In their last show, Hair, Shelf joked about being mistaken for teenage boys. Now, it’s time to grow up. It’s time to stop being teenage boys and start being teenage men.
This new show from the ‘easy to fall in love with’ (Scotsman) double-act features anecdotes, songs, jokes about performing for kids, the Instagram algorithm, confronting your toxicity, and more.
Join best friends Rachel and Ruby for a kids’ comedy show that’s fun for all the family! Full of sketches, songs, pranks and silliness.
Rachel and Ruby use physical comedy and silly characters to bring sketch comedy to children of all ages – a fun way to explore emotions, friendship and shyness.
Winner: Best Kids’ Show, 2023 Leicester Comedy Festival.
A brand new stand-up show about passion, pace and purpose from the critically acclaimed star of BBC’s QI, Live at the Apollo and C4’s Travel Man.
Jess’ son’s joined a cult AND her cat’s learnt to talk – but despite all that she’s fine, actually. In fact she’s hurtling faster and hustling harder than ever for the things that she wants and needs.
Roll up, Roll up! And take your seat for the ever-popular ‘War Game’!
A cornerstone of modern musical theatre and one of the very greatest stage satires, Oh What A Lovely War is an extraordinary theatrical journey bringing to life the folly, farce and tragedy of the First World War.
Wildly satirical, visually stunning and deeply moving, it’s the musical that revolutionised modern theatre; an exhilarating, no-holds-barred assault on the military incompetence and inconceivable disregard for human life the First World War has come to represent.
Comedian du jour Alison Spittle is simmering with jokes and probably rage, she doesn’t know what the burning sensation is.
This silly goose has appeared on Off Menu, You’re Dead To Me, Guilty Feminist, The Gargle.
She’s the co-host of BBC Sounds’ hugely popular Wheel of Misfortune podcast with Kerry Katona.
Voted one of British Comedy Guide’s best reviewed artists of the Fringe, Alison – formerly tour support for Maria Bamford and Fern Brady – heads out on her own.
As part of their seven-week stand-up comedy course with comedian Kevin Precious, our graduates embark on their first 5-minute sets. This is a great opportunity to support a range of new comedians at the start of their comedy journeys at an event compered by a professional comedian.
You never know, you may be the first to witness a star of the future.
Daniel Foxx is an award-winning comedian and writer.
Named ‘utterly hilarious and effortlessly charismatic’ by Rolling Stone Magazine, his hit debut show VILLAIN achieved a complete sell-out extended run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 and saw him nominated for the NextUp ‘Biggest Award in Comedy’.
VILLAIN is now embarking on a UK-wide tour and a run of dates in New York.
Aaron has been doing stand-up comedy without standing up for 8 years now, and it’s time for that to change! So, he’s attempting to do something he’s never done before… Stand-up comedy, standing up.
A few years ago, Aaron gained a nickname based solely on being in a wheelchair. Understandably this upset him as there is much more to him than his disability. Annoyingly though, it’s actually a really cool nickname.
Discover the positive side of being disabled, from having a blue badge to sex in disabled toilets, meeting “Jesus” and everything in between.
Hull Truck Theatre’s theatre-making group for retired adults, bring you a witty, thought-provoking, and uplifting comedy about community and compassion.
In the centre of a fictional down-on-its luck northern town, next to the car park and just left of the Tesco express…sits a serene garden. Planted and pruned and by a team of green-fingered and gossipy volunteers.
The council want to demolish Mick McGill’s house but they haven’t reckoned on the West Hull Irregulars, Mick’s own private army. The self-styled ‘Major’ McGill is willing to use all of his resources to prevent his family being uprooted from their home and moved to a new housing estate. These resources include his troops, several heavy-duty vehicles and even a tank.
Will Mick convince the council to back down? Can he save his home from the bulldozers? How is a bloke from Hull allowed his own army division? All of these questions and more will (hopefully) be answered.
A new comedy by Dave Lee definitely not based on real-life events.
After 5O years in show business Roy Chubby Brown has proven himself time and time again!
Thirty different DVDS in 3O years, thousands of live shows worldwide, four books, countless original songs and millions of fans are testimony to the fact that he is … Britain’s King Of Comedy.
If easily offended ……. please stay away!
Please note – no alcohol will be permitted into the auditorium for this event.
Always fancied trying your hand at stand-up comedy but never got around to it? Or maybe, you’re thinking stand-up would be a great way to boost your presentation skills, improve the business of public speaking or add a comedic aspect to your writing?
Well now’s your chance to get stuck in.
The 7-week course is designed to be a comprehensive introduction to writing and performing stand-up comedy and culminates with each participant getting the opportunity to perform their first gig.
Participants will develop methods and techniques for generating self-authored comedy material; combined with the ability to deliver the material in front of a live audience.
Best-selling author and social media comedy sensation Laura Belbin is on a mission to make people laugh.
Laura is no stranger to getting down to the reality of womanhood. This show is the brutally honest take on being that awkward woman who says all the wrong things at all the wrong times and what it’s like to be in the weird world of online influencing and how not to be a plonker with it. Expect some filth and the most light-hearted look at the confusing world of adulting in 2023.
They have two series of their own Channel 4 TV show, an iTunes-chart-topping podcast and now they’re tuning up their instruments once more to tour the country: it’s the Horne Section’s Hit Show!
“Britain’s Funniest Band” (The Guardian) have made appearances on The Last Leg (Channel 4), Peter Crouch’s Year- Late Euros (BBC One), they are Dictionary Corner regulars on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and the only band to ever host Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Separately, members of The Horne Section have performed with recording artists including Robbie Williams, Madness, Florence and the Machine, Amy Winehouse, George Ezra, Basement Jaxx, Disclosure and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
Unruly, ridiculous, and surprisingly satisfying, the six-headed comedy band includes five outstanding musicians and one non-musical stand-up. There’ll be comedy, songs, enthusiastic dancing, and a lot of mucking about. A brand-new show from the hugely talented band and Alex Horne, the creator and co-host of the BAFTA and National Comedy Award winning Taskmaster.
“We can’t recommend The Horne Section highly enough”
★★★★★ Time Out
“endlessly charming, offbeat humour”
★★★★ The Independent
“funny and delightful… this is a welcome escapist treat”
★★★★ Heat
This Disability History Month the Northern Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) invite you to explore the experience of sight loss through an entertaining and amusing show, DOUBLE VISION, from their Visually Impaired Performers (VIPs), including two guide dogs! There will be an opportunity to meet the cast and ask them questions after the show.
This event will be staged at the Gulbenkian Theatre, University of Hull.
Mick Miller is one of the hardest working comedians in the UK. He is in constant demand for corporate functions, cabaret performances and global cruise work.
He was the stand out star of the 2011 Royal Variety Performance and won the hearts of the nation in the ITV show, “Last Laugh in Vegas”.
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