Chris Cantrill & Amy Gledhill: Work in Progress
Jun
29
6:30 pm18:30

Chris Cantrill & Amy Gledhill: Work in Progress

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Amy Gledhill: Make me look fit on the poster (WIP)
Amy Gledhill – Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, National Comedy Award nominee and 1/3 of cult double-act The Delightful Sausage – returns with a brand-new show about self-confidence, romance and bin bags. As seen on: Would I Lie To You? (BBC), The Jonathan Ross Show (ITV), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (Sky), Alma’s Not Normal (BBC), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel Four). ‘Remember Gledhill’s name, because it’s about to be everywhere’ ★★★★★ (Independent). ‘One of the funniest people making comedy right now’ (Metro). ‘Jaw-droppingly good’ ★★★★ (Times). ★★★★ (Guardian).

Chris Cantrill: Easily Swayed (WIP)

A reluctant adventurer and an unlikely fellowship converge in this epic tale of an overdue reunion gone awry. Join Chris ('An inspired hour'  ★★★★★ (EdFestMag.com) as he wrestles with the consequences of exile, middle-aged friendships, and the best way to admit you wear a cape sometimes. As seen on Alma's Not Normal (BBC 2) and Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (Channel 4). Twice-nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award (Best Show) as half of double act The Delightful Sausage. Co-creator of BBC Radio 4 series Icklewick FM. 'One of the best voices on the circuit'  ★★★★ (Chortle.co.uk).

Hyde Park Comedy Club presents Chris Cantrill & Amy Gledhill: Work in Progress, in association with United Agents. At Hyde Park Book Club on Saturday 29, June.

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Rachel Fairburn / John Meagher: Work in Progress
Jun
30
6:30 pm18:30

Rachel Fairburn / John Meagher: Work in Progress

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John Meagher: Work in Progress

After a sell out run at Dublin Fringe, host of Radio 4’s The Divil’s Own John Meagher is debuting his show Big Year.

Rachel Fairburn: Work in Progress

Rachel Fairburn is back with seven deadly characters. We’d say Rachel can't wait to see you there, but she's not technically in the show (the devil might be…)

Co-host of International smash-hit podcast All Killa No Filla and as seen on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled(Dave), Richard Osman's House of Games (BBC Two) and Russell Howard Hour Life Lesson (Sky). 'Very much the rock’n’roll star of British comedy' (Rolling Stone). 'Huge presence in a pint-sized frame' **** (Chortle.co.uk). 'Bright, brave and bitterly enjoyable' **** (Skinny).        

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Lachlan Werner: Voices Of Evil
Jul
3
7:00 pm19:00

Lachlan Werner: Voices Of Evil

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The horrifying debut show from the award-winning poof prince of puppets.
Lachy is a poof, and apparently a virgin. Brew is a small, squishy witch, and she has decided to sacrifice him. To help with his self-esteem.
Together, they’ll bring your worst nightmares to life in a ceremony of paranormal tricks and treats. But when the ritual releases a sinister entity with a lust for destruction, the virginal Lachy may never be the same…


"The funniest new ventriloquist on the block" (★★★★ Telegraph) rising star, Lachlan Werner presents his Edinburgh Fringe total sell-out horror hit. A surprising, rebellious and ridiculous hour of frights, where demonic voices come from every corner. Watch out, anyone could get puppeteered by evil…

 

Directed by Laurie Luxe.


"Hilarious. Extraordinary. A healthy dose of the unhinged" ★★★★ (Guardian)

"Unimaginable hellish power" ★★★★ (Chortle)

"A must see... Steps it up a gear and enters a new level of comedy and theatre" ★★★★★ Reviews Hub

"Joyously meta-theatrical, the definitive queer puppet show" ★★★★★  LostInTheatreland

"Giddily funny, devilishly clever... One hell of a debut" ★★★★ Telegraph

 

WITH SUPPORT FROM JOE KENT WALTERS / FRANKIE MONROE

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Ed Night & Paddy Young: Work in Progress
Jul
8
7:00 pm19:00

Ed Night & Paddy Young: Work in Progress

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ED NIGHT: The Plunge

The spectre returns to the feast for a fresh new hour of wailing and moaning. Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomers. As seen and heard on Comedy Central, BBCR1 and BBCR4.

