Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2016 by Machynlleth Comedy Festival

Festival Team & Credits / Tîm yr Ŵyl a Chydnabyddiaethau

YES! IE! All our favourite people cram into every conceivable cranny of Machynlleth for 3 days of uninterrupted good times, with more comedy, theatre and music than ever before.

Ein hoff bobl i gyd wedi’u stwffio i bob twll a chornel posib ym ym Machynlleth am dri diwrnod o hwyl di-stop, gyda mwy o gomedi, theatr a cherddoriaeth nag erioed o’r blaen.

We’ve absolutely loved bringing you to our favourite town over the last seven years, and you’ve all been a big part in making something incredibly special happen. We’re now over ten times the size of the first year and it’s still one of the most pleasant, friendly and fun weekends we know of and that’s down to you. So thanks for being a ruddy legend.

Rydym wedi bod wrth ein boddau’n dod â chi i’n hoff dref dros y saith mlynedd ddiwethaf, ac rydych chi wedi bod yn rhan fawr o wneud i rywbeth gwirioneddol arbennig ddigwydd. Rydym bellach dros ddeg gwaith yn fwy na maint y flwyddyn gyntaf, ac mae’n dal i fod yn un o’r penwythnosau mwyaf hyfryd, cyfeillgar a hwyl y gwyddwn amdanynt, ac mae hynny diolch i chi. Felly diolch am fod yn blincin arwyr.

A big thank-you also goes out to supporters old and new; Welsh Government, Arriva Trains Wales, PGI Welsh Lamb, Chang Beer, The Cambrian Rail Partnership, Powys County Council, and BBC Radio for being with us for the fifth year running. Have an amazing time! And be sure to say a big thank-you to anyone you see in a crew t-shirt, these heroes come from all over the UK to make this event happen.

Henry and Emma …and all at Machynlleth Comedy Festival

Diolch o galon i’n noddwyr, hen a newydd; Llywodraeth Cymru, Arriva Trains Wales, PGI Cig Oen Cymru, Chang Beer, Partneriaeth Reilffordd Cambria, Cyngor Sir Powys, a BBC Radio am fod gyda ni am bumed blwyddyn yn olynol. Sicrhewch amser anhygoel! A chofiwch ddiolch i unrhyw un mewn crys-T criw, mae’r arwyr hyn yn dod o bob rhan o’r DU i wneud i’r digwyddiad ddigwydd.

Henry ac Emma …a phawb yng Ngŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth

Festival Directors/Cyfarwyddwyr yr Ŵyl Henry Widdicombe & Emma Butler Festival Operations Manager/Rheolwr Gweithrediadau’r Ŵyl Steve Pickup Production Managers/Rheolwr Cynhyrchu Katie Hall and Charlie Bull Assistant Production Manager/Rheolwyr Cynhyrchu Cynorthwyol Iain Peebles Artist Liaison Manager/Rheolwr Cyswllt â’r Artistiaid Clare Nightingale Assistant Artist Liaison Manager/Rheolwr Cyswllt Artist Cynorthwyol Sarah Hazel Volunteer Manager/Rheolwr Gwirfoddoli Helen O’Donnell Technical Manager/Rheolwr Technegol Adam Cobley Box Office Managers/Rheolwyr y Swyddfa Docynnau Katy Wilkes, Ed Strong Children and Family Manager/Rheolwr Plant a Theuluoedd Hazel Anderson Theatre Manager/Rheolwr Theatr Lisa Heledd Jones Site Manager/Rheolwr Safle Peter Dobbing Venue Managers/Rheolwyr Lleoliadau Hugh Russell, Alexandra Adey, Shaun Lowthian, Zoe Fell, Sam Roberts, Clare Turner, Hannah Bunten, Alex Hall, Abbie Kirkwood, Hannah Dolan, Heather Jones, Leah Roberts, Catrin Jones, Alice Turner, Ben Ferris Volunteer Leader/Arweinwyr Gwirfoddoli Andy Dudfield Artist Liaison/Cyswllt â’r Artistiaid Frances Greenfield Senior Technicians/Uwch Dechnegwyr Joel Clements, Phil Tiso Technicians/Technegwyr Andy Thomas, Rod Edwards, James Lowey, Misha Anker, Rowan Woodhouse, Lloyd Evans, James Mahoney, Michael Melnyczuk, Sion Pugh, Matt Jones, Elliot Blake, Tudur Jones Site Team/Tîm y Safle Kevin Bryan, Steve Merry, Mark Gittins Bar Manager/Rheolwr Bar Elwyn Edwards Security Manager/Rheolwr Diogelwch Emlyn Jones Welsh Language Events/Digwyddiadau Cymraeg Daniel Glyn, Steffan Alun Cabaret Programming/Rhaglenni Cabaret George Orange – Mary Bijou Cabaret Festival Photography/Gŵyl Ffotograffiaeth Ed Moore (www.edshots.co.uk), Genesis Dove (www.eveleighphotography.net) Film/Ffilm Stuart Laws and Al Clayton (Turtle Canyon Comedy), Ed Moore Design/Dylunio lovelystuffstudio.com Festival App/Ap yr Wyl James Mahoney, Dave Brush Welsh Translation/Cyfieithu Cymraeg Steffan Alun Volunteer Crew/Criw Gwirfoddolwyr Phil Potter, Sophie Ann Virgo, Josie Russell, Sarah Vaile, Sam Phillips, Eve Biard, Lora Elliott, Katy Funnell, Alice Greening, Marc Jones, Tim Williams, Hannah Amey, Lowri Howells, Hannah Richards, Rhian Jones, Steph Smith, Alison Saunders, Lucy Faircloth, Erin Jay Dove, Angie Edwards, Barry Eveleigh, Rachel Allen, Philip Charles Potter, Francesca Rooney, Stanley Cass, Vanessa June Mellor, Roger Lewis, Alex Roberts, Emily Chittock, Francis Breen, Aidan Connolly, Stephanie Grant, Colin Edwards, Sinead Wheeler, Aidan Luce, Tracy Briscoe, Owen Niblock, Jem Jenkins-Jones, Hagen Kiersch, Amy Mcderment, Sarah Edwards, Michael Lawrence Hayes, Patrick O'Donnell, Heather Stevens, James Patrick, Andrew McInerney Emily Shankland, Mariliis Peterson, Alessandro CavarraWeyman, Tony Chiotti, Jade Till, Sean Angus Livingstone, Michael Cullen, Aled John, Jules Thompson, Maura Roche, Michelle Ryan (Correct at time of going to print / Yn gywir wrth fynd i’r wasg)

CONTENTS / CYNNWYS 01 WELCOME CROESO 04 TICKET INFO TOCYNNAU I SIOEAU 16 TRAINS TRENAU 18 VENUES LLEOLIAD 22 CAMPING GWERSYLLA 24 FOOD & DRINK BWYD A DIOD 28 FESTIVAL BARS BARIAU’R WYL 34 COMEDY COMEDI 98 COMEDI CYMRAEG YM MACH 100 CABARET 103 MORE … MWY … 109 BBC 110 KIDS PLANT 115 MUSIC CERDDORIAETH 121 TIMETABLES AMSERLENNI 130 MAP MAP

SHOW TICKETS

TOCYNNAU I SIOEAU

This year, all advance tickets purchased will be PRINT AT HOME to help reduce waiting times at the festival box office.

Eleni, rhaid i bob tocyn ymlaen llaw gael ei ARGRAFFU GARTREF i leihau amser aros yn swyddfa docynnau’r ŵyl.

If you buy tickets in advance, please ensure that you bring the details with you on the weekend. You will need these to hand at the venue entrance when you arrive for a show.

Os byddwch yn prynu tocynnau ymlaen llaw, sicrhewch bod y manylion gennych ar y penwythnos. Bydd angen y rhain arnoch wrth fynedfa’r lleoliad pan fyddwch yn cyrraedd am sioe.

PLEASE NOTE: Audiences are let into each show 15 minutes before the show begins. Please make sure you arrive on time as some performances may not accept latecomers.

NODWCH: Caiff y gynulleidfa fynd i mewn i bob sioe 15 munud cyn dechrau’r sioe. Dewch ar amser – bydd rhai perfformiadau’n gwrthod caniatáu i bobl fynd i mewn yn hwyr.

Any remaining tickets for shows during the festival weekend will be available for purchase at the box office. Tickets will not be available to purchase from the individual venues. Please see below for the festival box office opening times.

Bydd unrhyw docynnau sy'n weddill ar gyfer sioeau yn ystod penwythnos yr ŵyl ar gael i'w prynu yn y swyddfa docynnau. NI FYDD tocynnau ar gael i’w prynu yn y lleoliadau unigol. Gweler isod am oriau agor y swyddfa docynnau.

BOX OFFICE

SWYDDFA DOCYNNAU

MACH APP The Machynlleth Comedy Festival app is back! Brought to you by the technical legends at DevFusion, you can download it before the festival for iPhone and Android. Including scheduling info, now and next, ticket booking, maps and other cool stuff. Search for Machynlleth in your phone’s AppStore. Snazzy eh? Designed and coded by Dave Brush and James Mahoney www.devfusion.net Mae ap Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth yn ôl! Wedi'i gyflwyno gan arwyr technoleg DevFusion, gallwch ei lawrlwytho nawr i'r iPhone ac Android.

The Box Office will be located in the Senedd Building at the Owain Glwyndŵr Centre, where it has been for the past couple of years. Opening times are as follows:

Bydd y swyddfa docynnau yn adeilad y Senedd yng Nghanolfan Owain Glwyndŵr, yr un lle â’r ddwy flynedd ddiwethaf. Dyma fydd yr oriau agor:

Gan gynnwys amseroedd, nawr a nesaf, archebu tocynnau, mapiau a phethau cyffrous eraill. chwiliwch am 'Machynlleth' yn siop apiau eich ffôn. Tipyn o beth!

Friday 29th April: 4pm – 10pm

Ddydd Gwener 29 Ebrill: 2pm – 10pm

Dyluniad a chôd gan Dave Brush a James Mahoney www.devfusion.net

Saturday 30th April: 11am – 10pm Sunday 1st May: 11am – 10pm

Ddydd Sadwrn 30 Ebrill: 11am – 10pm Dydd Sul 1 Mai: 11am – 10pm

We only accept cash payments on the Box Office during the weekend of Rydym ond yn derbyn arian parod yn y swyddfa docynnau yn ystod the festival. There are cashpoints within a few minutes walk of the Senedd, penwythnos yr ŵyl. Mae 3 twll yn y wal o fewn ychydig funudau o gerdded walk towards the Clock Tower. i'r Senedd - cerddwch tuag at Dŵr y Cloc.

ENQUIRIES All festival enquiries on the weekend should be directed through the box office. If they can’t help, they will be able to contact someone who can.

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YMHOLIADAU Dylid mynd i'r swyddfa docynnau am unrhyw ymholiadau am yr ŵyl ar y penwythnos. Os na allan nhw helpu, byddant yn gallu cysylltu â rhywun fydd yn gallu.

FAQ'S Hi! It’s my first time at the Festival. I’ve heard it’s great. It is! You’re in for a real treat.

Will I be able to buy tickets on the Festival weekend? For shows that have tickets left you will! If there are specific shows you are heading to see, it is advisable to book in advance (via our website) as many sell out in advance.

What do I do when I get there? Will it be obvious? One of the great things about Machynlleth is its size. The railway station brings you into the edge of town and from then on everything is walkable. We’ve worked out that all the venues fit within a 500 metre square footprint, so you’re never more than a ten minute stroll from where you want to get to. Once you’ve located the Clock Tower, use that as your compass and think of the town as a capital T.

Where can I stay? I’m having trouble finding accommodation in town. The town’s hotels and B&Bs can fill up pretty quickly, which is why we set-up camping facilities to the rear of the Bowling Club, and close to all the venues. Equipped with hot showers and fancy toilet blocks it can be your home from home for the weekend, and if you’re looking for more comfort you can rent a yurt in advance and it’ll be waiting for you when you arrive. Another option is to take the train towards the coast, with late trains to Aberystwyth and Borth you can be by the seaside, and ride in each day.

So what do I need to do? Do I need a ticket to enter the Festival? No. Because we’re based in the town of Machynlleth, the Festival site is free to roam. You then purchase tickets to the individual events that you’d like to see. Whether that’s just one show, or as much as you can cram in, you just pay for what you see.

Is it just stand-up comedy? Nosiree. The Festival has always been about comedy in the widest possible sense, as we like to showcase what comedy can be, whether this is theatre, sketch, poetry, experimental stand-up, whatever. As the Festival has got bigger it’s allowed us to develop this further with dedicated theatre, and children’s programmes which grow every year.

I bought tickets on-line, where do I collect them? All advance tickets are print at home. If you are looking to buy shows on the weekend then head over to our box office at the Owain Glyndwr Centre. There you’ll be able to grab a programme, see what shows are still available, purchase new tickets and chat to our super-friendly staff about all things Mach!

What about eating and drinking whilst I’m there? Because we’re based in a thriving market town there are plenty of charming cafes and warm pubs for you to refuel in, as well as our favourite food stalls based on the lawns of Y Plas and Owain Glyndwr Centre. Our Festival bars run until late to keep you entertained.

Sounds great! I’ll see you on the weekend.

Heia! Dyma fy nhro cyntaf yn yr ŵyl. Rwy wedi clywed ei bod yn Ydy! Mae gwledd o’ch blaenau.

Prynais docynnau ar lein - ble ddylwn i eu casglu? Mae'r swyddfa docynnau yn y Senedd, sy'n rhan o Ganolfan Owain Glyndŵr – rhywle y dewch yn gyfarwydd iawn ag ef. Ewch yno gyntaf i gasglu’ch tocynnau, i gael rhaglen, ac i siarad a'n staff cyfeillgar iawn am ffeindio’ch ffordd.

Beth ddylwn i wneud pan fyddaf yn cyrraedd? A fydd hyn yn amlwg? Un o'r pethau gwych am Fachynlleth yw ei maint. Mae'r orsaf drenau ar ffin y dref, ac mae popeth bellter cerdded ohoni. Rydyn ni wedi cyfrifo bod y lleoliadau i gyd o fewn 500 metr sgwâr, felly fyddwch chi byth yn bellach na deng munud o ble rydych am fod. Ar ôl i chi ddod o hyd i Dŵr y Cloc, defnyddiwch e fel cwmpawd, gan feddwl am y dref fel T fawr.

Ble allaf aros? Rwy’n ei chael yn anodd cael llety yn y dref. Gall gwestai a llety gwely a brecwast y dref lenwi'n gyflym, felly rydym wedi sefydlu cyfleusterau gwersylla tu ôl i’r Clwb Bowlio, yn agos at y lleoliadau i gyd. Mae’n cynnwys cawodydd poeth a blociau toiled ffansi, felly gall fod yn gartref oddi cartref i chi dros y penwythnos, ac os hoffech rywbeth mwy cyfforddus, gallwch rentu pabell grwyn ymlaen llaw a bydd hi'n barod amdanoch pan fyddwch yn cyrraedd. Opsiwn arall yw mynd ar y trên tuag at yr arfordir. Gyda threnau hwyr i Aberystwyth a Borth, gallwch fod ar lan y môr, a theithio atom bob dydd.

Beth sydd angen i mi wneud? Oes angen tocyn arna’i i ddod i’r ŵyl? Nag oes. Gan ein bod yn nhref Machynlleth, mae safle'r ŵyl yn agored i grwydro. Byddwch yn prynu tocynnau i’r digwyddiadau penodol yr hoffech eu gweld. P’un a yw’n un sioe, neu gynifer â phosib, byddwch ond yn talu am beth fyddwch yn ei weld.

Ai comedi llwyfan yw’r cwbl? Ddim o gwbl. Mae’r ŵyl wastad wedi croesawu comedi yn yr ystyr ehangaf posib, gan ein bod yn hoffi arddangos beth gall comedi fod, boed yn theatr, sgets, barddoniaeth, comedi llwyfan arbrofol, unrhyw beth. Wrth i’r ŵyl dyfu, mae wedi caniatáu i ni ddatblygu hyn ymhellach gyda theatr bwrpasol, a rhaglenni plant sy'n tyfu bob blwyddyn.

Fydda i’n gallu prynu tocynnau ar benwythnos yr ŵyl? Byddwch – ar gyfer sioeau sydd â thocynnau’n weddill! Os oes sioeau penodol yr hoffech eu gweld, cynghorir archebu ymlaen llaw (ar ein gwefan) gan fod llawer o sioeau'n gwerthu pob tocyn cyn hynny.

Beth am fwyd a diod pan fyddaf yno? Gan ein bod mewn tref farchnad ffyniannus, mae digon o gaffis hyfryd a thafarnau cynnes i’ch bwydo, yn ogystal â’n hoff stondinau bwyd ar lawntiau’r Plas a Chanolfan Owain Glyndŵr. Mae bariau'r ŵyl ar agor tan yn hwyr er mwyn eich diddanu.

Mae'n swnio'n grêt! Wela’i chi ar y penwythnos.

"This little stunner of a Festival in the Powys market town of Machynlleth boasts an almost indecently good line-up over three days." The Independent "The deliciously programmed bash in the Powys market town of Machynlleth is fast becoming the most enticing event on the comedy calendar." i Newspaper

“An intimate comedy Festival packed with experimental, creative and warmly adventurous stand-up which strikes at the heart of what comedy is all about: fun and entertainment.” Buzz Magazine " A welcome break from the norm... it boasts the kind of top-quality lineup that's beyond many of its rivals." The Guardian "If Edinburgh is now a pressure cooker, Machynlleth is the sun coming out" Arthur Smith in The Stage

"The aim is to be funny and have fun, and that's it. And you just feel like a kid again" Isy Suttie on BBC Radio 4Extra "Probably the happiest weekend of the year" Elis James on BBC Radio 4Extra

Mae’n cychwyn pan rydym yn camu allan o’n bywydau bob dydd ac yn gwneud rhywbeth anhygoel. Mae anturiaethau yn dod ym mhob lliw a llun a meintiau. Ar gopa mynydd, yn eich gŵyl gyntaf, neu’n chwilota mewn pwll glan môr.

It begins when we step outside our normal lives and do something amazing. Epic adventures in Wales come in all guises and sizes. At the top of a mountain, at your first festival, or dabbling in a rock pool.

Ble ddewch chi o hyd i’ch un chi?

Where will you find yours?

"It's one of the best festivals in the World" Rhod Gilbert in Buzz Magazine

#Gwla�Gwla� #Fin�YourEpic

Llyn Gwynant, Eryri. Llyn Gwynant, Snowdonia. Machynlleth Comedy Festival 8

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ABOUT MACHYNLLETH COMEDY FESTIVAL GWYBODAETH AM ŴYL GOMEDI MACHYNLLETH Now in our seventh year the event continues to grow in size, reputation and reach. With comedy fans travelling from across Europe and even the US we can claim to be well and truly on the map this year. And whilst the event continues to increase in size and scope, we work hard to maintain the core values that it was built around; comedians and comedy lovers having as much fun as possible in a creative, relaxed and experimental environment.

welcome Welsh Lamb to the festival this year. Chang Beer: As an internationally renowned brand with an impressive partnership portfolio, we are excited to have Chang Beer on board as our official festival lager. Powys County Council: Powys County Council’s tourism department have directly supported the event since 2013 and we would like to thank Powys County Council for their continued support.

galed i gynnal ein gwerthoedd craidd; digrifwyr a phobl sy’n dwlu ar gomedi yn cael cymaint o hwyl â phosib mewn amgylchedd creadigol, hamddenol ac arbrofol.

Mae’r ffaith ein bod yn rhydd i wneud beth rydym yn ei wneud o ganlyniad i’n noddwyr, a Salop Leisure: We're grateful to Salop Leisure byddai’r digwyddiad yn wahanol iawn hebddynt. for continuing their sponsorship of the campsite Mae ei cefnogaeth i’r digwyddiad, a’u cred yn yr hyn y mae Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth yn ei for a second year. Their Machynlleth based gynrychioli, yn allweddol i greu digwyddiad showroom is directly adjacent to the Festival Campsite, and is the perfect place to top up on arbennig iawn yng nghalendr gwyliau. camping supplies. Llywodraeth Cymru: Mae Uned Digwyddiadau Mawr Llywodraeth Cymru yn BBC: Machynlleth Comedy Festival is proud parhau i gefnogi Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth, to be working with BBC Radio for the fifth gan ganiatáu i ni reoli twf y digwyddiad. successive year. With coverage of the event Hoffai Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth ddiolch The fact that we have the freedom to do what being broadcast on BBC Radio 4 for the first i Lywodraeth Cymru am barhau i gefnogi we do is largely down to our supporters, without time, alongside the usual coverage on BBC 4 datblygiad digwyddiad comedi byw mawr yng whom the event would be very different. Extra and BBC Radio Wales. Nghymru. Their backing of the event and belief in what Waen Brewery: It’s been a pleasure to work Machynlleth Comedy Festival represents is Arriva Trains Wales a Phartneriaeth with The Waen Brewery since year one, and absolutely key to creating what we believe is a Reilffyrdd Cambria: Rydym yn falch o weithio watch as both have grown. Built on a basis pretty special event in the Festival calendar. mewn partneriaeth gydag Arriva Trains Wales of shared values and good humour, the a Phartneriaeth Reilffyrdd Cambria i gyflwyno Welsh Government: The Welsh Government’s relationship means we’ll be sharing a post digwyddiad yng nghalon Cymru. Gyda chynifer Major Events Unit (MEU) continues to support the festival drink for many years to come ohonoch yn dod i’r dref ar y trên, rydym yn Machynlleth Comedy Festival allowing us to manage arbennig o falch o gyhoeddi’r bartneriaeth the growth of the event. Machynlleth Comedy Festival would like to thank the Welsh Government Bellach yn ei seithfed blwyddyn, newydd hon. for continuing to support the development of a major Cig Oen Cymru: Yn adnabyddus dros y byd am mae’r digwyddiad yn dal i live comedy event in Wales. ei safon, ac yn gysylltiedig â thirlun prydferth unigryw Cymru, mae’n bleser gennym Arriva Trains Wales and the Cambrian Rail dyfu o ran maint, enw da, a groesawu Cig Oen Cymru i’r ŵyl eleni. Partnership: We’re proud to be working in chyrhaeddiad. Gyda selogion partnership with Arriva Trains Wales and the Chang Beer: Fel brand rhyngwladol gyda Cambrian Rail Partnership to deliver an event in comedi’n teithio o Ewrop a hyd phortffolio trawiadol o bartneriaethau, mae’n the heart of Wales. With so many of you arriving yn oed yr UDA, gallwn ddweud bleser gennym gyflwyno Chang Beer fel lager into the town by train we’re especially pleased to swyddogol yr ŵyl. ein bod wirioneddol ar y map announce this new partnership. Cyngor Sir Powys: Mae adran dwristiaeth Welsh Lamb: Recognised all over the world for eleni. A thra bo’r digwyddiad yn Cyngor Sir Powys wedi cefnogi’r digwyddiad its quality and synonymous with the uniquely parhau i gynyddu mewn maint a yn uniongyrchol ers 2013, a hoffem ddiolch i beautiful landscape of Wales, we are delighted to Gyngor Sir Powys am eu cefnogaeth barhaus. chwmpas, rydym yn gweithio’n Machynlleth Comedy Festival 10

Salop Leisure: Rydym wrth ein boddau bod Salop Leisure yn parhau i noddi’r gwersyll am ail flwyddyn. Mae eu harddangosfa nesaf at wersyll yr ŵyl, y lle perffaith i brynu nwyddau gwersylla. BBC: Mae Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth yn falch o fod yn gweithio gyda BBC Radio am y bumed flwyddyn yn olynol. Bydd BBC Radio 4 yn darlledu rhywfaint o’r digwyddiad am y tro cyntaf, ynghyd â’r darlledu arferol ar BBC 4 Extra a BBC Radio Wales. Bragdy’r Waen: Mae wedi bod yn bleser gweithio gyda Bragdy'r Waen ers y flwyddyn gyntaf, a gwylio wrth i'r ddau dyfu. Mae'r berthynas wedi'i hadeiladu ar werthoedd a rennir a hiwmor da, ac mae'n golygu y byddwn yn rhannu diod ar ôl gŵyl am flynyddoedd i ddod.

OUR SUPPORTERS/PARTNERS EIN CEFNOGWYR/PARTNERIAID

VENUE SPONSORS NODDWYR LLEOLIADAU

SHOW SPONSORS NODDWYR SIOEAU

GEOFF HILL & ANNIE GRUNDY

THE WHITE

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THANKS The town of Machynlleth! We’d like to thank all the residents and businesses of the town for the continued support of the festival and being so welcoming to attendees and crew during the event. We’re proud to call Machynlleth our home. Rab Jones, Colin Wilde, Julie Humphries, and all the staff of Y Plas. Raymond Jones, Robert Price, Peter Roberts and the staff and board of MOMA for always going out of their way to accommodate the festival as we grow and develop. Allan Wynne Jones and Llion Pughe and the board of the Owain Glyndwr Centre for all their assistance. Gail and everyone in Siop Alys. The committee of Machynlleth Bowling Club for their continued support with accommodating the festival. James at the Rag and Bone – one of the more unique performance spaces in the town. Ysgol Bro Hyddgen for opening their doors to us and allowing us the use of their hall, and the Leisure Centre for also accommodating us. All those involved in our programme of one-off shows – Richard Saffrey, Andrew Cooper and all the staff at Corris Railway; Alyson May Jones at Losin Lush; Ed Glover and Paul Argyle at Salop Leisure, the staff at CAT. The White Lion Hotel for donating space to the festival during the event and for their support in the run-up. Fiona Stewart, Ben Coleman and Ian Fielder at Green Man for always being on-hand with practical advice and a helping hand. Paula and Gerry Jewson for your continued invaluable support of the festival. Sara Lewis from the Welsh Government’s Major Events Unit, and Julie Lewis from Powys County Council for your support for the festival. Arts and Business Cymru for their continued support of the festival. Geoff Hill, Annie Grundy, Zoe Matthews, Jenny Hall, Phil Wheeler and Dai Hennighan for local information, support and a helping hand. Lucy Aston from The Agency and Ben Davies at Arriva Trains Wales, Rhydian Mason from Cambrian Rail Partnership and all our sponsors and advertisers. Louise Amery at Aberystwyth Arts Centre and Beck Edwards at Aberystwyth University. Luke Doran at BBC Radio 4 Extra, Paul Forde at BBC Radio Wales and Sioned William at BBC Radio 4. All the artists who perform at the festival and make it what it is. All the attendees who come together to enjoy comedy in the ancient capital of Wales.

DIOLCH I dref Machynlleth! Hoffem ddiolch i holl drigolion a busnesau’r dref am eu cefnogaeth barhaus i’r ŵyl, ac am eu croeso i’r bobl a’r criw a ddaw i’r digwyddiad. Rydym yn falch o alw Machynlleth yn gartref i ni. Rab Jones, Colin Wilde, Julie Humphries, a holl staff Y Plas. Raymond Jones, Robert Price, Peter Roberts a staff a bwrdd MOMA am weithio mor galed i gynnal yr ŵyl wrth i ni dyfu a datblygu. Allan Wynne Jones a Llion Pughe a bwrdd Canolfan Owain Glyndŵr am eu holl gefnogaeth. Gail a phawb yn Siop Alys. Pwyllgor Clwb Bowlio Machynlleth am eu cefnogaeth barhaus i gynnal yr ŵyl. James yn y Rag and Bone – man perfformio unigryw yn y dref. Ysgol Bro Hyddgen am agor eu drysau i ni a chaniatáu i ni ddefnyddio’u neuadd, a’r Ganolfan Hamdden am roi lle i ni hefyd. Pawb sy’n ymwneud â’n rhaglen o sioeau unigryw– Richard Saffrey, Andrew Cooper a holl staff Rheilffordd Corris; Alyson May Jones yn Losin Lush; Ed Glover a Paul Argyle yn Salop Leisure, staff y Ganolfan Dechnoleg Amgen. Gwesty’r White Lion am gyfrannu lle i’r ŵyl yn ystod y digwyddiad ac am eu cefnogaeth wrth baratoi. Fiona Stewart, Ben Coleman a Ian Fielder yn Green Man am fod yn barod gyda chyngor ymarferol a help llaw. Paula a Gerry Jewson am eu cefnogaeth barhaus hanfodol i’r ŵyl. Sara Lewis o Uned Digwyddiadau Mawr Llywodraeth Cymru, a Julie Lewis o Gyngor Sir Powys am eich cefnogaeth i’r ŵyl. Celf a Busnes Cymru am eu cefnogaeth barhaus i’r ŵyl. Geoff Hill, Annie Grundy, Zoe Matthews, Jenny Hall, Phil Wheeler a Dai Hennighan am wybodaeth leol, cefnogaeth, a help llaw. Lucy Aston o The Agency a Ben Davies yn Arriva Trains Wales, Rhydian Mason o Bartneriaeth Reilffyrdd Cambria a’n holl noddwyr a hysbysebwyr. Louise Amery yng Nghanolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth a Beck Edwards ym Mhrifysgol Aberystwyth. Luke Doran yn BBC Radio 4 Extra, Paul Forde yn BBC Radio Wales a Sioned William yn BBC Radio 4. Yr holl artistiaid sy’n perfformio yn yr ŵyl ac yn ei gwneud hi’n beth yw hi. Yr holl westeion sy’n dod ynghyd i fwynhau comedi ym mhrifddinas hynafol Cymru.

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Arriva Trains Wales – Connecting you to what’s important

Trenau Arriva Cymru – Eich cysylltu â’r pethau pwysig

Arriva Trains Wales is proud to be a partner in this year’s Machynlleth Comedy Festival supporting the local community to host a high profile event that has drawn in crowds from far afield to this stunning part of Wales.

Mae Trenau Arriva Cymru yn falch o fod yn bartner yng Nghŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth eleni, gan gefnogi’r gymuned leol i gynnal digwyddiad proffil uchel sydd wedi denu torfeydd o bell i'r rhan drawiadol hon o Gymru.

As well as providing local train services on the Cambrian line (we hope you get chance to travel along the stunning Cambrian coast route with us during your stay), the Arriva Trains Wales network extends throughout Wales and the border counties of England, providing local and long distance services to major destinations such as Swansea, Cardiff, Newport, Birmingham, Chester and Manchester. With 30.5 million passenger journeys per year, Arriva Trains Wales plays a major social and economic role in connecting people and communities throughout its network of 247 stations with a fleet of 128 trains (some of which are maintained locally here in Machynlleth) covering a route of over 1,000 miles.

Yn ogystal â darparu gwasanaethau trên lleol ar lein Cambria (rydym yn gobeithio y cewch cyfle i deithio ar hyd llwybr arfordir trawiadol Cambria gyda ni yn ystod eich gwyliau), mae rwydwaith Trenau Arriva Cymru yn ymestyn ar hyd a lled Cymru a siroedd ffiniol Lloegr, gan ddarparu gwasanaethau lleol a phellter hir i gyrchfannau megis Abertawe, Caerdydd, Casnewydd, Birmingham, Caer a Manceinion. Gyda 30.5 miliwn o deithwyr bob blwyddyn, mae Trenau Arriva Cymru yn chwarae rôl gymdeithasol ac economaidd fawr i gysylltu pobl a chymunedau ar draws ei rwydwaith o 247 o orsafoedd sydd â 128 o drenau (rhai ohonynt yn cael eu cynnal yn lleol yma ym Machynlleth) yn cwmpasu llwybr o dros 1,000 o filltiroedd.

We hope you have a good laugh at the festival and that you come back again (by train) soon!

Gobeithiwn y byddwch yn cael hwyl yn yr ŵyl, ac y byddwch yn ôl eto (ar y trên) yn fuan!

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Partneriaeth Rheilffyrdd y Cambrian Yn falch o noddi Gwyl Gomedi Machynlleth 2016 Cyrhaeddwch mewn steil ar lein y Cambrian, Lle mae pob sedd yn un dosbarth cynta’ A pob golygfa’n werth y byd. www.leinycambrian.co.uk @CambrianLine

SUNDAY / DYDD SUL LAST TRAINS FROM MACHYNLLETH TO ABERYSTWYTH FRI 20:48 21:45 23:07

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VENUES LLEOLIADAU

In addition to the performance spaces, the Owain Glyndwr Centre is also home to the Chang Bar, our festival box office and helpdesk in the Senedd building, food stalls, seating and the usual great vibes.

THE SENEDD

Mae adeilad hanesyddol y Senedd unwaith The historic Senedd building once again houses our eto'n gartref i'n swyddfa docynnau a'n desg box office and enquiries desk from 11am – 10pm. ymholiadau o 11am i 10pm.

OWAIN GLYNDWR LAWN Grab a quick bite to eat from our lovely food vendors between shows, kick back with a drink or cosy up with a blanket next to one of our fire pits in the evenings.

BIGTOP STAGE We’ve handpicked our favourite acts and bands to come and play the festival, and as always we’ll be partying long into the night with all our favourite DJ’s. On Friday night, Mary Bijou Cabaret & Social Club take over for some more late night fun and frolics.

Yn ogystal â’r mannau perfformio, mae Canolfan Owain Glyndŵr hefyd yn gartref i Far Chang, swyddfa docynnau'r ŵyl a desg gymorth yn adeilad y Senedd, stondinau bwyd, seddi a'r awyrgylch gwych arferol.

LAWNT OWAIN GLYNDŴR Mynnwch rywbeth cyflym i'w fwyta gan ein gwerthwyr bwyd hyfryd rhwng sioeau, ymlaciwch gyda diod neu gynheswch gyda blanced nesaf at un o'n pyllau tân gyda'r nos.

PABELL PYS MELYS THE WOODLAND PAVILLION Located along the pathway linking the Owain Glyndwr Centre and the Plas, the Woodland Pavillion is back with more events and impromptu performances taking place across the weekend. Check the chalk-boards for events throughout the weekend.

Y PAFILIWN COETIR Wedi'i leoli ar hyd y llwybr sy'n cysylltu Canolfan Owain Glyndŵr a'r Plas, mae'r Pafiliwn Coetir yn ôl gyda mwy o ddigwyddiadau a pherfformiadau digymell drwy gydol y penwythnos. Edrychwch ar y byrddau sialc am ddigwyddiadau drwy gydol y penwythnos.

THE OTHER ROOM A new, intimate space for 2016 - check the signage around the town to guide you here...

YR YSTAFELL ARALL Lleoliad newydd, clyd ar gyfer 2016 - mae arwyddion o amgylch y dref i'ch cyfeirio yno ...

Eleni, mae'r Plas yn cynnwys 5 o leoliadau dan do'r ŵyl, sef Y Plas, Vane Tempest, Y Plas Lan Llofft 1 a 2, a'r Vortex.

As ever, the lawns of the Plas also play host to the Fel arfer, mae lawntiau'r Plas hefyd yn cynnwys y Bigtop Stage, Beech Bar yr ŵyl, caffis, Bigtop Stage, the festival Beech Bar, food stalls stondinau bwyd ac ardal blant: and the children’s area:

The Beech Bar is located in the stripy bigtop alongside the ancient beech tree on the lawn of Y Plas. The Beech Bar is well stocked with our official lager Chang as well as hosting our ale festival, cider, wine, spirits and soft drinks.

Calon ysbrydol yr ŵyl ers i ni ddechrau yn 2010! Yr adeilad senedd Cymreig hynafol oedd yr ysbrydoliaeth i gynnal yr ŵyl ym Machynlleth brydferth, ac mae'n cynnwys tri lleoliad sioeau (Ystafell Powys, yr Ystafell Filiards, a Siop Alys).

Y SENEDD

This year, Y Plas houses 5 of the festival’s indoor venue spaces Y Plas, Vane Tempest, Y Plas Upstairs 1 & 2 and The Vortex.

THE BEECH BAR

OWAIN GLYNDŴR CENTRE / CANOLFAN OWAIN GLYNDŴR The spiritual heart of the festival since we began in 2010! The ancient Welsh parliament building provided the inspiration for holding the festival in beautiful Machynlleth and features three venues (the Powys Room the Chang Billiard Room and Siop Alys).

Y PLAS

The Children’s Tent on the Plas lawn: Special events, performances and workshops. See our Children’s Programme for more details.

FOOD COURT Providing some delicious fuel for a packed weekend, there is an array of delights on offer in the Plas grounds from Penylan Pantry, The Curry Stall, The Fratelli Brothers, Tom, The Pink Pod and Café Milo.

THE BEECH BAR Mae'r Beech Bar wedi'i leoli yn y bigtop streipïog ochr yn ochr â'r goeden ffawydd hynafol ar lawnt Y Plas. Mae'r Beech Bar yn cynnwys lager swyddogol yr ŵyl, Chang, yn ogystal â’n gŵyl gwrw, seidr, gwin, gwirodydd a diodydd meddal.

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BIGTOP STAGE Rydym wedi dewis ein hoff actau a bandiau i ddod i chwarae yn yr ŵyl, ac fel bob amser bydd y parti'n para tan yn hwyr y nos gyda'n hoff DJs i gyd. Nos Wener, daw Mary Bijou Cabaret & Social Club i gymryd yr awennau am fwy o hwyl hwyr y nos.

PABELL PYS MELYS Pabell y Plant ar Lawnt y Plas: Digwyddiadau arbennig, perfformiadau a gweithdai. Gweler Rhaglen y Plant am fwy o fanylion.

A stunning 300 seat converted Tabernacle housed in the Museum of Modern Art Wales (MoMA). Heading North from the clock tower the Tabernacle will be on your right. Tabernacl 300 sedd prydferth wedi'i drosi yn Amgueddfa Celf Fodern Cymru. Gan fynd i'r gogledd o dŵr y cloc, bydd y Tabernacl ar y dde i chi.

CWRT BWYD Mae danteithion di-ri ar gael i'ch bwydo am benwythnos llawn ar dir y Plas gan Penylan Pantry, The Curry Stall, The Fratelli Brothers, Tom, The Pink Pod a Café Milo.

Y PLAS & BIGTOP STAGE

YSGOL BRO HYDDGEN The main hall of the local secondary school provides a wonderful 180 capacity venue just the over side of the main road from the Plas.

YSGOL BRO HYDDGEN Mae prif neuadd yr ysgol gyfun leol yn lleoliad hyfryd i 180 o gynulleidfa ar ochr arall y brif heol i’r Plas.

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MACHYNLLETH BOWLING CLUB

Over 140 years of excellence

Located between the Co-op and the festival campsite, the Bowling Club is a wonderful 80 seater venue to watch comedy… as well as learn how to bowl!

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THE YOUTH WING A cosy 80 seater in the grounds of Ysgol Bro Hyddgen and a great addition to our 2016 performance spaces.

YR ADAIN IEUENCTID Ystafell gysurus i 80 ar diroedd Ysgol Bro Hyddgen ac ychwanegiad gwych i’n mannau perfformio yn 2016.

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RAG AND BONE Rag and bone shop by day, performance space by night - a real hit with both performers and audience alike.

RAG AND BONE Siop hel rhacs yn ystod y dydd, lle perfformio gyda'r nos - llwyddiant go iawn gyda pherfformwyr a chynulleidfaiedd fel ei gilydd.

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CLWB BOWLIO MACHYNLLETH Wedi'i leoli tu ôl i siop Co-op a gwersyll yr ŵyl, mae'r Clwb Bowlio'n lleoliad gwych 80 sedd i wylio comedi … ac i ddysgu sut i fowlio!

OFFICIAL FESTIVAL CAMPSITE GWERSYLL SWYDDOGOL YR WYL

Go Explore!

