Susan Calman: Tall Tales

For the first time in ten years, beloved comedian, writer and broadcaster Susan Calman returns to the stage with a joyful, whip-smart and wonderfully unhinged evening of stories, silliness and surprise, already adding extra dates due to phenomenal demand!

 

A decade older, but not necessarily wiser, Susan has amassed a remarkable number of improbable adventures since her last tour. Tall Tales dives headfirst into the most unbelievable highlights: from cruising the world to driving tanks, her enduring love of cats and the trials and triumphs of getting older.

 

Susan said: “It’s been ten whole years since I last headed out on tour, and I couldn’t be more excited to get back on the road. I’ve collected so many ridiculous and unbelievable stories over the last decade that it feels only right to share them in person – preferably while dancing badly. I can’t wait to see everyone across the UK again and have a joyful, hilarious time together.”

 

Prepare yourself for an evening of barely believable stories, laughter and probably some dancing. And yes, she warns audiences in advance: you still won’t believe how short she really is.

Ed Patrick: Numb and Number

Following his hugely successful Catch Your Breath tour, comedian and NHS anaesthetist Ed Patrick returns with his new hit show Numb and Number.  

Get your appointment while you can.  

 

‘Brilliantly funny’ Matt Lucas 

‘Extremely funny’ The Telegraph 

‘Packed with hilarious anecdotes’ The Guardian 

‘Masterful, playfully provocative writing’ Chortle 

 

As seen on Channel 4, Have I Got News For You and heard on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland. 

 

Age guidance 16+ (must be accompanies by an adult)

BLAST! (Vol 46)

BLAST! (Vol 46)The North West’s liveliest Spoken Word night! Poetry, prose, stand-up and music, with each artist given just five minutes to strut their stuff. It’s a lovely, lively, friendly and inclusive night – and all are welcome.

Get down early to secure a table!

Find us at The Excelsior in Dale Street.

See you there!

Well Funny Live!

Step into Downstairs at the Everyman for an unforgettable night of big laughs, brilliant energy, and proper feel‑good fun. Well Funny Live brings some of the UK’s sharpest, funniest and most exciting comedians straight to our intimate downstairs space.

The Girl Who Could Fly

A man wakes up in a Manchester hospital in the mid eighties and tries to piece together what led to his almost fatal downfall.

Stephen Porter’s sold-out Fringe show mixes poetry, stand-up and song to tell its darkly funny tale.

Songs from Daisy Summerfield.

18+ 

Squash Summer Nights: Climate Catastrophe Comedy

 

 

Join us for a summer evening of togetherness, food, music, creativity and mutual aid. Let’s tend the future together, at home on the 100-year street!

Next up…

– Climate Catastrophe comedy with artist Andrea Ku  in our front room. (please note there might be a bit of swearing and reference to bees mating, so guardians discretion re children attending)

– Lughnasadh preparations – let’s craft together with our grain & fire festival on 1st August in mind

Plus we’ll be tasting the elderflower & rose cordial we made in community at the May summer night session!

Come for your tea in our cafe, specially open late with delicious food for sale including free soup if you need. Our shop will be open too, full of fresh produce and top cooking ingredients. The cafe and shop are open to all, whether taking part in activities or not.

Activities are free/by donation. We’ll be raising funds for our Soup-it-Forward initiative. More info here.

 

 

Sophie Duker: Hot Beef Injection

7:30pm

Taskmaster Champion, Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee and retired sugar daughter Sophie Duker is back with a brand-new 2026-2027 stand-up tour, ‘Hot Beef Injection’.

In her latest hour, Sophie dares to get both sexy and political, reflecting on hypermasculinity, heavy-handed handymen and that old-chestnut Would You Rather: ‘Man or Bear?’.

Hot Beef Injection reckons with the primal fear driving Duker’s distrust of heterosexual he/hims, and out of a challenging comedy club encounter a new question emerges: what would she say if she spoke to men, instead of shutting them out?

 

Edinburgh 2026 Reviews: 

The Guardian – “bad encounters with men spun into great comedy”

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/09/sophie-duker-hot-beef-injection-review-pleasance-courtyard-edinburgh

The Skinny – “the Taskmaster star proves that she remains a comedic powerhouse”

 https://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh-fringe/comedy/sophie-duker-pleasance-courtyard-2026

Fest Mag – “offers a fresh and charming voice to the discourse on male loneliness”

Review: Sophie Duker: Hot Beef Injection 

 
“Obscenely good… Charisma to burn”
Rolling Stone
 
“extremely funny” ★★★??

The Scotsman
 
“she is clearly going places” ★★★??

Evening Standard
“on sparkling form… a smart, purposeful and very funny hour… the audience is entirely under her spell… Duker’s presence is all good-time joy and delight, and this is a show so neatly crafted and intelligent” ★★★★ The Guardian
 

“On the best form of her career, Duker owns the stage with charm and assurance” ★★★??

Ashley Davies, The Scotsman
 
“a comedic powerhouse” ★★★??

The Skinny
 
“Duker is really very good at this. Her comedy is pointed, but it’s also generous and bawdy… Duker is on top of her game.” ★★★??

The Herald
 
“a fresh and charming voice…  a punchy hit… quick-wit… mid the hilarity, Duker offers us some gems of wisdom; we’re lucky to have them, and the laughs” ★★★??

Fest
 
“fierce and fun hour” ★★★??

The List

 

“Playfully toying with the male ego… Duker is wittily flip” ★★★??

Chortle

Nana Funk’s Christmas Party

Now a staple of the festive season Downstairs at the Everyman presents a Christmas party not to be missed.

Following last Christmas’s festive delights, Nana Funk, Liverpool’s favourite all singing, all dancing Nana (me), will be lighting up Downstairs at the Everyman once more with some slightly dusty Christmas Sparkle.

Join her for an evening of chats, songs and laughing. It’ll be like Wogan, if Wogan was a Nana with a questionable hip and mysterious past. And that’s not all! There will, of course, be some very special guests…to be announced nearer the time. This is one not to be missed.