All Festival shows
Tuesday 27th March, 2018
Jon Richardson - The Old Man
Date: Tuesday 27th March, 2018
Venue: Bath Forum
Doors: 7.00pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs incl interval
Price: £20.50-£25.50
SOLD OUT
Bath Comedy Festival in association with Off The Kerb Productions
The British Comedy Award nominee and star of Live At The Apollo and 8 Out Of 10 Cats is embarking on a nationwide tour to complain about the state of the world and offer no solutions. Since his last show he has become a husband and father, seen the UK vote to leave the EU and watched the rise of Donald Trump, all of which leaves him asking one question, why does it seem that no one else alive can correctly load a dishwasher?
Come and see what Jon Richardson can do with words when he has more than thirty seconds to work with. Or should that be "with which to work"?
Best known as team captain on '8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown', Jon has been massively in demand for television and radio appearances including; 'Have I Got News For You' (BBC ONE), 'Live At The Apollo' (BBC ONE), 'Channel 4's Comedy Gala Live At The 02' and most recently 'Taskmaster' (DAVE).
"Jon Richardson is developing into a quietly sophisticated comedian who is at turns hilarious and disturbing and under no circumstances should you miss" **** - The Mirror
"one of our most individual and interesting stand-ups" **** - The Times
"Sublimely brilliant, stunning..." - Time Out
"For 10 years he has been among the funniest men in Britain" - The Mirror
SOLD OUT
Kelly Convey - Dependant Woman
Date: Tuesday 27th March, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Is "Girl Power" and being an "Independent Woman" all it's cracked up to be? What if being an independent woman is your worst nightmare?
From "One of the most rapidly-rising new comics on the circuit" (British Comedy Guide) comes a hilarious, outspoken and alternative point of view from a modern woman who prefers to be dependent.
Work in progress show.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017 nominee.
So You Think You're Funny 2016 finalist.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3349773
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Wednesday 28th March, 2018
Becky Brunning - Work In Progress (With Good Bits)
Date: Wednesday 28th March, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel**
Funny Women Finalist and Broadchurch actor Becky is working on that awkward second show after her debut hour Beaming stormed* Edinburgh in 2017.
She promises to fall back on good old bits if it's turning into a debacle of awkwardness and silence.
Praise for previous work (which is absolutely no guarantee for this new stuff):
****Australia Times
**** Dark Chat
"Original, Inventive and Exciting" - Sara Pascoe
*it's all relative
** Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3337684
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Wednesday 28th March, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Jamie Oliphant and Dan Audritt - Work In Progress
Date: Wednesday 28th March, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Jamie Oliphant ("Very Funny" - Stephen K Amos) and Dan Audritt ("A winning wit" - Bruce Dessau) bring an hour of new jokes to Bath Comedy Festival.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3348622
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Viv Groskop - Vivalicious
Date: Wednesday 28th March, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
A brand new show from Viv Groskop, star of BBC1's 'This Week' and BBC Radio 4's 'It's Just a Joke, Comrade'.
In this age of therapy and reinvention, Viv's latest work-in-progress is about being the very best version of yourself. And, really, when is it time to accept you're just never going to be that person?
"Fresh and original" - Sara Pascoe
"Viv is brilliant" - Jo Brand
"Completely compelling" - Chortle.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3328382
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New Act Competition - Heat 1
Date: Wednesday 28th March, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: £5
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title.
There are three heats at The Igloo, two at the Westgate and seven at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Drew Taylor - Welsh comic with a sharp observational style combined with a strong stage presence.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 13th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, compered by Geoff Whiting (details here).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350154
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Sarah Bennetto - All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One)
Date: Wednesday 28th March, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
CANCELLED
We're sorry to report that due to extended commitments abroad, Sarah has regretfully had to cancel her shows in Bath.
One dimwit comedian's every dumb decision. Presented in list form. 50 great mistakes guaranteed.
The acclaimed 2017 Edinburgh Fringe solo stand-up show by the Melbourne-born, London-based comedian.
As heard on BBC Radio 4, 'Sarah Bennetto's Mix-Tape', Glastonbury backstage radio and at the helm of Storytellers' Club.
Warning: Something really, really bad happens to a piñata in this show.
"A generous serving of sterling gags and astutely witty observations." - Steve Bennett, Chortle UK
"In sharing her litany of mistakes, Bennetto covers huge, emotive topics with the lightest of touch and a lightning-fast wit, rattling through stories and quips so quickly that they don't have the opportunity to land too heavily. She's also in perfect command of the pacing, so when she does want to touch hearts as well as minds...it keeps the audience spellbound." **** The Skinny
"With much glee, delight, and wonderfully evocative imagery, Sarah is an excellent performer, frank and genuine, telling relatable stories which are fun and funny. The last mistake is totally unexpected and unheralded – and all the more powerful for being so." **** One4Revew
"Superb. Devastating. Edges towards perfection." **** ThreeWeeks, UK
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3337604
Twitter: SarahBennetto
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
Thursday 29th March, 2018
Sarah Bennetto - Work In Progress
Date: Thursday 29th March, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
CANCELLED
We're sorry to report that due to extended commitments abroad, Sarah has regretfully had to cancel her shows in Bath.
A brand new hour of charming stand-up, comic storytelling and characters by the Melbourne-born, London-based comedian.
As well as playing comedy clubs in London, Ireland, Wales and Scotland, Sarah has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and 6 Music, plus hosted her own long-running radio show on Dalston's NTS Radio 'Sarah Bennetto's Mix-Tape', as well as at her cult favourite annual live radio show from backstage at Glastonbury Festival for WorthyFM. Sarah is the brains behind Storytellers’ Club, which tours internationally, and guests regularly on bonkers podcasts and panel shows in the UK and Australia.
Sarah Bennetto’s past solo comedy shows for Edinburgh Fringe, Adelaide, Perth Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festival include: a sitcom about office temping, the true story of having lunch with Prince Charles at the Palace, a hour-long ode to boardgames and Victorian parlour games, a study of her insanely good luck (she’s won a car, holidays, the lottery), staging her own funeral live, and more recently: every mistake she’s ever made, presented in list form. This will be a new hour of jokes in preparation for the upcoming 2018 Edinburgh Fringe. It will be called something like "The United Colours of Bennetto" or "We're All Definitely Gonna Die, So Let's Bloody Do It". Something like that. You get the picture.
"Self-depreciating, dark, honest and genuinely funny. One of the most enjoyable and original shows I’ve seen this year. It had me laughing out loud more times than I could count. A solid hours of laughs, it culminates in a truly epic finale." ****1/2 The Advertiser newspaper, Adelaide
"A sophisticated mix of stand-up and character comedy, Bennetto succeeds in harnessing the full power of an instinctive comedic mind." **** Fest magazine, Edinburgh
"Bennetto delivers effervescent, confident and well-structured stand-up. Her tales of outrageous fortune are suffused with urbanity and wisdom, and buoyed by a lightly rendered sense of nostalgia" **** The Age, Melbourne
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3337612
Twitter: SarahBennetto
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Thursday 29th March, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Superheroes
Date: Thursday 29th March, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs incl interval
Price: £12 / £10 concs (see below *)
Sock! Pow! Wham! Earth's funniest footwear are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks & violence.
This time they're real live Superheroes! You think you've seen heroes in tights before? This pair will run and run.
"Space age comedy to knock your socks off" **** Daily Record
"Had every single audience member... laughing until they cried." ***** Edinburgh Evening News
The Socks are celebrating being the only act to have performed every year at Bath Comedy Festival to date with a special show including a preview of their new show and a best-of set too!
Age 12+
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341279
Links: http://comicfestival.co.uk
Facebook: http://facebook.com/ScottishFalsettoSocks
Twitter: falsettosocks
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.21
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 2
Date: Thursday 29th March, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: £5
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title.
There are three heats at The Igloo, two at the Westgate and seven at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Liam Pickford - A unique brand of stand-up, mixing cleverly honed material and punchlines with excitingly unpredictable audience interaction. All this, mixed in with a hint of 'whimsy' and clever observations whilst delivered in a wonderfully unenthusiastic and grumpy style.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 13th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, compered by Geoff Whiting (details here).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350158
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Open Mic Playgroup
Date: Thursday 29th March, 2018
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: Free
A free open mic night of music and comedy in the newly refurbished Back Bar at The Bell.
Appearances have been known to include local stand-ups like Ben Thurston and Sam Cottle, possible spots from visiting professional comedians who are in town for the Festival, and reunion sketches from The Unrelated Family, Bath’s veteran sketch-botherers.
Arrive early if you’d like to perform.
Facebook: http://facebook.com/bellbackbar
Friday 30th March, 2018
John-Luke Roberts - All I Wanna Do is FX: GUNSHOTS with a FX: GUN RELOADING and a FX: CASH REGISTER and Take Your Money!
Date: Friday 30th March, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Quick, hide! The fringe favourite returns with a brand new hour of extraordinary absurdist character comedy nonsense. Just terrific. Blam Blam!
Work in progress.
"A show as bafflingly stupid as this should rightly divide an audience down the middle, but through some strange alchemy the crowd absolutely lap it up... a consistently hilarious hour of measured madness" **** (List ).
"An hour of joyously daft character comedy" **** The Telegraph
"This is alternative comedy close to its pinnacle" **** Chortle
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3349997
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Friday 30th March, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Tony Law - Absurdity For Common People
Date: Friday 30th March, 2018
Venue: Komedia Arts Café
Doors: 7.00pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £12 / £10
Tony Law is back to spearhead the UK's alternative comedy scene with his brand new show.
After another sell out run at last years Edinburgh Fringe he's ready to take his unique brand of stand up across the UK in a landmark tour. Having made appearances on the likes of Nevermind The Buzzcocks, Have I Got News For You and Russell Howard’s Good News, Tony is here for one night only just for you.
Truly a stand alone voice in the world of stand up comedy, stupendously surreal there is nobody quite like this delirious Canadian.
Please note that spaces are limited for this show - book early and arrive early for the best seats. Please contact Komedia if you have specific access requirements.
Ages 14+
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/arts-cafe-programme/tony-law-absurdity-common-people/
Yonic - That Was Obscene And You Should Be Ashamed Of Yourself
Date: Friday 30th March, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Original songs and self deprecating storytelling from new female comic musician.
Yonic gave up trying to meet the unreasonable standards set for women and started writing songs about what a load of bollocks it is instead.
Audience participation potential for interpretive dance, rampage, sing-a-long, or none of the above.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3337619
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
New Act Competition - Heat 3
Date: Friday 30th March, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: £5
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title.
There are three heats at The Igloo, two at the Westgate and seven at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Jo Romero - A very energetic and expressive performer, her material always sounds truly "felt" as well as being very funny.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 13th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, compered by Geoff Whiting (details here).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350162
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Patrick Monahan - Rewind Selector 90s
Date: Friday 30th March, 2018
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
Brand new stand up show from multi award winning Patrick Monahan and inspired by his Irish/Iranian/Teeside teens in the 90's.
Identity cards, ‘Cool Britannia’, drink and drugs and rock ‘n’ roll’ were some of the trademarks of the 1990's but for the teetotal and drug free Monahan it was cake and tea and R ‘n’ B!
Monahan explores what life was like for teenagers in the 90’s, growing up with their basic technology - and compares the current problems teenagers face, such as faulty phone charger leads, dabbing and whether they should Instagram their dinner or just eat it! The 90’s teenagers didn't have to make many choices as there wasn't much to choose from!
"He really hits the mark...great depth" **** BroadwayBaby
"Thought provoking, hilarious. A Fringe Legend!" **** Mirror
"He has the dark looks and stubble of the Middle East, married to the charm of the Irish and the sense of fun of the Teessider. Omid Djalili meets Dave Allen" - Daily Mail
Booking: Rondo Theatre
Online booking: http://rondotheatre.co.uk/box-office/
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Sameena Zehra - Existerhood
Date: Friday 30th March, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel**
The world is changing. Bigly. What price friendship, when revolution beckons? What price joy & compassion? What are we going to do with the next 100 years?
Intent & consequence. Power & control. These are words. I will use them. You will laugh*
"Funny, fiery, brave and true" - Herald, Scotland
Winner, "Outstanding Performer" - New Zealand Fringe 2017
*terms and conditions apply
** Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3346340
Links: http://www.sameenazehra.com
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Saturday 31st March, 2018
Adele Cliff - Sheep
Date: Saturday 31st March, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 2.15pm for 2.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Adele Cliff, Funny Women Regional Finalist 2018, Dave's Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2017 & 2016, Huffington Post's Ten Must See New Acts 2016 brings a work in progress of her 2018 debut show 'Sheep' to Bath.
A show about friendship, coolness and fitting in, and featuring some actual sheep!
"I find her really annoying to watch, as I'm constantly kicking myself for not having thought of those gags first." – Gary Delaney, Mock The Week
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3345505
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Dorian Wainwright - The Picture of Dorian Wainwright
Date: Saturday 31st March, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 3.45pm for 4.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Bristol comedian Dorian Wainwright (Stand Up For Cider Finalist - 2017 & 2016) brings his debut hour of stand up comedy to Bath.
Expect hilarious and unbelievable true stories, a highly energetic and enthusiastic performer, and yes, a creepy old painting.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3335796
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Samantha Pressdee - Back 2 Basics
Date: Saturday 31st March, 2018
Venue: Mission Theatre
Doors: 5.30pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8 / £6 concs (see below *)
A bittersweet tale of political awakening.
With nothing left to lose but everything to fight for, Samantha followed Russell Brand to the frontline of the revolution - a council estate in Barnet.
An adventure through the Neverland of anarchy where squatters, families and activists unite in a battle to cover basic needs. There's no place like home.
"The most endearing political activist I have ever met" - Kate Copstick, Scotsman
"Excellent storytelling and very funny" **** One4Review
"A fascinating insight into a world many people only glimpse, and may just fire up your social conscience too." - Chortle
"Back to Basics is no ordinary Fringe Show, and for that I applaud her. It is definitely an experience to spend an hour with Samantha, one that transcends the often silly banality of the mainstream Fringe." - Mumble Comedy
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3337706
Links: http://www.samanthapressdee.co.uk
Twitter: SammieAurora
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.07
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Julian Dutton - Do You Think That's Wise? - The Life & Times of John Le Mesurier
Date: Saturday 31st March, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 55min
Price: £10 / £7.50 concs (see below *)
Leading impressionist Julian Dutton brings to life one of Britain's best-loved comedy stars, revealing the man behind the wry smile and urbane English repartee that charmed millions and turned John Le Mesurier into a household name as Sergeant Wilson in Dad's Army.
Le Mesurier's life was not without tragedy - his broken marriage to Hattie Jacques, his betrayal by his best friend Tony Hancock - all these setbacks shook him, but his reputation as the quintessential English Gentleman never wavered.
Full of glorious reminiscences and stories from a Golden Age of British Comedy, Julian Dutton's show is a celebration of and an insight into one of the most popular comic actors of our era.
From the co-creator & co-star of BBC1's The Big Impression, BBC R4's The Secret World and BBC2's Pompidou
"An impressionist tour de force" - Independent.
"One of the best vocal performers around" - BBC Comedy
In association with RBM Comedy
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3338541
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* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Bizarre Bath
Date: Saturday 31st March, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Krater Comedy Club - Ben Norris, Adam Bloom, Angela Barnes & MC James Redmond
Date: Saturday 31st March, 2018
Venue: Komedia
Doors: 6.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £9 - £48
Watch three top stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award Winning Restaurant.
And for the full Saturday Night Out Krater Comedy Club ticket holders on Saturday gain FREE ENTRY, without a queue to the sell-out club night Motorcity.
Tonight's line-up:
Ben Norris
Adam Bloom
Angela Barnes
MC James Redmond
"Pick of the Week" – The Guardian
"THE place to catch stand-up comedy" – The Independent
Prices: £48 VIP ticket / £30.50 Meal Deal / £20 Auditorium / £16.50 Balcony / £13 Balcony Concession / £9 Student Balcony
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: http://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/cabaret/krater/
Brew House Saturday Night Live Line-up - starring Jonny & The Baptists & Phil Kay
Date: Saturday 31st March, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £12
A Saturday night line-up presented by Mirth Control, starring:
Jonny & The Baptists
"Brilliant – the closest thing the Fringe has to rock gods" **** Fest Magazine
Phil Kay
A unique blend of energy, improvisation and leaps of imagination that takes his audience on a joyride they'll never forget.
Morgan Rees
Second runner up in 'So You Think you're Funny' 2017 and winner of Chortle Student Comedian of the Year 2017
Jake Baker
Smart wit and laid back confident style.
Geoff Whiting (MC)
An established and popular compere, Geoff is a strong and versatile act and has appeared on TV and radio as well as performing at every notable comedy club in the country. He also heads up Mirth Control Comedy.
"Geoff Whiting takes the stage with consummate ease and works the audience like a miner at the coal face, digging out nuggets of information to fuel his comedy" - Independent on Sunday
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350136
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.21
John Otway
Date: Saturday 31st March, 2018
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
Rock veteran Otway dubbed himself Rock'N'Roll's greatest failure after many unsuccessful attempts to produce a follow-up to his 1977 classic (Cor Baby, That's) Really Free with Wild Willy Barrett.
A mere quarter century later, he was back on Top of The Pops and back in the charts. Now he returns to The Rondo after last year’s sell-out show, with his trademark brand of anarchy, fun and acrobatics.
"He’s a cabaret act masquerading as a rock act. He is gleeful, anecdotal, funny and life enhancing" - Canterbury Fayre Review
Booking: Rondo Theatre
Online booking: http://rondotheatre.co.uk/box-office/
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Rosie Jones - Fifteen Minutes
Date: Saturday 31st March, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Fifteen Minutes is the debut hour of critically acclaimed comedian Rosie Jones (8 Out Of 10 Cats, Silent Witness).
In the show, Rosie will ask the question, "Who would I be if I were able-bodied?" Nobody knows, but Rosie's hunch is she's probably a knobhead!
Work in progress.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3349946
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Simon Evans - Genius
Date: Saturday 31st March, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr50min incl interval
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
SOLD OUT
Ever since he was a small boy, all Evans really wanted was to be recognised by the world as a man of genius. He has, until now, remained thwarted.
The world seems increasingly indifferent to true genius of any kind, let alone Evans'. Endlessly distracted by the trivial, we allow the classical tools of grammar, logic and rhetoric to lie unregarded in the shed of consciousness, rusting to a picturesque hue that would actually look really great on Instagram. But which filter? Hmm...
"Super-sharp wit" - Time Out
"Please clap" Jeb Bush
"A masterclass in socio-political comedy...the show is called Genius. It comes very close" ***** The Scotsman
SOLD OUT
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Sunday 1st April, 2018
Chris Chopping and Steffan Alun - Work In Progress
Date: Sunday 1st April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 3.15pm for 3.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Saddlegoose Comedy presents an hour of work in progress standup with two exciting acts from Wales: Chris Chopping and Steffan Alun.
Chris Chopping is a pithy, witty bold character comedian and hilarious stand-up full of petty insecurities, impotent rage and a certain amount of erudite smut. He is currently working on a brand new show.
"Hilarious" - Paul Sinha
"He makes this comedy lark look easy!" - South Wales Echo
In his most recent hour, Steffan Alun weaves a marvellous tale full of jokes guaranteed to tickle your bones and tug on your heart strings. Romantic Comedy is uplifting and powerfully funny - without going for the easy laughs of shock humour. Expect new material from one of Wales' finest comedians.
"Touching, accomplished and heartfelt storytelling. Watch out for him on tour." - FringeHire
"A natural comic." - Wales Online
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341290
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Sarah Breese & Tony Chiotti - Finger Moustache
Date: Sunday 1st April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 4.45pm for 5.00pm show
Duration: 50min
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Two of the South West's most exciting new voices take an irreverent look at how you measure maturity and success when the numbers are not in your favour.
Tony Chiotti is jaded, but deservedly so. His first reaction to becoming middle age is to ask, "you mean I have to do this again?!" He's just up and moved to the UK, which is exciting and all, but he's awfully far along to be starting over.
Sarah Breese is a proper grown-up and everything, on paper. In this show she attempts to prove herself, to herself, before failing and realising she hasn't brought any form of ID.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3339035
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Col Howarth - id ego superego
Date: Sunday 1st April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
CANCELLED
We are sorry this show has been cancelled due to illness
There's a party going on in Col's brain but the guests are doing his head in. His id is minesweeping, his superego thinks everyone should just go home and get a good night's sleep and his ego is just trying to keep everyone happy.
Join the party and meet the internal characters that have been responsible for Col's blissfully stupid exterior throughout his life.
id ego superego is a hilarious, fast-paced and visual show from Col Howarth, a Welsh Unsigned Stand Up Awards Finalist 2017 and "one of those comedians who truly lights up the room" (Comedy Den).
"One of the most likeable comic minds we've seen." - Clwb Comedy
"...energetic, clever and fun with perfect comic timing." - Wing It Comedy
"Weird, wonderful and hilarious." - Dolly Chicken Comedy
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341297
Links: http://www.standupforcomedy.co.uk
Facebook: http://facebook.com/col.howarth.1
Twitter: colhowarth
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
George Lewis - Work In Progress
Date: Sunday 1st April, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Join George (host of BBC's Top Gear: Extra Gear, as heard on BBC R4) for his new show about his angst-ridden geeked-out teenage years.
Expect nineties references, embarrassing diary entries, and tales from when George did what you should never do in secondary school: be yourself. Especially when your self is so weird.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2016 runner up and BBC New Comedy Award 2016 finalist. Not to be missed!
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3349161
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Sunday 1st April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Jake Lambert - Work In Progress
Date: Sunday 1st April, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Jake Lambert serves up an all-new hour of comedy. Jake carved out a career as a stand-up after gaining a following on Twitter under the pseudonym @LittleLostLad, deciding to put down his iPhone and pick up a microphone - clearly the right decision as he's gone on to support Rob Beckett, Seann Walsh and Kerry Godliman on tour and is also now writing for 8 Out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week and The News Quiz.
"He's got gags to burn, and can weave them seamlessly into his routines...he's a talent." - Chortle
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3349965
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Dan Evans - 10%
Date: Sunday 1st April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
10% is as far as Dan Evans gets with most of his ideas. Until now. It's time for you to decide which one of his embryonic creations he should nurture to full-term.
Expect products, tunes, philosophies for benevolent World Management, and possible disappointing nudity.
"A favourite with audiences as well as with his notoriously hard-to-please comedic peers" - The Guardian
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3338463
Links: http://www.danevans.info
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Mother's Ruin - A Cabaret About Gin
Date: Sunday 1st April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr30 incl interval
Price: £14 / £10 concs (see below *)
This flagship 5 star cabaret show is here in Bath for a full six day run Sun 1st - Fri 6th April at Bath Comedy Festival's favourite flexible venue and bar - Widcombe Social Club. Don't miss it!
Equal parts historical and hysterical, lose yourself in the company of sailors, barmaids and bootleggers in this darkly comic cabaret.
"Not only vocally sublime but a stroke of comedy genius" (TheatrePress), its critically acclaimed stars Maeve Marsden and Libby Wood return to the U.K. after playing to sold out crowds in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh and across Australia.
Mother's Ruin is a raucous journey through 18th Century London, a few New York speakeasies, the Australian bush and the jungles of Peru. Discover a little more about your favourite drop, with this mixed up musical history lesson delivered with dry wit and "almost symbiotic harmonies" (Adelaide Advertiser).
With music originally performed by Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Martha Wainwright, Tom Waits, The Pretenders, Jessie J and more, Mother's Ruin moves from misery to vaudeville in a moment, intertwining excess and prohibition, history and (re)invention.
"...Marsden and Wood maintain a spot-on balance of larky humour, bolshy political consciousness, palpable passion for their subject and sheer joie de vivre. Well worth raising a glass to." **** The Scotsman
"A raucous masterclass" ***** The Wee Review
"...it's the range, depth, and content of the stories Marsden and Wood tell us, along with the gorgeous harmony of their pure voices, that linger once the cabaret is over." ***** Time Out Sydney
"Blisteringly entertaining… Not everybody falls in love with gin, but I can't imagine too many audience members could resist the charms of Mother's Ruin." **** Daily Review
Nominated Best Cabaret, Perth Fringe World Festival; Best Writing, Green Room Awards; Best Cabaret, Sydney Theatre Awards.
This flagship 5 star cabaret show is here in Bath for a full six day run Sun 1st - Fri 6th April (show times vary) at Bath Comedy Festival's favourite flexible venue and bar - Widcombe Social Club. Don't miss it!
Click here to read the reviews.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341343
Links: http://www.mothersruincabaret.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mothersruincabaretau
Twitter: MothersRuinCab
You Tube footage:
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.28
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Marlon Davis - Work In Progress
Date: Sunday 1st April, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Happy go lucky comedian Marlon Davis - as seen on Live At The Comedy Store (Comedy Central) and Live At The Apollo (BBC2) - debuts his new hour following a life changing experience.
Davis presents tales of his road to recovery.
"A compelling storyteller whose anecdotes carry the elusive stamp of urban authenticity" - Scotsman
**** ThreeWeeks
**** BroadwayBaby
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3349898
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Monday 2nd April, 2018
David Tsonos - Walking The Cat 2
Date: Monday 2nd April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Canadian Comedy Veteran David Tsonos returns with his sequel to his solo show 2015 Walking the Cat, this time he has a new Cat Mitzy and she takes centre stage as he deals with problems of adoption, veterinarians, catnappings and a murder.
David will use his storytelling and stand-up abilities to regale the audience with all his funny adventures of cat ownership. If you're a cat person or a dog person he will make you laugh until you can laugh no more, (well maybe a little more).
"Very confident, knows his material totally and had the crowd roaring. Good face and voice for comedy, great timing" - The Stand Comedy Club
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3338450
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Monday 2nd April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Mother's Ruin - A Cabaret About Gin
Date: Monday 2nd April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr30 incl interval
Price: £14 / £10 concs (see below *)
This flagship 5 star cabaret show is here in Bath for a full six day run Sun 1st - Fri 6th April at Bath Comedy Festival's favourite flexible venue and bar - Widcombe Social Club. Don't miss it!
Equal parts historical and hysterical, lose yourself in the company of sailors, barmaids and bootleggers in this darkly comic cabaret.
"Not only vocally sublime but a stroke of comedy genius" (TheatrePress), its critically acclaimed stars Maeve Marsden and Libby Wood return to the U.K. after playing to sold out crowds in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh and across Australia.
Mother's Ruin is a raucous journey through 18th Century London, a few New York speakeasies, the Australian bush and the jungles of Peru. Discover a little more about your favourite drop, with this mixed up musical history lesson delivered with dry wit and "almost symbiotic harmonies" (Adelaide Advertiser).
With music originally performed by Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Martha Wainwright, Tom Waits, The Pretenders, Jessie J and more, Mother's Ruin moves from misery to vaudeville in a moment, intertwining excess and prohibition, history and (re)invention.
"...Marsden and Wood maintain a spot-on balance of larky humour, bolshy political consciousness, palpable passion for their subject and sheer joie de vivre. Well worth raising a glass to." **** The Scotsman
"A raucous masterclass" ***** The Wee Review
"...it's the range, depth, and content of the stories Marsden and Wood tell us, along with the gorgeous harmony of their pure voices, that linger once the cabaret is over." ***** Time Out Sydney
"Blisteringly entertaining… Not everybody falls in love with gin, but I can't imagine too many audience members could resist the charms of Mother's Ruin." **** Daily Review
Nominated Best Cabaret, Perth Fringe World Festival; Best Writing, Green Room Awards; Best Cabaret, Sydney Theatre Awards.
This flagship 5 star cabaret show is here in Bath for a full six day run Sun 1st - Fri 6th April (show times vary) at Bath Comedy Festival's favourite flexible venue and bar - Widcombe Social Club. Don't miss it!
Click here to read the reviews.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341343
Links: http://www.mothersruincabaret.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mothersruincabaretau
Twitter: MothersRuinCab
You Tube footage:
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.28
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 4
Date: Monday 2nd April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: £5
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title.
There are three heats at The Igloo, two at the Westgate and seven at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is David Tsonos - "Very confident, knows his material totally and had the crowd roaring. Good face and voice for comedy, great timing" - The Stand Comedy Club
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 13th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, compered by Geoff Whiting (details here).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350163
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
New Act Comedy Night
Date: Monday 2nd April, 2018
Venue: Komedia Arts Café
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £3 on the door
Like comedy? Want to see something new and fresh? This night is for you!
Komedia Art’s Cafe is playing host to some of Bath and Bristol’s best aspiring comedians. Some who are relatively new the game, others that have been around a while. Either way, they’re acts we believe deserve their spot in the lime-light. And not only will we have a whole host of local acts for you. We’ll be joined by a seasoned comic each month to round the night off with their new material and a whole load of laughs!
Come and see the new wave of comedy here first!
Age 18+
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/arts-cafe-programme/new-act-comedy-night/
Email for information: danielfitzhenry@hotmail.co.uk
What's Your Flavour? - Dinner TIme
Date: Monday 2nd April, 2018
Venue: Mission Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 45mins
Price: £8
CANCELLED
We're sorry to announce this show has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Dear Distinguished Guest
You are cordially invited to the dinner party of the year. An occasion with class, style and of course japes. You may have attended dinner parties in the past, but never have you been to one quite like this...
With no set or props, the improvisers use their own physicality to stage an intimate dinner party between 4 friends. What are they celebrating, why are they there?
From your suggestions they will create an improvised play, as the company blend storytelling, improv and physical theatre to bring to life the best (or worst) dinner party you've ever attended.
Expect strange characters, incredible journeys, and a completely unique experience each time you attend our Dinner Time.
"Combination of full bodied characterization and comedic sharpness" **** Clogs Comedy
What's Your Flavour? are a BME improv troupe based in Bristol. Founded in 2016 the group grew out of the University of Bristol's Improv Society, and have since performed regularly across Bristol and Bath, recently opening for the RH Experience.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3354328
Facebook: http://facebook.com/whatisyourflavour
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.79
Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Lulu Popplewell - An Awful Time
Date: Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 40min
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Join Lulu for a tour around her ADHD shame brain as she explores her teenage diary, panic dreams and relationship faux pas (faux pas..es?).
This is a 40 minute Work In Progress show.
Leicester Square New Comedian finalist.
"One to Watch" - Funny Women
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341307
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Faulty Towers - The Dining Experience
Date: Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Venue: Abbey Hotel
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £57.50 incl 3 course meal
SOLD OUT
This globetrotting show is truly quite legendary, selling out in places like Edinburgh Fringe, Raffles Singapore and Sydney Opera House. In this, its 21st birthday year, it returns to the Abbey Hotel during Bath Comedy Festival, but be warned: it will sell out here too, so early booking is essential.
Basil, Sybil and Manuel serve a 3-course meal along with plenty of laughs and audience participation in this 5-star immersive show – a show that’s never the same twice, because it’s 70% improvised. It’s great for comedy fans, theatre fans, or anyone who just fancies going out for an unforgettable meal and a good time. This true blend of ingenious comedy and unique theatrical script is a multi-sensory treat where chaos reigns right from the start.
"Crammed full of laughter!" - Everything Theatre, London Covent Garden 2017
"An absolute hoot!" - British Theatre Guide, Edinburgh Fringe 2016
"A two-hour eat, drink and laugh sensation" - The Daily Telegraph
"Nothing faulty about this evening of superb food and comedy" - Limelight Magazine, Sydney Opera House 2016
"Wonderfully traumatic...very funny" - Isolated Nation, Fringe World Perth 2017
Born in Brisbane in April 1997, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is a worldwide hit, appearing in around 20 countries and an ongoing residency in the heart of London's theatre land. Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is the most successful interactive comedy show of its kind.
There is another performance of the show on Wednesday 4th April
SOLD OUT
Links: http://www.torquaysuitetheatre.com/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/faultytowersthediningexperience/
Twitter: thefaultytowers
Download flyer:
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You Tube footage:
Bizarre Bath
Date: Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Mother's Ruin - A Cabaret About Gin
Date: Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr30 incl interval
Price: £14 / £10 concs (see below *)
This flagship 5 star cabaret show is here in Bath for a full six day run Sun 1st - Fri 6th April at Bath Comedy Festival's favourite flexible venue and bar - Widcombe Social Club. Don't miss it!
Equal parts historical and hysterical, lose yourself in the company of sailors, barmaids and bootleggers in this darkly comic cabaret.
"Not only vocally sublime but a stroke of comedy genius" (TheatrePress), its critically acclaimed stars Maeve Marsden and Libby Wood return to the U.K. after playing to sold out crowds in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh and across Australia.
Mother's Ruin is a raucous journey through 18th Century London, a few New York speakeasies, the Australian bush and the jungles of Peru. Discover a little more about your favourite drop, with this mixed up musical history lesson delivered with dry wit and "almost symbiotic harmonies" (Adelaide Advertiser).
With music originally performed by Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Martha Wainwright, Tom Waits, The Pretenders, Jessie J and more, Mother's Ruin moves from misery to vaudeville in a moment, intertwining excess and prohibition, history and (re)invention.
"...Marsden and Wood maintain a spot-on balance of larky humour, bolshy political consciousness, palpable passion for their subject and sheer joie de vivre. Well worth raising a glass to." **** The Scotsman
"A raucous masterclass" ***** The Wee Review
"...it's the range, depth, and content of the stories Marsden and Wood tell us, along with the gorgeous harmony of their pure voices, that linger once the cabaret is over." ***** Time Out Sydney
"Blisteringly entertaining… Not everybody falls in love with gin, but I can't imagine too many audience members could resist the charms of Mother's Ruin." **** Daily Review
Nominated Best Cabaret, Perth Fringe World Festival; Best Writing, Green Room Awards; Best Cabaret, Sydney Theatre Awards.
This flagship 5 star cabaret show is here in Bath for a full six day run Sun 1st - Fri 6th April (show times vary) at Bath Comedy Festival's favourite flexible venue and bar - Widcombe Social Club. Don't miss it!
Click here to read the reviews.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341343
Links: http://www.mothersruincabaret.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mothersruincabaretau
Twitter: MothersRuinCab
You Tube footage:
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.28
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 5
Date: Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Venue: The Westgate
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: £5
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title.
There are three heats at The Igloo, two at the Westgate and seven at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Liam Pickford - A unique brand of stand-up, mixing cleverly honed material and punchlines with excitingly unpredictable audience interaction. All this, mixed in with a hint of 'whimsy' and clever observations whilst delivered in a wonderfully unenthusiastic and grumpy style.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 13th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, compered by Geoff Whiting (details here).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350173
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Joanne McNally - Wine Tamer
Date: Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Heralded by the Irish Times as "one of the most exciting things to happen to Irish comedy in years" and "Joyously nuts" by the Irish Examiner, Joanne McNally already has a slew of TV credits to her name.
As seen on the Late Late Show and the Commute for RTÉ. Join this energetic and hilarious performer for a brand-new hour of no-holds-barred stand up comedy.
Work in progress.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3349953
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
George Rigden - Gorgeous George
Date: Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel**
If you like "very funny stuff" (Steve Bennett, Chortle) and you want that stuff to be "deliciously dark" (Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke), then book a date* with Leicester Mercury Comedian of the year Nominee George Rigden for his debut show.
* There will be other people there, too.
** Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3335502
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Ashley Storrie - Adulting
Date: Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £9 / £7 concs (see below *)
Scotland’s favourite funny girl and viral internet sensation Ashley Storrie returns to Bath with a brand-new show about not growing up.
With the world most likely ending quite soon, Ashley believes we should all just have a laugh and be a bit more honest, particularly about the myth of "adulthood"...
Nobody really grows up, we’re all just great at pretending!
BEST SCOTTISH PERFORMANCE 2017 – THE SCOTTISH SUN
"A total revelation" - Dawn French
"Brutally funny" - The Scotsman
**** The List
**** The Sunday Mail
**** Broadway Baby
**** One4Review.com
**** The Wee Review
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3337614
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.11
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Janey Godley - Godley's Cream - 20 Years And Counting
Date: Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
20 years of fringe shows, 20 years of touring and so many stories. From LA to New York to Newcastle and Glasgow.
The Godmother of Scottish Comedy, chief Trump annoyer and all round Glasgow mouth piece brings her show to Bath.
Lots of old stories and plenty of new material to keep the punters gripped in their seats.
"Who else got jailed for possessing guns?" - Janey Godley
"Her shows have sold out globally, she's a social media influencer, podcaster and best selling author, but crap at organising a fridge or hanging up washing" - her Husband Mr Storrie
"The queen of Scottish comedy" - Edinburgh Evening News
"Sharpest-elbowed comedy in the world" - New York Times
"Fuc*king great comedian" - Billy Connolly
Sold out shows every year at Glasgow Comedy Fest and Edinburgh Fringe
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3337634
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
Christian Talbot - Desperately Seeking Approval
Date: Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
A new hour of stand-up comedy from Ireland's least Irish comedian.
Described by The Scotsman as a "genial performer, relaxed and natural" as well as "friendly, funny and clever".
"Talbot may call himself 'Shite at Being Irish' but when it comes to putting together a good show, well, he's great at that." **** Broadway Baby
"Talbot has a show which has the potential to be a hit at home and abroad." **** Ed Fest Mag
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341269
Links: http://www.christiantalbotcomedy.com
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Catherine Bohart - Work In Progress
Date: Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Catherine Bohart is the bisexual, OCD daughter of a Catholic Deacon and she's got a hell of a lot to say about it. An hour of new material from a rising comedy star.
BBC New Talent Hotlist 2017
BBC New Comedy Award Finalist
Writer for BBC Radio 4's The Now Show, The News Quiz and Frankie Boyle's New World Order for BBC2
Pleasance Comedy Reserve 2017
"...a comic with distinctive voice and a story you'd like to hear" - Chortle
"...pretty much the perfect comedy package" - Beyond The Joke
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3354323
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Joey Page - Perhaps Under Stars That Would Stretch Forever
Date: Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.00pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8
An idiot trys to make sense of the universe in under an hour. What is the point of all this? (Life) Are there parallel universes and if so what are they like? Want to learn everything you ever need to know about the universe through the medium of an idiot? (Yes) Is the world ending? (Probably) Is Jupiter a bell-end? (Definitely!)
Joey Page is a boy with a washing machine-esque brain. Watch him make sense of the entire universe in under an hour (59 minutes).
Stop press: Nominated for Best Comedy at Perth Fringe 2018
"Spaced out magical humour" ***** Three Weeks
"fans of the surreal and ridiculous will love this" **** Chortle
"a cheeky master of his craft" **** Austrailia Times
"A head like a fantasy Hand grenade" - Noel Fielding
**** The Scotsman
**** Edfestmag
**** Edfringereview
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3345001
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.07
Ed Night - Work In Progress
Date: Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Ed Night returns to the Brew House for a work in progress of his brand new show.
"Ed Night stands at the dawn of the new age of stand up" - Fest
"One of the future stars of British comedy" - iNews
"White, male" - Chortle
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee 2017
As heard on BBC Radio 1
Tour support for Paul Sinha; Phil Wang; Dane Baptiste; Simon Amstell
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350267
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Faulty Towers - The Dining Experience
Date: Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Venue: Abbey Hotel
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £57.50 incl 3 course meal
SOLD OUT
This globetrotting show is truly quite legendary, selling out in places like Edinburgh Fringe, Raffles Singapore and Sydney Opera House. In this, its 21st birthday year, it returns to the Abbey Hotel during Bath Comedy Festival, but be warned: it will sell out here too, so early booking is essential.
Basil, Sybil and Manuel serve a 3-course meal along with plenty of laughs and audience participation in this 5-star immersive show – a show that’s never the same twice, because it’s 70% improvised. It’s great for comedy fans, theatre fans, or anyone who just fancies going out for an unforgettable meal and a good time. This true blend of ingenious comedy and unique theatrical script is a multi-sensory treat where chaos reigns right from the start.
