The List

The Wardrobe Theatre

Bristol;s leading year round fringe theatre venue, putting on a substantial programme of new plays and performances with strong track record of providing a platform for local material. The theatre is situated behind a popular bar serving a range of good beer and food.

What's On @ The Wardrobe Theatre

Justin Moorhouse: The Greatest Performance of My Life
The story covers subjects ranging from pantomimes to dreams, how to behave in hospitals, small talk, realising his Mum is a northern version of Columbo, and how being a smart-mouthed kid saved him from a life of continually being beaten up. Above all else, it’s the Justin you have to come to expect. It’s funny and interesting, and perhaps there’s a little bit that warms the soul, too.
Lauren Pattison

Lauren Pattison

5 Sept 2025 - 5 Sept 2025

Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Lauren Pattison is back with a brand-new show. She's decided she wants to come back bigger, braver and maybe blonder... either way it's time to put her big girl pants on. As seen on Roast Battle (Comedy Central), Stand Up For Live Comedy (BBC One), Comedy Up Late (ABC) and as heard on the smash-hit Have A Word podcast.
Esther Manito: Slagbomb

Esther Manito: Slagbomb

14 Sept 2025 - 27 Feb 2026

Esther’s new show ‘Slagbomb’ takes a nosedive into the awkward sandwich years of life. The phase when youthful freedom gives way to the reality of adult responsibilities. It’s a time when one finds oneself juggling everything from prostate checks to hosing faeces off the garden decking, whilst clad in questionable footwear like crocs. Growing up, Esther imagined she would fulfil all the expectations of a lady, poised and dignified, but looking around she realises that just hasn't happened. Esther's life seems to be a magnet for embarrassing moments and endless cockups. No matter how hard she tries to project sophistication, she often ends up highlighting her unrefined side. Now she wants to embrace her lack of dignity - whether it’s her less-than-graceful posture, cringeworthy encounters with shady drug dealers, or the painful realities of waxing gone wrong. At its core, Esther’s show is an exploration of the challenges and hilarities of navigating the sandwich years, and an invitation to the audience to feel good about the madness in their own lives. After all, she has a Lebanese father dealing with war, a mother dealing with cancer, two kids (who seem to have permanently lost their PE kit), a husband who just wanted some birthday nooky, and a sudden loss of hearing. It’s all part of the messy, chaotic, and often hilarious journey of a right Slagbomb.
Stevie Martin: Clout

Stevie Martin: Clout

2 Oct 2025 - 6 Dec 2025

Stevie Martin has built a significant following and acclaim for her prolific online output which includes a series of regular viral sketches with Lola-Rose Maxwell which have amassed over 20 million views (3 million of which on Tiktok) two hit podcasts (Nobody Panic with Tessa Coates and Might Delete Later with Gina Martin) which collectively receive over 100,000 downloads a month, and a regular long-form improvised comedy book club on Twitch. A writer published everywhere from Vice to the Guardian, Stevie’s first book, Nobody Panic, was published by Hodder Studios and adapts her hit podcast.
WiFi Wars

WiFi Wars

27 Sept 2025 - 27 Sept 2025

The live comedy game show where you all play along! Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes! Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on UK TV’s hit comedy/gaming show Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit) and aided by Guinness World-Record-Breaking tech whizz, the award-winning Rob Sedgebeer! “Not to be missed” The Guardian Time Out – Critic’s Choice The Times – Hot List Metro – Top Ten London Geek Nights Out There’ll be entirely different games and quizzes at each show, if you’d like to come to both! Age recommendation 6+
Micky Overman: Hold On

Micky Overman: Hold On

4 Sept 2025 - 5 Oct 2025

All of a sudden, comedian Micky Overman finds her life going the direction she’s always wanted. The path has been set, she just has to follow it. So why is she finding that so hard? A show about change, commitment and letting go of your old self. Join Micky as she desperately fights against her old coping mechanisms, whilst contemplating love, the art of gift giving and Ozzy Osbourne.
Sean McLoughlin: White Elephant

