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Award-deserving German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn takes an unbiased look at climate change, a topic sure to delight audiences and no surprise. After all, everyone loves talking about the weather.
Rain or shine, all will be fine. Or maybe it won’t. Who knows?! Come along. Or else.
We’re talking all things The Inbetweeners at this special evening with actor/comedian Joe Thomas.
It wasn’t long after audiences were first introduced to hapless sixth-formers Will McKenzie, Neil Sutherland, Jay Cartright and Simon Cooper that The Inbetweeners became one of the nation’s best loved shows. With its endlessly quotable lines and outrageous laugh-per-second banter, the sitcom attracted record-breaking viewing figures and inspired two incredibly successful feature films.
Celebrating seventeen years since the show’s debut, Joe Thomas aka Simon Cooper is here in-conversation all about the series and taking questions from the audience. Hearing all about Joe’s favourite Inbetweeners moments and behind the scenes misadventures, as well as its impact on his own life as an actor/comedian, this promises to be an exciting evening of humour and insight from one of the nation’s best loved young sitcom stars.
We’ll also, of course, be touching on Joe’s other work, including Fresh Meat, White Gold and TaskMaster!
Joe is happy to stay around for a short while after the show, meet fans and take pictures.
HOMEWORK
Circa 2007, Joe Thomas was a budding actor/writer headed for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival alongside university writing partner, Simon Bird. While performing their two-man show The Meeting, the pair were spotted by Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, TV producers who were developing an as-then untitled E4 sitcom about four hapless sixth-formers, chronicling their various misadventures.
Later titled The Inbetweeners, the series went on to become Channel 4’s most-watched show ever, winning a Rose D’or for Best Situation Comedy and spawning two feature films, the first of which broke records for having the most successful opening weekend for a comedy film in the UK.
So come along, bring your friends (ooh, friends!), and enjoy an evening of hilarity and insight into the nation’s best loved teen sitcom from one of its key stars.
Age 14+
Award-winning, international touring comedian Nabil Abdulrashid returns with a riotous new stand-up show.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and the Last Leg. As heard on Off Menu with James Acaster and Ed Gamble and Hoovering with Jessica Fostekew.
★★★★ “A potent, mischievously entertaining voice” Scotsman
★★★★ “Abdulrashid is emerging as one of comedy’s most honest chroniclers of life’s complexities and contradictions” Guardian
★★★★ “Pinch-me clever and painstakingly bold…never predictable, often hysterical – and overall a joy” Time Out
EXTRA DATE ADDED DUE TO PHENOMENAL DEMAND
You might have seen him on Strictly Come Dancing, Would I Lie to You, Have I Got News for You,
The Royal Variety, QI, Blankety Blank, The Last Leg, and tons more as well.
He’s been called an “overnight success” – Even though he’s been doing this for yonks!
Chris McCausland is hitting the road again with another masterclass in stand-up comedy that
has literally been yonks in the making –
The last tour was a sell-out, so get your tickets now!
Recommended age: 16+
Following a series of sell-out shows at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, last summer, comedy legend Bobby Davro hits the road for his first tour in over a decade.
Everything Is Funny If You Can Laugh At It is a masterclass in stand-up from one of Britain’s best loved comedians at the top of his game
“…a polished performance of predictably old-fashioned but expertly delivered gags.” – The List
..if more modern comedians had a fraction of his showmanship, the circuit would be a jollier place …spot on delivery… bulletproof professionalism” Chortle
Bobby Davro says: “With the laughter still ringing in my ears from the month of Edinburgh gigs, I thought I’d take the show on the road and catch up with my fans around the country. I hope to prove two things – You’re never too old for a good gag and everything is funny if you can laugh at it. So if you like to laugh, come along – and don’t forget, if you’re on the frontline, you’re in the punchline!
Over the past four decades, Bobby Davro has appeared on a huge variety of television shows, his popularity was at its highest during the mid-1980s with his own Saturday night ITV shows, Bobby Davro on the Box, Bobby Davro’s TV Annual and Bobby Davro’s TV Weekly.
