A monster’s guide to tolerance and temperance. Jess can feel herself becoming an emotional wildebeest right when her world (and the whole world, thanks) demands cool, collected ultra detached saint-like kindness and understanding. S**t.
She goes digging around in her DNA for answers and finds so many beautiful horrors. Witness her effort to become a brand new, mythical, mystical ‘coper.’ OR NOT. She gets cancelled, she gets touched and she gets a dolphin-based epiphany all in one show. The silliest of comedy for the scariest of days from Edinburgh Best Show Award Nominee.
You’ve seen Jess on BBC’s QI, Live at the Apollo, Celebrity University Challenge and Richard Osman’s House of Games. From Travel Man on C4 and World’s Most Dangerous Roads on Dave. You know her from her two BBC R4 series of Sturdy Girl Club plus podcasts The Guilty Feminist and Hoovering. And, of course, from new mighty smash hit Gladiator’s fan-podcast Contender Ready which Jess co-hosts with Olympic weightlifting superstar, Emily Campbell.
Have you ever been awake in the middle of the night and thought something so smart and astute that you couldn’t wait for the world to wake up so you could tell them?
THIS SHOW IS THAT THOUGHT.
In that it doesn’t make much sense and is a bit weird on reflection.
Sara Pascoe is a comedian and her children don’t sleep and her kitchen won’t clean itself and her husband “doesn’t want to be in it”.
As seen and heard on Taskmaster, Live at the Apollo, The Great British Sewing Bee, Last One Laughing UK, QI, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Mock the Week and co-host of Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club podcast.
‘First-rate confessional comedy’ ★★★★ The Times
‘Charming and open-hearted’ ★★★★ The Guardian
‘Gloriously funny’ ★★★★ Evening Standard
‘One of the most likeable voices in stand-up’ ★★★★ The Telegraph
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ian Smith (co-host of the Northern News podcast) heads back out on tour with a new show about stress, love and buying a magic spell off Amazon.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You and The Stand Up Sketch Show – and heard on The News Quiz, The Unbelievable Truth, Just A Minute and his own Radio 4 series, Ian Smith is Stressed.
His last show Crushing, was also shortlisted for the (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Award, runner-up in Next Up’s “Biggest Award in Comedy” and nominated for a Chortle Award for Best Show. It was one of the Guardian’s Top 10 Comedy Shows of 2023 and featured on the British Comedy Guide’s Best Reviewed Shows of 2023.
“Effortlessly brilliant” ★★★★ Scotsman
“There are few fringe shows as purely funny as this” ★★★★ Guardian
“An outstanding and stressed-out hour of stand-up” ★★★★ Fest
“The hilarity just keeps coming… he has excelled himself” ★★★★ Beyond the Joke
“Ian Smith turns incredulity into an art form, confirming his status as the undisputed sultan of nerve-shredding stress” Rolling Stone
The all-new show from Scotland’s hilarious new international breakthrough stand-up star. A hit at the 2024 Fringe Encore Series as part of the New York Comedy Festival, Connor’s previous show “1994” also sold 10,000+ tickets in Edinburgh, toured 100 dates around UK and Australia. He’s supported Daniel Sloss in 3 continents and his debut comedy special gets its world-wide release this summer.
‘Burns has arrived’ ★★★★ – Entertainment Now
‘Brilliant… gags coming at you at a terrifying rate… Superb!’ – ★★★★ – The List
‘Hilarious… he is fearless and it is wonderful…!’ – ★★★★★ – The Scotsman
As a white, middle-class, straight male with an ok career, Jamie fits the current stereotype of a loathsome, over-privileged, toxic b*stard. However, purely because he’s blind , he’s constantly told he’s a role model.
FYI, he isn’t toxic. But surely he should have the choice to be without people continually telling him he’s a hero?
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You, Celebrity MasterChef and QI.
Winner of Grierson Awards Best Presenter 2022.
“Completely Priceless”**** The Telegraph,
“MacDonald’s continued rise through the comedy ranks seems assured” **** The Scotsman
After his 2023/24 sell-out smash tour Gobsmacked, this marvellous Manc is back with his best show yet.
A TV favourite, and now an aspiring doctor’s wife, Josh Jones is now knee deep into his 30’s and nothing thrills him more than a Greggs Sausage Roll and an M&S food shop. Living a more sedate life isn’t without its challenges though – he’s still trying to earn his cat’s respect!
Josh is hitting the road with a show packed full of laughs and he’s keeping it light – nothing super political, nothing controversial and it’s definitely not going to change your life, but you can be sure of a fab night out filled to the brim with jokes about history, cats, his love of wrestling and much more. Please come, he’d really like to buy a new sofa.
Star of Would I Lie To You? (BBC1), The Jonathan Ross Show (ITV), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (CH4), Comedy Central Live, Out of Order (Comedy Central), House of Games (BBC2), Battle in the Box (Dave), Dancing On Ice (ITV), The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2) and much, much more.
As a follow-up to the success of Basketmouth’s comedy show in Hull last February, celebrated Nigerian comedian I Go Save brings his wildly popular stand-up special Let Me Do the Talking to town!
