CLUB GOOD EGG AWARD, 2019
WINNER: HACKNEY EMPIRE NEW ACT OF THE YEAR SHOW (NATYS), 2018 
WINNER: LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE OLD COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR COMPETITION, 2018
SHORTLISTED: FUNNY WOMEN BEST SHOW AWARD, 2019
SHORTLISTED: CHORTLE AWARDS IN THE VARIETY CATEGORY, 2019
SHORTLISTED: BBC NEW COMEDY AWARD, 2018

"Sorcery wrapped in the kind of storytelling that would make Sheherezade jealous."
​

Kate Copstick

"Resembles an unhinged supervillaiN"



​Diva Magazine

"TOTALLY BONKERS, TOTALLY BRILLIANT,
TOTALLY BOOMING UNMISSABLE"

​Basil Brush

"Ada Campe made me laugh more than anyone on the circuit for years. Genius."


Sandi Toksvig

​​"Extravagantly mischievous persona... brilliantly crowd-pleasing act."


Chortle

"A MARVELLOUS TELLER OF TALL TALES"


The Scotsman

Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck in 
The Guardian recommended shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2019:


"With her outlandish eye makeup, headdress and conspiratorial air, Ada Campe effortlessly draws her audience into her story. Though set in the 1980s, it’s an Edwardian-style tale of a troupe of variety performers including the mysterious Madame Canard and the duck of the title. Thanks to Campe’s dramatic delivery and enviable turn of phrase, it’s also very funny.

Created by Naomi Paxton, Campe employs her considerable charm to recruit audience members to aid her in her flights of fancy (one plays an escaped moose) and to join her in a concluding dance. It’s a world as convincing as it is amusing, both eccentric and deeply researched."

Great reviews including:


***** ScotsGay  ***** The Wee Review  **** The Scotsman

Ada Campe is represented by Gag Reflex - www.gagreflex.co.uk
Book Ada Campe


2022 gigs - what's next?


Announcements!
Tickets for ​Ada Campe: "Too Little, Too Soon"  at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival are now on sale!
The show will be at 2.55pm from the 4th-28th August at The Stand's New Town Theatre
For tickets, click here:
www.thestand.co.uk/shows/1229-ada-campe-too-little-too-soon/

Ada Campe will be playing Queen Rat in the Theatre Chipping Norton's pantomime
​Dick Whittington this Christmas! The panto runs from 16th November 2022 to 15th January 2023.
For tickets, click here:
https://www.chippingnortontheatre.com/whats-on/dick-whittington

 August
4th - 28th (not 16th) - "Too Little, Too Soon", New Town Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

July
1st - Skipton Pride Comedy Show, Skipton Town Hall
7th - Chortle Fast Fringe
10th - Variety Club 4 Kids, Henley Festival
20th - Mayven Festival, Cornwall
21st - "Too Little, Too Soon", Mayven Festival, Cornwall
22nd - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
24th - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Latitude Festival
29-31 - Primadonna Festival, Suffolk

June
3rd- A Right Royal Variety Show, Leeds Left Bank
4th - Platinum Jubilee Picnic, Auckland Castle (MC)
5th - Comedy Show, Wychwood Festival (MC)
10th - Children's Comedy Show, Hexham Book Festival (MC)
10th - Comedy Gala, Hexham Book Festival (MC)
11th - Saturday Supershow, Phoenix Arts Club
12th - Comedy Club 4 Kids, OSO Arts Centre Barnes
14th - "Too Little, Too Soon" preview at Sydenham Comedy Festival, Poodle Club
17th - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
17th - Cabaret Fantastique, Crazy Coqs
18th - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Underbelly Festival, London (MC)
19th - "Too Little, Too Soon" preview, Another Fine Fest, Ulverston
24th - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
25th - Andrew Pepper and Friends, Chipping Norton Theatre
26th - Family Comedy Show, Glee Cardiff (MC)

May
6th - Poodle Club, Sydenham (MC)
7th - Variety Club 4 Kids, Assembly Coventry
7th - Saturday Supershow, Phoenix Arts Club
14th - Really Funny Comedy Kids Show, Garforth, Leeds
15th - Family Comedy Show, Glee Club Birmingham
20th - Poodle Club, Sydenham (MC)
21st - Laughing Duck Comedy Club, Alsager (MC)
31st - West End Sessions, Scarlett Green, Soho