Sean McLoughlin: White Elephant

2 Oct 2025 - 13 Feb 2026

Acclaimed beanpole SEAN MCLOUGHLIN is back on the road with a sensational new stand-up show about getting on, getting lost and getting the feeling he might be useless forever. An evening of top-class comedy from a thoroughly mediocre man.  As seen on Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, The Stand-Up Sketch Show and opening for Ricky Gervais on his international tour.
John Hegley: Folk Telling

John Hegley: Folk Telling

14 Nov 2025 - 14 Nov 2025

John Hegley returns with his 2025 Edinburgh Fringe show: a series of tales told by and for family members, figures and figments from fêtes, hotels and history – from the former BBC online poet, Keats House Poet in residence, and Edinburgh Comedy award nominee Deft, deep and daft, told in verse sung and spoken – new ones, refreshed ones and a cardboard octopus (the arms do not move). “Awesomely mundane.” The Independent “Just because he is one of the funniest men alive, do not underestimate his dedicated gentleness.” New Statesman. Devised for adults, but not unsuitable for the odd nine-year-old
Emma Doran

Emma Doran

3 Oct 2025 - 20 Mar 2026

Smash hit Irish comedian, best-selling author, podcast host and viral online star Emma Doran hits the road once again taking her brand-new stand-up show Emmaculate across the UK and Ireland in 2025/26. There's no such thing as a perfect family, but Emma wouldn't want one anyway... The many trials and tribulations of Emma's blended family are laid bare in this witty, rambunctious show from one of Ireland's most beloved stand-ups. Strap in for a night to remember, jam-packed with razor-sharp observations, riotous on-stage antics and conspiratorial gossipmongering. As seen and heard on No Worries If Not! (RTÉ 2), The Tommy Tiernan Show (RTÉ 1), LOL: Last One Laughing (Prime Video) hosted by Graham Norton, The Late Late Show (RTÉ), Celebrity Gogglebox (Virgin Media One), Modern Love (Prime Video) alongside Kit Harington, The Deirdre O'Kane Show (SKY), Bridget and Eamon (RTÉ), Callan Kicks (RTÉ), Republic Of Telly (RTÉ) and Irelands Fittest Family (RTÉ), while her podcast credits include: You're Grounded with daughter Ella, And Another Thing! with Muireann O' Connell and the four-part series Mischief Makers. Emma currently co-hosts the podcast Keep It Tight alongside fellow stand-up and LOL: Last One Laughing contestant Deirdre O'Kane. Emma is also author of best-selling book, Mad, Isn't It? (published in 2024).
Zuma Puma is… The Clown Arcana

Zuma Puma is… The Clown Arcana

28 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025

A live collective tarot reading performed by an award-winning ritual idiot Award-winning and critically acclaimed Canadian/British comedy ritual clown, Zuma Puma, will grace The Wardrobe Theatre stage with her latest work-in-progress: Zuma Puma is The Clown Arcana. Zuma will be playing the major archetypes of her hand-made Clown Tarot deck as the games master of a live collective tarot reading. Expect interactive games and rituals of the ridiculous in this communing with the moment to explore what must be on this day, at this time with this crowd. A wildly ridiculous improvisational show and once in a lifetime moment never to be experienced again. Come again and again to get the dose of enlivened magic. Expect the unexpected and be ready to dive into an immersive world of ancient archetypes and the insights that arise in being alive together, here and now with this 5-star international performer.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

2 Sept 2025 - 6 Sept 2025

Take a break Rick Wakeman, back to your trailer Brendan Fraser, watch and learn Jules Verne, Lamphouse are going on a journey all the way to the centre of the Earth! Two intrepid explorers, one impossible mission (featuring at least one joke about a big hole), and no special effects budget whatsoever. What could possibly go wrong? From the makers of War of the Worlds (On a Budget) and Frankenstein (On a Budget) this new comedy take on Jules Verne’s classic novel will be one epic night out, full of belly laughs, brand new music and really impressive dinosaurs. Featuring Tom Fox and Becky Owen-Fisher, the familiar faces behind the On a Budget series, Journey to the Centre of the Earth will be another fan favourite. Expect silly jokes, catchy tunes, ridiculous costumes and lots and lots of cardboard. not actually that impressive Suitable for 10+

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