Sponsored by Salop Leisure / Noddwyd gan Salop Leisure Situated at the heart of the festival (just behind the Co-op) and with all the little luxuries you’ve come to expect, pitch up and join us on for three nights of camping and parking at unbeatable value! Here’s what we’ve got lined up for you: • 24 hour manned site • Private hot shower blocks • Posh flushing toilets • Complimentary phone charging facilities • Free on-site parking • Centrally located - just a few minutes walk from every venue

(of all sizes) and large canvas family sized tents as well. Yurts can come with wood burners plus beds and bedding can also be added.

llawes ychwanegol am £30 y pen). Mae’r lleoedd yn 7m x 7m, felly maennhw’n cynnwys lle am adlen/gasebo - mynnwch le cyfforddus i'ch hun!

Archebwch le i babell neu gerbyd llety ymlaen llaw drwy'r adran lety ar ein gwefan, gan glicio Prices start from £220 for a four person bell tent ar y ddolen wersylla. – click on yurts in the accommodation section of the festival website for full details.

TRAILER TENTS

Book tent and live in vehicle pitches in advance via the accommodation section of our website and click on the camping link.

CAMPING SUPPLIES Our official campsite sponsors, Salop Leisure, are open throughout the weekend for any camping essentials that you may need! They are conveniently located next to the campsite (accessed via the gate on the opposite side of the field to the vehicle entrance).

FREDS YURTS "More luxury!" we hear you clamour. Fred's yurts will be setting up camp once again in the new official Comedy festival campsite - ready and awaiting your arrival, located just minutes from the action. Expect a lovely range of classic bell tents, yurts Machynlleth Comedy Festival 22

The largest caravan holiday home display in West Wales In partnership with The Comedy Festival

NWYDDAU GWERSYLLA

GETTING HERE Set your sat-nav for SY20 8AU. The campsite is just off the main street in the centre of Mach. As you are heading away from the clock tower up Maengwyn Street, turn right just before the Co-op on to Llynlloed Lane. The campsite is approximately 100 metres on your left.

Mae ein noddwyr gwersylla swyddogol, Salop Leisure, ar agor drwy’r penwythnos am unrhyw hanfodion gwersylla i chi! Maent wedi'u lleoli'n gyfleus wrth ymyl y maes gwersylla (drwy giât ar ochr arall y cae i'r fynedfa i gerbydau).

FREDS YURTS

All for the bargain price of £30 per person for all 3 nights! Bring whatever size tent you like, it's still Please note: this is also the route for the Dyfi Enduro campsite so make sure you £30 per person. keep an eye out for signs directing you to the comedy festival campsite! CAMPERVANS, CARAVANS AND If you've got a live-in vehicle you want to bring, that costs just £65 per vehicle and includes 2 campsite wristbands (additional wristbands can be purchased at £30 pp). Pitches are 7m x 7m so include space for an awning/gazebo - you make yourselves comfortable!

Go Explore!

"Mwy o foethusrwydd!" ry'ch chi'n mynnu. Bydd Fred's Yurts yn dod unwaith eto i wersyll newydd swyddogol yr ŵyl - yn barod ac yn aros i chi gyrraedd, wedi'i leoli munudau o'r cyffro. Gallwch ddisgwyl amrywiaeth hyfryd o bebyll cloch clasurol, pebyll crwyn (o bob maint) a phebyll cynfas mawr maint teulu hefyd. Gall pebyll crwyn ddod â llosgwyr pren yn ogystal â Wedi'i leoli yng nghanol yr ŵyl (y tu ôl i'r Co-Op) gwelyau, a gellir ychwanegu llosgwyr tân a dillad a chyda'r holl bethau moethus bach rydych wedi gwely hefyd. dod i'w disgwyl, dewch â'ch pabell ac ymunwch â ni am dair noson o wersylla a pharcio am bris Mae prisiau'n dechrau ar £220 am babell gloch pedwar person - cliciwch ar yurts yn adran lety heb ei ail! gwefan yr ŵyl am fanylion llawn.. Dyma sydd gennym i'w gynnig i chi: • Safle â chriw 24 awr • Blociau cawodydd poeth preifat • Toiledau moethus sy'n fflysio • Cyfleusterau gwefru ffôn cyflenwol • Parcio am ddim ar y safle • Lleoliad canolog - dim ond ychydig funudau o gerdded i bob lleoliad Y cyfan am bris o £30 y person am y 3 noson! Dewch â pa bynnag faint babell yr hoffwch, mae'n dal yn £30 y pen.

CERBYDAU GWERSYLLA, CARAFANNAU A PHEBYLL TRELAR Os oes gennych gerbyd llety yr hoffech ddod â chi, mae'n costio dim ond £65 y cerbyd ac yn cynnwys 2 fand llawes gwersyll (gellir prynu bandiau

CYRRAEDD YMA Gosodwch eich offer llywio lloeren i gyrraedd SY20 8AU. Mae'r gwersyll oddi ar y brif stryd yng nghanol Mach. Wrth i chi fynd i ffwrdd o dŵr y cloc i fyny Stryd Maengwyn, trowch i'r dde cyn y Co-Op ymlaen i Lôn Llynlloed. Mae'r maes gwersylla tua 100 medr ar eich chwith. Nodwch: dyma'r llwybr ar gyfer maes gwersylla Dyfi Enduro hefyd, felly gwnewch yn siŵr eich bod yn cadw llygad am arwyddion yn eich cyfeirio i faes gwersylla'r ŵyl gomedi!

• Over 60 new & pre-owned holiday homes • Finance arranged • Caravan and camping accessory ry shop Part exchange welcome • 150 holiday home park locationss • Official Calor Gas supplier

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OWAIN GLYNDŴR LAWNS The Rustic Cooks: The Rustic Cooks sell a variety of speciality continental sausages with many different flavours and tastes all freshly cooked and served on a fresh bread roll with onions.These are all cooked in giant cast iron pans on an army field kitchen from the 50's, steeped in history and an attraction in itself. You have tried the rest now it’s time to eat the best!

FOOD & DRINK BWYD A DIOD THE RUSTIC COOKS

Because we know you like to plan where and when you’ll be fuelling up on delicious treats during your weekend in Machynlleth, here’s a run-down of the stalls.

nity and the environment. Our vegerarian and vegan menu offers freshly made homemade wraps, our famous Pantry tray bakes, and chilled teas and juices.

The Fratelli Brothers – Wood Fired Pizza: Mama Fratelli, God rest her soul, sent forth her sons - the brothers, to bring Y PLAS LAWNS her famous pizzas to the people ... Using TOM - Pan Asian Street Food: Conceived handmade dough and only the finest ingredients, we assemble each pizza to from our travels around Southeast Asia where a bowl of noodle soup is always the order and endeavour to serve you the most comforting and refreshing of meals. best pizza you've ever had. Our super-hot Tom serves up Pan Asian noodle soup dishes clay oven bakes the pizzas in under two minutes so you don't have to wait long for and fresh and vibrant noodle salads. All dishes are garnished with a variety of fresh perfection ... you can't buy happiness, but you can buy pizza, and that's pretty close! herbs and vegetables. Our custom made noodle boiler is the centre piece of the unit, The Curry Stall is a family run business giving you a truly authentic experience. passionate about great quality Indian Penylan Pantry: Penylan Pantry was born street food. Specialities include a fantastic from our shared love of good food, and our 'secret recipe' chicken curry, Keema Matar stall will be a taste of our lovely little cafe, (lamb & peas) - both served either mild or that promotes local producers, the commu- spicy depending on taste - and delicious Machynlleth Comedy Festival 24

vegetarian options all served with speciality rice or wraps! All ingredients are sourced locally wherever possible and served in eco-friendly containers Caffe Milo: Come and visit Milo, Estelle and Gertrude (their 1976 three wheeler) for Freshly Ground Coffee (however you like), Speciality Teas, Luxury Hot Chocolate with marshmallows and cream (of course), Homemade treats and Fresh Lemonade (shaken not stirred). We use fair trade and locally source products where possible. We will be open for your morning pick me up until your evening treat!

Mama Singh’s: At Mama Singh’s curry Shack, we love to live to work, creating simply scrumptious Indian home cooking, based on authentic family recipes with Mama Singh’s twist. As a friendly family business we make more than mouth-watering meals, we make memories ensuring our customers enjoy the highest quality eating experience and have fun! With love Mama Singh and the girls x.

EXPLORE THE TOWN The town of Machynlleth has many fine pubs, restaurants, cafes and takeaways. Pick up an information sheet at the Box Office and start exploring what the beautiful town has to offer.

hyfryd, sy'n hyrwyddo cynhyrchwyr lleol, y gymuned a'r amgylchedd. Mae ein bwydlen lysieuol a fegan yn cynnig brechdanau cartref ffres, ein bwyd enwog wedi pobi, a the oer a sudd.

The Fratelli Brothers – Gwnaeth Mama Fratelli, heddwch i’w llwch, anfon ei Gan ein bod yn gwybod eich bod meibion - y brodyr – i ddod â’i pizzas enwog yn hoffi cynllunio ble a phryd i'r bobl .... Gan ddefnyddio toes wedi'i y byddwch yn manteisio ar wneud â llaw a’r cynhwysion gorau, rydym ddanteithion blasus yn ystod eich yn creu pob pizza yn bwrpasol, ac yn ymdrechu i gyflwyno’r pizza gorau erioed i chi. penwythnos ym Machynlleth, Mae ein ffwrn clai hynod boeth yn pobi’r dyma restr o fariau, caffis a pizzas mewn llai na dwy funud fel nad oes stondinau'r ŵyl. rhaid i chi aros yn hir am berffeithrwydd ... ni allwch brynu hapusrwydd, ond gallwch LAWNT Y PLAS brynu pizza, ac mae hynny'n eithaf agos! TOM - Pan Asian Street Food: Wedi’i Mae'r Curry Stall yn fusnes a redir gan ddylunio ar sail ein teithiau o amgylch deulu, sy'n angerddol am fwyd stryd IndiDe-ddwyrain Asia, lle mae powlen o gawl aidd o safon gwych. Mae ei arbenigeddau'n nwdls bob amser yn rhoi cysur ac yn adfy- cynnwys cyri cyw iâr 'rysáit cyfrinachol' wio. Mae Tom yn cynnig prydau cawl nwdls ffantastig, Keema Matar (cig oen a phys) - y Pan Asiaidd a salad nwdls ffres a bywiog. ddau wedi'u gweini naill ai'n fwyn neu'n Mae'r holl brydau yn dod ag amrywiaeth sbeislyd gan ddibynnu ar eich chwaeth - a o berlysiau a llysiau ffres. Mae ein boeler dewisiadau llysieuol blasus, oll wedi'u nwdls pwrpasol yn ganolbwynt i’r uned, gan gweini â reis neu fara lapio arbenigol! Mae'r roi profiad gwirioneddol ddilys i chi. holl gynhwysion wedi'u tarddu'n lleol

Siop Alys: Housed within the Owain Gyndwr centre, Siop Alys is a beautiful vintage tea room serving delicious food & drinks including tea, coffee, soup, sandwiches, paninis and a mouth-watering range of home-made cakes to eat in or take away. We also have a Penylan Pantry: Ganed Penylan Pantry lle bynnag y bo'n bosib ac wedi'u gweini range of Welsh themed crafts and gifts inside oherwydd y cariad a rennir o fwyd da, a mewn cynwysyddion eco-gyfeillgar. – call in and see for yourself! bydd ein stondin yn rhoi blas o’n caffi bach Caffe Milo: Dewch i ymweld â Milo, Estelle a Gertrude (eu car tair olwyn o 1976) am

The Pink Pod serves delicious homemade Ice Cream from Aberdovey - a choice of over 24 ‘Great Taste’ award-winning ice cream flavours, 10 sorbets, and several frozen yogurts.

THE FRATELLI BROTHERS

TOM

MAMA SINGH'S

goffi ffres (sut bynnag y dymunwch), te arbenigol, siocled poeth moethus gyda malws melys a hufen (wrth gwrs), danteithion cartref a lemonêd ffres (wedi'i ysgwyd, nid ei droi). Byddwn yn defnyddio cynhyrchion masnach deg ac o ffynhonnell leol lle bo modd. Byddwn ar agor o'ch deffro yn y bore tan eich sbwylio gyda'r nos! Mae The Pink Pod yn gwerthu hufen iâ cartref blasus o Aberdyfi - dewis o dros 24 blas a enillodd wobr 'Great Taste', 10 sorbed, a sawl iogwrt wedi rhewi.

fyddin glasurol hyfryd o'r 50au, yn llawn hanes ac yn atyniad ynddo'i hun. R ydych wedi trio’r lleill – mae’n amser trio’r gorau!

CRWYDRO'R DREF

Mae gan dref Machynlleth lawer o dafarnau, bwytai, caffis a mannau cludfwyd da. Mama Singh’s: Yn Mama Singh's Curry Casglwch daflen wybodaeth yn y swyddfa Shack, rydym wrth ein boddau'n creu bwyd docynnau a dechreuwch chwilio am yr cartref Indiaidd blasus yn seiliedig ar ryhyn sydd gan y dref brydferth i'w gynnig. seitiau teuluol go iawn gydag amrywiadau Mama Singh. Fel busnes teuluol cyfeillgar, rydym yn gwneud mwy na phrydau blasus - rydym yn creu atgofion, gan sicrhau bod ein cwsmeriaid yn mwynhau'r profiad bwyta o'r safon uchaf ac yn cael hwyl! Gyda chariad Mama Singh a'r merched x.

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Siop Alys: Yng Nghanolfan Owain Gyndŵr, mae Siop Alys yn ystafell de glasurol The Rustic Cooks: Mae’r rhain yn gwerthu hardd, yn gwerthu bwyd a diodydd blasus gan gynnwys te, coffi, cawl, brechdanau, amrywiaeth o selsig arbenigol y cyfandir paninis ac amrywiaeth hyfryd o gacennau gyda llawer o wahanol flasau oll wedi’u coginio a'u cyflwyno ar fara ffres gyda win- cartref i'w bwyta i mewn neu allan. Mae gennym hefyd amrywiaeth o grefftau a wns. Caiff y rhain i gyd eu coginio mewn sosbenni haearn bwrw enfawr ar gegin cae rhoddion Cymreig y tu mewn – galwch heibio a gweld drosoch eich hun!

PGI WELSH LAMB PGI Welsh Lamb is delighted to be an official sponsor of the Machynlleth Comedy Festival.

THE PINK POD

Hungry? Follow your nose to the Plas to discover the Welsh Lamb pop-up kitchen where amazing chefs will be rustling up delicious Welsh Lamb dishes for you to sample over the whole weekend, for free! The kitchen opens from mid-morning to tea-time each day.

CAFFE MILO

SIOP ALYS

Don’t miss out on the signature dish of the Festival. The freshly cooked, mouth-watering Welsh Lamb Mach Wrap. Succulent Welsh Lamb sourced from local farms infused with fresh herbs and flavoursome spices will be served in a warmed tortilla wrap throughout the day. Ever wondered what comedians are like in the kitchen? At teatime, on Saturday and Sunday, some of your favourite comics will be creating culinary comedic chaos live at the Welsh Lamb kitchen in the Plas as they try and whip up a feast alongside a professional chef. Come along, watch, laugh and enjoy a sample of their efforts! (Names and times to be announced soon!)

Over the weekend, you’ll have a chance to win prizes with the ‘There’s Lamb and there’s Llamb’ competition. Each day we will be giving away amazing prizes to some of those who share pictures online! Come and see us to find out how to win.

Mae PGI Cig Oen Cymru yn falch iawn i fod yn noddwr swyddogol i Ŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth. Llwglyd? Dilynwch eich trwyn i'r Plas i ddarganfod cegin dros dro Cig Oen Cymru lle bydd cogyddion anhygoel yn paratoi prydau Cig Oen Cymru blasus i chi roi cynnig arnynt dros y penwythnos cyfan, am ddim! Mae'r gegin yn agor o ganol bore i amser te bob dydd. Peidiwch â cholli dysgl nodweddiadol yr Ŵyl. Y “Welsh Lamb Mach Wrap” blasus wedi’i goginio'n ffres. Cig Oen Cymru blasus o ffermydd lleol gyda pherlysiau ffres a sbeisys blasus mewn tortilla cynnes trwy gydol y dydd.

Ydych chi erioed wedi meddwl sut mae digrifwyr yn ymddwyn yn y gegin? Amser te, ddydd Sadwrn a dydd Sul, bydd rhai o'ch hoff ddigrifwyr yn creu anhrefn comedi coginiol yn fyw yn y gegin Cig Oen Cymru yn y Plas wrth iddynt geisio creu gwledd ochr yn ochr â chogydd proffesiynol. Dewch draw i wylio, i chwerthin, ac i fwynhau sampl o'u hymdrechion! (Enwau ac amserau i'w cyhoeddi’n fuan!) Dros y penwythnos, bydd cyfle i chi ennill gwobrau â'r gystadleuaeth ‘There’s Lamb and there’s Llamb.' Bob dydd byddwn yn rhoi gwobrau anhygoel i bobl a rannodd luniau arlein! Dewch i'n gweld i gael gwybod sut i ennill.

GI twitter @WelshLamb_P INSTAGRAM @PGIWelshLamb FACEBOOK /WelshLamb_PGI #LlambAtMach Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 27

S R A B L FESTIVA L Y Ŵ R ’ BARIAU We are delighted to welcome Chang on board as our official festival lager. As well as being available on draught at the Beech Bar on the Plas lawn, the Chang Bar is an all new addition for 2016 on the Owain Glyndwr lawn serving up ice cold bottles and a chance to win seats at a VIP gig by sharing your Chang moments during the festival. See page 32 for more details. In addition, our ever popular 50 cask festiv-ale takes up residency in the Beech Bar alongside local ciders, wine, spirits, soft drinks and fizz, making sure there is a tipple there to tickle all fancies. Our cocktail bar returns this year with its very own mini-marquee at the Plas. It will be serving up a mouth-watering menu of classics day and night, lovingly prepared by our team of professional mixers and shakers.

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Mae’n bleser gennym groesawu Chang fel lager swyddogol yr ŵyl. Yn ogystal â bod ar gael ar y drafft yn y Bar Beech ar lawnt y Plas, mae'r Chang Bar yn ychwanegiad newydd ar gyfer 2016 ar lawnt Owain Glyndŵr, gan gyflwyno poteli oer a chyfle i ennill seddi yn y Chang Lock In – gig arbennig yn hwyr nos Sadwrn. Gweler tudalen 32 am fwy o fanylion. Yn ogystal, mae ein gŵyl gwrw 50 casgen bythol boblogaidd yn dod i’r Beech Bar ochr yn ochr â seidr lleol, gwin, gwirodydd, diodydd meddal a fizz, gan wneud yn siŵr bod llymaid at ddant pawb. Mae ein bar coctels yn dychwelyd eleni gyda'i babell bach ei hun yn y Plas. Bydd yn cynnig bwydlen flasus o glasuron dydd a nos, wedi’u paratoi’n gariadus gan ein tîm o gymysgwyr a siglwyr proffesiynol.

MACHYNLLETH COMEDY FESTIV-ALE GŴYL GWRW GŴYL TH COMEDI MACHYNLLE A FESTIVAL WITHIN A FESTIVAL.

GWYL O FEWN GŴYL!

Once again we’ve gone LARGE! 50 different ales racked and tapped in the Beech Bar on the Plas lawn, all curated by brewmaster Sue from the Waen Brewery.

Eleni eto, ry'n ni'n ENFAWR! 50 cwrw gwahanol yn barod i'w gwerthu ar Bar Beech ar lawnt y Plas, oll wedi'u curadu gan y bragwr Sue o Fragdy'r Waen.

The full list of ales will be available on the weekend but to give you a chance to plan ahead, here’s some more information on the breweries and products which will be pouring at the festival...

Bydd y rhestr lawn o gwrw ar gael ar y penwythnos, ond i roi cyfle i chi gynllunio ymlaen llaw, dyma fwy o wybodaeth am y bragdai a'r cynnyrch fydd ar gael yn yr ŵyl ...

available. Once they have all their essential ingredients, they can begin the science, the art that is brewing.

OTLEY BREWING COMPANY As a micro-brewery, Otley Brewing Co. are dedicated to the craft of producing Welsh ale with a difference. They believe in using the highest quality ingredients with every effort made to source their produce from the local area, including fresh Breconshire water and the finest malts and hops

Fel bragdy micro, mae Otley Brewing Co yn ymroddedig i'r grefft o gynhyrchu cwrw Cymreig gyda gwahaniaeth. Maent yn credu mewn defnyddio'r cynhwysion o'r safon uchaf gyda phob ymdrech i gael eu cynnyrch o'r ardal leol, gan gynnwys dŵr ffres Sir Frycheiniog a'r brag a'r hopys gorau ar gael. Unwaith y byddant wedi casglu'r holl gynhwysion hanfodol, gallant ddechrau'r wyddoniaeth, crefft bragu.

CELT Celt use their deep desire for flavour and experimentation to connect beer with art forms… Their beers are designed with a bomb of sublime emotions and brewed with electric flavours. Mae Celt yn defnyddio eu hawydd dwfn am flas ac arbrofi er mwyn cysylltu cwrw gyda ffurfiau celf ... Caiff eu cwrw ei gynllunio gyda bom o emosiynau aruchel a'i fragu gyda blasau trydanol. Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 29

handed the reins over to a new team lead by, . Yorkshireman, local pub landlord and beer enthusiast Phil Newbould. Under the motto #oldvognewtricks, they took up the challenge to develop the brewery and ease it in to the contemporary beer scene with a re-brand and some cracking new beers to boot!

WAEN BREWERY The Waen Brewery is a craft brewery producing award winning, innovative beers in cask, keg and bottle. Having trebled in size since opening in 2009, the brewery now distributes their beers across the UK and Europe. At the beginning of 2014 they opened The Gravity Station, a unique bottle shop and bar in the centre of Cardiff with a second outlet following in Swansea in 2015.

Mae Bragdy'r Waen yn fragdy crefft sy'n cynhyrchu cwrw arobryn, arloesol mewn casgenni a photeli. Wedi treblu mewn maint ers agor yn 2009, mae'r bragdy bellach yn dosbarthu eu cwrw ar draws y DU ac yn Ewrop. Ar ddechrau 2014, agoron nhw The Gravity Station, bar a siop boteli unigryw yng nghanol Caerdydd gydag ail allfa’n dilyn yn Abertawe yn 2015 .

Our festiv-ale hosts, the Waen Brewery will be Bydd cyflwynwyr gŵyl gwrw'r ŵyl, showcasing their most popular ales including: Bragdy'r Waen, yn cynnig eu cwrw mwyaf poblogaidd gan gynnwys: Popular Ales from Waen Brewery Lemon Drizzle 3.7% ABV

Smooth lemon pale ale with crisp hop flavours. SIBA Gold Medal Winner 2016.

Cwrw golau lemwn llyfn gyda blasau hop cras. Enillydd Medal Aur SIBA 2016.

Pamplemousse 4.2% ABV

American pale ale, brewed with citrus hops giving fresh grapefruit flavours and a lingering finish.

Cwrw golau Americanaidd, wedi'i fragu â hopys sitrws, gan roi blas grawnffrwyth

Wicker Man 5.0% ABV

Dark amber colour, smoky flavour with a fruity tang.

Lliw ambr tywyll, blas myglyd gydag arflas ffrwythus.

Landmark 5.5 % ABV

Gold medal winner IPA.

Enillydd medal aur IPA.

Chilli Plum Porter 6.1 % ABV

Multi award winning - dark fruit, subtle Enillydd sawl gwobr - ffrwythau tywyll, tsili green chilli. Beer Bods beer of the year 2014. gwyrdd cynnil. Cwrw'r flwyddyn 2014 Beer Bods.

Snowball 7.0% ABV

Chocolate, vanilla and coconut stout. Much loved.

Stowt siocled, fanila a chnau coco. Poblogaidd iawn.

Too Much Pressure 4.2% ABV

A light hoppy American-style pale ale.

Cwrw gwelw Americanaidd, ysgafn a llawn hopys.

54-46 4.9% ABV

American Pale Ale.

Cwrw gwelw Americanaidd.

ffres a gorffeniad arhosol.

PIXIE SPRING

Syniad Ian Teagle a Dave Walbeoff oedd VOG. Roedden nhw’n dwlu ar gwrw, a’u Pixie Spring are one of only a few breweries CRAFTY DEVIL breuddwyd oedd dechrau bragdy lleol in Wales using natural spring water from The devil makes work for idle hands. And ym Mro Morgannwg. Yn 2005, daeth y their on-site spring in Llantrisant, south luckily for you the co-founders of the Crafty freuddwyd yn wir. Ddeng mlynedd yn Wales in their process. There are only four Devil Brewing Company have put their ingredients used in the production of their sedentary digits to work on some fiendishly ddiweddarach, trosglwyddwyd yr awenau i dîm newydd, dan arweiniad landlord tafarn fine ales and stouts: malt; hops; yeast; and good ales. leol o Swydd Efrog sy’n dwlu ar gwrw, Phil spring water. They believe in hops, hops Purposely brewing small select batches Newbould. O dan yr arwyddair #oldvogand more hops, which distinguish their from specially selected American style newtricks, fe’u heriwyd i ddatblygu'r beers from all others. hops, our devilishly sophisticated blends bragdy a’i gyflwyno i’r byd cwrw cyfoes Mae Pixie Spring yn un o'r unig fragdai can afford to be a little more experimental gan ailfrandio a chreu ambell gwrw gwych yng Nghymru sy'n defnyddio dŵr ffynnon and complex in their taste delivery. newydd hefyd! naturiol yn eu proses, o'r ffynnon ar y safle Mae’r diafol yn gwneud gwaith i ddwylo yn Llantrisant, De Cymru. Dim ond pedwar segur. Ac yn ffodus i chi, mae cyd-sylfaecynhwysyn a ddefnyddir i gynhyrchu eu nwyr Crafty Devil Brewing Company wedi cwrw a'u stowts braf; brag, hopys, burum a defnyddio eu digidau segur i weithio ar dŵr ffynnon. Maent yn credu mewn hopys, gwrw hynod o dda. hopys, a mwy o hopys, sy'n gwahaniaethu Rydym yn bragu sypiau bach pwrpasol o eu cwrw o bob un arall. hopys steil Americanaidd dethol, a gall ein cyfuniadau hynod soffistigedig fforddio bod ychydig yn fwy arbrofol a chymhleth wrth ddarparu blas BRECON

SKA SERIES

HOPCRAFT Gazza Prescott’s Hopcraft Brewing came on the scene in June 2013, treating hop heads up and down the land to his hop forward ales. Based in Pontyclun, Wales, Gazza is a bit of legend in brewing circles, mostly due to his dislike of brown, twiggy beer, and crystal malt. Machynlleth Comedy Festival 30

Dechreuodd Hopcraft Brewing Gazza Prescott ym mis Mehefin 2013, gan ddarparu ei gwrw hopys i ffans ar draws y wlad. Mae Gazza'n byw ym Mhontyclun, Cymru, ac mae'n dipyn o arwr ymhlith cylchoedd bragu, yn bennaf oherwydd bod yn gas ganddo gwrw brown, brigog, a brag crisial.

Established in 2011 by Buster Grant, one of Wales’ best known brewers, Brecon Brewing have created a range of beers full of flavour and character inspired by the dramatic locality, working with the local community and reigniting interest in Brecon.

GREY TREES After a century of decline in the craft ale industry, I set off on a mission to get people excited and enthusiastic about drinking proper beer. Ray Davies, Beer Crafter, Beer Lover. Ar ôl canrif o ddirywiad yn y diwydiant cwrw crefft, dechreuais ar ymgyrch i ennyn cyffro a brwdfrydedd at yfer cwrw go iawn. Ray Davies, crefftwr Cwrw sy’n dwlu ar gwrw.

VALE OF GLAMORGAN VOG was the brainchild of real ale lovers Ian Teagle and Dave Walbeoff, who had long shared a dream to start a local brewery in the Vale of Glamorgan; in 2005 their dream became a reality. Ten years on they

Sefydlwyd Brecon Brewing yn 2011 gan Buster Grant, un o fragwyr mwyaf adnabyddus Cymru, ac mae wedi creu amrywiaeth o gwrw llawn blas a chymeriad a ysbrydolwyd gan yr ardal leol ddramatig, gan weithio gyda'r gymuned leol ac ailgynnau diddordeb yn Aberhonddu. Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 31

THE CHANG BAR BAR CHANG

Bringing a unique taste of Thailand to North Wales, Chang Beer is thrilled to be official lager sponsor of the Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2016. Find the refreshingly Thai Chang Bar at Owain Glyndŵr and enjoy top comics at the home of Chang comedy at the Billiard Room. On Saturday night 11:00pm, there’s an exclusive late-night Chang Lock-in show at the Billiard Room with top comedians performing to a limited number of lucky ticket holders. To secure a pair of tickets, simply post a picture on Twitter or Instagram of you and your friends with #ChangBeer including @MachComedyFest and @ChangBeerUK and you could win tickets to the unforgettable exclusive late-night Chang Lock In.

Sourced, brewed and bottled in Thailand, the Land of Smiles, Chang has been bringing people a refreshingly Thai experience for over 20 years. Chang makes those moments you spend together with friends more memorable and with its distinctive green lighting and Chang available in its new green bottles, the Chang Bar at Mach will transport you to a refreshingly different world and an unforgettably Thai experience.

Yn dod â blas unigryw o Wlad Thai i Ogledd Cymru, mae Chang Beer wrth ei fodd i fod yn noddwr lager swyddogol i Ŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 2016.

Mae Bar Chang Bar iachusol yng Nghanolfan Owain Glyndŵr, a gallwch fwynhau Chang Beer’s unique golden brew is digrifwyr gwych yng nghartref comedi created through a time-honoured brewing Chang yn yr Ystafell Filiards. Nos Sadwrn process and with a selection of the finest am 11pm, bydd sioe hwyr unigryw Chang ingredients the world has to offer. The crisp Lock-In yn yr Ystafell Filiards gyda digrifwyr flavour of this Thai lager is brewed with gwych yn perfformio i nifer bach o ddalwyr the highest quality malted barley, Thai tocynnau lwcus. I sicrhau pâr o docynnau, rice, hops and only Thailand’s purest deep postiwch lun ar Twitter neu Instagram well water. ohonoch chi a'ch ffrindiau gyda Machynlleth Comedy Festival 32

#ChangBeer gan gynnwys @MachComedyFest a @ChangBeerUK a gallech ennill tocynnau i'r Chang Lock-In bythgofiadwy unigryw. Cafodd cwrw euraidd unigryw Chang Beer ei greu drwy broses fragu glasurol a chyda detholiad o’r cynhwysion gorau yn y byd. Mae blas crisp y lager Thai wedi’i fragu â haidd brag o’r safon uchaf, reis Thai, hopys a dim ond y dŵr ffynnon puraf o Wlad Thai. Wedi’i ffynonellu, ei bragu a’i botelu yng Ngwlad Thai, Gwlad y Wên, mae Chang wedi bod yn cyflwyno profiad Thai iachusol i bobl ers dros 20 mlynedd. Mae Chang yn gwneud yr amser a dreulir gyda ffrindiau yn fwy cofiadwy, a gyda'i oleuadau gwyrdd unigryw a Chang ar gael mewn poteli gwyrdd newydd, bydd Bar Chang ym Mach yn eich cludo i fyd gwahanol ac yn cynnig profiad Thai bythgofiadwy.

twitter @ChangBeerUK INSTAGRAM @changbeeruk FACEBOOK Chang Beer www.changbeer.com

FRIDAY COMEDY / COMEDI GWENER

COMEDY COMEDI GOOSE GOOSE IN MACH (PART 2 OF 5)

THEATRE / THEATR

Fri / Gwe // 6:00pm // £8 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard One of the best reviewed shows of Edinburgh 2015. Sweaty one-man cartoon. Breakneck polycharacter comedy from an MDMA marionette. Goose returns to their favourite festival with their hit show 'Kablamo'. In fact, we love Mach so much we've come up with an ingenious title to make sure we keep getting booked.

LISA HELEDD JONES TRACE Fri / Gwe, Sat/Sad, Sun/Sul Various times // £3 // 10+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Box Office Trace brings together stories that came from listening to and recording an empty football ground. Stories of a Shoepermarket, what it means to remember and the FA Cup. The piece includes field and archive recordings and the voice of goalkeeping hero Steve Ogrizovic. It's not all about football though, if that's not your thing. An audio experience for one person at a time. Lisa Heledd Jones is a digital storyteller recording voices and sounds and presenting them in the most appropriate way for that person or story - sometimes as film, performance or installation. Machynlleth Comedy Festival 34

Commissioned by Warwick Arts Centre. Mae Trace yn dwyn ynghyd straeon a ddaeth o wrando a recordio cae pêl-droed gwag. Straeon am Shoepermarket, beth mae'n ei olygu i gofio, a Chwpan yr FA. Mae'r darn yn cynnwys recordiadau maes ac archif a llais y gôl-geidwad arwrol Steve Ogrizovic. Nid yw popeth am bêl-droed, os nad yw hynny at eich dant. Profiad sain i un person ar y tro. Mae Lisa Heledd Jones yn storïwr digidol – yn recordio lleisiau a synau ac yn eu cyflwyno yn y ffordd fwyaf priodol ar gyfer y person neu stori - weithiau fel ffilm, perfformiad neu osodiad. Comisiynwyd gan Ganolfan y Celfyddydau Warwick. “It’s a glorious piece of work - funny, clever and absolutely heart-felt…I can’t stop feeling it, and I want that piece of work to live forever.” Bianca, audience member  Fest Mag

LOLLY ADEFOPE LOLLY Fri / Gwe // 6:00pm // £8 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys

Un o'r sioeau a adolygwyd orau yng Nghaeredin 2015. Cartŵn chwyslyd un dyn. Comedi sawl comedi cyflym gan byped MDMA. Mae Goose yn dychwelyd i’w hoff ŵyl gyda'u sioe boblogaidd 'Kablamo'. Yn wir, rydym mor hoff o Fach ein bod wedi creu teitl clyfar i sicrhau ein bod yn cael dod nôl dro ar ôl tro.

Not even joking but this is probably the last time Lolly will perform her debut show! What a relief! Nah joking it's nice actually.

"A fabulous, breakneck performer who morphs feverishly between characters and ideas” The Independent

As heard on BBC Radio 4 (The Now Show, Newsjack, Fresh from the Fringe), and BBC Radio 1Xtra, and as seen on Channel 4, BBC Three and Sky Arts

“High gag rate. Impressive stuff…One of the top seven sketch shows of the Fringe”  Time Out

Join her as she masquerades her deep-rooted insecurities as character comedy - if you only see one show this Machfest, then please, please, take her with you? She loves meeting new people!*

JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH

Leicester Mercury New Comedian of the Year Nominee 2015

AN EVENING WITH JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH

*Last year this joke caused a lot of confusion but I think it's fun.

Fri / Gwe // 6:00pm // £12 Y Tabernacl "A National Institution...the 42nd Best Reason to Love Britain " Sunday Telegraph. John Shuttleworth, well-loved from his Radio 4 series, The Shuttleworths and will soon be recording the second series of John Shuttleworth’s Lounge Music for BBC Radio 4. TV appearances include 500 Bus Stops (BBC), It’s Nice up North, Southern Softies and One Foot In The Gravy (Sky). John was also recently seen on Celebrity Antiques Roadshow on BBC2.

Ddim hyd yn oed yn cellwair, ond siŵr o fod mai dyma fydd y tro olaf y bydd Lolly’n perfformio ei sioe gyntaf! Dyna ryddhad! Na, jôc, mae'n neis mewn gwirionedd. gyfres o John Shuttleworth’s Lounge Music i BBC Radio 4. Mae wedi bod mewn rhaglenni teledu gan gynnwys 500 Bus Stops (BBC), It’s Nice up North, Southern Softies a One Foot In The Gravy (Sky). Gwelwyd John ar Celebrity Antiques Roadshow ar BBC2 yn ddiweddar hefyd.

“His stand up is second to none, his timing is impeccable, and you can practically warm your ""A National Institution...the 42nd Best Reason to hands on his good nature“ The Guardian Guide Love Britain " Sunday Telegraph. Yn fuan, bydd "Wonderful, wacky, and weird" Radio Times John Shuttleworth (yn boblogaidd o'i gyfres ar Radio 4, The Shuttleworths) yn recordio ail

Ymunwch â hi wrth iddi guddio ei hansicrwydd dwfn fel comedi cymeriad - os byddwch ond yn gweld un sioe ym Mach eleni, yna plîs, plîs cymerwch hi gyda chi? Mae hi wrth ei bodd yn cwrdd â phobl newydd!* *Y llynedd, drysodd llawer oherwydd y jôc hwn, ond rwy’n credu ei fod yn hwyl. “A show of real spark and verve from a comic who has been going for only 18 months... the sort of natural charisma that can't be held back...” The Guardian

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FRIDAY COMEDY / COMEDI GWENER

BACKSTAGE IN BISCUITLAND

on living in this one.

involuntary use of words that some audiences may find offensive.

Mae Tourettes ar Jess Thom, cyflwr sy'n gwneud iddi ddweud 'biscuit' 16,000 o weithiau bob dydd. Mae ei niwroleg anarferol Jess Thom has Tourettes, a condition that makes yn rhoi safbwynt unigryw iddi ar fywyd; un her say 'biscuit' 16,000 times a day. Her unusual mae hi wedi ei rannu â’r byd. neurology gives her a unique perspective on Mae'r sioe ddwy fenyw hon yn cyfuno comedi, life; one she's unleashed on the world. pypedau, canu, a thiciau anhygoel i archwilio This two woman solo show weaves comedy, natur digymhelliant, creadigrwydd, anabledd, a puppetry, singing, and incredible tics to phethau na fyddech yn disgwyl chwerthin arnynt. explore spontaneity, creativity, disability, and Efallai y bydd yn cynnwys ymosod ar flodau a things you never knew would make you laugh. gangbangs pengwiniaid - ni fydd dwy sioe byth yr Geranium bashing and penguin gangbangs un fath. Mae’n niwrolegol amhosib i Jess gadw at may or may not feature - no two shows sgript, a dyna pryd mae’r hwyl yn dechrau. can ever be the same. Jess is neurologically incapable of staying on script, and that's when Rhybuddion: Jess yn un o'r 10% o bobl â Syndrom Tourettes sydd yn rhegi fel the fun begins. ticiau, felly efallai y bydd y perfformiad yn Warnings: Jess is one of the 10% of people cynnwys defnydd anwirfoddol o eiriau allai with Tourettes Syndrome who has swearing dramgwyddo rhai cynulleidfaoedd. tics, so this performance may include the “Delightful” Stephen Fry

This might have made a lesser man feel like a Cuban-heeled outsider. A Cortina-driving fish out of water. A flared peg in a round hole. But not me. I am strong. I am well-groomed. I smell richly of spices and pine forests. I am, unashamedly, a Retrosexual Male."

Fri / Gwe // 7:30pm // £10 // Y Plas

JOE LYCETT THAT’S THE WAY, A-HA, A-HA, JOE LYCETT Fri / Gwe // 7:30pm // £12 // 16+ Y Tabernacl The self-proclaimed 'absolute lad' is back with an all new stand-up show, following appearances on Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and a wine tour of the French Riviera. There’s a good chance you'll Lycett.

THEATRE / THEATR

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee. Mae’r 'absolute lad', fel mae’n galw ei hun, yn ôl gyda sioe gomedi newydd sbon, ar ôl ymddangos ar Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown a thaith win o Rifiera Ffrainc. Dewch i glywed ei Lais(et). Lycett. Enwebwyd am Wobr Gomedi Caeredin.

