Grab yourself a drink and join us in the Museum bar for a relaxed weekly night of new material from some of the finest comedians on the circuit. Featuring pro acts, new acts and maybe the odd one or two off the telly… 11 December: Alexandra Haddow, Peter Flanagan, Frances Keyton, Dick Denham, William Stone, Ian Lane, David Whitney, Oh Standfast, Rick Kiesewetter, Catie Wilkins, Blank Peng, Will Hall, MC Tony Dunn  18 December: Nick Elleray, Samantha Day, Lulu Popplewell, Steve Bugeja, Matt Smith, Gabriel Ebulue, Andrea Hubert, Declan Kennedy, Patrick Spicer, Sam Nicoresti, Richard Todd, Jake Baker, Luca Cupani, Alexander Bennett, LJ Da Funk, MC Tony Dunn

The Final Show of Logan Murray’s Stand Up Course. Logan has taught loads of famous people to do Comedy, so come and watch the stars of tomorrow take their first fledgeling steps into Showbiz. In future years, you’ll be able to tell people you saw them at their very first gig. You will be pleasantly surprised by how funny all the acts are.

Please be aware that the show on feb 28 will be filmed, this may include audience shots.  James invented the idea of proper stand-up for children in 2001. Since then he has been travelling the world, bringing high-quality laughter to children in thousands of schools, libraries, theatres, festivals anywhere that will have him really.  For the last ten years he has mainly been concentrating on writing funny books and parenting his own children. But now he is bored of all that and returns to the world of festivals to reboot comedy for kids with a face full of wrinkles and a reconstructed show that may include exploding penguins; seventeen ways to eat jam; and songs to sing to the worms in your dog’s bottom.  This show is twice as funny as anything you’ve seen before so cover yourself in glue, roll around in glitter for five minutes and then come to the show shouting, “I’m a massive disco maggot!” until someone asks you to leave.  ★★★★★ "A HIT NOT TO BE MISSED” - Three Weeks  ★★★★★ “I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM SIX STARS – JUST TOO BRILLIANT“ – The Sunday Herald   "THERE WERE CHILDREN LAUGHING SO HARD THEY WERE STRUGGLING TO SIT UP STRAIGHT" - One4Review  "HAS ACHIEVED ALMOST HOLY STATUS - DON'T MISS" - The Sunday Times

Join Gary Faulds, the Glaswegian comedian who’s survived every type of life crisis imaginable, in Panic At The Midlife Disco. With his kids getting older and the looming reality of mortality getting closer, Gary’s having a hilarious meltdown – and you’re invited to the party. From desperate attempts to stay “cool” with his kids to grappling with his rapidly growing waistline and crumbling youth, Gary’s journey through midlife is anything but graceful.  Expect gut busting stories, sharp wit and a brutally honest look at the chaos of growing up, getting old and trying to keep it together while everything falls apart. It’s a comedy show that proves the only thing more awkward than a midlife crisis is trying to laugh about it.

Examining our noble goals as 21st century feminists and our hypocrisies and insecurities that undermine those goals, The Guilty Feminist podcast has had a spectacular 150 million downloads since 2016. This is the show that proves you don’t have to be perfect to be a force for meaningful change. Come join The Guilty Feminist live and be part of this joyful movement. 10 APRIL: With guest ADELE ZEYNEP WALTON [https://www.instagram.com/adele_walton/], a British-Turkish journalist reporting on the human impacts of digital technology and social media and the author of Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World 17 APRIL: With Co-host MICKY OVERMAN 14 MAY: With Co-host JESSICA FOSTEKEW This exciting episode explores the most shocking revelations from the Global Human Rights Group’s work on the report, Strengthening Girls’ Rights as Human Rights, published by Plan International. It identifies intensified backlash against girls’ and women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, and documents how the rights of girls and women are under a coordinated, well-funded attack at the highest levels of global decision-making. Our guests will be CLAIRE MAHON, award-winning international human rights expert and the founder of the Global Human Rights Group, a Geneva-based consulting firm and NGO; and Julia Rowland, Human Rights Officer at the Global Human Rights Group. 22 MAY: With Co-host FELICITY WARD

Activists look on the funnier side of life in their first comedy show after training in stand-up.  Whether you’re an activist or thoroughly inactive, come and support them and have a laugh!