He also made appearances on the popular comedy impressions sketch show Copy Cats. He then went on to play Vinnie Monks in BBC’s EastEnders in 2007 and has appeared on a host of reality shows including Celebrity Big Brother, Dancing On Ice and Celebrity Come Dine With Me.
He has headlined for over fifteen years in pantomime across the country and his live stand-up shows are legendary!
Spain’s Best Export Ignacio Lopez is on a mission to destroy himself, and build a better version; Leaner. Smarter. Funnier.
Join the star of Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, Comedy Central, QI, House of Games, & more, for a riotously funny exploration of vices, intrusive thoughts, and self improvement.
Expect an armada of playful, wicked humour from the exotic outsider comedian, as he tries to identify his faults and how to improve; Is it worth going to the gym? Can you be addicted to technology? Do you know what happens if you give spiders drugs?
Ignacio uses his razor-sharp wit, and effortless charm to tackle these questions and a bunch of other irrelevant horsesh*t.
★★★★★ “CHARMING, CHARISMATIC, HILARIOUS. WILL HAVE YOU LEAVING WITH A SMILE
ON YOUR FACE” – Deadline News
★★★★1⁄2 “A COMEDIC GENIUS AT WORK. IF YOU ENJOY SHARP WIT MIXED WITH A DOSE
OF THE RIDICULOUS, ’SEÑOR SELF DESTRUCT’ IS A MUST SEE” – One4Review
★★★★ “SARCASTIC, WITTY, ANIMATED, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HILARIOUS” –
Entertainment Now
★★★★ “AFFABLE, SEAMLESSLY DELIVERED, GREAT GAGS” – Mumble Comedy
★★★★ “UNIQUE & HILARIOUS” – BUZZ Magazine
It’s clear what toxic masculinity is, but what does positive masculinity look like in a modern context?
Josh Berry intends to provide some sort of answer to this question, through his many impressions and characters, as he tells the tale of being his best friend’s best man earlier this year.
From routines on how to organise a ‘progressive stag do’, to the amusing difficulties men seem to face around positive emotional expression, the show is an opportunity for us to have a ruddy good laugh at a concept that could do with being taken a bit less seriously.
There’s also a routine about how much Josh hates runners and refuses to become one.
N.B. Josh has since entered a half marathon.
EXTRA DATE ADDED DUE TO PHENOMENAL DEMAND
Champion of the Black Country, Jonny Cole is one of the most unique, exciting and hilariously funny acts to come out of the Black Country and unstoppable force in musical comedy.
Comparisons to Jasper Carrott and Tim Minchin (depending on the reviewers age) tell only half the story.
One of the freshest and funniest new comedians to hit the comedy circuit in the last few years. Jonny Cole is packing out comedy clubs everywhere.
With his individual patter and commentary on life, coupled with his original songs, he is being described as a ‘breath of fresh air’. Never forgetting his ‘Black Country’ roots Jonny has written original songs about life, love and loss (his Xbox) with hilarious results.
Back by popular demand after two sell-out shows at the Gatehouse.
As a society we love stuff, it’s a statement about who we are and who we want to be. But apparently, this message is at odds with the looming environmental crisis.
We’re now struggling to balance these worlds, to focus on the things that bring us real connections and nourish the soul.
Award-winning Comedian and Award-winning Product Designer, Scott Bennett is desperately trying to cleanse his life of stuff, but is this even possible anymore?
Tour support for Mickey Flanagan, Rob Brydon Jason Manford, and John Bishop. The star of Live at the Apollo, The News Quiz, The Now Show, The Ultimate Choice and Chortle Best Club Comedian Nominee 2022.
“Without doubt live comedy’s best kept secret” Evening Standard
“Great material, great delivery, a very funny man,” Rob Brydon
“Brilliantly funny, a joy to watch” Chris Ramsey
“Bennett is a stand-up in fine control of his material, his delivery and his image, a masterclass in adding a frisson of ‘in the moment’ unpredictability to otherwise tightly written routines” Chortle
MC HAMMERSMITH is a multi-award winning hip hop comedian. He writes and performs original hip hop comedy tracks, and performs improvised freestyle rap comedy based on audience suggestions.
He is the world’s leading rapper to ever emerge from the ghetto of middle class west London. Now based in Edinburgh, he performs across the UK and internationally.