The taller half of BBC Radio Wales hit comedy series ‘The Unexplainers’. Both halves of BBC Radio Wales ‘Mike Bubbins-Daytripper’. Mae Mike Bubbins yn ôl, y tro hwn gyda sioe gomedi ddisglair am helynt bod yn ddyn mas o’i gyfnod. "Y 1970au, dyddiau da pan gallai dyn fod yn ddyn. Ac nid dim ond dyn. Gallai fod yn BOB dyn. Cawr o ddyn. Ond ar yr un pryd, dyn i fenyw.

MIKE BUBBINS RETROSEXUAL MALE Fri / Gwe // 7:30pm // £8 // 16+ Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

I mi, does dim all gystadlu â hudoliaeth y cyfnod; ei gerddoriaeth, ei deledu, ei ceir, ei ffasiwn, ei fwstashis. Felly penderfynais, flynyddoedd lawer yn ôl, i fyw yn y degawd euraidd hwnnw, er gwaethaf fy ngwraig, fy mhlant, fy ffrindiau, fy nghydweithwyr a phawb arall yr wyf yn eu hadnabod, yn mynnu byw yn yr oes sydd ohoni.

Gallai hyn fod wedi gwneud i ddyn llai deimlo Mike Bubbins returns, this time with a dazzling stand up show about the tribulations of being a fel dieithryn mewn sodlau Ciwba. Fel pysgodyn mewn Cortina. Peg mewn ffaglau mewn twll man out of time. crwn. Ond nid fi. Rwy’n gryf. Rwy’n drwsiadus. "The 1970s, halcyon days when a man could be a Rwy'n arogli o sbeisys a choedwigoedd man. And not just a man. He could be ALL man. pinwydd. Heb os, rwy’n ‘Retrosexual Male’." A man’s man. But at the same time, very much a woman’s man. For me, nothing can compete with Hanner talaf cyfres gomedi boblogaidd BBC the glamour of that age; it’s music, it’s television, Radio Wales, 'The Unexplainers'. Dau hanner it’s cars, it’s fashion, it’s moustaches. So I decided, 'Mike Bubbins - Daytripper' BBC Radio Wales.’. many years ago to live in that golden decade, “A true raconteur, and fine observational despite my wife, my children, my friends, my comedian…regales his fans with the sublime colleagues and everybody else I know, insisting and the surreal.  ” WalesOnline.

“Cheeky, warm and super-funny” Time Out Fri / Gwe // 7:30pm // £7 Y Plas Vane Tempest

“A growing force on the UK stand-up circuit…left the audience wanting more” The Daily Telegraph

STUART LAWS WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT STOPPING IT (1HR SHOW) Fri / Gwe // 7:30pm // £8 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard Stand up comedy from Stuart Laws. The guy who makes all the comedy with Turtle Canyon Comedy and supported James Acaster on tour, he was also a young ornithologist and rocks a pretty sweet gilet. Expect stand-up about bowling, kilograms, woodpeckers, Ted Danson, duvet covers and maybe anything else you might be able to think of. HONK HONK. Machynlleth Comedy Festival 36

Comedi llwyfan gan Stuart Laws. Y dyn sy'n gwneud yr holl gomedi gyda Turtle Canyon Comedy ac a gefnogodd James Acaster ar daith, roedd hefyd yn adaregydd ifanc, ac mae ganddo gilet eithaf hyfryd. Gallwch ddisgwyl comedi am fowlio, cilogramau, cnocell y coed, Ted Danson, gorchuddion duvet ac unrhyw beth arall y gallech feddwl amdanynt. HONC HONC.

“Laughs come thick and fast…definitely one to watch” Fest

KIRI PRITCHARD - MCLEAN IS A HYSTERICAL WOMAN Fri / Gwe // 7:30pm // £7 // 16+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys Join Leicester Mercury Finalist and the brains behind multi award winning Gein's Family Giftshop, Kiri Pritchard - Mclean as she performs an impossibly ambitious début hour show. She'll be investigating genetics, gender and race - what a laugh. Is Kiri likely to end up committing an accidental hate crime? Come along and find out!

Ymunwch â Kiri Pritchard-McLean, a gyrhaeddodd rownd derfynol Leicester Mercury, ac ymennydd Gein’s Family Giftshop arobryn, wrth iddi berfformio ei sioe awr gyntaf, sy’n amhosib o uchelgeisiol. Bydd hi'n ymchwilio geneteg, rhyw a hil – am lol! A yw Kiri’n debygol o orfod cyflawni trosedd gasineb yn Mae'r digrifwr cythryblus yn ôl gyda gwaith ar y ddamweiniol? Dewch i gael gwybod! gweill sy'n dilyn (ac a fydd yn tanseilio) Waiting For Gaddot, sef "undisputed buzz comedy of [last] "She balances affection with an acute eye for year".(Guardian) Waiting For Gaddot. the ridiculous to bring you a stand up set of well delivered, increasingly funny anecdotes...definitely “This could be the end of comedy as we know it.” one to watch” Three Weeks  The Mirror "Kiri was by far the funniest & quick witted, one to “A twisted, grimly hilarious adrenaline rush of look out for in the future" Leicester Mercury misadventure.”  The Scotsman The troubled comedian returns with this work in progress which follows hot on the heels of (and is set to completely undermine) the "undisputed buzz comedy of [last] year" (Guardian) Waiting For Gaddot.

TimeOut’s Pick of The Fringe Laugh Out London’s Top Stand Up at The Fringe

“Laws’ stand-up is going from strength to strength. It’s a funny, assured show. Go see him if you can.” Short Com

KIRI PRITCHARDMCLEAN

RICHARD GADD WORK-IN-PROGRESS

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FRIDAY COMEDY / COMEDI GWENER

FRIDAY COMEDY / COMEDI GWENER was fine. He made a speech. Which if you think about it was sort of like new material and if he had done it in Mach rather than Woburn Abbey he would have been hailed a champ. But no, 2012 will forever go down in history as the year that “Helm didn’t bother”. As it turns out the speech split the room. Audiences are audiences wherever you go. You people absolutely make me sick.

TOM NEENAN VAUDEVILLE (WORK-IN-PROGRESS) Fri / Gwe // 7:30pm // £7 Y Plas - Upstairs 2 Tom Neenan brings his latest one-man comedy storytelling show to Machynlleth. This time expect a spooky old theatre, scares and lots and lots of acting.

Nick brings some more new material and ramblings Daw Tom Neenan â'i sioe gomedi adrodd straeon to Mach-fest. Whimsy at its absolute best. un-dyn ddiweddaraf i Fachynlleth. Y tro hwn, Am y seithfed flwyddyn yn olynol (iawn, wnaeth gallwch ddisgwyl hen theatr arswydus, braw, a e ddim sioe yn 2012 gan ei fod yn was priodas, llawer a llawer o actio. ond daeth ar y dydd Sul ar gyfer Richard Herring a chyri, felly dylai hynny gyfrif am rywbeth) . Yn  Telegraph , wir, yn 2014, gwnaeth wyth awr o ddeunydd  Metro, NICK HELM newydd, a dim o’r bwlshit Mark Watson ‘ma lle  Three Weeks ry'ch jyst yn dweud beth bynnag sydd ar eich MASTERWORKS-IN-PROGRESS meddwl mor hir â phosib ac yna’n chwarae “Absolutely brilliant” Steven Moffat 2016 (PART 1) gêm fwrdd gyda Tim Key, roedd e’n wyth awr ar wahân o ddeunydd strwythuredig. Oreit, ddim Fri / Gwe // 7:30pm // £8 mor strwythuredig â hynny, ond yn ddigon Y Plas - Upstairs 1 strwythuredig. A gwnaeth e sioe ddwy awr i For the seventh consecutive year in a row (Okay, gloi’r ŵyl o’i sioe a enwebwyd am wobr yng he didn’t do a show in 2012 as he was Best Man Nghaeredin ac encôr o’i oreuon. Felly, beth am at a wedding, but he did turn up on the Sunday i ni beidio â malu cachu am bwy wnaeth beidio â gewneud beth ym mha flwyddyn. Roedd e for Richard Herring and a curry so that should eisiau bod yno yn 2012. Ond doedd e ddim am count for something). In fact in 2014 he did siomi ei ffrind. Roedd y briodas yn braf. Gwnaeth eight hours of new material, and none of this araith. A meddyliwch am y peth – mae hynny Mark Watson bullshit either where you just say fel deunydd newydd, a phe bai wedi’i wneud whatever’s on your mind for as long as possible and then play a board game with Tim Key, it was ym Mach yn hytrach nag Abaty Woburn, byddai eight separate hours of structured material. Okay wedi cael ei alw’n bencampwr. Ond na, 2012 fydd y flwyddyn pan wnaeth “Helm ddim not mega-structured, but structured enough. trafferthu”. Fel mae'n digwydd, doedd yr araith Plus he did a mega-bumper two-hour finale of ddim yn boblogaidd â phawb. Cynulleidfaoedd his previous award nominated Edinburgh show yw cynulleidfaoedd ble bynnag yr ewch. Ry’ch and an encore of greatest hits. So let’s not go chi’n gwneud dyn yn sâl. nit-picking about who didn’t do what in which year. He wanted to be there in 2012. He just Daw Nick â rhywfaint o ddeunydd a chlebran didn’t want to let his friend down. The wedding newydd i Ŵyl Mach. Wimsi ar ei orau.

GIANTS Fri / Gwe // 7:30pm // £7 Rag & Bone Bashful Machynlleth debutantes Barney, Will and David are slinking into the Welsh valleys to dump their hotly-anticipated sketch show on a baying crowd. Daw Barney, Will a David yn swil i Fachynlleth am y tro cyntaf i gyflwyno eu sgetshis y bu mawr aros amdanynt yng nghymoedd Cymru. “Sickeningly talented." Broadway Baby “Don’t worry guys, we’ve all had gigs like that." Phil Jupitus, Wigtown Book Festival 2015 Machynlleth Comedy Festival 38

BRIDGET CHRISTIE A BOOK FOR HER Fri / Gwe // 9:00pm // £14 // 16+ Y Tabernacl Why has Bridget been sending her stained underpants to George Osborne at HM Treasury every month? Is it ever ok for a white person to pretend to be black? What’s the difference between Eddie Izzard and Caitlyn Jenner? Why is Jeremy Corbyn the illuminated tap of British politics? Following yet another hugely successful, highly acclaimed run at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, as well as her award-winning shows A Bic For Her and An Ungrateful Woman, and her first book A Book For Her (Century, Random House), – which has gained universal praise – Bridget Christie

ARTHUR SMITH ARTHUR SMITH GIVES IT SOME Fri / Gwe // 9:00pm // £10 // Y Plas Arthur Smith says funny things, ruminates, poeticises, discloses, does magic, introduces Leonard Cohen to do a song and finally rouses. There will also be a short introduction to his new 'Mindlessness' course. Mae Arthur Smith yn dweud pethau doniol, yn meddwl, yn barddoni, yn datgelu, yn gwneud triciau hud, yn cyflwyno Leonard Cohen i wneud cân, ac yn olaf yn cyffroi. Bydd cyflwyniad byr i’w gwrs 'Mindlessness' newydd hefyd.

brings her new show to the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. Pam fod Bridget wedi bod yn anfon ei phans brwnt at George Osborne yn Nhrysorlys EM bob mis? A yw fyth yn iawn i berson gwyn esgus bod yn ddu? Beth yw'r gwahaniaeth rhwng Eddie Izzard a Caitlyn Jenner? Pam mai Jeremy Corbyn yw tap goleuedig gwleidyddiaeth Prydain? Yn dilyn rhediad hynod lwyddiannus arall, uchel ei barch yng Ngŵyl Caeredin eleni, yn ogystal â'i sioeau arobryn A Bic For Her ac An Ungrateful Woman, a’i llyfr cyntaf A Book For Her (Century, Random House) – a enillodd ganmoliaeth gyffredinol – daw Bridget Christie â'i sioe newydd i Ŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth. “It’s another cracking show from the current queen of crusading UK comedy.”  The Guardian

GEIN'S FAMILY GIFTSHOP GEIN’S FAMILY GIFTSHOP’S TROPHY COLLECTION Fri / Gwe // 9:00pm // £10 // 18+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard The award-winning Gein’s Family Giftshop are hitting the road for their first ever UK tour. Following success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe & their own BBC Radio series, they’re coming to a town near you. Don’t be scared. Feast your eyes upon an hour of sketches that aren't for everyone, but might just be for you. Best Newcomer - Chortle Awards 2015. Best Newcomer nominees - Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award 2014. Best New Sketch Act & Audience Choice Award – London SketchFest 2014. As seen on Inside No.9 (BBC2) and as heard on BBC Radio 4's Sketchorama. Mae Gein’s Family Giftshop arobryn ar daith o’r DU am y tro cyntaf erioed. Yn dilyn llwyddiant yng Ngŵyl Caeredin a’u cyfres eu hunain ar Radio BBC, maent yn dod i dref wrth eich ymyl chi. Peidiwch â bod ofn. Dewch i weld gwledd o sgetshis mewn awr nad ydynt at ddant pawb, ond efallai y byddant at eich dant chi. Fel y gwelwyd ar Inside No.9 (BBC2) ac a glywyd ar Sketchorama BBC Radio 4. “A fun hour of unpleasant comedy.” The Guardian “Blistering…twisted, surreal humour"  Metro Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 39

FRIDAY COMEDY / COMEDI GWENER

FRIDAY COMEDY / COMEDI GWENER Rachel Parris (Austentatious, The IT Crowd, Murder In Successville) presents a collection of songs, stories and stand-up about not having it all. No house, husband, child, wage? No problem. Rachel Parris is an award-winning musical comedian and improviser. Her songs are regularly played on BBC Radio 4, BBC Wales and BBC 6 Music. Last year she was named the Independent’s One To Watch and nominated for a Chortle award.

RACHEL PARRIS BEST LAID PLANS Fri / Gwe // 9:00pm // £8 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys Sponsored by Mid Wales Storage

BONFIRE NIGHT Fri / Gwe // 9:00pm // £10 Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

NOMINEE: Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2014 – Best Show Yn y sioe newydd hon a ganmolwyd yn feirniadol, mae’r sosialaidd Liam Williams yn trafod gyrfaoedd, yr hinsawdd a'r 1%. Yn dilyn sioe a werthodd bob tocyn yng Ngŵyl Caeredin, y sioe ‘Capitalism’ arobryn a enwebwyd am Wobr Gomedi, tri rhediad a werthodd bob tocyn yn Llundain a thaith genedlaethol, mae Williams yn dychwelyd. ENWEBWYD: Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2014 – Best Show “Voice of a generation”  The Independent

Fri / Gwe // 9:00pm // £7 Y Plas - Upstairs 2

WILL DUGGAN

HOLLY BURN

A MAN GATHERING FISH

SPECIAL GIRL (WORK-IN-PROGRESS)

Fri / Gwe // 9:00pm // £7 Rag & Bone

Fri / Gwe // 9:00pm // £7 Y Plas Vane Tempest Holly Burn is very special. She knows it, you know it, the world just needs to know it. Well this is her chance to tell the world.... starting with Wales. Mae Holly Burn yn arbennig iawn. Mae hi'n gwybod hynny, ond mae’n rhaid i’r byd gael gwybod. Wel, dyma ei chyfle i ddweud wrth y byd ... gan ddechrau gyda Chymru. "A proper mad comedian " Stewart Lee's Fringe Recommendation 2015 "One of my favourite acts to watch ever." James Acaster's Top Comedy Picks 2015 -The Guardian

MARK SMITH

now. Why not come along and think of some more?

Twpsyn sy’n gwybod y cyfan a boi ocê ar y cyfan, daw Mark Smith â sioe newydd i Fachynlleth, Fri / Gwe // 9:00pm // £7 ac mae’n gyffrous dros ben. Gallwch ddisgwyl ei Y Plas - Upstairs 2 glywed yn gwasgu cynifer o arsylwadau doniol, twp a pheryglus i mewn i’w sioe ag y bo modd, ar Clueless know-it-all and all round OK guy Mark bynciau mor amrywiol â thatŵs, cael tatŵ, ac a yw Smith brings a new show to Machynlleth and boy tatŵs yn syniad da? O, ac mae jôcs am bidlenni. Yn oh boy is he excited. Expect to hear him squeeze gryno, felly, rhywbeth at ddant pawb. as many funny, stupid and potentially dangerous observations into his show as possible on topics 'Arwr', 'digrifwr chwedlonol’ a 'bachgen rhwyiol' yw rhai o’r geiriau a ddefnyddir i ddisgrifio Rhen as diverse as tattoos, getting a tattoo and are tattoos a good idea? Oh, and some dick jokes. In a Smudge ar hyn o bryd (ond yn Saesneg, wrth gwrs). Beth am ddod draw i feddwl am fwy? nutshell then, something for everyone. “Twice as funny as you average stand-up” The Mirror ‘Legendary stand up’, ‘hero’ and ‘sexy boy’ are just some of the words used to describe Old Smudge just “One to watch” The Independent

OLD SMUDGE

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WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Bydd Rachel Parris (Austentatious, The IT Crowd, Murder In Successville) yn cyflwyno casgliad o ganeuon, straeon a chomedi am beidio â chael y cyfan. Dim tŷ, gŵr, plentyn, cyflog? Dim problem. Mae Rachel Parris yn ddigrifwr a pherfformiwr byrfyfyr cerddorol arobryn. Mae ei chaneuon yn cael eu chwarae’n rheolaidd ar BBC Radio 4, BBC Wales a BBC 6 Music. Y llynedd, cafodd ei henwi’n “One To Watch” yn yr Independent, ac fe’i henwebwyd am wobr Chortle. “One sometimes doubts that Britain’s got talent – but Parris has it in spades” The Guardian “A gifted performer” The Times

LIAM WILLIAMS

In this critically lauded new show, hench-souled Pilsner socialist, Liam Williams, talks career, climate and the 1%. Following a sold-out Edinburgh Fringe hit, his acclaimed Comedy Award nominated ‘Capitalism’, three sold-out London runs and a national tour, Williams returns.

PETE OTWAY

Will Duggan is definite that you want to hear his opinions. So sure in fact that he has collected them all into a neat little comedy show in which he can air them. This is that show. Lucky, lucky you. Among the heavy hitting topics to be covered will be the innate arrogance of horses and the discography of the band 5ive. Finally, someone willing to cover these issues.

Pete Otway was a BBC New Comedy Award Finalist in 2012. Some time before that he'd broken up with the girl he was meant to be with and got back with her a long time later. This is the story of the things that happened WIFI WARS 2.0 in-between. A heart-warming and funny debut WORK-IN-PROGRESS show with bits about strangers, friendship, youth and nosebleeds. A show about having Fri / Gwe // 10:30pm // £7 what you think you want, losing it all and the journey to getting it back again. Surprisingly not Y Plas Vane Tempest directed by Richard Curtis. Back in Mach with all new games, it’s WiFi Wars - the live comedy game show where you Cyrhaeddodd Pete Otway rownd derfynol play along! Login with your smartphone or BBC New Comedy Award Finalist yn 2012. tablet (make sure you’ve got plenty of battery!) Peth amser cyn hynny, gwahanodd e â’r and compete in a range of games, quizzes and ferch berffaith iddo, a daethon nhw’n ôl challenges to win the show, and prizes! at ei gilydd yn nes ymlaen. Dyma hanes y pethau ddigwyddodd yn y canol. Sioe Hosted by award-winning comedian and games gyntaf deimladwy a doniol gyda darnau journalist Steve McNeil (Videogame Nation), this am ddieithriaid, cyfeillgarwch, ieuenctid a new show is being developed for their second thrwynau’n gwaedu. Sioe am gael yr hyn presentation at the Royal Institution, following roeddech chi’n credu ro’ch chi ei eisiau, colli’r their appearance on 2014’s BBC Christmas Lectures. cyfan, a'r daith i’w gael yn ôl eto. Er syndod, ni Yn ôl ym Mach gyda gemau newydd sbon, dyma’r chyfarwyddwyd hon gan Richard Curtis. WiFi Wars – y sioe gêm gomedi fyw lle rydych yn chwarae eich hun! Mewngofnodwch gyda'ch ffôn smart neu dabled (gwnewch yn siŵr bod gennych ddigon o fatri!) a chystadlwch mewn amrywiaeth o gemau, cwisiau a heriau i ennill y sioe, a gwobrau! Cyflwnir gan y digrifwr arobryn a newyddiadurwr gemau Steve McNeil (Videogame Nation), datblygir y sioe newydd hon ar gyfer eu hail gyflwyniad yn y Sefydliad Brenhinol, gan ddilyn ymddangos ar Christmas Lectures 2014 y BBC.

You might be aware of Will Duggan from Radio 4, BBC 3, that CCTV camera that points worryingly close to his front door or titting about in a dog costume in Fosters Award Winning Funz and Gamez. Mae Will Duggan yn sicr ei fod am i chi glywed ei farn. Mor siŵr, yn wir, ei fod wedi eu casglu mewn sioe gomedi fach daclus lle gall ei gyhoeddi. Hon yw’r sioe honno. Rydych chi’n lwcus iawn. Ymhlith y pynciau llosg i'w trafod fydd trahauster cynhenid ceffylau a discograffi’r band 5ive. O’r diwedd, mae rhywun yn barod i ymdrin â'r materion hyn. Efallai y byddwch yn gyfarwydd â Will Duggan o Radio 4, BBC 3, y camera teledu cylch cyfyng sy'n pwyntio’n rhy agos i’w ddrws ffrynt, neu fod yn wirion mewn gwisg ci yn Funz a Gamez a enillodd Wobr Fosters. “Incisively witty material which ploughs genuinely original comedic terrain” Spotlight Comedy “Go and see Will Duggan if you get the chance” Gigglebeats

“Not To Be Missed” The Guardian Time Out Critic’s Choice wifiwars.co.uk

MACHYNLLETH COMEDY Sponsored FESTIVAL by The Waen SHOWCASE Brewery Fri / Gwe // 10:30pm // £12 // 18+ 120mins (plus 15min break) // Y Plas The annual Friday night Showcase featuring as many acts as we can squeeze in until they throw us out of the building. This show goes on for hours.

Arddangosfa flynyddol nos Wener yn cynnwys cynifer o actau ag y gallwn eu ffitio nes iddynt ein taflu allan o’r adeilad. Mae’r sioe’n mynd ymlaen am oriau. Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 41

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TIERNAN DOUIEB

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ISY SUTTIE THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE PODCAST Sat / Sad // 12.30pm // £7 Ysgol Bro Hyddgen THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE is a live audience comedy chat show hosted by stand-up ISY SUTTIE (Peep Show's Dobby, Isy Suttie's Love Letters) with a different guest comedian for each episode. Isy delves into the vaults of her own and her guest's romantic past as they discuss the lengths they've gone to in the name of love - whether it's making a life-size papier mache zoo animal to try and save a relationship, or writing an eighty-page poem to slot into a Valentine's card.

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An hour of new stuff with some cleverly disguised old stuff from Tiernan. It is likely to be mostly about angst and upset at the general state of everything but all done through his usual stupid smiling face. Come hear that face spurt jokes, ideas and things he hasn't thought through yet at you. Awr o stwff newydd gyda rhai hen bethau wedi’u cuddio’n glyfar gan Tiernan. Mae'n debygol o fod yn bennaf am ing a gofid oherwydd cyflwr cyffredinol popeth, ond wedi’i wneud drwy ei wyneb â’i wên dwp arferol. Dewch i glywed yr wyneb yn dweud jôcs, syniadau a phethau nad yw wedi rhoi digon o feddwl iddynt eto. “Opinionated yet likeable” The Guardian “Very funny but fiercely political” Time Out “I still think you should get a PGCE just in case” Tiernan's Dad

Mae THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE yn sioe sgwrsio gomedi â chynulleidfa fyw a gyflwynir gan y digrifwr ISY SUTTIE (Dobby o Peep Show, Isy Suttie’s Love Letters) gyda gwahanol ddigrifwr gwadd ar gyfer pob pennod. Bydd Isy yn ymchwilio i orffennol rhamantus ei hun a’i gwesteion wrth iddynt drafod y pethau maent wedi’u gwneud yn enw cariad - boed yn greu anifeiliaid maint llawn o papier mache i geisio achub perthynas, neu ysgrifennu cerdd 80 tudalen i’w rhoi mewn cerdyn San Ffolant.

BRIDGET CHRISTIE STAND-UP FOR HER Sat / Sad // 12.30pm // £10 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard DVD warm-up shows from the Edinburgh Comedy Award, Chortle and South Bank Arts award winner, featuring all the very best bits of her last three full-length Edinburgh shows. In preparation for the recording of her debut stand-up special, Bridget Christie: Stand-Up For Her, to be filmed in May. Paratoi ar gyfer DVD gan enillydd Edinburgh Comedy Award, Chortle a South Bank Arts Award, sy'n cynnwys holl ddarnau gorau ei thair sioe Gaeredin hyd llawn diwethaf. Paratoi ar gyfer recordio ei sioe deledu gyntaf, Bridget Christie: Stand-Up For Her, i gael ei ffilmio ym mis Mai.

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SHORT AND CURLY A CURLY NIGHT IN Sat / Sad // 12.30pm // £7 The Other Room Join highbrow sketch group member Curly for a relaxing night in with his classic solo sketches such as "the one where he watches paint dry", "counting buttons" and "the dull sketch". Hopefully he'll avoid any disruption from that anarchic and ridiculous Short character. Expect high energy, shambolic sketches, musical parodies, big characters and an even bigger prop list.

Ymunwch ag aelod o'r grŵp sgetsh uchel-ael Curly am noson hamddenol gyda'i sgetshis unigol clasurol megis "yr un lle mae'n gwylio paent yn sychu", "cyfrif botymau" a’r "sgetsh ddiflas". Gobeithio y bydd yn osgoi unrhyw amhariad gan y cymeriad anarchaidd a chwerthinllyd Short. Gallwch ddisgwyl egni uchel, sgetshis traed moch, parodïau cerddorol, cymeriadau mawr a rhestr hyd yn oed yn fwy o bropiau. “Quick changes and even quicker wit. The sketches are well written and excellently executed"  ThreeWeeks "Fantastically good fun.” Broadway Baby Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 43

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GEORGE ORANGE

This is one of these improvised shows you hear so much about these days. It's got these comedy bedfellows in: Vanessa Hammick (real life heart throb) Lou Sanders (she's just bought a very powerful pelvitone)

LOU SANDERS AND VANNESA HAMMICK HELLO – AN IMPROV SHOW

Dyma un o'r sioeau byrfyfyr hynny rydych yn clywed cymaint amdanynt y dyddiau hyn. Mae'r cyfellion comedi hyn ynddi: Vanessa Hammick (seren go iawn) Lou Sanders (mae hi newydd brynu pelvitone pwerus iawn)

JAY COWLE HELLO HUMANS!

Hello Humans! Up-and-coming alternative comedian Jay Cowle, (New Act of The Year, Leicester, Bath and Reading comedy competition finalist, shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award, quite tall) brings you (whoever you are) his debut hour show about cats, beer, relativity, free will and pyjamas (he's pro pyjamas). Helo fodau dynol! Y digrifwr amgen newydd Jay Cowle, (rownd derfynol cystadleuaeth gomedi New Act of The Year, Leicester, Caerfaddon a Reading, rhestr fer BBC New Comedy Award, eithaf tal) yn cyflwyno ei sioe gyntaf i chi (pwy bynnag ydych chi) am gathod, cwrw, perthnasedd, ewyllys rydd a phyjamas (mae'n hoffi pyjamas). "One hell of an original stand-up" The New Current

Sat / Sad // 2:00pm // £7 // 16+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys

STANDARD ISSUE IN CONVERSATION Sat / Sad // 2:00pm // £10 Y Plas In Conversation with Standard Issue Magazine: The sharp and witty online women’s magazine hosts a killer line-up of funny women, including Sarah Millican, Isy Suttie and Amy Annette*, hosted by editor Mickey Noonan and talking about comedy, women, feminism and other topics. Join brilliant women for what's bound to be an excellent chat.

Sat / Sad // 12:30pm // £7 Y Plas - Upstairs 1

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STUART LAWS SO PREOCCUPIED WITH WHETHER HE COULD THAT HE DIDN'T STOP TO THINK WHETHER HE SHOULD (1 HOUR SHOW) Sat / Sad // 12:30pm // £7 Y Plas - Upstairs 2

In Conversation with Standard Issue Magazine: Y cylchgrawn ar-lein ffraeth a miniog I fenywod yn cyflwyno menywod eithriadol ddoniol, gan gynnwys Sarah Millican, Isy Suttie ac Amy Annette*, gyda’r golygydd Mickey Noonan yn cyflwyno, ac yn trafod comedi, menywod, ffeministiaeth a phynciau eraill.Ymunwch â menywod gwych am sgwrs sy’n sicr o fod yn ardderchog. *Gallai’r rhain newid www.standardissuemagazine.com

JORDAN BROOKES

Stuart Laws is the guy who does all the comedy at Turtle Canyon Comedy. He's also surprised ADVENTURES IN LIMITED SPACE everyone by getting on to his fourth hour. He really can’t go into it but it’s about the summer of Sat / Sad // 2:00pm // £8 2001, puffins, breweries and paper rounds. Just Y Plas Vane Tempest like every other comedy show at the moment. Stuart Laws yw'r dyn sy'n gwneud yr holl gomedi A silly, innovative and slippery exploration of yn Turtle Canyon Comedy. Mae hefyd wedi synnu identity, ambition and the lies we tell ourselves pawb trwy gyrraedd ei bedwaredd awr. Does dim to get out of bed in the morning. amser i drafod y peth, ond mae’n ymwneud â haf 2001, palod, bragdai a rowndiau papur. Yn union fel pob sioe gomedi arall ar hyn o bryd.

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HOW I ALMOST BECAME THE FIRST LADY OF THE USA

“A chronically funny stand up” TimeOut

Jordan’s debut hour was an under-the-radar critical hit at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Alongside a preview of his new show at Machynlleth, he performs this show one last time.

“laughs come thick and fast…definitely one to watch” Fest

Archwiliad gwirion, arloesol a llithrig o

Nominated for Chortle Best Newcomer 2016

This is a true story. In the early 90's I, a naive white farm boy, moved to Chicago. There I fell in love with a black man who was running for president, as a woman/drag queen. This man was Joan Jett Blackk, and he promised to 'Lick George Bush in '92'. Joan, real name Terence, was an average man playing at being a superhero. HIV was ravaging the queer community and politicians were not doing anything. So Terence put on a dress to change all that.

yn arlywydd, fel menyw/mewn drag. Enw’r dyn oedd Joan Jett Blackk, ac addawodd y byddai’n 'Lick George Bush yn '92 '. Roedd Joan, neu Terrence i ddefnyddio’i enw iawn, yn ddyn arferol yn ceisio bod yn uwcharwr. Roedd HIV yn bla yn y gymuned hoyw, a doedd George Orange, was born into a large American gwleidyddion ddim yn gwneud dim byd. Felly gwisgodd Terence ffrog i newid hynny. family of mostly normal people, that was his first mistake. Leaving them all behind he Ganed George Orange i deulu mawr has hunted glamor in San Francisco, Chicago, Americanaidd o bobl normal ar y cyfan - dyna London, and Cardiff. George has worked as a oedd ei gamgymeriad cyntaf. Gan eu gadael Circus Clown, M.L. Baseball Mascot, run Mary ar ôl, aeth i geisio hudoliaeth yn San Francisco, Bijou Cabaret and been a busker. He tends to Chicago, Llundain, a Chaerdydd. Mae George say yes when sense would say no, this habit has wedi gweithio fel Clown Syrcas, Masgot Pêl-fas lead him to being struck by lightning, having M.L., rhedodd Mary Bijou Cabaret a bu’n sex dressed as a BlueMan and many more glerwr. Mae'n tueddu i gytuno i bethau pan unmentionable tales. He is currently not writing fyddai’n synhwyrol gwrthod, arfer a berodd a book of his life but slowly telling the stories, iddo gael ei daro gan fellten, i gael rhyw wedi live, to one small audience at a time. gwisgo fel dyn glas, a llawer mwy o straeon na ellir eu hadrodd. Ar hyn o bryd, mae’n peidio ag Mae hon yn stori wir. Yn gynnar yn y 90au, ysgrifennu llyfr am ei fywyd, ond yn araf mae’n roeddwn yn fachgen fferm gwyn naïf, a adrodd y straeon, yn fyw, i un gynulleidfa fach symudais i Chicago. Yno, cwympais mewn ar y tro. cariad gyda dyn du oedd yn ymgyrchu i fod hunaniaeth, uchelgais a’r celwyddau ry’n ni’n dweud wrth ein hunain er mwyn codi o'r gwely yn y bore. Roedd awr gyntaf Jordan yn llwyddiant beirniadol dan y radar yng Ngŵyl Caeredin y llynedd. Ochr yn ochr â rhagolwg o'i sioe newydd ym Machynlleth, mae'n perfformio’r sioe hon am y tro olaf. Enwebwyd am Chortle Best Newcomer 2016 “Superbly crafted… he cleverly switches between characters, veering between almost stand-up and something more avant-garde. Easily one of the most creative but funny shows I’ve seen this year”  The Mirror “This inventive, rubber-faced comic is a sharp talent, and certainly one to watch” Time Out

MATTHEW CROSBY LET'S BE FRIENDS Sat / Sad // 2:00pm // £8 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard How would you like to become friends with a real-life comedian? Come to Matthew's new show and that might just happen to you. Matthew is a member of sketch heroes Pappy's, he wrote and starred in BBC 3's Badults, he's been on 8/10 Cats (both Countdown and the normal one); so obviously you'd want to be friends with him. Warning: Friendship with Mr Crosby is not legally binding and can be terminated without notice. Sut hoffech chi ddod yn ffrindiau gyda digrifwr go iawn? Dewch i sioe newydd Matthew, a gallai ddigwydd i chi. Mae Matthew yn aelod o arwyr sgetsh Pappy’s, ysgrifennodd a serennodd yn Badults BBC3, mae wedi bod ar 8/10 Cats (yr un Countdown a'r un normal); felly mae'n amlwg y byddech am fod yn ffrindiau gydag ef. Rhybudd: Nid yw cyfeillgarwch gyda Mr Crosby yn addewid cyfreithiol, a gellir ei derfynu heb rybudd.

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PETER DOBBING

PETER BRUSH

ARMCHAIR FUTUROLOGIST III (WORK IN PROGRESS)

OLDER THAN THE OLDEST DOG THAT EVER LIVED

Sat / Sad // 2:00pm // £7 Y Plas - Upstairs 2

Sat / Sad // 3:30pm // £7 Y Plas Vane Tempest

In parts I & II he brought you Bitcoin, Edible Insects and Virtual Reality. What will the armchair futurologist have for you in 2016? Funny/interesting/accessible. Free VR headset with every purchase.

When you’re 30 years old you’re now older than any dog that you meet - is that why they don’t understand your jokes? Find out how a supernatural experience last Christmas led an award-winning comedian to confront some of the bigger questions in life that we’d usually rather avoid, like, what is the one true faith? How do I look after a pet snake? Are people filming me?

Yn rhannau I a II, cyflwynodd y Bitcoin, trychfilod bwytadwy a Realiti Rithwyr i chi. Beth fydd gan yr “armchair futurologist” i chi yn 2016? Doniol/ diddorol /hygyrch. Set pen VR am ddim gyda phob tocyn.

JAMES MEEHAN BEAST WARS (WORK-IN-PROGRESS)

Also contains ghosts, paranoia, brown rice, undertakers, brass bands and of course, lots and lots of jokes (for humans anyway).

"Brilliant"  Three Weeks

Sat / Sad // 2:00pm // £7 The Other Room Multi award-winning comedian James (from Gein's Family Giftshop and Funz and Gamez) presents his debut show. One man's journey into finding out what the shit he's doing with himself. A look at class, race, growing up and whether or not he's actually called James.

MISTER BOY

HARRIET KEMSLEY

Y digrifwr arobryn James (o Gwin’s Family GOOD GIRL (WORK-IN-PROGRESS) Giftshop a Funz and Gamez) yn cyflwyno ei sioe gyntaf. Taith un dyn i ganfod beth yn y byd mae'n Sat / Sad // 2:00pm // £7 ei wneud ag ef ei hun. Golwg ar ddosbarth, Y Plas - Upstairs 1 hil, tyfu i fyny ac ai James yw ei enw mewn Multi award winning stand up and all round gwirionedd. idiot Harriet Kemsley comes to Mach for the “This is an adventure” Steve Zissou first time ever. She's been around a bit, doing her comedy on The One Show and The Radio1 "Razor sharp timing and cutting northern wit" Comedy Lounge as well as supporting Katherine Shortcom

ELEANOR TIERNAN

Ryan and Isy Suttie on their nationwide tours. Isn't she brave!

Sat / Sad // 3:30pm // £8 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard

Digrifwr arobryn a thwpsyn llwyr, daw Harriet Kemsley i Fach am y tro cyntaf erioed. Mae hi wedi bod i lawer o leoedd eraill, gan wneud ei chomedi ar The One Show a The Radio 1 Comedy Lounge yn ogystal â chefnogi Katherine Ryan ac Isy Suttie ar eu teithiau ledled y wlad. On’d yw hi'n ddewr!

Lucky pup Elms is back with a show that seems to be about marriage and adulthood, but actually it's about compromise and then at the end you find out it's all been about love. Musical Comedy Awards winner 2014, Chortle Awards finalist 2012, Mr Goldsworth in smash-hit show Dracula, Mr Swallow.

“A very funny new stand-up” Time Out “It's no exaggeration to say Harriet Kemsley is one of our favourite comedians in the world today” Laugh Out London catch up of how things are now. Sound good? Sweet. See you in April x

Hoffwn gyflwyno fy hun. Fy enw i yw Eleanor NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL ac rwy’n dod i Fach i wneud sioe am y tro cyntaf eleni. Nid dyma fy nhro cyntaf yn gwneud comedi. ELEANOR TIERNAN Rwy wedi gwneud sioeau byw dros y blynyddoedd Sat / Sad // 2:00pm // £7 a stwff i’r teledu, ond yn bennaf yn Iwerddon, fy Youth Wing nghartref. Oherwydd nad wyf am i chi golli’r cyfle i weld y stwff gwych rwy wedi’i wneud yn rhannau Allow me to introduce myself. My name is eraill y byd, rwy’n bwriadu gwneud casgliad o Eleanor and I'm coming to Mach to do a show fy stwff mwyaf doniol i chi ynghyd â newyddion for the first time this year. It's not my first time am sut mae pethau nawr. Swnio’n dda? Da iawn. doing comedy. I've done live shows over the Wela’i chi mis Ebrill. x years and TV stuff but mostly in Ireland where I'm from. Because I don't want you to miss out on the great stuff I've done in other parts of the world, I'm planning to do a compilation of my best funniest stuff for you along with a quick Machynlleth Comedy Festival 46

Pan ry’ch chi’n 30 oed, ry’ch chi’n hŷn nag unrhyw gi y byddwch yn cwrdd ag e – ai dyna pam dy’n nhw ddim yn deall eich jôcs?