Humanity. A bold experiment, a grand design, the so-called pinnacle of creation. On paper, flawless. In reality? A bin fire with opposable thumbs. Enter the Pirate King—ex-wrestler, biker, and Glaswegian antihero with a god-sized chip on his shoulder and a broken Pint glass of cynicism sharpened for the occasion.  This is not polite comedy. This is a full-scale audit of the human race—our stupidity, our vanities, our desperate need to invent things like TikTok and gender reveal parties. At the same time, we can’t even recycle properly. Gallows humour, filthy truths, blasphemous jabs, and the occasional philosophical gut punch—it’s all here, delivered with the dry, cutting voice of a man who’s seen too much and doesn’t give a toss about sparing your feelings.  People: great idea, poorly executed. Come witness the mess we’ve made of ourselves, bathe in the stupidity of your own species.

100% Badgers with Matt Hobs is the sell-out 2025 Edinburgh Fringe stand-up comedy show about how the worlds of humans and badgers collide. The show takes us on Hobs’ journey from a passing interest in badgers, to an obsession that leads to him standing in a field looking at a caged, frightened badger caught up in the misinformation of the bovine TB debate. We’ll learn about the European badger and its dachshund nemesis, the presidential American badger, the world-famous internet sensation that is the honey badger and many more.  “HIS STORYTELLING IS GRIPPING, HIS FACTS ARE FASCINATING, AND HIS PUNCHLINES ARE PERFECTLY TIMED.” ★★★★.5 - Edinburgh Reviews  “... A FUSION OF BADGER FACTS, SHARP JOKES AND WINNING WEST COUNTRY CHARM... IT’S A SHOW ABOUT BADGERS – BUT THIS IS NO GIMMICK.” ★★★★ - Broadway Baby

Mark Thomas celebrates 40 years at the mic. In that time he has changed laws on tax, jailed arms dealers, kick started a comedy circuit in Palestine, given evidence before three Parliamentary select committees and has taken the police to court three times and won.  The world’s moving far too fast to predict what the content will be but it is the normal stuff of government and personal mayhem. Expect jokes, rants, politics, swearing, staring into apocalypse and possible nudity as he emerges from large cake singing Happy Birthday Mr. President.  Cake correct at time of publication.  Join Mark as he tries to turn “what the fuck is going on?” into a cogent hour of stand up.

A thrilling, intriguing night of psychic mediumship! Boasting an impressive, worldwide celebrity client list, Stuart brings his quick-witted humour, sensitivity, and compassion to the stage. Using his extraordinary abilities to connect with the spirit world, direct messages from loved ones who have passed on are brought forward. Spreading comfort and empathy, prepare for a truly uplifting experience. A unique and unforgettable evening that has to be seen to be believed. The production is investigational and for the purposes of entertainment.

The award-winning comedy trio Bad Clowns are putting on a night of the best comedy acts, and YOU'RE INVITED! Praise for the Bad Clowns: "A SLICK, BRISKLY PACED AND WONDERFULLY ANARCHIC PRODUCTION" ★★★★★ - LondonTheatre1 "BRILLIANTLY PUT TOGETHER, WITTY AND ENTERTAINING" ★★★★★ - West End Best Friend "MORE OF THIS THING PLEASE!" ★★★★★ - Threeweeks "A COMEDY WORTH THE CROWN!" ★★★★★ - Theatre and Tonic "SURPRISING AND GENIUS" ★★★★★ - Get the Chance "I HAVEN'T LAUGHED THIS HARD IN A LONG TIME" ★★★★★ - Number9 "SECOND TO NONE!" ★★★★★ - TonyLovestheFringe "FAST PACED HOUR OF IDIOTIC NONSENSE" ★★★★ - Daily Express

A medieval Swiss folk hero stands up to the tyranny of social media and AI in this stirring take on the popular legend from incomparable surrealist Michael Brunström.  Death to tyrants! Down with the algorithm! Freedom for Switzerland!  Michael Brunström is a surrealist comedian based in London. He has created numerous full-length solo shows, including “Parsley”, “The Great Fire of London” and “World of Sports”. His show “Copernicus Now” was nominated for the 2024 Best Show Award at the Leicester Comedy Festival. He’s a winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality and a member of the Weirdos Comedy Collective. ★★★★★ ‘A STUNNING PIECE OF COMEDY . . . COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE.’ - Comedy to Watch  ★★★★ ‘AN ARTISTIC GENIUS’ - Skinny  ★★★★ ‘A JOY’ - Scotsman  ★★★★ ‘YOU WILL SEE NOTHING ELSE THAT IS SO CLEVER AND FUNNY’ - North West End

