A very silly show about a serious pain in the back. After a minor back injury, Katie has become obsessed with spines. How they work, why they hurt, and why the only ones making sense are two rats from IKEA. Marvel as she accepts that things dropped on the floor no longer exist! Watch her beloved yoga mat gather dust, for your entertainment! Best in Class Alumni, Katie Mitchell makes her full-run debut with a show riddled with scientists, rats, odd bathroom-encounters and 90s girl-groups. No laughter. No sudden movements. You must sneeze upwards.

Get in the hole and join the club; were going on an adventure! Club Wormhole are kicking off a weekend of the most inventive, strange and wonderful alternative comedy with our themed alternative comedy cabaret. See snippets and selections from the amazing acts that will be appearing across the weekend, all hosted with nonsense & fun, "silliness & satire by the sackful" (LeftLion) by Nottingham's band of alt comedy clown weridos: The Club Wormhole Gang. "The real deal" -Sean Morley "The real deal" -Consignia "A riot" -LeftLion "The relaxed and open atmosphere was perfect ... sharing an adventure with everyone in that room made it a treasured memory" -Central Bylines

Come and Commune; we are going to make a ritual out of laughter and chaos. Clown, Improviser, and increasingly un-lapsed Catholic, The Clown Lee Kennedy has taken the long way from the North of Ireland to a priesthood. This ever changing show aims for something sacred and profane, welcoming, healing and hilarious. "Pathos, sincerity, and connection" - LeftLion "Anyone who enjoyed Viggo Venn...Kennedy captures that same energy" - LeftLion

I awoke within the murmur of elusive mirages, where nothing was fixed and everything reimagined itself in the glow of absurd possibility. Each breath drew me deeper into a labyrinth of vivid anomaliesa splendid journey through fragmented echoes of forgotten time. In that dissonant symphony of existence, I found solace in the enigmatic dance of unbound chaos. (Reviews for Consignia) ★★★★ The Scotsman ★★★★ Chortle

What do you get when you cross a registered, practicing psychotherapist and an alternative comedian You get Bruce Edhouse! (And if you do cross him, he'll work with you to resolve your many issues, and then demand payment for it.) He's here to give you a new perspective on self care, via the gift of jokes, songs, badly made props, and genuine psychotherapeutic exercises that he uses in the therapy room. And if all this sounds like some Patch Adams bullshit I promise it's not, it's actually funny. ""Full of laid back, tender wit and charm"" - Leicester Mercury ""Laced with a wonderful absurdity"" - LeftLion

From atop his ivory tower, Benjamin Alborough must decide the fate of the entire world. Luckily, the audience can help him via a series of incredibly stressful quicktime events. A follow-up to his anarchic gameshow Absolute Monopoly (and a distraction from his all-star chat show Late Night with Terry Wogan) this new WIP interactive comedy show will eventually have a couple hundred endings. ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★ Chortle

The future has arrived, mouth wet and eyes hungry. Elusive comedy cherub and fully adult citizen Sean Morley has reinvented comedy for the slurried minds of Broken Britain. You can say anything these days. "Defies any sort of description joyful, wonderful fun" The Guardian "A one-of-a-kind comedian" ★★★★ The Skinny. "Prepare to laugh very hard indeed" ★★★★ The List "Masterfully executed" ★★★★ The Wee Review "Something you will never forget" ★★★★ The Scotsman Backchannel is a multi-media live comedy show about how performing crowdwork during social collapse. In 2024 Daniel Kitson described crowdwork as ""creatively bankrupt"" and ""ethically questionable"". I want to make the case for interactivity. I don't speak to anyone directly during the course of the show.