"As far as comedy goes, he's pretty much cracked it" - The Scotsman

"So bleakly funny... you felt winded" - The Guardian


PADDY YOUNG: If I Told You I’d Have To Kiss You 

A second show has hit Paddy Young. The 2024 Chortle Award Best Newcomer winner and 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee returns. BBC New Comedy Awards finalist.

“Young is surely on the road to stardom.” Rolling Stone

"One of British comedy’s most intriguing new voices" The Independent  

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Susie McCabe & Lindsey Santoro: Work in Progress
Jul
10
7:00 pm19:00

Susie McCabe & Lindsey Santoro: Work in Progress

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Lindsey Santoro: Work In Progress

Come and join Lindsey Santoro as she recounts tales of idiocy for your amusement in her own daft and bawdy way.
Winner of NextUps‘Biggest Prize in Comedy’, and nominated for Best Newcomer at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
As seen on Comedy Central Live & Channel 4; 2022 Tour support for Joe Lycett and Russell Kane.


‘An hour of brilliantly impish, saucy storytelling and salt of the earth comedy’ ★★★★★ (Theatre Weekly)
‘Surely only a matter of time before she becomes a television fixture’ ★★★★ (The Scotsman)


Susie McCabe: Merchant of Menace (Work in Progress)

Susie McCabe (Best Scottish Headliner and Best Solo Show in the 2019 Scottish Comedy Awards, and fastest-selling Glasgow Comedy Festival act for three years running) returns 
with a hilarious work-in-progress show. Revel in McCabe’s raconteur style and razor-sharp punchlines in this hilarious show as she recounts the absurdities of her life; she’s a shambles and never far from disaster. Playing to ever-increasing sold-out shows, and as seen on Have I Got News For You and Frankie Boyle's New World Order, Susie is fast becoming one of the hottest tickets in the UK. 


‘A magnetic storyteller and a gifted joke writer at the top of her game’ ★★★★★ (The Wee Review)
‘Susie McCabe is one of our top comedy voices’ ★★★★ (The National)

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Dane Buckley & Marjolein Robertson: Work In Progress
Jul
11
7:00 pm19:00

Dane Buckley & Marjolein Robertson: Work In Progress

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Dane Buckley: Work in Progress

The world’s only Irish, Indian, gay comedian… (probably) delivers cheeky, camp comedy mischief. Dane has supported Tom Allen & Rosie Jones on tour & was featured as one of Skiddle.com’s best up-and-coming stand-up comedians in 2023.

Marjolein Robertson: Work in Progress

After a sold-out 2023 Fringe, multiple 5 star reviews, nominated for Best Show at the (ISH) Edinburgh Fringe Awards and Best ADHD Show from the Neurodiverse Review Awards, being a finalist in the BBC New Comedy Awards and 2nd Place in the Funny Women Stage Awar- blah blah blah. You should come see this show. It's funny. And also pretty horrific. But that's the best kind of funny. Unless you get offended by body stuff. Then please. Wow. Maybe not the show for you. Also. Why do you even have a body then?    

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Steve Bugeja and Rob Auton: Work in Progress
Jul
12
7:00 pm19:00

Steve Bugeja and Rob Auton: Work in Progress

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Steve Bugeja
Steve Bugeja is one of the circuit’s most exciting comedians, writers and performers. Steve co-created and co-wrote the ITV2 sitcom Buffering with Iain Stirling. A second series of the fresh new comedy showcasing Iain and Steve’s brilliantly funny and razor-sharp millennial voices will air in January 2023. Steve previously hosted the BBC Radio 4 series Economics with Subtitles and has made numerous appearances on TV shows including The Russell Howard Hour (Sky One), Love Island: Aftersun (ITV2), Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central (Comedy Central) and Zoe Ball on Saturday (ITV1).        


