BSAVA have announced big comedy talent for their Congress Party Night on Saturday April 6 2013 at Birmingham ICC/NIA.

BSAVA Congress is renowned for its Saturday Party Night, having played host to a variety of top comedy acts in the past such as Michael McIntyre and Jason Manford, along with popular music acts like Olly Murs and Scouting for Girls. Following in this rich tradition, BSAVA has announced their comedy-talent line-up for 2013 in Birmingham.

The headliner for the evening is funny man Alan Davies. He is one of the UK’s best known actors and comedians, having starred in the BBC hit series Jonathan Creek for 13 years. Since then he has starred in a variety of roles in the 

following; Lewis, Hotel Babylon, Bob and Rose and The Brief.

 More recently, Alan has warmed his seat as a team captain on the long running comedy trivia quiz show QI. After a short break, Alan returned to the comedy circuit in 2012 with his hit tour ‘Life is Pain’ with the BSAVA Congress next on his list.

 Supporting Alan will be the exciting and emerging talent that is Chris Ramsey, who is currently on his sell-out tour of Feeling Lucky, the follow-up to his Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award-Nominated Offermation. Chris has recently been starring in BBC Two’s brand-new sitcom Hebburn, alongside Vic Reeves, and is a regular face on Celebrity Juice, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and 8 Out of 10 Cats.

The compere for the evening will be Rhodri Rhys, whose act combines sharpwit and observation with a natural geniality. His material is broad and colourful, drawing on his own experiences in his unusual path to a comedy career, while deftly seaming in religion, business, sport and history. Rhodri has been the subject of a number of TV and radio programmes in Welsh, Czech and English (S4C, TV Nova, BBC Wales) and has done comedy gigs in Warsaw, Moscow, New York, Budapest, Prague and Bahrain.

 Accompanying the comedians and providing the music for the evening will be the Noisettes -described as ‘the best live band inBritain’ by The Guardian.

Two years on from a second album Wild Young Hearts, and popular songs such as Don’t Upset the Rhythm, the London duo have returned with their third album - CONTACT, a set of sleek pop songs steeped in soul, dizzy on disco and harking back to the days of blues and jazz greats.

 The evening will follow the usual tradition of happy hour, comedy club, band and then finally the disco. Tickets cost £25 per person, and the comedy kicks off at 8 pm in Hall 3. You can register for the congress at www.bsava.com. If you are already registered and would like to add a Party Night ticket to your Congress registration please call the Membership and Customer Services Team on 01452 726700.