"Crammed full of laughter!" - Everything Theatre, London Covent Garden 2017
"An absolute hoot!" - British Theatre Guide, Edinburgh Fringe 2016
"A two-hour eat, drink and laugh sensation" - The Daily Telegraph
"Nothing faulty about this evening of superb food and comedy" - Limelight Magazine, Sydney Opera House 2016
"Wonderfully traumatic...very funny" - Isolated Nation, Fringe World Perth 2017
Born in Brisbane in April 1997, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is a worldwide hit, appearing in around 20 countries and an ongoing residency in the heart of London's theatre land. Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is the most successful interactive comedy show of its kind.
There is another performance of the show on Wednesday 4th April
SOLD OUT
Links: http://www.torquaysuitetheatre.com/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/faultytowersthediningexperience/
Twitter: thefaultytowers
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Bizarre Bath
Date: Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Mother's Ruin - A Cabaret About Gin
Date: Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr30 incl interval
Price: £14 / £10 concs (see below *)
This flagship 5 star cabaret show is here in Bath for a full six day run Sun 1st - Fri 6th April at Bath Comedy Festival's favourite flexible venue and bar - Widcombe Social Club. Don't miss it!
Equal parts historical and hysterical, lose yourself in the company of sailors, barmaids and bootleggers in this darkly comic cabaret.
"Not only vocally sublime but a stroke of comedy genius" (TheatrePress), its critically acclaimed stars Maeve Marsden and Libby Wood return to the U.K. after playing to sold out crowds in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh and across Australia.
Mother's Ruin is a raucous journey through 18th Century London, a few New York speakeasies, the Australian bush and the jungles of Peru. Discover a little more about your favourite drop, with this mixed up musical history lesson delivered with dry wit and "almost symbiotic harmonies" (Adelaide Advertiser).
With music originally performed by Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Martha Wainwright, Tom Waits, The Pretenders, Jessie J and more, Mother's Ruin moves from misery to vaudeville in a moment, intertwining excess and prohibition, history and (re)invention.
"...Marsden and Wood maintain a spot-on balance of larky humour, bolshy political consciousness, palpable passion for their subject and sheer joie de vivre. Well worth raising a glass to." **** The Scotsman
"A raucous masterclass" ***** The Wee Review
"...it's the range, depth, and content of the stories Marsden and Wood tell us, along with the gorgeous harmony of their pure voices, that linger once the cabaret is over." ***** Time Out Sydney
"Blisteringly entertaining… Not everybody falls in love with gin, but I can't imagine too many audience members could resist the charms of Mother's Ruin." **** Daily Review
Nominated Best Cabaret, Perth Fringe World Festival; Best Writing, Green Room Awards; Best Cabaret, Sydney Theatre Awards.
This flagship 5 star cabaret show is here in Bath for a full six day run Sun 1st - Fri 6th April (show times vary) at Bath Comedy Festival's favourite flexible venue and bar - Widcombe Social Club. Don't miss it!
Click here to read the reviews.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341343
Links: http://www.mothersruincabaret.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mothersruincabaretau
Twitter: MothersRuinCab
You Tube footage:
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.28
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 6
Date: Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Venue: The Igloo
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: £5
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title.
There are three heats at The Igloo, two at the Westgate and seven at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is David Tsonos - "Very confident, knows his material totally and had the crowd roaring. Good face and voice for comedy, great timing" - The Stand Comedy Club
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 13th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, compered by Geoff Whiting (details here).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350181
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
David Mills - Rumour Has It
Date: Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
David Mills is back with another show of sharp commentary, cocktail-swagger and hilarious rants. No one is safe from Mills' acidic takes on pop culture, politics, celebrity and modern life.
Sharp-tongued sophisticated satire for adults fed up with whining millennial comedians.
As seen regularly on RT's Sam Delaney's News Thing and as Augustus Corbin in the movie, Florence Forster Jenkins (Dir Stephen Frears)
"A superior act. Mills is an archduke of comedy with the emphasis on ‘arch’." **** Chortle
"David Mills is a class act. Beautifully crafted, sparkling little missiles loaded with wit." **** Scotsman
Booking: Rondo Theatre
Online booking: http://rondotheatre.co.uk/box-office/
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Sally-Anne Hayward - Um...I Was Talking About You Not To You
Date: Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £9 / £7 concs (see below *)
Sally's had a gut full of fabricated food allergies. Her irritated bowel's not down to wheat intolerance - it turns out she's just intolerant.
A liberating diagnosis, as she can now legitimately embrace her bitchier side; so watch out fussy eaters, over-sharers, and definitely that busy-body of a neighbour who's not returned a single one of her home produced surveys on local off street parking.
"Warm and very funny" - Sarah Millican
"Extremely funny" - The Independent
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3335637
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.11
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Holt & Talbot - Mansplaining Feminism
Date: Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Still talking to each other after last year's Edinburgh success with 'Holt and Talbot Can't Stand The Sight Of Each Other', no one is more surprised than them.
Rosie Holt is unable to grasp some of the concepts of feminism but over the course an hour through bickering, sketches and an audacious bit of mansplaining, Christian attempts to set her straight.
"Refreshing and very funny" - BroadwayBaby.com
"Aroused my interest from the get-go" - FringeGuru
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341275
Links: http://www.christiantalbotcomedy.com
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd - Home Sweet Home
Date: Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8
The debut hour from the next big thing in Scottish comedy. As heard on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4extra.
"A charming young comic. Well-honed and well-delivered material." -The Scotsman
"Following in the footsteps of Kevin Bridges" - ITV
"A comedian on the ascent. The personal and political housed seamlessly." - The Skinny
"On the cusp of something big, and you don't want to miss it." - Daily Record
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3344974
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.07
Romina Puma - It's All My Mother's Fault!
Date: Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever!
It's a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her, and about selfishness as a last means of survival...What's not to laugh about?
"Personal, funny and frank" - Kate Copstick
"One to watch" Funny Women 2016"
"Vivacious, cheeky and gregarious, an Italian Jenny Eclair" - Views from the Gods
"Winner of the Blackout"
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3345463
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Thursday 5th April, 2018
Rachel Parris - Keynote
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.00pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
SOLD OUT
Rachel has been invited to be a guest speaker at her old school, but what kind of a role model is she really? Through stand-up, character and musical comedy, she explores what messed up message she can possibly offer to impressionable young minds.
Rachel is an award-winning musical comic whose songs have been played on BBC Radio 4, BBC 6 Music and who was listed in the BBC's Hot Talent List 2017. She has appeared in Murder in Successville, Plebs, The IT Crowd and most recently, satirical BBC show The Mash Report. She's also a founder member of smash hit improv show Austentatious.
"Frank and funny... tears of laughter" - Guardian
"A gifted performer" - Times
"Brutally funny" - Skinny
"Absolute genius - I was in tears" - I Talk Telly
"Brings to mind the late Victoria Wood" - Whats On London
SOLD OUT
Links: http://www.rachelparris.com
Twitter: rachelparris
Jake Baker - No Success Like Failure
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) brings his first solo hour to Bath, following a sold out run at VAULT festival.
Expect beguiling stories and big belly laughs as he examines success, failure, identity and pork pies.
"Definitely endearing" - Chortle
"Imaginative and original" - The Scotsman
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3335809
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Rare Species - Frome - The Fecund Coming
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: Frome
Doors: for 7.00pm show
Duration: 45 mins
Price: £8 adv / £10 on the day
Have you ever wondered why Frome is such a magnet for independent thinking creatives?
Why choose to put down roots in a small market town in Somerset?
What lies beneath its burgeoning success?
Allow esteemed whistorians Virginia Saggers and Gerald Terd to take you up the Via Delarosa, lifting the lid on Frome's prosperous CULTure.
Discover the power of the Holy Well, cross ley lines and nay lines, feel the the crystal winds between your cheeks and learn how sensible shoes can lead to spiritual awakenings.
Secret histories revealed, futures foretold, rumours reiterated. Which stars foretell our destiny, and which stars have been spotted in the local charity shops?
A fun Fromambulation and a load of old cobbles.
Meet at the top of Cheap Street, near the Holy Well BA11 1BH
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3338473
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.07
Bizarre Bath
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Mother's Ruin - A Cabaret About Gin
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr30 incl interval
Price: £14 / £10 concs (see below *)
This flagship 5 star cabaret show is here in Bath for a full six day run Sun 1st - Fri 6th April at Bath Comedy Festival's favourite flexible venue and bar - Widcombe Social Club. Don't miss it!
Equal parts historical and hysterical, lose yourself in the company of sailors, barmaids and bootleggers in this darkly comic cabaret.
"Not only vocally sublime but a stroke of comedy genius" (TheatrePress), its critically acclaimed stars Maeve Marsden and Libby Wood return to the U.K. after playing to sold out crowds in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh and across Australia.
Mother's Ruin is a raucous journey through 18th Century London, a few New York speakeasies, the Australian bush and the jungles of Peru. Discover a little more about your favourite drop, with this mixed up musical history lesson delivered with dry wit and "almost symbiotic harmonies" (Adelaide Advertiser).
With music originally performed by Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Martha Wainwright, Tom Waits, The Pretenders, Jessie J and more, Mother's Ruin moves from misery to vaudeville in a moment, intertwining excess and prohibition, history and (re)invention.
"...Marsden and Wood maintain a spot-on balance of larky humour, bolshy political consciousness, palpable passion for their subject and sheer joie de vivre. Well worth raising a glass to." **** The Scotsman
"A raucous masterclass" ***** The Wee Review
"...it's the range, depth, and content of the stories Marsden and Wood tell us, along with the gorgeous harmony of their pure voices, that linger once the cabaret is over." ***** Time Out Sydney
"Blisteringly entertaining… Not everybody falls in love with gin, but I can't imagine too many audience members could resist the charms of Mother's Ruin." **** Daily Review
Nominated Best Cabaret, Perth Fringe World Festival; Best Writing, Green Room Awards; Best Cabaret, Sydney Theatre Awards.
This flagship 5 star cabaret show is here in Bath for a full six day run Sun 1st - Fri 6th April (show times vary) at Bath Comedy Festival's favourite flexible venue and bar - Widcombe Social Club. Don't miss it!
Click here to read the reviews.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341343
Links: http://www.mothersruincabaret.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mothersruincabaretau
Twitter: MothersRuinCab
You Tube footage:
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.28
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 7
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: The Igloo
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: £5
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title.
There are three heats at The Igloo, two at the Westgate and seven at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Matthew Bayliss - Unashamedly middle class comedy, sharing stories of growing up and getting old in the leafy suburbs of middle England.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 13th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, compered by Geoff Whiting (details here).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350215
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Carl Hutchinson - Live
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £12
One of the UKs most in-demand comics Carl Hutchinson is set to perform his brand new show across the UK. Expect killer gags, highly entertaining stories and the trademark twisted logic that has made Carl a must-see fixture in the comedy world, it’s fair to say that "Hutchinson has it all" (Broadway Baby).
From tales of pulling sickies as a teacher to his family upbringing and wrestling with his favourite vices, this new show is easily the most brutally honest and hilariously self-deprecating outing for this Geordie comedian.
Chris Ramsey's tour support and as seen on Comedy Central's Stand Up Central & The Chris Ramsey Show.
"An absolute must... the next big thing!" - Skinny
"Hutchinson’s trump card is the way he interacts with the audience, rolling with every ooh and aah his material generated, giving a dynamism and spontaneity to his performance?." - Chortle
"The comedy catalyst to a great night out" - Three Weeks
Booking: Rondo Theatre
Online booking: http://rondotheatre.co.uk/box-office/
Gamble & Hoskins
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: Mission Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8
Late bloomer Stewart and maturing nicely Darren combine their limited talents - but excessive experience, to produce a comedy show that is hopefully greater than its parts.
With only the aid of a ukulele, a bed of nails and a hat with a hole in, they plan to entertain you with a 'rolling mix' of stand-up comedy, songs, stories and skits.
So come along and have a laugh, as they display death defying optimism in the face of ageing.
Booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/gamble-hoskins/
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
Online sales: £1.00. Credit Card transaction fee: £2.00..
Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Markus Birdman - Grimm Realities
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
Growing up, my preacherman father made me draw Bible stories. I don't remember the stories, but I draw great.
The 5 Star Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show, nominated for Amused Moose Best Show Award, from the NZ Comedy Guild Best international Comedian Award Nominee.
A modern day comedic and visual take on those Grimm's classics, Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. A reality tale for the 21st century. A children's fable for adults.
My previous shows had short jokes, and tall stories. I thought it was high time to combine these with my drawings. Especially since Rolf Harris left a gap in the market.
"Birdman's show is a triumph. Grimm Realities deals with coming to terms with his daughter growing up, with a mixture of comical perspectives and re-imagined fairy tales. Not so filthy that it's crass, but filthy and clever enough to warrant constant laughter from the audience." ***** Edinburgh Reporter
"Probably the most absorbing show I have seen. Completely spellbinding." **** Chortle
"Meditative but not mournful, he makes us feel part of his story. Hugely enjoyable and lots of ruddy good gags." **** Scotsman
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3336454
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
Pauline Eyre & Rebecca How - Better
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Two Women. One Objective. To work out how to be Better.
Rebecca is floundering through her thirties, attempting to balance her feminist ideals with getting a boyfriend.
Pauline's into her 50's, juggling husband, kids & career; to her, floundering through your thirties without any responsibility looks like a lot of fun.
In one hour they'll take you from horses, handshakes and horrendous dates to marriage, mansplaining and the menopause.
No really, it'll be fun!
"Fabulous, funny and brilliant!" - Fitzroy Club
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3346324
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Open Mic Playgroup
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: Free
A free open mic night of music and comedy in the newly refurbished Back Bar at The Bell.
Appearances have been known to include local stand-ups like Ben Thurston and Sam Cottle, possible spots from visiting professional comedians who are in town for the Festival, and reunion sketches from The Unrelated Family, Bath’s veteran sketch-botherers.
Arrive early if you’d like to perform.
Facebook: http://facebook.com/bellbackbar
Diane Spencer - 2018 Collection
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
Brand new stand-up comedy hour from delightfully engaging stand-up comedian Diane Spencer.
With her charming onstage persona and refreshingly honest confessional style, Diane delivers heart-warming autobiographical wit and laugh-out-loud humour.
Her other 7 hit shows are all available on YouTube.
"Not for the faint-hearted but also not to be missed" 5 stars ThreeWeeks
"Artists use paint to depict their work, Ms Spencer uses well-crafted words and stories to illustrate her art, words that ensured her set was full of genuine laugh out loud moments.” 4 stars One4Review
"Personable, ballsy and hilarious" 4 stars BroadwayBaby
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3337648
Links: http://www.dianespencer.tv
Facebook: http://facebook.com/dianespencerfun
Twitter: dianespencerfun
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
Maisie Adam - Vague
Date: Thursday 5th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
18 months ago, Maisie decided to try stand-up comedy. Within a year, she found herself winning the biggest stand-up comedy newcomer competition (becoming the 4th woman to have done so in its 30 year history), opening for Stephen K Amos, and a Best New Comedy nomination at Brighton Fringe.
Now, in a Work-In-Progress of her Edinburgh debut, the northerner and self-confessed "Slave to the Sesh" relays her experiences of navigating the recklessness of youth with a condition that requires you to be a "Sensible Susan".
Winner 'So You Think You're Funny?' - 2017
"Exudes an appealing, quirky energy…clearly a natural wit" – Steve Bennett, Chortle
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341207
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Friday 6th April, 2018
Jake Baker - No Success Like Failure
Date: Friday 6th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) brings his first solo hour to Bath, following a sold out run at VAULT festival.
Expect beguiling stories and big belly laughs as he examines success, failure, identity and pork pies.
"Definitely endearing" - Chortle
"Imaginative and original" - The Scotsman
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3335809
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Unravelled Commedia Company - A Night at the Novelty Theatre
Date: Friday 6th April, 2018
Venue: Mission Theatre
Doors: for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr30min
Price: £8 / £5
A very happy return to The Mission Theatre for this delicious chocolate box of a Variety show, performed in the traditional Music Hall style.
This year's selection is crammed with even more sweet-hearted songs, baffling eccentric dances, impossible feats and breath-taking musical virtuosity.
The Unravelled Commedia Company are artistes from another time, lovingly restored to working order and displayed for a delicious hour and a half of Edwardiana. Unmissable.
Booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/a-night-at-the-novelty-theatre-2/
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
Online sales: £1.00. Credit Card transaction fee: £2.00..
Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Rachel Parris - Keynote
Date: Friday 6th April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr15mins
Price: £10
SOLD OUT
Extra show due to phenomenal demand!
Rachel has been invited to be a guest speaker at her old school, but what kind of a role model is she really? Through stand-up, character and musical comedy, she explores what messed up message she can possibly offer to impressionable young minds.
Rachel is an award-winning musical comic whose songs have been played on BBC Radio 4, BBC 6 Music and who was listed in the BBC's Hot Talent List 2017. She has appeared in Murder in Successville, Plebs, The IT Crowd and most recently, satirical BBC show The Mash Report. She's also a founder member of smash hit improv show Austentatious.
"Frank and funny... tears of laughter" - Guardian
"A gifted performer" - Times
"Brutally funny" - Skinny
"Absolute genius - I was in tears" - I Talk Telly
"Brings to mind the late Victoria Wood" - Whats On London
SOLD OUT
STOP PRESS - THE BATH PLUG 2018
When Bath Comedy Festival launched the Bath Plug Award, with Terry Jones as our first winner in 2015, followed by subsequent esteemed comedy greats Peter Richardson and Barry Cryer, it may have seemed like a 'lifetime achievement award', but in fact The Bath Plug is awarded every year to those who have proven themselves outstanding comic talents, no matter at which end of their career they are; particularly for good friends of the Festival and performers and writers who have provided a unique voice in British comedy.
Rachel Parris has often returned to Bath, and now her brand of smiling satire has gone viral (in a good way) around the world. We're honoured to make her the 4th recipient of the Festival's prestigious piece of bathroom ephemera, while we can.
At the end of this show there will be a short presentation by co-creators of The Bath Plug - respected aficionado, comedy historian and author Jem Roberts and Festival Director Nick Steel.
Bizarre Bath
Date: Friday 6th April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 8
Date: Friday 6th April, 2018
Venue: The Igloo
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: £5
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title.
There are three heats at The Igloo, two at the Westgate and seven at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Chris Tavner - Covering everything from current affairs to the family, his observational style ranges from dry wit to the completely absurd.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 13th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, compered by Geoff Whiting (details here).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350218
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Croft & Pearce Are Not Themselves
Date: Friday 6th April, 2018
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
Croft & Pearce are rising stars in UK comedy. After a total sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe and a hit series on BBC Radio 4 ('The Croft & Pearce Show'), these award-winning comedians bring their hilarious sketch comedy show to The Rondo for one night only.
A BBC 'Next Big Thing' Act , they've sold out theatres in London, New York and around the UK and are fast gaining recognition for their unique brand of sketch comedy, which cleverly interlinks a wide range of immaculately written and beautifully performed characters. Not to be missed!
"Tomorrow's television stars" **** The Herald
"Laugh out loud" - Daily Express
"Masters of pinpoint observation and characterisation" - The Telegraph
"A sidesplitting sketch show featuring BBC Radio 4’s beloved comedians" - The Culture Trip
"It’s getting tougher to catch them, though, as they’re selling out from good word of mouth!" **** The List (Edinburgh)
Age 16+
Booking: Rondo Theatre
Online booking: http://rondotheatre.co.uk/box-office/
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Pauline Eyre & Rebecca How - Better
Date: Friday 6th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Two Women. One Objective. To work out how to be Better.
Rebecca is floundering through her thirties, attempting to balance her feminist ideals with getting a boyfriend.
Pauline's into her 50's, juggling husband, kids & career; to her, floundering through your thirties without any responsibility looks like a lot of fun.
In one hour they'll take you from horses, handshakes and horrendous dates to marriage, mansplaining and the menopause.
No really, it'll be fun!
"Fabulous, funny and brilliant!" - Fitzroy Club
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3346324
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Chris Norton Walker - YEAH!
Date: Friday 6th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
A gloriously inventive hour of one liners, jokes and puns, gags, and wordplay.
A show with music, silliness and a hell of a lot of laughter. Held together by a man trying to make the world a better place one joke at a time!
"Funniest show of the Fringe...Hilarious One Liners" ***** Barbican Theatre (Plymouth)
"Chris Norton Walker is a comedy dream, non stop laughter, a must see for all!" - The Comedy Cavern
"Chris Norton Walker was one of the best value for money headliners ever" - Nottingham Comedy Festival
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3344814
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Mother's Ruin - A Cabaret About Gin
Date: Friday 6th April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 9.30pm for 10.00pm show
Duration: 1hr30 incl interval
Price: £14 / £10 concs (see below *)
This flagship 5 star cabaret show is here in Bath for a full six day run Sun 1st - Fri 6th April at Bath Comedy Festival's favourite flexible venue and bar - Widcombe Social Club. Don't miss it!
Equal parts historical and hysterical, lose yourself in the company of sailors, barmaids and bootleggers in this darkly comic cabaret.
"Not only vocally sublime but a stroke of comedy genius" (TheatrePress), its critically acclaimed stars Maeve Marsden and Libby Wood return to the U.K. after playing to sold out crowds in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh and across Australia.
Mother's Ruin is a raucous journey through 18th Century London, a few New York speakeasies, the Australian bush and the jungles of Peru. Discover a little more about your favourite drop, with this mixed up musical history lesson delivered with dry wit and "almost symbiotic harmonies" (Adelaide Advertiser).
With music originally performed by Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Martha Wainwright, Tom Waits, The Pretenders, Jessie J and more, Mother's Ruin moves from misery to vaudeville in a moment, intertwining excess and prohibition, history and (re)invention.
"...Marsden and Wood maintain a spot-on balance of larky humour, bolshy political consciousness, palpable passion for their subject and sheer joie de vivre. Well worth raising a glass to." **** The Scotsman
"A raucous masterclass" ***** The Wee Review
"...it's the range, depth, and content of the stories Marsden and Wood tell us, along with the gorgeous harmony of their pure voices, that linger once the cabaret is over." ***** Time Out Sydney
"Blisteringly entertaining… Not everybody falls in love with gin, but I can't imagine too many audience members could resist the charms of Mother's Ruin." **** Daily Review
Nominated Best Cabaret, Perth Fringe World Festival; Best Writing, Green Room Awards; Best Cabaret, Sydney Theatre Awards.
This flagship 5 star cabaret show is here in Bath for a full six day run Sun 1st - Fri 6th April (show times vary) at Bath Comedy Festival's favourite flexible venue and bar - Widcombe Social Club. Don't miss it!
Click here to read the reviews.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341343
Links: http://www.mothersruincabaret.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mothersruincabaretau
Twitter: MothersRuinCab
You Tube footage:
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.28
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Saturday 7th April, 2018
David Ephgrave - Under Construction
Date: Saturday 7th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 2.15pm for 2.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
CANCELLED
We're sorry to announce this show has been cancelled due to unavoidable sircumstances
The daily-blogging comic presents work in progress for his new show. Among Daily Telegraph's '20 Funniest One-Liners' and Comedy Central's '35 Funniest Jokes from 2017' at Edinburgh Fringe.
"As smooth as they come" - BBC
"Devastatingly witty" - EdFest Mag
"Ephgrave is a very likeable standup, confident but not cocky, and a lot of fun to spend time with... he's a natural entertainer" - View from the Gods
"Wonderfully innovative comedy" - Broadway Baby
"Never a dull hour" - List
There is another performance of the show on Sunday 8th April
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341254
Links: http://www.mostlydavidephgrave.blogspot.co.uk
Twitter: david_ephgrave
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Tales of Britain Live
Date: Saturday 7th April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 3.30pm for 4.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £3 on the door
To celebrate the publication of the first British treasury of folktales in over 30 years - a roadmap of 77 retold tales, from Land's End to John O'Groats, with tourist guides, we present the first ever comedy special of TALES OF BRITAIN LIVE, with an hour of the funniest British stories and myths, as performed by Brother Bernard (author and comedian Jem Roberts) and Sister Sal (Kate Harbour, Bob the Builder, Shaun the Sheep).
With free sweeties!
Children under 6 supervised.
See the Tales of Britain web site for more information:
Links: http://www.talesofbritain.com
Download poster:
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Sally-Anne Hayward - Work In Progress
Date: Saturday 7th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 3.45pm for 4.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
In between supporting Sarah Millican on tour Sally-Anne is gearing up for the Edinburgh Festival with a new show called Comedienne-ess.
An hour of jokes from a female/woman who is unashamed to embrace her bitchier side. She is hoping that her show title gets some women marching - if only to show off their new shoes.
"Extremely Funny" - The Independent
**** The Skinny
**** Three Weeks
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3344945
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Kane & Abel - Breaking The Magicians' Code
Date: Saturday 7th April, 2018
Venue: Mission Theatre
Doors: for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr45min incl interval
Price: £12 / £10
Following a decade of abiding by the Magicians’ Code of Conduct passed down to them by their grandfather, twin tricksters Kane & Abel decided to break every single code to see how different their lives would be.
It turns out being bad feels great, and Kane & Abel have spent the past year touring the UK with their anarchic show Breaking the Magicians’ Code.
"A superb mixture of humour, magic and audience participation - a thoroughly enjoyable experience." - EdFringe Review
Booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/breaking-the-magicians-code-2/
Links: https://www.kaneandabelmagic.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/kaneandabelmagic
Twitter: KaneAbelMagic
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
Online sales: £1.00. Credit Card transaction fee: £2.00..
Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Bizarre Bath
Date: Saturday 7th April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Krater Comedy Club - Paul McCaffrey, Jarred Christmas, Robert White & MC Sally-Anne Hayward
Date: Saturday 7th April, 2018
Venue: Komedia
Doors: 6.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £9 - £48
Watch three top stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award Winning Restaurant.
And for the full Saturday Night Out Krater Comedy Club ticket holders on Saturday gain FREE ENTRY, without a queue to the sell-out club night Motorcity.
Tonight's line-up:
Paul McCaffrey
Jarred Christmas
Robert White
MC Sally-Anne Hayward
"Pick of the Week" – The Guardian
"THE place to catch stand-up comedy" – The Independent
Prices: £48 VIP ticket / £30.50 Meal Deal / £20 Auditorium / £16.50 Balcony / £13 Balcony Concession / £9 Student Balcony
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: http://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/cabaret/krater/
Brew House Saturday Night Live Line-up - starring Jarred Christmas & Wes Packer
Date: Saturday 7th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £12
A Saturday night line-up presented by Mirth Control, starring:
Jarred Christmas
A dynamic onstage persona and the ability to improvise and roll with anything that's thrown his way, making his comedy sizzle with originality.
Stephen Carlin
Original and insightful writing style and accomplished delivery.
Wes Packer
An exciting and fearless act and a firm favourite with audiences and fellow comedians.
Elle Bert
A witty and comical look on life, she tackles almost any subject that most would steer clear of.
Geoff Whiting (MC)
An established and popular compere, Geoff is a strong and versatile act and has appeared on TV and radio as well as performing at every notable comedy club in the country. He also heads up Mirth Control Comedy.
"Geoff Whiting takes the stage with consummate ease and works the audience like a miner at the coal face, digging out nuggets of information to fuel his comedy" - Independent on Sunday
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350140
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.21
George Egg - DIY Chef
Date: Saturday 7th April, 2018
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
Direct from Total Sell Outs at the Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe 2017 and Brighton Fringe 2017, and following sell out Edinburgh Fringe runs in 2015 and 2016 plus a sell-out UK tour, award winning* comedian George Egg (the ‘Anarchist Cook’) returns with a BRAND NEW SHOW demonstrating more live cooking and laugh-out-loud comedy.
In George Egg: DIY Chef a health scare sees George banned him from the family kitchen, but relocated to the garden shed his imagination and resourcefulness lead him to build an improvised kitchen there instead. During an inspiring and inventive evening of stand-up, live cooking and comedy lecture, George prepares a breakfast, a lunch and a dinner using the most unconventional of methods.
It’s funny, inspiring and absurd in equal measure. Expect power tools, gardening equipment and office supplies to be re-purposed and abused. Expect lots of laughs. Expect to learn something new. And you get to taste the food at the end.**
*Spirit of the Fringe Award 2015
**at your own risk!
"Brilliantly Funny" - The Observer (Jay Rayner)
"The wonderfully talented George Egg is genuinely unique" - The Independent
"Trust us, you won’t believe how good the food tastes" - The Scotsman
Booking: Rondo Theatre
Online booking: http://rondotheatre.co.uk/box-office/
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Esther Manito & Jake Howie - Out Rage
Date: Saturday 7th April, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
A split hour of stand-up featuring two of London's up-and-coming stand-up comedians:
Esther Manito: Finalist in Bath New Act Of The Year 2017 and So You Think You're Funny 2017.
Jake Howie: Crowned the Reading Comedy Festival New Act Of The Year.
OUT RAGE is a funny, frank tale of being outrageous, outwardly full of rage and ragingly out, in every description of the words.
Esther and Jake bring a warm, engaging and utterly hilarious take on the world, ensuring audiences leave with a smile on their faces.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3355275
Download poster:
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Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Sunday 8th April, 2018
The Wine Arts Trail 2018
Date: Sunday 8th April, 2018
Venue: To be revealed...
Doors: 10.40am for 11.00am show
Duration: 2.5hrs (approx!)
Price: £30
SOLD OUT
The ultimate magical mystery tour! Jump on the big red bus and discover the secret corners of our super city.
At every stop, a surprise! With every surprise, a glass of wine!
The fabulously bonkers outing is a perennial favourite amongst comedy aficionados. As usual, this year boasts a brand new top secret route, lashings of vino and a lorra lorra laughs.
Hosted by Ralph Oswick, with guest clippie the highly entertaining and Absolutely Fabulous Helen Lederer*
Dress code: Beautiful bonnets, hilarious hats and terrific titfers.
"Was that real?"..."Did that happen?"..."Are we nearly there Dad?"
Now in its 11th incarnation, The Wine Arts Trail is a comedy institution and tickets sell very quickly, so don’t delay, book today.
There are two trips - 11am and 3pm set-off times. Please get to the start for doors opening time - 20 minutes before set-off - for your welcome glass of bubbly.
Sponsored by Great Western Wine and Morgan Brinkhurst Consultancy.
Grown-ups only. Please drink responsibly.
*Helen Lederer appears subject to availability
SOLD OUT
You Tube footage:
The Wine Arts Trail 2018
Date: Sunday 8th April, 2018
Venue: To be revealed...
Doors: 2.40pm for 3.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs (approx!)
Price: £30
SOLD OUT
The 3pm trip is now sold out, but there is still space on the 11am tour if you're quick! - Click here
The ultimate magical mystery tour! Jump on the big red bus and discover the secret corners of our super city.
At every stop, a surprise! With every surprise, a glass of wine!
The fabulously bonkers outing is a perennial favourite amongst comedy aficionados. As usual, this year boasts a brand new top secret route, lashings of vino and a lorra lorra laughs.
Hosted by Ralph Oswick, with guest clippie the highly entertaining and Absolutely Fabulous Helen Lederer*
Dress code: Beautiful bonnets, hilarious hats and terrific titfers.
"Was that real?"..."Did that happen?"..."Are we nearly there Dad?"
Now in its 11th incarnation, The Wine Arts Trail is a comedy institution and tickets sell very quickly, so don’t delay, book today.
There are two trips - 11am and 3pm set-off times. Please get to the start for doors opening time - 20 minutes before set-off - for your welcome glass of bubbly.
Sponsored by Great Western Wine and Morgan Brinkhurst Consultancy.
Grown-ups only. Please drink responsibly.
*Helen Lederer appears subject to availability
SOLD OUT
You Tube footage:
Sally-Anne Hayward - Work In Progress
Date: Sunday 8th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 3.15pm for 3.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
In between supporting Sarah Millican on tour Sally-Anne is gearing up for the Edinburgh Festival with a new show called Comedienne-ess.
An hour of jokes from a female/woman who is unashamed to embrace her bitchier side. She is hoping that her show title gets some women marching - if only to show off their new shoes.
"Extremely Funny" - The Independent
**** The Skinny
**** Three Weeks
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3344945
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
David Ephgrave - Under Construction
Date: Sunday 8th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 4.45pm for 5.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
CANCELLED
We're sorry to announce this show has been cancelled due to unavoidable sircumstances
The daily-blogging comic presents work in progress for his new show. Among Daily Telegraph's '20 Funniest One-Liners' and Comedy Central's '35 Funniest Jokes from 2017' at Edinburgh Fringe.
"As smooth as they come" - BBC
"Devastatingly witty" - EdFest Mag
"Ephgrave is a very likeable standup, confident but not cocky, and a lot of fun to spend time with... he's a natural entertainer" - View from the Gods
"Wonderfully innovative comedy" - Broadway Baby
"Never a dull hour" - List
There is another performance of the show on Saturday 7th April
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341254
Links: http://www.mostlydavidephgrave.blogspot.co.uk
Twitter: david_ephgrave
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
The Unrelated Family - Funny Noises
Date: Sunday 8th April, 2018
Venue: Moles Nightclub
Doors: 5.30pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £5 on the door
The Unrelated Family, Bath's premier comedy-troupe-cum-ukulele-rock-orchestra, return with The Bath Comedy Festival's annual celebration of comedy music.
For the eighth year running, we present two hours of absolute classics from the greatest comedy musicians of all time.
Featuring songs from Victoria Wood, Bill Bailey, Flight of the Conchords, Hugh Laurie, The Bonzo Dog Band, Ian Dury, Vic & Bob and many many more, plus very special guest, Bath musical comedian wunderkind YONIC!
All proceeds to Bath Food Bank.
Links: http://www.jemroberts.com
Download poster:
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01225 437537
David Hoare and Richard James - My Cool Mac & Tyre
Date: Sunday 8th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Bristol based comedians, David Hoare (Stand Up For Cider Finalist 2018) and Richard James ("Quick wit and hilarious anecdotes" - New Life Magazine), bring you a preview of their Edinburgh show.
David is a musical comedian with a disdain for Flat-Earthers and a love of spreadsheets.
Richard is a country boy with a love for pub quizzes and serial killers.
Come and enjoy an hour of hilarious jokes and silly songs.
Work in progress.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341201
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Sunday 8th April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Elf Lyons - Swan
Date: Sunday 8th April, 2018
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
Edinburgh Comedy Awards - Nominee for ‘Best Show’ 2017
BBC New Talent Hot List 2017
Malcolm Hardee Award nominee for Originality 2017
The giraffe-limbed clown and raconteur is delighted to bring her Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated show to the Bath Comedy festival: a one woman production of Swan Lake. In an hour. (Yes, really). Matthew Bourne would be proud. Think big. Think weird. It’s going to be fun. And sexy. Yeah, let’s throw that word in there too. Graduate of L’Ecole Philippe Gaulier.
"Clowning at its most accessible, and just amazing." ***** Three Weeks
"The funniest thing you’ll see." ***** Voice Mag
"Elf Lyons has more creativity in her first five minutes than half the other comics here have in their entire show." - Scotsman
"A fast-talking, smart-thinking stand-up for whom the adjective “kooky” could have been invented for." - Guardian
Booking: Rondo Theatre
Online booking: http://rondotheatre.co.uk/box-office/
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Milo McCabe - An Evening With Troy Hawke
Date: Sunday 8th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Poundland's plastic communism, the nefarious get rich quick allure of the Bingo, the empty capitalistic promise of the Waitrose and more come under the inscrutable eye of the Hawke! Indeed, the world according to Troy has been spreading frenziedly on the internet.
"Undeniably funny" - Chortle
"Mad comic genius" - Scotsman
"Brilliantly sharp, lacing his wit with just a touch of the surreal" - EdFest Magazine
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3338456
Links: http://www.milomccabe.co.uk
Facebook: http://facebook.com/troyhawkecomedy
Twitter: milocomedy
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Monday 9th April, 2018
Josh Pugh - These Things
Date: Monday 9th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
What are the things that define us? The books on our shelves? The clothes on our backs? The weird things we say?
These Things is the brand new show from English Comedian of the Year 2016 and Chortle Comedian to watch 2017 and looks at identity from the
outside in.
Work in progress.
"Semi-surrealism is alive and well." - The List
"Flashes of genius." - Ticketmaster
**** EdFest
**** One4Review
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3344990
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Monday 9th April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Henning Wehn - Das Neuen Materialen Nachten
Date: Monday 9th April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs approx incl interval
Price: £15
SOLD OUT
Join the German Comedy Ambassador for Teutonic jolliness at its best. Expect some old favourites and plenty of new ideas.
Some might call it work-in-progress but Henning prefers to describe it as masterpiece-under-construction.
"Forget the Euro, Henning hits the Mark" - Nottingham Post
"Cor blimey" - The Guardian
Henning's recent TV and radio appearances include hosting 'Live At The Apollo' (BBC 2), 'Have I Got News For You' (BBC 1), 'Bake Off Extra Slice' (Channel 4), 'The Unbelievable Truth' (BBC Radio 4) and 'Fighting Talk' (BBC 5 Live). A DVD of his last tour show, 'Westpahlia Is Not An Option', recorded Live in rural Devon at The Babbacombe Theatre Torquay, is available from 24th November 2017.
"Wehn wraps his vowels around the issues of immigration and identity. And he triumphs at it" - The Times
There is another performance of the show on Tuesday 10th April
SOLD OUT
Links: http://www.henningwehn.de
New Act Competition - Heat 9
Date: Monday 9th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: £5
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title.
There are three heats at The Igloo, two at the Westgate and seven at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Gareth Berliner - Natural storyteller with a warm stage presence.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 13th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, compered by Geoff Whiting (details here).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350222
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Tuesday 10th April, 2018
Tom Lucy - Work In Progress
Date: Tuesday 10th April, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
CANCELLED
We regret to inform you that this show has been cancelled due to touring work commitments.
After winning the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2016, Tom Lucy has gone on to support Jack Whitehall on his recent arena tour and sold out his entire run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017.
Join Tom as he debuts his brand-new hour of stand up.
"Watch him live and you'll quickly understand the excitement" - The Guardian
"The best new comedian I've seen in ages" - Jack Whitehall
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3349968
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Alison Thea-Skot and Lorna Shaw - Work In Progress
Date: Tuesday 10th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Alison Thea-Skot explodes sizzlingly chaotic, work in progress, character comedy.
The Observer's Female Millennials Changing Comedy. As heard on BBC Radio 4.
"Brave, silly, a little bit unhinged and very, very funny" ***** Funny Women
"An arresting spectacle" **** Scotsman
"Devious and gleefully naughty characters" **** Skinny
Radio and TV regular Lorna Shaw brings new material to the stage in the form of stand-up, storytelling and music.
Featured in 'Best Jokes of the Edinburgh Festival 2017' Evening Standard. As seen on Plebs (ITV2), as heard on BBC Radio 4's Newsjack.
"Expect off-beat brilliance and songs" **** The Times
"Lorna is an exceptional talent who is going places" **** Funny Women
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350053
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Tuesday 10th April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Henning Wehn - Das Neuen Materialen Nachten
Date: Tuesday 10th April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs approx incl interval
Price: £15
SOLD OUT
Join the German Comedy Ambassador for Teutonic jolliness at its best. Expect some old favourites and plenty of new ideas.
Some might call it work-in-progress but Henning prefers to describe it as masterpiece-under-construction.
"Forget the Euro, Henning hits the Mark" - Nottingham Post
"Cor blimey" - The Guardian
Henning's recent TV and radio appearances include hosting 'Live At The Apollo' (BBC 2), 'Have I Got News For You' (BBC 1), 'Bake Off Extra Slice' (Channel 4), 'The Unbelievable Truth' (BBC Radio 4) and 'Fighting Talk' (BBC 5 Live). A DVD of his last tour show, 'Westpahlia Is Not An Option', recorded Live in rural Devon at The Babbacombe Theatre Torquay, is available from 24th November 2017.