April

1st - April Fools Gala, Bath Comedy Festival (MC)
​2nd - Saturday Supershow, Phoenix Arts Club (MC)
6th - West End Sessions, Phoenix Arts Club
7th - The Comedy Shed @ The Cube, Bordon
8th - Saturday Supershow, Phoenix Arts Club
9th - Family Comedy Club, Cheltenham Comedy Festival
9th - Black Cat Cabaret, Crazy Coqs
11th - Dr Sketchy, Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Club
12-14th - West End Sessions,Soho
22nd - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
23rd - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Tunbridge Wells

23rd - Epic Comedy Midhurst
​24th - Pepper with a side of Campe, Crazy Coqs
29th - The Mill Comedy Club, Worston, Staffordshire
30th - Stoke on Trent 


March
2nd March - Comedy Night at the George, Banbury
4th March - Funny Rabbit Comedy Club, Canterbury
12th March - Basil Brush Unleashed, Norwich Playhouse
13th March - Glee Family Comedy Show, Glee Cardiff
18th March - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
26th March - The Cabin, Bognor Regis
29th March - Cabaret for Ukraine, Phoenix Arts Club
29th March - The Pepper Pot, Crazy Coqs


February
5 February - Dungeons and Flagons, Manchester (solo)

6 February - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Tonbridge (MC)
7 February - "Too Little, Too Soon" WIP show, Phoenix Arts Club (solo)
11 February - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
15 February - "Too Little, Too Soon" WIP show, Phoenix Arts Club (solo)
17 February - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Harlow
19 February - Saturday Supershow, Phoenix Arts Club
26 February - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Henley on Thames

26 February - Comedy Round Mine, Churchill Theatre Bromley (MC)

January

7 January - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
8 January - Saturday Supershow, Phoenix Arts Club
15 January - Saturday Supershow, Phoenix Arts Club
21 January - The Alex Comedy Club, Bognor Regis
22 January - Saturday Supershow, Phoenix Arts Club
29 January - Saturday Supershow, Phoenix Arts Club



2021 gigs

April and May
18th April - Chazz Vs Tom Charity Livestream
9th May - Katie's My Big Fat Movie Stream for the Trussell Trust
17th May - Reopening Night Party, Phoenix Arts Club
22nd May - Down the Rabbit Hole Festival, Manchester
28th May - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club


June
4th June - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
5th June - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Squish Theatre, Camberley
11th June - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
16th June - Above the Stag Cabaret Lounge Season 2 launch

20th June - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Mad Hatter's Campsite, Ely
25th June - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
26th June - Jollies with Ada Campe, Above the Stag, Vauxhall


July
2nd July - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
4th July - Mama G's Family Pride Party, Stanley Halls
11th July - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Cambridge Comedy Festival
15th July - Vauxhall Pride, Vauxhall
19th July - Monday Club, Museum of Comedy
22nd July - The Pepper Pot, Two Brewers, Clapham
23rd July - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
24th July - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Chichester Festival Theatre
24th July - ​Standon Calling Festival
25th July - Comedy Club 4 Kids, BoxPark Croydon
29th July - Petworth Festival
​30th July-1st August - Primadonna Festival


August​
5th August - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Ropetackle Arts Centre
7th August - Macclesfield Comedy Festival
8th August - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Coventry
14th August - Saturday Supershow, Phoenix Arts Club
20th August - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Beautiful Days Festival, Exeter
21st August - Saturday Supershow, Phoenix Arts Club
27th August - Poole


September
3rd September - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
10th September - Llangollen Comedy Club
11th September - Basil Brush Unleashed! Assembly Coventry
16th September - Magic Hour, Henley Festival
17th September - Boston Spa
​18th September - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Derby
18th September - Fresh Laughs Comedy Club, Derby
24th September - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
25th September - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Wolverhampton
25th September - Rolling in the Aisles Comedy Club, Kettering
29th & 30th September - West End Sessions, Soho