Rob Auton
Rob Auton released his book I Strongly Believe in Incredible Things with Harper Collins in Autumn of 2021 to critical acclaim. He has written seven five star rated Edinburgh fringe shows, The Yellow Show, The Sky Show, The Face Show, The Water Show, The Sleep Show, The Hair Show, The Talk Show (the second best reviewed show at the Edinburgh Festival 2018) and The Time Show, which was one of the best reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Festival 2019. He then took The Time Show on a UK tour, which continues this autumn He has performed his unique brand of comedy on The Russell Howard Hour (Sky One) and on Rob Delaney’s Stand Up Central (Comedy Central). The latter set went viral on Facebook with 4.7m views and couniting.       

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My Extremely Skilled Staff Have Been Working Day and Night on This, I Owe Them Everything
Jul
16
7:00 pm19:00

My Extremely Skilled Staff Have Been Working Day and Night on This, I Owe Them Everything

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An hour of mind bending semi-improvised, physically inflected comedy from dancer/comedian Lewys Holt. Strange flip, flopping around will provide inspiration for Lewys to confront themself and the audience and the spatial limitations of the venue as they serve a delicious hour of deftly curated confusion and unreasonableness. Streams of consciousness will be indulged, laid bare, poked at and sniffed. Conversations with the audience will be light, charming, intense and fraught.  'Masterful' (****1/2 Reviews Hub) 'Mesmerising' (**** Corr Blimey UK) 'magnetic' (Arts York)

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Josh Baulf: Banger (WIP)
Jul
18
7:00 pm19:00

Josh Baulf: Banger (WIP)

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Josh Baulf has appeared on ITV, the BBC and his online sketches have amassed millions of views worldwide. 

He brings to Leeds a work in progress of his new show, ahead of the Ediburgh Fringe.

"A very funny man with a huge future" (David Walliams)

"Quite brilliant...his timing, his delivery, his audience interaction, is just faultless" (One4Review)

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Kyrah Gray & Jack Skipper: Work in Progress
Jul
24
7:00 pm19:00

Kyrah Gray & Jack Skipper: Work in Progress

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Kyrah Gray: Work in Progress

Kyrah Gray, fresh from performing in the Pleasance Reserve at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, serves up exciting new material. A finalist in 2Northdown's New Comedy of the Year Competition 2022, Kyrah recently performed as part of Comedy Central Live's digital series and O2 as part of Mo Gilligan's Black British Takeover. Described by Chortle as 'one to watch' and having 'a compelling stage presence: easygoing yet with a natural vibrancy that buoys the room' - you won't want to miss her. 

Jack Skipper: Work in Progress

Join comedian and social media sensation Jack Skipper as he delivers exciting new material in preparation for his first show. As well as gaining a large following from his online sketches, Jack placed runner up in both So you think you’re funny new act competition and Komedia new act award. 

‘Delivery that commands the room and a no-nonsense outlook that gels into strong punchlines’ Chortle

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Jul
30
7:30 pm19:30

Freddie Hayes is a Magic Lady

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Come and enter the magic circle... for your appointment with the magic lady. After years of treading the boards as a glamorous assistant to some of the greats, it is now her moment in the spotlight. This haphazard showbiz loon will be surprising, exorcising, escapologising and taking back what was hers once before. Watch out for the famous levitation trick Houdini who?

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Simon David: Dead Dad Show
Aug
1
7:30 pm19:30

Simon David: Dead Dad Show

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Laugh! Cry! Applaud!

In 2018, Simon’s father performed a play about his imminent death to cancer and, to Simon’s horror, it was quite good. Now, directed by Fringe First winner Chris Larner, bouncing between genres and intertwined with footage of his late father’s show, Simon performs an hour so impressive that he’ll never be forgotten.

Following an acclaimed Edinburgh run, Dead Dad Show is embarking on a UK Tour partnering with leading end of life charity, Marie Curie, and trans-led organisation, Not A Phase.