"Wehn wraps his vowels around the issues of immigration and identity. And he triumphs at it" - The Times
There is another performance of the show on Monday 9th April
SOLD OUT
Links: http://www.henningwehn.de
New Act Competition - Heat 10
Date: Tuesday 10th April, 2018
Venue: The Westgate
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: £5
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title.
There are three heats at The Igloo, two at the Westgate and seven at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Drew Taylor - Welsh comic with a sharp observational style combined with a strong stage presence.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 13th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, compered by Geoff Whiting (details here).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350197
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Seasoned Plums
Date: Tuesday 10th April, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Seasoned Plums is an hour of stand-up comedy featuring three acts:
Morgan Rees (BBC New Comedy Finalist 2017)
Jamie D'Souza (So You Think You’re Funny Finalist 2017)
Riordan DJ (Chortle Student Comedy Winner 2017)
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3352329
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Carey Marx - Contrary Carey
Date: Tuesday 10th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Taking a lesson from Donald Trump, Carey's decided to become arrogant, certain, and unapologetic.
So, this show is going to be the best thing in history, definitely, and sod anyone who disagrees.
Work in progress
"Anecdotally debauched" ***** Herald
"A comic at his gleeful best" ***** Edinburgh Evening News
"Sharp, sweet, cheeky, cynical, romantic and rude as he ever was" **** Chortle
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350042
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Si Deaves - Si's Matters
Date: Tuesday 10th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Nuclear annihilation!! Brexit?! Rabies?? There are so many issues in the world today, yet Si Deaves still finds time to worry about the little things, in his own unique way.
Join Si's world as he tackles public abuse of grammar, superstitions, fears of inadequacy and much more in his official debut stand-up hour, Si's Matters.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3344955
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Phil Cooper - Work In Progress
Date: Tuesday 10th April, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Phil Cooper runs through what will eventually be a sterling Edinburgh show.
Come and see ideas that will be amazing and others that may never see the light of day again so in that way it's kinda special.
Phil's show last year was a success and made into a tv special for s4c so he knows what he's doing.
"Makes comedy look simple" - Fosters Comedy
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3354317
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Wednesday 11th April, 2018
Archie Maddocks - Matchstick
Date: Wednesday 11th April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.00pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5
Award winning comedian Archie Maddocks presents an hour of biting, provocative, unflinchingly funny comedy where he explores his deepest and darkest thoughts, exposes his flaws and interrogates his personal connection to the Grenfell Tower fire.
Fresh from a stint in the BBC Writers room, having previously toured South Africa and Europe, this "supercool, super smart storyteller" (Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke and Evening Standard) hilariously explores life, love and loss with a candid authenticity, marking him out as a "real highlight" (BBC).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3338986
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Lou Conran - At Least I'm Not Dog Poo Darren
Date: Wednesday 11th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Conran returns after a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017, with a show about presumption, misunderstandings and misgivings.
"Laugh out loud hilarious" ****The Scotsman
"An innately strong storyteller" **** Chortle
"A masterclass in long form comedy" ***** Edinburgh Guide
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3345471
Links: http://www.louconran.com
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Wednesday 11th April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Jamie Oliphant and Dan Audritt - Work In Progress
Date: Wednesday 11th April, 2018
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Jamie Oliphant ("Very Funny" - Stephen K Amos) and Dan Audritt ("A winning wit" - Bruce Dessau) bring an hour of new jokes to Bath Comedy Festival.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3348622
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
New Act Competition - Heat 11
Date: Wednesday 11th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: £5
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title.
There are three heats at The Igloo, two at the Westgate and seven at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is David Tsonos - "Very confident, knows his material totally and had the crowd roaring. Good face and voice for comedy, great timing" - The Stand Comedy Club
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 13th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, compered by Geoff Whiting (details here).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350207
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Tom Stade - I Swear
Date: Wednesday 11th April, 2018
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £17.50
He's back, by overwhelming popular demand!
After a hiatus from the touring scene, get ready for another epic blast of Tom Stade! Direct from the Edinburgh Festival, the Canadian tour-de-force is back with a brand-new show for 2017.
Renowned for his carefree attitude and broad-minded vision, nothing is taboo to this enlightened and captivating comedy legend. Combining off-the-scale charm, razor-sharp wit and a no-holds-barred attitude; Tom pledges to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
As seen on BBC One’s Live at the Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, The John Bishop Show and Ch4’s Comedy Gala.
Kick back and enter the awesome and mischievous world of Tom Stade as he provides an inspiring and incisive antidote to these dark and uncertain times.
Simply sublime comedy...I Swear.
Booking: Rondo Theatre
Online booking: http://rondotheatre.co.uk/box-office/
Links: http://www.tomstade.co.uk
Bentley Browning and Simon Capes - Comedy Double Whammy
Date: Wednesday 11th April, 2018
Venue: Assembly Inn
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: Free entry (donations)
Bentley Browning and Simon Capes team up to bring you an hour of comedy.
Bentley explores failure through the cracked lens of his quirky attempts at showbiz success, being a celebrity lookalike and teaching vicars how to laugh.
Simon meanwhile wonders if he has time enough left on this earth to explore anything, as he is a classic procrastinator and self confessed late developer.
Praise for Bentley Browning: "Brill" - Marc Dolan. "Fabulous and flamboyant **** Open Door Theatre
Praise for Simon Capes: "Impeccable comic timing" - Mark Savage
Booking: Free (donations)
Matt Green - These People
Date: Wednesday 11th April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £7.50
Matt has been doing stand up for 15 years and he's got pretty good at it. Come and hear his latest thoughts about the current state of the world. Spoiler alert: he's not keen.
Featuring applying for an Irish passport, going viral with JK Rowling and trying not to argue about Brexit.
Preview show.
"Really funny" **** Scotsman
"Why someone as funny as this isn't doing the Apollo, or having a Radio Four series of his own, is a bit of a mystery. Maybe one day. Let's hope so." **** Theatre Bath
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3338993
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.05
Sam Carrington - All Grown Up
Date: Wednesday 11th April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 9.15pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5
Sam Carrington turned 40 last year, join as he contemplates this milestone by working out where he's been, where he's going, and if his cheese-based drink will ever take off.
"Has a career mapped out in stand up comedy! **** The Mirror
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3345489
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Thursday 12th April, 2018
Sam Fraser - Stand Up, Weather Girl!
Date: Thursday 12th April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.00pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5
Sam Fraser has been a stand-by BBC local weather presenter since 2012. It's been a steep learning curve.
Having been distracted by online comments about her bottom, she wonders can you be a full time feminist and a part time weather girl?
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3344964
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Jake Baker - No Success Like Failure
Date: Thursday 12th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 6.15pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) brings his first solo hour to Bath, following a sold out run at VAULT festival.
Expect beguiling stories and big belly laughs as he examines success, failure, identity and pork pies.
"Definitely endearing" - Chortle
"Imaginative and original" - The Scotsman
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3335809
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Rare Species - Frome - The Fecund Coming
Date: Thursday 12th April, 2018
Venue: Frome
Doors: for 7.00pm show
Duration: 45 mins
Price: £8 adv / £10 on the day
Have you ever wondered why Frome is such a magnet for independent thinking creatives?
Why choose to put down roots in a small market town in Somerset?
What lies beneath its burgeoning success?
Allow esteemed whistorians Virginia Saggers and Gerald Terd to take you up the Via Delarosa, lifting the lid on Frome's prosperous CULTure.
Discover the power of the Holy Well, cross ley lines and nay lines, feel the the crystal winds between your cheeks and learn how sensible shoes can lead to spiritual awakenings.
Secret histories revealed, futures foretold, rumours reiterated. Which stars foretell our destiny, and which stars have been spotted in the local charity shops?
A fun Fromambulation and a load of old cobbles.
Meet at the top of Cheap Street, near the Holy Well BA11 1BH
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3338473
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.07
Bizarre Bath
Date: Thursday 12th April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 12
Date: Thursday 12th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: £5
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title.
There are three heats at The Igloo, two at the Westgate and seven at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Jo Romero - A very energetic and expressive performer, her material always sounds truly "felt" as well as being very funny.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 13th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, compered by Geoff Whiting (details here).
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350213
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Tom Stade - I Swear
Date: Thursday 12th April, 2018
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £17.50
He's back, by overwhelming popular demand!
After a hiatus from the touring scene, get ready for another epic blast of Tom Stade! Direct from the Edinburgh Festival, the Canadian tour-de-force is back with a brand-new show for 2017.
Renowned for his carefree attitude and broad-minded vision, nothing is taboo to this enlightened and captivating comedy legend. Combining off-the-scale charm, razor-sharp wit and a no-holds-barred attitude; Tom pledges to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
As seen on BBC One’s Live at the Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, The John Bishop Show and Ch4’s Comedy Gala.
Kick back and enter the awesome and mischievous world of Tom Stade as he provides an inspiring and incisive antidote to these dark and uncertain times.
Simply sublime comedy...I Swear.
Booking: Rondo Theatre
Online booking: http://rondotheatre.co.uk/box-office/
Links: http://www.tomstade.co.uk
Colin Hoult - Anna Mann in How We Stop The Fascists
Date: Thursday 12th April, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £9 / £7 concs (see below *)
Having effectively cured all depression in last year's smash-hit hour, actress Anna Mann (Colin Hoult's "master class in character comedy" - Time Out) returns to take on the terrifying rise of fascism. Fear not, gentle liberals, Mother Mann is here.
Star of her very own Sky Arts Short, 'Anna Mann's Valentine'. As seen in Murder in Successville, Porridge, Derek, Nurse, Life's Too Short, and Being Human.
Directed by Phoebe Bourke for Berk's Nest.
"Funnier than almost all other shows at this year's Fringe." **** Telegraph
"As Anna would lovingly say - 'oh f*ck off that's good'." ***** ThreeWeeks
"Utterly uniqe, painfully hilarious and an absolute must-see." ***** Shortcut
"Endlessly entertaining… warm, life-affirming and above all else, very funny. One that everyone will love." ***** The New European
"A hugely enjoyable, slyly satirical hour." **** Times
"Beautifully written stuff." **** Scotsman
"Dazzlingly silly… will keep you giggling far down the road from the venue." **** Fest
"Genuinely side splitting… an extremely entertaining hour." **** Ed Fest Mag
"He's just so good as Anna… A vivid, vibrant creation, incredibly funny." **** Wee Review
"His most joyful effort to date… Deliciously funny." **** Times
"You don't know where the next laugh will come from, but it'll be coming soon… smart, absurd and unpredictable." **** Chortle
"Unique and darkly brilliant talent." **** Guardian
"Sheer comic gold." **** Metro
"Master class in character comedy." **** Time Out
"Joyously inventive." **** Scotsman
"More than a little Spike Milligan about him." Exeunt Magazine
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3178410
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.11
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Open Mic Playgroup
Date: Thursday 12th April, 2018
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: Free
A free open mic night of music and comedy in the newly refurbished Back Bar at The Bell.
Appearances have been known to include local stand-ups like Ben Thurston and Sam Cottle, possible spots from visiting professional comedians who are in town for the Festival, and reunion sketches from The Unrelated Family, Bath’s veteran sketch-botherers.
Arrive early if you’d like to perform.
Facebook: http://facebook.com/bellbackbar
Arthur Smith & The Smithereens - PC Syd
Date: Thursday 12th April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 9.00pm for 9.30pm show
Duration: 1hr45 incl interval
Price: £12 / £10 concs (see below *)
Arthur Smith, with the ineffable Smithereens, tells the story of his father, with help from Ray Davies, Leonard Cohen, the London Metropolitan police and Nat King Cole.
Brand new, work in progress show.
After 'Arthur Smith sings Leonard Cohen' ("A delight of a show" **** List), which spoke and sang of his mother, Arthur Smith, once again accompanied by the Smithereens, turns to his father.
In the 1950s PC Syd Smith did night duty on the South Bank and met a gallery of fellow Londoners whom he tried his best not to arrest.
Before then he had been a P.O.W., ending the war in the notorious Colditz Castle. In Germany.
In 'Syd', Arthur quotes words his father wrote and adds his own to consider the story of one man's 20th century and what it tells us about the 21st.
"The Smithereens, Smith's sensational troupe of backing singers...ethereal, playful and beguiling" **** Fest
"There are great songs, in which the Smithereens are spectacular! Poignant, hilarious and thoughtful" - Arthur Smith's website
"Arthur Smith's your man...a comic sage" ***** Mail on Sunday
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3349931
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.21
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Friday 13th April, 2018
New Act Competition - Semi-Final 1
Date: Friday 13th April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 5.30pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs incl interval
Price: £6.50
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition 2018 sees over 100 of the best up and coming comics in the UK compete for the prestigious title of Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year.
The competition has become so popular that this, the tenth year of the Festival, sees no less that twelve heats and the first ever semi-finals being held over the 20 days of the Festival.
The best acts from the semi-finals will battle it out in the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, (details here).
Compere for the first semi-final is competition organiser Geoff Whiting - with over 20 years on the stand-up circuit, Geoff is an established comedian and popular compere with a wealth of experience in working at all the notable comedy clubs in Europe.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350255
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.02
Bizarre Bath
Date: Friday 13th April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Alex Williamson - Make The World A Banter Place
Date: Friday 13th April, 2018
Venue: Komedia
Doors: 6.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £17.50 - £28
Comedian, writer, actor, singer-songwriter and film-maker, Alex is a genuine online superstar with views in the hundreds of millions and almost three million total social media subscribers and followers across his platforms. His edgy and original style has garnered him fans across the globe.
A consistently huge ticket-seller at all the major theatres and festivals across Australia and the UK, since Alex began touring in 2013 he’s sold out shows and seasons at all major Australian and NZ Comedy and Fringe Festivals, in addition to also totally sold out Edinburgh Fringe Festival seasons in 2014, 2015 and 2017.
Through all this high profile success, he continues to churn out viral level online videos with an enviable consistency.
Ages 16+
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/comedy/alex-williamson-make-world-banter-place/
Links: http://www.youtube.com/user/shooterwilliamson
Mark Steel - Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright
Date: Friday 13th April, 2018
Venue: St Margaret's Hall, Bradford on Avon
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs incl interval
Price: £15
SOLD OUT
Bath Comedy Festival in association with Off The Kerb Productions
This time last year, it seemed highly unlikely the UK would vote to leave the EU; we had a reasonable opposition to the Tory Government; Donald Trump was a buffoon who surely wasn't going to beat Hilary Clinton and Mark was living the married suburban ideal, a year later it's all gone to absolute shit! But don't worry, as Mark thinks Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright.
Mark's sell-out show Who Do I Think I Am, revealed his natural father was a world backgammon champion. Now the star of Radio 4's Mark Steel's in Town, and newspaper columnist of the year, is back on the road with a new show, guaranteed to make the world seem even more mental than it is.
Mark has written and presented many series of Mark Steel's In Town on BBC Radio 4 (new series out soon) and toured it live around the UK. Mark has presented the BAFTA nominated Mark Steel Lectures for BBC2, is a regular on BBC One's Have I Got News For You and Radio 4's News Quiz. He's also appeared on BBC2's QI and Room 101. Mark has written several acclaimed books, including: Reasons To Be Cheerful and What's Going On and he writes a weekly column for The Independent for which he won Columnist of the Year at the Press Awards in 2015.
Mark recently started filming his columns for The Independent and they're proving very popular indeed, you can find them here http://www.independent.co.uk/author/mark-steel
"Interesting, engaging, funny" ***** The Mirror
**** The Times
**** The Guardian
"Essential viewing" **** The Independent
"Profound yet funny" **** Sunday Times
"Frank, dryly funny" **** The Scotsman
SOLD OUT
Links: www.marksteelinfo.co.uk
Twitter: mrmarksteel
Brew House Friday Night Live Line-up - starring Arthur Smith & Yuriko Kotani
Date: Friday 13th April, 2018
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £12
A Friday night line-up presented by Mirth Control, starring:
Arthur Smith
Master comedian and broadcaster, Radio 4 favourite and Edinburgh Fringe legend.
Yuriko Kotani
UK-based Japanese comedian fast making a name for herself on the comedy circuit.
Ben Bridgeman
Likeable stand-up with acting and improv background.
Robert Oldham
"Funny, witty and thought-provoking … comedy doesn’t get much better than this" - The Cambridge Tab
Geoff Whiting (MC)
An established and popular compere, Geoff is a strong and versatile act and has appeared on TV and radio as well as performing at every notable comedy club in the country. He also heads up Mirth Control Comedy.
"Geoff Whiting takes the stage with consummate ease and works the audience like a miner at the coal face, digging out nuggets of information to fuel his comedy" - Independent on Sunday
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350143
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.21
Tez Ilyas - Teztify
Date: Friday 13th April, 2018
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £12
Armed with his trademark cheek and uncompromising approach, Tez presents his slick, smart and typically subversive new stand-up show. As seen on BBC2’s Mock The Week, Live at the BBC, Channel 4’s The Last Leg - and heard on BBC Radio Four with two series of Tez Talks.
‘Tez Ilyas’ political stand-up is candy floss with a razorblade inside: sweet and familiar at first, then shockingly, painfully sharp. It takes serious talent to pull off’ **** The Telegraph
"A mischievous show with serious intent - Ilyas has the slickness of U.S. comics, and the gags to back it up" **** The Guardian
"Thoughtful but radiantly entertaining" **** The Times
"Articulate, passionate, thoughtful - he is equally light entertainer and heavyweight pontificator" **** London Evening Standard
Booking: Rondo Theatre
Online booking: http://rondotheatre.co.uk/box-office/
Michael Hackett - Giantology
Date: Friday 13th April, 2018
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 8.00pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
"Fall off your bar-stool funny!" ***** says Barry from some pub in London.
"Uplifting" ***** echoes Barry's mate as he clambers back onto his.
But don't take their word for it...
Can you really fit in when you're 6'7” or 204cm above ground?
What if you go through life speaking your mind in places you shouldn't?
This comedy giant is no stranger to putting his big-foot in things.
After his debut tour in Australia, Michael Hackett brings the critically acclaimed (by Barry of course…!) Giantology show to Bath Comedy Festival.
His aim? To rip apart the status quo.
Playing with the audience, he'll weave you into his story. He'll pull you into his surreal world. Taking you on weird journeys, he'll have you laughing, maybe crying. One thing's for sure, you'll soon see life differently through Michael's bird's eye view!
So quit the small talk and come see this giant of a man and giant of a show - an hilarious and unique spectacle.
"Guaranteed raucous laughter" - Adelaide Fringe Talent Academy
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3351353
Links: http://www.michaelhackettcomedy.com
Download poster:
Mikey A2 POSTER BATH PRINT PDF.pdf
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
New Act Competition - Semi-Final 2
Date: Friday 13th April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs incl interval
Price: £6.50
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition 2018 sees over 100 of the best up and coming comics in the UK compete for the prestigious title of Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year.
The competition has become so popular that this, the tenth year of the Festival, sees no less that twelve heats and the first ever semi-finals being held over the 20 days of the Festival.
The best acts from the semi-finals will battle it out in the Grand Final on Sunday 15th April, (details here).
Compere for the second semi-final is Luke Honnoraty - Highly regarded as one of the best acts to emerge from the south west in recent years, Luke is now performing alongside the best names in comedy.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350258
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.02
Saturday 14th April, 2018
Hilary Chaplain - Physical Comedy Workshop. Don’t just watch it - do it!
Date: Saturday 14th April, 2018
Venue: Burdall's Yard
Doors: 10.00am for 2 day workshop show
Duration: 2 days 10-5pm
Price: £120 or £100 earlybird / £100 concs (see below *)
In this accessible workshop you will develop tools for performing comedy. You will explore the techniques of slapstick, improvisation, mishaps and comic timing through the gentle art of clown.
"Hilary Chaplain is a brilliant teacher and performer, and her physical comedy class is awesome. She creates a friendly, fun, and hard working environment for people at many different levels of experience." - Cathy Rose Salit, CEO and co-founder Performance Of A Lifetime
Workshop takes place Sat 14th & Sun 15th April, 10am - 5pm each day.
For more information or to book a place email Pat Welsh on p.welsh@bathspa.ac.uk
Booking: Pat Welsh
Online booking: mailto:p.welsh@bathspa.ac.uk
Links: http://www.hilarychaplain.com/
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Unrehearsed Theatre Company - Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Date: Saturday 14th April, 2018
Venue: The Bell
Doors: for 3.00pm show
Price: Free
The Unrehearsed Theatre Company is Bath's laziest and most random repertory company, and on Saturday afternoon in The Bell Inn courtyard, by popular demand they will be restaging a live rendition of Monty Python's funniest film, complete with dodgy knight costumes, fake cows, and offensive voices galore.
Be there by 2.30pm with a working phone or tablet to join in the stupidity.
Plus coconuts.
Download poster:
holy_grail.jpg
Arnold Kuenzler-Byrt - My Hairy Belly Button
Date: Saturday 14th April, 2018
Venue: The Bell
Doors: for 4.30pm show
Duration: 30 mins
Price: £5
Leftfield alternative stand-up comedy from regular Bell irregular.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3351366
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
The Matt Cranium Radio Hour
Date: Saturday 14th April, 2018
Venue: The Bell
Doors: for 6.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5
Leftfield alternative comedy
This show will be recorded live.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3351370
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Saturday 14th April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
The Walcot Street Comedy Club
Date: Saturday 14th April, 2018
Venue: The Bell
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 3hrs
Price: £5
Club Night Show featuring:
Angie Belcher
Sarah Slater
Meat Market
Mathew Alford
Don't Be A Bore Dress For A Chore
Matt Jones
The Feminist Mouse Circus
Arnold Kuenzler-Byrt
Compere: Miche Quiche
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3351372
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Krater Comedy Club - Duncan Oakley, Alex Smith, Allyson June Smith & MC Maff Brown
Date: Saturday 14th April, 2018
Venue: Komedia
Doors: 6.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £9 - £48
Watch three top stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award Winning Restaurant.
And for the full Saturday Night Out Krater Comedy Club ticket holders on Saturday gain FREE ENTRY, without a queue to the sell-out club night Motorcity.
Tonight's line-up:
Duncan Oakley
Alex Smith
Allyson June Smith
MC Maff Brown
"Pick of the Week" – The Guardian
"THE place to catch stand-up comedy" – The Independent
Prices: £48 VIP ticket / £30.50 Meal Deal / £20 Auditorium / £16.50 Balcony / £13 Balcony Concession / £9 Student Balcony
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: http://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/cabaret/krater/
Festival Closing Gala Show - starring Zoe Lyons, Simon Day, Arthur Smith & more
Date: Saturday 14th April, 2018
Venue: Apex Hotel Conference Centre
Doors: 7.00pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs incl intervals
Price: £22 / £18 concs (see below *)
A glittering array of fantastic comedic talent in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Festival, in the fabulous new venue at the Apex Hotel.
Starring:
Zoe Lyons - one of today's incredibly popular top comedians, with countless TV credits.
Simon Day (The Fast Show)
Arthur Smith (Legendary Comedian, Broadcaster and Grumpy Old Man)
Lewis MacLeod as Donald Trump (Steve Wright, Dead Ringers)
Nick Doody (one of the brightest talents on the comedy circuit, a highly engaging live performer and prolific comedy writer for TV and radio)
Kirsty Newton (enormously talented musical entertainer)
Sunjai Arif (last year's New Act Competition winner)
and Alan Francis (MC) - award winning comedian and writer (The Big Impression, Ronni Ancona & Co and many more)
Featuring a presentation of the inaugural Lovehoney Award for best (innuendo-laden?) joke of the Festival. Rumour has it the Queen herself will be in attendance...
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350009
Sponsored by Lovehoney
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.56
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Mitch Benn - I'm Still Here
Date: Saturday 14th April, 2018
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
"Song after song of exquisitely crafted satire" - The Scotsman
Congratulations! It's 2018 and you're still here! So is Mitch, ("the country's leading musical satirist" Times) looking backwards, forwards and sideways trying to make the world a better place, one silly song at a time. Join him as he looks back over what for the lack of a better word he still refers to as his "career" and ponders where he - and indeed all of us - might be going next.
"A seriously talented laugh-maker, musician and satirist. Mitch Benn should be more widely known and appreciated. He’s Britain’s answer to Tom Lehrer" - The Swindonian
A stalwart of BBC Radio 4's Now Show for more than a decade, Mitch has also presented many radio specials. Following on from the success of Mitch Benn Is The 37th Beatle, a further three specials on music icons Bob Dylan, David Bowie and Elvis have been broadcast - The Freewheelin' Mitch Benn, Mitch Benn Is The Fat Pink Duke and Mitch Benn Has Left The Building. He also co-presented with Harry Shearer BBC Radio 2's Anatomy Of A Guitar and presented Spank The Plank for BBC Radio 4. Most recently, in December 2016, he appeared on (and won) BBC1 television's Celebrity Mastermind!
"Well crafted, well sung, his songs are just plain funny" - The Guardian
Booking: Rondo Theatre
Online booking: http://rondotheatre.co.uk/box-office/
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Sunday 15th April, 2018
New Act Competition - Grand Final
Date: Sunday 15th April, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 6.45pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: ~3hrs incl intervals
Price: £10
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition 2018 sees over 100 of the best up and coming comics in the UK compete in twelve heats.
The best acts from the competition heats battle it out in tonight's Grand Final, judged by a panel comprising comedy industry heavyweights including Graham Smith, Alan Nixon and Jill Edwards, plus Bath Comedy Festival Director Nick Steel.
Previous finalists include Sunjai Arif, Pav Rao, Tamar Broadbent, Bethan Roberts, Archie Maddocks, Paul Revill, Larry Dean, Rob Beckett, Joe Lycett, Matt Richardson, Mickey Sharma, Lindsay Sharman, Harriet Kemsley and James Alderson.
Competition organiser and tonight's compere is Geoff Whiting - with over 20 years on the stand-up circuit, Geoff is an established comedian and popular compere with a wealth of experience in working at all the notable comedy clubs in Europe. He has supported Michael McIntyre, Harry Hill, Dara O'Briain, Omid Djalili, Lee Mack, Ross Noble, Rhod Gilbert, Milton Jones, Micky Flanagan, Noel Fielding and Lee Hurst. Geoff is also the driving force behind Mirth Control - the largest independant comedy booker in the UK, currently booking comedy shows into more than 80 venues nationwide.
A Mirth Control and Nick Steel presentation.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3350252
Sponsored by Lovehoney
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
Bizarre Bath
Date: Sunday 15th April, 2018
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Thursday 31st May, 2018 - Bath Comedy Festival @ Bath Fringe!
James Hollingsworth's Pink Floyd Night
Date: Thursday 31st May, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs incl interval
Price: £10 / £8 concs (see below *)
A special event centred on the music of Pink Floyd, performed by acclaimed multi-instrumentalist singer/guitarist James Hollingsworth.
In an all-live solo show, also featuring some of his own songs, James combines modern Looping technology, with real instruments - hand percussion, voice, harmonica and guitar effects to build complex arrangements in real time. No pre-recorded backing tracks are used!
"Ace guitarist James Hollingsworth's solo Pink Floyd evening last year was incredible! Prepare to be entertained! A Marvel!" - Rose and Crown, Charlbury
"Fascinating one man band James Hollingsworth conjures some wonderful soundscapes with guitar effects and loops to create colour and build the suspense." - Somerset Guardian
"Truly a phenomenal experience" - Barry 'The Fish' Melton
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3360112
Download poster: Poster-JH_WSC.pdf
You Tube footage:
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Thursday 7th June, 2018 - Bath Comedy Festival @ Bath Fringe!
Andy Davies & Kirsty Newton - The Scott Walker Songbook
Date: Thursday 7th June, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr40min incl interval
Price: £10 / £8 concs (see below *)
Scott Walker is one of popular music's most fascinating and elusive artists. Singer/comedian Andy Davies has been obsessed with him for years and wants to share this devotion with you. Scott wont perform his songs anymore but Andy will. He has made it his calling to share the music of the godlike genius through the creation of a brand-new show debuting at Bath Fringe Festival.
Part stand up and part tribute to one of the greatest singers in popular music, The Scott Walker Songbook is an intimate, touching and funny evening for both Scott Walker fans and newcomers alike.
We invite you to join Andy and pianist Kirsty Newton as they shine a light on some of the wonderful songs of a rich and varied career. The Scott Walker Songbook doesnt just stick to the 60s classics and includes songs from The Walker Brothers as well as Scotts more recent, avant-garde albums. On the night you can expect to hear include Plastic Palace People, Montague Terrace (In Blue), The Electrician and Farmer in the City.
Andy Davies is a character comedian and singer whose alter ego is the showbiz legend Quint Fontana.
Kirsty Newton is a musician, songwriter, arranger and performer whose credits include Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen, Jess Robinson's Mighty Voice, The Distraction Club and Kirsty's Poptastic Piano Singalong.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3362698
Download poster:
Scott_Walker_poster.jpg
You Tube footage:
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Sunday 17th June, 2018
Doug Stanhope
Date: Sunday 17th June, 2018
Venue: Bath Pavilion
Doors: 7.00pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £37.50
Caustic social commentary, outlandish first-person narratives, graphic sex and perversion, sometimes within the same sentence.
Fueled by equal amounts of anger, outrage and alcohol, Stanhope rails against western civilization's slide into apathy and stupidity, always on the edge of implosion yet fully in control and never afraid to risk pissing off his audiences.
In a field crowded with conformists and copycats, Stanhope is a genuinely original comic voice, albeit a gleefully vulgar one. "A visionary douchebag" says The Times. Raw, agitated and unflinching, he holds forth on all manner of major injustices and petty annoyances, excoriating himself as much as any of his other targets. But Stanhope's venomous bile is matched by his passion and conviction, as well as a fierce intellect that gives his work a level of substance and subtlety that belies his snarling exterior. His comedy is as corrosive as it is hilarious, and his righteous self-immolation is exhilarating and life-affirming in its cathartic honesty.
"Stanhope shocks you with the virulence of his lucidity; he shocks you into realising how transparent the confidence trick of western propaganda can be made to seem. What he has in abundance is the charm, don't-give-a-damn swagger and aggressive intelligence that make for important, exciting comedy" - The Guardian
"Doug Stanhope might be the most important standup working today" - Ricky Gervais
As seen on BBC TV's Newswipe with Charlie Brooker.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3403620
Links: http://www.dougstanhope.com
Download poster: Stanhope_poster_2018.pdf
You Tube footage:
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £2.10
Tuesday 24th July, 2018 - Edinburgh Previews!
Faye Treacy - The Problem With Faye Treacy
Date: Tuesday 24th July, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
When asked by her little sister for some career advice, Faye realised she'd spent the last half of her 20s trying to make trombone comedy work.
Join Faye for an idiosyncratic tale about a South London foster family, why she's decided she wants to become a stepdad and what it's like to be quite often the only woman in the band.
Debut hour from Best Newcomer: Musical Comedy Awards 2015, Runner-Up: Bath Comedy New Act 2016, as heard on BBC Radio 2/4extra.
"Treacy's charm soon wins us round...her one-liners are expertly crafted and sharp" - The List
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3424611
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Carey Marx - Carey Carey Quite Contrary
Date: Tuesday 24th July, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Legendary club comic, Fringe stalwart and raconteur of darkness, Carey Marx, with his latest Edinburgh show.
Donald Trump is President so sod it. Carey's going to do what he wants.
Taking a lesson from the leader of the free world, Carey's decided to become arrogant, certain and unapologetic. What happens when he's above reproach? Greatness happens. Yes, everything Carey turns his hand to becomes magically magnificent.
Goodbye integrity and humility. Hello delusion and dishonesty.
This show is going to be the best thing in history. Definitely.
Carey Marx is internationally renowned for his unique brand of dark humour and caustic wit. His wilful disregard for the controversial and delicate is tempered beautifully by his ability to find joy in the most unexpected places. Nominated for Chortle's Best Club Comic 2017 award, don't miss your chance to see a true comedy master.
Twice winner of Best International Show at New Zealand Comedy Festival
Star of Intensive Carey; BBC Radio 4
Writer for Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Goodish; Dave
Co-host of The Proper Gander 2017
Co-host of Citizens of Nowhere with Nick Doody 2018
"This is great comedy from a comedy master" **** The Scotsman
"Anecdotally debauched" ***** Herald
"A comic at his gleeful best" ***** Edinburgh Evening News
"Highly engaging, devilish, menacing and totally mesmerizing" ***** Edinburgh Guide
"Sharp, sweet, cheeky, cynical, romantic and rude as he ever was" **** Chortle
"Comedy at its best" **** Fest
In Association with Glorious Management
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Wednesday 25th July, 2018 - Edinburgh Previews!
Anna Morris - Bombastic
Date: Wednesday 25th July, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
The award-winning character comedian and star of Channel 4's Lee and Dean celebrates four sell-out shows with a mash-up of her favourite creations.
Fearless comedy from the creator of international hit ‘It’s Got to be Perfect. (Best Show, Funny Women Awards) and the critically acclaimed ‘Dolly Mixture’, ‘Would Like to Thank’ and ‘Bitchelors’.
"Beautifully crafted comedy" The Independent.
"A master of character comedy" British Comedy Guide.
"Morris has the X Factor" ***** EdinburghGuide.com
***** Funny Women
**** The Herald
**** Skinny
**** Sunday Herald
**** Broadway Baby
**** The Stage
**** Scotsgay
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Simon Munnery - The Wreath
Date: Wednesday 25th July, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
"I went to a funeral the other day. Caught the wreath..."
That's what came to me, from the mysterious source of the inexplicable. Hear the story of the joke, how it became a painting, and what happened next.
"Subversive and brilliant" - The Guardian
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Thursday 26th July, 2018 - Edinburgh Previews!
John Hastings - Float Like A Butterfly John Hastings Like A Bee
Date: Thursday 26th July, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Last year, John Hastings was hit by a car and broke his arm. He then became homeless (his choice) with a long distance girlfriend (her choice) and now has a lot of thoughts on pigeons and bicycles (your choice).
Now he's written this comedy show. A tale of displacement, death and denial (don't worry, there are jokes too).
As seen on Comedy Central
***** (The Mirror)
***** (Broadway Baby)
**** (Fest)
**** (The Herald)
**** (Three Weeks)
**** (Melbourne Herald Sun)
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Stephanie Laing - Quitter
Date: Thursday 26th July, 2018
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Stephanie Laing is a massive quitter. She's given up alcohol, caffeine, cigarettes, drugs (mostly), meat (sometimes), and casual sex (honest). But is she now a big ball of joy? Is everything bloody OK now?
Come and see this lovable little weirdo talk about how she's trying to fix her silly little brain by doing fewer things.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Finalist 2015
"Eye-wateringly honest, Devastating technique, with natural comic timing and delivery" - Chortle
"Gloriously silly, wonderfully unpretentious" - Broadway Baby
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Wednesday 10th October, 2018 - Autumn Season!
Neil Innes
Date: Wednesday 10th October, 2018
Venue: Apex Hotel Conference Centre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 1hr50 incl interval
Price: £17.50 / £12.50 concs (see below *)
Dubbed the seventh member of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Neil Innes has made people laugh, sing and think since forming The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band with Viv Stanshall in the early 1960s.
Since the mid '90s Neil has entertained enthusiastic audiences across the world with his unique mixture of music, comedy, and comment.
The Bonzos collaboration with Monty Python started in 1968 with the TV series 'Do Not Adjust Your Set' and continued into the following decades. Meanwhile Neil formed the hilarious Beatles parody band The Rutles with Eric Idle and starred in his own hugely popular TV series 'The Innes Book of Records'.
Surrealist, songwriter, beaming stand-up lighthouse and all-round Urban Spaceman...here is your chance to see a solo show with Neil in our lovely new venue at the Apex City Of Bath Hotel.
"Impossible to label", as he says himself, "If I could describe what it is I do on stage in a sentence or two, then there would be no need for me to go on stage and do it".
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Online booking: https://www.seetickets.com/event/neil-innes/apex-city-of-bath-hotel-bath/1236720
Links: http://neilinnes.media/
Download poster: Neil_Innes_poster_2018.pdf
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Thursday 25th October, 2018 - Autumn Season!
Nick Page - Page Against The Machine
Date: Thursday 25th October, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr50 incl interval
Price: £10
Nick Page, semi-finalist in this year's Britain's Got Talent, has been a Bath Comedy favourite for many years.
Earlier this year Cheltenham-born Nick, who classifies himself as ‘educated scum' discovered that his Wikipedia entry had been deleted because he was 'no longer notable' (he had previously been listed as a stand up, writer, and presenter of BBC's Escape to the country…) He thinks this is caused by his refusal to engage with the industry beyond turning up, making audiences laugh and then going home to tinker with lawnmowers!
Nick's unique style of writing and delivery enables him to link things as diverse as police detention in Indonesia, a manifesto for a better world, planning permission, pizza ovens, the world's worst dog and bovine artificial insemination so that they make sense. From failure to failure via a suicide attempt and some more failure, Page is still winning, even if he's still not in Wikipedia!
Recently Nick was awarded the Operational Service Medal after numerous tours in active warzones performing for military (shows varied from main base shows to 12000 down to patrol base gigs for 20). He is currently developing a sitcom about his time in the car trade, which was exactly as villainous and chaotic as you would think! He previously lost a publishing deal for a book about the equestrian world after litigation from his ex wife! He has a degree in International Politics and far Eastern History (useful!). His many other jobs include working as a bouncer, a parliamentary researcher and estate agent, before doing his first gig at 31 for a bet.
With support from Anna Kierle
Award winning Anna Keirle counts Russell Brand among her fans. one of her biggest achievements is winning 'The Weakest Link' , the other is surviving a childhood of mohair jumpers.
"Daffy Cornish bumpkin Keirle has funny in her veins, with a disarming daftness and an endearingly babbling manner...a comedy star" - Chortle
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Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/nick-page-page-against-the-machine/
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Thursday 8th November, 2018 - Autumn Season!
Swear along with Withnail & I
Date: Thursday 8th November, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £8
SOLD OUT
It's back! You've sung-along-a Sound of Music, Mamma Mia, even Frozen but now, for another glorious night, you can
SWEAR-ALONG-A WITHNAIL & I
Join fellow fans for a very special screening of the most quoted cult classic film, Withnail & I, and get to shout along with all the sweariest moments!
Special guest introduction, and prize for the best dressed character from the film!
Our reasonably priced bar will be open throughout the show..."two large gins, two pints of cider, ice in the cider"
SOLD OUT
Download poster: Withnail_2018_poster.pdf
Thursday 29th November, 2018 - Autumn Season!
Bonbon Cabaret - Christmas Special
Date: Thursday 29th November, 2018
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs incl intervals
Price: £15 / £12 concs (see below *)
Bonbon Cabaret is back for a Christmas Special, following the Grand Switch-on of Widcombe's Christmas tree lights.
A splendiferous line-up of star acts will include:
Music and singalongs from the enormously talented Kirsty Newton
"A show to blow your socks off" - Chortle
World class magic, comedy and charm from Gazzo
"Gazzo is an incredible performer and a great influence on modern magic" - David Blaine
Deadpan stand-up from David James
"Great, world-weary composure and an irritable pedantry worthy of Jack Dee" - Chortle
The ineffable Widcombe Radio Players, and of course what no Bonbon Cabaret would be complete without - a pickled egg raffle!
Comfortable cabaret seating, reasonably priced bar and free Christmas nibbles.
Dress code: White Christmas. Prize for the best creation...
Look out for the Widcombe Christmas lights switch-on shenanigans before the show.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
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Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3456287
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/bonbon-cabaret-christmas-special/
Links: http://www.laughatdj.com/
Download poster: Bonbon2018.pdf
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Thursday 7th February, 2019
Bath Comedy's Feel Good Cabaret
Date: Thursday 7th February, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs incl intervals
Price: £15 / £12 concs (see below *)
An evening of comedy, music and magic guaranteed to make you feel good in February!
Starring Dr Phil Hammond - NHS Doctor, BBC broadcaster, Private Eye journalist and whistle-blowing comic.