DAVID ELMS

Mae Elms lwcus yn ôl gyda sioe sy'n edrych fel ei fod am briodi a thyfu’n oedolyn, ond mewn gwirionedd mae'n ymwneud â chyfaddawdu, ac ar y diwedd byddwch yn cael gwybod ei fod i gyd wedi bod am gariad. Enillydd Musical Comedy Awards 2014, rownd derfynol Chortle Awards 2012, a Mr Goldsworth yn y sioe lwyddiannus Dracula, Mr Swallow. “Beautiful, funny, clever and utterly engaging”  The Scotsman “Offers something that feels entirely new” The Guardian

Dewch i gael gwybod sut wnaeth profiad arallfydol y Nadolig diwethaf beri i gomedïwr arobryn wynebu rhai o gwestiynau mwyaf bywyd y byddem fel arfer yn ceisio eu hosgoi – er enghraifft, beth yw'r crefydd cywir? Sut mae gofalu am neidr? A yw pobl yn fy ffilmio? Hefyd yn cynnwys ysbrydion, paranoia, reis brown, trefnwyr angladdau, bandiau pres, ac wrth gwrs, llawer a llawer o jôcs (i bobl beth bynnag)..

JOE LYCETT JOE LYCETT’S CHAT SHOW SORT OF THING

“Unique observations and connections that standups crave” The Guardian “Compellingly hilarious… first-class gag writing… an original and achingly funny voice” Chortle

Sat / Sad // 3:30pm // £7 // Y Plas Vortex Join Joe (?) and guests (??) for a sort of chat show thing (???) which might be a chat show or might be something else. Last year it was alright and there was free cheese. This year there probably won't be free cheese cause it was distracting. Oh ok I'll bring some cheese get off my back. NOT SUITABLE FOR VEGANS Ymunwch â Joe (?) a gwesteion (??) am ryw fath o sioe siarad (???) a allai fod yn sioe siarad neu’n rhywbeth arall. Y llynedd, roedd yn oreit, ac roedd caws am ddim. Eleni, mwy na thebyg na fydd caws am ddim, gan iddo dynnu sylw’r gynulleidfa. O, iawn, ‘nai ddod â chaws, gadewch fi fod. ANADDAS I FEGANIAID Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 47

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BEASTS WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sat / Sad // 3:30pm // £7 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys BEASTS return to Mach, and this time they've booked accommodation. Exactly one year after James and Ciarán attempted to sleep in a car behind the Co-op* BEASTS are back with a new hour of sketches they've written and learnt. After 3 consecutive sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Festival this show promises to be their newest yet. *It was real cold and Matthew Crosby (gentleman) let us sleep at his in the end.

NAUTILUS TRYGVE WAKENSHAW Sat / Sad // 3:15pm // £11 Y Tabernacl NOMINATED: Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award 2015 . This 75 minute tour-de-force of high-octane mime comedy is the widely lauded follow-up to cult sell-out physical comedies KRAKEN (LIMF ’15) and SQUIDBOY.

Gwallgof, cras, unigryw ac ecsentrig, dyma waith mwyaf uchelgeisiol y twpsyn arobryn o fri rhyngwladol, Trygve Wakenshaw. “So magical, so delightfully playful. Wakenshaw leaves his audience slack-jawed with admiration.” The Scotsman “The kind of funny you get when not just the rug but the whole floor and foundations are pulled right out from under you.” The Guardian “Trygve is a Loony Toons creation made flesh... you can’t help but be carried away by the pure joy of his madcap landscapes.” Fest

Mad, risqué and uniquely eccentric, this is award-winning and internationally acclaimed idiot Trygve Wakenshaw’s most ambitious work Wakenshaw’s awards include: Time Out Best to date. Comedy of 2014, Edinburgh Underbelly Award ENWEBWYD: Gowbr Gomedi Fosters Caeredin 2014, New Zealand International Comedy Festival 2015. Mae’r sioe hon yn gampwaith 75 munud - Best Comedy 2014, Adelaide Fringe - Best o gomedi meim cyffrous, ac mae wedi denu Comedy 2015, Perth Fringe - Best Comedy 2015. cryn ganmoliaeth. Mae’n dilyn y comedïau corfforol cwlt Kraken (LIMF '15) a SQUIDBOY, a trygvewakenshaw.net werthodd bob tocyn. Machynlleth Comedy Festival 48

Mae BEASTS yn ôl ym Mach, a'r tro hwn maent wedi trefnu llety. Yn union flwyddyn ar ôl i James a Ciarán geisio cysgu mewn car y tu ôl i'r Co-op*, mae BEASTS yn ôl gyda awr newydd o sgetshis y maent wedi’u hysgrifennu a’u dysgu. Ar ôl 3 rhediad yn olynol a werthodd bob tocyn yng Ngŵyl Caeredin, y sioe hon fydd y mwyaf newydd eto. *Roedd yn wirioneddol oer, ac yn y diwedd, gadawodd Matthew Crosby (gŵr bonheddig) i ni gysgu yn ei le fe. “Unforgettably nutty.”  The Times “The new breed of sketch show” The Guardian

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LIAM WILLIAMS TRAVESTY (WORK-IN-PROGRESS) Sat / Sad // 3:30pm // £7 The Youth Wing A reading of a new play by Liam Williams. It's an attempt to make sense at last of women, men and the love that refines them.

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GRAINNE MCGUIRE

Darlleniad o ddrama newydd gan Liam Williams. Mae'n ymgais i wneud synnwyr o'r diwedd o fenywod, dynion, a'r cariad sy'n eu mireinio. "The voice of a generation" The Independent "From the sounds of it he doesn't plan on doing stand-up forever" The Skinny

GREAT PEOPLE MAKING GREAT CHOICES Sat / Sad // 3:30pm // £7 Bowling Club Most human adults can't even pick a relationship that doesn't send them mental after a bit, yet we are supposed to use that same brain to elect a government?! No wonder the world is such a mess! When it comes to picking who to vote for, should we really be asking- What would Oprah Winfrey want us to do? Grainne Maguire is a comedian and comedy writer; as a comedian she has appeared on Stewart Lee's Alternative Comedy Experience, The Now Show, 7 Day Sunday, The Year That's In It and Stephen K Amos' An Idiots Guide. She has written for Dead Ringers, The News Quiz, Newsjack and The Alternative Election. As a simple show gal with a dream she has appeared on Daily Politics, Panorama and Question Time Ni all y rhan fwyaf o oedolion hyd yn oed ddewis perthynas nad yw'n eu hanfon o’u cof ar ôl ychydig, ac eto ry’n ni fod i ddefnyddio'r un ymennydd i ethol llywodraeth?! Dim rhyfedd bod y byd yn fath lanast! Pan ddaw i ddewis rhywun i bleidleisio drostynt, dylem fod yn gofyn - beth fyddai Oprah Winfrey am i ni ei wneud? Mae Grainne Maguire yn ddigrifwr ac yn ysgrifennu comedi; fel digrifwr mae hi wedi ymddangos ar Stewart Lee's Alternative Comedy Experience, The Now Show, 7 Day Sunday, The Year That's In It ac An Idiots Guide Stephen K Amos. Mae hi wedi ysgrifennu ar gyfer Dead Ringers, The News Quiz, Newsjack a The Alternative Election. Fel merch syml gyda breuddwyd, mae hi wedi bod ar Daily Politics, Panorama a Question Time. Machynlleth Comedy Festival 50

ED ACZEL THE RANDOM FLAPPING OF A BUTTERFLY'S WINGS Sat / Sad // 5:00pm // £10 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard

AHIR SHAH MACHINES Sat / Sad // 3:30pm // £7 The Other Room Thoughtful wastrel Ahir Shah returns to Machynlleth with a work-in-progress show about modernity, technology, democracy, capitalism, radical Islam, and his grandma. Shah's last hour of stand-up, Distant, was performed to critical acclaim at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and subsequently toured around the UK, Paris and Australia. Basically if you like jokes and opinions you'll

Ed Aczel “Britain’s greatest living anti-comedian” (Guardian) returns as he tries once again to nail down the nature of existence. Aczel is known for not following the rules of stand-up comedy and he aims to use his show, with help of the Chaos Theory, to change the world once and for all – although it may turn out to be too complicated. He asks whether you can have your cake and eat it – i.e. seek to change human consciousness forever and keep your weekends free.

probably dig this, it'll be fun and good, promise. Mae’r oferwr meddylgar Ahir Shah yn dychwelyd i Fachynlleth gyda sioe gwaith ar y gweill yn trafod moderniaeth, technoleg, democratiaeth, cyfalafiaeth, Islam radicalaidd, a'i nain. Perfformiodd Shah ei awr ddiwethaf o gomedi, Distant, i fri beirniadol yng Ngŵyl Caeredin 2015, ac aeth ar daith wedyn o amgylch y DU, Paris ac Awstralia. Yn syml, os ydych yn hoffi jôcs a safbwyntiau, mae'n siŵr y byddwch yn hoffi hwn. Bydd yn hwyl ac yn dda, rwy’n addo. "Very funny"  The Guardian "Powerfully funny"  The List

EMMA SIDI (WORK-IN-PROGRESS) Sat / Sad // 3:30pm // £7 Y Plas - Upstairs Emma Sidi returns to Machynlleth for her second solo show. Think Mexican passion, European pain and British heartache. We’re talking global emotion on a fringe comedy scale. As heard on Radio 4 Fresh From The Fringe 2015 and Radio 4Extra Newsjack. Produced by Berk's Nest Daw Emma Sidi yn ôl i Fachynlleth am ei hail sioe unigol. Dychmygwch angerdd Mecsicanaidd, poen Ewropeaidd a thorcalon Prydeinig. Cynigir emosiwn byd-eang ar raddfa gomedi ymylol. Bu ar Radio 4 Fresh From The Fringe 2015 a Radio 4Extra Newsjack. Cynhyrchwyd gan Berk’s Nest.

ISY SUTTIE

Award-winning comedian, songwriter and actress, Isy’s TV credits include Peep Show, THE ACTUAL ONE (BOOK TOUR SHOW) Shameless and Skins.

Sat / Sad // 5:00pm // £13 Y Tabernacl THE ACTUAL ONE is Isy Suttie’s brilliantly funny new show about that moment in your late 20s when you suddenly realise that all your mates are growing up without you. The invisible deal that Isy had made – to prolong growing up for as long as possible – was all in her head. Suddenly everyone around her is into mortgages, farmers' markets and nappies, rather than skinny-dipping in the sea and Sambuca sessions on rope-swings. When her dearest friend advises Isy that the next guy she meets will be not just The One, but The Actual One, Isy decides to delay the onset of adulthood for just a bit longer until a bet with her mum results in a mad scramble to find a boyfriend within a month.

THE ACTUAL ONE yw sioe newydd hynod ddoniol Isy Suttie, sy’n trafod y foment yn eich 20iau hwyr pan rydych yn sylweddoli bod eich holl ffrindiau’n tyfu hebddoch chi. Roedd y fargen anweledig wnaeth Isy – i wrthod tyfu’n oedolyn mor hir â phosib – ond yn bodoli yn ei phen. Yn sydyn, mae pawb o’i chwmpas yn trafod morgeisiau, marchnadoedd ffermwyr, a chewynnau, yn hytrach na nofio’n noeth yn y môr a sesiynau Sambuca ar siglenni rhaffau. Pan wnaeth ei ffrind gorau ddweud wrth Isy mai’r dyn nesaf y byddai’n cwrdd ag ef fydd “The One” – ac yn wir, “The Actual One” – penderfynodd Isy osgoi tyfu’n oedolyn ychydig yn hirach. Ond wedyn, arweiniodd bet gyda’i mam i ymgyrch wallgof i ganfod cariad mewn mis. Mae Isy yn ddigrifwr, cantores ac actores arobryn, ac mae ei chredydau teledu’n cynnwys Peep Show, Shameless a Skins.

Ed includes a couple of amusingly circular stories about his life, which thankfully don’t last long. Bringing Maths, History and Improv to life for beginners, he explores his own inner psyche with a section analysing his dreams – and then tries not to get too paranoid. aw Ed Aczel (“Britain’s greatest living anti-comedian” - Guardian) yn ôl wrth iddo geisio darganfod natur bodolaeth unwaith eto. Mae Aczel yn adnabyddus am beidio â dilyn rheolau comedi llwyfan, ac mae’n bwriadu defnyddio’i sioe – gyda chymorth gan Ddamcaniaeth Annhrefn – i newid y byd unwaith ac am byth. Mae’n bosib y bydd hynny’n rhy gymhleth. Mae’n gofyn a yw’n bosib cael y gorau o ddau fyd – h.y. ceisio newid ymwybyddiaeth dynol am byth a chadw’r penwythnosau’n rhydd. Bydd Ed yn cynnwys un neu ddau o straeon cylchol doniol am ei fywyd, ond dydyn nhw ddim yn para'n rhy hir. Gan ddod â Mathemateg, Hanes a Byrfyfyr yn fyw i ddechreuwyr, mae'n archwilio ei feddwl ei hun gydag adran yn dadansoddi ei freuddwydion – gan geisio peidio â mynd yn rhy baranoid. “Aczel turns unprofessionalism into an art form” The Times “One of the most entertaining oddities in years” Metro Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 51

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SATURDAY COMEDY / COMEDI SADWRN York Drama Desk Award for his hit one-man show Every Brilliant Thing on international tour, while Paddy Gervers has grown a cult following for acclaimed podcast ‘Podshambles’. Reuniting once again, THE END IS NIGH shows why they are one of the biggest musical comedy acts in the UK today. Comedi gerddorol am deulu, cyfeillgarwch a thrychinebau amgylcheddol

JONNY AND THE BAPTISTS THE END IS NIGH Sat / Sad // 5:00pm // £10 // Vortex A musical comedy about family, friendship and environmental disaster

Llynedd, dywedodd Jonny yn ddamweiniol wrth ei nith bedair oed y byddai newid yn yr hinsawdd yn dod â’r byd i ben. I’w stopio rhag crio, gwnaeth e a Paddy addo’i drwsio. Maen nhw’n trio’n galed iawn ... Mae'r sioe newydd gan ddigrifwyr cerddorol mwyaf cyffrous y DU, THE END IS NIGH, yw eu menter mwyaf personol - ac apocalyptaidd – hyd yma. Mae’n cynnwys holl nodweddion eu llwyddiant, o roc dychanol egni uchel i ffolineb llwyr, ac mae’n cyfuno comedi, theatr a gig roc mewn stori gyfareddol o deulu, cyfeillgarwch a thrychinebau amgylcheddol.

STEWART LEE WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sat / Sad // 5:00pm // £8 // 16+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys

KAMIKAZE

SIMON MUNNERY’S

Last year, Jonny accidentally told his four-yearold niece that climate change would end the world. To stop her crying, he and Paddy promised Enwebwyd Jonny Donahoe am New York Drama Desk Award am ei sioe lwyddiannus un dyn, to fix it. They really tried very hard... Every Brilliant Thing, ar daith ryngwladol, tra The new show from the UK's hottest musical bod Paddy Gervers wedi ennill dilyniant cwlt comedians, THE END IS NIGH offers their most i’w bodlediad o fri 'Podshambles'. Gan ailymuno personal - and apocalyptic - venture to date. unwaith eto, mae THE END IS NIGH yn dangos Featuring all the hallmarks of their success from pam eu bod yn un o'r perfformwyr comedi barnstorming satirical rock to flights of brilliant cerddorol gorau’n y DU heddiw. silliness, the show blends comedy, theatre “Frank, fresh & funny” WhatsOnStage and rock gig in a captivating story of family, friendship and environmental disaster. “The political edge of 80s alternative comedy... a pop-soul voice to win X-Factor” Stewart Lee, Observer Jonny Donahoe has been nominated for a New

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ROB DEERING WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sat / Sad // 5:00pm // £7 Bowling Club

The time has come. 2016. The year of the pointy little joke boy. Let's do this!

Twenty-first Century one-man-band Rob Deering is back at Mach, continuing his quest to be a hip, contemporary young pop star against strong evidence that he's a stand-up comedian and forty-something family man.

dychwelyd i Fachynlleth gyda sioe newydd, ac mae’n gyffrous dros ben. Mae'n sicr o fod yn hwyl, yn ddoniol, a bron â bod wrth union bris y tocyn. Mae'r sioe hefyd yn digwydd ar ei ben-blwydd, felly os na fyddwch chi yno, efallai y byddwch yn gyfrifol am wneud iddo wynebu gwirioneddau tywyll. Mae'n waith ar y gweill, Mae'r amser wedi dod. 2016. Blwyddyn y bachgen felly pwy ydym ni i feirniadu? “Destined for great things… Charismatic, clever bach pigfain sy’n dweud jôcs. Beth amdani! Heb os, nid dau blentyn ysgol mewn cot ffos yw and self-aware.” The Guardian Rhys James, felly gallwch roi'r gorau i ofyn. Mae’n “Sickeningly talented young standup.” Time Out Machynlleth Comedy Festival 52

Band un dyn i’r unfed ganrif ar hugain, mae Rob Deering nôl ym Mach, gan barhau yn ei ymgyrch i fod yn seren bop ifanc, cŵl yn erbyn tystiolaeth gref ei fod yn ddigrifwr ac yn ddyn teulu dros ei ddeugain. “Ingenious and hilarious” The Guardian “As sharp and versatile as a Swiss Army knife, Rob Deering is one of the best performers currently on the circuit” The Independent

Mae’r arloeswr diddiwedd Simon Munnery yn troi’n gyflwynydd a chyfarwyddwr i gyflwyno'r digrifwyr gorau, mwyaf doniol a beiddgar i gamera, taflunydd a sgrîn mewn sioe sy'n troi comedi’n sinematig.

Sat / Sad // 5:00pm // £7 Y Plas - Upstairs 1

Brace for impact. Sean McLoughlin's going down and he's taking every one of you freaks with him. An early version of a new hour of stand-up Sat / Sad // 5:00pm // £11 Yn dilyn sioeau a werthodd bob tocyn yng from 'the best comedian you haven't heard of yet' Ysgol Bro Hyddgen Ngŵyl Udderbelly Llundain ac Assembly Rooms (Time Out). Caeredin, daw Fylm School yn ôl i Ŵyl Gomedi Serial innovator Simon Munnery turns host and As seen on Russell Howard's Stand-Up Central. Machynlleth. director to introduce the finest, funniest and Paratowch i lanio. Mae Sean McLoughlin yn most daring comedians to a camera, projector Mae cyn-westeion yn cynnwys Adam Buxton, disgyn ac mae'n cymryd pob un ohonoch chi Josie Long, Tim Key, Kevin Eldon, Sara Pascoe a and screen in a show that takes comedy to ffyliaid gydag ef. Fersiwn gynnar o awr newydd James Acaster. cinematic proportions. o gomedi gan 'the best comedian you haven't Following sell-out shows at London’s Udderbelly “It’s a lot of fun” Time Out heard of yet' (Time Out). Festival and Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms, Fylm “Surreal, whimsical and always inexplicably Bu ar Russell Howard's Stand-Up Central. School returns to Machynlleth Comedy Festival. hilarious, this innovative show proves that “a terrifically intense, eloquent hour of comedy.” there’s more to comedy than one man and a Previous guests include Adam Buxton, Josie The Independent microphone”  Three Weeks Long, Tim Key, Kevin Eldon, Sara Pascoe and “Never less than compelling” The List James Acaster.

FYLM SCHOOL

Sat / Sad // 5:00pm // £8 Y Plas Vayne Tempest

Rhys James, who is definitely not two school kids stacked up in a trench coat so stop asking, returns to Machynlleth with a new show and boy is he excited. It's sure to be a hoot, a blast, and worth almost exactly the ticket price. The show is also happening on his birthday so by not attending you could really be forcing him to face up to some home truths. It's a work in progress, so who are any of us to judge?

SEAN MCGLOUGHLIN

CHARLIE DINKIN

anyone, at any time, ever.

Helo! Rwyf wedi ysgrifennu sioe newydd sbon y gallwch ei phrofi mewn 3D disglair gan ddefnyddio eich offer eich hun (h.y. llygaid, Sat / Sad // 5:00pm // £7 clustiau a theimladau). Yn bennaf, mae’n trafod Rag & Bone faint rwy’n casáu pobl yn dweud na allaf wneud Hello! I've written a brand new show that pethau, ond wedyn 95% o'r amser fedra’i ddim you can experience in dazzling 3D using your trafferthu gwneud y pethau hynny beth bynnag. own equipment (i.e. eyes, ears and feelings). Bydd yn cynnwys jôcs a straeon am fy mywyd, It's mostly about how much I hate being told I ein bywydau ni, ac efallai hyd yn oed eich bywyd can't do things, but then 95% of the time can't CHI, os ydych chi, fel fi, yn methu â chyfleu pa actually be bothered to do those things anyway. mor wych ydych chi i unrhyw un, ar unrhyw It'll be some jokes and some stories about adeg, fyth. my life and our lives and maybe even YOUR "A fresh voice, my favourite new comedian - I wish I life if you, like me, can't seem to effectively could buy shares in her career" Trevor Lock communicate your indisputable brilliance to

CAN'T (WORK IN PROGRESS)

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AMY ANNETTE WHAT WOMEN WANT Sat / Sad // 5:00pm // £7 The Other Room

MASSIVE DAD MASSIVE DAD 2.0: STEP UP 2 MASSIVE DAD Sat / Sad // 5:00pm // £8 The Youth Wing "Sketch comedy geniuses" (Glamour Magazine) Massive Dad revive their hit show Massive Dad 2.0: Step Up 2 Massive Dad at Mach Fest. Come and enjoy "tight, energetic sketches where not a moment is wasted" (The List) and relax during the black-outs in between.

JOSIE LONG AND KIRI PRITCHARD MCLEAN ARE PART OF THIS SHOW SO IT'LL BE WORTH A WATCH BECAUSE OF THEM WHATEVER ELSE, YOU KNOW?

MAE JOSIE LONG A KIRI PRITCHARD MCLEAN YN RHAN O’R SIOE HON FELLY BYDD WERTH EI GWYLIO O’U HERWYDD NHW BETH BYNNAG ARALL, CHI'N GWYBOD?

I, Amy Annette, am interested in examining the unspoken tropes of womanhood, the everyday politics and tactics of being a woman, and the works of Helen Hunt. I therefore present to you, the good people of Mach; 'What Women Want'.

Mae gen i, Amy Annette, ddiddordeb mewn archwilio syniadau cudd benywdod, gwleidyddiaeth a thactegau beunyddiol bod yn fenyw, a gwaith Helen Hunt. Felly rwy’n cyflwyno i chi, bobl Fachynlleth; ‘What Women Want’.

At your premier comedy festival we will be examining the myth, misogyny and misadventures of 'Beach Ready' Bodies. My guests will be Josie Long and Kiri PritchardMcLean - we'll each speak, then I'll ask them some questions and then you, the audience will have a chance to share an opinion or two. Yes that's right, this is that furnace of comedy gold that is a comedy show cum literary event.

Yn eich gŵyl gomedi bennaf, byddwn yn archwilio myth, rhywiaeth ac anffawd cyrff 'barod i’r traeth'. Fy ngwesteion fydd Josie Long a Kiri Pritchard-McLean - byddwn yn siarad, ac yna byddaf yn gofyn cwestiynau iddynt, ac yna byddwch chi, y gynulleidfa, yn cael cyfle i rannu barn. Ie wir – dyma ffwrnais o aur gomedi, sef digwyddiad llenyddol gomedi.

This blurb in summary;

Cwestiwn: Beth MAE menywod ei eisiau?

Question: What DO women want? Answer: Two tickets to this great sounding show, please. Alternative Answer: Gender Equality, and two tickets to this great sounding show please.

Dyma’r broliant yn gryno; Ateb: Dau docyn i'r sioe hon, plîs, mae’n swnio'n wych. Ateb Arall: Cydraddoldeb rhyw, a dau docyn i'r sioe hon, plîs, mae’n swnio'n wych.

Sketchorama, Newsjack, Sisters, Lentil Sorters), Channel 4, BBC1, Comedy Central, Sky Arts. Mae’r "sketch comedy geniuses" (Glamour Magazine) Massive Dad yn adfywio eu sioe boblogaidd Massive Dad 2.0: Step Up 2 Massive Dad yng Ngŵyl Mach. Dewch i fwynhau "tight, energetic sketches where not a moment is wasted" (The List) ac ymlacio yn ystod y tywyllwch rhyngddynt. Buon nhw ar BBC Radio 4 (Fresh from the Fringe, Sketchorama, Newsjack, Sisters, Lentil Sorters), Channel 4, BBC1, Comedy Central, Sky Arts.

"For a how-to-guide on sketch comedy, see As featured on BBC Radio 4 (Fresh from the Fringe, Massive Dad" Time Out

DANIEL COOK HE'S SIMPLE, HE'S DUMB, HE'S DANIEL COOK Sat / Sad // 5:00pm // £7 Y Plas - Upstairs 2

Sioe o waith ar y gweill yn seiliedig ar stori wir am ddyn (fi) yn mynd o fod yn dwpsyn i (spoiler) ennill Gwobr Heddwch Nobel. Mae wedi bod mewn amrywiol ffurfiau ac ar wahanol adegau yn ystod y rhan fwyaf o'n bywydau ar BBC One, Channel 4, BBC Radio 2 a BBC Radio 4.

"Cook possesses a quality that simply makes him A work in progress show based on a true story about how a man (me) went from being an idiot funny"  The List to a (spoiler alert) Nobel Peace Prize winner. "Had the crowd roaring with laughter"  Three Weeks As seen and heard in various guises and at various points during most of our lives on BBC One, Channel 4, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4. Machynlleth Comedy Festival 54

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AISLING BEA AND PALS Sat / Sad // 6:30pm // £12 Y Plas

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SH!T THEATRE WOMAN'S HOUR

Aisling Bea (British Comedy Award Winner 2014, Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of Ten Cats) has long been known in the industry as "Comedy's Mother Theresa" - no not craggy with dodgy habits (badum tish), but kind and giving and so humble, just so lovely and humble. So typical, she is doing a bloody fundraiser for Machfest at 6.30pm at the Y Plas on Saturday April 30th. It will be a good value show with lots of her pals helping out with the laughs - some that you may not have seen before and a few from the actual TELEVISION. Please come xx

diwydiant fel Mam Theresa comedi – na, ddim yn hen gydag arferion amheus (badwm tish), ond yn garedig a hael a mor ostyngedig, mor hyfryd a gostyngedig. Felly, yn nodweddiadol, mae hi'n blydi codi arian i Ŵyl Mach am 6.30 o'r gloch yn Y Plas ddydd Sadwrn 30 Ebrill. Bydd y sioe werth yr arian, gyda llawer o'i ffrindiau yn helpu gyda'r chwerthin - rhai na fyddwch efallai wedi’u gweld o'r blaen, a rhai o’r TELEDU. Plîs dewch xx

This gig is a fundraiser for the Festival. By attending, not only will you have a brilliant time, but you'll also be directly supporting the Women’s Hour – I’M FINE – Women’s Hour. First festival and ensuring that we can continue to do Mae'r gig yn codi arian i’r Ŵyl. Trwy fynychu, byddwch yn cael amser gwych, ac ar yr un pryd on Women’s Hour: Men, then us. Women’s Hour. what we do in the way that we do it. yn cefnogi'r ŵyl yn uniongyrchol ac yn sicrhau y Later on Women’s Hour: Ankle Socks? Women’s Ers sbel, mae Aisling Bea (enillydd British Hour. Becca and Louise were commissioned by Comedy Award 2014, Live At The Apollo, 8 Out gallwn barhau i wneud yr hyn rydym yn ei wneud yn y ffordd rydym yn ei wneud. a man to write an hour about women for his of Ten Cats) wedi gwneud enw i’w hun yn y festival of feminism. Women’s Hour is a cabaret piece of giddy, freewheeling silliness about what happens when women are given just one hour a day to think about what it is to be a WOMAN. Feminist theatre for all genders. Sat / Sad // 6:30pm // £10 Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

Women’s Hour - RWY'N IAWN - Women’s Hour. Yn gyntaf ar Women’s Hour: Dynion, wedyn ni. Women’s Hour. Nes ymlaen ar Women’s Hour: Sanau Ffêr? Women’s Hour. Comisiynwyd Becca a Louise gan ddyn i ysgrifennu awr am fenywod ar gyfer ei ŵyl ffeministiaeth. Mae Women’s Hour yn ddarn cabaret o ffolineb benysgafn, gwirion am beth sy'n digwydd pan gaiff fenywod ond un awr bob dydd i feddwl am beth mae'n golygu i fod yn FENYW. Theatr ffeministaidd i bob ryw. “Smart and necessary from a young company who are really finding their own distinctive voice” Lyn Gardner, The Guardian. “Five Best Plays to see in Edinburgh” The Daily Telegraph. Winner: Three Weeks Editors Choice Award 2015. Telegraph, Exeunt, WhatsOnStage, Stage, Fest, Three Weeks, Edinburgh Festival Magazine, Scotsgay Commissioned by Camden People's Theatre and supported by the Arts Council for England.

NINA CONTI IN YOUR FACE Sat / Sad // 6:30pm // £14 Y Tabernacl She's won a British Comedy Award, stormed Live at the Apollo, Russell Howard's Good News, Sunday Night at the Palladium, and made a BAFTA nominated film - all without moving her lips. Watch as Nina creates a new show each night by plucking inspiration from the audience. Strap into the mask as Nina gets in your face. With the help of Monkey and a bag of tricks, truly anything can happen in this unmissable improvised adventure of hilarious witchery.

Mae hi wedi ennill British Comedy Award, gwnaeth berfformiad gwych ar Live at the Apollo, Russell Howard’s Good News, Sunday Night at the Palladium, a gwnaeth ffilm a enwebwyd am BAFTA – oll heb symud ei gwefusau. Gwyliwch wrth i Nina greu sioe newydd bob nos drwy gael ei hysbrydoli gan y gynulleidfa. Gwisgwch y mwgwd wrth i Nina hawlio eich wynebau. Gyda chymorth Monkey a bag o driciau, gall unrhyw beth ddigwydd yn yr antur fyrfyfyr ysgytiol o hudoliaeth doniol. “Charming, sharp, warm, glamorous”  The Times “Put simply, Nina Conti is a genius”  The Mirror Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 57

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NAT METCALFE

'Modrin McDonald 21st Century Wizard' on BBC Radio 4. Quirky, surreal and taking droll to the next level, Kay will be talking about and possibly wearing at least one base layer, maybe a hat and definitely trousers although not of the pyjama variety.

DAVID KAY AYE FINE Sat / Sad // 6:30pm // £8 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys

LAZY SUSAN WORK-IN-PROGRESS

This is the follow up show to hit-debut 'It's Only Words,' by Dr Brown-trained clown Louise Reay. Comedi mewn Tsieinëeg i bobl nad ydynt yn siarad unrhyw Tseiniaidd o gwbl! Dim ond 7% o gyfathrebu sy’n llafar, dewch i arbrofi gyda'r 93% arall. Byddwch yn ei ddeall, ond ni fyddwch yn gwybod pam. Beth a fydd, 些拉!

As heard on BBC Radio 4's Newsjack and Sketchorama. Mae enwebeion 2014 Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer, Lazy Susan, yn rhoi cynnig ar syniadau newydd. Gallai fynd o'i le, gallai fod yn iawn, bydd yn bendant yn rhywiol. Plîs dewch, maen nhw’n fechgyn gwirioneddol neis. Buon nhw ar Newsjack a Sketchorama BBC Radio 4. "Tender and ridiculous" The Guardian "Superb... . subtle performances and excellent writing."  The List

LOUISE RAEY QUE SERA, 些拉 Sat / Sad // 6:30pm // £7 Y Plas Vayne Tempest Comedy in Chinese for people who don't speak Sat / Sad // 6:30pm // £7 // 16+ Y Plas - Upstairs 1

JACK BARRY WORK-IN-PROGRESS Machynlleth Comedy Festival 58

I have performed at every single Machynlleth Comedy Festival and am returning with a brand new work-in-progress show. My third. I’ve been on some radio shows my pals have, like James Acaster’s Findings on BBC Radio 4 and being a regular on Josh Widdicombe’s XFM show and as well as being on BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Fresh From the Fringe on my own merit.

“Unconventional stand up and it’s all the better for it” The Stage

any Chinese at all! Only 7% of communication is verbal, come and experiment with the other 93%. You'll understand it, but you won't know why. What will be, 些拉!

Those 2014 Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominees Lazy Susan are testing some new ideas. It might go wrong, it might go right, it will definitely go sexy. Please come, they're just a couple of genuinely nice lads.

Sat / Sad // 6:30pm // £7 The Other Room

Bydd David Kay yn cyrraedd Machynlleth eleni. Mae’n un o drysorau cudd cylch comedi’r Alban, a bu ar 'The Alternative Comedy Experience' Comedy Central a 'Modrin McDonald 21st Century Wizard' ar BBC Radio 4. Rhyfedd, swreal, ac yn ddoniol ar lefel newydd, bydd Kay yn trafod ac efallai’n gwisgo o leiaf un haen o ddillad, efallai het ac yn bendant trowsus, ond nid dillad nos.

“ reminiscent of the deadpan American surrealist Arriving at Machynlleth this year is David Stephen Wright …wonderfully improbable… ” Kay one of the hidden gems of the Scottish comedy circuit as seen on Comedy Central's 'The Scotland on Sunday Alternative Comedy Experience' and heard as

Sat / Sad // 6:30pm // £7 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard

WORK-IN-PROGRESS (WORK-IN-PROGRESS)

Dyma ail sioe Louise Ray, yn dilyn ei sioe gyntaf lwyddiannus ‘It’s Only Words’. Hyfforddwyd y clwon Louise gan Dr Brown. "An absurdly brilliant clown act that explores the nature of communication and language."  FringeReview. "Louise Reay can legitimately claim to be unique." The Independent

ohonynt oedd yno, ond y sioe roedd yn hwyl enfawr. Eleni, mae'n gobeithio adeiladu ar yr hwyl hynny. Gwasgarwch bapur y jôcs, sgeintiwch berlysiau Last year Jack Barry had the great pleasure of hanesion, rholiwch sbliff comedi mawr tew a’i danio performing to 7 people at Mach Fest. There were gyda phersonoliaeth hamddenol Jack. Yna sugnwch only 7 of them, but the show was huge fun. yn ddwfn ar y comedi. Heddwch.. This year he hopes to build on that fun. Spread “Instantly likeable” Three Weeks out the paper of jokes, sprinkle in the herb of anecdotes, roll up a big fat comedy doobie "Barry is Eddie Izzard-like in his excellent use of and spark it with the fire of Jack's laid-back callbacks... a chipper, friendly, and optimistic personality. Then toke deep on those irie performer with a strong debut hour of stand-up comedy vibes. Peace. and enormous potential...I anticipate the rest of his career with great interest." Broadway Baby Y llynedd, cafodd Jack Barry y pleser mawr o berfformio i 7 o bobl yng Ngŵyl Mach. Dim ond 7

STUART GOLDSMITH AN HOUR Sat / Sad // 6:30pm // £8 // 16+ Bowling Club All spit no polish, all show no pony. Goldsmith goes back to the source. Amused Moose Comedy Award 2015 Nominee. Multiple award-bridesmaid, and host of the “Comedian’s Comedian” podcast, with over 3.5 million downloads.

Rwyf wedi perfformio ym mhob Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth, ac rwy'n dychwelyd gyda sioe newydd sbon o waith ar y gweill. Fy nhrydedd. Rwyf wedi bod ar rai raglenni radio sydd gan fy ffrindiau, fel James Acaster’s Findings ar BBC Radio 4, ac ymddangosiadau rheolaidd ar sioe XFM Josh Widdicombe, yn ogystal â bod ar Fresh From the Fringe BBC Radio 4 Extra ar fy rhinweddau fy hun.

PIERRE NOVELLIE WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Sat / Sad // 6:30pm // £7 “Delightfully Silly” Time Out ”Brilliant and unusual and very funny” Josie Long The Youth Wing Award-winning comedian Pierre Novellie comes to Machynlleth to try some new stuff out. Come, people of Wales, and aid me in discovering what is hilarious and what is not so hilarious. Your impact on my comedy will outlast the pyramids.

Sioe newydd ag angen eli penelin wrth i Goldsmith fynd yn ôl i’r dechrau. Enwebwyd am Amused Moose Comedy Award 2015.

Daw’r digrifwr arobryn Pierre Novellie i Fachynlleth i roi cynnig ar stwff newydd. Dewch, bobl Cymru, i fy helpu i ddarganfod beth sy’n ddoniol a beth sy’n llai doniol. Bydd eich effaith ar fy nghomedi yn para’n hirach na’r pyramidiau.

Wedi bron ag ennill sawl gwobr, a chyflwynydd podlediad “Comedian’s Comedian”, gyda thros 3.5 miliwn o lawrlwythiadau.

"Phenomenally good jokes" The Guardian

“Not one single dull moment” The Scotsman

“Well-crafted, hilarious routines” The Sunday Times

“He gets huge laughs” The List

PATRICK TURPIN THE EMANCIPATION OF ME-ME Sat / Sad // 6:30pm // £7 // 16+ Rag & Bone Who is this boy? And why doth he suckle so? After almost three decades, it's time for Turps to curl back into the foetal, reconnect the umbilical, and tell himself that everything will be alright. Another show from another heteroflexible white lad, living a life without the truest-of-true-loves, and the fuckiest-of-true-fucks (too much?... please come). He'll mention Moulin Rouge, Les Mis,

Skyfall, Love Actually & Yotam Ottolenghi, et al. Pwy yw’r bachgen yma? A pham ei fod yn sugno cymaint? Ar ôl bron i dri degawd, mae'n amser i Turps gyrlio fel ffetws, ailgysylltu'r wmbilig, a dweud wrth ei hun y bydd popeth yn iawn. Sioe arall gan fachgen gwyn heterohyblyg arall, yn byw bywyd heb gwir gwir gariad, na gwir gwir ffwciad (gormod? ... plîs dewch). Bydd yn sôn am Moulin Rouge, Les Mis, Skyfall, Love Actually a Yotam Ottolenghi, et al. "A comic on the crest of a wave" Fest "A voice so expressive it seems to simply invite laughter" ThreeWeeks Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 59

SATURDAY COMEDY / COMEDI SADWRN

SUZI RUFFELL

Nominated for Best Show, Leicester Comedy Festival 2016

COMMON (WORK-IN-PROGRESS)

The much-loved Celia, housewife and host, on tour with her Toxborough Village Hall Chat Show, in aid of the Animal Hospital, for a kitten who needs an iron lung.

Sat / Sad // 8:00pm // £8 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys Suzi returns to the Mach a work in progress of her third show ‘Common’ in which she explores her dodgy family history, her working class roots and makes you laugh a lot!

Topical Talks, Showbiz Exclusives, Celebrity Interviews - plus a local locksmith’s bawdy confessions, a recipe for air soup, and a photograph of a conker.

Official tour support for Alan Carr and Josh Widdicombe.

Enwebwyd ar gyfer Best Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2016 Mae Celia boblogaidd, gwraig tŷ a chyflwynydd, ar daith gyda'i Sioe Sgwrs Neuadd Bentref Toxborough, er budd yr Ysbyty Anifeiliaid, ar ran cath fach y mae angen ysgyfaint haearn arni. Sgyrsiau Materion Cyfoes, Pytiau Showbiz, Cyfweliadau ag Enwogion - yn ogystal â chyfaddefiadau anniwair saer cloeon lleol, rysáit am gawl awyr, a llun o goncyr.

