Komedia Entertainment
Komedia operates a management and production arm which represents emerging and established talent. Reflecting Komedia's core values and areas of expertise, the company has worked with leading character, physical and musical sketch comedy acts together with distinctive music artistes.

Komedia Entertainment has produced numerous five star, Perrier Award recognised and Fringe First Winning Edinburgh shows, together with national and international tours. The company also produces comedy and music CD & DVD releases, including BBC Radio 4 comedy series and BBC TV projects.
www.komediaentertainment.com

Richard Daws
Richard partnered with the Komedia arts and entertainment organisation in 2001 to form Komedia Entertainment.

His previous experience included co-founding Victoria Real, an innovative media outfit which subsequently became one of the UK's fastest growing private companies (1st Dun & Bradstreet Hot 100 and 4th in the Sunday Times Fast Track 1997-2001). Victoria Real won a string of industry awards, including ones for ground breaking iTV and online projects which included Big Brother (C4). Daws personally picked up the Emmy Award for Outstanding Editing in LA in 1998 for his work on Stomp Out Loud (HBO) and edited a Classic Film Sequence for the 75th Oscars Ceremony. As Chairman he set-up Victoria Real's award-winning Australian business, together with the UK's first MSc in Digital TV with the University of Brighton.

In 2000, the Victoria Real founders partnered the company with international production giant Endemol, leading to their sale of the company. Daws is now a shareholder and Director of Komedia.

Ruth McCarthy

Ruth first worked with Komedia Entertainment during the Brighton Fringe 2006. She is now our Assistant Producer working on live, TV and Radio projects.

Ruth is passionate about drama and particularly Comedy. Whilst graduating in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin she also worked at the Edinburgh Fringe, produced short films and runs on the Dublin Fringe. Ruth then went on to attain an MA from Goldsmiths College, University of London, writing her MA Dissertation on the implications of new government legislation on comedy and artistic freedom. Her experience within venues includes spells at the Point Theatre Dublin, Komedia Brighton and most recently the Watford Palace Theatre as Assistant Producer. This was followed by a return to Komedia Entertainment to work on national tours, together with BBC Radio 4 and BBC 3 comedy projects.

David Lavender

Co-founder and Artistic Director of Komedia Brighton, David works as an artistic consultant to Komedia Entertainment.

At Komedia Brighton David has programmed theatre and comedy whilst also working as director and consultant with collaborating artists and performers. He directs Komedia in-house productions and is one of the directors responsible for setting up the Aurora Nova programme of international dance and theatre on the Edinburgh Fringe.

Komedia Brighton

This award-winning venue is located in the heart of Brighton's Cultural Quarter. The unique European style venue, has two exciting, flexible performance spaces and promotes and producers one of the largest, most diverse arts and entertainment programmes in the UK with over 700 performances of theatre, comedy, music and cabaret every year. Winner of the Arts Council England's Best Family Friendly Theatre in the South East Award and the Chortle Best Comedy Venue in the South in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
www.komedia.co.uk

Komedia Facilities

Komedia operates its Brighton live venue as a radio and TV studio facility and runs it's own bespoke central Brighton post-production house. The multi-award-winning Theatre and Cabaret venue has been host to numerous radio and TV recordings for the BBC and independents such as Talkback.

Alongside this Komedia now also operates a new editing facility, which post produces broadcast TV series for the BBC, Channel 4 and Five.
www.komediafacilities.com

Komedia Edinburgh

Komedia produces the hugely successful Aurora Nova programme at St.

Stephen's on the Edinburgh Fringe. The venue produces and promotes national and international theatre and dance and has picked up a host of Awards including The Guardian Best Edinburgh Venue 2004, 8 Scotsman Fringe Firsts, 6 Herald Archangel awards and The International Theatre Institute's award for Excellence in International Theatre.
www.auroranova.org