"If Dr Phil were a medicine, you should swig him by the litre" **** The Times
World class magic, comedy and charm from Gazzo
"Gazzo is an incredible performer and a great influence on modern magic" - David Blaine
Reclaim your mojo from the universe with Cheryl from Mojo Moves
Feeling good is the name of the game…raise your spirits and throw your arms in the air like you just don't care!
Introducing Charlie Partridge
When Charlie Partridge was a kid, he dreamt of making stupid noises for a living. He was told it couldn't be done...they were right.
And Dickie Hart, your cardio-vascular compere.
A stroke of genius - Nursing Mirror
Playing you in will be the inimitable Doc Rolls on the boogie woogie piano.
Feel good raffle and reasonably priced bar!
In association with Visit Bath's Feel-Good Bath
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Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/bath-comedys-feel-good-cabaret/
Links: https://visitbath.co.uk/feel-good/
Download poster: Feel_Good_Cabaret.pdf
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Tuesday 26th March, 2019
Pernilla Holland - Bloom
Date: Tuesday 26th March, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
A comedy show with music and standup. Bloom is about rising up from the ruins of a broken heart and overcoming fear.
There will be quotes from Oprah, Jaffa cakes and attempts at being as confident as David Hasselhoff.
A WIP from your favourite Norwegian comic.
"One to watch" - Funny Women
"Holland's one-woman re-creation is hilarious" **** Time Out
"Sheer ludicrous fun" - The List
"Roaringly funny...incredibly talented" ***** Broadway Baby
"Captivating, spontaneous, surprising & delightful" **** Fringe Biscuit
"Fantastic comedy" **** Everything Theatre
"Stand-out star" - The Public Review
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New Act Competition - Heat 1
Date: Tuesday 26th March, 2019
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
There are eight heats at The Bell and four at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Drew Taylor - "A guy destined for comedy greatness!" - Theatr Gwaun
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 12th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April (details here).
Opening Night Show & Party - starring Rory Bremner & Rob Rouse
Date: Tuesday 26th March, 2019
Venue: Walcot House
Doors: 7.45pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 1hr15
Price: £15 / £12 concs (see below *)
SOLD OUT
Join us to celebrate the Opening Night of the Festival with Britain's best-loved satirical impressionist, who tonight brings a one-off special show: "Last Brexit Before The Motorway"!
A man who needs no introduction, Rory has enjoyed a prolific television career of over 30 years, winning numerous awards including 3 BAFTAs.
With support from Rob Rouse - seen recently as 'Bottom' in BBC2's Shakespeare sitcom 'Upstart Crow'.
"Comedy guaranteed to lighten even the darkest of moods...always a step ahead of your expectations" - Edinburgh Evening News
After the show, stay and dance the night away to tunes from the best DJs in town!
SOLD OUT
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Susan Murray - Blunt Force Trauma
Date: Tuesday 26th March, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Brand new show by this insatiable comedian, described as a cross between Frankie Boyle and Julie Walters.
Quality dark gags: plane crashes, mosh pits, the Highways Agency.
"Cynicism that could fell a rhino at 1000 paces" - Al Murray
"Anyone who loves the work of Sarah Millican and Kerry Godliman will find plenty to enjoy here" - The Guardian
Susan won the first ever Jongleurs new act competition, has contributed to an array of Radio 4 comedy shows, performed four solo shows at Edinburgh Fringe and also runs her own successful comedy club, The Red Imp, in Walthamstow.
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Links: http://susan-murray.co.uk
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Wednesday 27th March, 2019
Andrew White - Retirement Tour
Date: Wednesday 27th March, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
What do you do when your life comes to a crossroads? Write a show about it of course!
At 19 years old Andrew White can't help but question his next steps in life. Should he keep slogging it out on the comedy circuit? Or is University the best option?
Will this really be his Retirement Tour?
A brand-new comedy show from "one of the most talked about rising star comedians" (Essex Magazine). Weighing up his future, Andrew takes a hilarious look at making decisions, his place in the world, and the conflict of creative and academic.
"Insightful...hilarious" - The List
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New Act Competition - Heat 2
Date: Wednesday 27th March, 2019
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
There are eight heats at The Bell and four at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Grant Busé - ex 'Neighbours' star turned award-winning musical comic.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 12th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April (details here).
Sam Wyatt - I Predict A Wyatt!
Date: Wednesday 27th March, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Sam Wyatt is recording the pilot for his new Saturday night Gameshow 'I Predict A WYATT!' But with so much on the line will he be able to keep it together?
2 contestants, four games and only one host, "I predict a Wyatt!" is a well-polished cheesy grin game show with all the hallmarks of a Saturday night gameshow for all the family! However what goes on off camera certainly isn't!
A warm up act that doesn't show, a mother as a director, a tec that doesn't know his arse from his elbow and one host who is trying to hold everything together whilst his last chance falls into chaos around him.
"Don't take my word for it ... listen from regulars at Much Laughter's comedy nights: "Amazing night with Sam with non-stop laughter from start to finish. My sides were still hurting the following morning from laughing so much", "Can't recommend this fabulously talented comedian more highly", "OMG what a funny night ... Sam Wyatt that was brilliant"
"Ripped the Roof Off!" - Notts comedy review.
"His laughs woke me up!" - Bobby Mair
Age guidance - 16+
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Thursday 28th March, 2019
Sam Wyatt - I Predict A Wyatt!
Date: Thursday 28th March, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Sam Wyatt is recording the pilot for his new Saturday night Gameshow 'I Predict A WYATT!' But with so much on the line will he be able to keep it together?
2 contestants, four games and only one host, "I predict a Wyatt!" is a well-polished cheesy grin game show with all the hallmarks of a Saturday night gameshow for all the family! However what goes on off camera certainly isn't!
A warm up act that doesn't show, a mother as a director, a tec that doesn't know his arse from his elbow and one host who is trying to hold everything together whilst his last chance falls into chaos around him.
"Don't take my word for it ... listen from regulars at Much Laughter's comedy nights: "Amazing night with Sam with non-stop laughter from start to finish. My sides were still hurting the following morning from laughing so much", "Can't recommend this fabulously talented comedian more highly", "OMG what a funny night ... Sam Wyatt that was brilliant"
"Ripped the Roof Off!" - Notts comedy review.
"His laughs woke me up!" - Bobby Mair
Age guidance - 16+
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
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Croft & Pearce - Double Take
Date: Thursday 28th March, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr30 incl interval
Price: £14 / £10 concs (see below *)
Stars of BBC Radio 4's 'The Croft & Pearce Show' and 'Sketchorama', winners of the Mervyn Stutter Spirit of the Fringe Award, recipients of the official Edinburgh Fringe 'Total Sell-Out Show' laurel and WhatsOnLondon Comedy Award nominees 2017. This BBC 'Next Big Thing' Act have sold out theatres in London, New York and around the UK. Don't miss their brand new show!
In addition to their own live shows and Radio 4 series, they have written for Tracey Breaks The News (BBC1), Numtums (CBeebies), and The Mash Report (BBC2).
"A good double-act can always bring the house down, and this pair of Fringe favourites show us how to do just that" **** The Skinny
"Tomorrow's TV stars" **** The Herald
"A laugh-out-loud sketch show" Daily Express
"Masters of pinpoint observation and characterisation" The Telegraph
"Head flingingly funny" ***** Broadwaybaby
"Sketch comedy at its very best" Alistair McGowan
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3887078
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/croft-pearce-double-take/
Links: http://www.croftandpearce.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/CroftAndPearce
Twitter: croftAndpearce
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* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 3
Date: Thursday 28th March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
There are eight heats at The Bell and four at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Grant Busé - ex 'Neighbours' star turned award-winning musical comic.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 12th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April (details here).
The Smoking Duck Comedy Playgroup
Date: Thursday 28th March, 2019
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 8.00pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: Free
Bath's best free open mic night of music and comedy in the newly refurbished Back Bar at The Bell, presented by Lawrie Duckworth.
With everything from satirical songs to filthy poetry to weird character comedy, veterans include local acts Ben Thurston, Matt Alford, Sam Cottle, Mattoid, Steve Hughes, Alan Francis and Mishka Shubaly.
Reunion sketches from Bath's veteran sketch-botherers The Unrelated Family, plus expect surprise spots from visiting comedy stars in town for the Festival.
Contact lawrieduckworth@gmail.com to book a spot, or be there before 8pm.
Facebook: http://facebook.com/bellbackbar
Download poster:
Smoking Duck.jpg
Sanderson Jones - Comedy Being
Date: Thursday 28th March, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
CANCELLED
Sanderson Jones, hairy mirth-maker and positive vibe distributor, has got a new show that combines comedyand wellbeing to make one 'Comedy Being'.
Expect laughter, Venn diagrams, mindfulness, power ballads, ridiculous dancing and a lot more besides.
Hear the tale of how this professional optimist started Sunday Assembly in 2013, a sort of non-religious church, which went viral, spread all over the world, and totally changed his life.
You'll leave smiling, hopped up on dopamine and inspired to change the world. Because if this enthusiastic organisational disaster can launch a global movement, imagine what you can do.
***** Scotsman
"The human body is not designed for this amount of laughter" ***** The Skinny
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089380
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Friday 29th March, 2019
Tracey Collins & Friends
Date: Friday 29th March, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
After a five star run at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and sell out performances at The Museum of Comedy in London, award winning character comedian Tracey Collins (Tina T'urner Tea lady) returns along with some new and old characters including Audrey Heartburn and Milk Jagger for a night of laughter, song and surreal cabaret.
New Act of The Year Finalist 2019 (as Audrey Heartburn), Best Newcomer Winner at the London Cabaret Awards, Nominee for Best Comedy at the Wilma Awards and Musical Comedy Awards Finalist (as Tina T'urner Tea Lady).
"We've got a Caroline Aherne on our hands, or a Calf-era Coogan" ***** The Wee Review
"A satisfying side-splitting combination" ***** The Gay UK
"A remarkable tour de force" - Arthur Smith
"Embodies the spirit of alternative cabaret, when the weird and the wonderful dominated" - Chortle
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4071442
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/tracey-collins-friends/
Links: http://www.tinatealady.com
Twitter: tinatealady
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Julian Clary - Born To Mince
Date: Friday 29th March, 2019
Venue: Komedia
Doors: 6.00pm for 7.30pm show
Price: £25 / £23 concs
SOLD OUT
"Are you ready for some filth? I know I am. It's been a while since I sallied forth to pleasure the provinces with my particular brand of saucy innuendo. Let me at them!"
In this outrageously camp new show, (that he was going to call Bed Knobs and Knee Pads but was advised might not sell too well in Harrogate), renowned homosexual Julian Clary will bare his soul as never before in the interests of light entertainment.
He'll murder some well-known songs along the way, no doubt, read you a sneak preview from his next memoir A Night At the Lubricant and make withering remarks about punters foolish enough to sit in the front row. You know the kind of thing. It's the only life he knows.
"Julian Clary unleashes a tsunami of smut" - The Guardian
SOLD OUT
Maddie Campion - Truly Maddie Deeply
Date: Friday 29th March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
On a whim and out of curiosity Maddie saw a psychic. He told her she had a good soul, but an old man's ghost is having sex with her and it's keeping living men away. In this show Maddie explores her single status; is it her or is it the ghost?
Maddie Campion has been shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award, is a "very inventive and dry writer" **** (Funny Women) and her 2018 Edinburgh Show was developed through Soho Theatre's Edinburgh Lab.
Work in progress show.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069809
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New Act Competition - Heat 4
Date: Friday 29th March, 2019
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
There are eight heats at The Bell and four at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Adam Coumas - "Domineering presence, with a taut, muscular delivery" - Chortle
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 12th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April (details here).
Walcot House Friday Night Live - starring Alan Francis
Date: Friday 29th March, 2019
Venue: Walcot House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £12
A Friday night line-up presented by Mirth Control, starring:
Alan Francis
"Smooth, classy and elegant as a vintage Scotch, a seductive performer" - Chortle
Grant Busé
Award winning Australian musical comic.
Stephen Trumble
"Not clean, but not mean"
Sarah Mills
"Fast and funny with sharp one liners" - Ben Moor
and Sam Russell (MC)
Optimistic, upbeat comedy.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089002
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/walcot-house-friday-night-live-starring-alan-francis/
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Swear along with Withnail & I
Date: Friday 29th March, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £8
Back by popular demand! You've sung-along-a Sound of Music, Mamma Mia, even Frozen but now, for another glorious night, you can
SWEAR-ALONG-A WITHNAIL & I
Join fellow fans for a very special screening of the most quoted cult classic film, Withnail & I, and get to shout along with all the sweariest moments!
Special guest introduction, and prize for the best dressed character from the film!
Our reasonably priced bar will be open throughout the show..."two large gins, two pints of cider, ice in the cider"
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4091951
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/swear-along-with-withnail-i/
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Darren Lerigo - The Daft
Date: Friday 29th March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
MC Darren Lerigo brings a silly, joyous hour of alternative comedy.
Featuring Klaus White (3rd Place Finalist at Bath New Act Competiton 2018) & a revolving cast of other great comics.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089053
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Saturday 30th March, 2019
Tales Of Britain Live
Date: Saturday 30th March, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: for 12pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £3 on the door
Back for a second year running, Brother Bernard and Sister Sal (author and comedian Jem Roberts and kid's TV hero Kate Harbour, from Bob the Builder and Shaun the Sheep) will be performing the funniest stories from TALES OF BRITAIN, the first British folktale collection to be released in decades.
Book published by Unbound in February.
Books will be available on the day, to be signed by both Bernard and Sal.
Links: http://www.talesofbritain.com
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Steve McLean - Action Figure Archive
Date: Saturday 30th March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 1.15pm for 1.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
What's the difference between an action figure and a collectable? Steve takes a fun look at the toys of his childhood. You might be surprised how they look through adult eyes.
Action Figure Archive is the hit show from the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe.
In spite of being only a short work-in-progress show it still managed to make it into three 'top 10' lists including The Herald ("A hilarious walk down memory lane") and Wired Magazine ("A fun examination of nostalgia and nerdiness").
The show has now been expanded to an hour long set.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4072028
Facebook: http://facebook.com/ActionFigureArchiveWithSteveMcLean
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Dorian Wainwright - The Picture Of Dorian Wainwright
Date: Saturday 30th March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 2.45pm for 3.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Following the incredible success of last year's premier performance of The Picture of Dorian Wainwright Bristol comedian Dorian Wainwright (Stand Up For Cider Finalist - 2017 & 2016) brings his debut hour of stand up back to Bath Comedy Festival.
It's basically the same show as last year except with an extra 12 months of polish on it!
Expect hilarious and unbelievable true stories, a highly energetic and enthusiastic performer with over 7 years of stand up experience, and yes, a creepy old painting.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4083733
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Sally-Anne Hayward - Work in Progress
Date: Saturday 30th March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 4.15pm for 4.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Fresh off the back of supporting Sarah Millican on her international tour, Sally-Anne brings a new hour of hilarity to Bath.
Subjects include high maintenance friends, jelly rash and scolding hot showers. Sally guarantees this show will change your life - even if only by allowing you to understand what a jelly rash is.
"Exceptionally Funny" - Independent
"A kick in the balls by a bullying southerner" - Some nobody on Twitter
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089362
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James Alderson - Bring Back The 80s!
Date: Saturday 30th March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 5.45pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Come and join award-winning comedian James Alderson as he takes a hilarious trip down memory lane, in one double A-sided show that he can't wait to share before he gets much older and forgets what actually happened in the 80's!
A show chock full of hilarious snapshots of an unforgettable decade featuring adverts, music, props and loads more nostalgia!
Whether you get to the show on roller blades, in your Sinclair C5 or your Cortina, just get there! Bring your leg warmers, your shoulder pads and back comb that hair - it's a show not to be missed!
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089076
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Sasha Ellen - No Man's Land
Date: Saturday 30th March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
In 2010, the island of Herm, a mile long body of land and the smallest island of the Channel Islands, declared a state of emergency. Helicopters went up. Divers went down. It was all Sasha's fault.
A storytelling, stand-up show about how Sasha brought a part of the world to a halt. If only for one day. A friendly rom-com about an engagement, a missing person and a near catastrophe which explores love, loss and the pitfalls of drinking.
"Honest, hilarious and horrifying... the comedy future looks good for Ellen" - Canal-St
"Always engaging" - Chortle
**** The Mumble
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069699
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Krater Comedy Club -
Date: Saturday 30th March, 2019
Venue: Komedia
Doors: 6.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £9 - £41
Watch comedy from three top stand-ups and enjoy the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award Winning Restaurant.
And for the full Saturday Night Out Krater Comedy Club ticket holders on Saturday gain FREE ENTRY, without a queue to the sell-out club night Motorcity.
Tonight's line-up:
Josh Pugh
Steve Shanyaski
Paul Thorne
MC Alex Boardman
"Pick of the Week" – The Guardian
"THE place to catch stand-up comedy" – The Independent
Tickets: £20.00, Concessions: £13.00, Students (Balcony): £9.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Meal Deal Plus: £41.00 // Ages 18+
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/cabaret/krater/?e=16444
Festival Opening Weekend Gala Show - Stand-up and Musical Comedy Showcase
Date: Saturday 30th March, 2019
Venue: Apex Hotel Conference Suite
Doors: 7.00pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs incl intervals
Price: £22 / £18 concs (see below *)
A glittering array of fantastic comedic talent in celebration of the Festival, featuring a mixture of delightful musical comedy and stand-up.
Starring:
Paul 'Silky' White - A "massively engaging guitar-playing stand-up whose instinctive rapport with audiences makes him welcome wherever he goes" - Guardian Guide (Pick Of The Week)
Ronnie Golden - Virtuoso rock guitarist and comedian who's career has seen him work with Chuck Berry to David Bowie, and tour with Tom Jones to Barry Cryer. "Funny as hell" - Daily Express
Daniel Cainer - "Tremendously entertaining. His voice is powerful and versatile, and his lyrics are like Robin Williams rants with delightful rhythms and rhymes" - Jewish Currents New York
Mark Olver's Tips for the Top - In a change from the published programme, renowned comedian Bristol's own Mark Olver showcases some of his favourite up-and-coming comic acts – see the stars of tomorrow here before they start strutting much bigger stages!
Mark Olver (MC) - Ever popular stand-up comedian, televison warm-up artist and comedy club headliner.
NB Due to unforeseen circumstances, The Vogueabonds had to cencel their scheduled appearnace tonight.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4071003
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/festival-opening-weekend-gala-show-stand-up-and-musical-comedy-showcase/
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* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
The Chris Arnold Experience
Date: Saturday 30th March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
How many sets of panpipes should one man own? What is the best song request a DJ can get? How can the Daily Mail help you find out if your partner is cheating on you? And why on earth is a panda from Portishead sitting in the audience?!
All these questions (and more!) shall be answered throughout the course of The Chris Arnold Experience - the one man comedy PowerPoint show from Chris Arnold.
Chris Arnold is a stand up comedian and TV/radio presenter who has appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe, Glastonbury Festival, Ibiza Rocks, Bestival and The British Musical Comedy Awards. He also briefly featured in Bonnie Tyler's Top 8 friends on MySpace circa 2006.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069729
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Sunday 31st March, 2019
Rare Species - Frome - The Fecund Coming
Date: Sunday 31st March, 2019
Venue: Frome
Doors: for 3.00pm show
Duration: 45 mins
Price: £10
Back for its second year, Frome - The Fecund Coming is Rare Species’ comic take on traditional historical walks.
Join ‘whistorians’ Virginia Saggers & Gerald Terd as they take you up the Via Delorosa and uncover some of the truths behind the town’s burgeoning success.
What lies beneath Frome’s cobbled streets and why has it become such a popular location for hipsters and artisans to settle?
Peppered with humorous observations, cultural references, stories, poetry and song this 50 minute tour reaches the parts other tours cannot reach.
"Rare Species are skilled and sharp performers, adept at improvising comedy from any haphazard thing that happens on the way, before returning to the hilarious script. For incessant and imaginative laughs Frome - The Fecund Coming can’t be beat" - John Christopher Wood
"A brilliant piece of immersive street theatre with unforgettable highlights" - Crysse Morrison
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4082594
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Al Lubel - Work in Progress
Date: Sunday 31st March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 2.45pm for 3.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Winner of the Amused Moose Judges Prize for his 2013 Edinburgh show, yet one of the last comics to appear on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (making six more appearances with Jay Leno and five appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman).
Al Lubel is one of those rare beasts who garners both critical praise and mainstream success. He's supported Jerry Seinfeld, who kindly mentioned "Al has one of the best jokes I have ever heard" and recently fellow comic Adam Bloom gave him high praise by saying Al had "the most original first ten minutes of comedy I've ever seen."
A work in progress show from a truly international act who gigs regularly across Europe and has previously performed in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila and Shanghai (amongst others).
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089089
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Harun Musho'd - Dark Side of Harun
Date: Sunday 31st March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 4.15pm for 4.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Harun Musho'd's second solo stand-up show compares life and events in the 70s and today. Includes terrorism, conspiracy theories, referendums, US presidents and the dark side of management.
"Musho'd has the makings of a great comedian" **** Views from the Gods
"When so many newer comics are Stewart Lee wannabes, at least this bears comparison to the original" - Chortle
"A likeable and funny comic" - Reviews Hub
**** Creek FM
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069878
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Rare Species - Frome - The Fecund Coming
Date: Sunday 31st March, 2019
Venue: Frome
Doors: for 6.00pm show
Duration: 45 mins
Price: £10
Back for its second year, Frome - The Fecund Coming is Rare Species’ comic take on traditional historical walks.
Join ‘whistorians’ Virginia Saggers & Gerald Terd as they take you up the Via Delorosa and uncover some of the truths behind the town’s burgeoning success.
What lies beneath Frome’s cobbled streets and why has it become such a popular location for hipsters and artisans to settle?
Peppered with humorous observations, cultural references, stories, poetry and song this 50 minute tour reaches the parts other tours cannot reach.
"Rare Species are skilled and sharp performers, adept at improvising comedy from any haphazard thing that happens on the way, before returning to the hilarious script. For incessant and imaginative laughs Frome - The Fecund Coming can’t be beat" - John Christopher Wood
"A brilliant piece of immersive street theatre with unforgettable highlights" - Crysse Morrison
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4082594
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
Adele Cliff - Undershare
Date: Sunday 31st March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 5.45pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Adele Cliff brings a work in progress of her brand new show about sharing to The Brew House.
Three time Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe Nominee, two time UK Pun Championship finalist and Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Finalist
"There's no doubt she's a nifty writer" - Chortle.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089125
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Daniel Cainer - More Gefilte Fish & Chips
Date: Sunday 31st March, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 6.00pm for 6.30pm show
Duration: 1hr20 incl interval
Price: £10
Stories-in-Song From a Master Songwriter
Smart, warm, funny, timely and only slightly irreverent, multi-award-winning Daniel Cainer is here with his ever-evolving collection of stories-in-song.
Most of the human condition is here, lovingly and intelligently depicted: brilliant rhyming and wordplay, great musicianship and haunting tunes you'll find hard to forget. For anyone who has ever wrestled with their home, their heritage and their heart.
"An hour in Cainer's company is a true pleasure" - The Stage
"Cainer's songs are heart-rending, delicate, and witty in all the right places" - Daily Express
"A must see" - Daily Mirror
"Honest, edgy, touching and unpredictable; it will leave you tapping your toes and longing for more" - The Jewish Week, New York
"An extraordinary performer. His songs are at times heartbreakingly poignant, at other times laugh-out-loud funny. Utterly charming, highly recommended" - Edinburgh Festivals Guide Magazine
"Lovingly detailed shaggy dog storytelling" - Time Out
"Tremendously entertaining. His voice is powerful and versatile, and his lyrics are like Robin Williams rants with delightful rhythms and rhymes" - Jewish Currents New York
Fringe Review Highly Recommended Show 2015, 2016 & 2017
SoHo Playhouse New York: Best of Edinburgh and NYC Fringes 2014/2015/2016
Winner: Three Weeks Edinburgh Award 2013
Winner: Galway Fringe award for Excellence 2017
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089760
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/daniel-cainer-more-gefilte-fish-chips/
Links: http://www.danielcainer.com/
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Radu Isac - Good Excuses For Sociopaths
Date: Sunday 31st March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Do you sometimes think about your actions? Do your actions make you feel like a sociopath? Does feeling like a sociopath hurt your self-esteem?
Well this show was specifically written to make YOU feel better!
*None of the victims' feelings were considered during the making of the show.
"Simultaneously sweet and dark" - Chortle
As seen and heard on BBC World Service, Radio 4 and Comedy Central Extra
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Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069851
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Paul 'Silky' White - ZIUQ! The Family-friendly-ish Backwards Comedy Quiz
Date: Sunday 31st March, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 8.15pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8 before 1 Mar, £10 after
He doesn't know it all, but Silky can make up something plausible really quickly... Brand new show and concept from the best comedian you've never heard of.
The Audience are the teams, questions are irrelevant, answers come from all sorts of surprising directions. Different every time!
"Superb...funnier and smarter than the average clown" - From The Margins
"A performer whose genuine charm captures his crowd. I urge you to go and see for yourself" ***** Three Weeks
"Like your funny best friend only funnier" **** The Herald
"Cryingly funny" - Bath Chronicle
12+
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4090393
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/paul-silky-white-ziuq-the-family-friendly-ish-backwards-comedy-quiz/
Links: http://wwwsilkythecomedian.com
Twitter: paulsilkywhite
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Tom Glover - A Glover Not A Fighter
Date: Sunday 31st March, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Lactose intolerance. Bike rides. Urinals. Tom Glover is a comedian not afraid to tackle the big issues.
Debut hour from award-winning comedian... "What did he win?" It doesn't matter. "I've never heard of him?" He's not from round here.
Tom will attempt to find the humour in his life as a man desperate to do the right thing in a world where everything is wrong to someone.
The debut show from loveable West Country favourite Tom Glover; Runner up in the prestigious Lastminute Comedy Club Comedian of the Year and finalist in the Inaugural Petfringe Comedian of the Year.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089084
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Monday 1st April, 2019
Only Fools The (cushty) Dining Experience
Date: Monday 1st April, 2019
Venue: Abbey Hotel
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £57.50 incl 3 course meal & cocktail
Interactive Theatre International presents…
Only Fools The (cushty) Dining Experience
- it's the show they were all asking for, and it's by the people behind the worldwide smash hit, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience: Only Fools The (cushty) Dining Experience opened in the UK in September last year and it's already winning fans.
Transporting guests to The Nags Head for some wheeling, dealing and eating, this fully immersive, highly interactive theatre show makes for a t'riffic night out – you'd be a plonker to miss it!
The Trotters want to drum up some cash and make a cheeky saving on the side in this fun-filled knees up that has everyone stopping by – including fan- favourites like Cassandra, Trigger, Marlene, Uncle Albert and more. Mayhem rules from start to finish as deals are brokered, schemes are hatched and quizzes quizzed.
This fabulously new, completely unique experience is a bang-for-your-buck event that includes shed-loads of laughs. One-off improvisation, side-splitting humour, and an expertly-crafted, completely original script come together to make this loving tribute to the TV series a high-quality, seriously funny night to remember.
"Hugely entertaining" **** The Stage
"It's a hoot!" **** TimeOut London
"An excellent show" ***** Love PopUps London
"A laugh a minute" ***** Daily Star Sunday
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4090093
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/only-fools-the-cushty-dining-experience/
Links: http://www.onlyfoolsdining.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/InteractiveTheatreInternational
Twitter: InteractiveTheatreInt
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Criminal
Date: Monday 1st April, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr20
Price: £10
Welcome to Criminal, where a lineup of wonderful comedy talents solve a murder in front of your eyes.
Tonight the hideous crime that needs solving is the murder of Gareth Watkins. Strolling around the supermarket of deception, our detective must head straight to the aisle of resolution and cram the tins of truth into the trolley of justice.
Tonight's improvisers are Phil Whelans ("Genuinely and utterly original" - Three Weeks), Frankie Evans (***** - Oxford Mail), Ralph Jones ("The performance is faultless" - Chortle), and Richard Vranch ("Impressive display" - Chortle).
Produced by Ralph Jones and Joel Gatehouse, Criminal is a comedy night and podcast ('Criminal Casebook') recorded in front of a live audience.
"Improv doesn't get better than this" ***** The Wee Review
"I was frequently in hysterics" **** The 730
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4088558
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Riordan DJ & Morgan Rees - Coming To Terms
Date: Monday 1st April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Multi award-winning and nominated comedians Riordan DJ and Morgan Rees present a shared hour of solid and assured stand-up comedy.
Riordan DJ, a medical student, is the winner of prestigious Chortle Student Comedy Award 2017 and was nominated for the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2019.
Morgan Rees was a finalist in both the BBC New Comedy Award 2017 and So You're Think You're Funny.
As heard on Radio 4.
"Excellent" - The Scotsman
"Great one-liners" - Chortle
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4088900
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New Act Competition - Heat 5
Date: Monday 1st April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
There are eight heats at The Bell and four at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Drew Taylor - "A guy destined for comedy greatness!" - Theatr Gwaun
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 12th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April (details here).
Sunjai Arif & Nathan Eagle - Stranger Friends
Date: Monday 1st April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Sunjai Arif and Nathan Eagle are Stranger Friends
Come on a journey to the Upside Down as Sunjai (Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2017) and Nathan (Portsmouth Comedian of the Year 2018) share their memories of nostalgic pop culture in a way only the two of them could imagine.
Come as strangers but leave as friends.
"Nathan is one of the most original and exciting new acts I have seen" - Zoe Lyons
"Sunjai is an excellent performer" - VoiceMag
"Truly entertaining" - Dorset Echo
Shortlisted for Best Comedy 2017 (The Guide Awards)
***** Bunbury Magazine
**** TheatreBath
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4100737
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Tuesday 2nd April, 2019
Only Fools The (cushty) Dining Experience
Date: Tuesday 2nd April, 2019
Venue: Abbey Hotel
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £57.50 incl 3 course meal & cocktail
Interactive Theatre International presents…
Only Fools The (cushty) Dining Experience
- it's the show they were all asking for, and it's by the people behind the worldwide smash hit, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience: Only Fools The (cushty) Dining Experience opened in the UK in September last year and it's already winning fans.
Transporting guests to The Nags Head for some wheeling, dealing and eating, this fully immersive, highly interactive theatre show makes for a t'riffic night out – you'd be a plonker to miss it!
The Trotters want to drum up some cash and make a cheeky saving on the side in this fun-filled knees up that has everyone stopping by – including fan- favourites like Cassandra, Trigger, Marlene, Uncle Albert and more. Mayhem rules from start to finish as deals are brokered, schemes are hatched and quizzes quizzed.
This fabulously new, completely unique experience is a bang-for-your-buck event that includes shed-loads of laughs. One-off improvisation, side-splitting humour, and an expertly-crafted, completely original script come together to make this loving tribute to the TV series a high-quality, seriously funny night to remember.
"Hugely entertaining" **** The Stage
"It's a hoot!" **** TimeOut London
"An excellent show" ***** Love PopUps London
"A laugh a minute" ***** Daily Star Sunday
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4090093
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/only-fools-the-cushty-dining-experience/
Links: http://www.onlyfoolsdining.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/InteractiveTheatreInternational
Twitter: InteractiveTheatreInt
Download poster: Only_Fools_poster.jpg
You Tube footage:
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Darren Walsh - Massive Punt
Date: Tuesday 2nd April, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8
Join Darren (ITV's 'Out There', UK's first Pun Champion, Winner of Dave's Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe, BBC Edinburgh Presents') on a Round-The-World flight, pun-packed with in-flight entertainment, video sketches, 1-liners, jingles and general nonsense.
Find out if we can all land back in Bath in one piece.
"Punbelievable!" ***** The Mirror
**** Sunday Express
**** Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
"Unstoppable tsunami of stupid puns" - Chortle
"A tall guy with a big talent for short jokes" - The Stage
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089494
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/darren-walsh-massive-punt/
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Tony Law - A Lost Show
Date: Tuesday 2nd April, 2019
Venue: Komedia Arts Cafe
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Price: £10
"The King of post-modern nonsense" (Telegraph) Tony Law is taking his funniest, most meaningful show to date on tour after selling out his entire run at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe with 'A Lost Show'
A mind-changing, comedy-art, laugh-affirming experience you'll never forget.
Expect accents, observations, shouting, clowning, shadows, shadow puppets, a space bear puppet, music, bad music, falling and white face paint. This show finds the vulnerability in us all.
"Takes post-modern stand-up to a dangerously funny new level" **** The Guardian
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/arts-cafe-programme/tony-law-a-lost-show/
Luca Cupani - Lives I Never Lived
Date: Tuesday 2nd April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" In his mid 30s Luca managed to narrow the possible answers down to a few options: Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Legionnaire in the French Foreign Legion, expert Japanese sword-smith, lecturer in Latin and a call center operator. Eventually, only one of those exciting career paths became true.
In this brand new show, the Italian who was too funny for his own country describes the lives he never had.
A natural storyteller, Luca is ready to entertain you with his gentle, endearing dark humour. There will also be room for improvisation and audience interaction.
Winner of So You Think You're Funny (2015), Luca appeared at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal (2016) and has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival since 2014. He has gigged across Europe (Netherlands, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Switzerland) and since 2018 he is a regular guest on the Italian TV show Zelig Time. Luca also recently featured on The Arts Hour Tour (BBC World Service) later this month.
"Funny and fresh" - The Scotsman
"See him now" - Kate Copstick
Work in progress show
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4088256
Download poster: Luca Cupani WIP Bath.pdf
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New Act Competition - Heat 6
Date: Tuesday 2nd April, 2019
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
There are eight heats at The Bell and four at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Steffan Alun - bearded Welsh optimist and a familiar face on the comedy circuit.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 12th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April (details here).
Louise Leigh - Identifiable
Date: Tuesday 2nd April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Funny Women Regional Finalist and badly-behaved mother of two, Louise should probably be delousing her kids instead of gallivanting off to Bath to appear in a festival. Nonetheless, here she is.
When she's not removing parasites from her children, Louise somehow finds time to turn in "an impressive performance" (John Hegley) featuring the vagaries of parenting, navigating the choppy seas of middle age and how to shave your legs like you're in an advert. She'll make you laugh until soup comes out of your nose. (If you were already eating soup. If soup comes out of your nose when you haven't been eating soup, you should probably see someone about that, okay?)
Hugely relatable, Louise is “charming, funny and with a natural rapport with the audience.”
All proceeds from this show will go to buying special shampoo and the sachets that get rid of the itchy bum worms.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4087994
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
George Rigden - Spooning With Uri
Date: Tuesday 2nd April, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
For 2 years as a child, George Rigden (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the year nominee 2017) was friends with Uri Geller. This is the bizarre but true story of that friendship.
In the wake of Operation Yewtree and the #MeToo movement, this is a tale that is as relevant as it is profitable (TBC).
A true story about friendship, autographs and cutlery.
"Deliciously dark" - Beyond The Joke
"A fine, wretched persona" - Chortle
As heard on BBC radio 4, as seen on BBC 1, BBC 2 & BBC 4.
Preview show.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4091171
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/george-rigden-spooning-with-uri/
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Wednesday 3rd April, 2019
Maisie Adam
Date: Wednesday 3rd April, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8
Winner of Amused Moose National New Comic 2018 and So You Think You're Funny 2017, Maisie Adam presents an hour show including work in progress of her second Edinburgh show.
Her debut hour, 'Vague', earned her a nomination for Best Newcomer at last year's Edinburgh Comedy Awards and this work in progress promises more witty observations delivered with her signature charm, hilarious physicality and sharp wit.
As seen on ITV2's 'The Stand-Up Sketch Show', BBC Three and Sky Arts 'Urban Myths'.
"Go see Maisie Adam now and have bragging rights for years to come" - The Herald
"Maisie Adam is phenomenal" - The Scotsman
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4088890
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/maisie-adam/
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Sindhu Vee - Sandhog
Date: Wednesday 3rd April, 2019
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: for 7.30pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee 2018, Sindhu Vee embarks on a UK tour with her critically acclaimed and Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show, Sandhog.
Loving your children, spouse and ageing parents (in that order, please don’t tell my mother) is very hard work, very intense and a lot of the time it sucks. But who wants to live without love?
Highly anticipated debut from the host of BBCR4’s Comedy of the Week podcast. As seen on QI – BBC2, Have I Got News for You – BBC1 and Alan Davies As Yet Untitled – Dave, and heard on Guilty Feminist podcast.
"One of the finest hours of stand-up I’ve ever witnessed" - I Talk Telly
"Acerbic perspective and unapologetic delivery of less politically correct home truths" - The List
***** I Talk Telly **** One4Review **** Fringe Biscuit **** Fest **** The Times **** Fest Mag
Booking: Ticket Source
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bath/rondo-theatre/sindhu-vee-sandhog
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Louise Leigh - Identifiable
Date: Wednesday 3rd April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Funny Women Regional Finalist and badly-behaved mother of two, Louise should probably be delousing her kids instead of gallivanting off to Bath to appear in a festival. Nonetheless, here she is.
When she's not removing parasites from her children, Louise somehow finds time to turn in "an impressive performance" (John Hegley) featuring the vagaries of parenting, navigating the choppy seas of middle age and how to shave your legs like you're in an advert. She'll make you laugh until soup comes out of your nose. (If you were already eating soup. If soup comes out of your nose when you haven't been eating soup, you should probably see someone about that, okay?)
Hugely relatable, Louise is “charming, funny and with a natural rapport with the audience.”
All proceeds from this show will go to buying special shampoo and the sachets that get rid of the itchy bum worms.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4087994
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Maria Shehata - Pretty Little
Date: Wednesday 3rd April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
The follow up to her her debut Edinburgh show Wisdomless, multi-award winning comedian Maria Shehata expands on her transatlantic move for love, and life after it fell apart.
Work in progress show.
"Uniquely open and honest, a performer to watch out for" - Broadway World
"I love Maria Shehata. She is funny on and off stage" - Bill Burr
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089433
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Micky P Kerr - Z-LIST CELEBRITY
Date: Wednesday 3rd April, 2019
Venue: Komedia
Doors: 6.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £15-£26
Z-LIST CELEBRITY: Life after the Britain's Got Talent Finals
In June 2018 musical comedian, Micky P. Kerr, was rocketed to stardom when he won the hearts of the nation and wowed both Simon Cowell and Andy Murray's mum with his performances on Britain's Got Talent.
Time has passed and he's now been brought safely back down to earth and back into his comfort zone as a Z-List Celebrity.
In this, his debut solo tour, the now semi-famous Micky invites you to join him for an evening of music, social commentary and, above all, lots of laughs.
"I was belly laughing, ugly laughing and that's what you want from a comedian" - Alecia Dixon
"I absolutely love you, you are hilarious!" - David Walliams
Tickets: £15.00, Meal Deal: £26.00 // Ages 15+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/comedy/micky-p-kerr-z-list-celebrity/
New Act Competition - Heat 7
Date: Wednesday 3rd April, 2019
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
There are eight heats at The Bell and four at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Rob Mulholland - "Hilarious stand-up...unflinchingly real and open" - Broadway Baby
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 12th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April (details here).
Sex.. with Pete Searles
Date: Wednesday 3rd April, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.15pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8
After his much younger girlfriend leaves him for a better looking, richer, more successful friend of his, Searles dissolves into a gibbering, chain-smoking, suicidal-insomniac!
In desperation he resorts to the latest new-age self-help healing therapy E.F.T. (emotional freedom technique) regressing him into a voyage of self re-discovery - where buried memories of past relationships, one-night stands and a very confused childhood all come bubbling to the surface – with hilarious, painful and revelatory results!
"Haven't laughed so much in ages" - Gilded Balloon
"One of the loveliest, laughter filled hours I have seen" - The Scotsman
"He's definitely one performer I look forward to seeing again next year" - one4review.com
"It's a joy" - The List Magazine
"Brilliant… one of the best solo shows I've ever seen!" - Gyles Brandreth
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069788
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/sex-with-pete-searles/
Links: http://www.petersearles.com/
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Michael Legge - The Idiot
Date: Wednesday 3rd April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Michael Legge, the shouty one from Do The Right Thing, is putting together brand new material for a brand new stand-up comedy show.