Uh oh, The Whackadoo Boys are at it again! This time in an absurdist romp to the unexplored wilds of the Channel Islands.  Whackadoo Gone Wild is an absurdist comedy play exploring themes of friendship, self worth and animal conservation. The heartfelt story features puppetry, dance and plenty of audience interaction. Whackadoo is a sketch duo comprised of Cambridge Footlights Isaac Kean (Chortle Student Comedy Award finalist) and Adam Al-janabi (as seen on BBC’s SAS Rogue Heroes).  Join Adam and Isaac as they explore lands never seen before (by them), discover new animals, make new friends and enemies, and realise that the real Steve Irwin was the friends we made along the way.

STOP. Cerys Bradley (Actually Autistic Excellence Award 2022, as seen on Comedy Central, UKTV, BBC One Wales) has hyperfixated on road signs. Road signs are very pretty and they make Cerys’ brain go brrrrrrrrp.  If you like road signs, follow the directions below for a silly and short history of road sign design as well as some heartfelt musings on the monotony of everyday life and the joys of autistic obsessions. GO.  Outstanding Neurodiverse Performance Award Nominee 2025  ★★★★★ “HILARIOUS, ABSURD AND UTTERLY JOYFUL” The Neurodiverse Review  ★★★★★ “A VERY FUNNY, QUICK-WITTED IMPROVISER” On The Mic

Charming Cockney geezer Lenny Sherman THINKS he’s one of the good guys.  But the reality is the big, scary, inappropriate, thug is blind to his flaws and thinks his crazy behaviour is normal… And that’s where the comedy lies.  The lovable rogue has a good heart and is doing his best to grow, but cor blimey! He ain’t half got a long way to go!  Big Sherm tackles identity politics, football culture and family life sharing personal anecdotes and observations with a provocative style. Expect unexpected twists and a punchline to remember.   “POWER-PACKED PERFORMANCE JAMMED FULL OF GAGS – A REAL BLAST.” -Steve Bennett, Chortle  “DEFT JOKE WRITER” - Loaded Magazine  “LAUGHED MY TTS OFF!” - Irvine Welsh As seen on BBC1, ITV, Channel 4, Dave and Apple TV.  As heard on Radio 4.

So you still think you’re funny? Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans. At last, a competition for comics who've been around long enough to know better. Expect a high standard and a hint of world weary cynicism as around 100 not so new acts compete for the title of Not So New Comedian of the Year.  The old ones are the best!

So you still think you’re funny? Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans. At last, a competition for comics who've been around long enough to know better. Expect a high standard and a hint of world weary cynicism as around 100 not so new acts compete for the title of Not So New Comedian of the Year.  The old ones are the best!

So you still think you’re funny? Forget cheery optimism & skinny jeans. At last, a competition for comics who've been around long enough to know better. Expect a high standard and a hint of world weary cynicism as around 100 not so new acts compete for the title of Not So New Comedian of the Year.  The old ones are the best!

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2020\. Mel Hudson (Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge, The Catherine Tate Show, Hudson and Pepperdine) enters the long tunnel of lockdown as she looks likely to go to her grave - a single, celibate and dangerously contented cat lady. She’s split from the father of her grown-up children, and somehow raw dogged menopause without the endless tweaking of hormones her still-coupled friends endure to keep themselves raunchy and remotely sane. But then - three things happen: lockdown ends, the cat dies, and Mel attends a momentously revitalising musical event just metres from her ‘Forever Home for One’ - at Crystal Palace Park Bowl. A site, unbeknownst to her, of magical healing powers. Suddenly, men are not so paused. Richard Ashcroft Revived My Libido tells the inspirational story of the sexual reawakening that follows. This rambunctious show is at once a rousing rallying call to the sensuality and zest for life of the older woman, and a heartfelt Urban Hymn to the writer of “Lucky Man”. Part memoir, part blatant attempt to get Richard’s attention in some way, RARML is a must-see for all late-middle-aged women, and anyone with any interest in them. CW: contains descriptions of Post Menopausal Motorway Refusal. ‘MEL HUDSON IS A MASTER OF COMEDY. DO NOT MISS THIS JEWEL!’ ‘SO GLORIOUSLY REDEMPTIVE - IT’S LIKE BEING SHOWERED IN CHAMPAGNE!’  - Audience reviews, MOC 18.12.25 ‘MAKES MILF MANOR LOOK LIKE QI’ - Graham Norton

