65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth…
30 years ago, a movie about dinosaurs ruled the box office…
This Festive Season, you are invited to HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS!
Hold On To Your Butts is a must see “shot-for-shot” parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time. After selling out in New York and at the Edinburgh Festival, this wildly inventive tour-de-force of comedy, Foley sound and physical theatre is coming to Hull Truck Theatre.
Don’t walk, RUN to get your tickets!
“Painfully funny… made us cry actual tears of laughter… a pure joy from start to finish”
Critics’ Pick – Time Out New York
Age recommendation 8+
Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! A very magical improv show awaits…
Spontaneous Potter is an entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction title. An entirely new Potter adventure is magically improvised on the spot – with live musical accompaniment! Accio tickets for this award-winning adult Potter parody.
Previous titles performed include:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Commerce
Harry Potter and the Neville Wears Prada
Harry Potter and the Rise of the Planet of the Snapes
Harry Potter and the Struggle for a Decent Mortgage in This Economy
Strong chance of magical mischief and unforgivable curse words!
The Edinburgh Fringe smash-hit arrives at Hull Truck Theatre!
A one-of-a-kind comedy, perfect for fans of The Play That Goes Wrong and Noises Off.
When a traditional production of Oscar Wilde’s classic play gets underway, everything seems to be going perfectly to plan… that is, until the lead actor fails to arrive on cue and an audience member is chosen to star in the show.
You might think you know this chaotic story of love, mistaken identity and double-lives, but you have never seen it like this before. Filled with wicked Wildean wit and bursting with Bunburying, join us for a hilarious and unpredictable twist on the world’s favourite comedy classic.
The smash-hit, critically-acclaimed debut solo show from an agricultural icon, likely to cause delight or distress to anyone who becomes involved with her, or her livestock.
‘Tremendous… Wonderfully batty and unapologetic, a solo debut to cherish’
★★★★ Guardian
As part of their 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.
Week 1- 6 Every Wednesday, 7pm – 9pm
Course dates: Wed 22 Jan – Wed 26 Feb
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.
Our 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.
Everything is awful but that’s okay, argues Tom in his ridiculously entertaining show about family and growing up in a Spanish subterranean cave. A show for siblings who shared a rubbish childhood, shirtless ex-pats, and comedy fans alike.
“He has an eye for the mundanely absurd which is truly unique, with an execution that is joyfully daft.” – Rolling Stone (Top 12 shows of the Edinburgh Fringe)
“Immediately dragging us under with his menacing charm” ★★★★★ Ed Fringe Review
“Lawrinson has turned playful menace into an art form” ★★★★ Scotsman
“Lawrinson is naturally funny and the writing is so good” – Chortle
Over 200 million views for online sketches
Over 300,000 followers across TikTok & Instagram
NextUp Biggest Award in Comedy | Runner Up 2023
Mervyn Stutter’s Pick Of The Fringe | Edinburgh Fringe 2024
Sue Ryding is one half of legendary comedy duo LipService. In 2022 her comedy partner Maggie Fox died and Sue was left with a shipping container full of stage props, costumes, wigs, hats, shoes, sheep, you name it. This show looks at all the “stuff” we accumulate, hoard and hate to let go. In this humorous and creative response to grief, Sue struggles to part with a life sized stuffed sheep, a badger onesie, some ruby slippers, a sinking bog, Charlotte Bronte’s knickers and a host of soft toys.
Touring anecdotes are combined with archive footage from LipService shows. We follow the stories of things Sue has already given away, the wicker horse that appeared every night in an improvised panto, the vintage suitcases turned into a sculpture in Stockport, the crazy Chief Exec of the Tall Ships Festival who dresses up as a fish!
Not all the items will be making it back up the loft ladder, so the audience is invited to take something home. Sue is aiming to end up with “the right stuff”, a small selection that captures the essence of LipService Theatre to go into a national theatre collection. Help Sue on her journey of letting go.
You might have seen him on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, ‘Would I Lie to You’, ‘Have I Got News for You’, ‘The Royal Variety’, ‘QI’, ‘Blankety Blank’, ‘The Last Leg’, and tons more as well.
He’s been called an “overnight success” – Even though he’s been doing this for yonks!
Chris McCausland is hitting the road again with another masterclass in stand-up comedy that has literally been yonks in the making – The last tour was a sell-out, so get your tickets now.