Star of Live At The Apollo is a terrible description of him, but if you're the kind of person that likes watching a grown man have a nervous breakdown while he tries to figure out the world, himself, the end of all civilisation and brand new jokes, then this is definitely the show for you. He's bound to be in tears 20 minutes in. It'll be hilarious.
The Idiot is Michael's first show since his highly-rated, sell out Jerk in 2017 and that show nearly killed him, so this one will surely see him off. Come along and say goodbye.
Work in progress show.
"First class" - The Guardian
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089420
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Thursday 4th April, 2019
An Evening of Eric & Ern
Date: Thursday 4th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Forum
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 2hrs incl interval
Price: £20 - £25
From the Olivier nominated duo behind the hugely celebrated & critically acclaimed west end hit
Eric & Little Ern
with
Jonty Stephens and Ian Ashpitel
This is a brilliant homage crammed full of renditions of those famous comedy sketches, that hits all the right notes! From Greig's Piano concerto to Mr Memory, "Arsenal!" It's a show full of Morecambe and Wise's most loved routines, songs and sketches and of course a musical guest. This wonderful show, evokes memories of times when whole families would huddle around the telly on Sunday evenings.
"You have the giddy out of time illusion that you are watching the legendary double-act live." - Independent
"I never thought i'd see Morecambe and Wise live - I think I just have!" - Ben Elton
Booking: Bath Forum
Tel: 0844 888 9991
Online booking: https://bathforum.ticketline.co.uk/order/gateway/13342176
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/an-evening-of-eric-ern/
Links: http://www.ericandlittleern.co.uk/gallery-videos
Download poster: Eric & Ern SPRING 19 Poster BATH A4 v1.pdf
Supported by Aaron Evans Architects
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Bizarre Bath
Date: Thursday 4th April, 2019
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Rob Auton - The Talk Show
Date: Thursday 4th April, 2019
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
The Talk Show is a comedy/theatre/spoken word show about talking by award-winning writer and performer Rob Auton.
Following on from his shows about hair, sleep, water, faces, the sky and the colour yellow, Rob now turns his attention to talking because he is ready to talk about talking. Since 2012 Rob has chosen a specific theme for his shows and challenged himself to create an hour of material about each subject.
These shows have given rise to sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe as Rob continues to build his audience through his unique use of words and humour. After his appearances on the Russell Howard Hour, BBC at the Edinburgh Festival and Channel 4’s Random Acts, Rob now looks to talk to as many people as possible with The Talk Show.
The Talk Show was the second best reviewed comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival 2018.
"A genuine original. Poetical, philosophical, humane, completely charming and funny to boot" - The Guardian
"Charming, eccentric and uplifting, Auton is a talent to watch" ***** The Independent
"Inspiring and uplifting. Well worth seeing" ***** British Comedy Guide
Booking: Ticket Source
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bath/rondo-theatre/rob-auton-the-talk-show
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
New Act Competition - Heat 8
Date: Thursday 4th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
There are eight heats at The Bell and four at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Matthew Baylis - middle class, middle aged, middle England and very funny.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 12th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April (details here).
The Smoking Duck Comedy Playgroup
Date: Thursday 4th April, 2019
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 8.00pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: Free
Bath's best free open mic night of music and comedy in the newly refurbished Back Bar at The Bell, presented by Lawrie Duckworth.
With everything from satirical songs to filthy poetry to weird character comedy, veterans include local acts Ben Thurston, Matt Alford, Sam Cottle, Mattoid, Steve Hughes, Alan Francis and Mishka Shubaly.
Reunion sketches from Bath's veteran sketch-botherers The Unrelated Family, plus expect surprise spots from visiting comedy stars in town for the Festival.
Contact lawrieduckworth@gmail.com to book a spot, or be there before 8pm.
Facebook: http://facebook.com/bellbackbar
Download poster: Smoking Duck.jpg
Friday 5th April, 2019
Marcel Lucont - No. Dix
Date: Friday 5th April, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £12 / £10 concs (see below *)
The nation's favourite Frenchman returns to the UK with an exquisite new show and a live band to abuse.
Expect wit sharper than a pint of English wine, poems sexier than an art déco brothel and jibes more devastating than an ill-judged referendum. Catch the Gallic symbol at the height of his imperial phase.
"Fresh, accessible and hilarious" - The Guardian
"Excellently dry" - The Times
"Unbelievably French" - The Scotsman
As seen on BBC1's The John Bishop Show, Sky Atlantic's Set List and Comedy Central At The Comedy Store.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069739
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/marcel-lucont-no-dix/
Links: http://www.marcellucont.com/
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* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Isa Bonachera - The Great Emptiness
Date: Friday 5th April, 2019
Venue: Mission Theatre
Doors: for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8
Isa's been obsessed with outer space all her life, and she spent twenty years trying to become an astronaut. So, why isn't she in space?
The Great Emptiness is a multimedia stand up show about broken dreams and outer space, and a cautionary tale about being blindsided by a passion and the importance to stop and smell the roses.
You will not be able to hold back the laughs in this show that combines stand up comedy with wearable electronics and a planetarium projector.
Isa Bonachera is a BBC New Comedy Award finalist, a Leicester Square Comedian of the Year Finalist, a Sketch Off! runner-up, and a Phoenix Artist Club Cabaret Award top three.
A stand up comedy experience like no other.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4092362
Download poster:
poster_2019_TheGreatEmptiness_Bath_smaller.jpg
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Cally Beaton - Invisible
Date: Friday 5th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Invisible is the new show from Cally Beaton (as seen on QI) - an unflinching, hilarious and unexpected insight into life at an age when the world ghosts you.
Cally tells the story of the time she nearly disappeared in Iceland - the country, not the shop. From behind the lines of the mid-life resistance she gets her shellac-ed claws into survival, turning gender stereotypes on their head as she goes.
She won't go gentle into that good night. She might go mental. But she'll never go gentle.
"Exciting and hilarious talent" - Time Out
"Clever running gags" **** The Arts Desk
"Properly funny" - Sandi Toksvig
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069868
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Friday 5th April, 2019
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Andrew Maxwell - Showtime
Date: Friday 5th April, 2019
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Price: £14
With Showtime Andrew continued his long run of domination of the Edinburgh Fringe.
A memorable cocktail of personal stories, astute political observations and the odd surprise foray into character cameos, it won yet another barrage of five-star reviews for one of the festival’s most universally acclaimed acts. Now, it’s 'showtime' for the rest of the country.
Andrew is known for his eagle-eyed, passionate current-affairs comedy, showcased in his many appearances on BBC Radio 4 (News Quiz, Welcome To Wherever You Are, Public Enemies). He’s been seen on – among others – Live at the Apollo (BBC One), Have I Got News for You (BBC One), Celebrity Juice (ITV2) and Mock the Week (BBC Two); and to a whole new generation he is the devilish voice of MTV’s Ex On The Beach.
"One of the most significant comedians working in the country today" ***** The Independent
"Showtime is a masterclass in mirth, sublime timing, and killer punchlines" ***** The Herald
DOUBLE EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD NOMINEE
WINNER: Time Out Live Award: Best Stand-up
Booking: Ticket Source
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bath/rondo-theatre/andrew-maxwell-showtime
New Act Competition - Heat 9
Date: Friday 5th April, 2019
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
There are eight heats at The Bell and four at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Jack Campbell - English Comedian of the Year (2014), always go down a storm with his quick wit and silly nature.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 12th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April (details here).
Walcot House Friday Night Live - starring Mitch Benn
Date: Friday 5th April, 2019
Venue: Walcot House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £12
A Friday night line-up presented by Mirth Control, starring:
Mitch Benn
"Mitch Benn is a seriously talented musician" - Chortle
Yuriko Kotani
"One to watch" - Time Out
Harry Pugh
Bristol based newcomer
Sezar Alkassab
"Confident delivery, informed material" - Jonathan Hearn
and Sheraz Yousaf (MC)
"Sheraz Yousaf: The Pursuits of Manlyness" - Lydia Tobyn
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089008
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/walcot-house-friday-night-live-starring-mitch-benn/
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
Online sales: £1.00. Credit Card transaction fee: £2.00..
Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.21
Bath Folk Club - Georgia Lewis & Rowan Piggott
Date: Friday 5th April, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.00pm for 8.15pm show
Price: £8 adv (£10 on door)
A musical interlude during the Festival, at our favourite intimate venue.
Georgia Lewis, hailed as "the best voice to emerge from the English folk scene in recent years", is a consummate multi-instrumentalist with a fresh approach to folksong. She is joined by longtime collaborator Rowan Piggott, a fiddle-player and songwriter with a "deep understanding and feel for tradition".
Together they perform compelling contemporary arrangements of both traditional and self penned material. Described as "young, exuberant & musically adept" (R2 Magazine) Georgia's debut album 'The Bird Who Sings Freedom', released on Rootbeat records, earned her a nomination for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards last year.
An evening of folk tales, haunting melodies and sumptuous harmonies awaits.
Horizon Nominee - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018
"Making a name through really well received concerts" - 2018 BBC Radio 2
"Showcasing her mastery of the idiom" ***** R2 Magazine
"An impeccable British folk album" **** Songlines
"Fine musicianship and authentic feel" - Living Trad
"Georgia's singing is very impressive indeed" - FATEA
Future of Young Folk Award Winner
Booking: Bath Folk Festival
Online booking: https://bathfolkfestival.org/ticket/georgia-lewis-and-rowan-piggott-at-bath-folk-club/
Jess Robinson - No Filter
Date: Friday 5th April, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr45 incl interval
Price: £15 / £12 concs (see below *)
Multi-award-winning Jess Robinson is back with a new show! With more spot-on celebrity impressions, musical comedy and stunning vocal gymnastics.
Jess takes you on a dizzying journey through hilarious improvised musical impressions, serving up a feast of styles and genres from classical to rock to hip hop showcasing the voices of all your favourite celebs.
As seen on The Imitation Game (ITV) Murder in Successville (BBC3), Dead Ringers (BBC2), The Week That Wasn't (Sky1), The Now Show (BBC R4) and The Last Leg (C4).
"Naturally funny. Pitch perfect" - Telegraph
"It's like a mega-concert with all your favourite stars" - ITV
"Her talent and showmanship is stunning" - Chortle
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3606888
Alternative booking: See Tickets
Online booking: https://www.seetickets.com/event/jess-robinson-no-filter/widcombe-social-club/1259143
Links: http://www.jessrobinson.co.uk/
Twitter: jessierobinson
Download poster:
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You Tube footage:
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.32
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Pauline Eyre & Jenny Laville - Buffering
Date: Friday 5th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Buffering, when you're waiting for life to load.
Jenny & Pauline are stuck between young kids and elderly relatives. Buffering is their darkly funny take on the needs of kids, the needs of parents and the needs of wine; with the occasional peek out into the real world.
If you wet yourself laughing, this is one show where they will defiantly have wipes.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089389
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Saturday 6th April, 2019
Utopia: Under Construction
Date: Saturday 6th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 1.15pm for 1.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Described as "the perfect blend of erudite and silly" by Glas-Denbury Festival, Utopia: Under Construction is a comedy show like no other.
In just one hour, three of the South West's upcoming comedians will pull together to reinvent a greater society.
With help from the audience (and Google!) our comedy construction workers will be undertaking a full structural survey of society, demolishing where needed and laying the foundations for a brave new world.
Blurring the lines between stand-up and theatre, Utopia: Under Construction is an evening of fun, friendly, satirical hilarity designed to please any crowd.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089542
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Laura Lexx - Future Tense
Date: Saturday 6th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 2.45pm for 3.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Laura Lexx likes period dramas and certainty. She does not enjoy thinking about the future and uncertainty. Because the future is entirely made of uncertainty.
Join Laura in her very best attempt to be incredibly positive about her fears for the future, for women, for her potential children and for her marriage.
Is focusing on the little things useful, or procrastination? Is writing a comedy show about it in any way helpful? Is watching one? Oh dear.
Work in Progress show.
Age guidance - 16+
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4070965
Links: http://www.lauralexx.co.uk
Twitter: lauralexx
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Steve McLean - Action Figure Archive
Date: Saturday 6th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 4.15pm for 4.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
What's the difference between an action figure and a collectable? Steve takes a fun look at the toys of his childhood. You might be surprised how they look through adult eyes.
Action Figure Archive is the hit show from the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe.
In spite of being only a short work-in-progress show it still managed to make it into three 'top 10' lists including The Herald ("A hilarious walk down memory lane") and Wired Magazine ("A fun examination of nostalgia and nerdiness").
The show has now been expanded to an hour long set.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4072028
Facebook: http://facebook.com/ActionFigureArchiveWithSteveMcLean
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Pauline Eyre & Jenny Laville - Buffering
Date: Saturday 6th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 5.45pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Buffering, when you're waiting for life to load.
Jenny & Pauline are stuck between young kids and elderly relatives. Buffering is their darkly funny take on the needs of kids, the needs of parents and the needs of wine; with the occasional peek out into the real world.
If you wet yourself laughing, this is one show where they will defiantly have wipes.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089389
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Kane & Abel - Split Egg
Date: Saturday 6th April, 2019
Venue: Mission Theatre
Doors: for 7.30pm show
Price: £12 / £10 concs (see below *)
Split Egg: a magic show about being twins
Twin tricksters Kane & Abel perform magic and comedy inspired by clichés surrounding twins. Every question the identical twin brothers have been asked during their life – whether they are harmless, hurtful or just hilarious – have been developed into the narrative of this fun-filled and "seriously impressive" (BBC Radio Bristol) show. They'll prove they know what each other is thinking and feeling and whether they've ever used their similarities to steal each other's girlfriends.
"Like a Morecambe and Wise of magic ... both shine individually as magicians and comedians" **** Broadway Baby
"Will leave you impressed and in stitches" **** ThisIsRadelaide.com.au
"You will certainly leave with a smile on your face" GlamAdelaide.com.au
"A superb mixture of humour, magic and audience participation" EdFringeReview.com
Split Egg: a magic show about being twins was nominated for 'Best Free Show' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018.
Booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/kane-abel-present-split-egg/
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
Online sales: £1.00. Credit Card transaction fee: £2.00..
Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
Date: Saturday 6th April, 2019
Venue: Apex Hotel
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £55 incl 3 course meal
Basil is coming to Bath! Join us for the most enjoyable disastrous dining experience of your life. Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is 5-star interactive dinner show like no other.
Expect the unexpected at this multi-sensory treat where Basil, Sybil and Manuel will serve you a 3-course meal with a side of shambolic service.
The tribute to the much-loved BBC sitcom has been touring the world since 1997 and is an international sell out for a reason! Experience it for yourself for just £55:
* Two-hour interactive show
* Three-course dinner (vegetarian option available)
* Pre-dinner drinks for 7pm in the bar (discounted drinks pre-ordering is available)
* Show begins at 7.30pm
To book please call 01225 418 501. If you have any queries email bath.enquiries@apexhotels.co.uk. Please note card payments are only accepted over the phone.
Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable to another event.
Booking: Apex Hotel
Tel: 01225 418501
Online booking: https://www.apexhotels.co.uk/apex-city-of-bath-hotel/dining/offers/faulty-towers
Cally Beaton - Invisible
Date: Saturday 6th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Invisible is the new show from Cally Beaton (as seen on QI) - an unflinching, hilarious and unexpected insight into life at an age when the world ghosts you.
Cally tells the story of the time she nearly disappeared in Iceland - the country, not the shop. From behind the lines of the mid-life resistance she gets her shellac-ed claws into survival, turning gender stereotypes on their head as she goes.
She won't go gentle into that good night. She might go mental. But she'll never go gentle.
"Exciting and hilarious talent" - Time Out
"Clever running gags" **** The Arts Desk
"Properly funny" - Sandi Toksvig
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069868
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Saturday 6th April, 2019
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Superheroes
Date: Saturday 6th April, 2019
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £10 concs (see below *)
Sock! Pow! Wham! The award-winning Socks - winners of the 2018 Bath Comedy Festival Lovehoney Best Joke Award - are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks & violence.
This time they’re real live Superheroes! You think you’ve seen heroes in tights before? This pair will run and run.
"Space age comedy to knock your socks off" **** Daily Record
"Had every single audience member… laughing until they cried" ***** Edinburgh Evening News
Booking: Ticket Source
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bath/rondo-theatre/scottish-falsetto-sock-puppet-theatre-superheroes
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Krater Comedy Club -
Date: Saturday 6th April, 2019
Venue: Komedia
Doors: 6.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £9 - £41
Watch comedy from three top stand-ups and enjoy the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award Winning Restaurant.
And for the full Saturday Night Out Krater Comedy Club ticket holders on Saturday gain FREE ENTRY, without a queue to the sell-out club night Motorcity.
Tonight's line-up: TBC
"Pick of the Week" – The Guardian
"THE place to catch stand-up comedy" – The Independent
Tickets: £20.00, Concessions: £13.00, Students (Balcony): £9.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Meal Deal Plus: £41.00 // Ages 18+
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/cabaret/krater/?e=16444
Bill Smarme's Social Club
Date: Saturday 6th April, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs incl intervals
Price: £10
SOLD OUT
A bonkers variety/cabaret show hosted by the inimitable Bill Smarme - ladies' man, bon viveur, international entertainer, building contractor - in his first solo appearance since the band got fed up with being paid in breeze blocks and sharp sand.
There'll be songs, stand-up, a Smarmy quiz, kazoo-alongs, guest spots and a meat draw.
All in the best Smarmetastic taste!
Stand-up guest spots from Pauline Eyre & Jenny Laville
a special appearnce of Mutt n Jeff (Rare Species)
and a headline set from Seymour Mace - one of Bath Comedy's favourite indescribable surreal comics! As seen in BBC's 'Ideal' with Johnny Vegas.
SOLD OUT
David Ephgrave's New Bits
Date: Saturday 6th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
CANCELLED
The daily-blogging comic presents work-in-progress for his new show (plus guests).
Among the Daily Telegraph, Comedy Central, i Newspaper, Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News best jokes lists.
"David Ephgrave was as smooth as they come" - BBC
"Ephgrave is a refreshingly down to earth comedian...devastatingly witty" - EdFestMag
"A very likeable stand-up, confident but not cocky, and a lot of fun to spend time with...a natural entertainer." - View From The Gods
"Has an eye for the bizarre, the sinister and the downright ridiculous" - Camden Fringe Voyeur
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069857
Links: http://www.mostlydavidephgrave.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/TheDavidEphgrave
Twitter: david_ephgrave
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Sunday 7th April, 2019
The Wine Arts Trail 2019
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: To be revealed...
Doors: 10.40am for 11.00am show
Duration: 2.5hrs (approx!)
Price: £30
SOLD OUT
The legendary magical mystery tour is back by popular demand. Why, there would be rioting in the streets if The Wine Arts Trail wasn't included in the festival programme!!
Let the big red bus take you on a veritably vinous voyage of discovery to those secret bits of our beloved city that you never knew existed. At every stop a hilarious happening, an artistic intervention or a daft divertissement. And at every stop, a glass of fine wine.
The fabulously bonkers outing is a perennial favourite amongst comedy aficionados. As usual, this year boasts a brand new top secret route, plonk aplenty and a laugh around every corner.
Hosted by Ralph Oswick, this year's celebrity guest clippie is none other than national treasure, erstwhile star of Porridge and Britain's favourite pantomime dame Christopher Biggins.
Dress code: Your beautiful bonnets, hilarious hats and terrific titfers could garner you an unforgettable mystery prize. N.B.Anyone without a hat will be thrown off the bus forthwith!
"Was that real?"..."Did that happen?"..."Are we nearly there Dad?"
Now in its 12th incarnation, The Wine Arts Trail is a comedy institution and tickets sell very quickly, so don't delay, book today.
There are two trips - 11am and 3pm set-off times. Please get to the start for doors opening time - 20 minutes before set-off - for your welcome glass of bubbly.
Sponsored by Great Western Wine and Morgan Brinkhurst Consultancy.
Grown ups only. Drink sensibly.
SOLD OUT
You Tube footage:
Arnold Kuenzler-Byrt - Urban Wildlife
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: Up The Wrenerade
Doors: for 2.30pm show
Price: £10
SOLD OUT
The Anglo-Swiss comedian Arnold Kuenzler-Byrt teams up with the crew from Up The Wrenerade, (A floating comedy club)
Urban Wildlife is a comedy show that explores in remarkable depth those things that are around us.
Featuring:
Matt Alford, The Bath comedian "political comedy but not as we know it, Jim"
Music from Devils Doorbell
Venue: Up The Wren will be moored at Sydney Gardens, Bath
Accessibility unfortunately is limited,
For more information call 07501 438879
SOLD OUT
The Wine Arts Trail 2019
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: To be revealed...
Doors: 2.40pm for 3.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs (approx!)
Price: £30
SOLD OUT
The legendary magical mystery tour is back by popular demand. Why, there would be rioting in the streets if The Wine Arts Trail wasn't included in the festival programme!!
Let the big red bus take you on a veritably vinous voyage of discovery to those secret bits of our beloved city that you never knew existed. At every stop a hilarious happening, an artistic intervention or a daft divertissement. And at every stop, a glass of fine wine.
The fabulously bonkers outing is a perennial favourite amongst comedy aficionados. As usual, this year boasts a brand new top secret route, plonk aplenty and a laugh around every corner.
Hosted by Ralph Oswick, this year's celebrity guest clippie is none other than national treasure, erstwhile star of Porridge and Britain's favourite pantomime dame Christopher Biggins.
Dress code: Your beautiful bonnets, hilarious hats and terrific titfers could garner you an unforgettable mystery prize. N.B.Anyone without a hat will be thrown off the bus forthwith!
"Was that real?"..."Did that happen?"..."Are we nearly there Dad?"
Now in its 12th incarnation, The Wine Arts Trail is a comedy institution and tickets sell very quickly, so don't delay, book today.
There are two trips - 11am and 3pm set-off times. Please get to the start for doors opening time - 20 minutes before set-off - for your welcome glass of bubbly.
Sponsored by Great Western Wine and Morgan Brinkhurst Consultancy.
Grown ups only. Drink sensibly.
SOLD OUT
You Tube footage:
Laura Ollerton & Jessie Nixon - Difficult Pifficult Lemon Squifficult
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 2.45pm for 3.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
CANCELLED
Sometimes life gives you clichés... and they rarely help.
What is my purpose in life? Which show should I see today? Maths.
Cease this needless fretting. Nixon and Ollerton are here to drop a little slice of silliness into the gin and slim of life. Refreshing, pithy and surprisingly zingy – they might even have some solutions for you...
Two fresh-out-of-the-net-bag comedians have prepared a warm welcome.
They'd love if you stayed (at least 'til the end) and then left.
Expect clever, playful, perceptive comedy delivered warmly by two women with lots to say.
Juicy, acerbic…. pip in the eye when you least expect it.
Bath New Act Finalist 2015
So You Think You're Funny Semi-finalist 2018 - Pundemonium Finalist 2018 - Funny Women's "One to Watch" 2018
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089414
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
David Ephgrave's New Bits
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 4.15pm for 4.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
CANCELLED
The daily-blogging comic presents work-in-progress for his new show (plus guests).
Among the Daily Telegraph, Comedy Central, i Newspaper, Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News best jokes lists.
"David Ephgrave was as smooth as they come" - BBC
"Ephgrave is a refreshingly down to earth comedian...devastatingly witty" - EdFestMag
"A very likeable stand-up, confident but not cocky, and a lot of fun to spend time with...a natural entertainer." - View From The Gods
"Has an eye for the bizarre, the sinister and the downright ridiculous" - Camden Fringe Voyeur
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069857
Links: http://www.mostlydavidephgrave.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/TheDavidEphgrave
Twitter: david_ephgrave
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Martin Pilgrim - I Write Jokes Not Tragedies
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 5.30pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Martin Pilgrim can't go on like this. After spending his twenties writing jokes that kept ending up on BuzzFeed lists with names like '21 tweets for people who still haven't got their shit together', he is nearly 30 and ready for something different.
Can this former poster boy for millennial sadness do the impossible and manage an hour of stand-up without whingeing? Probably not, but you should come and watch anyway.
"Adept and funny" - The Guardian
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069843
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Charlie Partridge - Jam
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 5.45pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
When Charlie Partridge was a kid, he dreamt of making stupid noises for a living. He was told it couldn't be done... they were right.
Mostly he can be seen bringing his special brand of idiocy to events for the likes of New Scientist, Vice, The Moth, Google, Facebook, Fosters, Bulmers and Red Bull. He has performed in LA, New York, Paris and Preston and has called more bingo shows than reasonable. Also seen/heard on BBC Three, Radio 4 and 6Music.
More recently he has fallen into writing immersive theatre treasure hunt experiences for people so wealthy they have run out of things to do, but pay him to bury their treasure so they can find it again. For real.
And when he's not doing that he is trying to cut it as a beatboxer, starting at the tender age of 33. He's better than you think.
Work in progress.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4082678
Facebook: http://facebook.com/CharliePartridgeUK
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Jem Roberts - White Straight Men Like Me Should STFU
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: The Bell
Doors: for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £3 on the door
Comedian, author and noisemaker Jem Roberts returns with his first solo show since 2014's 'Songs That Do Eventually Stop' with an hour or so of anti-patriarchal ranting, mixed with lashings of absolute filth.
Including classic tracks 'At Least I'm Not A Tory', 'Crash, Farage, Crash', 'Don't Be That Guy', 'Ed Sheeran Only Knows Four Chords', 'Diabetes Girl' and many... well, some... more.
The Independent Comedy Appreciation Society LIVE - Frank Foucault and The Delightful Sausage
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: Komedia Arts Cafe
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Price: £8
Your favourite niche comedy magazine presents a night of brilliantly absurd work-in-progress delights.
FRANK FOUCAULT: THE DESK (WIP)
Thump. James Corden hears a thump underneath his chat-show desk. Thump. It's the evening before the start of his American talk-show career. Thump. This is not a stand-up show. Thump. But it's written, performed and created by my stand-up comedy persona. Thump. I understand that's confusing. Thump. I hope you enjoy it. Thump. Thump. Love. Thump. Thump. Ego. Thump. Thump. Death. Thump. Thump. Sex. Thump. Thump. The Desk.
THE DELIGHTFUL SAUSAGE (WIP)
Yorkshire's finest meat-themed double act return with another helping of technicolour nonsense.
"Very smart writing" - The Guardian. "The most grotesquely funny, inbred version of a Northern English town since The League of Gentlemen" - The Scotsman. We operate a strict 'no bigheads' policy.
Bundle Discount for The Comedy Appreciation Society LIVE 7, 8 & 9 April:
Book TWO nights and get £1 off per ticket! // Book ALL THREE shows and get £2 off per ticket!
- discount applies automatically at checkout -
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/arts-cafe-programme/frank-foucault-and-the-delightful-sausage/
Samantha Pressdee - Covered
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
The only thing batshit crazier than Sammie was the welfare state supposed to be helping her!
Getting your needs met in austerity Britain is like a game of Russian roulette. Will she beat the system?
Work in progress show.
"Excellent storytelling and very funny" **** One4Review
"A fascinating insight into a world many people only glimpse and may just fire up your social conscience" - Chortle
"Startlingly honest" **** Bunbury Magazine
"A socio-political and cultural butterfly" **** Mumble Comedy
"Free-thinking, hard-hitting and anarchic, but delivered with a twinkle in the eye" Fringepig
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
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Rachel Creeger - Hinayni!
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
It's funny how seeing yourself in someone else's reflection can highlight your own scary truths. Those you might only admit to yourself in the middle of the night. Or on stage.
A dark stand up comedy show about shining a light on who you really are.
"Tight writing, sharp performance and a beautifully zany imagination" - The Brighton Source
"Very, very funny" - The Jewish Chronicle
Winner of Best Comedy Award, Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2017
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
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Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4088280
Links: http://www.rachelcreeger.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/RachelCreegerWriterDirector
Twitter: RachCreeger
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Arnold Kuenzler-Byrt - Urban Wildlife
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: Up The Wrenerade
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Price: £10
The Anglo-Swiss comedian Arnold Kuenzler-Byrt teams up with the crew from Up The Wrenerade, (A floating comedy club)
Urban Wildlife is a comedy show that explores in remarkable depth those things that are around us.
Featuring:
Matt Alford, The Bath comedian "political comedy but not as we know it, Jim"
Music from Devils Doorbell
Venue: Up The Wren will be moored at Sydney Gardens, Bath
Accessibility unfortunately is limited,
For more information call 07501 438879
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4088950
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Bizarre Bath
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Funny Noises 2019
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: The Bell
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £3 on the door or pay what you feel
For the 10th year running, this evening of musical comedy homage returns to The Bell Inn for Bath Comedy Festival, with a line up of some of the finest comedy musicians and musical comedians, performing both their own funny songs, and paying tribute to the comedy music greats.
Featuring Jem Roberts, Maaike Siegerest, The Guffs, Tin Cards, Terry Thomas, The Unrelated Family and more, covering heroes like Bill Bailey, Victoria Wood, Flight of the Conchords, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Vic & Bob, Morecambe & Wise, and a whole host of the best funny noisemakers in history.
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David Hoare and Richard James - Riches & Hoare's
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Bristol based comedians, David Hoare (2nd Place: Stand Up For Cider 2018) and Richard James ("Quick wit and hilarious anecdotes" - New Life Magazine), bring you an hour of Stand Up and Musical Comedy, previewing their Edinburgh show.
David is a musical comedian who is completely fine with turning 30 and loves his job in retail.
Richard is a country boy who is about to go on the walk of his life.
Come and enjoy an evening of hilarious jokes and silly songs.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089524
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Christopher Macarthur-Boyd - Work In Progress
Date: Sunday 7th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Brand new material from Glaswegian stand-up Christopher Macarthur-Boyd.
As featured on BBC Radios 1 and 4 Extra, as well as BBC Scotland. Live support for Kevin Bridges, Russel Kane and Jason Manford.
"Downright impressive" - Shortcom
"Certainly worthy of your time" - The List
"A pleasure to watch" - Voice Magazine
"Endlessly enjoyable" - The Skinny
"An intelligent, articulate and most importantly, incredibly funny comic" - Wee Review
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4091708
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Monday 8th April, 2019
The Independent Comedy Appreciation Society LIVE - Joz Norris and Siblings
Date: Monday 8th April, 2019
Venue: Komedia Arts Cafe
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Price: £8
Your favourite niche comedy magazine presents a night of brilliantly absurd work-in-progress delights.
JOZ NORRIS IS DEAD. LONG LIVE MR FRUIT SALAD.
Joz Norris has retired, or possibly died, who knows/cares? All that matters is that Mr Fruit Salad, a fictional chimaera he created as a form of self-care, has developed autonomy and decided to put on a solo show. A sort of absurdist meditation on anxiety and grief performed by an idiot from Pontefract who doesn’t exist. A sell-out at EdFringe 2018. "An absolute idiot...Simple, silly and screamingly funny" - Fest "A comedy legend" – To Do List
SIBLINGS: THE THIRD (WIP)
Character comedians and real life sisters Maddy and Marina Bye are back, physically bigger and mentally smaller than ever before. After two years of sell-out shows they present their third, completely absurd sketch show, but this time... with a twist. Enter the dangerous world of theatre and disaster as two idiot relatives present a full mystery of murder. Who done it? Probably, most likely one of them.. Expect new characters, more drama and a total abandonment of dignity as they take you into the snowy drama of The Headless Arms, the forever freezing manner.
Bundle Discount for The Comedy Appreciation Society LIVE 7, 8 & 9 April:
Book TWO nights and get £1 off per ticket! // Book ALL THREE shows and get £2 off per ticket!
- discount applies automatically at checkout -
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/arts-cafe-programme/joz-norris-and-siblings/
Sunjai Arif - Which Princess Are You?
Date: Monday 8th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Which Disney Princess are you?
Do you want much more than this provincial life? Would you love to explore that shore up above?
Sunjai Arif can show you the world as he shares his memories of nostalgic pop culture all while attempting not to be sued by Disney.
Sunjai has struggled with his unreasonable expectations for a fairytale life and can't understand why people don't break out into song all the time. Children's cartoons have affected all of us in some way or another, especially those from the entertainment powerhouse Disney. Come and enjoy some absurdist comedy that follows its heart.
Winner of the Bath Comedy Festival New Act Of The Year 2017, Runner up for The Guide Awards for Best Comedy 2018
"Sunjai Arif is an excellent performer" - Voice Magazine
"Truly entertaining" - Dorset Echo
"Blew the crowd away" - Mags4Dorset
"A tour de force" ***** Bunbury Magazine
**** TheatreBath
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4100736
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Bizarre Bath
Date: Monday 8th April, 2019
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 10
Date: Monday 8th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
There are eight heats at The Bell and four at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Luke Honnoraty - "Among the strongest comedians to come out of the South West in Years" - Dan Edge, Eminenet Banter
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 12th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April (details here).
Seymour Mace Gets Sucked Off By God
Date: Monday 8th April, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8 / £5 concs (see below *)
Mister Tuesday, potatoes versus knives, 80s, music, future wizard, noise, monkeys, lords, frauds, the saddest pictures in the world, animal band, ways to live, ways to die. Sucked off by God.
If that sounds like your kind of thing then come and meet me in my imagination. Unless you're a little kid, then f*ck off!
***** Times
***** Gigglebeats.co.uk
"For Seymour Mace the rules of conventional stand-up are irrelevant" **** Scotsman
"Bananas!" ***** Chortle.co.uk
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4082585
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/seymour-mace-gets-sucked-off-by-god/
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
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* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Wheel Of Four Loons
Date: Monday 8th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Richard Jay, Christian Russell-Pollock, Alf & Mark Dennett
4 Blokes telling jokes. Who will begin will depend on the spin!
Will it be a prop? Will it be a pun? Spin the wheel and join the fun!
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Tuesday 9th April, 2019
Matt Price - Broken Hooters And Geezers With Shooters
Date: Tuesday 9th April, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8
Matt Price was asked to work on a writing project with a former criminal. From day one, he was out of his depth...
Matt ("Fearlessly funny" **** The Scotsman) has been to a high profile criminal's funeral and stood outside the church with a biker gang and a 'body guard' who had learning difficulties. He once played monopoly with a Russian drug dealer and was sent an ill fitting stab proof vest and a spoon through the post.
As Steve Bennett from Chortle said, Matt Price is "a genuine, ordinary guy spinning some yarns, extraordinary in their telling" **** On the surface at six foot three and twenty stone, Matt looks as though he may blend into the criminal underworld quite well, until he blows his cover by speaking.
This is a show about learning your limitations and embracing them. It's about facing fears. It's about realising that actually, not being a tough guy isn't such a bad thing after all. Sometimes it's sensible to run away. Some people travel to Nepal or India to try and find themselves. Matt spent hundreds of hours at a retired criminal's house, mixing with people that he never even knew existed.
He doesn't have that many answers as to why people do bad things. But he has a lot of stories and he's learned a lot too.
"I don't understand why he isn't better known" ***** One4Review
Matt Price has been a professional comedian for over ten years and has performed in 30 countries, including 4 tours of Australia. He is a versatile performer who tells a great yarn, usually from the wilder side of life, but one that will make you laugh. He is not a geezer and his hooter remains unbroken.
"Storytelling comedy, necessitates a level of honesty I like. And Price is one of the best at it around" - Scotland on Sunday
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4058810
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/matt-price-broken-hooters-and-geezers-with-shooters/
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
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The Independent Comedy Appreciation Society LIVE - Elf Lyons and Peter Fleming
Date: Tuesday 9th April, 2019
Venue: Komedia Arts Cafe
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Price: £8
Your favourite niche comedy magazine presents a night of brilliantly absurd work-in-progress delights.
ELF LYONS (WIP)
Elf Lyons is an award-winning comedian, chameleon, writer and theatre maker from London.
In 2017 her solo show SWAN at the Edinburgh Fringe was nominated for the Best Show Award and the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality. In 2018 it was shortlisted for Fringe World's Best Comedy Show and was awarded Pick of the Fringe at the Adelaide Fringe.
In August 2018 her solo show ChiffChaff had a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe. It will be debuting in London in Spring 2019.
PETER FLEMING: HAVE YOU SEEN?
Retired children’s TV pioneer Peter Fleming needs your help. His legendary BBC programmes are missing from the archives, believed wiped. Join him on his nationwide quest to find all your favourite childhood TV shows, and his family if there’s time left over at the end. As heard on BBC Radio Wales.
Bundle Discount for The Comedy Appreciation Society LIVE 7, 8 & 9 April:
Book TWO nights and get £1 off per ticket! // Book ALL THREE shows and get £2 off per ticket!
- discount applies automatically at checkout -
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/arts-cafe-programme/elf-lyons-and-peter-fleming/
Philip Simon - Who's the Daddy Pig?
Date: Tuesday 9th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
As an actor, Philip Simon (writer for Mock the Week) played Daddy Pig in Peppa Pig's Party. Then another Daddy role came his way. Join Philip in an hour of award-winning (grown up) stand up comedy about dating, parenthood and Peppa Pig.
Having done a work in progress of the show in Edinburgh last year, Fringe Review called Who's the Daddy Pig? a "hidden gem of the Fringe".
Philip has performed professionally throughout the UK, as well as appearances in New York, Scandinavia, Europe, the Middle East and New Zealand.
WINNER of the Jewish Comedian of the Year 2015
WINNER of the Lastminute Comedy/Kill for a Seat Comedian of the Year 2015
SEMI-FINALIST in the Amused Moose Laugh Off 2016 and 2017
"'Philip Simon is never less than hilarious" - The Stage
"With Philip Simon as compere comedy is guaranteed" - The Jewish Chronicle
"He's good" - Kate Copstick
"Solid, strong stand-up. A Comedy Store act...Definitely one to be reckoned with" - Hils Jago, Amused Moose
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4087234
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Bizarre Bath
Date: Tuesday 9th April, 2019
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 11
Date: Tuesday 9th April, 2019
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
There are eight heats at The Bell and four at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Kieran Lawless - "Exceedingly entertaining, highly energised and sidesplittingly funny" - Northwestend.co.uk
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 12th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April (details here).
Nick Doody - PG
Date: Tuesday 9th April, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8
Can acclaimed comedian Nick Doody successfully write and perform a PG-rated show? You be the judge! Over-18s only.
WARNING: Corrosive notions, risk of birdstrike, unrehearsed crossbow stunts, terrifying dolls, ironic 'distance', explicit whistling, suggestive sexual intercourse, potential permanent damage to acuity of mental thingy, constant creeping dread, artistically unjustified tits, low horse sense, possible alien abduction, existential threat, demonic possession, scenes of career suicide, radioactive core, unfinished examp.
Audience members are advised to exhale fully before the performance and avoid inhaling until safely clear of the venue. Show may continue in your peripheral vision for several months.
DO NOT SEE SHOW AN ODD NUMBER OF TIMES.
***** Metro ***** The List ***** The Scotsman ***** Chortle
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069687
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/nick-doody-pg/
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[Redacted Bristol Comedian] - Laugh Til It Hurts: A BDSM Comedy Show
Date: Tuesday 9th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
In 2018 [Redacted Bristol Comedian who doesn't want this to be the first thing that comes up if employers Google their name] entered the dark and crazy world of the South West fetish and kink community, and now, with nearly a whole year's experience they're ready to tell you all about it!
If you're consider yourself to be kink-curious then this may be just the light hearted comedy show to convince you to give it a try, and if you're an experienced kinkster then you should come along anyway for a damn good laugh!
It's like 50 Shades of Grey except it's funny on purpose!
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4082834
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Wednesday 10th April, 2019
White Collar Comedy
Date: Wednesday 10th April, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
Three middle-class, middle-aged, middle England vicars performing comedy. What could possibly go wrong?