I like smiling. But only when I'm unaware of it. If you know you're smiling, you're doing it wrong. Unless you're looking at a camera. Or a dentist. I hope this show makes you smile without realising it. That would make me smile. It'll be chaotic, heartfelt and silly.   'COMIC GENIUS' ★★★★ - Skinny  'ALI BRICE IS FUNNY' ★★★★ - List   'THE MOST ENTERTAINING EXPERIENCE I ENJOYED AT THE FRINGE' - EdFringeReview.com  'A SHOW LIKE NO OTHER' - Chortle.co.uk 'A CLEVER, OFF-BEAT TALENT WITH A PENCHANT FOR RISK-TAKING ON STAGE' - BeyondTheJoke.co.uk

Rosie Holt and her MP alter ego are back, this time fighting their biggest foe yet. Labour are trying to continue the Conservatives work of stopping the boats, while also still appearing “left wing," but they have an even bigger problem when UFOS arrive. Will the government stand strong and protect the British people? Or will they insist they are “just waiting for the facts” as Aliens start to abduct and eat the British public?

Multi-award-winning Stefania Licari, medic turned comic, will teach you how to look, walk, eat...and love like an Italian.  Sold out Edinburgh Fringe 2025  ★★★★★ ‘STAR QUALITY’ - Latest TV  ‘SHE MAY BE SICILY’S ANSWER TO SARAH MILLICAN’ - FringeReview  ★★★★★ - Rai Italy

A riotous collision of spectacle, satire and the unexpected, this 90-minute post-variety cabaret explodes the boundaries of traditional entertainment. Blending live art, comedy, music, movement and the gloriously unclassifiable, the show unfolds as a fast-moving sequence of daring acts that are by turns hilarious, provocative and breath-taking. A distillation of years of baffling takes on traditional variety and cabaret at Hoxton Hall, we bring this Phantasmagorical entertainment to central London.  The ‘sexy’ collides with the ‘critical’, absurdities mutate into social experiments, and moments of stillness bloom amid bursts of anarchic energy. This is variety turned inside-out — playful, self-aware and joyfully strange. Some acts flirt with failure, others push their craft to the edge, but all share a spirit of risk and invention. The performers invite you not just to watch, but to lean in, question, laugh and occasionally hold your breath. Part cabaret, part laboratory, part glorious mess: a dazzling parade of bold ideas, mischievous performers and beautifully unpredictable moments. For 90 minutes the stage becomes a playground for the weird, the wonderful and the wildly entertaining.

Cult-hit Lady Clementine returns to Fringe for her second chapter (threat).  With neither sense nor sensibility, history’s most helpless heroine is back by popularish demand. And this time, dear reader, she’s more unhinged than ever.  Delusional. Illiterate. And still a single sack of shit (as her Mama lovingly puts it.) From the very last brain cell of award-winning comedian, Rosalie Minnitt, comes a feral new fever dream for the girls. And one boy if he’s well-behaved.  Clementine is BACK. Run.  “FANTASIA OF FEMINISM”★★★★, The Guardian  “BARNSTORMING” ★★★★, Telegraph

