BBC 3's Live at the Electric's Lucy Beaumont Presents WE CAN TWERK IT OUT at Carriageworks Tonight

Hull native, BBC New Comedy Award winner and star of BBC 3's Live at the Electric, Lucy Beaumont presents her hugely popular debut show We Can Twerk It Out at Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds tonight 17 October.

Spend an hour in Lucy's universe with her unique blend of surreal, offbeat humour and big belly laughs.

'She's got the timing of Les Dawson... an absolute natural' - Johnny Vegas

Lucy is a hugely talented comedy actress and writer. She was nominated in 2014 for Best Newcomer at the Fosters Comedy Awards for her debut show and appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show alongside Russell Brand, Keanu Reeves and Olly Murs in March 2015. In 2012 she was the winner of The BBC New Comedy Award and won the Chortle Award for Best Newcomer. Lucy was a finalist in the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2013 and in August 2011 she was also ranked joint third in the nationwide stand-up comedy competition So You Think You're Funny?.

Lucy has appeared in series 2 of Live At The Electric (BBC Three), The Edinburgh Comedy Fest(BBC Three), Comedy Central's Live at The Comedy Store and Dave's As Yet Untitled with Alan Davies. Lucy performed her own show for BBC Radio 4 titled To Hull and Back in which Johnny Vegas made an appearance and she is currently developing a show with BBC Radio starringMaureen Lipman and Norman Lovett to air autumn 2015.

Lucy has performed in various theatre premieres, touring the UK with Hull Truck, York Theatre Royal and West Yorkshire Playhouse. She also has a number of radio credits including being a panellist on The Unbelievable Truth, Dilemma; The Magical Faraway Tree, and Crush, a 90-minute monologue for which she received a Sony Radio Award.

'Devastating comic timing' - The Stage

'The next Victoria Wood in the making' - Arthur Smith

'The stage Beaumont is a riot!' - The Scotsman

'A star is born' - Steve Bennett, Chortle

Saturday 17 October, 8pm

Tickets: £12

Tickets for all Carriageworks Theatre productions can be booked on 0113 224 3801, online through the website at www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk or in person at the City Centre Box Office, Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 3AD.

The Carriageworks Theatre is a modern venue located in the Electric Press on Millennium Square programming a wide variety of theatre and film and events for the whole family. It is the proud home of the Leeds Civic Arts Guild, the Carriageworks Young Theatre Makers and a wide range of weekly classes open to the Leeds community.

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