JOANNA NEARY JOANNA NEARY'S FACEFUL OF ISSUES Sat / Sad // 6:30pm // £7 Y Plas Upstairs 2

PAUL FOOT AN EVENING WITH PAUL FOOT Sat / Sad // 8:00pm // £12 Y Tabernacl A caboodle of burning church keys flying through the debonair strike Clumpy Claud in his unclerical face. Seaside divorcees clatter as a parliament of owls descends. Shower gel pens were fine; mandatory mandarins is too far. Llwyth o allweddi eglwys ar dân yn hedfan drwy streic Clumpy Claud yn ei wyneb anghlerigol. Mae pobl wedi ysgaru ar lan môr yn cogor wrth i senedd o dylluanod ddisgyn. Roedd ysgrifbinnau gel cawod yn iawn; mae mandarins gorfodol yn rhy bell. “Pure orginality, extreme and wild and divisive”  mirror.co.uk “Not everybody gets The Goons, Monty Python or Spike Milligan and they all deserve their reputation for greatness. It is with such luminaries that Foot surely belongs” Broadway Baby  Machynlleth Comedy Festival 60

“Beautifully observed slice of character comedy” Bruce Dessau “Smart, fun and exquisitely crafted”  List

SIMON MUNNERY AND NOTHING BUT Sat / Sad // 8:00pm // £12 // Y Plas Multi award-winning comedian Simon Munnery offers up a new stand-up show. As he returns once again to what he does, being himself for an hour. He will generally tell it like it is, was, and might be if we could but get our fingers out. All rise. Simon is a British Comedy Award nominee, Perrier Award nominee and Chortle Award winner. He’s a star of Comedy Central’s Alternative Comedy Experience - as seen on BBC2’s Culture Show and heard on Radio 4’s News Quiz, amongst others. Y digrifwr arobryn Simon Munnery yn cynnig sioe gomedi newydd. Wrth iddo ddychwelyd unwaith eto i'r hyn y mae'n ei wneud, sef bod yn fe’i hun am awr. Ar y cyfan, bydd yn dweud y gwir, yr holl wir, a gwirioneddau allai fod pe byddem yn gwneud mwy o ymdrech. Tawelwch yn y cefn. Mae Simon yn enwebai Gwobr Gomedi Brydeinig, enwebai Gwobr Perrier ac enillydd Gwobr Chortle. Mae e'n seren Profiad Comedi Amgen Comedy Central - yn fel y gwelir ar Show Ddiwylliant BBC2 ac glywed ar Radio 4 News Quiz, ymhlith eraill. “Convention-defying, innovative stuff. Munnery is a must see” The Times

JOSIE LONG WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sat / Sad // 8:00pm // £10 Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

Daw Suzi yn ôl i Fach gyda gwaith ar y gweill ar gyfer ei thrydydd sioe, ‘Common’, lle mae hi'n archwilio JONNY PELHAM ei hanes teuluol amheus, ei gwreiddiau dosbarth gweithiol, ac yn gwneud i chi chwerthin lot! WORK-IN-PROGRESS Cefnogaeth taith swyddogol i Alan Carr a Josh Sat / Sad // 8:00pm // £7 Widdicombe. Y Plas Vane Tempest “She is on top form, a feel good treat” Time Out Jonny Pelham brings yet another (his second) “Impressively accomplished, innate stage presence solo show to Machynlleth. At the moment it is and quality material, a classy set” Chortle shaping up to be about growing up in Bradford, being the only white boy in his class at school and having parents as therapists. He also has an anectode about when he got drunk and met princess Eugene; a proper royal! You should definitely come. It could be great! Daw Jonny Pelham â sioe unigol arall (ei ail) i Fachynlleth. Ar hyn o bryd, mae’n trafod ei fagwraeth yn Brafdor, yr unig fachgen gwyn yn ei ddosbarth yn yr ysgol, a bod â rhieni fel therapyddion. Mae ganddo stori hefyd am feddwi a chwrdd â’r dywysoges Eugene; rhywun brenhinol go iawn! Dylech ddod heb os. Galla’i fod yn wych!

The cult optimist returns with a work-in-progress performance as she sows the seeds of her eight solo stand-up show. Her seventh, Cara Josephine, performed to sell-out crowds in ten different countries and was The Guardian’s number one comedy show of the year. Mae'r optimydd cwlt yn ôl gyda pherfformiad o waith ar y gweill wrth iddi hau hadau ei hwythfed sioe gomedi unigol. Perfformiodd ei seithfed, Cara Josephine, i gynulleidfaoedd llawn mewn deg o wledydd gwahanol, a hi oedd rhif un ar restr The Guardian o sioeau comedi'r flwyddyn.

“Reassuring presence and way with a story – there are echoes of Daniel Kitson in his writing” The Guardian “Engagingly wry temperament and clear anecdotal gifts”  The Scotsman

"Long builds delightful comedy worlds" The Times

NICK HELM MASTERWORKS-IN-PROGRESS 2016 (PART 2) Sat / Sad // 8:00pm // £8 // 16+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard

Awr hollol wahanol o bethau newydd yn cynnwys unrhyw beth nad oedd yn sioe ddydd Gwener, a'r dregs nas defnyddiwyd o’i holl lyfrau nodiadau eraill. Dylech wir fod yn fwy diolchgar nag y’ch chi. Croeso i ffans UNCLE!!!

A totally different hour of new stuff consisting of anything that didn’t make it into the Friday show and the unused dregs from all his other notebooks. You should really act more grateful than you are doing. UNCLE fans welcome!!! Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 61

SATURDAY COMEDY / COMEDI SADWRN

ADAM HESS

COLIN HOULT

WORK IN PROGRESS

A SKETCH SHOW FOR DEPRESSIVES (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sat / Sad // 8:00pm // £7 Youth Wing

BECKY BRUNNING AND PHIL COOPER BRUNNING UP THAT PHIL (WORK IN PROGRESS) Sat / Sad // 8:00pm // £7 Rag & Bone Double bill from Bristol’s #3 ‘Face of 2016’ Becky Brunning and Wales’ nicest man Phil Cooper. We won't lie to you, there are better, more famous acts available, but they don’t have a name based Kate Bush pun. That’s got to count for something.

Sat / Sad // 9:30pm // £7 Y Plas Upstairs 1

Fosters Award Nominee Adam Hess is back and he’s cooler and taller than ever. He would like you to come to his new show which, given the new image he’s trying to portray, he would like to be about ‘growth and misanthropy’ but in all probability it’s just going to be some twee nonsense about cats and awkward situations again. Mae’r enwebai Fosters Award Adam Hess yn ôl, ac mae'n fwy cŵl a thal nag erioed. Byddai'n TWINS hoffi i chi ddod i’w sioe newydd. O ystyried y WORK-IN-PROGRESS ddelwedd newydd mae’n ceisio ei phortreadu, hoffai iddi fod ar themâu 'twf a dyngasedd', ond Sat / Sad // 8:00pm // £7 mae’n siŵr mai rhyw nonsens twî am gathod a Y Plas Upstairs 1 sefyllfaoedd lletchwith fydd hi eto. Annie McGrath and Jack Barry are completely “For good quality gags per minute there is no identical twins and one of the most laidback better comedian at the fringe”  The double-acts around. Come and see them grapple Independent with some new ideas/sketches/ideas for sketches “Relentlessly entertaining. Full of beautiful with their trademark charm and apathy. @ imagery”  Time Out twins_who_tweet Mae Annie McGrath a Jack Barri yn efeilliaid unfath ac yn un o'r actau dwbl mwyaf hamddenol yn y wlad. Dewch i’w gweld yn mynd i'r afael â syniadau/sgetshis/syniadau am sgetshis newydd gyda’u swyn a’u difaterwch enwog. @twins_who_tweet

Rhaglen ddwbl gan 'Face of 2016' #3 Bryste Becky Brunning, a dyn caredicaf Cymru Phil Cooper. I fod yn onest, mae perfformwyr gwell, mwy adnabyddus ar gael, ond does ganddyn nhw ddim enw sy’n chwarae ar eiriau Kate Bush. Rhaid bod hynny’n cyfrif am rywbeth.

James Acaster's Top 2015 Fringe Picks The Guardian. Top 20 sketch shows to see at the Fringe 2015 – Laugh Out London

Becky: "Original, inventive and exciting with excellent jokes” Sara Pascoe

"Two razor-sharp comedy minds... brilliantly funny.”  EdFringeReview

Phil: “Rung every single laugh to be had. Made comedy look simple…which is the sign of a fantastic talent.” Fosters Comedy

“Off-the-cuff, laidback and inclusive"  The List

SPENCER JONES THE HERBERT (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Star of LIVE FROM THE BBC, RTE’s THE AL PORTER SHOW & BBC2’s UPSTART CROW & STILL OPEN ALL HOURS.

Bydd Spencer yn gwneud gwaith ar y gweill 'The Herbert'. Dyw e ddim wir yn gwybod fedd fydd ynddo, felly gofynnodd i’w fab 3 oed i ysgrifennu Spencer is doing a 'The Herbert' work in progress. broliant y sioe ar ei ran. "Bydd crocodile yn mynd snap. Ydych chi eisiau un o fy malŵns? Canu. Diod. He really doesn't know what it will have in it so he asked his 3 year old son to write his show blurb Cwpan. Dadi galli di gael un o fy malŵns. Dyn for him. “Crocodile will go snap. Do you want one sinsir gweld hynny. Coffi. Siocled. Dadi. Coke? Coke of my balloons? Sing. Drink. A cup. Daddy you can yn mynd llais ddoniol. Y cyfle gorau." Seren LIVE FROM THE BBC, RTE’s THE AL PORTER have one of my balloons. Gingerbread man see SHOW & BBC2’s UPSTART CROW a STILL OPEN that. Coffee. Chocolate. Daddy. Coke? Coke goes a ALL HOURS. funny voice. The best chance.” Sat / Sad // 8:00pm // £7 The Other Room

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Have you ever been depressed? I have, it was bloody horrible. But fear not we're in good company - Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and lots of professional wrestlers, probably, have all suffered from depression at some point. This sketch show will not cure your depression but it should offer a funny diversion for a while so you can stop thinking till your ears bleed about things that don't matter. I've done lots of shows before and they've all been at least quite funny so you're in safe hands. Also I've appeared in Derek, Being Human, Murder in Successville and Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters on Radio 4 if that helps. If you've never been depressed then you can still come along to gloat, I don't mind. Ydych chi erioed wedi bod yn isel? Rwy wedi, roedd e’n blydi ofnadwy. Ond peidiwch â phoeni, ry’n ni mewn cwmni da – mae Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln a llawer o reslyrs proffesiynol, yn ôl pob tebyg, oll wedi dioddef o iselder ar ryw adeg. Ni fydd y sioe sgetshis hon yn gwella eich iselder, ond dylai dynnu eich sylw am gyfnod er mwyn i chi stopio meddwl nes i’ch clustiau waedu am bethau nad ydynt yn bwysig. Rwyf wedi gwneud llawer o sioeau cyn hyn, ac roedd pob un ohonyn nhw o leiaf ychydig yn ddoniol, felly ry’ch chi mewn dwylo diogel. Hefyd rwyf wedi ymddangos yn rhaglenni Derek, Being Human, Murder in Successville a Colin Hoult’s Carnival of Monsters ar Radio 4 os yw hynny'n helpu. Os nad ydych erioed wedi bod yn isel, gallwch ddod beth bynnag i frolio, dwy ddim yn meindio.

DAVID O’DOHERTY WE ARE ALL IN THE GUTTER, BUT SOME OF US ARE LOOKING AT DAVID O'DOHERTY Sat / Sad // 9:30pm // £14 // 16+ Y Tabernacl

dishwasher tablets. As seen and heard on Channel 4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and The Unbelievable Truth for BBC Radio 4. Mae David O'Doherty - Enya Lidl, neu Bublé wedi torri - yn falch iawn o gyflwyno noson o siarad a chanu ar fysellfwrdd dwp o 1986. Mae bywyd fel blwch o siocledi, ond un lle mae rhywun arall wedi bwyta’r holl siocledi. A rhoi pennau llygod a thabledi peiriant golchi llestri yn y blwch yn eu lle.

David O’Doherty, the Lidl Enya, the broken Bublé, is delighted to present an evening of talking and songs played on a stupid keyboard Fel a welwyd ac a glywyd ar 8 Out of 10 Cats from 1986. Does Countdown Channel 4 a The Unbelievable Life is like a box of chocolates, but one where Truth ar gyfer BBC Radio 4. somebody else has eaten all the chocolates. And replaced them with mouse heads and

Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 63

SATURDAY COMEDY / COMEDI SADWRN

SATURDAY COMEDY / COMEDI SADWRN The live music-based comedy pop quiz, featuring four top UK stand-ups.

“Employing live music mash-ups, megamixes (not enough of them nowadays) and music trivia, the Employing live music mash-ups, megamixes (not nimble-fingered Deering pits comedians and the enough of them nowadays) and music trivia, the audience against each other” Comedy Central. nimble-fingered Deering pits comedians and the Ffefryn cwlt sawl gŵyl - o'r Big Chill, Gŵyl Mach, audience against each other” Comedy Central. Green Man a phum mlynedd yng Nghaeredin – mae Beat This Rob Deering wastad yn wahanol, A cult festival favourite – from the Big Chill, yn gymysgedd o ‘highly impressive one-man Machfest, The Green Man and five years on the soundscape powered mainly by energy and Edinburgh Fringe – Rob Deering’s Beat This is excellent guitar skills’ (The Scotsman), Deering, never the same twice, an alchemical mix of Deering’s ‘highly impressive one-man soundscape cynulleidfa barod am unrhyw beth yn cymryd rhan, a chriw o gystadleuwyr gwych – sy’r un powered mainly by energy and excellent guitar mor barod. Mae gwesteion blaenorol yn cynnwys skills’ (The Scotsman), an up-for-it and everJames Acaster, Alan Davies, Gary Delaney, Nick involved audience and an impressive roster of Helm, Nish Kumar, Sarah Millican, Phil Nichol, fabulous – and equally up-for-it – contestants. Andi Osho, Lucy Porter, Frank Skinner, Greg Previous guests include James Acaster, Alan Davies, Josh Widdicombe, Tim Vine a llawer, Davies, Gary Delaney, Nick Helm, Nish Kumar, Sarah Millican, Phil Nichol, Andi Osho, Lucy Porter, llawer mwy.

ROB DEERING ROB DEERING’S BEAT THIS Sat / Sad // 9:30pm // £10 // 15+ Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

Frank Skinner, Greg Davies, Josh Widdicombe, Tim Mae Rob Deering yn cyflwyno ac yn dod â’r cyfan Vine and many, many more. ynghyd, ei sgiliau fel meistr seremonïau mor Rob Deering holds and brings this all together, bwysig â’i allu byrfyfyr, cerddorol a’i wybodaeth his skills as master of ceremonies as important wyddoniadurol am bop. Mae'n gwybod y cyfan fel nad oes rhaid i chi. as his improvisation, musicianship and encyclopaedic knowledge of pop. He knows it all “An evening in his company is nothing less than a so you don’t have to. joy” The Independent on Sunday Y cwis pop comedi cerddorol byw, yn cynnwys pedwar o ddigrifwyr gorau’r DU.

RICHARD GADD WAITING FOR GADDOT Sat / Sad // 9:30pm // £10 // 18+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard Just how long are you willing to wait for Gadd? The troubled comedian debuts at Mach with the ‘the undisputed buzz comedy of this year’ ( Guardian). Sold-out and critically acclaimed, Waiting For Gaddot transfers from this year’s Edinburgh Festival with a prestigious Amused Moose ‘Best Show’ Comedy Award and a Malcolm Hardee Award nomination for Innovation and Originality. Pa mor hir yn union ydych chi’n barod i aros am Gadd? Daw’r digrifwr cythryblus â’i sioe gyntaf i Fach gyda ‘the undisputed buzz comedy of the year’ ( Guardian). Wedi gwerthu pob tocyn ac ennill bri beirniadol, daw Waiting For Gadd o Ŵyl Caeredin eleni gyda gwobr fawreddog ‘Amused Moose Best Show’ ac enwebiad Gwobr Malcolm Hardee am Arloesi a Gwreiddioldeb. “Without any competition, the wildest ride I have been on at the Fringe.”  The Daily Telegraph

“A twisted, grimly hilarious adrenaline rush of misadventure.”  The Scotsman

Modern Art in seven beAutiful gAlleries. romanticism in the Welsh landscape 19 March - 18 June Steven G Bonfield 16 April - 18 June The Language Landscape

Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm Admission Free

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“Gadd has produced the must-see show of this year’s Fringe.”  The Independent

SATURDAY COMEDY / COMEDI SADWRN

LOU SANDERS

I AM WARIO

WHAT'S THAT LADY DOING? (WORK IN PROGRESS)

WORK IN PROGRESS

Sat / Sad // 9:30pm // £8 // 16+ Y Plas Vayne Tempest She's back, and this time she's not in character as the town drunk. She's cleaned up her act but her act isn't clean if you see what I mean (more jokes about poopin). Come and see the old girl dancing about if you like. X Mae hi nôl, a'r tro hwn, dyw hi ddim yn chwarae rhan meddwyn y dref. Mae hi wedi ar ei newydd wedd, ond dyw’r sioe heb wedd-newid os ydych chi’n deall (mwy o jôcs am gael pŵ). Dewch i weld yr hen ferch yn dawnsio os hoffech chi. X

BIRTHDAY GIRLS PARTY IN PROGRESS Sat / Sad // 9:30pm // £8 // 16+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys Three hot Christmas babes who have been eatin’ mince pies from dusk til dawn and hangin’ out under the mistletoes are gonna perform some sweet jingle bellin’ sketches and some Dasher-PrancerDancin’ in preparation for Edinburgh 2016.* *This blurb was written on 11th December. Bydd tair o ferched prydferth Nadoligaidd sydd wedi bod yn bwyta mins peis o fore gwyn tan nos ac yn aros o dan yr uchelwydd yn perfformio sgetshis llawn clychau Siôn Corn ac yn dawnsio fel angylion wrth baratoi ar gyfer Caeredin 2016.* *Ysgrifennwyd y broliant hwn ar 11 Rhagfyr.

MACHYNLLETH COMEDY FESTIVAL SHOWCASE

Sat / Sad // 9:30pm // £7 The Other Room THE BUSINESS: Brand new sketch comedy from Matt Winning (insert quote) and Stuart Laws (“chronically funny stand up” TimeOut) and a third person yet to be cast (“Patient and willing” Casting Advert).

Sat / Sad // 10:00pm // £12 // 18+ 120mins (plus 15min break) // Y Plas

THE HARD SELL: Matt is seven-times fired from other sketch groups, Stuart happily worked at Five Guys Burgers, now they’re doing alternate sketches written by a sketch comedy snob or an idiot who doesn’t know what a sketch is. Stuart chose the name “I Am Wario”. It will genuinely be unlike any other sketch show around, that is not an empty promise.

Arddangosfa flynyddol nos Wener yn cynnwys cynifer o actau ag y gallwn eu ffitio nes iddynt ein taflu allan o’r adeilad.Mae’r sioe’n mynd ymlaen am oriau.

BACKGROUND: Matt is the mind behind the cult hit The Bear Pit Comedy Podcast Podcast and Stuart has masterminded the independent production company Turtle Canyon Comedy. Together they run the anarchic late night Fringe show Comedy Roast and now they’re throwing their two minds at a whole new concept. Y BUSNES: Comedi sgetsh newydd gan Matt Winning (dyfyniad yma) a Stuart Laws (“chronically funny stand up” TimeOut) a thrydydd person eto i’w castio (“Patient and willing” hysbyseb gastio). Y GWERTHU CALED: Mae Matt wedi cael y sac gan saith grŵp sgetsh arall. Gweithiodd Stuart yn hapus yn Five Guys Burgers. Nawr maen nhw’n gwneud sgetshis bob yn ail wedi’u hysgrifennu gan snob comedi sgetsh neu dwpsyn nad yw'n gwybod beth yw sgetsh. Dewisodd Stuart yr enw "I Am Wario". Bydd yn wirioneddol wahanol i unrhyw sioe sgetsh arall o gwmpas, ry’n ni’n addo. CEFNDIR: Matt gafodd syniad y llwyddiant cwlt The Bear Pit Comedy Podcast Podcast, a Stuart sy’n gyfrifol am y cwmni cynhyrchu annibynnol Turtle Canyon Comedy. Gyda'i gilydd maent yn cynnal sioe hwyr anarchaidd Comedy Roast a nawr maent yn ymdrochi mewn cysyniad cwbl newydd.

The Saturday night Showcase featuring as many acts as we can squeeze in until they throw us out of the building. This show goes on for hours.

SEYMOUR MACE NICHE AS FUCK Sat / Sad // 9:30pm // £8 The Youth Wing Seymour Mace Niche as Fuck. Here’s my hundred words, well ninety one now, make that eighty seven, bugger! Eighty three! Eighty! Phew, shit! Seventy nine! Eight! Seventy two! Space, ninja, chicken, skellington, gravy, frog, fruit, super, fantastic, circus, strange, journey, monster, mystery, ghost, caravan, clown, death, electric, chaos, potato, balloon, poopy, nipple, elephant, chocolate, beans, fudge, laser, dimensional, fart, rocket, jam, henlike, crazy, golf, juggernaut, sausage, farmyard, toast, Elvis, werewolf, slurp, eggbox, plastic, emotion, titbox, wagon, pirates, shitpants, dead dog, fatty, plop, plop, cheesecake, cheesecake, birthday murder.....niche as fuck! Seymour Mace Niche as Fuck. Dyma gant o eiriau, wel, neu 91 nawr, neu 87 erbyn hyn, bygyr! Wyth deg tri! Wyth deg! Ffiw, cach! Saith deg naw! Wyth! Saith deg dau! Gofod, ninja, iâr, sgerbwd, grefi, broga, ffrwythau, gwych, ffantastig, syrcas, rhyfedd, taith, anghenfil, dirgelwch, ysbrydion, carafán, clown, marwolaeth, trydan, anhrefn, taten, balŵn, cachu, diden, eliffant, siocled, ffa, cyffug, laser, dimensiwn, torri gwynt, roced, jam, fel iâr, gwallgof, golff, cawr, selsig, buarth fferm, tost, Elvis, blaidd-ddyn, slwrp, blwch wyau, plastig, emosiwn, titflwch, wagen, môr-ladron, pants cach, ci marw, ffati, plop, plop, cacen gaws, cacen gaws, llofruddiaeth pen-blwydd ..... niche fel ffwc! Times,  Gigglebeats,  Mirror,  Chortle,  List,  Fest,  Skinny,  One4Review. “Made me completely lose myself to laughter” Alex Hardy, The Times

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SHEEPS WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 2:00pm // £8 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard Sketches, possibly satirical. Sgetshis, efallai’n ddychanol. "Restlessly inventive... hilarious" The Guardian "The future of British Comedy" The Skinny

STUART GOLDSMITH THIS IS ACTUALLY MY SIXTH RODEO

JAKE LAMBERT

Sun / Sul // 12:30pm // £7 Y Plas Upstairs 2

WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 12:30pm // £7 The Other Room See Jake Lambert (English Comedian of the Year finalist 2015, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Nominee 2015) perform his combination of one-liners, observations and short stories (as heard on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4). Dewch i weld Jake Lambert (a gyrhaeddodd rownd derfynol English Comedian of the Year 2015, ac a enwebwyd am Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2015) yn perfformio’i gyfuniad o jôcs, arsylwadau a straeon (bu ar BBC Radio 2 a BBC Radio 4). "Brilliant one-liners" Chortle

DO NOT ADJUST YOUR STAGE THE WUNDERKAMMER Sun / Sul // 12:30pm // £7 The Youth Wing The Wunderkammer is the unique improv comedy show format, currently performing in residency at The Natural History Museum and Nursery Theatre in London. DNAYS take their inspiration for improvised scenes from the passions and knowledge of leading experts, academics, curators and

SAM FLETCHER PARTY TIME Sun / Sul // 12:30pm // £7 Y Plas Upstairs1

all-round huge brains to create totally improvised comedy scenes, stories and characters. The Wunderkammer yw'r fformat sioe gomedi fyrfyfyr unigryw, ar hyn o bryd yn perfformio mewn cyfnod preswyl yn yr Amgueddfa Hanes Natur a’r Theatr Feithrin yn Llundain. Caiff DNAYS eu hysbrydoli gan angerdd a gwybodaeth arbenigwyr blaenllaw, academyddion, curaduron a phobl glyfar gyffredinol i greu golygfeydd comedi, storïau a chymeriadau byrfyfyr llwyr. “Naturally funny…unique” Metro  Everything Theatre

(sort of) magic tricks. Midday Sunday = Party Time Beth?! Mae’n rhaid i mi godi i weld sioe am 12.30pm ar ddydd Sul?! Pam yn y byd?!

What?! I got to get up to see a show at 12.30pm Ateb: roedd Sam yn hwyr yn trefnu’r sioe ... Fodd bynnag, mae wedi magu rhywfaint o bwysau on a Sunday?! comedi, ac mae siawns dda y bydd yn cynnig What the heck for?! bisgedi brecwast hefyd. Answer: Sam left it a little late when booking the Neu ... Sam Fletcher - seren DNN CBBC ac enwebai show… However, he’s carrying some healthy teitl Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer comedy weight on his hips at the moment and – yn cyflwyno ei gymysgedd meddwol arferol o there’s a high chance that he’ll give out some theatr dwl, celfyddyd annhechnegol a rhai triciau breakfast biscuits too. hud a lledrith (o ryw fath). Or… Sam Fletcher – star of CBBC’s DNN and Canol dydd, dydd Sul = Amser Parti Edinburgh Comedy Award best newcomer “An uplifting hotch-potch packed with content” nominee – presents his usual heady blend of idiotic theatrics, lo-fi artistry and some genuine  The Independent Machynlleth Comedy Festival 70

Goldsmith swaggers back to Machynlleth with all the confidence of a man who has not only helped produce a new baby, but has also managed to write a show that isn't entirely about the daft little sod. Well not entirely. Expect all the usual shaggy-dogs, monkeyshines and frogging about, but this time delivered with a very slightly desperate "this has to work" sheen. #_horse Daw Goldsmith yn ôl i Fachynlleth gyda holl hyder dyn sydd nid yn unig wedi helpu i gynhyrchu babi newydd, ond hefyd wedi llwyddo i ysgrifennu sioe sy’n trafod mwy na’r plentyn bach gwirion. Wel, ychydig yn fwy. Bydd yn perfformio fel hwch ar y rhew, fel iâr yn y glaw, fel cath i gythraul, ond y tro hwn gydag elfen o "mae’n rhaid i hyn weithio”. #_ceffyl

JOSH WIDDICOMBE & FRIENDS Sun / Sul // 2:00pm // £12 Y Tabernacal Josh Widdicombe hosts a special show featuring a line up of hand-picked guests.

festival and ensuring that we can continue to do what we do in the way that we do it. Josh Widdicombe yn cyflwyno sioe arbennig yn cynnwys gwesteion wedi’u dewis yn ofalus. Mae'r gig yn codi arian i’r Ŵyl. Trwy fynychu, byddwch yn cael amser gwych, ac ar yr un pryd yn cefnogi'r ŵyl yn uniongyrchol ac yn sicrhau y gallwn barhau i wneud yr hyn rydym yn ei wneud yn y ffordd rydym yn ei wneud.

This gig is a fundraiser for the Festival. By attending, not only will you have a brilliant time, but you'll also be directly supporting the

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JOE LYCETT WORK IN PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 2:00pm // £7 Bowling Club Watch Joe as he rustles up some fresh, hot and tasty new material, covered in a lack-ofpunchline dressing and served with a side portion of awkward pauses. Comes with a free large glass of high alcohol content audience interaction.

FERN BRADY PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS Sun / Sul // 2:00pm // £7 Y Plas Vane Tempest

Gwyliwch wrth i Joe gyflwyno deunydd ffres, cynnes a blasus, gyda dresin o jôcs, wedi’i weini gyda dogn o seibiannau lletchwith. Daw gyda gwydraid mawr yn rhad ac am ddim o ryngweithio â'r gynulleidfa, sy’n cynnwys llawer o alcohol. “Charm and the sentence 'that needs work' can only take you so far” future Steve Bennett review

JAMES FARMER WORK IN PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 2:00pm // £7 The Other Room

Following a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Fern Brady brings her critically-acclaimed debut hour about anger to Machynlleth.

Join James (writer for Have I Got News For You, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, League Of Their Own) as he presents his debut hour. There will be jokes, stories and Harry Styles will be there.

As seen on Stewart Lee's Alternative Comedy Experience (Comedy Central), 8 Out of 10 Cats (C4), 50 Funniest Moments (C4) and Seann Walsh's Late Night Comedy Spectacular (BBC3).

DISCLAIMER: Some sections of the blurb may not be true.

n dilyn rhediad a werthodd bob tocyn yng Ngŵyl Caeredin, daw Fern Brady â'i hawr gyntaf o fri beirniadol i Fachynlleth, gan drafod dicter.

Ymunwch â James (sydd wedi ysgrifennu i Have I Got News For You, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, League Of Their Own) wrth iddo gyflwyno ei awr gyntaf. Bydd jôcs, straeon, a bydd Harry Styles yno.

Ymddangosodd ar Stewart Lee's Alternative Comedy Experience (Comedy Central), 8 Out of 10 Cats (C4), 50 Funniest Moments (C4) a Seann Walsh's Late Night Comedy Spectacular (BBC3).

YMWADIAD: Efallai nad yw pob rhan o'r broliant yn wir. “Very Funny” Bedfordshire On Sunday

“A great comic sensibility with moments of sparkling verve” The Guardian

“Sharp and Witty” Broadway Baby Jimmy Carr Tour Support 2014

“Brilliantly on point savvy seething about the idiotic” The List

Patrick Kielty Tour Support 2015

BEN TARGET IMAGINE THERE'S NO BEN TARGET (IT'S EASY IF YOU TRY) Sun / Sul // 2:00pm // £8 Y Plas Upstairs 1

mewn sioe gan athrylith absẃrd o fri beirniadol. Gwisgwch esgidiau synhwyrol. “He is one of very few comics who manage to do something new with the art form while keeping an audience thoroughly entertained” The Guardian

“Ben Target conducts one of the loveliest comedy shows I’ve ever been part of; his rare, gentle mind Exquisite prop comedy, audacious high jinks and seemingly peculiarly open to the comic possibilities unforgettable audience participation from this of the universe” The Scotsman critically acclaimed absurdist sensation. Wear sensible shoes. Comedi propiau anhygoel, hwyl beiddgar, a chyfranogiad bythgofiadwy gan gynulleidfa Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 73

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force their houseguests (who have previously included the likes of David O'Doherty, Bridget Christie, Richard Herring, Sara Pascoe, Nick Helm and Kevin Eldon) to take sides and fight it out over a series of stupid games. The show will be recorded for later release as a podcast. You can find all past shows and more info at www.comedy.co.uk/pfs

THOM TUCK AUGUST INSTITUTION Sun / Sul // 2:00pm // £7 The Youth Wing A one-man one-woman show with free blasphemy. And for you. Work-in-digress. Sioe un dyn un fenyw gyda chabledd yn rhad ac am ddim. Ac i chi. Gwaith ar grwydr.

BYRON VINCENT LIVE BEFORE YOU DIE Sun / Sul // 2:00pm // £7 // 16+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys

CHARLIE WEBSTER AND FRANK FOUCAULT WORK IN PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 2:00pm // £7 // 16+ Y Plas Upstairs 2 Charlie Webster and Frank Foucault will most likely alienate you for an hour. Half an hour of alienation each. Comedy.

Stand up comedy. Is it funny? Probably. Let's hope so. One of them has won an award, at least. The other guy was nominated for something as well. So if you've got a problem take it up with Cardiff homes. Or Magners. Bydd Charlie Webster a Frank Foucault mwy na thebyg yn eich gelyniaethu am awr. Hanner awr o elyniaethu yr un. Comedi. Comedi llwyfan. A yw'n ddoniol? Siŵr o fod. Gwell i ni obeithio hynny. Mae un ohonynt wedi ennill gwobr, o leiaf. Cafodd y llall ei enwebu am rywbeth hefyd. Felly os oes gennych broblem, gallwch holi Cardiff Homes. Neu Magners.

PAPPY'S PAPPY’S FLATSHARE SLAMDOWN Sun / Sul // 3:30pm // £7 Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

FLATSHARE SLAMDOWN is the anarchic, award-winning panel game hosted by sketch heroes PAPPY'S. Set in their fictitious flat with landlord Matthew in charge, the show sees unruly tenants Ben and Tom battle to avoid doing annoying household chores. To help them in this exciting high-stakes contest they

Talk About Something You Like received much critical acclaim for its poignant and personal exploration of the mental health system. He has written for The Guardian, The RSC, radio, television and a really funny tweet back in 2011

Helo, Byron ydw i, ac rwy’n batholegol drist. Yn Hi I’m Byron and I’m pathologically sad. As well ogystal â bod y bio Tinder gwaethaf erioed, y as being the worst Tinder bio ever this grim fact ffaith dywyll hon oedd catalydd fy ymgais epig i was the catalyst for my epic quest to seek the geisio greal sanctaidd o fodlonrwydd dynol. holy grail of human contentment. Rwyf wedi ceisio cyngor seicolegwyr, I’ve sought advice from psychologists, niwrowyddonwyr, athronwyr a Twitter. Rwyf wedi neuroscientists, philosophers and Twitter. I’ve teithio dros ddeng mil o filltiroedd, a rhoi cynnig travelled over ten thousand miles and tried ar bopeth o fyfyrio i ymddwyn fel labrador. everything from meditation to acting like a Rwy'n gobeithio y bydd y sioe’n ddoniol, Labrador. yn onest, yn ddwys, yn anobeithiol, yn I hope the show will be funny, honest, blentynnaidd ac yn anniben. Bydd yn sicr profound, desperate, childish and messy. It will yn cynnwys cwpanau wy, alcohol a phen definitely feature egg cups, alcohol a surgically manecwin newid wedi’i newid yn feddygol, can altered mannequin head, a can of Cullen Skink o Cullen Skink a dyn o'r enw Dave. and a man called Dave. ------Mae Byron yn awdur, perfformiwr a darlledwr. Byron is a writer, performer and broadcaster. Treuliodd lawer o'r deng mlynedd diwethaf yn He's spent much of the last ten years shouting gweiddi ar bobl feddw o lwyfannau gwyliau at drunk people from music festival stages. cerddoriaeth. He has written and presented several shows Mae wedi ysgrifennu a chyflwyno sawl sioe i for BBC Radio Four. His debut touring show Machynlleth Comedy Festival 74

FLATSHARE SLAMDOWN yw’r gêm banel anarchaidd arobryn a gyflwyni gan arwyr sgetsh PAPPY'S. Wedi’i leoli yn eu fflat ffuglennol gyda’r landlord Matthew wrth y llyw, bydd y sioe’n gweld tenantiaid afreolus Ben a Tom yn brwydro i osgoi gwneud gwaith tŷ blinedig. Er mwyn eu helpu yn y gystadleuaeth gyffrous hon, byddant yn gorfodi gwesteion i’r tŷ (yn y gorffennol, pobl fel David O'Doherty, Bridget Christie, Richard Herring, Sara Pascoe, Nick Helm a Kevin Eldon) i gymryd ochrau a brwydro dros gyfres o gemau twp. Caiff y sioe ei recordio i’w rhyddhau fel podlediad. Mae’r sioeau blaenorol a mwy o wybodaeth yn www.comedy.co.uk/pfs "Miles funnier than any panel show on TV or radio." Time Out "Like Basil Brush meets the Young Ones." Evening Standard mae'n olrhain taith greulon o golled, a gobaith, ac yn edrych ar ein hangen i greu ystyr mewn byd dryslyd. Written, created & performed by Laura Dannequin. Creative Advisor: Dan Canham Created with support from The Wellcome Trust, Arts Council England, Theatre Bristol and Bristol Old Vic Ferment; part of Aerowaves Twenty 2016. THEATRE / THEATR

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BBC Radio Four. Cafodd lawer o fri beirniadol ar gyfer ei sioe deithiol gyntaf, Talk About Something You Like, am ei thrafodaeth ingol a phersonol o'r system iechyd meddwl. Mae wedi ysgrifennu ar gyfer y Guardian, yr RSC, y radio, y teledu, a neges drydar wirioneddol ddoniol yn ôl yn 2011.

LAURA DANNEQUIN HARDY ANIMAL Sun / Sul // 3:30pm // £10 Y Tabernacl A tender solo that looks at chronic pain and human resilience, Hardy Animal is a goodbye letter to a former self and an ode to dance. Concerned with the human body and its

failings, it tells of a dancer’s journey into immobility. Interweaving text and movement, it retraces a brutal journey of loss, and hope, and looks at our need to create meaning in a baffling world. Sioe unigol dyner yn edrych ar boen cronig a gwydnwch dynol yw Hardy Animal, sy’n lythyr ffarwelio i hen hunaniaeth, ac englyn i ddawnsio. Yn ymwneud â’r corff dynol a'i fethiannau, mae'n adrodd hanes dawnsiwr yn colli symudedd. Gan gyfuno testun a symudiad,

“Entirely blown away by it. Hardy Animal is a spoken word and dance piece about a woman dealing with and working through her chronic back pain. I know. I know how it sounds. But it is entirely excellent. Its defiant and angry and sad and funny and beautiful, really beautiful and brave and just so very very good indeed” Daniel Kitson “An invisible dance, a broken dance, a dance that walks a tightrope strung up across two huge mountains, a dance without a safety net. A dance that isn’t a dance, a generous dance, a fucking fuck you of a dance. A dance that looks you in the eye and says ‘you can’t fix this’.” James Stenhouse of Action Hero Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 75

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PAUL F TAYLOR THE COLLAPSE TO GREATNESS (THE PAUL F TAYLOR STORY) Sun / Sul // 3:30pm // £7 Y Plas Vayne Tempest The year is 2020, noted film director Phil M Aker interviews Sir Paul F Taylor the award winning off the wall comedian. Join them as they take a light hearted look back at the gig that literally changed the world and made Sir Paul what he is today, in 2020, the most successful stand-up comedian in the history of the world. Expect surreal one liners, flights of fancy and a totally absurd storyline.

Y flwyddyn yw 2020. Mae’r cyfarwyddwr ffilm nodedig Phil M Aker yn cyfweld â Syr Paul F Taylor, y digrifwr rhyfedd arobryn. Ymunwch â nhw wrth iddynt fwrw golwg ysgafn yn ôl ar y gig a newidiodd y byd ac a berodd Syr Paul i fod, yn 2020, y digrifwr mwyaf llwyddiannus yn hanes y byd. Gallwch ddisgwyl jôcs swreal, hunanfaldod, a stori hollol hurt. "Brilliantly funny nonsense. An unhinged, dizzying but quality hour. Great stuff!"  The List "Reminiscent of Harry Hill or Steve Martin in their funny years... An act where there can either be twelve jokes in a minute, or where one joke can go on to incomprehensible length."  ShortCom

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THE HERBERT IN PROPER JOB Sun / Sul // 3:30pm // £8 Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard Edinburgh Fringe sensation, BAFTA nominee, 2015 New Act of the Year runner up and double BARRY UK winner for best show and best performer, Spencer Jones is proper chuffed to come back to Mach as The Herbert with what will be one of the last ever performances of Proper Job. A high-energy mash up of visual, prop, clown and homemade musical comedy that asks the question what is a suitable job for a grown up? It’s the story of a man who buys crap online, a son with a medical problem, a nuclear power plant and a family who think he's an idiot. Come along. It's something to do. Llwyddiant ysgubol yng Ngŵyl Caeredin, enwebai BAFTA, rownd derfynol 2015 New Act of the Year, ac enillydd dwy wobr BARRY UK am sioe orau a pherfformiwr gorau, mae Spencer Jones wrth ei fodd i ddod i Mach fel The Herbert gydag un o'i berfformiadau olaf erioed o Proper Job. Cyfuniad egnïol o gomedi gweledol, prop, clown a cherdd gartref sy'n gofyn beth sy’n swydd addas i oedolyn? Hanes dyn sy'n prynu crap ar y we, mab gyda phroblem feddygol, gwaith pŵer niwclear a theulu sy'n credu ei fod yn dwpsyn. Dewch yn llu. Mae'n rhywbeth i'w wneud.

