Musical Comedy Awards 2026 Heat Four with Simon David
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So the eighteenth Musical Comedy Awards competition begins! The top 44 musical comedy acts have been selected from online entries and will battle it out in the heats at The Phoenix through to the Grand Final at The Bloomsbury Theatre on Friday April 10th. Come along for amazing Saturday afternoons of musical comedy entertainment and vote for your favourite acts to progress through to the next round!
Heat 4 will be headlined by multi-MCAs finalist, Simon David! Simon is a comedian & musical director from Newcastle. While losing interest studying acting at drama school, he performed his debut solo show, ‘Virgin’, nominated for Broadway World’s Best Cabaret Award (2018). His follow up shows, ‘White Gay’, won a Brighton Fringe Award (2021) and ‘Dead Dad Show’, won Amused Moose’s Most Entertaining Show Award (2023) and was nominated for Chortle’s Best Variety Award (2024). Simon has over 5 million views online, @SimonGayvid, and stellar reviews that he’s committed to memory:
- ‘A star’ - Fest
- ‘Fabulously funny’ - The List
- ‘Extraordinarily charismatic’ - Scotsman
- ‘A consummate entertainer’ - Broadway World
- ‘Camp, clever and very funny’ - North West End
- ‘A natural all-rounder’ - British Comedy Guide
- ‘Truly original’ - Beyond The Joke
As a musical director, he's worked on Michael Morpurgo’s ‘Pinocchio’ at The Watermill Theatre, one of The Guardian’s Top 10 Theatre Shows (2024), and ‘The Musical of Musicals (The Musical)’ at Above The Stag Theatre.
Join us for this one show for £10, or for all 6 of them with a massive discount of £37.50 by purchasing a £22.50 Phoenix Pass at https://www.wegottickets.com/musicalcomedyawards!
The 11 acts competing in this fourth heat will be:
- Joe Da Costa
- Jonny Brace
- Jonny Bennett
- Amaya Holman
- Will & Noah
- Rich McCulloch
- Abi Sharp
- Will Skillington
- Callum & Toby
- Eoghan Collins
- Anky Damz
Now in its 18th year, the WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards is an annual competition to support, promote, expose and celebrate the best emerging musical comedians in the UK. If you are a fan of musical comedy acts such as Tim Minchin, Flight Of The Conchords and Flo & Joan, you'll love this show! Our official patron since 2025 is Bill Bailey MBE.
Over the years, the MCAs have provided a launch pad to now established and emerging stars of the genre such as Frisky and Mannish (2009 Finalists), Abandoman (2010 winners), Rachel Parris (Runner Up 2012 and star of The Mash Report), Mae Martin, Jazz Emu and many more. The MCAs have created a thriving independent platform to celebrate the artform that is musical comedy. Other acts that have featured as headliners in our shows include David O'Doherty, Bo Burnham, Rubberbandits, Mitch Benn, Jay Foreman, Pippa Evans, Tom Basden, Isy Suttie, Ginger & Black, Earl Okin, Flo & Joan, Wilson Dixon, Jo Neary, Mr B. The Gentleman Rhymer, Sarah-Louise Young, Adams & Rae and many more.