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London, GB

Yazz Fetto (aka: The Monk) Yazz Fetto (aka The Monk) is a comedian. He's pretty sure he can lay claim to being the only one man Christian comedy stand up/variety/sketch act in the UK. As such, he travels around the country doing shows in clubs, pubs and small sweaty comedy rooms (including The Stand (all three), Hot Water Comedy Club, Glee Club (Birmingham), Backyard Comedy Club, One Off Comedy, Crack Comedy, numerous gigs for Mirth Control Comedy (MC-ing, opening and middle)) and also chapels, churches and small sweaty vestries. Yazz was once part of Christian sketch group The Monks but he is now the last remaining member. He currently MCs, opens and middles various comedy nights with set lengths varying from 15-25 minutes. Additionally, Yazz is also a comedy writer. He has written for BBC Radio 4s 'Dead Ringers'. He has also created and developed sitcoms for BBC Radio 4, BBC 1 and BBC 3 and runs a successful Youtube channel. To see some clips of Yazz in action (stand up), please see below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjezJN1HSS0 (recorded in 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofoXZHxUyJk (20 minute opening set) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CVWmVqcBJc&list=UU_ypRc0n0w-fK2ta9oRTg-g (Yazz MC-ing) You can also visit his Youtube channel and see the other videos mentioned there (link below) Social media: Facebook: Yazan Fetto Twitter: @yazzfetto http://www.youtube.com/wearethemonks Press and achievements for Yazz & The Monks FINALISTS - NATYS 2017 FEATURED ACT "“ LONDON SKETCHFEST 2016 SEMI FINALIST: ENGLISH COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR 2018 SECOND PLACE: COMEDY KNIGHTS, THEATRE ROYAL STRATFORD EAST 2016 "I expected something squeaky clean but they came up with a pretty edgy skit...a rather good one." Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke "That rarest of things in comedy "“ a Christian sketch group." Time Out ""¦sharp, expertly delivered and hilarious" The Londonist "The duo's originality shone through"¦the audience left the show well satisfied with their uplifting experience." Buxton Fringe Festival Review ""¦a good sense of fun, enhanced by some quick and clever improv" Everything Theatre ""¦(The Monks)"¦in many ways sound like an old school Oxbridge style of act"¦but the material was much darker." Chortle.co.uk ""¦darker than I was expecting, and good fun" NottsComedyReview HAVE OPENED FOR: SHAZIA MIRZA , ZOE LYONS, RUDI LICKWOOD, TOM HOUGHTON, ROGER MONKHOUSE, ANDY KIND FESTIVALS: LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL (2018, 2019), LEESTOCK, LECHLADE MUSIC FESTIVAL, TRUCK FESTIVAL, MORECAMBE COMEDY FESTVAL, CROYDON COMEDY FESTIVAL, BUXTON FESTIVAL FRINGE, BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL, PLUMSTEAD MAKE MERRY FESTIVAL, LESFEST, UNVEILING FESTIVAL, CAMDEN FRINGE, HASTINGS FRINGE., FAVERSHAM FRINGE FESTIVAL, BYLINE FESTIVAL, HOLY HUIMOUR FESTIVAL, FARM FESTIVAL, SHAFTESBURY FESTIVAL FRINGE UNIVERSITIES: BATH SPA, KINGSTON, IMPERIAL COLLEGE, FALMOUTH, UNIVERSITY OF KENT, UWE BRISTOL