THE MOST VILLAINOUS Sun / Sul // 3:30pm // £7 Owain Glyndŵr - Powys YOU DESERVE TO DIE. We all do. But don't worry, we all will, just not soon enough. This show will be a terrible mishmash of bad ideas and murderous plans and a couple of bits that might actually be enough to get me arrested. 30% new material guaranteed. No guarantees. RYDYCH CHI’N HAEDDU MARW. Fel pob un ohonom. Ond peidiwch â phoeni, byddwn oll yn gwneud yn fuan, ond ddim yn ddigon buan. Bydd y sioe hon yn gasgliad ofnadwy o syniadau gwael a chynlluniau llofruddiog a chwpl o ddarnau a allai fod yn ddigon i gael fy arestio. 30% o ddeunydd newydd o leiaf. Dim addewidion.

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“Spencer Jones has built one of the silliest, most consuming shows of the Fringe” Alex Hardy, The Times  "Brilliantly sustained, brutally punchy"  The Scotsman "Skilful humour from the very dark side"  The Sunday Times

“You will be laughing from the first nutty dance to the final madcap singalong”  Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard

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HARRIET DYER WE'D PREFER SOMEONE A BIT MORE MAINSTREAM (WORK-IN-PROGRESS) Sun / Sul // 3:30pm // £7 The Other Room Harriet has many voices that reside in her head. Some of them are legendary and some of them are a bag of dicks. All of them seem to be encouraging her to be a lone wolf. This isn't a bad thing though as we all have bedroom parties on Tuesdays. As heard on BBC Radio 4Extra.

GARETH RICHARDS

Mae gan Harriet lawer o leisiau yn ei phen. Mae rhai ohonynt yn chwedlonol, ond prics yw’r lleill. Mae pob un yn ei hannog i fod ar ei phen ei hun. Nid yw hyn yn beth drwg – mae pob un ohonom yn cael partïon ystafell wely ar ddyddiau Mawrth. Fel y clywyd ar BBC Radio 4Extra.

"She was a breath of fresh air…will have you in stitches"  Broadway Baby "A wonderfully whimsical show"  Arts Award Voice

THE HALO EFFECT Sun / Sul // 3:30pm // £8 Bowling Club We all get things wrong, all the time. Particularly Gareth. He read a book about how we jump to conclusions before we have all the information, and he wrote a show about it. Well, he read most of the book. Join Gareth Richards, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards best newcomer nominee 2010 for his sixth solo show of hilarious stand-up, and gorgeously low-key comedy songs.

Fest ) and now he’s working on a brand new show which will be a lot less emotionally exhausting BUT STILL HILARIOUS AND INVENTIVE. He might even dress up as his dead dad again, but he’ll give him a character name like “The Monarch” so people won’t notice they’ve been coopted into an ongoing grieving process. Alternative Comedy Memorial Society co-host, and co-writer of Robert Lyndsay and Maureen Lipman’s sitcom Bull.

As seen on Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3) and Live at the Electric (BBC3).

Daw John-Luke Roberts yn ôl i'r ŵyl ar ôl blwyddyn yn hyfforddi gyda hen clown cas. Yn ddiweddar, bu’n perfformio ei sioe "Stdad-Up" As heard on Radio 1 and Frank Skinner’s Sony JOHN LUKE yng Ngŵyl Caeredin ac yn Theatr Soho. Yn Award-winning Absolute Radio show. ROBERTS y sioe, roedd yn gwisgo fel ei dad marw ac Rydym oll yn cael pethau'n anghywir, drwy'r yn perfformio comedi fel fe (“A raw, fearless, BUILDS A amser. Yn enwedig Gareth. Darllenodd lyfr am boundary-pushing hour of introspective sut rydym yn dod i gasgliadau cyn i ni gael yr holl MONSTER clowning and provocative anti-comedy” wybodaeth, ac ysgrifennodd sioe am y peth. Wel, Time Out  “At once elusive and Sun / Sul // 3:30pm // £7 darllenodd y rhan fwyaf o'r llyfr. rawly honest, it sees him test the limits of our The Youth Wing sympathy, while blurring the line between fact Ymunwch â Gareth Richards, a enillodd deitl and fiction” Fest  a nawr mae’n Best Newcomer 2010 Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy John-Luke Roberts returns to the festival after Awards, am ei chweched sioe o gomedi doniol, a a year in exile training with a mean old clown. gweithio ar sioe newydd sbon a fydd yn llawer chaneuon comedi tawel hyfryd. Recently, he’s been performing his show “Stdad- llai blinedig yn emosiynol OND YN DAL YN DDONIOL A DYFEISGAR. Efallai y bydd hyd yn Ymddangosodd ar Russell Howard’s Good News Up”at the Edinburgh Fringe and at the Soho Theatre. In that show, he dressed up as his dead oed yn gwisgo fel ei dad marw eto, ond bydd (BBC3) a Live at the Electric (BBC3). yn rhoi enw cymeriad arno fel "The Monarch" father and performed comedy as him (“A raw, Bu hefyd ar Radio 1 a sioe Absolute Radio Frank fearless, boundary-pushing hour of introspective fel na fydd pobl yn sylwi eu bod wedi cael eu Skinner a enillodd Wobr Sony. cyfethol i broses alaru barhaus. clowning and provocative anti-comedy” Time “A delightful hour of comedy.” The Guardian Out  “At once elusive and rawly Cydgyflwynydd Alternative Comedy Memorial honest, it sees him test the limits of our sympathy, Society, a chyd-ysgrifennwr sitcom Robert “Richards is a charming, engaging performer. “ while blurring the line between fact and fiction” Lyndsay a Maureen Lipman, Bull. Kate Copstick, The Scotsman Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 79

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SUNDAY COMEDY / COMEDI SUL Strap on your party hats and prepare to get uncomfortable. An exploration into being variously unwell, perpetually poor and generally a bit sad and that. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hopefully have a lovely time but it's all relative really, isn't it? From being called a fascist on the front page of the Daily Mail to appearing on The Independent's Rainbow List 2015, is there anything Payton can't do? This, maybe.

JOHN HASTINGS

Gwisgwch eich hetiau parti a pharatowch i fod yn anghyfforddus. Archwiliad i fod yn sâl mewn amrywiol ffyrdd, yn dlawd bob amser, ac yn gyffredinol drist ac ati. Byddwch yn chwerthin, byddwch yn crio, byddwch, gobeithio, yn cael amser braf, ond mae'r cyfan yn dibynnu, on’d yw e?

WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 3:30pm // £7 Y Plas Upstairs 1 John Hastings is back to talk about himself. He tells a long story about a day in 2013. Not to give it away but here are the major points: murder, balsamic vinegar, vomit, car accidents, other people being late, love and motherhood (talked about by a man). Will this show be nominated for the 2015 Amused Moose Comedy Award Edinburgh Festival? No. That was last year, much like being nominated for the 2015 Best of the Fest World Fringe Perth. Come see if this show also gets .

PAYTON QUINN

O gael eu galw’n ffasgaidd ar dudalen flaen y Daily Mail i ymddangos ar Rainbow List yr Independent yn 2015, a oes unrhyw beth na all Payton ei wneud? Hyn, efallai..

TORRENTIAL BRAIN

"A stand-up comedian...Amazing." Al Murray

Sun / Sul // 3:30pm // £7 // 18+ Y Plas Upstairs 2

"One of the most important activist in Britain." Paris Lees

TONY LAW

Mae John Hastings yn ôl i siarad am ei hun. Mae'n adrodd stori hir am ddiwrnod yn 2013. Gan osgoi sbwylio’r peth, dyma’r prif bwyntiau: llofruddiaeth, finegr balsamig, cyfog, damweiniau car, pobl eraill yn hwyr, cariad a mamolaeth (wedi’i drafod gan ddyn).

NONSENSE-IN-PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 5:00pm // £10 // Y Plas The arch miner of surrealism takes to the stage at Machynlleth once more to dig deep into his psyche with some absurd thoughts, sounds and daring physical moves.

A gaiff y sioe hon ei henwebu ar gyfer Amused Moose Comedy Award Edinburgh Festival 2015? Na, y llynedd oedd hynny, yn union fel cael ei henwebu ar gyfer Best of the Fest World Fringe Perth 2015. Dewch i weld os bydd y sioe hon hefyd yn cael .

Mae prif löwr swrealaeth yn dychwelyd i lwyfan Machynlleth unwaith eto i gloddio’n ddwfn i'w feddwl ei hun gyda syniadau, synau a symudiadau corfforol rhyfedd a beiddgar.

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"Whimsical, playful stuff that gives the audience a good time"  The Guardian

 Broadway Baby

ED GAMBLE WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 5:00pm // £8 // 16+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard Ed Gamble booked his hotel room in Mach a year in advance so now he’s come back to stay in it. Whilst he’s here he may as well do a show and if you popped along he’d be grateful, even if he doesn’t seem like it at the time. He’s been on Mock the Week (BBC2), Almost Royal (E4), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3), Drunk Machynlleth Comedy Festival 80

"Magnificent!" Gary Slaymaker, Radio Wales

History (Comedy Central) and Conan (America) but now he is in Wales. New jokes, old face, one new shoe (weirdly). Archebodd Ed Gamble ei ystafell mewn gwesty ym Mach flwyddyn ymlaen llaw, felly nawr mae'n dychwelyd i aros ynddi. Tra’i fod yma, man a man iddo wneud sioe, a byddai’n ddiolchgar pe byddech yn galw heibio, hyd yn oed os nad yw hynny'n amlwg ar y pryd. Mae wedi bod ar Mock the Week (BBC2), Almost Royal (E4), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3), Drunk History (Comedy Central) a Conan (America), ond nawr mae yng Nghymru. Jôcs newydd, hen wyneb, un sioe newydd (yn rhyfedd).

PHIL WANG

TOM TOAL

PHILLER (WORK-IN-PROGESS)

HELP US TOM TOAL, YOU'RE OUR ONLY HOPE

Sun / Sul // 5:00pm // £7 // 16+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys Phil Wang - everyone’s favourite Eurasian after Alexa Chung and Gok Wan - gladly returns to Machynlleth to do a new hour of potentially fantastic stand-up. There’s a bit about contraceptives he’s very proud of and another dumb opening joke about his name. His ‘resting bitch face' and distrust of scary movies make for exhilarating dissection too at some point. What’s important here is that he’d love for you to come. Mae Phil Wang - hoff berson Ewrasiaidd pawb ar ôl Alexa Chung a Gok Wan – yn falch o ddychwelyd i Fachynlleth i berfformio awr newydd o gomedi allai fod yn wych. Mae darn am atal cenhedlu mae'n falch iawn ohono, a jôc agoriadol twp arall am ei enw. Mae ei ‘resting bitch face’ a’i ddiffyg ymddiriedaeth mewn ffilmiau arswyd wir werth eu dadansoddi hefyd ar ryw adeg. Beth sy'n bwysig yma yw y byddai wrth ei fodd pe gallech ddod. “Talented up-and-comer” The Guardian “Laid-back, nerdy charm from a young star” Time Out

JAMALI MADDIX WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 5:00pm // £7 The Other Room As seen on BBC1’s 'The John Bishop Show' and fresh from supporting Jim Jefferies to a packed Hyde Park audience Jamali Maddix is bringing his unprecedented, unedited and unflinchingly funny debut hour to Mach Fest.

Sun / Sul // 5:00pm // £7 Y Plas Vayne Tempest

PAT CAHILL WORK IN PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 5:00pm // £7 Bowling Club

Pat Cahill brings to the Machynlleth bowling Club a mix of his old school neo music hall nonsense and his new comedy ideas. He'll either be pretending to be cool, talking about birds, or singing about coconuts. Whatever happens it will In 2003 a prophecy is made, Machynlleth will be destroyed in 2016 unless one man can stop it one tonne of absurd fun. ... That man is Tom Toal, and he must make the Daw Pat Cahill i Glwb Bowlio Machynlleth gyda ultimate sacrifice. chymysgedd o nonsens neo-neuadd gerdd hen-ffasiwn a’i syniadau comedi newydd. Bydd Daw Tom Toal (enwebai Amused Moose Best Show 2014) yn ôl gyda sioe echrydus o ddoniol naill ai’n esgus bod yn cŵl, yn siarad am adar, neu’n ganu am gnau coco. Beth bynnag fydd yn a theimladwy. digwydd, bydd yn dunnell o hwyl hurt. Yn 2003, gwneir proffwydoliaeth – bydd Machynlleth yn cael ei dinistrio yn 2016 oni bai  Timeout Top Ten Comedy shows 2015 y gall un dyn ei atal ... Y dyn hwnnw yw Tom "True star quality" Evening Standard Toal, a rhaid iddo wneud yr aberth eithaf..  “One the strangest and most delightful Tom Toal (Amused Moose Best Show nominee 2014) returns with a devastatingly funny and touching show.

"Resplendent with fine gags and a pleasing storytelling rhythm" The Scotsman

shows taking place at the Fringe this year.” Edinburgh Festivals

"Compelling and funny in equal measure" One4Review

 The Skinny  Short.com

and see a star in the making. Fel a welwyd ar 'The John Bishop Show' BBC1, ac yn ffres o gefnogi Jim Jefferies i gynulleidfa lawn ym Mharc Hyde, daw Jamali Maddix â’i awr gyntaf digyffelyb, heb ei olygu a hynod ddoniol i Ŵyl Mach. Y llynedd, enillodd deitl Chortle Student Comedian of the Year, perfformiodd ar draws Ewrop a'r Dwyrain Canol, yn ogystal â pherfformio fel rhan o sioe fawreddog Pleasance Comedy Reserve. Dewch i weld seren y dyfodol.

Last year he was crowned Chortle Student Comedian of the Year, gigged across Europe and “Maddix genuinely feels like a fresh voice” Chortle the Middle East as well as performed as part of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve. Come

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ALUN COCHRANE

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EDD HEDGES

snŵds, ffeministiaeth, ffwndamentaliaeth, a gobeithio peth dealltwriaeth ddofn am fywyd.

Gellir clywed llais hyfryd Alun yn aml ar BBC Radio 4 ar Alun Cochrane’s Fun House, Just A Minute, Dilemma a The Now Show ac mae Sun / Sul // 5:00pm // £12 // Y Tabernacl wedi perfformio ei gomedi hunangofiannol A man who has jokes. Jokes about manliness, arsylwadol ar wahanol sioeau comedi a phanel ar y teledu, gan gynnwys; Michael McIntyre’s womanliness, hobbies, ageing, fighting, Comedy Roadshow (BBC 1), Mock The Week perfume, beards, snoods, feminism, fundamentalism, and hopefully some profound (BBC 2), Have I Got News For You (BBC 1) and 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4). Caiff ei alw’n understanding about life itself. Cockerel ar sioe Frank Skinner ar Absolute Alun’s dulcet tones can be heard frequently Radio. on BBC Radio 4 on Alun Cochrane’s Fun House, “Cochrane’s dour and grumpy onstage persona is Just A Minute, Dilemma and The Now Show allied to a real craft and creativity in his writing, and he has performed his observational autobiographical comedy on various stand-up yielding results that satisfy both the comedy purists and those who simply want big belly and panel shows on TV including; Michael laughs on a night out” The Guardian McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC 1), Mock The Week (BBC 2), Have I Got News For You “A master storyteller, holding the audience before (BBC 1) and 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4). He dropping an exploding but simple punchline…” is affectionately known as the Cockerel on Metro Absolute Radio's Frank Skinner Show.

WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 5:00pm // £7 Rag & Bone

A SHOW WITH A MAN IN IT

Dyn sydd â jôcs. Jôcs am wroldeb, gwraigoldeb, hobïau, heneiddio, ymladd, persawr, barfau,

So You Think You’re Funny WINNER Helo! Fy enw i yw Edd. Enillais rywbeth sbel yn ôl, a bellach mae pobl am fy nghlywed yn siarad am awr. Felly ymunwch â fi wrth i mi adrodd straeon am yr holl bethau rwy wedi’u gweld yn fy mywyd.

Hello! My name is Edd. I won a thing a while “Edd Hedges is a joy to watch.” The Scotsman back and now people want to hear me talk for “Self-deprecating and hilariously awkward, Edd an hour. So join me as I tell you stories about all brought the judges to a total standstill.” Three the things I've seen in my life. Weeks

EVELYN MOK & CAROLINE MABEY PROGRESS (WORK IN PROGRESS) Sun / Sul // 5:00pm // £7 The Youth Wing In 1917 Rutherford split the atom. 99 years later, Mok and Mabey split an hour. And it might even be funny. Appreciated for her original perspective and unapologetic delivery, "brutal but funny" (Chortle) Evelyn Mok is already a favourite among her peers. Come see this Swede work out her Chinese issues of being a big big girl in a man's world. “Charmed the crowd from the off… and kept the audience in stitches throughout her set” The Velvet Onion

Ac efallai bydd hyd yn oed yn ddoniol. Gwerthfawrogir Evelyn Mok am ei safbwynt gwreiddiol a’i pherfformiad didrugaredd (“brutal but funny” - Chortle), mae Evelyn Mok eisoes yn ffefryn ymhlith ei chyfoedion. Dewch i weld y fenyw o Sweden yn trafod ei phryderon Tseineaidd o fod yn ferch fawr mawr mewn byd dyn. “Charmed the crowd from the off… and kept the audience in stitches throughout her set” The Velvet Onion Ar ôl pwl eithaf synhwyrol, yn ei barn hi, o iselder ôl-enedigol, sylwodd Caroline Mabey ("athrylith oddball" - Chortle) bod pobl yn gofyn iddi berfformio i codi arian i elusennau iechyd meddwl byth a beunydd. A nawr mae'n amser i edrych ym myw llygad Pryder, i neidio ar ei gefn ac i deithio i'r disgo rholio. “An absolute delight to watch. Fantastically ditzy and spectacularly absurd” The Skinny

DAVID ELMS ATTABOY (WORK IN PROGRESS) Sun / Sul // 5:00pm // £7 Y Plas Upstairs 2

After what she considered a pretty discreet bout of post-natal depression, “oddball genius” (Chortle) Caroline Mabey kept getting asked to do mental health charity fundraisers. And now it’s time to look Anxiety in the eye, jump on its back and ride it to the roller disco.

Tricksy scamp Elms is back chasing his tail again; he's learning about sacrifice, strangers, and, as always, love.

“An absolute delight to watch. Fantastically ditzy and spectacularly absurd” The Skinny

“As if someone has squeezed all the sweet and nice out of Stewart Lee and made a whole new comic with it”  The Scotsman

Mae’r gwalch Elms yn ôl yn rhedeg ar ôl ei gynffon eto; mae'n dysgu am aberth, dieithriaid, ac, fel bob amser, cariad.

Yn 1917, rhannodd Rutherford yr atom. 99 mlynedd yn ddiweddarach, mae Mok a Mabey yn rhannu awr.

“A born performer”  The List

LOLLY ADEFOPE LOLLY 2 (WORK IN PROGRESS) Sun / Sul // 5:00pm // £7 Y Plas Upstairs 1 A second solo hour work-in-progress from character comedian and cool, nice girl, Lolly Adefope! Ail awr o waith ar y gweill gan ddigrifwr cymeriad sy’n ferch cŵl, neis, Lolly Adefope!

"Lolly Adefope is one of the rising stars of the circuit, but interest in her – as far as I can gauge – has little to do with her skin colour, which she rarely references in her act" The Guardian "It’s the only mention of her ethnicity, even though Adefope is, shockingly, probably the first black female character comic to get any attention since Jocelyn Jee Esien more than a dozen years ago" Chortle "The distinct racial make-up of this industry is touched upon... but it’s here and gone before it can truly ignite a debate. Perhaps that’s merely a trailer for Lolly’s 2016 show" The List Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 83

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GEORGE RIGDEN, THE DEATH HILARIOUS AND JETHRO BRADLEY 8 NIPPLES Sun / Sul // 6:30pm // £7 Y Plas Upstairs 2 George Rigden: Musical comedy for people who hate musical comedy. Or love it. Basically an act for everyone (apart from kids, definitely not for kids). George Rigden: Comedi gerdd i bobl sy’n casáu comedi cerdd. Neu sy’n dwlu arno. Mewn gwirionedd, act i bawb (ar wahân i blant – ddim i blant o gwbl).

NICK HELM CAN SOMEBODY, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE MAKE ALL THIS PAIN AND MISERY GO AWAY…? Sun / Sul // 6:30pm // £12 Y Tabernacl Nick Helm returns to Machfest this year with the first finished debut of his new show. A collection of poems, songs and ramblings dealing with what it is like to lose everything you had and held dear in your life for no good reason. It might be funny, it might be sad. It might be bleak as fuck. He is still finishing it off and probably will be until moments before stepping onto the stage, but then isn’t this the true spirit of Machfest? Star of BBC3's Sweat the Small Stuff, Live at the Electric (Series One) and winner of a Loaded LAFTA award and Dave’s Best Joke of 2011, Nick Helm would greatly appreciate you turning up and making it less awkward for not only himself, but the potentially small audience of Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment fans that have shown up and the venue

staff, who I don’t know if you’ve ever had to cancel a gig due to low attendance, but there’s something about their sad, sad eyes that will haunt you till your dying day. Mae Nick Helm yn dychwelyd i Ŵyl Mach eleni i berfformio ei sioe newydd am y tro cyntaf. Casgliad o gerddi, caneuon a chlebran yn trafod sut beth yw colli popeth oedd yn bwysig i chi heb reswm. Gallai fod yn ddoniol, gallai fod yn drist. Gallai fod yn ffwc o dywyll. Mae'n dal i’w gwblhau, ac mae'n debyg y bydd yn dal i wneud hynny eiliadau cyn camu ar y llwyfan, ond onid hynny yw gwir ysbryd Gŵyl Mach? Seren Sweat the Small Stuff BBC3, Live at the Electric (Cyfres Un) ac enillydd gwobr Loaded LAFTA a Dave’s Best Joke 2011, byddai Nick Helm yn gwerthfawrogi’n fawr pe byddech yn dod i’w wneud yn llai lletchwith nid yn unig iddo fe’i hun, ond i’r gynulleidfa fach o gefnogwyr Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment sydd wedi dod, a staff y lleoliad. Dwy ddim yn gwybod os ydych chi erioed wedi gorfod canslo gig oherwydd nad oes digon o gynulleidfa, ond mae rhywbeth am eu llygaid trist, trist a fydd yn eich dilyn chi i’r bedd..

The Death Hilarious: Fresh from their Winter season with Sergei’s Soviet Circus, bibleblack sketch comedy duo willfully fragment their psyches within strict health and safety parameters. The Death Hilarious: Yn ffres o’u gaeaf gyda Syrcas Sofiet Sergei, deuawd yn gwneud comedi tywyll, gan golli’u meddyliau’n fwriadol o fewn rheolau iechyd a diogelwch llym. "Immersive and brilliant comedy… Amongst the funniest double acts I’ve ever seen" Bristol Post

Sun / Sul // 6:30pm // £8 Vortex

Jethro Bradley: Absurd and existential humour from social outsider and Winner of the King Gong at The Comedy Store, London. Leicester Square Theatre New Act of the Year Finalist.

Shining a light on the most furtive creative secrets of your favourite comics and interrogating their joke writing process in depth. Previous guests include Rhod Gilbert, Sarah Millican, Al Murray, Tim Vine, and David O’Doherty. Chortle Internet Award nominee, 2013, 2014 & 2015 and over 5 million downloads worldwide.

Jethro Bradley: Hiwmor abswrd a dirfodol gan allanwr cymdeithasol, ac enillydd King Gong yn The Comedy Store, Llundain. Cyrhaeddodd rownd derfynol Leicester Square Theatre New Act of the Year.

Stuart’s guest for Machfest 2016 is festival favourite and ‘absolute lad’ Joe Lycett

"Witty and hilarious" Broadway Baby

“A laugh riot!”  Nick Helm

STEWART LEE WORK-IN-PROGRESS 2 Sun / Sul // 6:30pm // £8 // 16+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys Work in progress. Gwaith ar y gweill.

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"Deliciously dark" Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke

THE COMEDIAN’S COMEDIAN PODCAST: WITH STUART GOLDSMITH

Goleuo rhai o gyfrinachau creadigol eich hoff ddigrifwyr, a’u holi am eu proses ysgrifennu jôc mewn manylder. Gwesteion blaenorol yn cynnwys Rhod Gilbert, Sarah Millican, Al Murray, Tim Vine, a David O'Doherty. Enwebai Chortle Internet Award 2013, 2014 a 2015, ac dros 5 miliwn o lawrlwythiadau ledled y byd. Gwestai Stuart ar gyfer Gŵyl Mach 2016 fydd ffefryn yr ŵyl a’r 'absolute lad' Joe Lycett.

DAVID O’DOHERTY JERK-IN-POOGRESS Sun / Sul // 6:30pm // £10 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard David O'Doherty tries out a few new things and pads them out with some old things. Please, please lower your expectations. David O'Doherty yn rhoi cynnig ar bethau newydd ac yn eu cuddio ymhlith hen bethau. Os gwelwch yn dda, dewch â disgwyliadau isel. Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 85

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ANNIE MCGRATH

IVO GRAHAM

WORK-IN-PROGRESS

CURIOUSLY CINNAMON Sun / Sul // 6:30pm // £7 Machynlleth Bowling Club

Sun / Sul // 6:30pm // £7 Y Plas Upstairs 1

This is Ivo’s (my) fourth year doing Mach BUT and here’s the twist - he (I) isn’t (‘m not) going to Edinburgh this year so it isn’t even a cynical pre-Fringe work-in-progress like the rest of those careerist goons. Come see a nice man (me) unencumbered by any sort of deadlines or anxieties, reveling in the joyous creative freedom of being in Machynlleth for no other reason than the friendships, the scenery, the ales, the dancing, and also starting to plan ahead towards 2017’s show.

Annie McGrath is one half of sketch duo Twins and is half a person in her own right. Come and see her workshop a classic combination of stand-up/character comedy. As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra; as not (yet) seen on TV.

Dyma bedwaredd flwyddyn Ivo (fi) yn gwneud Mach OND - a dyma’r newid – dyw e (dydw i) ddim yn mynd i Gaeredin eleni, felly nid gwaith ar y gweill sinigaidd cyn yr ŵyl yw hon, fel gweddill y twpsod gyrfaol hynny. Dewch i weld dyn neis (fi) heb unrhyw fath o derfynau amser neu bryderon, yn mwynhau rhyddid creadigol llawen bod ym Machynlleth am ddim rheswm heblaw cyfeillgarwch, golygfeydd, cwrw,

JORDAN BROOKES THE MAKING OF (WORK-IN-PROGRESS)

dawnsio, ac mae hefyd yn dechrau cynllunio ar gyfer sioe 2017.. “Honed to within a whisker of perfection … a joyous show” Evening Standard 

Sun / Sul // 6:30pm // £7 Rag & Bone

“The unmistakeable sense of a young comic finding another gear” The Scotsman 

ALFIE BROWN WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 6:30pm // £7 Y Plas Vayne Tempest

JONNY & THE BAPTISTS EAT THE POOR (WORK IN PROGRESS) Sun / Sul // 6:30pm // £7 The Other Room Multi-award-nominated musical comedy stars Jonny & the Baptists take on the gap between rich and poor in a brilliantly silly, surreal and satirical new show. Featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber, the King of Bhutan, a passionate love story and a small amount of actual economics. As featured on Radio 4's The Now Show and the BBC's Live at Television Centre. Y sêr comedi cerddorol a enwebedwyd am sawl Machynlleth Comedy Festival 86

gwobr Jonny & the Baptists yn trafod y bwlch rhwng y cyfoethog a'r tlawd mewn sioe newydd wych wirion, swreal a dychanol. Gan gynnwys Andrew Lloyd Webber, Brenin Bhutan, stori gariad angerddol ac ychydig bach o economeg. Fel ymddangos ar Radio 4 yn The Now Show a'r BBC Live yng Nghanolfan Deledu. Buon nhw ar The Now Show Radio 4 a Live at Television Centre y BBC. “Superbly crafted... as witty as they are clever”  Metro “Lyrically brilliant fun of the highest order Exeunt Magazine Supported by Arts Council England, Pentabus Theatre and Arts at the Old Fire Station, Oxford.

The ever unpredictable Alfie Brown is making his Mach debut after critically acclaimed runs at London's Soho Theatre with a brand new hour of engaging stand up. Constantly evolving and striving for ways to innovate, Brown is pushing stand up further than where his contemporaries dare to. Mae'r anrhagweladwy Alfie Brown yn gwneud ei ymddangosiad cyntaf ym Mach ar ôl sawl rhediad o fri beirniadol yn Theatr Soho Llundain gydag awr newydd sbon o gomedi atyniadol. Mae Brown o hyd yn datblygu ac yn chwilio am ffyrdd i arloesi, ac mae’n gwthio comedci llwyfan ymhellach na mae ei gyfoedion yn meiddio. "Quite simply the future of British stand-up” Brian Donaldson, The List

One man. One walk. A whole lot of nonsense. Following a successful debut hour show at the Edinburgh Fringe, Brookes returns with a new bundle of silly faces, uncomfortable poses and unnecessary confessions. Join him as a simple stroll down a street turns into a complex inner journey of edited memories, real-life bloopers, existential audio descriptions and a bit where he pretends to pull his own face off as if it were a mask. Nominated for Chortle Best Newcomer 2016. Un dyn. Un daith. Llawer o nonsens. Yn dilyn sioe lwyddiannus gyntaf yng Ngŵyl Caeredin, mae Brookes yn ôl gyda bwndel newydd o wynebau gwirion, siapiau anghyfforddus a chyfaddefiadau diangen. Ymunwch ag e wrth iddo fynd am dro lawr stryd, gan droi’n daith fewnol gymhleth o atgofion golygedig, camsyniadau go iawn, disgrifiadau clywedol dirfodol, a rhan lle mae'n esgus tynnu ei wyneb ei hun i ffwrdd fel pe bai'n fwgwd.

Mae Annie McGrath yn hanner y ddeuawd sgetsh Twins, ac mae'n hanner person yn ei hawl ei hun. Dewch i weld ei gweithdy cyfuniad clasurol o gomedi llwyfan/cymeriad. Bu ar BBC Radio 4 Extra; ni fu ar y teledu (eto). “Stole the show... beautiful timing and spot-on delivery” The Tab “Genuinely brilliant” What’s On London

SH!T THEATRE

Mae Becca a Louise yn byw gyda'i gilydd mewn fflat cyngor a isosodwyd yn anghyfreithlon yng LETTERS TO WINDSOR HOUSE Ngogledd Llundain. Yr argyfwng tai yn troi’n bersonol ... Cerddoriaeth, cân, gwleidyddiaeth, Sun / Sul // 6:30pm // £7 landlordiaid amheus personol a gwaith ditectif: The Youth Wing Sioe arall a allai fod yn droseddol gan Sh!t Theatre Becca and Louise live together in what turns out ar gyfer Generation Rent. to be an illegally sub-let council flat in North Comisiynwyd gan Harlow Playhouse gyda London. This housing crisis gets personal... Music, chefnogaeth Cyngor Celfyddydau Lloegr. song, politics, dodgy landlords and detective work: Another potentially felonious show by Sh!t Theatre for Generation Rent. Sponsored by: GEOFF HILL & ANNIE GRUNDY Commissioned by Harlow Playhouse and supported by the Arts Council for England.

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Enwebwyd am Chortle Best Newcomer 2016. “Superbly crafted… he cleverly switches between characters, veering between almost stand-up and something more avant-garde. Easily one of the most creative but funny shows I’ve seen this year”  The Mirror “Jordan takes all of the stand-up rules in the book and proceeds to snap them in two for this ultimate escapade of anti-comedy… perfectly and intricately performed”  The List Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 87

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MASSIVE LAZY GIRLS Sun / Sul // 8:00pm // £10 Y Plas Critically acclaimed sketch groups Massive Dad (‘Performed with flair’ – The Guardian), Lazy Susan (‘Superb’ -The List) and Birthday Girls (‘Consistently imaginative’ – The Guardian) are joining forces for one night only (technically this is the second night only). Between them, they’ve received over 250 review stars*, appeared on everything from Channel 4 to Comedy Central, and are excellent, kind, tender people. Come watch these three sketch behemoths take turns in performing the best of their material. *Count them. Mae’r grwpiau sgetsh o fri beirniadol Massive Dad (‘Performed with flair’ – The Guardian), Lazy Susan (‘Superb’ -The List) a Birthday Girls (‘Consistently imaginative’ – The Guardian) yn ymuno am un noson yn unig (yn dechnegol, dyma’r ail noson yn unig).

MARK WATSON I’M NOT HERE Sun / Sul // 8:00pm // £14 Y Tabernacl // 120 mins (with interval) Mark Watson (multi-award-winning star of numerous TV shows and his own cult Radio 4 series) returns with the follow-up show to his highly celebrated and successful ‘Flaws’. A seemingly minor problem at an airport is the starting point for a spiralling examination of identity in the digital age. But with an enormous number of jokes, luckily, as well as Watson’s customary flailing, chaotic audience interactions and all sorts of other fun.

Mae Mark Watson (seren sawl sioe deledu arobryn a’i gyfres gwlt ei hun ar Radio 4) yn dychwelyd gyda sioe newydd, yn dilyn y sioe hynod lwyddiannus a mawr ei bri, 'Flaws'. Problem mewn maes awyr sy’n edrych yn fach yw'r man cychwyn ar gyfer archwiliad cynyddol o hunaniaeth yn yr oes ddigidol. Ond gyda nifer enfawr o jôcs, diolch byth, yn ogystal â ffustio arferol Watson, rhyngweithiadau anhrefnus gyda’r gynulleidfa, a phob math arall o hwyl.

OUR STORY Sun / Sul // 8:00pm // £9 Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

"Terrifyingly funny' (The Times), 'Belly laugh brilliant... The audience was weeping with laughter" Time Out

DELIBERATELY PROFANE, ACCIDENTLY PROFOUND

WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 8:00pm // £10 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard

Sun / Sul // 8:00pm // £7 // 16+ Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys

Jon Richardson will be at the Machynlleth Festival trying out some brand new material for his next show.

It’s Fin’s third hour and he’s found his groove. Fuelled by white guilt, for this one he’s going to take down Wes Anderson and the world of twee.

As seen on '8 Out Of 10 Cats', '8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown', ‘Live At The Apollo', ‘Have I Got News For You’ , ‘Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow’ , ‘Channel 4’s Comedy Gala Live At The 02’ and ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

AND WHERE BETTER TO PREMIERE THIS WORK THAN IN THE BUNTING-LINED STREETS OF MACHHONKY-LETH?

Bydd Jon Richardson yng Ngŵyl Machynlleth yn rhoi cynnig ar ddeunydd newydd sbon ar gyfer ei sioe nesaf.

Dyma drydedd awr Fin, ac mae bellach yn gyfforddus yn perfformio. Yn llawn euogrwydd dyn gwyn, y tro hwn bydd yn ceisio goresgyn Wes Anderson a byd twî.

(try before you buy and listen to last year’s show: www.fintaylorcomedy.bandcamp.com)

Bu ar '8 Out Of 10 Cats', '8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown', ‘Live At The Apollo', ‘Have I Got News For You’ , ‘Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow’ , ‘Channel 4’s Comedy Gala Live At The 02’ a ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

A LLE GWELL I DDANGOS Y GWAITH HWN AM Y TRO CYNTAF NAG YN STRYDOEDD LLAWN BANERI MACH-HONCI-LETH? (Profwch cyn prynu drwy wrando ar sioe y llynedd: www.fintaylorcomedy.bandcamp.com) “one of the punchiest, densest and most wideranging hours of stand-up at the Fringe… openly partial, perverse and unrefined, Taylor is masterful.” The Scotsman

Rhyngddynt, maent wedi derbyn dros 250 o sêr mewn adolygiadau*, wedi ymddangos ar bopeth o Channel 4 i Comedy Central, ac maent yn bobl ardderchog, caredig, addfwyn. Dewch i wylio tri o gewri sgetsh yn cymryd eu tro wrth berfformio hyd eithaf eu deunydd.

“Expect under-researched scientific theories, gross-out descriptions and lots of silly jokes. A mighty talented stand-up, becoming a true filth maestro” Time Out

*Cyfrwch nhw.

IAN SMITH WORK-IN-PROGRESS Sun / Sul // 8:00pm // £7 Y Plas Vayne Tempest

the world to two never-before-seen characters; themselves. Mae’n bryd i ni fod yn bersonol. Mewn stori wir anhygoel, daw Max & Ivan (BBC2, Radio 4) a enwebwyd am Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award i gyflwyno’r byd i ddau gymeriad newydd sbon – eu hunain.

It’s time to get personal. In an extraordinary true story, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award  The Times nominees Max & Ivan (BBC2, Radio 4) introduce  The Guardian Machynlleth Comedy Festival 88

FIN TAYLOR

Yn fyr: os ydych yn hoffi comedi, ond nad ydych yn dod i weld hon, rydych yn ymddwyn yn rhyfedd iawn.

In short: if you like comedy, but you don’t come and see this, you’re acting very oddly.

MAX & IVAN

JON RICHARDSON

Award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC3's Sweat the Small Stuff, BBC1's The Ark) returns with a work-in-progress of his fourth solo show. Last year his tent pegs were stolen and it only remained grounded by his own body weight. Mae’r digrifwr arobryn Ian Smith (Sweat the Small Stuff BBC3, The Ark BBC1) yn dychwelyd gyda gwaith ar y gweill ar gyfer ei bedwaredd sioe unigol. Y llynedd, cafodd pegiau ei babell

eu dwyn, a dim ond pwysau ei gorff ei hun gadwodd y babell i lawr. “I’m convinced that Ian Smith’s carefully crafted five-star act is one of the best you will see at the festival” The Mirror. “You’d do well to catch him now before his inevitable jump to the big time” The Telegraph. Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 89

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SUNDAY COMEDY / COMEDI SUL Sun / Sul // 9:30pm // £9 Ysgol Bro Hyddgen Perrier nominee, Sony Radio award winner, world record holder and DIY jedling Tom Wrigglesworth makes his triumphant return to the Mach festival having never played it before (mainly due to summer holiday commitments). But this year, Cornwalls loss is Machs gain as the star of BBC Radio 4 Hang Ups intents to polish up some new bits, dust off some old bits and make you beg for him to come back for more. Maybe next year he'll make his debut.

ANDREW HUNTER MATT WINNING MURRAY MUGABE AND ME (3D) ROUND ONE Sun / Sul // 8:00pm // £7 The Other Room

ED ACZEL FOREIGN POLICY ... FROM THE EDGE OF HELL (WORK IN PROGRESS) Sun / Sul // 8:00pm // £7 Rag & Bone Ed tries to navigate his way through what everyone calls - Foreign Policy - can he come up with a new world view which will steer the world toward some kind of happy co-existence - where powers and peoples strive for both harmony and happiness - in a collective nirvana. Frankly unlikely and even if he does will anyone actually care? Anyway come along - it'll probably be fine - and before you go - peace guys ....yeah. Mae Ed yn ceisio gwneud ei ffordd drwy’r hyn y mae pawb yn ei alw’n - Bolisi Tramor – a fydd yn gallu dod o hyd i ffordd newydd o edrych ar y byd a fydd yn symud y byd tuag at ryw fath o gydfodolaeth hapus - lle mae pwerau a phobloedd yn ymdrechu am gytgord a hapusrwydd - mewn paradwys ar y cyd. Annhebygol â dweud y gwir, a hyd yn oed os bydd yn gallu gwneud, a fydd ots gan unrhyw un? Ta waeth, dewch draw - bydd fwy neu lai’n ocê a chyn i chi fynd – heddwch i chi ... ie. “Dead-pan dynamo and very funny.”  The Mirror “Aczel is still the master of the genre.”  Kate Copstick The Scotsman Machynlleth Comedy Festival 90

Andrew Hunter Murray (star of No Such Thing As A Fish and Austentatious) presents a thrilling debut hour of relentlessly trivial character comedy. Expect the capital of Armenia, the Franco-Prussian War, and the unexpected.

