Cardiff Queer Comedy WIP Season: Amy Mason & Sam Nicoresti

For the fourth year in a row, The Queer Emporium's WIP Season with some amazing queer comedians bringing previews of their shows to Cardiff! The fourth show will star Amy Mason, who's written for The News Quiz and Hypothetical, Sam Nicoresti!

Amy Mason

Amy is a comedian and writer who performs comedy across the U.K for promoters including Off the Kerb and Little Wander. Her debut hour FREE MASON (★★★★ Scotsman) will be touring in 2025. A Funny Woman finalist, Amy has multiple TV projects in development with production companies, has written and performed two monologues for Radio 4 and has written for The News Quiz and Hypothetical (Dave). She has made 3 autobiographical shows with Bristol Old Vic and has a current development commission with the theatre. In 2014 Amy won the Dundee International Book Prize with her novel The Other Ida. Amy has two daughters and lives in Bristol.

Sam Nicoresti

A glistening new stand-up hour from LSQ Theatre New Comedian Winner Sam Nicoresti about losing your mind, finding it again, and the hunt for the perfect skirt suit. Best Show Nominee Leicester Comedy Festival 2025.

During a stressful house move, burgeoning trans icon Sam Nicoresti lost their mind. From a care home comedy night to the standing stones of Cornwall, via a cult, a fertility clinic, and a question of love, this is the story of the journey home.

Baby Doomer is the follow-up to the acclaimed Wokeflake.

“One of the definitive documents of the trans experience in stand-up.” - Chortle

What is a WIP?

A WIP is work-in-progress, a show that comedians commonly do to try and figure out the structure and material of their show before they debut the final product (basically, a draft of their eventual show).

What is a WIP Season?

From late May and throughout June, two queer comedians will bring a WIP of their shows to The Queer Emporium! That's ten queer comedians throughout the month, hence the season! You can buy tickets for the individual events or if you buy tickets for all of the WIP shows, you'll receive a discount (also known as our Season Pass). To receive the discount, just add all five WIP Season events to your basket and it will be applied at the check out!

Further Information

Alcohol will be served at this event. This is a seated event. Loud sounds may feature as part of the performances.

Accessibility Information

Our events are situated in the Royal Arcade, Morgan Quarter. Access to this can be gained via our shop front entrance, which includes a step or via our side entrance, which is level with the ground but please let us know in advance if you would like to use this one as it is often locked. There is also a disabled toilet on site.

The Queer Emporium is situated at the lower half of St. Mary's Street. There is a taxi rank diagonally across from the space and Uber cars are able to collect people from the Marriott Hotel, which is approximately 0.4 miles away. Here, many buses also stop to collect passengers and allow them to alight. Parking is available in St. David's Hall 2 and the John Lewis Car Park, both of which are approximately 0.2 miles from The Queer Emporium.

Pay It Forward

If you are facing any financial barriers that may prevent you from attending the event, please contact us. We have a limited number of Pay It Forward tickets available for all of our events.