Fresh off the back of multiple sellout arena shows including Liverpool’s M&S and London’s Wembley Arena, comedy legend Paul Smith has announced plans to stage his biggest show to date in his home city.
Paul will be taking over Liverpool’s iconic Pier Head on Thursday 20th June for a very special 12,000 capacity open air show for On the Waterfront presents Paul Smith.
Recently crowned Liverpool’s Comedian of the Year, the accolade is hardly unexpected for anyone who has experienced his performances live or on screen, or among his million strong social media following. In collaboration with the UK’s premier comedy promoter, Hot Water Comedy, where Paul infamously honed his skills as resident MC, and soon evolved into their most prized asset, his distinctive charm and cheeky wit, paired with a razor sharp take on audience interactions delivered in his quintessentially scouse manner, have become his trademark, making him one of the most sought after comedians in the UK.
Joining him for the jam-packed show of music and entertainment will be some of the UK’s brightest comedy talents and future stars from the Hot Water Comedy roster, with JoJo Sutherland, Mick Ferry, Jamie Hutchinson, Daniel O’Reilly and Kane Brown. Liverpool’s first ever open-air comedy festival is guaranteed to be an unmissable event full of laughter!
About to enter her 30s, Grace Campbell has recently made some huge life changes. She got a dog, she stopped replying to internet trolls, she tried non-monogamy, and then very soon after celibacy. Grace has been on a journey to find out who she wants to be as a grown up.
In her brand new show the unwaveringly honest comedian will ask big questions about the world, her vagina, and her obsession with making her dog her entire brand…
Bound to be fiery, unhinged, but also, a more mature Campbell, which no one has ever seen before.
As seen on BBC, Channel 4, Comedy Central & Dave.
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“Hysterically hilarious woman who doesn’t take herself too seriously”
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Scotland’s queen of comedy Fern Brady (Taskmaster, Live at The Apollo, Roast Battle, The Last Leg) is back on tour with a brand-new show. What happens when you get everything you want and it’s not enough?
Fern is the author of Sunday Times best-selling memoir Strong Female Character, whose previous show Power and Chaos was broadcast on BBC1.
By popular demand, Guz Khan returns to Liverpool Playhouse.
This loveable, funny guy is known for bringing his big-screen persona and BAFTA-nominated hilarity to the stand-up stage.
Attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join Ed as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in his life for laughs.
Stand-up comedian and magician, Jerry Sadowitz is back with his latest show ‘Comedian, Magician, Psychopath!’.
With no visible demographic, Sadowitz returns to simultaneously amuse, offend, baffle and upset you while parting you of hard earned cash.
Strictly over 18s only – contains very strong language and themes.
The winner of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent takes to the road with this brand-new show for 2024!
Join Jon for his biggest show yet jam-packed with the very best in music, comedy and entertainment, following a hugely successful season at the Edinburgh Festival.
As well Jon’s trademark brand of musical comedy with all new material, the show will also feature an updated version of his hilarious one-man musical which he played to acclaim for a limited run at Edinburgh Fringe 2022.
As seen on Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and The Royal Variety Performance.
Charlie Moon is sadly missed and his widow, Molly, is the one doing most of the missing. She feels guilty about how he passed and wants to make things right with him. If only he was still here…
Molly Moon’s dreams are about to come true as the ghost of her husband stalks the halls of their old house on the anniversary of his death. Well, more shuffles than stalks really. His back’s not great and he never got that ingrowing toenail sorted out.
Trapped in limbo and with only his Auntie Peggy for support, Charlie needs to solve the riddle of his death before he can move on to the next worldbut he keeps running into dead ends. While he’s at it he wants to keep that smarmy git from next door away from his house and he might put the willies up Molly for old times’ sake. Well, if you’ve got it, haunt it…
Gerry Linford (Yellow Breck Road, Ellen & Rigby) has written a brand new comedy about love, life and the afterlife. Come and join the ghost with the most as he explores the world beyond the veil. It’s guaranteed to lift your spirits!
Brian Butterfield makes his live stage debut, imparting all of his business knowledge from his decades spent within the business world working as everything from Lord Mayor’s Croupier to Circus Horse Dentist.
Brian believes that every failure is just an opportunity to learn a new lesson. Having opened, and closed, several businesses, Brian has learnt over 1000 lessons. And most importantly, the secrets to success.
NOW, Brian is ready to share them ALL to the biggest audiences in the country. This is a once in lifetime opportunity (for Brian).
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These shows will feature a recognisable TV name closing every show with an extended 30 minute set. We will also be using this night as a new material night for more established comedians & a trial night for comedians who we haven’t had the pleasure of seeing perform yet. These acts will always be ones who are playing all the big clubs throughout the UK.
Who’s Performing
Danny McLoughlin
Danny McLoughlin has the sharp wit & material, likeable persona and strong stage presence that have seen him become a much sought after act in his short time as a stand up.
A finalist in the Chortle Student Comedian of The Year in 2008, Danny went on to perform as part of the prestigious Big Value Comedy Show during Edinburgh Festival 2009.
He also supported Al Pitcher on his UK Tour and is booked by some of the UK’s biggest gigs and promoters.
It has been a rapid rise for Danny and it all looks set to continue. With an amiable, confident stage presence and a well written set Danny delivers material with more than just an immediate pay-off line, preferring to take the joke one or two steps further.
Confident enough to take a risk on stage he does so not to the detriment of the audience, keeping them laughing along or hanging on every word
Alex Maureen
‘Alex Maureen up and coming often hospitalised comedian with barbed one liners and camp tales. Often described as ‘The best thing to come out of Kensington since the 10A’
Doctors said Alex shouldn’t have lived past 5. He’s defied all odds with one working lung and a bent spine. Which comes in handy in otterspool car park.’
Daliso Chaponda
Daliso began his comedy career in Canada with the acclaimed one man show ‘Feed This Black Man’.
Following this, he began honing his craft in comedy clubs across Canada. Highlights included appearing on the Trans Canada Comedy Trail TV show and perfoming a One-Man character comedy about a torturer titled ‘Incisions’. Before leaving Canada Daliso appeared in the 2005 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival and he used this exposure to secure an agent in South Africa.
+ Adam Staunton, Jake Steers, Sam Ely.