Ever wondered what your teacher was thinking? Let Facebook’s Mrs Smith enlighten you! Mrs Smith was an ordinary teacher in an ordinary school until she went viral on Facebook and accidentally became a stand-up comedian. Her wit and insights into daily school life, politics, socks, swearing, the side effects of a full moon and more inspired the sell-out show Mrs Smith – See Me! which debuted at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe.
Child 1. “I’ve got 20 subscribers to my YouTube channel.” Child 2. “Yeh, so, my cousin’s got 36 subscribers on Twitch.” Child 3. “My sister got almost 50 views on her dance TikTok.” Mrs Smith shakes her head and walks away. Is that it??? You have no idea, she mutters to herself. No idea at all. Mrs Smith is 10 away from 78,000 followers. Year 6 would be soooooooo annoyed if they knew.
‘Absolutely brilliant night, a gold star for Mrs Smith’
Fabulously Funny’ (The Guardian) star of Live at the Apollo (BBC), Would I Lie To You? (BBC) and The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Channel 5), Stephen Bailey returns to the stage following the huge success of his sold-out 2024 tour with his brand-new live show.
‘A rising star’ (The Sun), Stephen has appeared on every light entertainment show and come second on every celebrity quiz show and in his new show will gossip about everything from his funeral plans to his unrequited love for Ben Shephard – and if he needs to pad it out, he will read you secrets direct from the girlies WhatsApp group chat. Brassy, sassy and always classy – the perfect ingredients to make a proper Tart.
Tour Support for Katherine Ryan, Lucy Beaumont, Jason Manford & Micky Flanagan.
Hull’s one and only BOBBY MANDRELL the drag queen with over 50 years experience with his quick wit and humour
Doors open at 7pm no admission after 8pm
Delicious food available
Hull’s one and only BOBBY MANDRELL the drag queen with over 50 years experience with his quick wit and humour
Doors open at 7pm no admission after 8pm
Delicious food available
Four Fantastic Comedians
Sam Harland, Big Lou, Patrick Monahan
Buffet included , Glass of Bubbly at midnight , plus DJ
“The consultant had told me he was confident I had throat cancer that had spread into the lymph glands. Joyfully, I held his hand, and looked up to the heavens like a South American footballer after scoring a goal. It was one of the happiest moments of my life.”
Join multi award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian Mark Steel for his new tour ‘The Leopard in My House’. The topic? His battle with throat cancer. A battle he is winning (thankfully) and which only his rapier wit could fashion a comedy tour show out of. Cancer has done nothing to dull Mark’s acute political observations or quash his “frankly bonkers” energy: you will laugh, you will cry, but you’ll laugh again, and again, and again. The Leopard in My House is proof that this leftie, working-class, Radio 4 favourite truly deserves his place in the UK comedy pantheon.
Mark Steel is best known for his critically-acclaimed BBC Radio 4 show Mark Steel’s in Town (now in its 13th series), as well as his hit podcast What The F*** Is Going On…?. He has presented the BAFTA-nominated Mark Steel Lectures for BBC Two, and is a regular on BBC One’s Have I Got News for You and BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz. He has also written several acclaimed books, including an adaptation of his critically acclaimed stand-up show Who Do I Think I Am? for Audible.
Radio 4 favourite, comedy legend, and ‘the 42nd best reason to love Britain’ (The Telegraph) JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH, is back with more hilarious stories and songs performed on his trusty Yamaha organ (with built-in auto accompaniment!) In RAISE THE OOF John celebrates 40 years in showbiz. Yes, it was 1985 when he met TV’s Clarinet Man – next door neighbour Ken Worthington who came last on New Faces in 73 (Tony Hatch crucified him!)
“When I met Ken he was eating a CurlyWurly” recalls John, “although initially I thought it was a packet of sparklers, so I gave him a wide berth”, and the rest, as they say, is hysterical!
“ Actually, I feel rather calm” muses John, “although after forty years and still no chart success, perhaps I should be slightly anxious. My wife Mary says I should get a proper job, but there’s not time – I’m about to retire! Besides, Comet – where I used to demonstrate audio equipment – no longer exists. As for the sweet factory in the Rotherham area where I worked as a security guard in the 1980’s – that’s now an Axe Throwing Centre. Oof!”
But I’m still posting off my songs (on cassette tape with Dolby so it’s not too hissy) to cutting edge pop acts like Chris Rea and the Lighthouse Family, plus I’m still being booked for nostalgic singalongs at the local hospice (for petrol money only) so we have every reason to celebrate my long and illustrious career. Do come along and join me in punching the air, and helping – in an orderly and controlled fashion – to RAISE THE OOF!