Hit alt-comedy double act Soft Play (Maria Telnikoff and Vidya Divakaran) bring you their debut hour. Their mission To play every great duo in history; from Romulus and Remus to Wham! A whirlwind, time-travelling hour of character comedy, puppetry, clown and a lot of dance breaks. Previous praise for Telnikoff and Divakaran: 'An absolute delight' ★★★★★ British Theatre 'A natural born entertainer' ★★★★★ Everything Theatre 'A fresh voice in comedy' ★★★★★ European Comedy 'Joyful, compelling, transcendental' ★★★★1/2 Reviews Hub 'Utterly strange, utterly brilliant' Longstaff Reviews

Comedians' Choice Award winner (Best Show 2019), Joz Norris has finally completed his life's work, and he's ready to unveil it to the world. But what exactly is it And now that he's done it, what will he do next A new show about ambition, closure and moving on from the creator and star of BBC Radio 4's The Dream Factory and A Small Talk On Small Talk. Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality and Chortle Award for Best Variety Act nominee. 'Really captures the spirit of creative Fringe comedy' (Guardian).

A garden exists somewhere. Overgrown & undercared for. The garden is home to many eccentric beings: a very normal frog, seven magpies, bacteria, an aloof rabbit & somewhere out the corner of your eye, there's a gardener. Planting memories both real, false & occasionally both. He sits you down & offers you a Jaffa Cake, from his handful of Jaffa Cakes. They only eat Jaffa Cakes here. Stay, if you like. Everybody's here. Cameron Sinclair Harris's second solo show takes you on a journey into their own mind. A personal excavation of nostalgia, depression, comfort & weird creatures. Plus some jokes here & there. "Sinclair Harris balance between the observational and the whacky, the profound and the resonatory, is deftly maintained"- A Young(ish) Perspective "Alternative comedy in its truest sense" - Up After Dark "Artful bafflement" - Daily Echo

Inventive and bizarre, Michael Brunström Sings Ten Songs about Moths, is a surreal new musical show from absurdist comedian Michael Brunström. It explores and celebrates the many moods of moths, from their obsession with lightbulbs and knitwear to their fragility, obscurity and powers of camouflage and metamorphosis. ★★★★★ A stunning piece of comedy completely unpredictable - Comedy to Watch ★★★★ A true comedy original, it is a joy to spend time in his company - Scotsman ★★★★ You will see nothing else that is so clever and funny - North West End Hilariously silly - Chortle Serial innovator - Time Out Michael Brunström's last show Copernicus Now was nominated for the Best Show Award at the Leicester Comedy Festival. He is a former winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality, and a member of the award-winning Weirdos Comedy Collective. Age Recommendation: 12+

Chortle award-winning comic and aspiring historian Caitriona Dowden spends most of her time worrying about the future and studying our medieval past can she learn to live in the moment She invites you to join her on a journey through time, from Biblical prophecy to post-apocalyptic landscapes, for anyone who's ever asked why have so many societies through history predicted the end times or would I have survived the 1518 Dancing Plague. Defiantly arcane a small miracle Chortle A blissfully esoteric hour that introduces her as a special talent. FestMag a unique voice in UK comedy a promising, highly distinct talent Scotsman Chortle Best Newcomer nominee 2025

Hot on the Hooves of BBC Radio 4's 'The Many Wrongs Of Lord Christian Brighty' (Best Radio Show - Chortle Awards 2025 - Nominee) the reformed rake returns to Nottingham to make up for his wrongdoings, and see what new ones he can get away with. If Lord Brighty can't address your grievances in this hour of comedy mayhem, then at least he tried and you just should drop it, alright The outrageously silly meets the eye-wateringly witty ★★★★ (The Scotsman) Sexy, smouldering, and surprisingly smart Youll never look at a period drama the same way after this ★★★★ (Reviews Hub) 'Too Charming to Resist. ★★★★★ (North West End UK) ★★★★ (The Telegraph) ★★★★ (The List) ★★★★★ (Broadway Baby) ★★★★★ (Voice Magazine) ★★★★★ (The Student) ★★★★★ (Pick of the Fringe) Best New Show Nominee (Leicester Comedy Festival 2022) Best Reviewed Shows (BCG, Edinburgh Fringe 2022)

Very funny throughout delivered with a hell of a lot of charm and personality everything moved along briskly. Highly recommended and a performer I relish seeing again" -Lancaster Guardian Captain "The Butcher" is back. Raising Hell and mischief, his two kids but now he's trying to 'make a difference'. Captain "The Butcher" Reality is a former 90's wrestling superstar, stuck in the past and stuck in his halcyon days of playboy models and fruit cocktails when he could solve his problems on the mat. Now, he's a lot older and the world is moving fast beyond him and he wants to pass on some of his 'wisdom' to the next generation, but he's got his own demons to conquer. This show explores themes of masculinity, celebrity and the art of smashing an opponents teeth in. Funny, nostalgic, silly and even a little bit touching.