Sun / Sul // 8:00pm // £7 Y Plas Upstairs 1 Debut show of idiosyncratic nonsense from Winning (Finalist BBC New Comedy Awards 2012) about his relationship with Robert Mugabe and travels around the world.

TOM WRIGGLESWORTH WORK IN PROGRESS MEETS WORK HORSE ROUTINES

Enwebwyd Tom Wrigglesworth am Perrier, enillodd wobr Sony Radio, mae ganddo record byd, ac mae’n hoffi DIY. Daw nôl i ŵyl Mach er iddo beidio â bod o’r blaen (yn bennaf oherwydd ymrwymiadau i wyliau haf). Ond eleni, mae colled Cernyw yn newyddion da i Fach wrth i seren Hang Ups BBC Radio 4 ddod i wella rhai darnau newydd, i ailadrodd hen ddarnau, a gwneud i chi fegian iddo ddod nôl eto. Efallai flwyddyn nesaf, bydd yn gwneud ei sioe gyntaf.

BRETT GOLDSTEIN

Sioe gyntaf o nonsens idiosyncratig gan Winning (a gyrhaeddodd rownd derfynol BBC Andrew Hunter Murray (seren No Such Thing As New Comedy Awards 2012) am ei berthynas â A Fish ac Austentatious) yn cyflwyno awr gyntaf Robert Mugabe a theithio o amgylch y byd. wefreiddiol o gomedi cymeriad diflino a dibwys. “One-liners to rival Tim Vines funniest joke Gallwch ddisgwyl prifddinas Armenia, Rhyfel awards”  The List Ffrainc a Phrwsia, a'r annisgwyl. “Attractively impish” The Guardian “Exquisitely punchy” The Times

BRETT GOLDSTEIN’S MYSTERY BOX Sun / Sul // 9:30pm // £7 // Bank "What's in the box? *snot snot tears* What's in the booooox?" Brad Pitt, Seven

JAMIE WOOD O NO! Sun / Sul // 8:00pm // £10 The Youth Wing A psychedelic ride, and a wonky homage to the woman damned for destroying the Beatles, O No! borrows Yoko Ono’s art instructions to ask whether falling in love is always catastrophic.

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A sell-out success and one of the most talked about shows of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015. Nominated for a Total Theatre award for Innovation.

Llwyddiant ysgubol ac yn un o'r sioeau y bu siarad mwyaf amdanynt yng Ngŵyl Ymylol Caeredin 2015. Enwebwyd am wobr Total Theatre am arloesi.

Funny and surprising in equal measure this show from a multi-award winning theatre maker, is about reckless optimism, avant-garde art and what we might yet have to learn from the hippies.

Yn ddoniol ac yn synnu, mae’r sioe hon gan wneuthurwr theatr arobryn, ac mae’n ymwneud ag optimistiaeth ddi-hid, celf avant-garde, a’r hyn y gallem ei ddysgu eto gan yr hipis.

Reid seicedelig, a gwrogaeth ryfedd i’r fenyw a ddioddefodd am ddinistrio’r Beatles, mae O No! yn benthyca cyfarwyddiadau celf Yoko Ono i ofyn a yw syrthio mewn cariad bob amser yn drychinebus.

“Fractious, hilarious and punctuated by undeniable beauty.” Stage “A slice of sweet absurdity that made me smile from beginning to end”  The Guardian

TOM NEENAN THE ANDROMEDA PARADOX Sun / Sul // 9:30pm // £8 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Powys

wedi’i gerfio ynddo, credodd ei fod yn When Professor Bernard Andromeda discovers an dystiolaeth o dechnoleg estron. Daw Tom ancient pod with his own name carved into it, he Neenan â'i sioe o fri beirniadol o Gaeredin yn ôl believes it is evidence of alien technology. i Fachynlleth. Tom Neenan brings his critically acclaimed  Telegraph Edinburgh Fringe show back to Machynlleth.  Metro Pan wnaeth yr Athro Bernard Andromeda  Three Weeks ddarganfod pod hynafol gyda’i ben ei hun “Absolutely brilliant” Steven Moffat

Award-winning comedian and swimmer Brett Goldstein returns with a show that he definitely hasn't written in time for this blurb. What will be in Brett's box? Stick your hand in to find out. It might be experimental and filled with characters and sketches and wonder. Or it might just be boring old stand up. Or a bit of both maybe. It also might be the best goddamn show you've ever seen. The only way to find out is to reach inside... So why not buy a ticket and find out... Mae’r digrifwr arobryn a’r nofiwr Brett Goldstein yn ôl gyda sioe nad yw wedi ei hyysgrifennu mewn pryd i’r broliant hwn. Beth fydd ym mlwch Brett? Rhowch eich llaw ynddo i gael gwybod. Gallai fod yn arbrofol, ac yn llawn cymeriadau a sgetshis a rhyfeddod. Neu efallai y bydd yn gomedi llwyfan diflas. Neu ychydig o'r ddau efallai. Efallai mai hon fydd y sioe orau i chi ei gweld erioed. Yr unig ffordd i gael gwybod yw estyn i mewn ... Felly beth am brynu tocyn a chael gwybod ...

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SUNDAY COMEDY / COMEDI SUL

AISLING BEA & LOU SANDERS SUNDAY NIGHT PARTY Sun / Sul // 9:30pm // £8 Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard What are you doing Sunday May 1st at 9.30pm? Why not come pre-disco comedy party with Aisling Bea (British Comedy Award Winner 2014, Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of Ten Cats) and Lou Sanders (Russell Howard's Good News, As Yet Untitled)? We are messing around cream pie style. Expect, "fun", games, participation, downstairs kissing, dares, PRIZES, questions, a variety of accents and at least five tits & nips onstage. WHATCHOO WAITING FOR BOO? Beth fyddwch chi’n ei wneud ddydd Sul 1 Mai am 9.30pm? Beth am ddod i barti comedi cyn y disgo gydag Aisling Bea (enillydd British Comedy Award 2014, Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of Ten Cats) a Lou Sanders (Russell Howard’s Good News, As Yet Untitled)? Rydym yn chwarae o gwmpas fel pei hufen. Gallwch ddisgwyl "hwyl", gemau, cyfranogiad, cusanu lawr grisiau, “dares”, GWOBRAU, cwestiynau, amrywiaeth o acenion, ac o leiaf pum tit a nips ar y llwyfan. AM BETH WYT TI’N AROS, EI?

PAPPY'S PRESENTS ... SECRET DUDES SOCIETY Sun / Sul // 10:00pm // £12 Y Plas PAPPY’S (two-time Edinburgh Comedy award nominees and stars of BBC Three's Badults) bring their comedy club BACH TO MACH for a very special show. Live music, sketches, games, and dicking around! They'll also be inviting their best pals in comedy to provide slightly better value for money. Come and join the Secret Dudes Society! FEATURING brand new comedy from PAPPY’S and special guest appearances from some of the best comedians in the world; plus sketches from our regular guests LAZY SUSAN (Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominees 2014) and live music from our house band PUDDINCUP & THE DUDETTES (featuring members of Spook School). Previous guests include Josh Widdicombe, Machynlleth Comedy Festival 92

Katherine Ryan, Joe Lycett, Aisling Bea, James Acaster, Sara Pascoe, David O'Doherty, Bridget Christie. Daw PAPPY’S (enwebeion gwobr Caeredin ddwywaith a sêr Badults BBC Three) â'u clwb comedi NÔL I FACH am sioe arbennig iawn. Cerddoriaeth fyw, sgetshis, gemau, a chwarae o gwmpas! Byddant hefyd yn gwahodd eu ffrindiau gorau o fyd comedi i ddarparu ychydig mwy o werth am arian. Dewch i ymuno â'r “Secret Dudes Society”! GAN GYNNWYS comedi newydd sbon gan PAPPY’S ac ymddangosiadau gwadd arbennig gan rai o gomediwyr gorau’r byd; ynghyd â sgetshis gan ein gwesteion rheolaidd LAZY SUSAN (enwebeion Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2014) a cherddoriaeth fyw gan ein band tŷ PUDDINCUP & THE DUDETTES (yn cynnwys rhai o aelodau Spook School). Gwesteion blaenorol yn cynnwys Josh Widdicombe, Katherine Ryan, Joe Lycett, Aisling Bea, James Acaster, Sara Pascoe, David O'Doherty, Bridget Christie. “One of the finest sketch troupes of the last decade" The Guardian

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THEATRE THEATR

Most people’s top three subjects at a comedy festival would undoubtedly be chronic back pain, Tourettes and gender inequality, am I right? Well, fear not, this year’s theatre programme hits all those and we’ve even thrown in some pathological sadness - you are so welcome. Here are some of the highlights: Laura Dannequin’s Hardy Animal Page 75 is a show we love so much, but it’s hard to describe well, but luckily Daniel Kitson (classic comedian and normal man) had a good crack at it, so we’ll just quote him. “Entirely blown away by it. Hardy Animal is a spoken word and dance piece about a woman dealing with and working through her chronic back pain. I know. I know how it sounds. But it is entirely excellent. Its defiant and angry and sad and funny and beautiful, really beautiful and brave and just so very very good indeed”. Using Yoko Ono’s art instructions, Jamie Wood’s O No! Page 90 tries to answer whether falling in love must always be catastrophic. A sell-out at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, it’s funny, odd and artful. Good old Yoko Ono. Good old Jamie Wood. Good old art. Good old comedians not sticking to stand up. Liam Williams (the “voice of a generation”) is going to give a reading of a play he’s written.

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Travesty Page 51 will examine women and men and love. Well, ‘examine’ is probably the wrong word, but still, let’s focus on the details: excellent comedian writes a play about people. Great guns.

a black man running for president as a woman/ drag queen. Yes please.

Byron Vincent is a poet and writer and does lots of good things for Radio 4. Byron Vincent is also pathologically sad. Personally, we’d watch Byron Speaking of words - Jess Thom says the word read out Yahoo Answers, so the fact that Live ‘biscuit’ 16,000 times a day. Neurologically Before You Die Page 74 is about an epic quest incapable of staying on script (due to Tourettes), to find the holy grail of human contentment, is no two shows of Backstage in Biscuit Land a bonus. Page 36 are ever the same. At its heart is a If you fancy twenty minutes of not looking compelling story and captivating performer, performers in the eye, why not sit in a room combined with Jess’ spontaneity and you have a on your own listening to a show that happens two woman solo show that is utterly absurd and on some high qual headphones? Trace Page completely joyful. 34 features Steve Ogrizovic, a shop called ‘the A work-in-progress at last year’s Mach, Sh!t Theatre’s Women’s Hour Page 57 went on to win Edinburgh with awards and all that, so they’re bringing it back all finished. It’s such a great show, deconstructing women in the media with a deep sharp dark edge that everyone should see. They’re also bringing a new show Letters to Windsor House Page 87 about the housing crisis. Good on them for tackling the world and making it funnier.

Shoepermarket’ and a man called Paul.

And if you’ve had enough of everyone telling you stories and making you laugh, why not pop to the Tannery (part of the Tabernacle) and see Electromechanical Lithophone - an electronic musical instrument installation made from slate and programmed in ways we don’t understand but like very much. That’s it. All the classics covered. See you at the proscenium arch!

How I Almost Became the First Lady of the Lisa Heledd Jones United States of America Page 45 . What a title. I’d book on that basis, but in case you’re (Programmer of theatre-ish things) dithering - George Orange was a white farm boy who moved to Chicago and fell in love with

Tri phwnc pennaf y rhan fwyaf o bobl mewn gŵyl gomedi fyddai poen cefn cronig, Tourettes ac anghydraddoldeb rhwng y rhywiau, ynte? Wel, peidiwch ag ofni, mae rhaglen theatr eleni yn cynnwys pob un ohonynt, ac rydym wedi cynnwys tristwch patholegol hefyd - croeso. Dyma rai o'r uchafbwyntiau. Mae Hardy Animal Laura Dannequin yn sioe rydym yn dwlu arni, ond mae'n anodd ei disgrifio’n dda. Yn ffodus, mae Daniel Kitson (digrifwr arwrol a dyn arferol) wedi rhoi cynnig arni, felly dyma ddywedodd e. “Entirely blown away by it. Hardy Animal is a spoken word and dance piece about a woman dealing with and working through her chronic back pain. I know. I know how it sounds. But it is entirely excellent. Its defiant and angry and sad and funny and beautiful, really beautiful and brave and just so very very good indeed”.

wedi’i hysgrifennu. Bydd Travesty yn archwilio menywod a dynion a chariad. Wel, 'archwilio' yw'r gair anghywir, mae’n siŵr, ond gadewch i ni ganolbwyntio ar y manylion: digrifwr gwych yn ysgrifennu drama am bobl. Siort ora. Wrth sôn am eiriau – mae Jess Thom yn dweud y gair ‘biscuit’ 16,000 o weithiau bob dydd. Mae’n newrolegol amhosib iddi gadw at y sgript (oherwydd Tourettes), felly mae pob sioe Backstage in Biscuit Land yn wahanol. Yn ei hanfod, stori afaelgar a pherfformiwr cyfareddol, ynghyd ag elfen ddigymell Jess, yn creu sioe dwy ddynes sy’n hollol hurt ac yn llawn llawenydd.

Gwaith ar y gweill ym Mach y llynedd, aeth Women’s Hour Sh!t Theatre ymlaen i ennill Caeredin gyda gwobrau ac ati, felly maen nhw'n dod â hi yn ôl wedi’i gorffen. Mae'n sioe mor wych, yn dadansoddi menywod yn y cyfryngau Gan ddefnyddio cyfarwyddiadau celf Yoko Ono, gydag ochr dywyll miniog, y dylai pawb ei mae O No! Jamie Wood yn cwestiynu a oes rhaid gweld. Maent hefyd yn dod â sioe newydd Letters to Windsor House am yr argyfwng tai. i syrthio mewn cariad fod yn drychinebus bob amser. Gwerthodd bob tocyn yng Ngŵyl Caeredin Da iawn nhw am fynd i’r afael â’r byd a’i wneud yn fwy doniol. y llynedd, ac mae'n ddoniol, yn rhyfedd ac yn gyfrwys. Da iawn Yoko Ono. Da iawn Jamie Wood. How I Almost Became the First Lady of Da iawn gelf. the United States of America. Am deitl! Byddwn i’n bwcio ar sail y teitl yn unig, ond os Da iawn ddigrifwyr yn peidio â chadw at ydych rhwng dau feddwl - roedd George Orange gomedi llwyfan. Bydd Liam Williams ("voice of a generation") yn rhoi darlleniad o ddrama mae yn fachgen fferm gwyn a symudodd i Chicago

ac a syrthiodd mewn cariad â dyn du oedd yn ymgyrchu i fod yn arlywydd fel menyw/”drag queen”. Ie plîs! Mae Byron Vincent yn fardd a llenor ac yn gwneud llawer o bethau da i Radio 4. Mae Byron Vincent hefyd yn batholegol drist. Yn bersonol, byddwn i’n gwylio Byron yn darllen Yahoo Answers, felly mae'r ffaith bod Live Before You Die yn ymwneud ag ymgais epig i ddod o hyd i real sanctaidd bodlonrwydd dynol yn fonws. Os hoffech ugain munud o osgoi llygaid perfformwyr, beth am eistedd mewn ystafell ar eich pen eich hun yn gwrando ar sioe sy'n digwydd drwy glustffonau o safon? Mae Trace yn cynnwys Steve Ogrizovic, siop o'r enw 'the Shoepermarket' a dyn o'r enw Paul. Ac os ydych chi wedi cael digon ar bawb dweud straeon ac yn gwneud i chi chwerthin, beth am bicio i'r Tanerdy (rhan o’r Tabernacl) a gweld Electromechanical Lithophone - gosodiad offeryn cerdd electronig wedi’i wneud o lechi ac wedi’i rhaglennu mewn ffyrdd dy’n ni ddim yn eu deall ond yn ei hoffi’n fawr iawn. Dyna ni. Y clasuron i gyd. Welwn ni chi wrth fwa’r prosceniwm! Lisa Heledd Jones (Rhaglennydd pethau theatr-ish)

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GOREUON COMEDI CYMRAEG

COMEDI CYMRAEG YM MACH!!!

Sul // 9:30pm // £7 Sioe Cymraeg ola’r Ŵyl, dyma’ch cyfle olaf i fwynhau’r hufen de la hufen o Gomedi Cymraeg. Eich MC yw Sarah Breeze, merch leol i Mach, ac sy’n disgrifio ei hun fel “pêl ddrygionus o nonsens . Bydd MC Sarah Breeze yn cyflwyno awr amlgyfrannog llawn dop o holl berfformwyr Cymraeg yr Ŵyl. Dewch yn llu i ymuno yn yr hwyl!

yn cyflwyno Beth Jones, sy’n dod o Glwyd ond yn byw yn y Cymoedd. Mae hi’n un o’r enwau mwyaf newydd ar y syrcit Cymraeg, ac yn bendant un o’r rhai mwyaf cyffroes. Daw Phil Cooper o’r Cymoedd, ac mae newydd gwblhau ffilmio ei berfformiad cyntaf ar gyfer S4C. Steil unigryw a straeon Gwe // 9:00pm // £7 // Siop Alys anystywallt, dewch i weld y dyn a ddisgrifiwyd Eich MC yw Steffan Alun, dyn a enwyd ar ôl (gan Phil ei hun) fel ‘rhywun sy’n edrych fel hanner Llambed (mae’n stori hir). Hefyd yn ymddangos dyn , hanner ci’ bydd Karen Sherrard a Phil Cooper. Bydd Phil

GOREUON COMEDI CYMRAEG

GOREUON COMEDI CYMRAEG Sad // 9:30pm // £7 Siop Alys

Eich MC yw Phil Cooper. Hefyd, cawn set gyfan gan Steffan Alun, yn o hoelion wyth yr ŵyl, a gwyneb cyfarwydd ar S4C. (Gwerthu Allan, Gwneud E’n Sefyll Lan). Mae Karen am gyflwyno ei chymeriad Esme de Flange, garddwraig o fri. Hwn bydd perfformiad uniaith Gymraeg cyntaf Karen, achos mae Karen nawr yn Sherrard Cymraeg!

DANIEL GLYN JOB GO IAWN

SIOE GOMEDI I BLANT (A’I RHIENI PLENTYNAIDD)

Sul // 8:00pm // £7 Siop Alys

Gwe // 7:30pm // £4 // Siop Alys Bydd Daniel Glyn, (awdur Llyfr Mawr y Pants) yn cychwyn yr Ŵyl drwy gyflwyno awr o wallgofrwydd plentynnaidd, gyda gwesteion arbennig o’r syrcit Comedi Cymraeg. Hwyl a sbri i’r teulu oll, dewch yn llu da chi! 7+

GOREUON COMEDI CYMRAEG Sad // 8:00pm // £7 Siop Alys

ar fywyd unwaith yn rhagor eleni. Daw Chris Chopping o Loegr, ond nawr wedi ymgartrefu yng Nghaerdydd. Mae ganddo set newydd Cymraeg, ac mae’r perfformiad yn un o’r pethau mwyaf unigryw yn hanes comedi Cymraeg. Dewch yn llu i fod yn dyst!

Llynedd cafodd Daniel Glyn ‘mid life crisis’ a phenderfynu tyfu fyny a chael job go iawn. Job gyda’r Llywodraeth. Job mewn swyddfa. Job gall, er mwyn cael bywyd call. Hwn oedd y penderfyniad gwaethaf iddo erioed wneud. Nid yn unig bu bron iddo fynd yn wallgof, bu bron iddo hefyd dorri Llywodraeth Cymru. Dewch i chwerthin ar ben y dyn a ddisgrifiwyd gan un Aelod Seneddol fel ‘ useless and dangerous’.

Eich MC yw Geth Robyns, hogyn o Sir Fôn, a gwyneb cyfarwydd ar S4C. Hefyd yn ymddangos bydd Jams Thomas a Chris Chopping. Mae Jams Thomas (Gwaith Cartref, Y Gwyll). Mae Jams yn barod i gyflwyno ei gogwydd unigryw Machynlleth Comedy Festival 98

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CABARET

MARY BIJOU CABARET AND SOCIAL CLUB PRESENTS...

THE BAD ROMANCE CABARET Fri / Gwe // 10:30pm Free / Am Ddim The Big Top Come on a late night date with Mary Bijou & Celebrate car-crash love affairs, the St. Valentine's apocalypse, turn-ons, turn-offs and turn-downs. Expect a mischievous seduction of your senses better sense. Be ravished by this international cavalcade of talent. Watch the Circus folk frolic as you have a lovely pint in the beer tent. Dewch am ymweliad hwyr y nos Ã¢ Mary Bijou i ddathlu rhamant dinistriol, apocalyps San Ffolant, ysgogwyr, di-ysgogwyr, a gwrthodiadau. Gallwch ddisgwyl ramant direidus i synnwyr eich synhwyrau. Gadewch i'r talent rhyngwladol aruthrol eich peledu. Gwyliwch y bobl syrcas yn mwynhau wrth i chi fwynhau peint hyfryd yn y babell gwrw. Mynediad am ddim

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MORE… MWY… THE VAULT Sat / Sad // 11:00am // £12 // The Bank Situated in the basement of the old bank, descend down to this intimate gig to discover some comedy gold behind the bars in the actual vault. Wedi ei leoli ar lawr isaf yr hen fanc, ewch i lawr i’r gig clyd hwn i ddarganfod comedi gwych y tu ôl i'r bariau yn y gladdgell fanc go iawn.

CORRIS RAILWAY Sat / Sad // £12 Venue: Corris Railway Pick-up: 9.15am Y Plas Car Park Return: 1:00pm Y Plas Car Park All-aboard the Machynlleth Express! Travel along mid-Wales’ first narrow gauge railway to this Saturday morning festival favourite.

On arrival the handful of lucky ticket holders will be steam hauled to the 138 year old engine shed-cum-comedy club. Toot-toot! Pawb ar fwrdd Trên Machynlleth! Teithiwch ar hyd lein fach gul gyntaf Cymru i ffefryn fore Sadwrn yr ŵyl. Ar ôl cyrraedd, bydd llond llaw llond llaw o ddalwyr tocynnau lwcus yn cael eu cludo i’r sied 138 oed/clwb comedi. Tŵt tŵt!

MACHYNLLETH COMEDY FESTIVAL ROLLERDISCO Sat / Sad // £5 Bro Ddyfi Leisure Centre Skate sessions as follows: 12:30pm - 1:30pm Skate 1 2:00pm - 3:00pm Skate 2 3:30pm - 4:30pm Skate 3 5:00pm - 6:00pm Skate 4 2016. The future. There are no rules. Aside from in the Roller-rink, which is governed by

some fairly stringent H&S requirements. So strap on your skates and let the history books show that you were at the first Machynlleth Comedy Festival Rollerdisco. The sessions will feature special guest DJ sets from some of the festival stars. Skate hire, helmet and pads are all included in the ticket price. 2016. Y dyfodol. Does dim rheolau. Ar wahân i’r tu mewn i’r roller-rink, a reolir gan ofynion iechyd a diogelwch eithaf llym. Felly gwisgwch eich esgidiau sglefrio a gadewch i'r llyfrau hanes ddangos eich bod chi yn Nisgo Rholio gyntaf Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth. Bydd y sesiynau’n cynnwys setiau DJ gwadd arbennig gan rai o sêr yr ŵyl. Llogi esgidiau sglefrio, helmedau a phadiau oll wedi'u cynnwys ym mhris y tocyn. Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 103

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THE QUARRY

LATE NIGHT CHANG LOCK IN Sat / Sad // 11:00pm Guest ticket from Chang Beer Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard An exclusive late-night Chang Lock-in show at the Owain Glyndŵr Centre Billiard Room with top comedians performing to a limited number of lucky ticket holders. To secure a pair of tickets, simply post a picture on Twitter or Instagram of you and your friends with #ChangBeer including @MachComedyFest and @ChangBeerUK and you could win tickets to the exclusive late-night Chang Lock In.

Nos Sadwrn am 11pm, bydd sioe hwyr unigryw Chang Lock-In yn yr Ystafell Filiards gyda digrifwyr gwych yn perfformio i nifer bach o ddalwyr tocynnau lwcus. I sicrhau pâr o docynnau, postiwch lun ar Twitter neu Instagram ohonoch chi a'ch ffrindiau gyda #ChangBeer gan gynnwys @MachComedyFest a @ChangBeerUK a gallech ennill tocynnau i'r Chang Lock-In bythgofiadwy unigryw.

Sun / Sul // £12 Venue: Centre for Alternative Technology Pick-up: 10.30am Y Plas Car Park Return: 1:00pm Y Plas Car Park An absolutely stunning spot located in the Centre for Alternative Technology. After a short ride on the Centre's amazing water-balanced cliff railway (one of the steepest cliff railways in the world), you’ll head out to what has to be our most scenic venue at this year’s festival! Please note: this is an open air show and requires a short walk up (and down) slopes and uneven terrain. Lle cwbl syfrdanol yn y Ganolfan Dechnoleg Amgen. Ar ôl taith fer ar reilffordd glogwyn ddŵr y ganolfan (un o'r rheilffyrdd clogwyn serthaf yn y byd), byddwch yn mynd i leoliad prydferthaf yr ŵyl eleni!

ELECTROMECHANICAL LITHOPHONE Fri-Sun / Gwe-Sul // FREE/AM DDIM The Tannery Make sure you pop into the Tannery (the gallery space attached to the Tabernacle) to have a look and listen at the Electromechanical Lithophone. This curious contraption is an electronic musical instrument installation made from slate and will be performing for your audio / visual pleasure throughout the weekend. Gwnewch yn siŵr eich bod yn galw heibio’r Tanerdy (yr oriel ynghlwm wrth y Tabernacl) i gael golwg a gwrando ar yr Electromechanical Lithophone. Mae'r peiriant diddorol hwn yn osodiad offeryn cerdd electronig wedi’i wneud o lechen, a bydd yn perfformio i’ch pleser clywedol/ gweledol drwy gydol y penwythnos.

Noder: sioe awyr agored yw hon, ac mae’n rhaid cerdded i fyny (ac i lawr) llethrau a thir anwastad.

LOSIN LUSH Sun / Sul // 4:00pm // £ Golden Ticket Losin Lush Will you be one of the lucky 20 to join four comics at a very special intimate gig at Machynlleth’s own traditional sweet shop? To be in with a chance of winning a pair of golden tickets head to Losin Lush and purchase a hand-made festival chocolate bar. A fyddwch chi'n un o'r 20 lwcus fydd yn ymuno â phedwar digrifwr mewn gig agos arbennig iawn yn siop losin draddodiadol Machynlleth? Er mwyn bod â chyfle i ennill pâr o docynnau euraidd, ewch i Losin Lush a phrynu bar siocled wedi'i wneud â llaw i'r ŵyl.

PORTRAIT DRAWING THE STATIC Sun / Sul // 10:30am // £12 Salop Leisure Showroom An homage to the Welsh static caravanning holiday. This exclusive gig will be hosted in the lounge of the excellently appointed threebedroomed Summer Lodge at the Salop Leisure showroom (next to the festival campsite). Breakfast rolls and mugs of tea on arrival. Gwrogaeth i wyliau carafanio statig Cymreig. Cynhelir y gig unigryw hwn yn lolfa'r Summer Lodge tair ystafell wely - dewis ardderchog – yn arddangosfa Salop Leisure (wrth ymyl cae gwersylla'r ŵyl). Rholiau brecwast a mygiau o de wrth gyrraedd. Machynlleth Comedy Festival 104

Sun / Sul // 10:00am // £12 Y Tabernacl Our annual art class returns! On Sunday morning, Carl will lead a portraiture class at the Tabernacle with a number of comedians sitting for you to immortalise them in charcoal.

Mae ein dosbarth celf blynyddol yn dychwelyd! Fore Sul, bydd Carl yn arwain dosbarth portreadau yn y Tabernacl gyda nifer o ddigrifwyr yn eistedd i chi eu anfarwoli mewn golosg.

About the tutor: Wales based artist Carl Chapple has many years experience and has had exhibitions of his work displayed across the UK.

Am y tiwtor: Artist yng Nghymru yw Carl Chapple â blynyddoedd lawer o brofiad, ac mae arddangosfeydd o'i waith wedi cael eu harddangos ar draws y DU.

About the models: A selection of models (comedians) will pose for your drawing pleasure.

Am y modelau: Bydd amrywiaeth o fodelau (digrifwyr) yn sefyll i chi fwynhau eu harlunio.

The class will be tailored to all levels of ability Bydd y dosbarth wedi'i deilwra i bob lefel gallu and experience and all materials will be provided. a phrofiad, a darperir yr holl ddeunyddiau. Work from the class will be displayed in a festival Caiff gwaith o'r dosbarth ei arddangos yn exhibition in the Beech Bar on Sunday evening. arddangosfa'r ŵyl yn y Beech Bar nos Sul. Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 105

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WELSH LAMB KITCHEN COOK OFF CYSTADLEUAETH GOGINIO CEGIN CIG OEN CYMRU Sat / Sun // Sad / Sul Free / Am Ddim // Y Plas Ever wondered what comedians are like in the kitchen? At teatime, on Saturday and Sunday, some of your favourite comics will be creating culinary comedic chaos live at the Welsh Lamb kitchen in the Plas as they try and whip up a feast alongside a professional chef. Come along, watch, laugh and enjoy a sample of their efforts! Ydych chi erioed wedi meddwl sut mae digrifwyr yn ymddwyn yn y gegin? Amser te, ddydd Sadwrn a dydd Sul, bydd rhai o'ch hoff ddigrifwyr yn creu anhrefn comedi coginiol yn fyw yn y gegin Cig Oen Cymru yn y Plas wrth iddynt geisio creu gwledd ochr yn ochr â chogydd proffesiynol. Dewch draw i wylio, i chwerthin, ac i fwynhau sampl o'u hymdrechion! (Enwau ac amserau i'w cyhoeddi’n fuan!)

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THE WOODLAND PAVILION The pop up performance space along the Woodland Pathway returns! Enjoy some impromptu al-fresco sets from our festival stars on Saturday and Sunday. Daily listings will appear on the blackboards by the Woodland Pavilion and keep an eye on social Machynlleth Comedy Festival 106

media for a heads up on what’s going on across the weekend. Mae'r lleoliad perfformio dros dro ar hyd y Llwybr Coetir yn dychwelyd! Mwynhewch setiau al fresco annisgwyl gan sêr yr ŵyl ddydd Sadwrn a dydd Sul. Bydd rhestrau dyddiol ar y byrddau du ger y Pafiliwn Coetir, a chadwch lygad ar gyfryngau cymdeithasol i gael gwybod beth fydd yn digwydd dros y penwythnos.

Wellcome Trust. einsteinsgarden.net | greenman.net Rydych am fod yn well. Yn gyflymach, yn fwy heini, yn gryfach. Mae Hybrid Industries am i chi wireddu hyn. Canlyniadau gwarantedig, heb unrhyw "ymdrech" nag "ymroddiad". Dewch i ddarganfod gwelliannau amhosib gyda phecynnau wedi'u personoli, o bengliniau hunan-leithio i frest gwrth-fwledau. Telerau ac amodau yn bendant. Mae Enhanced yn brofiad chwareus dros dro sy’n archwilio'r ymchwil wyddonol y tu ôl i wella dynol. Pa mor bell ydych chi'n barod i fynd yn enw cynnydd? Cynhyrchwyd gan Einstein’s Garden Green Man ar y cyd â gwyddonwyr o Brifysgol Caerdydd, asiantaeth greadigol Yello Brick, a Chyngor Biofoeseg Nuffield. Gyda chefnogaeth gan Ymddiriedolaeth Wellcome. einsteinsgarden.net | greenman.net

BBC

Rhod Gilbert Saturdays 11am

BBC AT THE MACHYNLLETH COMEDY FESTIVAL

RHOD GILBERT’S ‘JEST A MINUTE’ LIVE Sat /Sad // 11:00am // Free (ticketed) Machynlleth Bowling club Join the audience for a live transmission of Rhod’s infamous panel game ‘Jest A Minute’. The show will feature some of the acts performing at the festival and audience participation is heartily encouraged.

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The show will be broadcast live on BBC Radio Wales and also filmed and streamed on the BBC Radio Wales website.

(Please arrive for 10.30am as you will be admitted to your seat whilst the first part of Rhod’s Saturday morning radio show is being broadcast). Ymunwch â'r gynulleidfa am ddarllediad byw o gêm banel enwog Rhod, 'Jest a Minute'. Bydd y sioe’n cynnwys rhai o berfformwyr yr ŵyl, ac anogir cyfranogiad y gynulleidfa. Caiff y sioe ei darlledu'n fyw ar BBC Radio Wales a hefyd ei ffilmio i’w ffrydio ar wefan BBC Radio Wales. (Dylech gyrraedd am 11.30 gan y byddwch yn cael eich arwain i’ch sedd tra bo rhan gyntaf sioe radio fore Sadwrn Rhod yn cael ei darlledu).

THE BBC RADIO WALES/4 EXTRA MACHYNLLETH COMEDY FESTIVAL STAND UP SHOWCASE Sat /Sad // 1:00pm // Free (ticketed) Machynlleth Bowling club Now in its 5th year the annual collaboration between BBC Radio Wales and 4 Extra is back. Mike Bubbins oversees a whistlestop showcase of some of the best acts appearing at the festival which will then be broadcast on both radio stations over the course of the weekend. Bellach yn ei phumed flwyddyn, mae’r cydweithio blynyddol rhwng BBC Radio Wales a 4 Extra yn ôl. Bydd Mike Bubbins yn goruchwylio arddangosiad cyflym o rai o berfformwyr gorau’r ŵyl a fydd wedyn yn cael eu darlledu ar y ddwy orsaf radio yn ystod y penwythnos. Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 109

KIDS / PETHAU PLANT

KIDS / PETHAU PLANT Sat/Sad // 3:30pm Tickets: £4 / £12 family ticket (family of 4) 14+ (or at parents discretion) Y Plas Upstairs 2

KIDS PLANT DEAR DIARY

BOX TALE SOUP ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

Sat/Sad // 3:30pm // Free/Am ddim Y Plas lawn

Featuring a dozen colourful handmade puppets, Frenhines Galonnau wallgof ar y diwedd. a beautiful set that unfolds from a vintage trunk Sat/Sad // 10:45am Tickets: £4 / £12 family ticket (family of 4) and magical original music, this is a constantly Gan gynnwys dwsin o bypedau lliwgar wedi'u inventive and refreshing take on Carroll's classic. gwneud â llaw, set hardd sy'n agor o drwnc Y Plas Vane Tempest clasurol, a cherddoriaeth wreiddiol hudolus, mae Young and old alike will find magic in Returning to Mach, it’s the original (now familyhwn yn addasiad dyfeisgar ac adfywiol o glasur Wonderland and make it safely home, the only friendly) WiFi Wars, as developed for the Royal Carroll. danger is, you may not want to leave! Institution! Bydd yr hen a'r ifanc fel ei gilydd yn gweld hud Dilynwch Alice ar ei thaith ryfeddol, o’i A live comedy game show where you play along! Wonderland ac yn cyrraedd gartref yn ddiogel. Yr phrofiadau byr â'r Gwningen Wen, lindys crac, Login with your smartphone or tablet (make sure unig berygl yw, efallai na fyddwch eisiau gadael! ac efeilliaid Tweedle ar iwcalili i wynebu’r you’ve got plenty of battery!) and compete in a range of games, quizzes and challenges to win the show, and prizes! Kid Carpet performs songs from his hit family theatre shows and other Kid Carpet classics while Hosted by award-winning comedian and games inviting the audience to play ping pong, help journalist Steve McNeil (Videogame Nation). This catch a lost sandwich in space and take part in a show features different games to Friday night’s grand dance contest. so, grown-ups, you can come twice if you want! Kid Carpet will teach you how to rock out at a rock Yn ôl ym Mach, dyma’r WiFi Wars gwreiddiol show, fly like a Golden Eagle and do a little poo (sydd bellach yn addas i’r teulu), fel a in the forest. ddatblygwyd ar gyfer y Sefydliad Brenhinol!

KID CARPET'S SUPER MEGA ROCKIN' ROCK SHOW

Kid Carpet yn perfformio caneuon o'i sioeau theatr teulu poblogaidd a chlasuron eraill Kid Carpet tra'n gwahodd y gynulleidfa i chwarae ping pong, i helpu i ddal brechdan goll yn y gofod, ac i gymryd rhan mewn cystadleuaeth ddawns fawreddog.

Cyflwnir gan y digrifwr arobryn a newyddiadurwr Bydd Kid Carpet yn eich dysgu i rocio mewn sioe Sat/Sad // 2:30pm // Ages 3 - 8 gemau Steve McNeil (Videogame Nation). Mae'r Tickets: £4 / £12 family ticket (family of 4) roc, i hedfan fel eryr euraidd, ac i wneud baw yn sioe’n cynnwys gemau gwahanol i nos Wener, felly y goedwig. gallwch chi oedolion ddod ddwywaith os hoffech chi! Ysgol Bro Hyddgen Machynlleth Comedy Festival 110

Noddir Dear Diary gan Theatr Iolo drwy Raglen Datblygu Artistiaid Platfform. Gwneir hyn yn bosib Dear Diary is supported by Theatr Iolo through the drwy gefnogaeth hael Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru a Sefydliad Esmée Fairbairn. Platfform Artist Development Programme. This

LEAP OF DEATH

Follow Alice on her remarkable journey, from her fleeting encounters with the White Rabbit, a confrontational Caterpillar and Ukelele twanging Tweedle twins to her eventual showdown with the crazed Queen of Hearts.

ED PATRICK

me. I doubt it." Check out her website here: ellengroves.com

NOEL BYRNE

Sat/Sad // 12:00pm // 3+ Tickets: £4 / £12 family ticket (family of 4) Y Plas

Sioe gêm gomedi fyw lle rydych yn chwarae eich hun! Mewngofnodwch gyda'ch ffôn smart neu dabled (gwnewch yn siŵr bod gennych ddigon o fatri!) a chystadlwch mewn amrywiaeth o gemau, cwisiau a heriau i ennill y sioe, a gwobrau!

Mae Ellen Groves yn wael yn tyfu’n hen. Felly, mae hi'n defnyddio ei dyddiaduron o’u harddegau i deithio mewn amser ac ailedrych ar ei hieuenctid. Bydd yn wirion, ac yn llawn embaras a llawn calon.

