All-female line-up for comedy night

Headlining Thursday's comedy night is Steff Todd, Bingley comedian and impressionist whose Love Island impersonations brought her worldwide attention earlier this year.

The monthly comedy night, Salty Laffs, is held at Tallulah’s Wine Bar in Saltaire on the first Thursday of every month.

Run by Keighley comedian and belly-dancer Melanie Judson alongside writer and broadcaster Nick Ahad, the monthly event has become a hit in Saltaire.

“It’s a little surprising that we’ve only been running Salty Laffs for a few months. We’ve built a reputation quickly and already have regular visitors to the comedy night," said Nick.

Salty Laffs was born earlier this year when Melanie Judson booked Nick to perform at another event.

Said Melanie: “I had been thinking for some time about starting up a comedy night in the Bradford area, it turned out Nick was thinking the same thing, so we decided to join forces.”

While the monthly gig is not marketed as a ‘diverse’ comedy night, the line-up is mostly female or ethnic minority comedians.

Melanie said: “We both found that there were relatively few women and ethnic minority comedians at nights where we were performing, so we decided we would make ours a little different. We book women and BAME comedians, but first and foremost we book people who are funny.”

Added Nick: “Quality comes first. Steff Todd headlining December’s event is a real coup. She’s been signed to one of British comedy’s biggest talent agencies and her impressions have gone viral online this year. We work pretty hard to get acts like Steff, but it means we have created a really brilliant, funny monthly event.”

Melanie wanted to mark the final Salty Laffs of 2018 by celebrating the Year of the Woman.

“There are plenty of comedy nights where the acts are all men, so we thought it would be an idea for this final night of the year to be all women comedians,” she said.

* Tickets are available at Tallulah's Wine Bar. Visit facebook.com/saltylaffs for details.