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Comedy Lab Cymru

Little Wander, Channel 4 and S4C's development programme which aims to create new opportunities for emerging Welsh (and Wales-based) talent in comedy and TV.

This year's artists

Sanjyokta Deshmukh

Sanjyokta Deshmukh

Sanjyokta 'Yukta' Deshmukh is a Welsh-Asian Writer and Comedian hailing from Pembrokeshire. She completed a Masters researching TV Comedies at The University of Cambridge, and has since worked for BAFTA, the BBC, and many more. Yukta has been a part of industry talent schemes with Film London, The TV Foundation, and ITV, as well as training with and performing at The National Youth Theatre and The Soho Theatre.

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Josh Pennar

Josh Pennar

Josh Pennar is a bilingual comedian and writer from Cardiff. He started running out of stand-up material until he became a father in the summer of 2025. He now plans to share the naïve views of a sleep-deprived dad on new-parenthood in his first stand-up hour and a series of short-form scripts.

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Aled Gomer

Aled Gomer

“Aled Gomer is an acclaimed traditional gay of Welsh descent, with an abundance of teeth — so expect stories with a bite.” Back to reality: I’m an actor and writer from Cardiff, and a graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and also Ecole Philippe Gaulier. I’m ever so thrilled to be on the Comedy Lab Cymru (S4C side, baby), and I can’t wait to share my wickedly naughty stories with ya’ll.

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Katie Gill

Katie Gill

Bilingual comedian and writer, Katie Gill has been tour support for George Lewis, and Kiri Pritchard-McLean in 2025 and Rachel Fairburn in 2024. She was Shortlisted for BBC New Comedy Awards 2025, and also writes on topical panel show What Just Happened? for BBC Radio Wales. Katie features in series two of BBC Radio Wales’ show, The Learners, and had her TV debut on Welsh show, Noson Lawen in 2025.

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Cameron Loxdale

Cameron Loxdale

Cameron Loxdale is a comedy writer and script editor from Swansea who has written for many shows across TV and radio including two series of Kat Sadler's Screen Time on BBC Radio 4. He is the script editor for BAFTA-winning sitcom Such Brave Girls and Celtic Media award-winning panel show What Just Happened?. He’s excited to use this opportunity to develop his own solo scripted projects, meet the other talented writers and finally vanquish his army of haters.

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Steffan Evans

Steffan Evans

Here’s Pembrokeshire’s cheeky bundle of energy Steffan Evans from Eglwyswrw. From being an outsider in a small village to an outsider in a big city, Steffan’s jokes and observations are about growing up in the country. What happens when a village loses its idiot? What happens when the idiot moves to the big city? Come find out for yourself! Tour support for Elis James and Leroy Brito.

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Previous Artists

Mel Owen

Mel Owen

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Cerys Bradley

Cerys Bradley

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Harri Dobbs

Harri Dobbs

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Fflur Pierce

Fflur Pierce

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Carwyn Blayney

Carwyn Blayney

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Gruffudd Owen

Gruffudd Owen

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Caryl Burke

Caryl Burke

Burke in Progress (Gwaith Mewn Llaw)

Welsh language stand-up show

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Iestyn Jones

Iestyn Jones

Sioe Anbennig Dafydd Argymell (Gwaith Mewn Llaw)

Welsh language stand-up show

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Laurie Watts

Laurie Watts

Cymro (WIP)

Welsh & English language stand-up show

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Edward Easton

Edward Easton

An Act of Endurance (WIP)

English language one-man musical

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