In “Melancholy and Malarkey – a work in progress” award-winning (and near-missing)* Fred Ferenczi explores the pointless and bleak absurdity of life and death (but mainly death), treading the tightrope of futility above the eternal firepit of existential despair (plus jokes)
Silver Comedian of the Year, Leicester Comedy Festival 2018; Semi-finalist British Comedian of the Year 2023; Runner-up, Leicester Square Theatre Not So New Comedian of the Year 2025.
“extremely funny” (Henning Wehn);
“Kaufmanesque…magnificent…the stand-out act of the night” (The Stand, Newcastle); “Brilliantly weird” (Chesham Comedy Club);
“Amongst the very best headline acts seen at my club (Stingo Murphy);
“Jokes to absolutely die for” (Paul Sinha);
“Outstanding” (Tring Comedy Festival);
“People were literally crying with laughter” (Mock Tudor Comedy Club);
“Brilliant” (Arthur Smith)
Embrace the absurdity and laugh in the face of oblivion