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Lewis Spears // Its over (for you)
Aug
24
7:30 pm19:30

Lewis Spears // Its over (for you)

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After two major jaw surgeries Lewis is back with a brand new head full of brand new material that has earned him protests, headlines and millions of views online.


IT'S OVER FOR YOU is his return to dark, hilarious, and silly stand up, delivered with a silver tongue and a skull full of medical grade steel.

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George Lewis: 'The Best Thing You'll Ever Do'
Sep
7
8:00 pm20:00

George Lewis: 'The Best Thing You'll Ever Do'

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Described as ‘the funniest dad on Instagram’, stand-up comedian George has racked up hundreds of millions of views for his hilarious online sketches about the big things in life, like owning an air fryer, watching a David Beckham documentary, and the excruciating experience of trying to do a jigsaw with your kid. 

Now he’s bringing his brand new stand up show to the stage. It won’t just be about parenting though, because he has done loads this year. He’s bought a new hoover, watched some more stuff on Netflix… loads. 

Between #makingmemories with his kids, George has also appeared on The Stand Up Sketch Show and Comedy Central Live, written a best selling book (Don’t Panic! All the stuff the expectant dad needs to know) and has supported Romesh Ranganathan, Tom Allen, Russell Kane and Josh Widdicombe on their national tours.

So, activate the parents’ whatsapp groups, dump the kids with whoever is willing to have them, and join George for a brilliant night out.

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Michael Akadiri: Trust Me I’m A Daddy
Sep
11
7:30 pm19:30

Michael Akadiri: Trust Me I’m A Daddy

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Following his Biggest Award in Comedy nominated debut and subsequent hit tour,
multi-award-winning comedian and junior doctor Michael Akadiri arrives in X (please
insert name of town/city) with his sophomore show, Trust Me I’m a Daddy.
Get your mind out of the gutter - Not that sort of daddy!
He’s merely become a father.
“The supremely talented and likeable” (Metro) Michael has long juggled comedy &
Medicine but now he’s thrown parenting into the mix too. Surely, something must give?!
Join this ”‘hugely entertaining” (Chortle) comedian as he navigates the real-life obstacle
course of childrearing, parenting under the ‘junior doctor gaze’ and ultimately the true
sacrifices required of a daddy.
As seen on Comedy Central LIVE, ITVs Stand Up Sketch & Channel 4s Stand Up to
Cancer.

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Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me
Sep
12
7:30 pm19:30

Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me

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Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me
Ridiculous things always happen to Harriet, but this year it’s out of control. She’s got to
rebuild her whole life but she cannot work out which way the building blocks go.
The multi award-winning Harriet Kemsley is back with a new show about break-ups, sloths
and trying to think positively while everything descends into absolute chaos.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Hypothetical and Roast
Battle.
‘Extraordinarily talented’ ★★★★ Scotsman
‘Packs in high calibre jokes’★★★★ Guardian
‘A masterful hour’★★★★ Skinny
‘Effervescent’ ★★★★ EdFest Mag

Presented by Plosive Live in association with United Agents

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Tom Ballard: Good Point Well Made
Sep
30
7:00 pm19:00

Tom Ballard: Good Point Well Made

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Best Show Nominee, Edinburgh Comedy Awards and Melbourne Comedy Festival. As seen on Prime Video’s Deadloch. As heard on Radio 4 and The Bugle. 

 

#10 in the British Comedy Guide’s Top 50 Shows of 2023.

 

Tom Ballard is undeniably one of Australia’s comedians. In 2024 he returns to the Fringe with a shiny new show bursting with electric zingers and incredible points being made with expert precision. It’ll make you laugh and cry and think and then laugh again haha. 

 

'Unrelenting and uproarious.’ **** ½ (Chortle). 

'Absolutely packed with elite gags.' **** (Scotsman).