Known for his sharp humour, fearless cultural commentary, and high-energy performances, I Go Save has entertained audiences across Africa and beyond. Expect an evening of bold, unapologetic comedy — delivered with true Naija flair.
If you missed Basketmouth’s show, you definitely don’t want to miss this one!
Bonus for parents: There will be a childcare arrangement available on-site for those who would like to enjoy the show without worry. This service is offered at an affordable cost and must be booked in advance as spaces are limited.
Join us for a cabaret evening of comedy, clowning, circus and more! We are hosting our first ‘AVE A SKEG’ cabaret at the legendary Adelphi Club as a way to showcase Hull talent and meet more of the like minded community!
Puddle of Fools are a neurodiverse, northern-based new theatre company based in Hull. The company is made up of actor/writer Hannah Harquart and lighting designer/writer Jessica Brigham.
Puddle of Fools are focused on developing their own new work, including ‘How to commit a mattress heist’ and ‘Mumsplaining’, as well as helping other new writers to develop their work. They are currently producing ‘The End Of If’ by Alistair Coughlan and ‘Three Things’ by Christie Peto.
Puddle of Fools focuses on creating accessible work, for both audience members and creatives working with us. Their goal is to develop a new accessible way of working that means they can accommodate everyones access needs in a room, allowing each process to feel comfortable for any individual.
They’re also on a mission to find the best way to work collaboratively, which they believe will be bred by an open, kind and accessible room.
Hysteric’ull bring us another adult panto to end 2025 in laughter.
Mike Rice: Cruel Little Man
There’s a cruelty to Mike Rice, a wickedness. In this show Mike talks about doing psychedelics with his brother, an entanglement with a Spanish Sausage Dog named Nino, and many other such rotten adventures.
‘A phenomenal wordsmith, and world class raconteur’ ★★★★½ Chortle
Elizabethan theatre is flourishing. But will a brand-new Tudor musical romp, in which Good Queen Bess takes to the stage herself, be the making of this heroine or spell the beginning of her downfall?
The stage is set for regicidal rivalries, devious dramatics, and plotting playwrights. Beset by misunderstandings and a script that…let’s just say…needs some work, this production promises to be largely historical, always hysterical.
As the old saying goes…thy show must go-eth on!
★★★★★ – “So entertaining…laugh-out-loud funny”
★★★★★ – “Riotously fun. Hugely enjoyable”
★★★★★ – “The ultimate British theatrical experience” – Hastings Independent Press
★★★★★ – “Great fun for the whole family…my kids are still talking about it!”
On Thursday 12th June, join us at Stage@TheDock. Bring your own cushions, and camping-chairs and join us on our 10th anniversary open-air adventure. Come prepared for the weather – the performance will continue come rain come shine!
Are you ready to have the best damn night of your effing life? Well don’t worry – the man with the golden larynx is back.
Nick Helm is the greatest living entertainer of his or any generation and he’s coming to a town near you. What are you going to tell your grandkids? That you were busy? Get ready for your grandkids to stare at you with a complete lack of comprehension. You’ll be considered, locally, an idiot.
So chill out, wind your neck in and buy a ticket. They’re affordable and there’s an interval to ask each other “Did he just change our lives?”
Relent to him. He. Is. Your. New. God.
You can run, you can hide, but no one gets out alive.
As seen in Uncle, Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment, Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
Back with a bang! Award-winning comedian Sam Avery returns with his electrifying new show, Thunderstorm! ⚡
In his trademark punchy style, Sam takes you on a whirlwind journey through the chaos of the modern world – from parenting disasters to culture wars, conspiracy theories to political morons.
With sharp wit and a stormy twist, he’s here to prove that the only way to weather modern life is through laughter!
Expect thunderous punchlines, lightning-fast jokes, and a night of belly laughs you won’t forget.
Ian Jones – Lee Evans Tribute.
Ian has become arguably the Uk’s, if not the Worlds best tribute to the fantastic comedian Lee Evans!
Plus support
BANK HOLIDAY COMEDY SPECIAL
WITH CLINTON BAPTISTE & JAMIE HUTCHINSON
MC Jack Gleadow presents a Bank Holiday Comedy Special in Hull featuring some of the biggest acts on the UK Comedy Circuit – Clinton Baptiste, Jamie Hutchinson and Jo Enright.
CLINTON BAPTISTE
From Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights with appearances on Radio X, Talk Sport and host of the Paranormal Podcast. Clinton Baptiste is the nation’s favourite clairvoyant medium.
So, open your mind, clear your chakras and prepare to be blown away with clairvoyancy of the highest order.
BANK HOLIDAY COMEDY SPECIAL
WITH CLINTON BAPTISTE & JAMIE HUTCHINSON
MC Jack Gleadow presents a Bank Holiday Comedy Special in Hull featuring some of the biggest acts on the UK Comedy Circuit – Clinton Baptiste, Jamie Hutchinson and Jo Enright.
CLINTON BAPTISTE
From Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights with appearances on Radio X, Talk Sport and host of the Paranormal Podcast. Clinton Baptiste is the nation’s favourite clairvoyant medium.
So, open your mind, clear your chakras and prepare to be blown away with clairvoyancy of the highest order.