After his 2024 Edinburgh Comedy show received 2 award nominations (Best Newcomer & Malcolm Hardee award), Nate Kitch started again with Something Different: a brand new show; (it's sort of about Charlatans, Voices & a Rasputin book that, as it stands, I haven't read.. but ultimately it'll be fun and I'm looking forward to showing it to you..) a masterclass in ripping up the comedic rulebook and thriving in an environment of total comic chaos" Entertainment Now deconstructer of the form, helping you see conventional stand-up's limitations Fest "Unique..pushing at the edges of what stand-up can be defined as.. is this where the cult begins Chortle "transcends mere jokes.. go see" The Scotsman ★★★★★ Mervyn Stutter's pick of the Fringe ★★★★ Beyond the Joke

Everything a bit much Relax by watching an Irish woman do something. Characters Special guests Games Mental breakdown It's all on the table. Comedy nonsense from nonsensical comedian Mary Flanigan (BBC Radio 4's Parish Matters, 8 Out of 10 Celts, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2023 nominee)

Little John Improv invites you to play in a free improv show. Loose Goose is where local improvisers get together and play in teams for one night only. Whether you are a seasoned improviser or a newbie, everyone is welcome. And if you just want to see what the fuss is about, you can come along and enjoy a free show. HONK!

Juicy confessions, awkward mishaps and scandalous secrets all get exposed at The Secret Show. What's the one thing youve never told a soul The Secret Show turns your anonymous whispers into laugh-out-loud scenes. Slip us your secrets before the showno names, no judgments, just pure inspiration. Our cast of improvisers will transform your hidden truths into outrageous sketches, and unforgettable storiesall made up on the spot. It's funny, it's daring, it's unique and it's all about you. Dont miss the chance to see your secrets come to life in ways you never imagined. Nottingham's best kept secret is you! Confess. Laugh. Repeat.

Meet your new favorite pop princessyou just havent met her yet! In Star Turn, you write the set list, and Naomi brings the songs to life. It's a completely improvised concert where every catchy hit is made up on the spot! Watch as incredible performers turn your suggestions into unforgettable melodies'spontaneous, hilarious, and full of heart. From powerhouse vocals to unexpected twists, youll be amazed by the musical magic created right before your eyes. Naomi Murden is your pop star for the night! A UCB-trained musical improviser, actor, and writer, she's graced stages across California and made appearances on TV. Now, she's ready to give you a show like no otherone that's entirely made up, just for you.

The Book Club like books -especially ones they havent actually read. Based on just the title of a non-existent masterpiece suggested by you, they delve into its plot, characters and themes with downright daft results.

The Pretend Company brings together a powerhouse cast of top improvisers from London and across the UK for a night of totally improvised, totally unforgettable theatre. With no script and no safety net, every scene is made up on the spotfunny, fearless, and full of heart. Known for blending quick wit with genuine emotional depth, The Pretend Company crafts stories that are as moving as they are hilarious. Whether you're an improv addict or a curious first-timer, this is spontaneous theatre at its finest. Dont miss one of the most exciting improv acts on the UK comedy scene.

The Clones take to the stage. With no script, no staging and only a pair of chairs for a set, they spin a simple audience suggestion into a hilarious, spontaneous one-act play. Plots and sub-plots galore, and a whole cast of characters effortlessly juggled by the veteran improvisers. This is comedy theatre like youve never seen it before. You will laugh, you may cry Who knows whatll happen They sure dont. The Clones are Lloydie James Lloyd and Liam Webber two leading lights from Nottingham's thriving improv scene and founders of the Robin Hood International Improv Festival.