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Rose Matafeo Performs Hit Show HORNDOG At Soho Theatre Following Critically Acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe Run
by Tori Hartshorn - August 20, 2018
Award winning comedian Rose Matafeo brings her critically-acclaimed, Barry Award nominated hit show Horndog to London's Soho Theatre from 17th to 29th September following a critically-acclaimed, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe....
Full Casting Announced For the World Premiere of WOMEN IN POWER
by Stephi Wild - August 07, 2018
Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST), Samuel Hodges, today announces full casting for the world premiere of Women in Power. NST Associate Director Blanche McIntyre directs Lydia Bewley, best known for The Inbetweeners, Plebs and E4's comedy Drifters, Elizabeth Boag, Anna Fordham, Lisa Ker...
by Stephi Wild - August 07, 2018
Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST), Samuel Hodges, today announces full casting for the world premiere of Women in Power. NST Associate Director Blanche McIntyre directs Lydia Bewley, best known for The Inbetweeners, Plebs and E4's comedy Drifters, Elizabeth Boag, Anna Fordham, Lisa Ker...
Uber Launches Comedy Car With Andrew Maxwell For Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by Stephi Wild - August 02, 2018
Comedy lovers at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe will be able to book a free intimate gig with Live at the Apollo and Have I got News for you star, Andrew Maxwell… in the back of a car. Uber will be offering gigs with the double Edinburgh award nominee and King of Comedy winner from Wednesda...
PBH Free Fringe Introduce Access For All Shows
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 19, 2018
This year PBH Free Fringe is pleased to announce a special roster of rotating shows in a venue offering full disabled access....
Award-Winning Comedian Rhod Gilbert Will Visit Warrington
by Stephi Wild - July 18, 2018
The multi-award winning comedian Rhod Gilbert is returning to the stage with a welcome visit to Parr Hall....
The Marlowe Shares Updated Schedule for Comedy Festival
by Julie Musbach - July 09, 2018
As well as individual acts, the Canterbury venue's Marlowe Theatre will host the popular Live At The Marlowe, while The Marlowe Studio has sneak previews of eight Edinburgh Fringe comedy acts....
Mark Watson Announces New UK Tour With THE INFINITE SHOW
by Marianka Swain - July 04, 2018
After spending last year being cluster-bombed with yoghurt on 'Taskmaster' and half-killed by Bear Grylls, multi award-winning Mark Watson returns with a UK National Tour doing what he's best at: being indoors....
Brixton's Pow Launches Edinburgh Fringe Festival Preview Season
by Stephi Wild - June 26, 2018
With Edinburgh Fringe Festival on the horizon, POW Brixton are excited to announce their Edinburgh Preview Season that will showcase a number of shows in their intimate setting at the famous venue. Every evening from the 16th to 19th of July the famous South London venue will play host to an array o...
Jess Phillips To Join Writing Team For World Premiere Of WOMEN IN POWER
by Stephi Wild - June 18, 2018
Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres, Samuel Hodges, today announces Labour MP, Jess Phillips will join the writing team for the world premiere of Women In Power. The production sees some of the UK's most influential female voices, including Wendy Cope, Jenny Eclair, Suhayla El-Bushra, Natalie ...
Brexit Satirical Drama To Premiere At Edinburgh Fringe
by Stephi Wild - May 17, 2018
It's 2020 and The Gordian Knot of Brexit remains tightly tangled. To keep a united government and to achieve an exit deal remains incompatible … or is it? Is Adam Masters the man of the moment? The political miracle worker of his generation? The Wizard of Westminster? The Gary Kasparov in this ...
Ian Hislop And Nick Newman Return With New Satirical Play TRIAL BY LAUGHTER
by Stephi Wild - May 03, 2018
Following the sell-out success of The Wipers Times in the West End and across the country, Ian Hislop and Nick Newman have once again taken inspiration from real life events for their new play Trial by Laughter, based on their critically acclaimed original BBC Radio 4 drama of the same name. The pro...
Rich Hall Adds 44 Dates to His Hoedown Tour For Autumn 2018 - Tickets on Sale Now
by Macon Prickett - May 02, 2018
Rich Hall and his Hoedown band will continue to delight audiences with this legendary show by extending the tour into autumn 2018. Tickets for an extra 44 dates are now on sale!...
Award-Winning Stand Up Comedian Phil Wang Returns to London With Final Performances of Hit Show KINABALU
by Macon Prickett - April 25, 2018
Hot off the heels of touring Australia and New Zealand, stand-up Phil Wang returns to London with final performances of his critically-acclaimed show Kinabalu including a second run at the Soho Theatre from 22nd May to the 2nd June and the Underbelly Festival on the 7th June. Phil is a son of the Br...
