Event details
Location: City Central at the HAC
Dress code: Red carpet ready. Get your celebratory party outfits out, be that black tie or suit, sequins or summer dresses.
- Arrival & drinks reception, sponsored by Workbooks CRM: 18:00
- Dinner: 18:45
- Awards begin: 21:00
- After-party: 22:10
- Event close: 00:00
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Food and drink
Your ticket includes a delicious three-course meal along with a cocktail welcome reception, and unlimited beer, wine, and soft drinks all evening.
If you haven't yet registered your dietary requirements please email events@ppa.co.uk.
Our menu is sourced sustainably and responsibly - you can view it here.
Click here to find out more about the policies put in place to reduce the event carbon footprint.
Awards host
We are so excited to announce critically acclaimed comic author, podcaster, and TV personality, Josh Widdicombe, as our host for the evening.
He's starred in over 30 series of the award- winning Channel 4 series The Last Leg; as team captain on Sky Max’s show Rob Beckett’s Smart TV; and alongside Nish Kumar on Hold the Front Page.
Josh has also had multiple appearances on Hypothetical, QI, Live at the Apollo, A League of Their Own, Have I Got News for You, and Taskmaster to name a few, as well as performing onstage at the Royal Albert Hall for the Royal Variety Performance.
Josh co-hosts the hugely popular podcast Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett, which they took on the road in 2023 to arenas up and down the country. 2021 saw the release of Josh’s first book, a childhood memoir, about growing up watching far too much TV in the 1990s.
Entertainment
For the second year the PPA Awards will delight in the HAC’s garden, where guests can soak up the summer sun, as well as enjoy exclusive use of the private funfair - complete with dodgems, a carousel, and big wheel!
Expect delicious food and free-flowing drinks throughout the evening. As well a performance from Mark De-Lisser's award-winning ACM Gospel Choir.
Look out for a couple of extra funfair friends and make sure you don't miss the after-party going off with a bang!