October
1st October - Chorlton Comedy Club
4th October - Monday Club, Museum of Comedy
9th October - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Oxford
11th October - 30 Years Strong! show, The Magic Circle
11th October - Lynn Ruth Miller tribute show, Phoenix Arts Club
12th October - Big Wowie! Comedy Cabaret Fundraiser, Grow Hackney
15th October - Poodle Club, Sydenham
25th October - Monday Club, Museum of Comedy
29th October - Poodle Club, Sydenham
30th October - Saturday SuperShow, Phoenix Arts Club


November
3rd November - B Bar, Plymouth
5th November - Poodle Club, Sydenham
19th November - Friday Night in Soho, Phoenix Arts Club
21st November - Glee Club, Cardiff
24th November - Say it Out Loud fundraiser, Two Brewers, Clapham
29th November - Monday Club, Museum of Comedy


December
3rd December - Cane Cane Cabaret Club, Eastleigh
4th December - Saturday SuperShow, Phoenix Arts Club
11th December - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Komedia Brighton (MC)
13th December - Monday Club, Museum of Comedy
18th December - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Burton on Trent
22nd December - Ada Campe's Festive Grotto, Phoenix Arts Club
29th December - Comedy Club 4 Kids, Spiegeltent Leicester Square (MC)
31st December - New Year's Eve Cabaret, Phoenix Arts Club



2020 gigs:

LIVE! A Late Afternoon with Ada Campe, Above the Stag, Vauxhall, 1st Nov

LIVE! Halloween Evening, Simon Drake's House of Magic, 30th and 31st October

ONLINE! The Lockdown Lift-Up, 28th October

LIVE Poodle Club @Tudor Livesey Hall, 10th October

LIVE! Comedy Club 4 Kids, 3rd October

LIVE! An Afternoon with Ada Campe, Phoenix Arts Club, 19th September

LIVE! Poodle Club @ Tudor Livesey Hall, 4th September

ONLINE! Fresh Challah Comedy, 27th August

LIVE! Poodle Club outdoor show, 15th August

LIVE! Comedy Club 4 Kids, Sevenoaks, 8th August

LIVE! Live On The Vine, 1st August

Primadonna Festival - Make Sioned Laugh, 31st July

Mama G's Family Pride Party, 12th July

Juliette Burton's Happy Hour, 16th June

​Paulus - meet my friend Ada Campe, 12th June


​Girl Guiding #AdventuresatHome festival, 23rd May 

​https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/what-we-do/events-and-opportunities/event-and-opportunity-finder/girlguiding-presents-adventures-at-home-festival/

Music Hall & Variety Day 2020, 16th May

​Good Ship Comedy - HMS Unprecedented, 15th May, 8pm

​Watsonathon ENCORE show, 9th May at 9pm

Comedy Club 4 Kids show, 25th April

Gilded Balloon's Sofa Setlist episode 5, 24th April

Cabaret Virale #1, 22nd March




2020 GIGS pre-lockdown:

24th January
Women's Equality Party fundraiser, Manchester
29th January
The Power of Humanity fundraiser, The Grand, Clapham
1st February
Poodle Club, Sydenham
14th February
Valentine's Day Comedy Spectacular, Poodle Club, Sydenham
15th February
Poodle Club, Sydenham
22nd February
Comedy Club 4 Kids, Soho Theatre
29th February
Poodle Club, Sydenham
12th March
The Pepper Pot, Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Club
13th March
That's Your Lot, Chipping Norton Theatre
14th March
Poodle Club, Sydenham


​2019 GIGS:

11th January

Poodle Club, Sydenham 
​20th January
Comedy Club 4 Kids, ArtsDepot Finchley
1st February
Poodle Club, Sydenham
2nd February
NATYS final, Hackney Empire
9th February
The Lock-In Cabaret, Guildford
14th February
Ada Campe's Love Shack, Poodle Club, Sydenham
16th February
Comedy Club 4 Kids, Komedia Brighton
17th February
Glee Family Comedy Show, Glee Club Birmingham
21st February
Comedy Club 4 Kids, Ipswich
24th February
Glee Family Comedy Show, Glee Club Cardiff​
8th March
Poodle Club, Sydenham
15th March
Camp Comedy Special, Stand Up Club Piccadilly
16th March
Comedy Club 4 Kids, Soho Theatre
17th March
East End entertainments, Museum of London Docklands
2nd April
Make a Wish UK fundraiser, Vaulty Towers, Waterloo
5th April
Poodle Club, Sydenham
10th April
PBH Fundraiser, Phoenix Arts Club
​20th April
Poodle Club St George's Day special, Trafalgar Square
21st April
Comedy Club 4 Kids, Santapod
27th April
Simon Drake's House of Magic, London
4th May
Kids Club, Up The Creek, Greenwich
10th May
Seeing is Believing, Wellcome Collection
15th May
Not So New Comedian of the Year final, Leicester Square Theatre
18th May
Comedy Club 4 Kids, Brewery Arts, Kendal
​
1st June
Poodle Club, Sydenham
5th June
​Women's Equality Party fundraiser, Amersham Arms
8th June
Variety Club 4 Kids, Underbelly Festival Southbank
16th June
Comedy Club 4 Kids, Attic Arts Club​
Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, Upper Norwood
29th June
Mat Ricardo's Storyhouse Family Cabaret, Storyhouse Chester​
Mat Ricardo's Storyhouse Cabaret, Storyhouse Chester
2nd July
Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck, Hungerford Festival
12th July
BWorks Festival, Manchester
14th July
Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck preview, Vauxhall Comedy Club
18th July
Opening Doors, Royal Vauxhall Tavern
19th July
Refract Festival, Waterside Arts, Sale 
27th July
Poodle Club, Sydenham​​​
3-25th August (not 13th) at 2.50pm
Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck, Edinburgh Fringe
2nd-9th August at 10pm
Funny for a Girl, Edinburgh Fringe
9th August at 8.45pm
National Museums Scotland Fringe Fridays
10th-25th August at 10.20pm
Mat Ricardo's Varieties, Edinburgh Fringe
30th and 31st August
Primadonna Festival, Suffolk​
12th September
Basil Brush: Unleashed, Underbelly Southbank
14th September
Comedy Club 4 Kids, Guildford
The Saturday Super Show, Phoenix Arts Club, Soho
22nd September
The House Party, Aynhoe Park
27th September
Poodle Club, Sydenham
28th September
Time Traveller's Cabaret, Blackheath
2nd October
Sydenham Lights Fundraiser, Poodle Club​
3rd October
Crazy Coqs, London
5th October
Planet Mirth, Ulverston
12th October
West End Magic, Leicester Square Theatre
21st October
The Women Who Built Bristol book launch, Bristol Old Vic
25th October
Sodom & Begorrah, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
27th October
Glee Club, Cardiff
28th October
Monday Club, Museum of Comedy
29th October
Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck, Museum of Comedy

6th November
Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck, Museum of Comedy
16th November
Variety Club for Kids
, Cobham
6th December
Poodle Club, Sydenham
8th December
Christmas Cabaret, Chelsea Arts Club
20th December
Sodom & Begorrah, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club 
21st December
Poodle Club, Sydenham
29th December
Glee Club, Birmingham​

​​2018 GIGS:

14th March

WEP Lewisham presents: Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck, London
16th March
Poodle Club, Sydenham
27th March
What the Frock! at the Redgrave Theatre, Bristol
8th April
Sunday Special at Up The Creek, Greenwich
18th April
London's Live Variety Club
27th April
Comedy Cottage, Redhill
28th April
Beckenham Comedy Cabaret
11th May
Poodle Club, Sydenham
12th May
Royal Wedding Extravaganza, Angel Comedy, London
​Poodle Club, Sydenham

20th May
Funny Women Gala Comedy Evening, Bath
30th May
Variety Club 4 Kids, Underbelly South Bank, London
1st June
Poodle Club, Sydenham
2nd June
Poodle Club, Sydenham
3rd June
Final of Old Comedian of the Year, Leicester Square Theatre
15th June
Poodle Club, Sydenham
16th June
Poodle Club, Sydenham
19th June
BBC New Comedy Awards Heat 2, London
21st June
Angel Comedy, Camden Head
25th June
Monday Club, Museum of Comedy
27th June
Lost Cabaret, Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon
30th June
Ms Paolini's Phantasmagoria Cabaret, Hoxton Hall, London
1st July
Edinburgh preview, Vaulty Towers, London
2nd July
Edinburgh preview, NW7Hub, London
10th July
Edinburgh preview, Museum of Comedy, London
19th-20th July
Edinburgh previews, Nell of Old Drury, Covent Garden
21st July
Comedy Club 4 Kids, Cambridge Comedy Festival
22nd July
The Great Houndini, Brighton
29th July
Edinburgh preview, Backyard Comedy Club, Bethnal Green
2nd-26th August (not 14th)
Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck, The Stand's New Town Theatre, Edinburgh
8th September
Four Play, Women's Equality Party conference comedy night, Kettering
15th September
Comedy Club 4 Kids, G Live, Guildford

