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The LowBudgets are a comedy duo based in Wickford. They are made of up Charlie Hills and William Hunt. The duo was founded in January 2018 after they began writing sketch for school events. Their first comedy show, Mind the Gap, was held on April 24th 2018 and was followed later that year by Shabby Road on October 13th 2018. Since January 2019, they have been developing their 2019 show, Shabby Road for 26th October 2019.

Origins
The LowBudgets were founded in 2018 after Charlie and William developed comedy sketch for school shows and local events. They both share a desire for comedy and a passion for sketch comedy and music. They cite their influences as Monty Python, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Saturday Night Live,The Two Ronnies,The Lonely Island and Bo Burnham. Their first show, Mind the Gap, was written in a week, beginning January 2018 and was set to premier at The Wickford Community Center.

Due to the high popularity of Mind the Gap, they immediately began work on an October show, called Comedy Hurts. This show was written in under a week also and was comprised of more short and long form sketches, including many technical elements. This show had its debut at The Downtowner, in conjunction with local charity Motivated Minds. This show proved to be very popular and they began planning for a new show soon after.

Two shows, We Need to Talk About Phil and Memoirs of an Idiots were written, but were shelved due to time constraints.

A Christmas sketch show was being developed at Beauchamps High School and The LowBudgets were asked to write a sketch for the show to perform. Here, they experiments with comedy and music to create a pastiche of the year (2018). This was met with resounding success and they immediately began work on a 2019 show, what was to become Shabby Road.

Shabby Road
Shabby Road premiered on 26th October 2019, featuring a departure from the previous written and performed due to its more experimental format, comprised of live sketches, songs, mimes, voiceovers and pre tapes. The musical comedy is a big part of The LowBudget experience and Shabby Road featured original new songs and parodies of pop culture too.