White Collar Comedy are:
Rev. Maggy Whitehouse, former BBC faith presenter, featured on Nationwide's 12 Voices of Christmas, out-faced a seven-foot barracuda and described by a head of BBC Religion & Ethics, as 'terrifying.'
Rev. Ravi Holy, former wild child who tried to sell his soul to Satan – who took out a restraining order. Now a regular on BBC Radio 2's Pause for Thought.
Rev. Kate Bruce, who used to work at the hot end of a crematorium and is now a chaplain somewhere so important that she's not allowed to tell us.
Together, they are performing in an unholy trinity of laughter.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4071504
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/white-collar-comedy/
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
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Archie Maddocks - Irreverent
Date: Wednesday 10th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
It's all getting a bit serious init? Political instability, social politics making people less social –-you can't even have a finger of Nutella no more without feeling guilty - that's what life is now, guilt, followed by shame.
However, what is life, if nothing but a distraction until you die? Archie Maddocks tackles the struggles of being alive in his latest hour of provocative, exhilarating and *crucially* HILARIOUS stand up.
Daily Mirror and Evening Standard's top jokes of the fringe 2018
"A real highlight of the evening" - BBC Introduces
"Superb timing and quick wit… A must see" - Radio Ha-Ha!
"A super cool, super smart storyteller" - Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke and Evening Standard
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4082597
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Robyn Perkins - Mating Selection
Date: Wednesday 10th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
On August 14, 2018, Robyn Perkins (4 Stars, Voice Magazine) participated in a dating show in front of a live audience. Her experience led to her exploring human morality and the social constructs of present day dating, with a scientific twist.
Robyn is known for her “confident, charming and relatable personality” (Edinburgh Festivals), which allows her to delve into complex and uncomfortable territory. How do social constructs change how we date? What is the role of morality in attraction? These questions are explored as she shares the story of the most uncomfortable moment she has ever had on stage.
"A unique twist on your average stand-up hour" **** EdFest Magazine
"Highly recommend" **** Fringe Biscuit
"Robyn Perkins blends science, comedy and a little hint of philosophy into an excellent show" **** Scots Reviewer
Preview show
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Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4085611
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Bizarre Bath
Date: Wednesday 10th April, 2019
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Tom Neenan - It's Always Infinity
Date: Wednesday 10th April, 2019
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
Presented by Berk's Nest in association with Ebdon Management
"Clever, elegantly constructed, and builds to a twist that you really won't see coming" **** Telegraph
Tom's girlfriend has vanished... So he has done what any right-minded man (and "theatre-maker") would do in this situation, and turned his search for her into an "important" piece of "art". Come "witness" it. (Nobody went missing in the creation of this show).
In reality... It's Always Infinity is a narrative-driven character comedy show about toxic masculinity and the questionable role of the male creator, presented by a version of Tom who sees himself as 'one of the good guys' but is anything but. It combines projection, storytelling and character comedy to tell a story where 'Tom' reveals what an awful person he is.
Tom Neenan is the writer of The Mash Report, A Girl's Guide to TV, Mock The Week (BBC2), The Last Leg (Channel 4), Spotlight Tonight, The News Quiz, The Now Show (BBC Radio 4). He's also the writer & star of Tom Neenan's The Hauntening (BBC Radio 4)
"A sharply-scripted character study… an elegant show that builds to a wonderful comic twist" **** Chortle
"A razor-sharp hour of character comedy" **** The List
"I am crying with laughter... painful to watch in the best possible way" - The F Word
Booking: Ticket Source
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bath/rondo-theatre/tom-neenan-it-s-always-infinity
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
New Act Competition - Heat 12
Date: Wednesday 10th April, 2019
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
There are eight heats at The Bell and four at The Bath Brew House throughout the Festival, compered by popular comedians.
Tonight's compere is Jack Campbell - English Comedian of the Year (2014), always go down a storm with his quick wit and silly nature.
This year Widcombe Social Club will be host two two Semi-Finals on Fri 12th April, and the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April (details here).
Fitz of Giggles - Showcase
Date: Wednesday 10th April, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs incl intervals
Price: £8
A showcase of some of the best undiscovered acts on the current circuit, presented by local favourite compere Fitz.
Tonight's acts include:
Danny Clives
Celya AB
Frank Foucault
Riordan DJ
James O'Donoghue
and headliner Archie Maddocks
Each of these acts are rising stars, either competition winners or highly regarded acts that have been tipped by fellow comics to go on to big things...
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089067
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.07
Arthur Smith accompanied by The Smithereens - Syd
Date: Wednesday 10th April, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £15 / £12 concs (see below *)
Arthur's brand new show tells the enthralling story of his father Syd, P.O.W. and P.C. on night duty in 1950s London - an ordinary man who lived through extraordinary times.
Syd Smith fought at El Alamein, became a P.O.W. and ended the war in the notorious Colditz Castle in Germany.
Arthur, accompanied by The Smithereens (Ali Day and Kirsty Newton), tells this enthralling 20th Century story with songs from Ray Davies and others.
"A triumph" **** The Times
"Nice one, Arthur" **** The Telegraph
"The Smithereens are sensational" ***** Fest
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069754
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/arthur-smith-accompanied-by-the-smithereens-syd/
Links: http://www.arthursmith.co.uk/
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
Online sales: £1.00. Credit Card transaction fee: £2.00..
Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.32
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Pernilla Holland - Bloom
Date: Wednesday 10th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
A comedy show with music and standup. Bloom is about rising up from the ruins of a broken heart and overcoming fear.
There will be quotes from Oprah, Jaffa cakes and attempts at being as confident as David Hasselhoff.
A WIP from your favourite Norwegian comic.
"One to watch" - Funny Women
"Holland's one-woman re-creation is hilarious" **** Time Out
"Sheer ludicrous fun" - The List
"Roaringly funny...incredibly talented" ***** Broadway Baby
"Captivating, spontaneous, surprising & delightful" **** Fringe Biscuit
"Fantastic comedy" **** Everything Theatre
"Stand-out star" - The Public Review
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4088268
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Tony Chiotti - Not-so-fresh Off The Boat
Date: Wednesday 10th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
An hour of standup and ramblings from Tony Chiotti, a cranky Yank who's recently docked in Bristol. Observations on boat life, stories from his checkered past, and basically, all his favorite (favourite?) bits strung together into one meandering harbour tour of a life unmoored.
I mean we could go on with talk of a theme or a point, but it's jokes, innit. (Is that how you use 'innit'?) It's all his best jokes, in rapid succession. A man's life work, presented humbly and without intermission. Take a punt.
"My favourite act that I saw last year. A wonderfully comeplling stage persona, but also just a ton of great jokes" - Dan Thomas
"Better than I'd feared" - Stu Goldsmith
"Good gear" - Mat Ewins
"A bit off...in a good way" - Harriet Kemsley
"A great addition to the circuit" - Sean McLoughlin
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089101
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Thursday 11th April, 2019
Simon Caine - Every Room Is A Panic Room If You Overthink Enough
Date: Thursday 11th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Comedian Simon Caine is going to Edinburgh 2019 with a new show. In order to do that, he needs to try out his new jokes on you, YES you.
In this latest show Simon looks at his relationship with happiness and social media and how they don't work together with "Quick one-liners [that] rub shoulders with more involved material that rewards you paying full attention" (The Wee Review) and "[his] eccentric turns of phrase and paranoid persona is immediately entertaining, and his tales of irrational exaggeration are simultaneously relatable" (Broadway Baby).
"I've come close to winning 4 national comedy awards (semi-finalist), done over 1,200 gigs and toured the UK three times...if you like hilarious storytelling, witty one-liners and structured narrative-led comedy, this is the show for you."
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4086103
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Janis Haves - Evil Queen Rules!
Date: Thursday 11th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
The Evil Queen usually gets a bad press but not in this show.
Why does the Evil Queen trump the Disney Princess and why is she every girl's birthright?
Celebrating being Evil Queen age, Janis mixes her personal brand of irreverent stand-up comedy with songs so catchy you'll be singing them for days.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089106
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Thursday 11th April, 2019
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Sean McLoughlin - Hail Mary
Date: Thursday 11th April, 2019
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Price: £12
Fresh from opening for Ricky Gervais and Bill Burr on tour, Sean McLoughlin ("the best comedian you haven’t heard of yet" - Time Out) takes his acclaimed, smash hit show, Hail Mary, on the road.
The human race is at a crossroads: On one path lies the future, with its twitchy technology and mega-corporations who know us better than we know ourselves; On the other lies the past and all the conflict and mystery that entails. In the middle stands Sean, the unlikely everyman, trying to plot a course for both himself and mankind.
As well as providing tour support for Ricky Gervais’ record-breaking international Humanity tour, Sean was recently handpicked to open for Bill Burr at the Royal Albert Hall and for the legendary Doug Stanhope. He’s also made appearances on Stand-Up Central, Comedy Central At The Comedy Store and fronted a 5-part series for Viceland. His talents have landed him a Chortle Award nomination and a part in new Netlix sitcom After Life.
"His intellectual and comedic brilliance has everyone rapt" ****1/2 Chortle
"An impassioned and uniquely brilliant talent" **** The List
"The epitome of of the skillful stand-up" **** Beyond The Joke
Booking: Ticket Source
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bath/rondo-theatre/sean-mcloughlin-hail-mary
Henning Wehn - Get On With It
Date: Thursday 11th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Forum
Doors: 7.00pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs incl interval
Price: £20 - £25
You couldn't make it up; surely the German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn hasn't bosched out yet another new show? And what's he still doing here anyway? Well, his lack of transferable skills is what keeps him here and his belief that practise makes perfect is what keeps him going.
This show is a much needed call to arms. Listen, everyone: stop pondering and hand-wringing. Instead get on your bike and put your face to the grindstone!
"As subtle as Schumacher on Battiston" - some bloke on Twitter
"Die entgueltige Teilung Europas - das ist mein Auftrag" - Henning himself
Henning's most recent television and radio appearances include "Live At The Apollo" BBC2, "Have I Got News For You" BBC1, "Would I Lie To You" BBC1, "8 Out Of Cats Does Countdown" Channel 4, "Fighting Talk" BBC Radio 5 Live and "The Unbelievable Truth" BBC Radio 4.
"Wehn wraps his vowels around the issues of immigration and identity. And he triumphs at it" - The Times
"Cor blimey" - The Guardian
Suitability 16+
Booking: Bath Forum
Tel: 0844 888 9991
Online booking: https://bathforum.ticketline.co.uk/order/gateway/13342175
Links: http://www.henningwehn.de
Twitter: henningwehn
You Tube footage:
The Smoking Duck Comedy Playgroup
Date: Thursday 11th April, 2019
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 8.00pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: Free
Bath's best free open mic night of music and comedy in the newly refurbished Back Bar at The Bell, presented by Lawrie Duckworth.
With everything from satirical songs to filthy poetry to weird character comedy, veterans include local acts Ben Thurston, Matt Alford, Sam Cottle, Mattoid, Steve Hughes, Alan Francis and Mishka Shubaly.
Reunion sketches from Bath's veteran sketch-botherers The Unrelated Family, plus expect surprise spots from visiting comedy stars in town for the Festival.
Contact lawrieduckworth@gmail.com to book a spot, or be there before 8pm.
Facebook: http://facebook.com/bellbackbar
Download poster: Smoking Duck.jpg
Chris Norton Walker - YEAH!
Date: Thursday 11th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
A gloriously inventive hour of one liners, jokes and puns, gags, and wordplay.
A show with music, silliness and a hell of a lot of laughter.
Held together by a man trying to make the world a better place one joke at a time!
"Funniest show of the Fringe... Hilarious One Liners" ***** Barbican Theatre (Plymouth)
"Chris Norton Walker is a comedy dream, non stop laughter, a must see for all!" - The Comedy Cavern
"Chris Norton Walker was one of the best value for money headliners ever" - Nottingham Comedy Festival
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069824
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Christian Talbot & Dan Cardwell - What Would Aaron Sorkin Do?
Date: Thursday 11th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
CANCELLED
You know what it's like. You were sort of friends when you were young, and then sometime in the 90s, you're both at Uni and you bond over your love of The West Wing, walking and talking your way down life's own Pennsylvania Avenue, the best of friends, until you inevitably fall out over a girl.
So, it's years later, and there's been lives and careers and wives and babies, and attempts at babies, and a hundred things in between. You could decide it's not worth the time, let the past be the past and just think, "What's next?". Or you could ask yourself, what would Aaron Sorkin do?
A play about friendship, life, the terrifying feeling of trying to make sense of it all and how a simple, seemingly insignificant action, can have an effect that reverberates throughout time.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4084896
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Friday 12th April, 2019
New Act Competition - Semi Final 1
Date: Friday 12th April, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 5.30pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs incl intervals
Price: £5 or pay what you feel
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
After twelve heats, the best acts battle it out for a place at the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April, (details here).
Compere for the semi-finals is competition co-organiser Geoff Whiting - with over 20 years on the stand-up circuit, Geoff is an established comedian and popular compere with a wealth of experience in working at all the notable comedy clubs in Europe.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4088968
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Francis & Power - Deep Dark Ciuts
Date: Friday 12th April, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8
Comic vignettes written and performed by two fine comic actors.
Alan Francis, a regular on the UK comedy circuit, and Barnaby Power, one of the country's finest comic actors, come together to rip open the dark underbelly and release the bile.
This show is sure to have edge...
"Some of the most SINISTER and SURREAL comic creations this side of The League of Gentlemen" ***** The Sunday Herald
"One of the classiest examples of loud-mouthed filth you're ever likely to experience" - Chortle
"Darkly funny...gloriously offensive" - Telegraph
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4088538
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/francis-power-deep-dark-ciuts/
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
Online sales: £1.00. Credit Card transaction fee: £2.00..
Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.07
Alexander Bennett - They Call Me Daddy Punchlines
Date: Friday 12th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Rising cult comic presents a show for those without hope, looking for some. He's often dark, silly, filthy and thoughtful.
Come if you like the sound of those adjectives.
Work in progress show.
**** The Stage ***** One4Review
"A producer and performer of some refreshingly different material" - Chortle
"His sharp interpretations of the world around him add a sinister spin to the everyday - Unique and hilarious" - The Reviews Hub
“Courageous and thought-provoking” - The Scotsman
“A passionate and praiseworthy hour of dark observational comedy” - The Skinny
"There's something spookily LeStat-ish about Alexander Bennett. Just as unnerving is just how good he has become in the past five years" - Fringe Pig
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4069892
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Janis Haves - Evil Queen Rules!
Date: Friday 12th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
The Evil Queen usually gets a bad press but not in this show.
Why does the Evil Queen trump the Disney Princess and why is she every girl's birthright?
Celebrating being Evil Queen age, Janis mixes her personal brand of irreverent stand-up comedy with songs so catchy you'll be singing them for days.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089106
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Friday 12th April, 2019
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
John Luke Roberts - All I Wanna Do
Date: Friday 12th April, 2019
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Price: £12
John-Luke Roberts: All I Wanna Do Is [FX: GUNSHOTS] With a [FX: GUN RELOADING] and a [FX: CASH REGISTER] and Perform Some Comedy!
One of the Edinburgh Fringe's most celebrated talents of recent times sets out on his first full national tour.
John-Luke Roberts' show this year was a complete sell-out run and one of the most talked-about shows of the festival: a dizzying avant-garde ride through the mind of a gifted comic-philosopher. One with a blue moustache. Who thinks far more about the Spice Girls than anyone should. A masterclass in prop, clown, costume and Mel C-themed comedy. And that's all we can tell you in the brochure, because his stupid title takes up the rest of the allotted space.
"A masterpiece…The show is exquisite, with every last element fine-tuned to perform its function" ***** One4Review
"A relentless tempest of insanely inspired shenanigans; a dizzying parade of mad skits and eccentric characters, all built on a nugget of peculiar innovation…Unflaggingly funny" **** Chortle
"An impeccably choreographed, giddily inventive, turbo-charged hour" **** The Telegraph
"Killer gags…glorious idiocy" **** The Guardian
"Mind warping hour which follows through brilliantly on its own absurd logic…relentlessly funny" **** The List
Booking: Ticket Source
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bath/rondo-theatre/john-luke-roberts-all-i-wanna-do
Fast, Fresh & Dirty Comedy
Date: Friday 12th April, 2019
Venue: The Barley Mow
Doors: 8.00pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 90mins
Price: Free (donations)
Because life is funny! But not actually funny enough to laugh for more than about 90 minutes.
There's a new night out in town. It's a comedy night with some important differences, built around the show's title 'fast, fresh and dirty'.
On Friday 12th April the lineup is:
Joey Cannon
Matthew Alford
Daniel Dagger
Laura Ollerton
and
Headliner Ben Thurston
FAST - Our show is 90 minutes maximum, including a drinks break. We think that comedy nights are too long and we want ours to fit around peoples' busy work, social, and meal times.
FRESH - We showcase fresh talent. That said, in practice, the Barley Mow has been so good at setting us up that we've already attracted pretty big professional names like Olga Koch and George Rigden. But that ethos of giving a proper space each month for a 'fresh', high-quality non-professional comic to shine is at the heart of what we do.
And DIRTY - Except it isn't, really. It's just the usual level of dirtiness. We just say it's dirty because we don't want you to bring a 13-year old and then complain when we give them the collywobbles.
No booking required - Donations on the door.
Tel: 01225 464845
Facebook: http://facebook.com/Barleymowbathwick
Download poster:
fast-fresh-dirty-poster.jpg
New Act Competition - Semi Final 2
Date: Friday 12th April, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs incl intervals
Price: £5 or pay what you feel
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
After twelve heats, the best acts battle it out for a place at the Grand Final on Sunday 14th April, (details here).
Compere for the semi-finals is competition co-organiser Geoff Whiting - with over 20 years on the stand-up circuit, Geoff is an established comedian and popular compere with a wealth of experience in working at all the notable comedy clubs in Europe.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4088973
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Jacqueline Haigh - Goddess
Date: Friday 12th April, 2019
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Goddess is an outrageous, comedy storytelling show based on Jacqueline Haigh's true experiences of working as a receptionist in a Tantric Massage parlour.
Directed by the award-winning Alan Short (co-director Watership Down, Netflix/BBC).
"Well written and conveyed...great characters...Haigh brings colour and vitality...heartwarming" **** The Wee Review
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4084225
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Garrett Millerick - Sunflower
Date: Friday 12th April, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
This time last year, Garrett Millerick’s 'Sunflower' was intended to be a 100% pure comedy show with no agendas, no left, no right and no sad stories - a show named after his favourite Beach Boys album and written to contrast the horror of world events.
But a brutal rollercoaster of events derailed this plan and Garrett was faced with the choice of cancelling the show or finding the path to complete it in a few short weeks.
Sunflower emerged as a testament to the power of comedy to carry us through the whatever life throws at us and became one of the most talked about, critically acclaimed and powerful shows of Edinburgh 2018.
"A virtuoso display of unforgivingly grumpy stand-up delivered with fire in his soul" ****1/2 Chortle
**** The Times
**** Fest
**** The List
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4090142
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/garrett-millerick-sunflower/
Links: http://www.garrettmillerick.com/
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
Online sales: £1.00. Credit Card transaction fee: £2.00..
Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
Edd Hedges - Here We Are
Date: Friday 12th April, 2019
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
"Hello! My name is Edd Hedges, I'm a comedian and I do storytelling style comedy shows, I've done two before and they both went pretty well. I was invited to do a run at the prestigious SOHO Theatre (fancy) and I got to go to and perform in Australia.
I'm going back to the Fringe with my third hour. It's another story, but this one is a bit different. This show is about a lot of things. It's hard to explain but ultimately it's about two people. A 74 year old man in Essex sitting in his garden in 1999 and a 24 year old, standing on a beach on the other side of the planet in 2018. This show is about 1 second. 1 tiny second where these two people, separated in every imaginable way, were joined together for a moment.
It's going to be funny and good and I really want you to see it."
"Edd Hedges is a joy to watch" - The Scotsman
"It's not often you are left stunned at the end of a Fringe show...funny, complex and dark" ***** The Fountain
"You'll be thinking about Hedges for the rest of the run!" ***** The Student Newspaper
***** one4review
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4089536
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Saturday 13th April, 2019
John Moloney - Have I Got A Workshop For You
Date: Saturday 13th April, 2019
Venue: Apex Hotel Conference Suite
Doors: 2.15pm for 2.30pm show
Duration: 1hr30
Price: £5
SOLD OUT
John Moloney, a master comedian with 30 yrs experience of stand-up and MCing comedy shows, hosts a workshop for aspiring comedians and comedy writers.
The afternoon will include a Q&A session, and a short writing session if you'd like to workshop your ideas and routines with other attendees.
Ths is a truly unique opportunity to benefit from the experience of one of the comedy industry's finest craftsman and most sought after performers.
Winner: Outstanding Contribution to UK Comedy at the UK Comedy Awards 2015, as well as many other accolades. Alongside a host of TV credits, John is currently witing the fourth series of his Radio 4 show.
"John Moloney is one of the most creative and professional comedians I have had the pleasure to work with - quick off the mark - John will have had the audience laughing three times in the time that it takes any other comedian to say hello" - Don Ward, Owner, Comedy Store
Spaces are strictly limited so be sure to purchase a ticket in advance!
Later in the evening John will be MCing the Festival's Closing Weekend Gala show - details here.
SOLD OUT
Bizarre Bath
Date: Saturday 13th April, 2019
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Kieran Hodgson - '75
Date: Saturday 13th April, 2019
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
Passion. Betrayal. Harold Wilson. Character comedian Kieran Hodgson returns with the epic and surprising tale of how Britain joined Europe in the first place.
On a deeply personal quest for understanding, Kieran perfects a series of obsolete impressions and discovers that the 70s were about more than just TISWAS, the colour brown and the words 'Let's go on strike again'.
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Star of Radio 4's Earworms and Lance, and as seen regularly on BBC2's Two Doors Down, Upstart Crow and Dad's Army: We're Doomed.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee 2018
"A terrific show" **** The Guardian
"There's a delicious perfectionism here to the writing, structure and delivery that puts most other shows to shame" **** The Telegraph
"Ravishingly entertaining, informative, full of insight and plenty of laughs" **** The Times
"Incredibly dense in laughs…it's not half as niche as it sounds, and ten times funnier" **** Chortle
Booking: Ticket Source
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bath/rondo-theatre/kieran-hodgson-75
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Krater Comedy Club -
Date: Saturday 13th April, 2019
Venue: Komedia
Doors: 6.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £9 - £41
Watch comedy from three top stand-ups and enjoy the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award Winning Restaurant.
And for the full Saturday Night Out Krater Comedy Club ticket holders on Saturday gain FREE ENTRY, without a queue to the sell-out club night Motorcity.
Tonight's line-up TBC
"Pick of the Week" – The Guardian
"THE place to catch stand-up comedy" – The Independent
Tickets: £20.00, Concessions: £13.00, Students (Balcony): £9.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Meal Deal Plus: £41.00 // Ages 18+
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/cabaret/krater/?e=16444
Festival Closing Weekend Gala Show - Starring Fred MacAulay & John Moloney
Date: Saturday 13th April, 2019
Venue: Apex Hotel Conference Centre
Doors: 7.00pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs incl intervals
Price: £22 / £18 concs (see below *)
A glittering array of fantastic comedic talent in celebration of the Festival.
Starring:
Fred MacAulay - Fred's brand of humour mixes cheek, sarcasm and satire and has entertained people for three decades. Once described as "Scotland's rising star of comedy" he's now simply "Legend".
"One of the best stand-up comedians Britain has ever produced" - Richard Osman, Pointless.
Alan Francis - award winning comedian and writer (The Big Impression, Ronni Ancona & Co and many more)
Emily Rose Simons - welcome return to the UK from the prolific musical theatre songwriter
"Most creative music and clever lyrics I've experienced in live theatre" - 730 Review
Pete Latham (last year's New Act Competition winner)
and MC John Moloney - A consummate professional for over 20 years, John is a master craftsman of intelligent and original stand up.
"High quality stuff, sharply observant and carefully constructed. Not a word is unnecessary or out of place, every pause timed to the millisecond... A deeply enjoyable, hilarious evening relaxing in the sure hands of a total professional" ***** Theatre Bath
Featuring a presentation of the Lovehoney Award for best (innuendo-laden?) joke of the Festival.
More details coming soon!
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4071197
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/festival-closing-weekend-gala-show-starring-fred-macaulay-john-moloney/
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.56
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Sunday 14th April, 2019
Rare Species - Frome - The Fecund Coming
Date: Sunday 14th April, 2019
Venue: Frome
Doors: for 3.00pm show
Duration: 45 mins
Price: £10
Back for its second year, Frome - The Fecund Coming is Rare Species’ comic take on traditional historical walks.
Join ‘whistorians’ Virginia Saggers & Gerald Terd as they take you up the Via Delorosa and uncover some of the truths behind the town’s burgeoning success.
What lies beneath Frome’s cobbled streets and why has it become such a popular location for hipsters and artisans to settle?
Peppered with humorous observations, cultural references, stories, poetry and song this 50 minute tour reaches the parts other tours cannot reach.
"Rare Species are skilled and sharp performers, adept at improvising comedy from any haphazard thing that happens on the way, before returning to the hilarious script. For incessant and imaginative laughs Frome - The Fecund Coming can’t be beat" - John Christopher Wood
"A brilliant piece of immersive street theatre with unforgettable highlights" - Crysse Morrison
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4082594
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
The Unrehearsed Theatre Company - Blackadder Rides Again
Date: Sunday 14th April, 2019
Venue: The Bell
Doors: for 4.00pm show
Price: Free
The Unrehearsed Theatre Company present an afternoon of live Blackadder madness comprising episodes from all four series of Britain's greatest sitcom of all time.
Be in The Bell Inn courtyard by 3.30pm to join in with the action, performing without rehearsal from your phone or tablet.
Actors and wannabe actors of all ages, genders and abilities are welcome to take part in the cunning madness.
Rare Species - Frome - The Fecund Coming
Date: Sunday 14th April, 2019
Venue: Frome
Doors: for 6.00pm show
Duration: 45 mins
Price: £10
Back for its second year, Frome - The Fecund Coming is Rare Species’ comic take on traditional historical walks.
Join ‘whistorians’ Virginia Saggers & Gerald Terd as they take you up the Via Delorosa and uncover some of the truths behind the town’s burgeoning success.
What lies beneath Frome’s cobbled streets and why has it become such a popular location for hipsters and artisans to settle?
Peppered with humorous observations, cultural references, stories, poetry and song this 50 minute tour reaches the parts other tours cannot reach.
"Rare Species are skilled and sharp performers, adept at improvising comedy from any haphazard thing that happens on the way, before returning to the hilarious script. For incessant and imaginative laughs Frome - The Fecund Coming can’t be beat" - John Christopher Wood
"A brilliant piece of immersive street theatre with unforgettable highlights" - Crysse Morrison
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4082594
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
New Act Competition - Grand Final
Date: Sunday 14th April, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 6.45pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: ~3hrs incl intervals
Price: £10
SOLD OUT
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
After twelve heats and two semi-finals, the best acts battle it out in tonight's Grand Final, judged by a panel comprising comedy industry heavyweights including Graham Smith, Alan Nixon and Jill Edwards, guest judge and master comedian John Moloney plus Bath Comedy Festival Director Nick Steel.
The winner will be presented with the coveted Lovehoney Newcomer Award.
Previous finalists include Pete Latham, Sunjai Arif, Pav Rao, Tamar Broadbent, Bethan Roberts, Archie Maddocks, Paul Revill, Larry Dean, Garrett Millerick, Rob Beckett, Joe Lycett, Matt Richardson, Mickey Sharma, Lindsay Sharman, Harriet Kemsley and James Alderson.
Competition co-organiser and tonight's compere is Geoff Whiting - with over 20 years on the stand-up circuit, Geoff is an established comedian and popular compere with a wealth of experience in working at all the notable comedy clubs in Europe. Geoff is also the driving force behind Mirth Control - the largest independant comedy booker in the UK, currently booking comedy shows into more than 80 venues nationwide.
SOLD OUT
Sponsored by Lovehoney
Bizarre Bath
Date: Sunday 14th April, 2019
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Sunday 5th May, 2019
Nick Harper - 58 Fordwych Road
Date: Sunday 5th May, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £15
Nick Harper is one the UK's best kept musical secrets. Those who have witnessed the spellbinding, one-man show will tell you this.
A childhood growing up surrounded by the musical prowess of some of the 60's most revered songwriters & musicians, not to mention being son of Roy Harper, along with 20 years of crafting songs & touring the land has spawned a truly one-off, original guitarist & songwriter who stands alone as a UK great, to be cherished & revered.
'58 Fordwych Road' is an all new show that centres around a living room in a small flat in Kilburn, London in the mid 1960s. Then the abode of up-and-coming singer-songwriter Roy Harper & his wife Mocy. The flat was an after hours hang-out for the legends who played at Les Cousins in Soho at the height of the acoustic explosion in swingin' sixties London.
People like Bert Jansch, Davy Graham, John Renbourn, Paul Simon, Marc Bolan, Sandy Denny & others dropped in, to drop out, jam & try new tunes. But, all along, there was someone else there...a toddler, part of the family, inhaling the music & absorbing the vibe; Roy's young son, Nick Harper. Nick later carved out his own career in music, but in this unique & one-off show he plays tribute to the time, the place & to the music that became the centre of everything for him & the rest of this 'family'.
The show will run over two halves. The first will see Nick delve into the deluge of songs he heard direct from the greats when growing up. In the second Nick will trace the journey of how these luminary figures' music evolved & helped shape popular music beyond the sixties & revisit the eternal themes that run from then to now in songs of his own fine repertoire.
"Harper has so much musicianship in him it just leaks out all over the place" - The Times
"He deserves to become a major figure in his own right" - The Guardian
"Dylan for the iPod generation...Betjemen with a guitar" - Guitarist
"My musical discovery of 2016!" - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
"One of the finest guitarists of his generation" - Mojo
"Acoustic Hendrix!" - Guitar Magazine
"Hey, the boy is good!" - Robert Plant
"That boy is too good." - Bert Jansch
PART OF NATIONWIDE UK TOUR! (This show was originally scheduled for 1st February but had to be postponed due to the snow).
In association with RMT Music Productions
SUPPORT ACT ANNOUNCED:
We are delighted to be joined by the wonderful James Hollingsworth - "One of the best song writers in the country" - Bristol Rocks.
Ace guitarist and acclaimed songwriter James Hollingsworth plays a great range of music from folk and blues to rock and psychedelia. He is incredibly talented both as a vocalist and guitarist, with a mean harmonica style to boot.
James will be on stage at 8pm. Nick Harper on stage 8.45pm (two sets and interval). Show ends approx 10.45pm (but may be later!)
Bar opens at the venue 7pm.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3627797
Links: https://www.harperspace.com/
http://www.jameshollingsworth.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/NickHarperOfficial
Twitter: harperspace
Download poster: Harpic_poster_May19.pdf
Supported by Independent Venue Week and Williams Bros, brewers of Amped Up Lager
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.32
Tuesday 28th May, 2019
David Crowe - Boundaries
Date: Tuesday 28th May, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 90mins
Price: £10
A tale of humiliation and bliss
"Even after 27 years of stand-up comedy, I still have a handful of stories I've been too embarrassed to tell anyone. This is my attempt to turn some humiliation and regret into a powerful force for good. Far from being just another lurid shock humor piece disguised as introspection, Boundaries is couched as my hopes and concerns for my young daughter in a sincere - even desperate - desire to give her a few simple tools to prepare her for her own journey out into the world. It is an autobiographical 90 minutes that is simultaneously endearing, horrifying, cathartic and funny. It involves one Alaskan brown bear, an art teacher, the Soviet Union, an English dancer, an African ostrich, an Arab prince, an arrest, one old lady, India, a fight at Applebee's restaurant, and the lingering question, 'Is your heart healthy enough for sex?' Bath Fringe is its Festival world premiere."
David Crowe is an American stand-up comedian. His delivery is a hybrid of jokes and long form story telling which has drawn comparisons to the likes of Billy Connolly and Robin Williams. He has won the Seattle and San Francisco Comedy Competitions and his comedy specials have appeared on Showtime, Comedy Central and most recently Dry Bar. Oh, and his mother is from Scunthorpe.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4228018
Alternative booking: JokePit
Online booking: https://www.jokepit.com/organisers/397/events/1517
Links: https://www.davidcrowe.com
Download poster: David_Crowe_1905_poster.pdf
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
Thursday 30th May, 2019
Pete Searles - Hey Gringo! A Chile Christmas
Date: Thursday 30th May, 2019
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr50min incl interval
Price: £14 / £10 concs (see below *)
British actor and writer Peter Searles, a veteran of stage, screen, and BBC television and radio, gives an intensely dramatic and frequently hilarious account of his journey from the scorching wastes of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile to the shantytowns and smog-laden cities of the south, to a world of forests, lakes, and volcanoes.
Accompanied by oversexed train drivers, a beautiful young revolutionary, out-of-work actors, Marxist priests, fascist police, Chilean Eco-warriors, and Pinochet's neighbors, Searles recounts a journey that turns into a quest for truth and meaning in land torn apart by thirteen years of military dictatorship.
Searles' touring show has won so many rave reviews from major newspapers that it is difficult to decide which ones to quote. But here is a smattering:
"This wonderful and timely one-man play is delivered raconteur-style, direct to the audience. Searles has you in the palm of his hand from the moment he opens his mouth. He is a natural storyteller and talented comedian; everything about the show is understated and spot-on" - The Scotsman
"A bloke stands on a bare stage telling us about a holiday he took in Chile, and an hour and 20 minutes later you are yearning for more. Peter Searles is a riveting storyteller" - The Guardian
"A stand-up storyteller par excellence, Searles could have gone on for another hour and nobody would have batted an eye. He is Britain's answer to Spalding Gray" - Metro
"A stream of polished observations that create what is essentially a well-honed play, nudged to a fresh dramatic level. Searles has struck it rich" - The Stage
Booking: Rondo Theatre
Tel: 0333 666 3366
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bath/rondo-theatre/pete-searles-hey-gringo-a-chile-christmas
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Monday 22nd July, 2019
Grant Busé - Touché Busé
Date: Monday 22nd July, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
When you're duelling with life – it's the blows that make shows! Australian comic and ex-Neighbours star Grant Busé is set to satirically serenade you with his "ingenious comedy music" ***** (Tulpa).
There'll be no stopping Busé's disarming charm, sharp wit and hit tunes.
Nominated in 2019 for Best Improv/Music at Leicester Comedy Festival
Winner in 2018 of Best Cabaret Weekly Award at Adelaide Fringe
"Must see" ***** Scotsman
"His voice is as impressive as his hair" ***** Edinburgh Evening News
"Smart as anything coming from Tim Minchin and equally as politically woke" **** BroadwayBaby.com
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4260325
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/grant-buse-touche-buse/
You Tube footage:
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
George Rigden - Spooning With Uri
Date: Monday 22nd July, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
For 2 years as a child, George Rigden (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the year nominee 2017) was friends with Uri Geller. This is the bizarre but true story of that friendship.
In the wake of Operation Yewtree and the #MeToo movement, this is a tale that is as relevant as it is profitable (TBC).
A true story about friendship, autographs and cutlery.
"Deliciously dark" - Beyond The Joke
"A fine, wretched persona" - Chortle
As heard on BBC radio 4, as seen on BBC 1, BBC 2 & BBC 4.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4260349
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/george-rigden-spooning-with-uri/
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Tuesday 23rd July, 2019
Loyiso Gola - Pop Culture
Date: Tuesday 23rd July, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
South African comedian and two time Emmy nominee Loyiso Gola takes us on a hilarious journey exploring the differing impact of pop culture moments around the world.
As seen on Netflix: Comedians Of The World, Live at the Apollo, QI, Mock the Week and Late Nite News With Loyiso Gola.
"An intelligent observer of the world" **** Chortle
"Behind his playful bewildered style is a brilliant comic brain" **** Scotsman
In association with Mick Perrin Worldwide
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4260336
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/loyiso-gola-pop-culture/
Links: http://www.loyisogola.com/
Twitter: loyisogola
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Anuvab Pal - Democracy & Discodancing
Date: Tuesday 23rd July, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Indian comedian Anuvab Pal is trying to understand a thousand years of this bewildering British Isle through his corrupt lens, thereby bring two great cultures closer.
As seen on 'QI', BBC's 'Big Asian Stand Up' & 'BBC World Service The New Years Stand Up Comedy Special'.
"India's most intelligent comedian" New York Times
"This isn't just witty humour - it's genius" ***** Edinburgh Festival Magazine
In association with Mick Perrin Worldwide
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4260342
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/anuvab-pal-democracy-discodancing/
Links: https://anuvabpal.wordpress.com/
Twitter: AnuvabPal
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Wednesday 24th July, 2019
John Hastings - 10 John Hastings I Hate About You
Date: Wednesday 24th July, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Comedy Central's John Hastings started from the bottom (Canada), then moved to the bottom (Britain), and has found a new bottom (America).
Currently bottoming out, John is back to talk about the highs (read: none) and lows (read: many) of the past year. From losing his grandfather to open relationships to borrowing money from his mom, come watch John hit rock bottom both figuratively and literally in his dream basement venue.
TW(ats welcome): Mega LOLz and most likely toilet humour.
***** The Mirror
**** Chortle
**** The Herald
***** Fresh Air
***** Broadway Baby
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4260372
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/john-hastings/
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Phil Nichol - Too Much
Date: Wednesday 24th July, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner Phil Nichol's brand new show follows an incredible two-year run with his last show 'Your Wrong' that played at the last two Edinburgh Festivals and toured across the UK, Europe, SE Asia, Canada and New Zealand this year..
'Too Much' follows the rollercoaster ride of Phil's hilarious relationship with the modern world. And what a confounding, hilarious and messed up world it is. It's too much.
The planet is messed up, society has devolved, mankind is hopeless, vegans are right, you aren't supposed to punch facists, the left are self-righteous morons, everyone is a selfish prick, Phil's a bleeding hypocrite. It's all too much. Too much.
Ask yourself this, what kind of person ends up-
- Naked on The Weakest Link?
- Taking two 75 year olds to Glastonbury?
- Arrested for quoting Derek and Clive on a Virgin Train?
- High on Ecstasy in the back of a police car in Lancaster?
- Surviving a Rocket attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan?
- With his nose broken by a Royal Marine in Thailand?
- Listening to his 90 year old mom tell him how madly in love with his father she is?
Phil Nichol. That's who.
'Too Much' takes an unflinching look at aging, recognition, mental health, values, norms, patience, love, everything and conkers. Expect riotously uncomfortable anecdotes and oversharing delivered in Nichol's unique live-wire style.
WINNER - Scotsman Fringe First Award 2011
WINNER - IF.COM Eddie Award 2006 (previously The Perrier, now known as the Edinburgh Comedy Award)
WINNER - Time Out Best Comedy Performer 1998
Chortle Best Headliner - Nominee - 2002, 2006 & 2010
As seen on The Graham Norton Show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Altitude Festival , Annually Retentive, The World Stands Up, Comedy Shuffle, and many more.
"Seismically powerful award-winning comic force" - The Scotsman
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4260383
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/phil-nichol/
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Thursday 25th July, 2019
Lucy Pearman
Date: Thursday 25th July, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Complete idiot Lucy Pearman will be trying out some new ideas.
There will be a bag, a song, a leg, some tears and probably blood. It will be a silly old muddle but we will get through it.
"A performer brimming with charisma" **** The Skinny
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4260365
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/lucy-pearman/
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Spencer Jones
Date: Thursday 25th July, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Spencer Jones, star of BBC's Mister Winner, The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk, and Upstart Crow returns to the live stage.
Expect the usual mix of visual and physical comedy, some very over the top looped music and tales of his family.
"You will not encounter a show that puts a bigger smile on your face" **** Evening Standard
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4260356
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/spencer-jones/
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
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Friday 26th July, 2019
Archie Maddocks - Big Dick Energy
Date: Friday 26th July, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 6.30pm for 7.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
It's all getting a bit serious init? Political instability, social politics making people less social –-you can't even have a finger of Nutella no more without feeling guilty - that's what life is now, guilt, followed by shame.
