"If you like your comedy light, frothy and supremely daft, these bright-eyed boys are experts" - Metro, 9-Aug-07

Tom Parry

Tom was born in 1980 and first started performing in his sunday school with Ben. He is a stand up comedian, playwright and occasional actor, who has been a laughing horse new act semi-finalist and had a play nominated for best production at the Brighton Fringe in 2005.

Matthew Crosby

My name is Matthew Crosby. I am a comedian. I come from Bromley, South East London. On my own I have supported Russell Howard (one date) and Josie Long (several dates) on their recent national tours, playing in large venues and theatres. This year I appeared for the second time at the Latitude Festival as part of Robin Ince's Book Club. I also took part in 2006's Book Club tour including a show at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London. I am a regular compere and am resident MC at clubs in Canterbury, Whitstable and New Cross. I did a bunch of competitions in 2004/2005 but ran out of talent in the early rounds.

I'm a member of the sketch team Pappy's Fun Club. We were nominated for the Chortle Best Newcomer Award, appeared on BBC Radio 2's Weekender and Radio 4's 28 Acts in 28 Minutes. This year in Edinburgh we were nominated for the If.Comedy Award (formerly the Perrier) for Best Show.

"Compact, controlling" -The Times
"Intriguingly...Matthew Crosby from Bromley is also a comedian" - What's On in Kent Magazine.

You can read Matthew's blog at matthewcrosby.blogspot.com

Ben Clark

Until recently, Ben worked as both Actor and Director in a theatre company co-founded and operated with Tom. He now works full-time for Pappy's Fun Club, with a bit of teaching and temping to keep things varied.

Ben met the rest of the Pappy's Fun Club team as a result of a comedy night he organised in Wolverhampton. He has been a regular member of the Fun Club since the first show in 2004.

Brendan Dodds

Brendan has written and directed a number of comedy shows including Murder Mysteries and sketch revues. He has acted in several theatrical productions, but has always returned to stand up and sketch comedy. In 2004 the lure of live comedy culminated in co-founding what would become Pappy's Fun Club.

In the past we've worked with the excellent Sam Pay, Dave Puckridge, Steve Purcell and Paul Greenhalgh. They're all great.