Ellen Groves is rubbish at getting old. So, she is using her actual teenage diaries to travel in time and revisit her youth. It is going to be silly, “I wonder if I had no zits the boys would fancy embarrassing and full of heart. me. I doubt it." Edrychwch ar ei gwefan yma: “I wonder if I had no zits the boys would fancy ellengroves.com

ELLEN GROVES

WIFI WARS 1.0

is made possible by generous support from Arts Council of Wales and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

Leap of Death? Well perhaps that's something of an exaggeration... nevertheless join Noel and his cheerfully optimistic attitude as they career towards a show stopping stunt that cannot possibly live up to expectations. Comedy, improvisation, audience participation and a ridiculous finale all make for a surprising show from a tiny case. Naid Farwol? Wel, efallai bod hynny dros ben llestri ... ond ta

waeth, bydd Noel yn llawn optimistiaeth lawen wrth iddo berfformio camp anhygoel, a mae'n amhosib iddo fod mor gyffrous a'r disgwyl. Comedi, byrfyfyr, cyfranogiad cynulleidfa, a diweddglo llawn dwli i greu sioe syfrdanol o gas bach.

DAVID O’DOHERTY

TESSA BIDE THE TAP DANCING MERMAID

DANGER IS EVERYWHERE SEMINAR

Sun/Sul // 12:00pm // 3+ Tickets: £4 / £12 family ticket (family of 4) Y Plas

Sun/Sul // 2:00pm // Ages 5-11 Tickets: £4 / £12 family ticket (family of 4) Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

Gather round for the Moon’s magical story about a tippetty-top tap dancer who he has been watching at night. Marina Skippett creeps down to the boardwalk every night to shuffle and stomp to the sounds of the sea.

David O'Doherty reads and discusses the work of his next door neighbour Docter Noel Zone, the world's leading (and only) DANGEROLOGIST. Find out how to deal with toilet sharks, sandwich ghosts or what to do if your school trip is ambushed by pirates. From the bestselling series of Puffin children's books by David O'Doherty and illustrated by Chris Judge.

She can’t tap dance at home since her evil Aunty banned it! But then, one moonlit night, Marina meets a mysterious, watery boy and her life is never the same again!

pren bob nos i siffrwd a stompio i synau’r môr. Ni all hi ddawnsio gartref ers i’w modryb drwg ei gwahardd rhag gwneud! Ond yna, un nos olau leuad, mae Marina’n cwrdd â bachgen dirgel, dyfrllyd, ac mae ei bywyd yn newid am byth!

David O'Doherty yn darllen ac yn trafod gwaith ei gymydog, Docter Noel Zone, yr ARBENIGYDD PERYGL gorau yn y byd (fe yw’r unig un). Dysgwch sut i ddelio â siarcod toiled, ysbrydion Tessa Bide yn cyflwyno pypedau trawiadol, brechdanau, neu beth i'w wneud os bydd môrYmgasglwch ar gyfer stori hudol y Lleuad am cerddoriaeth fyw wreiddiol a dawnsio tap a fydd ladron yn ymosod ar eich taith ysgol. O'r gyfres ddawnswraig tap sydd wedi bod yn gwylio yn y yn gwneud i chi ysu am lynu 50ps i'ch esgidiau poblogaidd o lyfrau plant Puffin gan David nos. Mae Marina Skippett yn cripian i lawr i'r llwybr ac ymuno yn yr hwyl! O'Doherty a lluniau gan Chris Barnwr. Tessa Bide brings you stunning puppets, original live music and tap dancing that will make you want to stick 50ps to your shoes and join in!

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THE CRAFTY BADGERS

WORKSHOPS CIRCUS PLAY Sat & Sun // 11:00am - 12:00pm (weather permitting) // FREE Come and try your hand at juggling, scarfs, hoola-hoops, clubs, flower sticks and circus tricks. Children must be supervised by their grown-ups during the session (although grown-ups are welcome to have a go too!) Dewch i roi cynnig ar jyglo, sgarffiau, hwla-hŵps, clybiau, ffyn blodau a thriciau syrcas. Rhaid i blant fod yng nghwmni oedolion yn ystod y sesiwn (ac mae croeso i oedolion roi cynnig arni hefyd!)

CARNIVAL MASKS We’re back for our fourth year on the lawns of Y Plas with craft and mayhem and this time we’re bringing the circus with us!

CIRCUS DESIGN COMPETITION Sat & Sun // 10:00am -5:00pm // FREE

dynnu llun yn y Circus Selfie Booth! Gan ddibynnu ar y tywydd, byddwn hefyd yn mwynhau gemau parasiwt dros y penwythnos, felly cadwch lygad ar y bwrdd gwybodaeth tu allan i’r Babell Pys Melys am amseroedd.

Let your imagination run riot and design a poster based on the theme of ‘Circus’. Circus THE CONJURERS acts, acrobats, or even a colourful big top – CONUNDRUM – anything goes! All entries will be displayed in the tent during the weekend and will be judged MYSTERY TRAIL at 4pm on Sunday. The winner will be awarded a fabulous prize from The Crafty Badgers. Sat & Sun // 10:00am -5:00pm // FREE ART AND CRAFT Defnyddiwch eich dychymyg a dyluniwch boster The Ringmaster of Lamberti’s Circus needs you! ar thema ‘Syrcas’. Perfformwyr syrcas, acrobats, ACTIVITIES With only hours to go before opening night his neu hyd yn oed big top lliwgar – caniateir star act – The Great Taliesini – has disappeared, unrhywbeth! Caiff yr holl waith ei arddangos yn Sat & Sun // 10:00am -5:00pm // FREE along with all his props and magic tricks. Can you y babell dros y penwythnos, gan eu beirniadu Roll up, roll up to our big top craft sessions! There am 4pm ddydd Sul. Bydd yr enillydd yn derbyn investigate the disappearance? Maybe some of the circus performers can help you in your quest? will be a selection of quality crafts to choose gwobr wych gan The Crafty Badgers. Pick up your clue sheets from Pabell Pys Melys from, not forgetting the ever popular badge bar. and ‘Good Luck’! The winner will be announced at Which will you make first? FUN AND GAMES 4.30 on Sunday. Our great value craft token is just £5 for Mae angen eich cymorth chi ar Syrcas Feistr any three items plus a free turn on our Lamberti! Gyda dim ond awr i fynd cyn ei noson Sat & Sun // 10:00am -5:00pm // FREE badge maker. Individual craft items from agoriadol, mae ei brif act - Taliesin y Gwych £1.50 - £2.50. Relax and have fun as a family with our games, wedi diflannu, ynghyd â'i holl bropiau a thriciau Dewch yn llu i’n sesiynau crefft big top! Bydd toys and book library. Don’t forget to take your hud a lledrith. Allwch chi ymchwilio i'r diflaniad? sawl crefft wych i ddewis rhyngddynt, yn ogystal picture in the Circus Selfie Booth! Weather Efallai y gall rhai o berfformwyr y syrcas eich â'r bar bathodynnau poblogaidd. Pa un fyddwch permitting we’ll also have fun with some helpu yn eich ymgyrch? Casglwch eich taflenni chi'n ei wneud gyntaf? parachute games over the weekend so keep cliwiau o’r Babell Pys Melys – a phob lwc! your eye on the information board outside Mae ein tocyn crefftau'n cynnig gwerth Cyhoeddir yr enillydd am 4.30 ddydd Sul. Pabell Pys Melys for times. ardderchog - £5 am unrhyw dair eitem, yn ogystal â thro am ddim ar ein gwneuthurwr Ymlaciwch a mwynhewch fel teulu gyda’n bathodynnau. Eitemau crefft unigol o £1.50 - £2.50 llyfrgell gemau, teganau a llyfrau. Cofiwch

Rydym yn ôl am bedwaredd flwyddyn o grefft a chyffro, a’r tro hwn, ry’n ni’n dod â’r syrcas gyda ni!

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Sat & Sun // 11:00am - 12:00pm // FREE Join us anytime between 11am and 12pm to make your own colourful mask to wear during the festival. Stickers, feathers, paper, glitter, glue… go nuts!

rwber acrobatig, a defnyddiwch ein siop sgrap i adeiladu peiriant hedfan. Caiff yr hwyaid eu lansio gan ddechrau am 1.45pm. A fydd eich hwyaden yn hedfan yn bellach na’r lleill, ac yn ennill tlws Chuck-a-Duck?

MACHANORY – FAMILY STORY TIME Sat/Sad // 6:00pm - 6:45pm FREE - Donations to Machynlleth Community Children’s Project Grab your hot chocolate (or something stronger for the grown-ups) and head to Pabell Pys Melys for a trilogy of irreverent bedtime stories. Read by three very special guests this will be a perfect end to the day for kids young and old. Mynnwch siocled poeth (neu rywbeth cryfach i’r oedolion) ac ewch i Babell Pys Melys am drioleg o straeon amser gwely amharchus. Wedi’u darllen gan dri o westeion arbennig iawn, dyma ddiwedd perffaith i'r diwrnod i blant yn hen ac ifanc.

Adult supervision is required. Ymunwch â ni ar unrhyw adeg rhwng 11am a 12pm i greu mwgwd lliwgar eich hun i'w wisgo yn ystod yr ŵyl. Sticeri, plu, papur, gliter, glud ... ewch amdani! Mae angen goruchwyliaeth oedolyn

CHUCK-A-DUCK CHALLENGE – THE SEQUEL! Sat & Sun // 1:00pm - 2:15pm // FREE Back by popular demand! Our death defying stunt ducks return to Mach and are waiting for your crazy contraptions to launch them across Y Plas lawns. Drop in anytime from 1pm to pick up your acrobatic rubber duck and use our scrap store to build it a flying machine. Launches from the ‘Chuck-a-duck catapult will begin at 1.45pm. Will your duck fly the furthest and win the Chucka-Duck trophy?

TIMETABLE

Time/Amser

Event/Digwyddiad

10:00am-5:00pm

Art and Craft Activities

10:00am-5:00pm

Circus Design Competition

10:00am-5:00pm

Fun and Games

10:00am-5:00pm

The Conjurers Conundrum – Mystery Trail

11:00am-12:00pm

Circus Play

11:00am-12:00pm

Carnival Masks

1:00pm - 2.15pm

Chuck-a-duck Challenge

6:00pm - 6.45pm

Machanory (Saturday only)

Yn ôl oherwydd y galw! Mae ein hwyaid dewr yn ôl ym Mach ac yn aros i’ch peiriannau gwallgof eu lansio ar draws lawntiau’r Plas. Galwch heibio unrhyw bryd o 1pm i gasglu eich hwyaden Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 113

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MUSIC CERDDORIAETH We absolutely love pulling together all our favourite bands to play the Festival each year, and we’ve got another fantastic line-up for you, along with all the usual DJ sets to keep you partying into the night. Rydym wrth ein boddau'n casglu ein hoff fandiau i gyd i AFROCLUSTER chwarae'r ŵyl bob blwyddyn, Fri / Gwe // 7:00pm // Free / Am Ddim The Big Top ac mae gennym rest wych Afro Cluster are a band with members hailing arall i chi, ynghyd â'r holl from Aberystwyth, Porthcawl and Cardiff, setiau DJ arferol i gadw'r fusing hip-hop with afro-beat, jazz and funk and citing Fela Kuti, Ozomatli, The Roots, parti i fynd yn hwyr i'r nos. Talking Heads and Snarky Puppy as influences. A fresh line-up in 2015 has paved the way for

them to establish themselves at the forefront of the UK hip-hop scene. Band ac aelodau o Aberystwyth, Porthcawl, a Chaerdydd sy’n cymysgu hip-hop gydag afro-beat, jazz a funk gan ddatgan Fela Kuti, Ozomatli, The Roots, Talking Heads a Snarky Puppy fel dylanwadau cryf. Ers blwyddyn bellach, mae aelodau newydd o’r grŵp wedi bod yn help mawr i ddod a’r band i’r amlwg o fewn sîn hip-hop yn y DU.

RIGHT HAND LEFT HAND Fri / Gwe // 9:00pm // Free / Am Ddim The Big Top Despite their unerring ability to sonically pulverise your eardrums, Right Hand Left Hand are in fact a two-piece band. Comprising Andrew Plain (drums/guitars) and Rhodri Viney (guitars/ vocals/ drums) and hailing from Cardiff, Wales. Channelling the spirit of the post-rock scene of the mid to late 90’s, Right Hand Left Hand have recently released their sophomore self-titled album on Jealous Lovers Club. Er gwaethaf eu gallu diwyro i chwilfriwio eich clustiau â sŵn, mae Right Hand Left Hand mewn

gwirionedd yn fand dau ddarn. Yn cynnwys Andrew Plaen (drymiau/gitâr) a Rhodri Viney (gitarau/llais/drymiau) ac yn hanu o Gaerdydd, Cymru. Gan sianelu ysbryd y sîn ôl-roc o ganol y 90au i’r 90au hwyr, yn ddiweddar gwnaeth Right Hand Left Hand ryddhau eu halbwm cyntaf ar Jealous Lovers Club.

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ANELOG Sat / Sad // 3:00pm // Free / Am Ddim // The Big Top Comprising of two families from Denbigh, the five-piece have been together for almost a year, taking their unique brand of psychedelic pop on the road throughout Wales and turning critics’ heads in the

meantime. 2016 will see them head to all kinds of wonderful places! Band sy’n cynnwys aelodau o ddau deulu o Ddinbych, sydd wedi creu argraff mewn cyfnod byr o amser efo’u cerddoriaeth bop psychadelic, gan chwarae eisoes trwy Gymru gyfan. Fe fydd 2016 yn flwyddyn gyffroes arall i’r band.

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YSGOL SUL Sat / Sad // 4:30pm // Free / Am Ddim // The Big Top Sombre and majestic three-piece Welsh language indie-rock band from Carmarthen, with comparisons to the Tindersticks, who won Battle of the Bands at the Eisteddfod, followed by festival dates all over Wales. Their debut EP came out at the end of the year.

CASTLES TRECCO BEIS

‘Hummingbird' came out in April.

Gan gymryd ysbrydoliaeth o'r Elephant 6 Collective a phob West Coast y 60au, ac wedi’u magu yn Sat / Sad // 6:00pm Ne Cymru, Trecco Beis bellach yn Free / Am Ddim // The Big Top byw yn Llundain ac wedi ennill Taking inspiration from the Elephant ffans ym mhob man â'u cymysgedd 6 Collective and 60s West Coast pop, unigryw o harmonïau Gorkys a sain annelwig Sonics a Link the South Wales raised, London Wray. Rhyddhawyd eu 7” cyntaf residing Trecco Beis have been gaining fans wherever they go with 'Hummingbird' ym mis Ebrill. their unique mixture of Gorkys harmonies and the lo fi fuzz of the Sonics and Link Wray. Their debut 7” Machynlleth Comedy Festival 116

Sat / Sad // 7:30pm // Free / Am Ddim // The Big Top

Cerddoriaeth ddwys ac uchelgeisiol gan y band Gymraeg yma o Gaerfyrddin – mae nifer wedi cymharu eu cerddoriaeth â grŵp o’r enw’r Tindersticks, neu Ffa Coffi Pawb cynnar. Ennillon nhw Brwydr y Bandiau yn yr Eisteddfod o’r blaen ac maen nhw eisoes wedi chwarae nifer o wyliau dros Gymru gyfan. Mae eu EP cyntaf allan ar label Ika Ching.

TRUST FUND Sat / Sad // 9:00pm // Free / Am Ddim // The Big Top Trust Fund are a rock band from Bristol who try and make power chords and sick riffs be as little fun as possible, by writing pop punk bangers about experiences in their lives that have made them feel sad. They released two albums in 2015, both of which were critically acclaimed, although one a bit more than the other (10/10 Louder Than

War; top local album of the year, Bristol Live Magazine). Mae Trust Fund yn fand roc o Fryste sy'n ceisio gwneud cordiau pŵer a riffs gwych fod cyn lleied o hwyl ag y bo modd, trwy ysgrifennu caneuon pync pop am brofiadau yn eu bywydau sydd wedi gwneud iddynt deimlo'n drist. Rhyddhaon nhw ddau albwm yn 2015, y ddau ohonynt o fri beirniadol – un yn fwy na'r llall, rhaid cyfaddef (10/10 Louder Than War; albwm lleol gorau’r flwyddyn, Bristol Live Magazine).

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a few months ago. 2016 has their name written all over it.

Sun / Sul // 3:00pm // Free / Am Ddim // The Big Top

Band ifanc o fechgyn sydd wedi cael cryn dipyn o sylw gan orsafoedd radio Prydain yn barod efo Annie The four-piece indie rock band from Mac a Huw Stephens ar Radio 1 yn Cardiﬀ have only been around for chwarae eu cerddoriaeth, a’r sengl just over a year but have already ddiweddaraf yn ffefryn ar BBC Radio made waves with their first EP, Wales. which was picked up by Annie Mac and Huw Stephens at BBC Radio 1

bassist Calvin Thomas joined them soon after and they released their debut EP at the end of last year.

Cynllun a ddechreuodd efo’r brodyr Dion a Cynyr Hamer nôl yn 2008. Yn CaStLeS is the brainchild of brothers dilyn nifer o brosiectau cerddorol Dion and Cynyr Hamer, formed fel deuawd, ymunodd basydd back in 2008. Following many Derwyddon Dr Gonzo Calvin Thomas, musical project manifestations as a a chyhoeddwyd eu EP cyntaf diwedd duo, former Derwyddon Dr Gonzo 2015.

NAYFE SLUSJAN

find Nayfe performing solo shows, and this is one of them!

Mae Nayfe Slusjan (Valleyers, Chailo Sim) wedi bod yn cuddio’n Sun / Sul // 4:30pm ddiogel ar arfordir gorllewin Free / Am Ddim // The Big Top Cymru, yn ysgrifennu albwm Nayfe Slusjan (Valleyers, Chailo Sim) gyda'i fand presennol, Valleyers. Ar adegau prin, fe welwch Nayfe yn has been safely tucked away on the far west coast of Wales, writing perfformio sioeau unigol, a dyma un ohonynt! an album with his current band, Valleyers. On rare occasions you will

LLAREGGUB BRASS BAND Sun / Sul // 6:00pm Free / Am Ddim // The Big Top Llareggub Brass Band (it’s ‘buggerall’ spelt backwards…) hail from a small town in North Wales and present a ferocious but

flavoursome mix of Jazz and Hip Hop combined with a dash of Welsh Pop channelled by way of the age-old march band tradition. Band pres o lechweddi llwyd a llwchlyd gogledd Cymru sydd yn perfformio cymysgedd lliwgar o Hip Hop a dawns electronaidd gydag sain unigryw y band pres traddodiadol.

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DJ SETS

WIDDICOMBE BROTHERS DJ SET THE SPOOK SCHOOL

about identity, sexuality and being awesome.

Cerddoriaeth ddwys ac uchelgeisiol gan y band Gymraeg yma o Sun / Sul // 7:30pm // Free / Am Gaerfyrddin – mae nifer wedi Ddim // The Big Top cymharu eu cerddoriaeth â grŵp o’r enw’r Tindersticks, neu Ffa Coffi The Spook School return to Pawb cynnar. Ennillon nhw Brwydr y Machynlleth after a stellar six Bandiau yn yr Eisteddfod o’r blaen ac months since the release of their brand new album, Try To Be Hopeful. maen nhw eisoes wedi chwarae nifer o wyliau dros Gymru gyfan. Mae eu Fun and empowering, Try To Be Hopeful is brim full of noisy, tuneful EP cyntaf allan ar label Ika Ching. and triumphant queer pop songs

Sat / Sad // 11:00pm - close Free / Am Ddim // The Big Top

CLOSING DISCO Sun / Sul // 10:30pm - close Free / Am Ddim // The Big Top

Horizons returns for a third year, with a new crop of Wales’ top emerging artists and bands. We’re proud to work with the BBC Wales Horizons scheme to bring you an additional music programme on the Big Top Stage throughout the weekend.

Dechreuodd Seazoo fel dim byd mwy na phrosiect ystafell wely yn Sun / Sul // 9:00pm // Free / Am 2013. Datblygwyd momentwm syfrdanol, fodd bynnag, wrth i’w Ddim // The Big Top recordiadau a ysbrydolwyd gan Seazoo started out as nothing more Grandaddy/Yo La Tengo/SFA ennill than a bedroom-recording project cefnogaeth gan y BBC. Yn 2016, in 2013. Surprising momentum rhyddhawyd y sengl 'Telephone built however as their Grandaddy/ Jones' a’r EP 'JUMBO', gyda 7" hudol Yo La Tengo/SFA inspired recordings arbennig yn cael ei ryddhau ym mis gained support from the BBC. 2016 Gorffennaf. sees the release of single 'Telephone Jones' and EP 'JUMBO', with a special magical 7" out in July.

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Mae Horizons yn dychwelyd am trydydd flwyddyn, gyda chriw o artistiaid a bandiau newydd gorau Cymru. Rydym yn falch o weithio gyda chynllun Horizons BBC Cymru i ddod â rhaglen gerddoriaeth ychwanegol i chi ar lwyfan y Big Top drwy gydol y penwythnos.

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Lisa Heledd Jones - Trace

Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Box Office £3

6:00pm

John Shuttleworth - An Evening with John Shuttleworth

Y Tabernacl

£12

6:00pm

Goose - Goose in Mach (Part 2 of 5)

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£8

6:00pm

Lolly Adefope - Lolly

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£8

7:30pm

Joe Lycett - That’s the Way, A-ha, A-ha, Joe Lycett

Y Tabernacl

£12

7:30pm

Backstage in Biscuitland

Y Plas

£10

7:30pm

Mike Bubbins - Retrosexual Male

Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£8

7:30pm

Stuart Laws - Who Said Anything About Stopping It (1 hour show) Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£8

7:30pm

Kiri Pritchard-Mclean - is a Hysterical Woman

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£7

7:30pm

Richard Gadd - Work-in-Progress

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£7

7:30pm

Nick Helm - Masterworks-in-Progress 2016 (Part 1)

Y Plas - Upstairs 1

£8

7:30pm

Giants - Work in Progress

Rag and Bone

£7

7:30pm

Tom Neenan - Vaudeville (Work-in-Progress)

Y Plas - Upstairs 2

£7

9:00pm

Bridget Christie - A Book For Her

Y Tabernacl

£14

9:00pm

Arthur Smith - Arthur Smith Gives It Some

Y Plas

£10

9:00pm

Liam Williams - Bonfire Night

Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£10

9:00pm

Gein's Family Giftshop - Gein’s Family Giftshop’s Trophy Collection

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£10

9:00pm

Rachel Parris - Best Laid Plans

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£8

9:00pm

Holly Burn - Special Girl (Work-in-Progress)

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£7

9:00pm

Mark Smith - Old Smudge

Y Plas Upstairs 2

£7

9:00pm

Will Duggan - A Man Gathering Fish

Rag and Bone

£7

9:00pm

Pete Otway - Work-in-Progress

Y Plas - Upstairs 1

£7

10:30pm

Machynlleth Comedy Festival showcase

Y Plas

£12

10:30pm

WIFI WARS 2.0 - Work-in-Progress

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£7

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Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£7

5:00pm

Sean McLaughlin - Kamikaze

Y Plas - Upstairs 1

£7

12:30pm

Bridget Christie - Stand-Up for Her

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£10

5:00pm

Daniel Cook - He's simple, he's dumb, he's Daniel Cook

Y Plas - Upstairs 2

£7

12:30pm

Tiernan Douieb - Insert Show Title Here

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£7

6:30pm

Nina Conti - In Your Face

Y Tabernacl

£14

12:30pm

Short and Curly - A Curly Night In

The Other Room

£7

6:30pm

Aisling Bea and Pals

Y Plas

£12

12:30pm

Lou Sanders and Vannesa Hammick - HELLO – an improv show

Youth Wing

£7

6:30pm

Sh!t Theatre - Womans Hour

Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£10

12:30pm

Jay Cowle - Hello Humans!

Y Plas - Upstairs 1

£7

6:30pm

Lazy Susan - Work-in-Progress

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£7

12:30pm

Stuart Laws - So preoccupied with whether he could ...

Y Plas - Upstairs 2

£7

6:30pm

David Kay - Aye Fine

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£8

2:00pm

Standard Issue- In Conversation

Y Plas

£10

6:30pm

Louise Raey - Que Sera 些拉

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£7

2:00pm

George Orange - How I almost became the First Lady of the USA

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£7

6:30pm

Stuart Goldsmith - An Hour

Machynlleth Bowling Club

£8

2:00pm

Matthew Crosby - Let's Be Friends

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£8

6:30pm

Nat Metcalfe - Work-in-Progress

The Other Room

£7

2:00pm

Jordan Brookes - Adventures in Limited Space

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£8

6:30pm

Patrick Turpin - The Emancipation of Me-Me

Rag & Bone

£7

2:00pm

James Meehan - Beast Wars (Work-in-Progress)

The Other Room

£7

6:30pm

Pierre Novellie - Work-in-Progress

Youth Wing

£7

2:00pm

Eleanor Tiernan - Now That's What I Call Eleanor Tiernan

Youth Wing

£7

6:30pm

Jack Barry - Work-in-Progress

Y Plas - Upstairs 1

£7

2:00pm

Harriet Kemsley - Good Girl (Work-in-Progress)

Y Plas - Upstairs 1

£7

6:30pm

Joanna Neary - Joanna Neary's Faceful Of Issues

Y Plas - Upstairs 2

£7

2:00pm

Peter Dobbing - Armchair Futurologist III (Work-in-Progress)

Y Plas - Upstairs 2

£7

8:00pm

Paul Foot - An Evening with Paul Foot

Y Tabernacl

£12

3:15pm

Trygve Wakenshaw - Nautilus

Y Tabernacl

£11

8:00pm

Simon Munnery - And Nothing But

Y Plas

£12

3:30pm

Joe Lycett - Joe Lycett’s Chat Show Sort of Thing

Vortex

£7

8:00pm

Josie Long - Work-in-Progress

Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£10

3:30pm

David Elms - Mister Boy

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£8

8:00pm

Nick Helm - Masterworks-in-Progress 2016 (Part 2)

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£8

3:30pm

Beasts - Work in Progress

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£7

8:00pm

Suzi Ruffell - Common (Work-in-Progress)

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£8

3:30pm

Peter Brush - Older Than The Oldest Dog That Ever Lived

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£7

8:00pm

Jonny Pelham - Work-in-Progress

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£7

3:30pm

Grainne McGuire - Great People making Great Choices

Machynlleth Bowling Club

£7

8:00pm

Spencer Jones - The Herbert (Work in Progress)

The Other Room

£7

3:30pm

Ahir Shah - Machines

The Other Room

£7

8:00pm

Becky Brunning and Phil Cooper - Brunning up that Phil

Rag and Bone

£7

3:30pm

Liam Williams - Travesty (Work-in-Progress)

Youth Wing

£7

8:00pm

Adam Hess - Work in Progress

Youth Wing

£7

3:30pm

Emma Sidi (Work-in-Progress)

Y Plas - Upstairs 1

£7

8:00pm

Twins - Work-in-Progress

Y Plas - Upstairs 1

£7

5:00pm

Isy Suttie - The Actual One (Book Tour Show)

Y Tabernacl

£13

9:30pm

David O’Doherty - We Are All in the Gutter, But...

Y Tabernacl

£14

5:00pm

Jonny and the Baptists - The End is Nigh

Vortex

£10

9:30pm

Rob Deering - Rob Deering’s Beat This

Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£10

5:00pm

Simon Munnery’s Fylm School

Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£11

9:30pm

Richard Gadd - Waiting for Gaddot

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£10

5:00pm

Ed Aczel - Random Flapping of a Butterfly's Wings

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£10

9:30pm

Birthday Girls - Party in Progress

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£8

5:00pm

Stewart Lee - Work-in-Progress

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£8

9:30pm

Lou Sanders - What's That Lady Doing?(Work in Progress)

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£8

5:00pm

Rhys James - Rises

Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£8

9:30pm

I am Wario - Work in Progress

The Other Room

£7

5:00pm

Rob Deering - Work-in-Progress

Machynlleth Bowling Club

£7

9:30pm

Seymour Mace - Niche as Fuck

Youth Wing

£8

5:00pm

Amy Annette- What Women Want

The Other Room

£7

9:30pm

Colin Hoult - A Sketch Show for Depressives (Work in Progress)

Y Plas - Upstairs 1

£7

5:00pm

Charlie Dinkin - Can't (Work in Progress)

Rag and Bone

£7

10:00pm

Machynlleth Comedy Festival showcase

Y Plas

£12

5:00pm

Massive Dad 2.0: - Step Up 2 Massive Dad

Youth Wing

£8

11:00pm

The Unexplainers Live

Y Plas - Upstairs 1

£7

Machynlleth Comedy Festival 122

Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 123

SUN COMEDY / COMEDI SUL Time/Amser

Event/Digwyddiad

Venue/Lleoliad

Price/Pris

Time/Amser

Event/Digwyddiad

Venue/Lleoliad

Price/Pris

12:30pm

Bridget Christie - Mortal

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£8

5:00pm

Edd Hedges - Work-in-Progress

Rag and Bone

£7

12:30pm

Daphne - Daphne Do Machynlleth Again

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£7

5:00pm

Evelyn Mok & Caroline Mabey - Progress (Work in Progress)

Youth Wing

£7

12:30pm

Foxdog Studios - Work in Progress

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£7

5:00pm

Lolly Adefope - Lolly 2 (Work in Progress)

Y Plas Upstairs 1

£7

12:30pm

Tom Parry - Kelly Jones is Tom Parry

Machynlleth Bowling Club

£7

5:00pm

David Elms - Attaboy (Work in Progress)

Y Plas Upstairs 2

£7

12:30pm

Jake Lambert - Work-in-Progress

The Other Room

£7

6:30pm

Nick Helm - CAN SOMEBODY, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE ...

Y Tabernacl

£12

12:30pm

Do Not Adjust Your Stage - The Wunderkammer

Youth Wing

£7

6:30pm

The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast: with Stuart Goldsmith

Vortex

£8

12:30pm

Sam Fletcher - Party Time

Y Plas Upstairs1

£7

6:30pm

David O’Doherty - Jerk-in-Poogress

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£8

12:30pm

Stuart Goldsmith - This is Actually my Sixth Rodeo

Y Plas Upstairs 2

£7

6:30pm

Stewart Lee - Work-in-Progress

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£8

2:00pm

Josh Widdicombe & Friends

Y Tabernacl

£12

6:30pm

Alfie Brown - Work-in-Progress

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£7

2:00pm

Sheeps - Work-in-Progress

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£8

6:30pm

Ivo Graham - Curiously Cinnamon

Machynlleth Bowling Club

£7

2:00pm

Byron Vincent - Live Before You Die

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£7

6:30pm

Jonny & the Baptists - Eat the Poor (Work in Progress)

The Other Room

£7

2:00pm

Fern Brady - People are Idiots

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£7

6:30pm

Jordan Brookes - The Making Of (Work-in-Progress)

Rag and Bone

£7

2:00pm

Joe Lycett - Work in Progress

Machynlleth Bowling Club

£7

6:30pm

Sh!t Theatre - Letters to Windsor House

Youth Wing

£7

2:00pm

James Farmer - Work in Progress

The Other Room

£7

6:30pm

Annie McGrath - Work-in-Progress

Y Plas Upstairs 1

£7

2:00pm

Thom Tuck - August Institution

Youth Wing

£7

6:30pm

George Rigden, The Death Hilarious and Jethro Bradley - 8 Nipples Y Plas Upstairs 2

£7

2:00pm

Ben Target - Imagine There's No Ben Target (It's Easy If You Try)

Y Plas Upstairs 1

£8

8:00pm

Mark Watson - I’M NOT HERE

Y Tabernacl

£14

2:00pm

Charlie Webster and Frank Foucault - Work in Progress

Y Plas Upstairs 2

£7

8:00pm

Massive Lazy Girls

Y Plas

£10

3:30pm

Laura Dannequin - Hardy Animal

Y Tabernacl

£10

8:00pm

Max & Ivan - Our Story

Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£9

3:30pm

Pappy's - Pappy’s Flatshare Slamdown

Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£7

8:00pm

Jon Richardson - Work-in-Progress

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£10

3:30pm

Spencer Jones - The Herbert in Proper Job

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£8

8:00pm

Fin Taylor - Deliberately Profane, Accidently Profound

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£7

3:30pm

Michael J Dolan - The Most Villainous

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£7

8:00pm

Ian Smith - Work-in-Progress

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£7

3:30pm

Paul F Taylor - The Collapse to Greatness (The Paul F Taylor story)

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£7

8:00pm

Andrew Hunter Murray - Round One

The Other Room

£7

3:30pm

Gareth Richards - The Halo Effect

Machynlleth Bowling Club

£8

8:00pm

Ed Aczel - Foreign Policy ... from the edge of hell (Work-in-Progress)

Rag and Bone

£7

Jamie Wood - O No!

Youth Wing

£10

Y Plas Upstairs 1

£7

3:30pm

Harriet Dyer - We'd prefer someone a bit more mainstream

The Other Room

£7

8:00pm

3:30pm

John Luke Roberts - Builds a Monster

Youth Wing

£7

8:00pm

Matt Winning - Mugabe and Me (3D)

3:30pm

John Hastings - Work-in-Progress

Y Plas Upstairs 1

£7

9:30pm

Tom Wrigglesworth - Work in Progress Meets Work Horse Routines Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£9

Aisling Bea & Lou Sanders - Sunday Night Party

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£8

3:30pm

Payton Quinn - Torrential Brain

Y Plas Upstairs 2

£7

9:30pm

5:00pm

Alun Cochrane - A Show with a Man in It

Y Tabernacl

£12

9:30pm

Tom Neenan - The Andromeda Paradox

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£8

5:00pm

Tony Law - Nonsense-in-Progress

Y Plas

£10

9:30pm

Brett Goldstein - Brett Goldstein’s Mystery Box

The Other Room

£7

10:00pm

Pappy's Presents ... Secret Dudes Society

Y Plas

£12

5:00pm

Ed Gamble - Work-in-Progress

Owain Glyndŵr - Billiard

£8

5:00pm

Phil Wang - Philler (Work-in-Progess)

Owain Glyndŵr - Powys

£7

5:00pm

Tom Toal - Help Us Tom Toal, You're Our Only Hope

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£7

5:00pm

Pat Cahill - Work in Progress

Machynlleth Bowling Club

£7

5:00pm

Jamali Maddix - Work-in-Progress

The Other Room

£7

Machynlleth Comedy Festival 124

Gŵyl Gomedi Machynlleth 125

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COMEDI CYMRAEG

Day

Time/Amser

Event/Digwyddiad

Venue/Lleoliad

Price/Pris

Amser

Digwyddiad

Lleoliad

Pris

Sat/Sad

9:15am

Corris Railway

£12

Fri/Gwe

7:30pm

Sioe Gomedi i blant (a’i rhieni plentynaidd)

Siop Alys

£7

Sat/Sad

11:00am

The Vault

The Bank

Sat/Sad

12:30pm 2:00pm 3:30pm 5:00pm

Machynlleth Comedy Festival Rollerdisco

Leisure Centre

£12

Fri/Gwe

9:00pm

Goreuon Comedi Cymraeg

Siop Alys

£7

£5

Sat/Sad

8:00pm

Goreuon Comedi Cymraeg

Siop Alys

£7

Sat/Sad

9:30pm

Goreuon Comedi Cymraeg

Siop Alys

£7

Sun/Sul

8:00pm

Daniel Glyn - Job Go Iawn

Siop Alys

£7

Sun/Sul

9:30pm

Goreuon Comedi Cymraeg

Siop Alys

£7

Sat/Sad

11:00pm

Chang Late Night Lock-In

Owain Glyndŵr Centre - Billiard Guest ticket from Chang Beer

Sun/Sul

10:00am

Portrait Drawing

Y Tabernacl

£12

Sun/Sul

10:00am

The Static

Salop Leisure Showroom

£12

Sun/Sul

10:30am

The Quarry

Centre for Alternative Technology £12

BBC

Sun/Sul

4:00pm

Losin Lush

Golden Ticket

Day

Time/Amser

Event/Digwyddiad

Venue/Lleoliad

Fri/Gwe - Sun/Sul Various

Electromechanical Lithophone

Tannery

Free/Am Ddim

Sat/Sad

11:00am

Rhod Gilbert’s ‘Jest A Minute’ live

Machynlleth Bowling Club Free/Am Ddim (ticketed)

Sat/Sad -Sun/Sul

Various

Einstein’s Garden presents Enhanced

Woodland Pathway

Free/Am Ddim

Sat/Sad

1:00pm

The BBC Radio Wales/4 Extra - Machynlleth Comedy Festival Stand Up Showcase

Machynlleth Bowling Club Free/Am Ddim (ticketed)

Sat/Sad -Sun/Sul

Various

The Woodland Pavilion

Sat/Sad -Sun/Sul

Various

Welsh Lamb Kitchen Cook Off

Free/Am Ddim Y Plas

Free/Am Ddim

KIDS / PLANT

MUSIC / CERDDORIAETH Day

Time/Amser

Event/Digwyddiad

Venue/Lleoliad

Price/Pris

Fri/Gwe

7:00pm

Afrocluster

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Fri/Gwe

9:00pm

Right Hand Left Hand

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Sat/Sad

3:00pm

Anelog

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Sat/Sad

4:30pm

Ysgol Sul

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Sat/Sad

6:00pm

Trecco Beis

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Sat/Sad

7:30pm

Castles

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Sat/Sad

9:00pm

Trust Fund

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Sat/Sad

11:00pm

Widdicombe Brothers DJ Set

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Sun/Sul

3:00pm

Tibet

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Sun/Sul

4:30pm

Nayfe Slusjan

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Sun/Sul

6:00pm

Llareggub Brass Band

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Sun/Sul

7:30pm

The Spook School

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Sun/Sul

9:00pm

Seazoo

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Sun/Sul

10:30pm

Closing Disco

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

Machynlleth Comedy Festival 126

Price/Pris

Day

Time/Amser

Event/Digwyddiad

Venue/Lleoliad

Price/Pris

Sat/Sad

10:45am

WIFI WARS 1.0

Y Plas Vane Tempest

£4/£12 family ticket

Sat/Sad

12:00pm

Box Tale Soup - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Y Plas

£4/£12 family ticket

Sat/Sad

2:30pm

Ed Patrick - Kid Carpet's Super Mega Rockin' Rock Show

Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£4/£12 family ticket

Sat/Sad

3:30pm

Ellen Groves - Dear Diary

Y Plas Upstairs 2

£4/£12 family ticket

Sat/Sad

3:30pm

Noel Byrne - Leap Of Death

Y Plas lawn

Free/Am ddim

Sun/Sul

12:00pm

Tessa Bide - The Tap Dancing Mermaid

Y Plas

£4/£12 family ticket

Sun/Sul

2:30pm

David O’Doherty - Danger is Everywhere Seminar

Ysgol Bro Hyddgen

£4/£12 family ticket

CABARET Day

Time/Amser

Event/Digwyddiad

Venue/Lleoliad

Price/Pris

Fri/Gwe

10:30pm

Mary Bijou Cabaret - the Bad Romance

Big Top

Free/Am Ddim

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GETTING AROUND MYND O GWMPAS

Cambrian Line & Heart of Wales Line Llinell Calon Cymru & Llinell Arfordir y Cambrian

Great attractions by train Atyniadau gwych ar y trên

The Bullring, Birmingham Birmingham New Street Station

Tudor architecture in Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Station

The Elan Valley Llandrindod Station

Aberystwyth Seafront Aberystwyth Station

Y Bullring, Birmingham Gorsaf Birmingham New Street

Pensaernïaeth Duduraidd yn Amwythig Gorsaf Amwythig

Cwm Elan Gorsaf Llandrindod

Glan y môr yn Aberystwyth Gorsaf Aberystwyth

Low cost tickets to get you there. Tocynnau rhad i fynd â chi yno. More Services since May 2015 / Mwy o wasanaethau ers mis Mai 2015