  

Age range: 16+

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Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Scary Times
Oct
7
8:00 pm20:00

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Scary Times

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A new hour of stand-up by the wee guy with the glasses from Glasgow. Featuring routines and jokes on such topics as Edinburgh Zoo, going for a walk, and the collapse of the British state. As seen on Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Comedy Central Live and BBC New 

Comedy Awards, and heard on the Enjoy An Album, Some Laugh and Here Come The Guillotine podcasts. Tour support for Frankie Boyle and Susie McCabe.

 

 'A master of observational comedy' **** (BroadwayWorld.com)

‘CMB's on killer form with both self-assurance and self-deprecation...Hit after hit after hit.’ **** (FEST)

‘Major worldwide household name potential’ **** (Entertainment Now)

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Schalk Bezuidenhout ‘Keeping up'
Oct
9
7:30 pm19:30

Schalk Bezuidenhout ‘Keeping up'

Mick Perrin Worldwide presents Schalk Bezuidenhout: Keeping Up

Newly married, Schalk feels older, wiser and much more mature (possibly), but all he wants is to stay "hip with the youth". Can he do it? Can he Keep Up?

As seen on Netflix and Comedy Central and fresh from supporting Trevor Noah on his arena tour.

'Fast-rising talent' (Guardian).

'Definitely one to watch' (Evening Standard).

'His joke telling is superb... pure and simple stand up, expertly performed' (Chortle.co.uk).



16+, under 18's to be accompanied by an adult.

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Garrett Millerick Needs More Space
Oct
14
7:00 pm19:00

Garrett Millerick Needs More Space

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Garrett Millerick Needs More Space, sees comedy’s ‘angriest optimist’ return for a hilarious, honest, and mostly historically accurate, exploration of space travel. In his new hour, Garrett examines his totally insignificant place in the universe and how little we actually know about anything.

 

His powerful performances and ability to blend personal experiences with hilarious social commentary, whilst also avoiding political partisanship, has seen Garrett establish a reputation as one of the most challenging, honest and original comedians of his generation. Needs More Space promises to be his funniest show yet as he looks to the stars to find solutions to our earthy complications.

 

In addition to his live tours Garrett is the creator and star of The BBC’s new sitcom series ‘Do Gooders’ with Frank Skinner, Ania Magliano and Ahir Shah. And has recently been seen performing stand up on hit US Late Night show ‘Conan’. He has spent four consecutive years being recommended as one of the top comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, and his last three shows have been recorded and distributed internationally by the US comedy label 800 Pound Gorilla Records.

 

“Smart, wide-ranging, playful and devastatingly funny” ★★★★★ Chortle

“Just wants to entertain you and does it superbly” ★★★★ The Mirror

“A masterclass" ★★★★ The Telegraph 

“Has the room erupting with laughter. Cathartic. Clever. Funny.”  ★★★★ The Scotsman 

“Wonderfully funny” ★★★★ The Times

“This is Big Hitting Stand Up” The Guardian - Critics Choice

 

Critics Choice: The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Independent, Chortle and Time Out. 

Age guidance 14+

Warnings: Strong language

Twitter: https://twitter.com/millerickcomedy

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/millerickcomedy/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@garrettmillerick3917

Website: https://www.garrettmillerick.com/

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Emma Doran - Dilemma
Nov
2
to 3 Nov

Emma Doran - Dilemma

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Emma Doran's new tour Dilemma comes to Leeds at Hyde Park Book Club on, Saturday 2nd November.

It’s the post-apocalyptic world. There’s only one contraceptive pill left. Do you give it to your 19-year-old daughter or keep it for yourself? Is it better to be a 40-year-old grandmother or a 40-year-old new Mum. These are the dilemmas facing Emma Doran aged 39 and 7/8’s, even though the most obvious outcome is neither. If turning 40 is the start of something new, what is it the end of?  ... ah here, where’s me vape?

Emma Doran is one of the most exciting stand-ups to emerge from these shores in years. She’s crammed so much into the last 20 years of her life that she is now officially the voice of 3 generations.

“You’d be Mad to Miss Her” - Evening Standard.