However, what is life, if nothing but a distraction until you die? Archie Maddocks tackles the struggles of being alive in his latest hour of provocative, exhilarating and *crucially* HILARIOUS stand up.
Daily Mirror and Evening Standard's top jokes of the fringe 2018
"A real highlight of the evening" - BBC Introduces
"Superb timing and quick wit… A must see" - Radio Ha-Ha!
"A super cool, super smart storyteller" - Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke and Evening Standard
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4260404
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/archie-maddocks-irreverent/
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Nick Doody - I Will Milk You
Date: Friday 26th July, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Brexit: solved! Climate change: solved! Title: done for a bet.
Nick Doody is one of the brightest talents on the comedy circuit, being a highly engaging live performer and a prolific comedy writer for TV and radio.
Sharp, topical and not afraid to say what he thinks, his brand of intelligent, honest and incisive comedy has won him fans all over the world.
Nick’s career got off to a pretty good start in the 90s by supporting the legendary Bill Hicks, at Bill's request. Since then he’s racked up a string of sell-out Edinburgh and other festival shows and continues to be much in demand in the UK and abroad.
"Simply the best unadulterated, gimmick-free hour of pure stand-up I've seen so far this Fringe" ***** Chortle
"All hail Nick Doody...pure comedy gold" ***** Metro
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4260389
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/nick-doody-done-for-a-bet/
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
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Thursday 24th October, 2019
Widcombe Nights - Tsonos & McFarlane LIVE (obviously)
Date: Thursday 24th October, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr40 incl interval
Price: £10 / £8 concs (see below *)
David Tsonos & Neil McFarlane smash Bath up really hard in the face and all that.
Yes, good folks of Widcombe and denizens of the greater Bath demilitarized zone, the displaced Jock - a mysterious favourite of the Bath Comedy Festival - and the considerably more-displaced Canuck, are heading their widdershins-way to the Ring O Bells, to put on a completely arbitrary but jolly funny wee show for y'all. So you should come, innit?
Both Dave & Neil have been "at it", as we say in the biz, for about the same length of time - initially in their respective homelands, but they were long ago drawn by the intoxicating lights of London, and now perform in all manner of manors across the UK, plus some strange and sexy places in mainland Europe - like Malta, Norway, Belgium, Germany, Romania, Croatia... we could go on but it would become extremely boring.
Anyway, expect a mixture of satire, whimsy, wordplay, observational stand-up and situationist storytelling, and for both acts to get impressively drunk after the show. After all, that's how they became friends in the first place...
David Tsonos
"Very confident, knows his material totally and had the crowd roaring. Good face and voice for comedy, great timing" - The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh
Neil McFarlane
"A sparky self-effacing wit which cannot possibly fail to please." - Theatre Bath
"A clear ability to craft a gag." - Chortle
"Fantastic punchlines." - Manchester City Life
"Creamed potato." - The Scotsman
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4402626
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/widcombe-nights-tsonos-mcfarlane-live-obviously/
Links: http://www.comedycv.co.uk/davidtsonos/
http://www.comedycv.co.uk/neilmcfarlane/
Twitter: FunnyCanuk
ReasonableNeil
Download poster: Wid_Nights_191024_poster.pdf
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Friday 8th November, 2019
The Fabulous Poodles
Date: Friday 8th November, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 2hrs incl interval
Price: £15
SOLD OUT
Four decades ago the Fabulous Poodles were one of the hottest live acts on both sides of the Atlantic. They toured almost constantly in the UK, Europe, the USA and Canada. After 40 years, they are set to return with a special pre-London warm-up show for us here in Bath!
In North America they opened for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on the "Damn The Torpedoes" tour; Sha-na-na; Aerosmith; Ted Nugent (not an ideal pairing) and the Ramones, as well as headlining their own shows in big clubs and small theatres. To say they were hard working is an understatement - at one point they played 78 shows in 73 days.
Their live shows were renowned for being mega-fun and they were often compared to The Who and the Kinks. (The latter probably because of Tony De Meur's and John Parsons' astutely observed songs.) Along with general onstage mayhem and generally pithy lyrics, exploding ukuleles became a bit of a trademark for the Fab Poos…no wonder they were John Peel's favourite band.
Between 1977 and 1979 the group recorded three albums. The first, eponymously titled, was produced by John Entwistle (the only band apart from The Who he produced). It was followed by "Unsuitable" and "Think Pink" both produced by Muff Windwood.
The Fabulous Poodles still embrace two of their most colourful mainstays, Tony De Meur and Bobby Valentino.
Following the success of a 2018 box set, 'Mirror Star', and never ones to let a sleeping dog lie, although admittedly it has been quite a kip, the band have now decided to revisit the live arena.
"This highly recommended box set is a godsend" - Somethingelse Reviews
"This new compilation was sorely needed" - Louder Than War
"What would the late 70s Kinks have sounded like had they prominently featured mandolin and violin? The simple answer: The Fabulous Poodles." - Musoscribe
"Musically tight and lyrically clever to the point where comparisons to the Kinks were more than a coincidence." - Pop Matters
SOLD OUT
Download poster: Fabulous_Poodles.pdf
You Tube footage:
Thursday 28th November, 2019
Bonbon "Switched-on" Christmas Cabaret
Date: Thursday 28th November, 2019
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs incl intervals
Price: £15 / £12 concs (see below *)
SOLD OUT
Bonbon Cabaret is back for another Christmas Special, following the Grand Switch-on of Widcombe's Christmas tree lights.
A splendiferous line-up of top notch acts:
Starring the incredible Billy Kidd - truly world class magic, comedy and charm!
"combination of the best magic you've ever seen" - Penn & Teller
Musical and stand-up set from Bath Comedy New Act winner and member of three-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winning band The Young'uns David Eagle
"constantly hilarious, gag on gag, leaving an audience gasping in admiration, and applause that goes on for minutes" - John Christopher Wood, Bath Echo
Also starring Andrew Bird - One of only seven comedians to perform for Banksy at Dismal Land; tour support for Rhod Gilbert, Rob Brydon and Michael McIntyre; writer for many TV shows.
"Funny as hell" - Rhod Gilbert "A truly excellent comedian" - Michael McIntyre "A great storyteller, funny, likeable and effortless" - Time Out
And of course, the ineffable Widcombe Radio Players!
Comfortable cabaret seating, reasonably priced bar, free Christmas nibbles and the ever-popular pickled egg raffle!
Dress code: Santa Baby. Prize for the best creation...
Look out for the Widcombe Christmas lights switch-on shenanigans before the show.
SOLD OUT
Links: http://www.billykiddshow.com
http://www.davideagle.co.uk
Download poster: Bonbon2019.pdf
Vimeo footage:
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Monday 2nd December, 2019
Faulty Towers - The Christmas Dining Experience
Date: Monday 2nd December, 2019
Venue: The Bird, Bath
Doors: 7.00pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £57.50 incl 3 course meal
SOLD OUT
Officially the world's most sought after tribute to the BBC sitcom, this one-of-a-kind original has made its international mark as an 'outrageously funny' night out (BroadwayBaby, Edinburgh Fringe). Selling out at shows all over the world – from Sydney Opera House to London's West End – it's now coming to The Bird's special Christmas Tavern venue in December 2019. But be warned: tickets will sell out here too, so early booking is essential!
Basil, Sybil and Manuel are gearing up to bring a healthy dose of mayhem to your door, serving up a 3-course meal and nothing short of two full hours of laughter. Anything can happen and it usually does in the show that's 70% improvised. It's a guaranteed original experience every time! Fully immersive, highly interactive and completely original, this is the top-flight, 5-star show that is suited to anyone ready for a brilliant night out!
Ticket price includes cocktail on arrival and three course meal on shared tables.
"Hilarious!" ***** What's on London
"Fantastic!" ***** What's on Stage
"A two-hour eat, drink and laugh sensation" ***** The Daily Telegraph
"Immensely popular… well worth seeing!" **** Broadway Baby
"Laughs galore!" ***** The Holiday and Travel Magazine, Sydney Opera House
"The Best Completely Indestructible Show Award" ***** The Advertiser, Adelaide Fringe
Now performed in up to 20 countries a year by 12 teams of actors, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience was born in Australia in 1997. The schedule for 2019 includes a wealth of highlights such as Fringe Festivals in Adelaide, Melbourne and Edinburgh; tours across entire continents like Europe, Scandinavia, Asia and Australia; and an ongoing residency in London's West End. With over 22 years of continuous critical and audience acclaim and close to a million seats sold around the world, it's clear that this is the most successful interactive comedy show of its kind.
SOLD OUT
Links: https://www.faultytowersdining.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/faultytowersthediningexperience/
Twitter: thefaultytowers
Download flyer: Faulty_Xmas_flyer.pdf
Menu
Starter: Tomato soup & roll
Main: Slow-cooked shoulder of lamb, celeriac, lentils, sprouting broccoli and minted salsa verde (veggie option available)
Pudding: Warm sticky toffee pudding with vanilla ice-cream
Venue:
The Bird, Bath, 18-19 Pulteney Rd, Bath , BA2 4EZ
You Tube footage:
Tuesday 17th December, 2019
Winter Wonderband
Date: Tuesday 17th December, 2019
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs incl interval
Price: £12 / £10 concs (see below *)
SOLD OUT
Maclaine Colston, Saul Rose, Jennifer Crook and Beth Porter team up once more to celebrate the music born out of our great British winter with their mastery of the Dulcimer, Melodeon, Harp and Cello. Expect great sing-a-longs, real foot stompers, beautiful ballads and lots of laughs as these great friends pull together all sorts of musical treats from their collective repertoires. It's not all about Christmas, but it is all about the time of year and how it brings us together.
ABOUT THE BAND:
Saul Rose - Melodeons, singing
Maclaine Colston - Dulcimer, singing
Jennifer Crook - Harp, singing
Beth Porter - Cello, singing
Saul Rose is "probably the best Melodeon player in the country" (Navigator Records). Saul played for many years with Eliza Carthy and Waterson:Carthy, as has Maclaine Colston "The current most outstanding player of the Hammered Dulcimer" (Living Tradition).
Saul and Maclaine subsequently formed a duo and recorded "Sand and Soil". The album included guest vocals from Jennifer Crook who Maclaine was touring with (in her band "The Hawthorns") at the time.
Back in the old days Maclaine and Jenny were BBC Radio 2 Young Tradition Award finalists (as was Saul!), and as the duo Cythara they performed on BBC TV and recorded the music for the David Attenborough series 'The Private Life of Plants'.
More recently, Maclaine performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 'Lord of the Rings' at the Royal Albert Hall. Jennifer also played at the Royal Albert Hall during her tour of the UK and Ireland as harpist with Snow Patrol.
Beth has worked with everyone from Peter Gabriel to Bellowhead, toured with Eliza Carthy, and recently performed a solo at the Albert Hall during the Proms!
SOLD OUT
Links: http://www.winter-wonderband.co.uk
Download poster: Winter_Wonderband.pdf
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Saturday 25th January, 2020
Bonkers Burns Night - with the Improv All Stars
Date: Saturday 25th January, 2020
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs+
Price: £38-£40 incl 3 course meal
Bath Comedy presents A Burns Supper with a Difference
Celebrate the birthday of the Bard of Ayrshire in traditional style with a twist!
Enjoy a fabulous three course supper featuring Cullen Skink, Haggis* Neeps and Tatties and delicious Cranachan.
All the trimmings are included: quality toasting whisky, tartan tableware, Irn Bru, Edinburgh rock, plus a reasonably priced pay bar.
Genial Master of Ceremonies: The inimitable Jacky McSween, host of Radio Carmunnock’s 'Good Morning Glasgow - Hi Edinburgh!', and an evening's entertainment which includes the piping in of the haggis and star turns by virtuoso multi-instrumentalist John Sampson, former official musician to the Poet Laureate.
Featuring stars of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway' and The Comedy Store Players including Andy Smart, Steve Steen and Stephen Frost, providing some Burns-related improv!
Rumour has it that by popular demand Mrs Aggie McFaggot may come out of retirement from the Foggy Dew Rest Home to render your favourite wee ditties on the piano forte if she can find her mittens.
Dress code: Tartan (optional).
Advance ticket purchase essential. £2 discount for Social Club members.
*Vegetarian option available.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4438089
Download poster: Burns_poster.pdf
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £2.19
Wednesday 19th February, 2020
Widcombe Nights Special - Silky
Date: Wednesday 19th February, 2020
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr40 incl interval
Price: £10
Bath Comedy is delighted to welcome back the freewheeling standup and barnstorming songs of one of the best, consistently brilliant performers on the comedy circuit.
"Garnering peals of laughter, he is undoubtedly a quality performer. Why is this the first time I’ve seen his hour? I’ve been missing out for ages." **** One 4 Review (2019)
"Wonderful. Silky absolutely shines... a master of improvisation. Razor-sharp wit. The hour absolutely flew by...consistently one of the best" **** Scotsgay (2019)
"A masterful lyricist & a frighteningly good guitar player" - Boothby Graffoe
***** Three Weeks
**** Herald
**** Broadway Baby
"Cryingly funny" - Bath Chronicle
"Honest, heartfelt, slickly-delivered, irresistible and, yes, occasionally disturbing stand-up.. Relatable, warm and, crucially, very funny" - List
"One of the best Set Lists I saw the whole of last year. Absolutely brilliant. Great improviser, wonderful stand-up, beautiful singer" - Fred MacAulay, BBC Radio Scotland
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4423274
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/widcombe-nights-special-silky/
Download poster: Silky_Poster.pdf
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
Thursday 20th February, 2020
Catherine Bohart - Lemon
Date: Thursday 20th February, 2020
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr40 incl interval
Price: £10
SOLD OUT
Join the star of BBC2's The Mash Report as she smashes stereotypes around sex, sexuality and relationships.
As seen and heard on Roast Battle, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, The Stand Up Sketch Show, Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier and The Guilty Feminist Podcast.
"Destined for stardom" - Evening Standard
"The laughs keep coming and, finally, so does a tear or two. Marvellous" **** Times
"A beautifully-delivered hour" **** Skinny
"Packed full of laughs" **** Herald
"A winning mixture of self-deprecation and confidence" **** Beyond The Joke
"A fully developed comic voice" **** Fest
"Truly special" **** Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
SOLD OUT
Monday 30th March, 2020
New Act Competition - Heat 1
Date: Monday 30th March, 2020
Venue: The Barley Mo
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Best Newcomer Award.
There are twelve heats, running Monday-Thursday each week of the Festival at The Barley Mow, each one compered by a popular comedian.
Tonight's compere is Geoff Whiting - an established comedian and popular compere with a wealth of experience in working at all the notable comedy clubs in Europe.
Widcombe Social Club will host the two Semi-Finals on Fri 17th April (see here), and the Grand Final on Sunday 19th April (details here).
Links: https://www.thebarleymowbath.co.uk/
Tuesday 31st March, 2020
Chelsea Birkby - Sexistentialism
Date: Tuesday 31st March, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
From da club to Descartes, philosophy and pop culture combine in SEXISTENTIALISM a fun and thoughtful show about sexuality, shame and the self.
"I guarantee anyone at the fringe will enjoy" **** Mumble.
Expect "good gags" Chortle, and a "gently incisive take" **** (Bath Echo), from this two-time-finalist "one to watch", the "personable, likeable" (Scotsman), Chelsea Birkby.
Directed by Alex Farrow.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544021
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
New Act Competition - Heat 2
Date: Tuesday 31st March, 2020
Venue: The Barley Mo
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Best Newcomer Award.
There are twelve heats, running Monday-Thursday each week of the Festival at The Barley Mow, each one compered by a popular comedian.
Tonight's compere is Drew Taylor - "A guy destined for comedy greatness!" - Theatr Gwaun
Widcombe Social Club will host the two Semi-Finals on Fri 17th April (see here), and the Grand Final on Sunday 19th April (details here).
Gabby Best - I Can't Look At Him Peter
Date: Tuesday 31st March, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Best tried on her next door neighbour's coat and heels when she was 5, then drank half a pint of milk from a wine glass in the conservatory. Spiritually, she is still there.
After a sell out run at last year's fringe, she's back with a kaleidoscopic look at the parts we play and the scripts we follow. A firework of a show from a walking Quentin Blake illustration.
As seen on BBC, Channel 4, Netflix, Sky Arts and Comedy Central.
Work in progress show.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544504
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Wednesday 1st April, 2020
Paul McCaffrey - Work In Progress
Date: Wednesday 1st April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
In the last couple of years Paul McCaffrey has performed to over half a million people while supporting his comedy heroes Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges on their UK tours and has gone down an absolute storm.
Join Paul for a work in progress of his brand-new hilarious show. As seen on Live at the Apollo, Impractical Jokers, Russell Howard's Good News, and Stand up Central.
"McCaffrey is going to make it big any day now. Grab your chance to say 'I saw him when…" - The Scotsman
"Never anything short of gut-bustingly hilarious" - GQ
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4552015
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Wednesday 1st April, 2020
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Bill Bailey, Jess Robinson, Silky, Catherine Bohart, John Moloney (MC) - April Fools' Gala
Date: Wednesday 1st April, 2020
Venue: Bath Forum
Doors: 7.00pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £20-£25
A star-studded line-up to kick the Festival off in style, headlined by the amazing Bill Bailey!
Bill Bailey - multi-award-winning British comedian, songwriter, musician, actor, presenter and animal welfare campaigner. His extensive career ranges from international stand-up comedy tours to performing on television, film and radio, duetting at HRH Prince Charles' 60th birthday with Robin Williams, and performing at the Royal Albert Hall with a full BBC Concert Orchestra. He played Manny in the BAFTA award winning Black Books, and he was for many years team captain on the popular BBC music panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks. He is a regular panelist on the hit BBC panel show QI, along with writing and presenting numerous TV wildlife documentaries and has recently filmed the comedy drama 'In The Long Run' created by Idris Elba.
Expect to be entertained by Bill's trademark blend of satire and surrealism, stories and dismantled jokes, crowd sing-alongs, weird instruments and musical showstoppers.
"Bailey cuts a world-beating swathe all of his own...absolutely genius on so many levels." - Evening Standard
Jess Robinson - quadruple award-winning comedy impressionist, classically-trained singer and star of stage and screen. Spot-on celebrity impressions, musical comedy and stunning vocal gymnastics.
"Her talent and showmanship is stunning" - Chortle
Silky - a unique stand-up, following a direction unlike any of his contemporaries, aided in no small way by his musical talent and a memory that would challenge a mindreader!.
"Garnering peals of laughter, he is undoubtedly a quality performer" **** One 4 Review
Catherine Bohart - recent star of The Mash Report and 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
"A winning mixture of self-deprecation and confidence" **** Beyond The Joke
John Moloney (MC) - a consummate professional for over 20 years, John is a master craftsman of intelligent and original stand up.
"High quality stuff, sharply observant and carefully constructed. Not a word is unnecessary or out of place, every pause timed to the millisecond... A deeply enjoyable, hilarious evening relaxing in the sure hands of a total professional" ***** Theatre Bath
Booking: Bath Forum
Tel: 0844 888 9991
Online booking: https://bathforum.ticketline.co.uk/order/gateway/13353210
Alternative booking: Bath Box Office
Tel: 01225 463362
Online booking: https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whatson/april-fools-gala-starring-bill-bailey-jess-robinson-john-moloney-mc
Note: Bath Box Office transaction fees:
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Bath Box Office, Visitor Information Centre, Abbey Churchyard, Bath BA1 1LY.
New Act Competition - Heat 3
Date: Wednesday 1st April, 2020
Venue: The Barley Mo
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Best Newcomer Award.
There are twelve heats, running Monday-Thursday each week of the Festival at The Barley Mow, each one compered by a popular comedian.
Tonight's compere is Sasha Ellen - "Rife with cheeky humour...upfront and witty" - Broadway Baby
Widcombe Social Club will host the two Semi-Finals on Fri 17th April (see here), and the Grand Final on Sunday 19th April (details here).
Fern Brady - Power & Chaos
Date: Wednesday 1st April, 2020
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £12
As seen on Live from the BBC, Live from the Comedy Store, The Russell Howard Hour, and Live at the Apollo Fern is one of the UK’s hottest comedy stars. Known for being totally unique and completely fearless her new show will tackle sexuality, feminism, power, Brexit, Britishness, Scottishness and nationality all with her caustic wit, exceptional writing and electric stage craft. Fern is embarking on her biggest tour to date with the show debuting in Australia before heading out across the UK and Europe.
Featured in Vogue as one of the Top 5 Female Comedians as well as the Telegraphs top 5 young comedians to watch, Fern’s career has gone stratospheric in the last 18months. She’s had viral success with her BBC Life Lessons, stormed the Australian comedy scene and supported Frankie Boyle and Katherine Ryan on Tour.
“An astounding hour” ***** The List
“tough-talking and packed with don’t-give-a-shit honesty. It finds the right balance between sincerity and side-splitting anecdotes…. I was crying with laughter.” ***** The Skinny
**** Fest Mag
Booking: Ticketsource
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre/fern-brady-power-and-chaos/e-bmxdqb
Phil Jerrod - SICKO
Date: Wednesday 1st April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Join the award-winning comic and official tour support for Romesh Ranganathan and Angela Barnes, as he works out material for his brand-new stand-up show.
"Insightful, despairing wit" - The Scotsman
"Casual brilliance" - The Guardian
Work in progress show.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4552017
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Thursday 2nd April, 2020
The Chris Arnold Experience
Date: Thursday 2nd April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
What to expect from a Chris Arnold show? Well, a healthy dollop of silliness, a big old dose of self-deprecation and a sprinkling of interpretive dance. Ultimately, it's Chris sharing his own unique way of looking at the confusing world in which we currently inhabit through his weapon of choice - Microsoft PowerPoint.
As a performer, Chris has appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe, Glastonbury, Ibiza Rocks, Bestival, Boomtown Fair and The British Musical Comedy Awards and performed shows in countries such as Germany, Australia and Indonesia. In March 2019, he embarked on a 14-date headline tour around the UK with his hour-long powerpoint comedy show, which included multiple sell out shows.
He wrote, hosted and directed The Cool Beans Television Show which was nominated for a British Comedy Award alongside such stalwarts as Horrible Histories and Harry & Paul. He also regularly presents for BBC Radio Bristol and appears in BBC Sesh short comedy clips, as well as regularly performing hosting events and DJing around the country. Previously he was a presenter on Made in Bristol TV and he also recently appeared on the BBC's flagship Inside Out show, giving presenter Seb Choudhury a hand with his very first stand-up comedy set.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4537174
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Rachel Creeger - Pray It Forward
Date: Thursday 2nd April, 2020
Venue: St James WIne Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Is it true that no good deed goes unpunished? Why does doing the right thing often end up coming back to bite you?
Join award winning comedian Rachel Creeger as she wanders down a sinister looking road paved with the best of intentions. Uplifting, entertaining, storytelling-style observational comedy from a unique voice on the circuit. It's funny how things work out in the end.
"By far the highlight of the night was Rachel Creeger...move over Marvellous Mrs Maisel, there's a new face in town" - Leicester Mercury
"Tight writing, sharp performance and a beautifully zany imagination" - The Brighton Source
Best Comedy Award Winner Greater Manchester Fringe 2017
***** Everything Theatre
***** Roch Valley Radio
**** Funny Women
**** The Jewish Chronicle
**** Review Hub
**** Female Arts
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4542852
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Thursday 2nd April, 2020
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
An Evening with Vivienne & A Big Baga Chipz
Date: Thursday 2nd April, 2020
Venue: Komedia
Doors: 6.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price:
SOLD OUT
The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, The Vivienne and audience favourite Baga Chipz join forces for a full 90 minute production show!
Live vocals, impressions, hilarious comedy. Appearances from Trump and Thatcher, Q & As and much more!
SOLD OUT
New Act Competition - Heat 4
Date: Thursday 2nd April, 2020
Venue: The Barley Mo
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Best Newcomer Award.
There are twelve heats, running Monday-Thursday each week of the Festival at The Barley Mow, each one compered by a popular comedian.
Tonight's compere is Neil McFarlane - "A sparky self-effacing wit which cannot possibly fail to please" - Theatre Bath
Widcombe Social Club will host the two Semi-Finals on Fri 17th April (see here), and the Grand Final on Sunday 19th April (details here).
Crybabies - Danger Brigade
Date: Thursday 2nd April, 2020
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £12 / £10 concs (see below *)
Join Ed Jones (handsome), James Gault (tall), and Michael Clarke (?) for Crybabies' smash hit debut hour of comedy, action, friendship, father issues, rats, crisps, and concerns of the heart.
Buckle up for an offbeat adventure through the seductive waters of World War II… truly the Godfather Part II of world wars.
Nominee: Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2019
"Highly impressive" **** The Guardian
"High concept farce of the first order” **** The Telegraph
"Head and shoulders above many sketch shows” **** Chortle
"A great wave of absurdist wonderment” **** The Skinny
"A touching emotional heart” **** Beyond The Joke
"Clever and genuinely funny...go and see it” **** Mumble Comedy
Booking: Ticketsource
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre/crybabies-danger-brigade/e-voykvv
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Funny Noises
Date: Thursday 2nd April, 2020
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 8.00pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: Free
Jem Roberts presents his annual salute to the best of comedy music.
Original funny songs from the finest comic tunesmiths around, plus tributes to the likes of Monty Python, The Bonzos, Victoria Wood, Bill Bailey, Flight of the Conchords and Vic & Bob.
Email jem@jemroberts.com if you're interested in bagging a slot.
Email for information: jem@jemroberts.com
Laugh Til It Hurts - A BDSM Comedy Show
Date: Thursday 2nd April, 2020
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Like your favourite BDSM novel except funny on purpose.
Returning show from 2019 with a year's extra polish and lots of new sexy stories.
The tale of one man's adventure into the dark and crazy world of fetish, kink and BDSM.
Experienced kinksters will enjoy the many bizarre yet true tales of sexual deviance and for the curious newbie there are plenty of hot tips to help you begin an adventure all of your own!
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4541152
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Sadia Azmat - Work In Progress
Date: Thursday 2nd April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Sadia Azmat is from East London and a British Muslim.
Join her in this work in progress where she talks about P.C culture, ISIS to dating and losing love.
"Wonderfully subversive comedy" - Steve Bennett, Chortle
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4542875
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Friday 3rd April, 2020
Bath Institute of Laughter - Cartoon drawing with Harry Venning (workshop)
Date: Friday 3rd April, 2020
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: for 11.00am show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: Free
A fun and accessible introduction from the artist behind the Guardian's Clare in the Community.
Contact hilary@makingtheatre.co.uk to find out more and to reserve a place.
Bath Institute of Laughter is a brand-new comedy project for Bath, launching in April and based at Widcombe Social Club.
Alexander Bennett - A Messy Bitch Who Loves Drama
Date: Friday 3rd April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Work-in-progress new show for 2020. Often dark, silly, filthy and thoughtful.
Watch my clips on youtube or something.
**** the stage ***** one4review
"I don't think I can begin to do him justice; a producer and performer of some refreshingly different material" - Chortle
"His sharp interpretations of the world around him add a sinister spin to the everyday - unique and hilarious" - The Reviews Hub
"Courageous and thought provoking" - The Scotsman
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4534184
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Friday 3rd April, 2020
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Questions and Beer - Comedy Quiz
Date: Friday 3rd April, 2020
Venue: The Barley Mo
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Price: £2/person
On loan from Chapter One's popular Questions and Beer, quizmaster Alistair "Recurring Gag Here" Pound is delighted to bring his irreverent, indecent and indecorous quiz to the Barley Mow.
Expect adult themes, difficult questions and indecipherable round ideas as Alistair Pounds you through 6 rock-hard rounds and at least one undeliberate mistake.
Previous rounds have included "Kate Bush song or Karma Sutra Position", "Crisismas Tragedies", "Rule 34" and - less popularly - "Local History". Who knows what esoteric mysteries and bullshit will appear this time round?
Winners can anticipate actual prizes but more importantly the grudging respect and petty suspicion of their peers.
£2/person max 6/team. Table reservation advisable call 01225 464845.
Tel: 01225 464845
Links: https://www.thebarleymowbath.co.uk/
Terry Alderton - Again
Date: Friday 3rd April, 2020
Venue: Walcot House
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1hr35 incl interval
Price: £12 / £10 concs (see below *)
Edinburgh's favourite, award winning, unpredictable comedian is here for outright laughs and you're invited along for the ride! A blistering new show that captures the true spirit of the Fringe.
No politics, no message, just 80 minutes of stand-up comedy and chaos from one of the best in the business...
After 35 years of playing Terry Alderton, Richie Raganoo has decided to take to the stage.
The Australian born Raganoo is, in his own words - “The greatest Character comedian on the planet!”. Along with his other creations like Bob Tap, Raganoo will be on stage in Bath for the first half of the show explaining why he believes Alderton is his worst comedy creation, and why finally he has decided to be himself on stage to show the comedy world his comic prowess!
Although all great things come to an end, to Ranganoo's great disappointment he will be performing as Alderton in the main part of the show. Along with the 'Talking Shoes' and the Drama triangle that are the 'Voices'.
Strap in folks...
"The comedy thrill of a lifetime" ***** Kate Copstick, The Scotsman (Newspaper)
“A fucking genius” - Frank Skinner (Three Lions)
“A fantastic comedy mind” – Eddie Izzard (Lost Python, Runner)
"A comedian of dizzying inventiveness" ***** The Times (of London) (Also a paper)
As seen on Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre's Roadshow, Dave's One Night Stand and star of BBC Radio 4's Terry Alderton Show.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4540387
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.21
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Jen Brister - Under Privilege
Date: Friday 3rd April, 2020
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
Brister has it all: a wife, kids, a house and a job she loves (sometimes) so what the hell is she moaning about?
Join Jen as she takes an irreverent look at the often controversial subject of ‘privilege’. Who has it? Who doesn’t? And why does no one like to admit they have any
?
"A powerhouse performance" ****1/2 Chortle
"A big dose of double up funny" ***** DeadLineNews
"Glorious raging" **** BroadwayBaby
"Brister uses anger to quite stunning comedic effect" ***** Skinny
"Blisteringly funny" **** The List
Booking: Ticketsource
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre/jen-brister-under-privilege/e-replkp
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Pauline Eyre - All Change
Date: Friday 3rd April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Pauline is caring for her kids and her elderly mum. When everything changes and nobody needs her anymore, will there be any Pauline left?
Spend an hour with a comedian in the midst of a midlife crisis.
Sold-out run at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, audiences said:
"Beautifully crafted stand-up comedy"
"Really honest and funny"
"I laughed throughout & yet I my pelvic floor's stronger than ever!”
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4542117
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Saturday 4th April, 2020
Aftermirth
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 11.30am for 12noon show
Price: £12 / £10 concs (see below *)
The journey of parenthood is a magical and maddening one, so what better way to cope with it than through stand-up comedy! AFTERMIRTH is an adult comedy club that you can bring your baby to.
Each week we’ll have 3 top circuit comedians delivering their usual club routines so the material is mature and sweary with the odd birth story flash-back…. The only difference is it’s during the day. Babies under 18 months are welcome, but please don’t bring older toddlers because they tend to heckle!
This special afternoon gig has reduced amplification and a dimmed room so no one will notice those red eyes from sleepless nights. You’re encouraged to bottle, breast or Haribo feed and you can walk about or shake Mittens the Special Rabbit in order to soothe your offspring and no one will moan or mutter if your little one cries or screams.
The gig is also open to parents, Aunts, Uncles, Grans, carers, in fact anyone who needs some afternoon comedy and doesn’t mind some cute babies in attendance.
Booking: Ticketsource
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre/aftermirth/e-yoyoqq
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Unrehearsed Sketch Bag
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 1.30pm for 2.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: Donations for Severn Cancer Hospice
The Unrehearsed Theatre Company (That's you, if you show up) and friends invite you to a whole day of relentless golden sketch comedy in aid of the Severn Cancer Hospice.
A marathon of the finest sketches in history, from Monty Python and Victoria Wood to Fry & Laurie, Kids In The Hall, The League of Gentlemen, French & Saunders and many more, plus guest spots from some of the best sketch troupes around.
Bung some money in the bucket and choose your favourite sketch, to watch or take part in.
Visit bit.do/unrehearsedbag to download the script PDF. The more, literally the merrier!
Riordan DJ - Bachelor of Medicine
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 2.45pm for 3.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Riordan DJ is a comedian (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Nominee 2019, Chortle Student Comedian of the Year 2017), soon-to-be doctor (Bristol Medical School, 4th Year), and top lad (Malta 2k14).
This stand up show explores why Riordan ever wanted to become a doctor, whether he will be a good doctor, and how meeting one patient changed his whole perspective on medicine. There will also be stories about patients putting objects up their bum.
As heard on the BBC and as read in The Exmouth Journal and The Sunday Times.
"Great one liners...his taut, creative writing will surely propel him to great things" - Chortle
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4543318
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Heidi Regan - Work In Progress
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 4.15pm for 4.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Heidi Regan points her always silly and surreal gaze toward whether or not she can be a parent in today's world and what knowledge she would impart to that child, none of it particularly helpful and all while draining energy from her very patient and kind girlfriend.
Heidi has supported Joe Lycett on tour, performed her own Radio 4 stand up special and was the winner of BBC New Comedy Award and So You Think You're Funny.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544038
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Beeshes - Beeshes Unleashed!
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 4.30pm for 5.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Freshly birthed by the London stand-up scene, Beeshes Unleashed features five powerful yet sensitive women, grappling with the pressures and joys of their special 'gifts'.
Behold, a magical journey through musical theatre, digital entrepreneurship, being Welsh and on the telly, birth and death and then having a nice sit down. And back in time for a soothing cup of 'f*** it' tea.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4540343
Links: https://about.me/beeshes
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - ROLL UP!
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 5.30pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £12 / £10 concs (see below *)
The award-winning Scottish Falsetto Socks bring their sellout Edinburgh show ROLL UP! to Bath for the first time.
Earth's funniest footwear - winners of Bath Comedy Festival's Lovehoney Best Joke Award 2018 - are back with their hit show of Comedy Magic Variety & a Bit On The SideShow.
The roar of the greasepaint and the smell of some socks.
"A miniature Morecambe and Wise" **** Bath Echo (April 2019)
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4525716
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.21
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Esther Manito - Work In Progress
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 5.45pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Off the back of her successful 2019 Edinburgh 'Crusade' run, Esther is bringing her work in progress for her second Edinburgh show.
Esther's first show tackled the racism of the alt right and sexism of religious extremists. Now she wants to look closer at the stereotypes of the Arab and Muslim man. How has the middle east and sexism been united into one stereotype? This doesn't match what she saw in the Arab Muslim men in her family...so where have these stereotypes come from? Is there truth in them? Esther just can't see that the Middle East and religion equals sexism...she reminisces over her upbringing in the 90's...is Britain truly guilt free when it comes to sexism? It makes her want to scream "If you are a sexist then you ain't no Muslim and you ain't geeza bruv!"
“Esther Manito: Lebanese British woman, wife, mother, incredible comedian” ****1/2 Edfest Magazine
"Ms Manito is a confident comic with a likeability factor which can do her no harm. Her stage presence and delivery enhance her well written material and it is easy to see why she is doing so well, both nationally and internationally" ****One4Review
"It's clear that Esther is bringing a much-needed voice" **** Funny Women
Esther has opened for Jason Mansford, Shappi Korsandi, Alan Davies and Sindhu Vee.
Finalist of So You Think You're Funny, Bath New Act of the Year, Sussex New Comedian and BBC New Comedian nominee 2016-19.
Esther's Comedy Debut 'Crusade' Sdinburgh Special is now streamed on Next Up comedy.
Funny Women Top Ten Best Show Shortlist (Voted by the audience) 2019.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544050
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Lily Phillips - SMUT
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
The show that was going to be about feminism, but is now going to be about her dog.
As seen on BBC3, All4, Comedy Central and ITV2, Lily asks you to join her on her journey from cheerleader, to feminist, to dog lover. Female comedians are often criticised for just talking about their Vaginas, which is offensive, but in Lily's case 100% true and now she has a dog, who has one too.
Smut covers all the trials and tribulations that come with being a female human and a female dog. Like turning 30 only to discover that apparently your vagina gets bigger with age rather than usage, how to deal with your dogs cystitis, and what happens when your boyfriend has to help you birth your own menstrual cup... they are still together now by the way, if anything, it has brought them closer. No animals were harmed in the process FYI.
Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 3rd Place, Komedia New Act FINALIST, Funny Women FINALIST, Max Turner FIANLIST and Pleasance Reserve Comedian 2019 Lily is so excited to be bringing her unique brand of comedy to the masses.
"Great, unique material" - The Stand
"dry, feminist wit" - Evening Standard
"bulletproof confidence...a routine that called to mind Jo Brand" - Steve Bennett, Chortle
"Funny, original and, crucially, entirely unpredictable" ***** Broadway Baby
"Feminism doesn't get sexier than this" ***** View From The Gods
Work in progress show.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4534258
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Bizarre Bath
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Drag Queen Bingo
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: The Barley Mo
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Price: Free entry
While your host Queens sensuously polish balls for some rounds of bingo with sass and sequins, the fabulous 'Miss Aida H Dee, the hyperactive drag queen' will entertain with her live vocals and whity stand up.
Bingo cards £1 each, prizes range from champagne to any old crap the Queens could find in the charity shop.
For those of you brave enough to join in(!?) there will be a priz for best dressed Queen!
Links: https://www.thebarleymowbath.co.uk/
Krater Comedy Club -
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: Komedia
Doors: 6.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: £9 - £41
Watch comedy from three top stand-ups and enjoy the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award Winning Restaurant.
And for the full Saturday Night Out Krater Comedy Club ticket holders on Saturday gain FREE ENTRY, without a queue to the sell-out club night Motorcity.
Tonight's line-up TBC
"Pick of the Week" – The Guardian
"THE place to catch stand-up comedy" – The Independent
Tickets: £20.00, Concessions: £13.00, Students (Balcony): £9.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Meal Deal Plus: £41.00 // Ages 18+
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/cabaret/krater/
The Biscuit Barrel
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £14 / £12 concs (see below *)
Following an award-winning* run at Edinburgh Fringe, Biscuit Barrel march into Bath with a revolt of over 60 comedy sketches in 60 minutes!
"Dropped something? Don’t even think about picking it up as you’ll probably miss an entire sketch"
"A rampant hour of talking planets, distressed self-checkout machines and a triangular rap battle, this isn’t just a sketch show it’s an absolute riot"
"Fast, slick, and very funny" ***** The List
The Derek Awards: *Winner: Derek’s Best Overall Show 2019
Booking: Ticketsource
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre/the-biscuit-barrel/e-mxpmpv
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Beeshes - Beeshes Unleashed!
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Freshly birthed by the London stand-up scene, Beeshes Unleashed features five powerful yet sensitive women, grappling with the pressures and joys of their special 'gifts'.
Behold, a magical journey through musical theatre, digital entrepreneurship, being Welsh and on the telly, birth and death and then having a nice sit down. And back in time for a soothing cup of 'f*** it' tea.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4540343
Links: https://about.me/beeshes
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
Lubna Kerr - Where Are You Really Really From?
Date: Saturday 4th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
What does identity mean to Lubna? Where she was born or where she has made her home?
Come and hear her stories of people desperate to ask "But where are you really from?"
Softly spoken, sharply worded, and warmly charismatic **** Theatre Bubble
Voted as one of the top 10 hidden gems of the Edinburgh Fringe 2019.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4542667
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Sunday 5th April, 2020
The Wine Arts Trail 2020
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: To be revealed...
Doors: 10.40am for 11.00am show
Duration: 2.5hrs (approx!)
Price: £40
SOLD OUT
The legendary magical mystery tour is back by popular demand. Get your tickets quickly as they always sell out!!