A Stand-Up show like no other! Join them and their guests for an evening of relentless laughter!  Will Franken, a high-speed, quick change character comedian and the most trusted man in satire, returns after a five-year hiatus.  Gordon Steggall, known for his energetic delivery, observational humour, one-liners and monologues. Between them they have entertained across the entire globe, performing every week as comedians, actors, musicians and hosts.  Watch Gordon and Will perform their own brand of comedy along with their hilarious guests who always deliver laughter! A new show every time they perform… Why then do people still say – “Where have these Guys been?” “WILL FRANKEN IS AN ID UNCHAINED, A MASTER OF ILLUSION” – Robin Williams  “THIS GUY IS HILARIOUS! GO SEE HIS SHOWS” ★★★★★ – Nikki Amory on Gordon Steggall  “WILL FRANKEN IS LIKE NOTHING I’VE EVER SEEN BEFORE” – Harry Hill  “SOMETIMES YOU SEE A COMEDIAN WHO HAS SO MUCH TALENT AND SO LITTLE RECOGNITION, YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S AN IMBALANCE IN THE WORLD” – Alan Davies

Ted Hill invites you inside his strange and chaotic mind. Expect high energy jokes, ridiculous visual effects, and (funny) graphs. Ted’s always been weird, but now he has a new puzzle to solve: what kind of weird does he want to be? You’ll never see a sillier slideshow.  Britain’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer 2026, ISH Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show nominee 2024, British Comedy Guide Recommended Show 2022, 2024, 2025. "GENUINELY HILARIOUS" - Broadway Baby  "A COMEDIAN WHO STRUGGLES TO MAKE OR MAINTAIN EYE CONTACT" - Chortle

Featured in _Five Young Sketch Comedians to Watch_ with 1.7 million likes online for her viral parodies (“WE BLOODY LOVE THIS” - _Emily Maitlis_ & “LOL”-_Lily Allen_). Davina Bentley makes her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut at only 37 (aka 42) years old. Writer for Dead Ringers with her sketches featured on Radio 1, Radio 4 and Dazed & Confused.  At 37 (fine, 42), Davina has 30,000 people who think she is hilarious online. Her family are less convinced.  This is a show about the moment you realise you have to choose: keep doing the silly internet sketches that make strangers laugh, or become a functioning adult. Davina has chosen chaos. And you get to watch.  A riotous hour of sketch and stand up about raging against the dying of the light. One Korean face laser at a time.

With Emer’s brand new stand up tour show PERFECTLY CHAOTIC selling out Belfast’s Waterfront Hall, more tour dates have just been added due to incredible demand!  Known for her powerful storytelling, lightning-fast wit, and hilariously irreverent musical interludes, Emer has cemented herself as one of Ireland’s most exciting comedic voices. She has sold out landmark venues including the Ulster Hall, Mandela Hall, and The MAC Belfast to rave reviews and roaring audiences. Recently named one of the top 10 new comic talents in the UK by Channel 4, Emer’s star continues to ascend sharply. She has also recently been commissioned by Channel 4 to write and star in sitcom Socially Awkward - a hilarious, heartfelt sitcom about her life as an autistic adult.  Perfectly Chaotic sees Emer dive into the beautiful mess of modern life — from questionable decisions to personal revelations, from daily disasters to the unexpected moments that shape us. Delivered with Emer’s trademark honesty, musical brilliance, and no-holds-barred humour, this show promises belly laughs, emotional whiplash, and more than a few moments of “I probably shouldn’t relate to this… but I absolutely do.”

What should you do when it’s clear you’ve chosen the wrong partner, or the wrong job? Talk yourself into it! - you’re not a pathetic quitter. Ignore red flags and emails from HR, and assert your right to cock things up without being interrupted. “Once you choose false hope, anything is possible."  "JUST BRILLIANT. HER TIT MATERIAL IS WITHOUT EQUAL"​ Arthur Smith​ "A HIGHLY ENGAGING PERFORMER" Steve Bennett, Chortle  "WARM, WITTY, AND A NATURAL WITH THE CROWD." one4review

Off The Kerb Productions presents: Susie McCabe: Best Behaviour The Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow award winner Susie McCabe is back! On the back of her sold out shows Femme Fatality and Merchant of Menace, this year she is on her Best Behaviour. After supporting Kevin Bridges, Jason Manford and John Bishop on tour, as well as appearing on TV’s Have I Got News For You, Frankie Boyle's New World Order and radio shows such as News Quiz, Just a Minute and Off The Ball and another successful Edinburgh Fringe run, she is heading back out on the road with another brilliant new show. She can also be heard on the smash-hit podcast Here Comes The Guillotine, alongside Frankie Boyle and Christopher Macarthur Boyd sharing their subversive and darkly funny opinions on the chaos of the world.