21st September
The Poodle Club, Sydenham
24th September
Club for Acts and Actors, Covent Garden
27th September
Time Traveller's Cabaret Club, Soho
29th September
The Poodle Club, Sydenham
13th October 
Poodle Club, Sydenham
​18th October
Ludgershall Comedy Club
27th October
Poodle Club, Sydenham
10th November
Poodle Club, Sydenham
14th November
Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck full show, London
16th November
The Outer Limits, London
23rd November
Poodle Club, Sydenham
30th November
Comedy Cottage, Redhill
9th December
The Big Feminist Christmas Party, London
12th December
Simon Drake's House of Magic, London
19th December
Ada Campe's Grotto for Grownups, Poodle Club
22nd December
The Fainting Couch, Scunthorpe
31st December
NYE show, Poodle Club

2017 GIGS:
31st March
The Pink Walrus presents The Magic Flipper, Forest Hill
13th May
Ada Campe in Cress! at The Spread Eagle, Croydon
19th May
Club Sol Party at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
1st June
Cabaret benefit at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
10th June
Rye Laughs Takeover at The NINES, Peckham
28th June
Women's Equality Party Lewisham Branch Fundraiser, Amersham Arms

9th July
Bechdel Theatre fundraiser, Cafe Koha, Soho
16th July
Edinburgh previews, Dinner and a Laugh, Redhill
27th July
Edinburgh Previews, Mama Biashara, Shepherd's Bush
28th July
Pussy Liquor, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club​

5-27 August - Edinburgh Fringe​
Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck, CC Blooms
Funny for a Grrrl, The Stand
Magic Faraway Cabaret, Voodoo Rooms

11th September
Club for Acts and Actors, Covent Garden
​
28th October
Mat Ricardo's London Varieties, Leicester Square Theatre

6th December
Brown and Green Christmas Party

13th December
Women's Equality Party Southwark Branch Christmas Party, Peckham

22nd December
Poodle Club, Sydenham

31st December
​
Poodle Club, Sydenham


2016 GIGS:
7th December
Dead Parrot Society, Teddington
​26th November
Women's Equality Party Conference Party Night, Manchester
30th September
Beckenham Comedy Cabaret
AUGUST - Edinburgh Fringe/PBHs Free Fringe
Ada Campe in CRESS!

22nd July
Comedy Cottage, Surrey - Secret Barn Venue!


2015 GIGS: 
22nd MAY
AuctionAid15, London 
12th JUNE
What the Frock! Comedy, Bristol 
13th AUGUST
Bad Girls Showcase - Whistlebinkies, Edinburgh
Magic Faraway Cabaret - Voodoo Rooms Speakeasy, Edinburgh
Late With Kate - Canons' Gait, Edinburgh
29th AUGUST
Club Sol Party, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
24th OCTOBER
Feminism in London After Party, Hilton Metropole
30th OCTOBER
Comedy Cottage, Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
28th NOVEMBER
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street
18th DECEMBER
Comedy Cottage, Harlequin Theatre, Redhill

22nd DECEMBER
Grouchy Club, Shepherd's Bush
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Naomi's other Comedy work includes: 
Regular ensemble member of comedy podcasts 'Dr Sin's Laughter Zone' and 'Traces of Nuts';
 'Comedy Spinners' for Channel 4 Radio; 
Magic double act with Richard Leigh at the Riot Showgrrls Club;
 Late Night Magic Cabaret at the Jermyn Street Theatre; 

Edinburgh Fringe 2006 and many more! Magic and clowning for 'The Sideshow' at Jermyn St Theatre; 
Physical comedy, magic and sketches for 'Soft Cabaret' at Baron's Court Theatre
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