Live at the Rose with Lou Sanders

Live at the Rose is back with a brand-new line-up of top-tier comedy!

Headlining the night is internationally acclaimed stand-up star Lou Sanders (Last One Laughing UK, Taskmaster, Would I Lie to You?).

She’s joined by an outstanding supporting cast: Eshaan Akbar (Spitting Image, Sex Education, Mock the Week), Jeff Innocent (British Comedian of the Year; Best Live Club Comedian, UK Comedy Awards 2021), and Eli Hart (Winner of the BBC New Comedy Awards 2025).

Lou Sanders is one of Britain’s most original comedians. She starred in the first series of Last One Laughing UK, co-hosted Mel Giedroyc’s Unforgivable and is a previous Taskmaster champion. She is a regular face on television having performed stand up on Live at the Apollo, with other major appearances on QI, Would I Lie to You?, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Richard Osman’s House of Games.

Eshaan Akbar is the voice of Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid, and Narendra Modi on Spitting Image! He has appeared on shows such as Sex Education, Live at the Apollo, QI, Mock the Week, The Last Leg and many more. He has hosted his own radio shows and podcasts including ‘But Where Are You Really From?‘ on BBC Sounds, ‘Panic Room‘ on Audible, his Saturday afternoon radio show on the BBC Asian Network, and Newsjack Unplugged on Radio 4Xtra.

Multi award winning comedian Jeff Innocent has reached legendary status among his peers and audiences alike by staying at the top of his game for almost 3 decades. His unique appeal lies in the contrast between his East End 'geezer’ appearance and demeanour, and his philosophical delivery and culturally relevant subject matter. He has recently acquired a whole new generation of fans, through his online viral video clips which have clocked up over 10,000,000 views. Jeff has made many television appearances as an actor, stand-up and presenter on BBC 1, BBC 2, BBC 3, Channel 4, ITV 1.

Eli Hart was a finalist in the Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2024 awards and then went on to win the BBC New Comedy Awards in 2025 . He has a remarkable astuteness for the minutiae of mundane existence. He wears his glum disappointment with pride, and has a downbeat deadpan delivery that suits his West Midlands accent so well.