Let the big red bus take you on a veritably vinous voyage of discovery to those secret bits of our beloved city that you never knew existed. At every stop a hilarious happening, an artistic intervention or a daft divertissement. And at every stop, a glass of fine wine.
The fabulously bonkers outing is a perennial favourite amongst comedy aficionados. As usual, this year boasts a brand new top secret route, plonk aplenty and a laugh around every corner.
Hosted by Ralph Oswick, this year's celebrity guest clippie is yet to be revealed!.
Dress code: Your beautiful bonnets, hilarious hats and terrific titfers could garner you an unforgettable mystery prize. N.B.Anyone without a hat will be thrown off the bus forthwith!*
"Was that real?"..."Did that happen?"..."Are we nearly there Dad?"
Now in its 12th incarnation, The Wine Arts Trail is a comedy institution and tickets sell very quickly, so don't delay, book today.
There are two trips - 11am and 3pm set-off times. Please get to the start for doors opening time - 20 minutes before set-off - for your welcome glass of bubbly.
Photos (c) Fez Parker
Sponsored by Great Western Wine and Julie Hunt Advertising.
Grown ups only. Drink sensibly.
*not really
SOLD OUT
You Tube footage:
Beeshes - Beeshes Unleashed!
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: The Bell Inn
Doors: 1.30pm for 2.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Freshly birthed by the London stand-up scene, Beeshes Unleashed features five powerful yet sensitive women, grappling with the pressures and joys of their special 'gifts'.
Behold, a magical journey through musical theatre, digital entrepreneurship, being Welsh and on the telly, birth and death and then having a nice sit down. And back in time for a soothing cup of 'f*** it' tea.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4540343
Links: https://about.me/beeshes
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £0.97
The Wine Arts Trail 2020
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: To be revealed...
Doors: 2.40pm for 3.00pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs (approx!)
Price: £40
SOLD OUT
The legendary magical mystery tour is back by popular demand. Get your tickets quickly as they always sell out!!
Let the big red bus take you on a veritably vinous voyage of discovery to those secret bits of our beloved city that you never knew existed. At every stop a hilarious happening, an artistic intervention or a daft divertissement. And at every stop, a glass of fine wine.
The fabulously bonkers outing is a perennial favourite amongst comedy aficionados. As usual, this year boasts a brand new top secret route, plonk aplenty and a laugh around every corner.
Hosted by Ralph Oswick, this year's celebrity guest clippie is yet to be revealed!.
Dress code: Your beautiful bonnets, hilarious hats and terrific titfers could garner you an unforgettable mystery prize. N.B.Anyone without a hat will be thrown off the bus forthwith!*
"Was that real?"..."Did that happen?"..."Are we nearly there Dad?"
Now in its 12th incarnation, The Wine Arts Trail is a comedy institution and tickets sell very quickly, so don't delay, book today.
There are two trips - 11am and 3pm set-off times. Please get to the start for doors opening time - 20 minutes before set-off - for your welcome glass of bubbly.
Photos (c) Fez Parker
Sponsored by Great Western Wine and Julie Hunt Advertising.
Grown ups only. Drink sensibly.
*not really
SOLD OUT
You Tube footage:
Tara Newton-Wordsworth - Mummy Issues
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 2.45pm for 3.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Fresh from selling out at Soho Theatre and EdFringe with her debut hour 'Motherhood: A Comedy' in 2019, Tara returns with stand-up comedy about marriage, meditation, and trying not to mess up your kids.
In 'Mummy Issues' Tara muses on the mind-bending transition into motherhood, and how Deepak Chopra's made her a better person... than you.
"Very talented and very of the moment" - Stephen Fry
"Hilarious" - The Sun
"Presented with good humour and a pragmatic sense of realism... A good performer" -One4Review
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544073
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Louise Leigh - Two-Thirds Spaniel
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 4.15pm for 4.39pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Spaniel-in-human-form, Louise Leigh is a "polished,sparky performer able to energise a room...hilarious" (****The Wee Review) and "super mature at home, buoyant in the field" (Dogcrunch.com). But can she navigate the undergrowth of midlife without tripping over her spaniel's ears? And can she still be adorable at 48?
"Louise Leigh is one of the most original and promising new acts to come out of the South West Comedy scene... Consistently funny and unafraid to experiment...Highly recommended" - Wil Hodgson
"Great confidence, great performance, great jokes!" Gary Delaney
Since finally starting the career in comedy she had been putting off since she was seventeen, Louise has been making more and more people laugh, mostly in the West of the UK. This is her second hour-long show and it's mostly about what happens when you give yourself permission to be an idiot, when you're supposed to be growing up. It's a love letter to her inner spaniel...and to actual spaniels.
If you like laughing, dogs, laughing at dogs (never do this, they look sad) and mucking about, you'll have a great time with Louise.
Audience reviews of Louise:
"Great night out! Hilarious, haven't laughed so much in ages"
"This woman is the comedian I never knew I needed! Proper funny, proper refreshing, proper job"
"Hilarious, touching, moving, laugh-out-loud-therapy-for-the-soul. Lou's carefully observed humour balances kind with cutting and takes reflective introspection and turns it into energetic, crazy, joyful playful performance. Go see her!"
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4541080
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Morgan Rees - Work In Progress
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 4.15pm for 4.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Morgan Rees brings a work-in-progress of his debut stand-up show.
His family life can be described as anything but conventional. From Youtuber aunties to pole-dancing grandmothers, from siblings half his age to uncles half his height. Less a Nuclear family, and more a Post-Nuclear Disaster Family, but a happy one.
As seen and heard on BBC Radio 4, BBC2, BBC Wales, BBC Radio Wales and BBC iPlayer. Basically, just the BBC. Writer for Mock The Week (on the BBC). Finalist for the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award (I told you), runner up of So You Think You're Funny, and selected for Chortle's 2020 Ones to Watch.
"Excellent" The Scotsman
"Fast gags, unexpected swerves and rolling stories" The Sunday Times
"Clearly be going places" Bruce Dessau
"Proved himself a master of redirection, with several set-ups taking unexpected swerves in a punchline heavy set" - Steve Bennett, Chortle
"Fast gags, unexpected swerves and rolling stories" - The Sunday Times
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544085
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An Evening Without Neil Innes
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 5.30pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £5 fundraiser for the Innes family
A tribute to the music and madness of Neil Innes, performed by the finest daft musicians in the South West, with some very special guests lined up to perform his medley of hit – and more!
Bath Comedy Festival's annual Bath Plug Award for comedy greatness was first awarded in 2015 to our beloved patron, Python genius Terry Jones, and late last year his old friend Neil Innes – comedy maestro, Bonzo, Rutle, and all-round King of the Philosopher-Clowns – was asked if he'd be keen to pick one up too. He expressed a keenness to return to Bath, where he's performed so many times over the year – but then, two days before the start of the 2020s, Neil quickly collapsed and died, at the age of 75.
Therefore, this year we present the first posthumous Bath Plug Award. All money raised will go toward refunding the losses from PledgeMusic's failure to release Innes' last album, 'Nearly Really' – which can now thankfully be bought from neilinnes.media.
Singalongs encouraged – come along, and really express yourself!
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4542698
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Sunjai Arif - Mrs Doubtful
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 5.45pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
What do you want to be when you grow up? A rock star? A comedian? A glorified nanny?
Since he was little, critically acclaimed stand-up Sunjai Arif has always been told: "You can be anything you want to be" - but what if you have no idea what you actually want?
Join this superbly silly comedian as he explores those big dreams that we all have, and the stumbling blocks that take us in new and different directions.
Through nostalgic pop culture, charming home made props, and some ludicrous musical numbers find out how you could end up living the dream life you didn't know you wanted.
Don't miss Sunjai's unique brand of joyful absurdist comedy.
Bath Comedy Festival New Act 2017 - WINNER
Best Comedy 2018, The Guide Awards - RUNNER UP
"Total wackiness and a great heart" - Mumble Comedy
“An excellent preformer" - VoiceMag.uk
“A tour de force" - Bunbury magazine
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4537266
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Sarah Southern - Work In Progress
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 5.45pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Sarah Southern presents her work in progress show on politics, the media and what happens when that Google search just won't go away.
Sarah's gripping storytelling takes you from being on front pages and the lead story on the Ten O'Clock News to what happens next.
"Whatever your political persuasion, do catch this humorous and insightful performance" **** ThreeWeeks
Funny Women Best Show Finalist 2019
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4543811
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Lorna Shaw - All the Things I'm Glad I know I'll Never Know
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
The critically acclaimed comedian returns to Bath Comedy Festival with her latest offering of stand-up, storytelling and music celebrating all the things she'll never know in a world of information overload.
As seen/heard on BBC Radio 4, ITV2, E4, BBC3.
"Expect off-beat brilliance" - The Times
"Slick and skilled" - Chortle
"Punchy jokes" - Funny Women
Work in progress show.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4525735
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Andrew White - Anyway, The Thing Is, What I Really Mean
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Andrew White's biggest fear has always been confrontation - famously the hardest fear to confront.
He's spent the first 20 years of his life running from problems and people pleasing, but now some earth shattering news has finally forced him to face everything head on...
In this, his fourth solo show, Andrew takes a look at all the things that go unsaid in a society that more and more values openness and sharing.
How important was coming out as gay? What do parents know about their children's personal lives? And is it sometimes healthier to not address all of your issues?
Through personal stories, some unexpected one-liners and even loop-pedal based observational comedy, this show will bear all. A hilarious and honest hour all about sex, family, and confrontation.
“Not to be missed” - Daily Record
“One of the most talked about rising star comedians” - Essex Magazine
“Rampantly engaging” **** The List
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4537263
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Bizarre Bath
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Drew Taylor - The Taming of the Drew
Date: Sunday 5th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Debut solo hour from Welsh comic, Drew Taylor. Bringing with him razor sharp, observational stand up and hilarious story telling, Drew, described as "a rising star of the Welsh stand up scene" (standupforcomedy.co.uk) gives his takes on modern life, marriage and why 33 doesn't have a catchy bingo call.
"A hilarious roar!" - Craig Campbell
"A guy destined for comedy greatness!" - Theatr Gwaun
"Drew delivers well crafted, understated routines that always get big laughs!" - Simon Donald, Viz Comics
As heard on the Rhod Gilbert Show.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544487
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Monday 6th April, 2020
David Tsonos - Work In Progress
Date: Monday 6th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Canadian Comedy Veteran David Tsonos returns with his latest show.
"Very confident, knows his material totally and had the crowd roaring. Good face and voice for comedy, great timing" - The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544493
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Bizarre Bath
Date: Monday 6th April, 2020
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 5
Date: Monday 6th April, 2020
Venue: The Barley Mo
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Best Newcomer Award.
There are twelve heats, running Monday-Thursday each week of the Festival at The Barley Mow, each one compered by a popular comedian.
Tonight's compere is Daniel Fitzhenry - "A great new talent whose interaction with the audience is flawless" - Scallywags Comedy
Widcombe Social Club will host the two Semi-Finals on Fri 17th April (see here), and the Grand Final on Sunday 19th April (details here).
New Act Comedy Night - hosted by Morgan Rees
Date: Monday 6th April, 2020
Venue: Komedia Arts Café
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £3 on the door
Like comedy? Want to see something new and fresh? This night is for you!
Komedia Art's Cafe is playing host to some of Bath and Bristol's best aspiring comedians. Some who are relatively new the game, others that have been around a while. Either way, they’re acts we believe deserve their spot in the lime-light. And not only will we have a whole host of local acts for you. We'll be joined by a seasoned comic each month to round the night off with their new material and a whole load of laughs!
Come and see the new wave of comedy here first!
Age 18+
Booking: Komedia
Tel: 01225 489070
Online booking: https://www.komedia.co.uk/bath/arts-cafe-programme/new-act-comedy-night/
Paul Savage - Grab Bag
Date: Monday 6th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Paul Savage is an award-winning, globe trotting comedian and dickhead. (the awards were for comedy).
Join him for a hour of his very best stories.
"Genuinely brilliant, an all round hoot" - The Guardian
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544676
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Tuesday 7th April, 2020
Darren Walsh - Punimal Farm
Date: Tuesday 7th April, 2020
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £8
Like puns? Think you’ve seen it Orwell before? Well gammon check this out.
Join Darren (Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2019 - BEST JOKE), on the farm for a pun-packed adaptation of George Orwell's famous novel.
A show filled with video sketches, one-liners, jingles and general nonsense.
(Don't come if you don't like puns)
As seen on ITV's 'Out There', BBC Edinburgh Presents, UK's first Pun Champion, WINNER - Dave's Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe 2015, WINNER - Dave’s top 10 jokes of Edinburgh Fringe 2018
"Spot-on comic timing and really imaginative use of special effects" **** - Bath Echo
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4536598
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Will Preston - Can't Face Reality
Date: Tuesday 7th April, 2020
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Reality is overrated. Why bother with work, relationships, and mental health concerns when escapism is king?
Will Preston, self-confessed geek and gaming addict, explores his love of geek culture, as well as his normal life that he tries to escape from. Will he keep his face against the screen, or will he finally face reality?
"Slick, surprising, and acutely aware" - Objectively Funny
"Energetic and lovable" - Joey Page
“Very funny geezer. Guaranteed laughs!" - Lenny Sherman
“Edgy, distinctive voice" - Sadia Azmat
"Fearless, oozes confidence" - Nathan Cassidy
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4537256
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Sarah Mills - Kicking Butt
Date: Tuesday 7th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
At the beginning of 2018, comedian Sarah Mills is winning at life: she has the bachelorette pad, the glamourous job and gorgeous friends. Now all she needs is a fella.
But instead of finding a handsome prince, she finds blood in her poo. It's Bowel Cancer. The next 2 years are spent swapping dresses for Hospital gowns and prosecco for laxative.
This is her story, in all its painfully funny, gory detail.
"Heartfelt, important, and very very funny" - ITV1's Rob Rinder
"A love note to the NHS"
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4542735
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Bizarre Bath
Date: Tuesday 7th April, 2020
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 6
Date: Tuesday 7th April, 2020
Venue: The Barley Mo
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Best Newcomer Award.
There are twelve heats, running Monday-Thursday each week of the Festival at The Barley Mow, each one compered by a popular comedian.
Tonight's compere is Tom Glover - "A great new talent who's interaction with the audience is flawless" - Edge Comedy
Widcombe Social Club will host the two Semi-Finals on Fri 17th April (see here), and the Grand Final on Sunday 19th April (details here).
Tom Stade - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Date: Tuesday 7th April, 2020
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £18
Following his last smash-hit UK tour and direct from this year’s Edinburgh festival Tom is back on the road with a brand-new show. The kids have moved out and it’s the dawn of a new era! Tom’s embracing change with his usual spirit and irrepressible sense of mischief; what’s coming is way better than what has gone!
30 years on the comedy frontline and this Canadian legend remains as engaging, innovative and hilarious as ever. As seen on Ch4’s Comedy Gala, BBC One’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, The John Bishop Show and Live at the Apollo.
"For energy think Porsche 911: 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds. Wouldn’t be out of place in an arena. Career-wise he’s just getting into his stride." Mail on Sunday
"Swagger of a rock star, charisma of a talk show host. Hilarious. See for yourself before the secret gets out."
Warrington Guardian
"UNMISSABLE" Edinburgh Evening News
Booking: Ticketsource
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre/tom-stade-you-aint-seen-nothing-yet/e-axxrkp
Mick Ferry - Walking On Egg Shells
Date: Tuesday 7th April, 2020
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
Middle age has hit Mick hard. It's a new world and Mick is terrified of upsetting people.
Manchester based Mick Ferry is renowned as a fine purveyor of lugubrious surrealism and is established as one of the most sought after comics on the British and International comedy circuit.
One of the finest comperes around, at ease bantering with a crowd but with no shortage of first-class material, Mick is a supremely talented and versatile performer, with a talent for off-the-cuff, satirical and topical comedy, wowing audiences with his spontaneous acerbic outbursts and razor sharp wit.
"Awesome stand up" - BBC
"See him or regret it. A great comedian" - John Bishop
"His material seems effortless...genuine warmth" - British Comedy Guide
Winner of the Comedians Comedian of the year.
Winner of joe.co.uk club comedian of the year.
Fosters Edinburgh prize winner.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4536553
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Jaleelah Galbraith - #fraudianslip
Date: Tuesday 7th April, 2020
Venue: St James WIne Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Feel like everyone else has their shizzle together? Feel like a fraud who will soon be asked to leave the room? Imposter Syndrome is real, b*tches!
Join Jal, a Bristolian stand up and authentic fraud, on a journey of self discovery to find out we are all the same.
If you like sarcasm, often pretend you have a flying clue what you're doing when you obviously don't and enjoy Dr Who, then this is the show for you!
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4542862
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Bobby Mair - Cockroach
Date: Tuesday 7th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
He's survived adoption, both his moms dying, mental breakdowns, addiction and getting diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Can anything kill Bobby Mair?
Cockroach is an hour of dark, gut-wrenching stand-up from one of the best comedians in the country.
Star of Roast Battle, Comedy Central at The Comedy Store and Bobby and Harriet: Get Married. You may have seen Bobby on KSI: Demolished, reading the internet to Julian Assange or appearing on Katie Hopkins' TV show just so he could give the fee to people she hated.
"Clearly a brilliant stand up" - Jimmy Carr
Work in progress show.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544499
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Wednesday 8th April, 2020
Charlie Partridge - Bingiddy Bongiddy
Date: Wednesday 8th April, 2020
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
Comedian, Sonic Clown, Vocal Looping, Surrealism and Smut. Dirty Smut.
Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Finalist 2020
Musical Comedy Awards Finalist 2019
"Packed with laughs and great energy throughout, you can't help but root for the hero" **** Fringe Guru
"A little force of nature, well worth going to see" **** Broadway Baby
"It's wild. It's colourful, it looks like it should be in a travelling circus" **** Edinburgh Guide
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4536617
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Will Preston - Can't Face Reality
Date: Wednesday 8th April, 2020
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Reality is overrated. Why bother with work, relationships, and mental health concerns when escapism is king?
Will Preston, self-confessed geek and gaming addict, explores his love of geek culture, as well as his normal life that he tries to escape from. Will he keep his face against the screen, or will he finally face reality?
"Slick, surprising, and acutely aware" - Objectively Funny
"Energetic and lovable" - Joey Page
“Very funny geezer. Guaranteed laughs!" - Lenny Sherman
“Edgy, distinctive voice" - Sadia Azmat
"Fearless, oozes confidence" - Nathan Cassidy
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
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Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4537256
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Alasdair Beckett-King - Nevermore
Date: Wednesday 8th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing.
Award-winning comedian and true king of the northern realm, Alasdair "creates his own multi-faceted world" **** - The Scotsman.
Unravelling life's shallowest mysteries, ABK is "magnificent, wonderful and hilarious" **** - The Wee Review.
***** - EdFestMag
***** - Edinburgh49
****1/2 - Radio Ha Ha
****1/2 - One4Review
Work In Progress show.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
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Bizarre Bath
Date: Wednesday 8th April, 2020
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 7
Date: Wednesday 8th April, 2020
Venue: The Barley Mo
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Best Newcomer Award.
There are twelve heats, running Monday-Thursday each week of the Festival at The Barley Mow, each one compered by a popular comedian.
Tonight's compere is Demitris Deech - "A set peppered with Laughs" - XS Malarkey
Widcombe Social Club will host the two Semi-Finals on Fri 17th April (see here), and the Grand Final on Sunday 19th April (details here).
Tom Stade - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Date: Wednesday 8th April, 2020
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £18
Following his last smash-hit UK tour and direct from this year’s Edinburgh festival Tom is back on the road with a brand-new show. The kids have moved out and it’s the dawn of a new era! Tom’s embracing change with his usual spirit and irrepressible sense of mischief; what’s coming is way better than what has gone!
30 years on the comedy frontline and this Canadian legend remains as engaging, innovative and hilarious as ever. As seen on Ch4’s Comedy Gala, BBC One’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, The John Bishop Show and Live at the Apollo.
"For energy think Porsche 911: 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds. Wouldn’t be out of place in an arena. Career-wise he’s just getting into his stride." Mail on Sunday
"Swagger of a rock star, charisma of a talk show host. Hilarious. See for yourself before the secret gets out."
Warrington Guardian
"UNMISSABLE" Edinburgh Evening News
Booking: Ticketsource
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre/tom-stade-you-aint-seen-nothing-yet/e-axxrkp
Stand Up With Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)
Date: Wednesday 8th April, 2020
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
Janine's father is a lifelong New Yorker and son of Middle-Eastern immigrants.
He’s also an avid Donald Trump supporter. Attempting to reconcile those things makes for one tense Sunday dinner.
Catch multi award-winning newcomer Janine Harouni in her debut show about standing up for what you believe in, even if you have to do it really nicely.
Seen/heard on Comedy Central, Comic Relief, BBC Three, and BBC Radio Four.
"The platonic ideal of a comedy show...ready for her Netflix special" ***** Times
"An organic masterpiece of storytelling rich in fond detail, intricately woven together" **** Scotsman
"More people should witness this remarkable show" **** Ed Fest Magazine
"Thoroughly deserving of every plaudit it has received" **** Evening Standard
***** Fringe Review **** Telegraph **** Sunday Post **** Funny Women **** List **** Skinny **** Chortle **** I Talk Telly **** Beyond the Joke
Directed by Adam Brace.
WINNER: BBC New Comedy Award 2019
WINNER: Amused Moose Best Show 2019
WINNER: 99 Club Comedy Bursary 2019
WINNER: Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2018
NOMINEE: Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2019 – Best Newcomer
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4536548
Links: https://www.janineharouni.com/
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
Sarah Mills - Kicking Butt
Date: Wednesday 8th April, 2020
Venue: St James Wine Vaults
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
At the beginning of 2018, comedian Sarah Mills is winning at life: she has the bachelorette pad, the glamourous job and gorgeous friends. Now all she needs is a fella.
But instead of finding a handsome prince, she finds blood in her poo. It's Bowel Cancer. The next 2 years are spent swapping dresses for Hospital gowns and prosecco for laxative.
This is her story, in all its painfully funny, gory detail.
"Heartfelt, important, and very very funny" - ITV1's Rob Rinder
"A love note to the NHS"
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
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Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4542736
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Harriet Kemsley - Work In Progress
Date: Wednesday 8th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
After appearing on Babestation in the summer (no she hasn't been asked back) Harriet's been trying to learn how to be hot in 2020 and it hasn't been going well...she's spent her savings on laser hair removal, put on a jumper that says I AM ENOUGH and taken a good hard squint at the beauty industry through her two remaining fake eyelashes.
As seen on '8 Out of 10 Cats', E4s 'Pants on Fire', 'Hypothetical', 'Bobby & Harriet Get Married', 'Comedy Central at The Comedy Store', 'Stand Up Sketch Show' and 'Roast Battle'.
***** The Guardian **** Scotsman **** List **** Edinburgh Festivals **** Fest Mag **** The Skinny
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4543351
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Thursday 9th April, 2020
Bath Institute of Laughter - Sketch writing (workshop)
Date: Thursday 9th April, 2020
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: for 10.00am show
Duration: 8hrs
Price: Free
Fast and furious writing workshop with the emphasis on teamwork and creativity.
Public showing at 6pm!
Contact hilary@makingtheatre.co.uk to find out more and to reserve a place.
Bath Institute of Laughter is a brand-new comedy project for Bath, launching in April and based at Widcombe Social Club.
Robyn Perkins - Million Dollar Maybe
Date: Thursday 9th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
When your Dad's mantra is: "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing", games like 'Uno' become...a bit intense.
Multi award-winning comedian Robyn Perkins combines science with stories from her insanely competitive upbringing, changing her definition of success.
"Smart, engaging, fun and funny" **** Chortle
Sydney Fringe 2019 Best in Comedy Award Winner
Perth FRINGE WORLD 2020, Weekly Comedy Award Winner
"There's not many comedy hours hosted by a biologist, however Perkins breaks every stereotype with her confident, charming and relatable personality" **** EdFest
"Intriguing and thought provoking all while making your sides hurt from laughter" **** 1/2 Glam Adelaide
"Robyn is an engaging and hilarious storyteller" **** 1/2 Fringe Feed
"Funny, genuine, & very clever" **** Fringe Biscuit, 2019
"Fast, funny, interesting, and most of all, intelligent" **** XPress Magazine
"Her knowable approach to all matters relating to the heart and the head creates a comedy platform for one of the funniest shows of Fringe" **** 1/2 stars, Winning at Failing
Preview show
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4534191
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Stand Up With Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)
Date: Thursday 9th April, 2020
Venue: Ring O Bells
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £10
Janine's father is a lifelong New Yorker and son of Middle-Eastern immigrants.
He’s also an avid Donald Trump supporter. Attempting to reconcile those things makes for one tense Sunday dinner.
Catch multi award-winning newcomer Janine Harouni in her debut show about standing up for what you believe in, even if you have to do it really nicely.
Seen/heard on Comedy Central, Comic Relief, BBC Three, and BBC Radio Four.
"The platonic ideal of a comedy show...ready for her Netflix special" ***** Times
"An organic masterpiece of storytelling rich in fond detail, intricately woven together" **** Scotsman
"More people should witness this remarkable show" **** Ed Fest Magazine
"Thoroughly deserving of every plaudit it has received" **** Evening Standard
***** Fringe Review **** Telegraph **** Sunday Post **** Funny Women **** List **** Skinny **** Chortle **** I Talk Telly **** Beyond the Joke
Directed by Adam Brace.
WINNER: BBC New Comedy Award 2019
WINNER: Amused Moose Best Show 2019
WINNER: 99 Club Comedy Bursary 2019
WINNER: Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2018
NOMINEE: Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2019 – Best Newcomer
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4536548
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.14
Bizarre Bath
Date: Thursday 9th April, 2020
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
New Act Competition - Heat 8
Date: Thursday 9th April, 2020
Venue: The Barley Mo
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Duration: ~2.5hrs
Price: Free (donations)
The Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year Competition sees over 100 of the best up-and-coming comics in the UK compete for the title and the Lovehoney Best Newcomer Award.
There are twelve heats, running Monday-Thursday each week of the Festival at The Barley Mow, each one compered by a popular comedian.
Tonight's compere is Drew Taylor - "A guy destined for comedy greatness!" - Theatr Gwaun
Widcombe Social Club will host the two Semi-Finals on Fri 17th April (see here), and the Grand Final on Sunday 19th April (details here).
Simon Munnery - Alan Parker Urban Warrior Farewell Tour
Date: Thursday 9th April, 2020
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £14
Multi award-winning comedian Simon Munnery reprises his notorious alter ego, the bedsit anarchist Alan Parker Urban Warrior. Once the most radical, now the only radical, Alan returns with the old gold, the old truths, and some new truths (based on the old truths).
For over 35 years, Munnery has performed around the world, experimenting with and innovating the stand-up form. In the 1990s, his Alan Parker: Urban Warrior character took the comedy circuit by storm, garnering Munnery his own BBC Radio 1 series, which Time Out London called ‘the funniest thing on Radio One’ and a residency on ITV’s Saturday Live. 1996 saw him collaborate with Graham Linehan and Stewart Lee for BBC2 show, London Shouting, in his Alan Parker guise, and the character also become a regular contributor to NME magazine.
"Gloriously inept radical anorak." The Times
"Marx, Engles and Sid Vicious would all have died laughing." The Guardian
"Munnery’s parody of a punk rock anarcho snowflake, hand drawn with real love for its subject, returns to a world worse than any he could have imagined in his home decade of the 1980s." Stewart Lee
Simon Munnery is a British Comedy Award nominee, Perrier Award nominee, Sony Radio Award winner and Chortle Award winner. He’s most recently appeared in C4’s acclaimed Flowers, and will soon be seen in Will Sharpe’s Louis Wain movie biopic, co-starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy.
Booking: Ticketsource
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre/simon-munnery-alan-parker-urban-warrior-farewell-tour/e-pzodvg
The Smoking Duck Comedy Playgroup
Date: Thursday 9th April, 2020
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 8.00pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 2.5hrs
Price: Free
Bath's best free open mic night of music and comedy in the newly refurbished Back Bar at The Bell..
With everything from satirical songs to filthy poetry to weird character comedy, veterans include local acts Ben Thurston, Matt Alford, Sam Cottle, Mattoid, Steve Hughes, Alan Francis and Mishka Shubaly.
Reunion sketches from Bath's veteran sketch-botherers The Unrelated Family, plus expect surprise spots from visiting comedy stars in town for the Festival.
Turn up before 8pm to get a spot.
Facebook: http://facebook.com/bellbackbar
Download poster: Smoking Duck.jpg
Mitch Benn & The Distractions - Musical Comedy Showcase
Date: Thursday 9th April, 2020
Venue: Komedia
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 2hrs
Price: £17 / £15 concs
Mitch Benn and The Distractions - Kirsty Newton and Ivan Sheppard - present a stellar bill of the funniest musicians and the most musical of comedians.
Featuring the best of the comedy circuit and star guests...including:
Ronnie Golden - former singer/guitarist/songwriter with cult late '70s New Wave band Fabulous Poodles, Buddy Holly impersonator in BBC's 'The Young Ones', Barry Cryer's long term carer and co-creator, and musical stand-up par excellence. Miss this rare chance to watch him work - at your peril!
Nick Doody - one of the brightest talents on the comedy circuit, being a highly engaging live performer - sharp, topical, honest & incisive.
Zac Ware - Guitarist with the Proclaimers and human jukebox of eclectic musical souvenirs and songs.
Bill Smarme - International entertainer, bon viveur, ladies' man, building contractor.
Fresh from the Phoenix, Cavendish Square in London, expect a musical comedy showcase second to none!
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4542634
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Freya Mallard and Kathryn Higgins - Too Much, Not Enough
Date: Thursday 9th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Freya is erratically anxious and unadvisedly optimistic.
Her silly, fun and slightly absurd take on things combined with her pretty face make her a delight to watch!
As heard on BBC Radio 4 for her new comedy award nomination, Freya is also a Chortle student semi-finalist and So You Think You're Funny semi-finalist. Described by Josie Long as, "a wonderful and exciting new voice: silly, warm and super smart!"
Kathryn is a powerhouse combination of Irish charm and cutting wit.
An anecdotal, bold but friendly comic with a bright and playful style, Kathryn's performances are not easily forgotten.
A regular performer at The Free Association, she was also a member of the Soho Theatre Young Company.
Together they are combining their talents and dazzling personalities and putting on a joyful fun hour of stand up!
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4542966
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Friday 10th April, 2020
Barry Cryer and Colin Sell - Live Again
Date: Friday 10th April, 2020
Venue: Widcombe Social Club
Doors: 3.30pm for 4.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £15 / £12.50 concs (see below *)
In yet another farewell tour, Baz returns, re-united with Colin Sell who refuses to take no for an answer.
Barry Cryer, still a "Sprightly Veteran" (Undertaker’s Gazette) and Colin Sell a "Legendary Virtuoso" (Pensioner’s Weekly) combine to entertain you with songs, jokes and the amazing realisation that they’re still here.
Why not relax in the bar afterwards and enjoy free live music from 6-8pm in convivial surroundings at the Club's regular 'Friday Night Social', today with Dave Newton - one of the UK's finest jazz pianists. Reasonably priced bar and food available.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4542112
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.32
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Paul Dennis - Almost Blunted Purpose
Date: Friday 10th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 5.45pm for 6.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
After being forced to step away from comedy in 2013, Paul Dennis finally makes his triumphant return with a show seven years in the making.
Looking back on a unique life, don’t miss this hilarious hour about grief; caring less; caring more, and aspiring to be less ambitious.
Do things make more sense in your 50s or will life always be a beautiful mess? Paul can’t guarantee any answers but there’ll definitely laughs along the way as he tries to figure it all out...
**** EdFringeReview
**** ThreeWeeks
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544513
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Martin Durchov - Coming Over
Date: Friday 10th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 7.15pm for 7.30pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Award winning newcomer Martin Durchov tells the story of him moving to the UK from Bulgaria, trying to fit in and the crazy situations this has gotten him in.
Runner up, Bath New Act Competition 2019
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544559
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Bizarre Bath
Date: Friday 10th April, 2020
Venue: Meet outside The Huntsman
Doors: for 8.00pm show
Duration: 1.5hrs
Price: £10 / £7 concs (see below *)
You'll laugh yourself silly when you join the celebrated stroll which takes an irreverent look at the city of Bath.
You''ll experience unforgettable mysteries, thrills, and surprises that stretch the traditional image of the city. So if you're looking for something hysterical rather than historical, why not join us?
Bizarre Bath leaves the Huntsman Inn, North Parade Passage, every evening at 8pm. The entertainment lasts approximately 90 minutes (but don't worry - we're not walking for all that time!)
No booking required - pay on the day.
Links: http://www.bizarrebath.co.uk/
Email for information: noelbritten@talk21.com
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Stiff & Kitsch - Bricking It
Date: Friday 10th April, 2020
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 7.30pm for 8.00pm show
Price: £12 / £10 concs (see below *)
Musical Comedy Award winners 2018 sing about everything keeping them awake at night: tax, wooden cutlery and the consequences of last night’s eight double G&Ts. Each.
From the creators of hit show, Adele Is Younger Than Us, ‘Stiff & Kitsch: Bricking It’ is a story of life’s favourite fears, told through one big night out and one miserable morning after.
Everyone's scared of something, but there’s safety in numbers: maybe we'll be braver together.
"Perfectly executed modern musical comedy that left the audience in stitches" - British Comedy Guide
"Properly ‘laugh until your face aches’ hilarious…an absolute delight" ***** Broadway World
"A comic powerhouse" **** The Wee Review
Booking: Ticketsource
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre/stiff/e-pzrxkr
* Concessions: under 18s, full-time students, Equity members, unemployed benefit claimants, disabled people and those whose sole source of income is a DSS state retirement pension
Fast, Fresh & Dirty
Date: Friday 10th April, 2020
Venue: The Barley Mo
Doors: 8.00pm for 8.30pm show
Duration: 1hr30
Price: Free entry
A well-established comedy night that very deliberately starts quite late and sticks to 90 minutes so that it fits easily into everyone's night out.
We have some terrific acts, we foster local talent, and tbh it aint usually that dirty - but bring teenagers at your discretion.
Line-up is being finalised and we think there will be a couple of funny songs.
It'd be great if you could stick a few quid in the hat at the end but that is voluntary. See you there!
Links: https://www.thebarleymowbath.co.uk/
Frank Sanazi & the Iraq Pack - Live from Das Vegas
Date: Friday 10th April, 2020
Venue: Walcot House
Doors: 8.30pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr30 incl interval
Price: £15 / £12 concs (see below *)
Frank Sanazi, the Dark Prince of Cabaret, brings his all singing Comedy War Machine to town for a one off comedy attack.
Frank together with Dean Stalin & Sadami Davis Jnr will croon extreme renditions like 'Strangers On My Flight', 'Third Reich' and 'I'm Stalin' as well as 'You've got me Under Berlin'.
Frank and his Iraq Pack, together with his lovely daughter Nancy Sanazi singing 'Jack Boots are made for Walking', and a host of outrageous special guests, will rock their audience into a frenzy.
Certainly not for the faint-hearted. Please leave all PCs by the door...
"Brilliantly stupid, fantastically wrong and ridiculously funny" - Scotsman
"Comedy gold" - Evening Standard
"It's a guilty pleasure , but a pleasure uber alles" - Chortle
"He will leave you in stitches. The Jokes are relentless" - Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4534282
Links: http://franksanazi.com/
Note: Brown Paper Tickets online transaction fee: £1.32
* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Joe Sutherland - Work In Progress
Date: Friday 10th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 8.45pm for 9.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
Like everyone else, Joe Sutherland (seen on ITV2, Comedy Central, BBC Three) wants to be rich and pretty, but the world keeps getting in the way.
Join him as he tries out new jokes to distract you from riots/fire/existential panic [delete as appropriate] caused by Boris/Putin/hot air balloon shaped like Jade Goody.
Work in progress show.
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4544520
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Saturday 11th April, 2020
Arthur Smith - Crescent Laughter (Walk)
Date: Saturday 11th April, 2020
Venue: To be revealed...
Doors: 1.30pm for 2.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £20 / £17.50 concs (see below *)
Famously Grumpy Old Man Arthur Smith leads us on a merry romp around some of Bath's architectural gems.
A short level walk that nevertheless reaches the heights of absurdity and the depths of depravity, where fiction lurks and facts literally climb, nay fall, out of the window!
Rumour has it there may well be a glass or two of vino on offer...
With tickets strictly limited, this is THE event for the chattering classes to be seen at on Easter Saturday: quite the most exclusive extravaganzal as ever was, as Mrs Malaprop might say.
Historical research: Kirsten Elliot and Dr Andrew Swift (Akeman Press). Hysterical research: Ralph Oswick
Wheelchair friendly.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
Tel: 0800 411 8881
Online booking: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4542659
Akeman Press
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* Concessions: NUS/unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door
Jarred Christmas & Hobbit - The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show
Date: Saturday 11th April, 2020
Venue: Rondo Theatre
Doors: 1.30pm for 2.00pm show
Price: £8-£30
Calling kids aged 5 to 100, join our MIGHTY gang! A sensational interactive show, where the worlds of comedy and beatboxing collide with electrifying results. Pick-up beatboxing tips to impress your friends, make mind-blowing music, win prizes and laugh through your pantaloons!
Direct from a sell-out run at the Edinburgh festival; fantastic family fun and silliness galore, with award-winning comedian Jarred Christmas (as seen on CBBC’s Joke Machine and The Dog Ate My Homework) and world champion beatboxer & UK Loopstation Champion, Hobbit.
‘Best Kids Show’ nominee – Leicester Comedy Festival.
"A must see. The kids loved every second of it. Definitely recommended but it does come with a warning – by the end of it your kids may believe that they too are world class beatboxers or stand-up comedians" ***** Families Edinburgh Magazine
"Phenomenal…children are captivated. Fast & Furious. Raw talent and pure entertainment" **** The Wee Review
"Who knew comedy and beatboxing went so well together? This fun show for children of all ages (and their grown-ups) fuses the two seamlessly" **** The List
Booking: Ticketsource
Online booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rondotheatre/jarred-christmas/e-lrlreg
Jon Matthews & Sam Michael - CISter Act
Date: Saturday 11th April, 2020
Venue: Bath Brew House
Doors: 2.45pm for 3.00pm show
Duration: 1hr
Price: £5 or pay what you feel*
As politics remains as polarising as ever in 2020, one comedian who leans to the left and another who leans to the right meet each other in the middle to try and understand society's ills through the frame work of cricket, marriage, Spice Girls, FIFA 2020 and the periodic table of elements.
Jon Matthews - "Punchlines you can feel smart for getting" - Chortle
Sam Michael - "Sam knows how to win over an audience" - We Are Cult Magazine
* Book in advance to guarantee a seat, or free entry and pay what you feel on exiting the venue.
Booking: Brown Paper Tickets
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Rare Species - Frome - The Fecund Coming
Date: Saturday 11th April, 2020
Venue: Frome
Doors: for 3.30pm show
Duration: 50mins
Price: £8 adv, £10 on the day
Back for its third year, cult hit Frome - The Fecund Coming is Rare Species' comic take on traditional historical walks.
Join 'whistorians' Virginia Saggers & Gerald Terd as they take you up the Via Delorosa and uncover some of the truths behind the town's burgeoning success.
What lies beneath Frome's cobbled streets and why has it become such a popular location for hipsters and artisans to settle?
Peppered with humorous observations, cultural references, stories, poetry and song this 50 minute tour reaches the parts other tours cannot reach.
Fecund the Second - the sequel is to debut in July during the Frome Festival, so catch part one while you can.
"Rare Species are skilled and sharp performers, adept at improvising comedy from any haphazard thing that happens on the way, before returning to the hilarious script. For incessant and imaginative laughs Frome - The Fecund Coming can't be beat" John Christopher Wood
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