The Marlowe Theatre Canterbury Stages First Comedy Festival
by Stephi Wild - April 18, 2018
OMID Djalili, Adam Buxton and Nish Kumar are among the stars of The Marlowe's first Comedy Festival. Tickets for the July event go on sale today (Friday)....
Assembly Festival Announces More Shows On Sale
by Julie Musbach - April 06, 2018
Assembly Festival (1-27 August) is delighted to announce more of its 2018 programme going on sale from 10am today (Thursday 22 March)....
Star of UNSPUN, Matt Forde, Embarks on Nationwide Tour
by Macon Prickett - February 27, 2018
Following a sold-out and critically acclaimed Edinburgh Festival Fringe run, the UK's leading political comedian and star of Dave's award-nominated Unspun Matt Forde is taking his new show on a nationwide tour from 25th March – 8th June which includes a run at London's Soho Theatre from 3rd-7th Ap...
Assembly Festival Shows Now On Sale
by A.A. Cristi - February 15, 2018
Assembly Festival (1-27 August 2018) is working with multi-award winning Scottish theatre companies Grid Iron and Stellar Quines on the production of their new show BINGO! which premieres at Assembly Hall on the Mound, Edinburgh on 6 March....
Britain's Biggest Stand-up Stars Assemble For Luisa Omelan's Big Comedy Gala
by Stephi Wild - February 12, 2018
Fresh from her hugely successful debut show 'What Would Beyonce Do?!', star of Comic Relief and Live at The Apollo, Luisa Omelan will bring the cream of UK stand-up talent to Birmingham this February for a one-off comedy bonanza with 100% of all proceeds donated to Helena's Hospice Foundation....
The Pleasance Announces First On-Sale Shows for the 2018 Edinburgh Festival
by Stephi Wild - January 31, 2018
An entire festival in itself, the Pleasance's programme will offer some of the biggest names in entertainment, much-loved returning acts and exciting newcomers over three sites. The first released names in this year's line-up hint at the epic full programme in store for the 2018 Fringe, with tickets...
Rose Matafeo Brings Acclaimed Show SASSY BEST FRIEND to Londong
by Caryn Robbins - December 07, 2017
After picking up the Fred Award (New Zealand International Comedy Festival, 2017) and a Best Newcomer nomination (Melbourne Comedy Festival, 2016), dazzling and daring Rose Matafeo brings her latest, critically-acclaimed show Sassy Best Friend to Soho Theatre f...
DOWNTON ABBEY's Penelope Wilton, 'BAKE OFF' Host Mel Giedroyc and More Read Children's Stories Starting Tonight at The Print Room
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2017
The Print Room at the Coronet in Notting Hill Gate presents WINTER'S TALES, reviving the simple pleasure of children's story-telling in a magical Christmas setting from tonight 6 December to Monday 18 December....
DOWNTON ABBEY's Penelope Wilton, 'BAKE OFF' Host Mel Giedroyc and More to Read Children's Stories at The Print Room
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2017
The Print Room at the Coronet in Notting Hill Gate will present WINTER'S TALES, reviving the simple pleasure of children's story-telling in a magical Christmas setting from Wednesday 6 December to Monday 18 December....
2018 Tour Announced For Kevin Bridges - The Brand New Tour
by Stephi Wild - November 21, 2017
Scotland's biggest comedy export, Kevin Bridges, is back next year with his hotly anticipated live stand-up tour: Brand New. Embarking on his biggest tour to date, The BRAND NEW Tour will see Kevin perform at some of the finest venues across the UK and Ireland from August 2018, including four nights...
More Tour Dates Announced For RICH HALL'S HOEDOWN Including 4 Nights At London's Leicester Square Theatre
by Stephi Wild - November 17, 2017
Following a hugely successful autumn 2017 tour, Rich Hall and his Hoedown band continue their second leg of touring their Hoedown show with an extra 36 dates announced for spring 2018. Never has there been a better time to be an American comedian in the UK. Hall's precision dismantling of the tenuou...
Shappi Khorsandi Announces New MISTRESS AND MISFIT Tour For Spring 2018
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2017
Shappi Khorsandi presents England's unsung heroine, Emma, Lady Hamilton. For too many years she has been known as just Nelson's mistress, a bit of a harlot (you get one job in a brothel and bang goes your reputation)....
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