“Pleasing Streak of Wickedness” - The Guardian

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Josh Jones & Abi Clarke: Work in Progress
Jun
26
7:00 pm19:00

Josh Jones & Abi Clarke: Work in Progress

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Josh Jones: Work in Progress
Brand new hour from BBC New Comedy Award finalist and Edinburgh’s Best Newcomer Award nominee 2022; one of the most refreshing and original comedic voices to emerge from the North-West in recent years. Fast becoming a TV regular Josh has recently made breakthrough appearances on 8 Out Of 10 Cats (E4), Reality News (E4), Undeniable (Comedy Central), Fast Food Face Off (BBC Three), CelebAbility (ITV2) and Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club (ITV).
‘Each year Josh’s star rises, he is a naturally funny performer’ ★★★★.5 (RGM)
‘Confident and assured comedy hour from a hugely likeable and talented man ...rays of sunshine like him are sorely needed in a dark and depressing world’ ★★★★ (London Theatre 1) 

Abi Clarke: Work in Progress
Stand-up comedian, social-media star and ultimate try-hard Abi Clarke works on new jokes, developing her highly anticipated debut show. As seen on BBC, ITV2, Comedy Central, Sky, Channel 4 and Dave online.

One of the "top 11 comedy stars of the internet" (The Independent).    

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Garrett Millerick &Jonny Pelham: Work in Progress
Jun
25
7:00 pm19:00

Garrett Millerick &Jonny Pelham: Work in Progress

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Garrett Millerick
A phenomenal stand-up comic, Garrett’s breakout television performance was on the hit US late-night talk show Conan (TBS). His live show Sunflower became one of the best reviewed and most talked about shows of 2018, both at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and subsequently at London’s Soho Theatre. The show saw packed houses for both runs and regularly added shows to cope with demand. The show was Time Out London’s No.1 Comedy Pick for February 2019, and saw Garrett receive a nomination for ‘Breakthrough Act’ at the 2019 Chortle Awards. Garrett has since followed up the show with Smile and Just Trying to Help. The Times called Smile one of the stand out shows of the year and The British Comedy Guide named it one of the best reviewed shows of the year. All three shows transferred to London before touring the UK and have been recorded by 800 Pound Gorilla Records to stream and purchase internationally.

Jonny Pelham
Jonny Pelham is one of the most exciting stand-up comedians on the circuit. Over the last few years he has appeared on Live from the BBC (BBC3), Mock The Week (BBC2), Russell Howard’s stand-up Central (Comedy Central) and Live at the Apollo (BBC2). Jonny is also an in-demand comedy writer and actor having appeared in the Viceland series, Bobby & Harriet Getting Married, as well as his own short film released as part the Sky Comedy Shorts season, Late Bloomer (Sky Arts). Jonny is currently developing a number of projects, both scripted and unscripted, for TV, and has written and starred in his own Channel 4 Comedy Blap, Brad Boyz (E4). Jonny’s critically acclaimed Edinburgh show, Off Limits, saw him winning the Beyond The Fringe Herald Angel Award. It received ample praise, critical acclaim and five star reviews, The Herald describing it as an ‘intensely moving and consistently funny set’, while EdFestMag calls it ‘a truly remarkable show’.

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Adam Flood & Christy Coysh: Work in Progress
Jun
24
7:00 pm19:00

Adam Flood & Christy Coysh: Work in Progress

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Christ Coysh
TikTok star and Wakefield's Rear of the Year 2024 (application pending) is bringing his songs to the stage. In this Work in Progress show, Christy will be trying out new material as well as singing some of his most well-known songs from the old interweb. 

Adam Flood : Back of the Spoon (WIP)
The Stoke-on-Trent urchin has cooked up a new comedy hour of fast-paced, daft existential dread with the odd song and sound effect to keep you from checking your watch.

A work in-progress show. 

The Times - Top 3 Rising Stars of the Fringe

British Comedy Guide Top Picks of The Fringe ★★★★ - Pick of the Fringe 

★★★★ – Broadway World

As Seen on ITV2’s The Stand Up Sketch Show.

 Winner of Bath Festival New Comedian, 2022.

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