The Persian Comedy Powerhouse performs his critically acclaimed new show Namaste,
Omid peacefully bows to his inner anger and unleashes a torrent of comedic vitriol upon the current state of this dangerously messed up planet.
No government gets a green card. No tyrant avoids a take down. No audience member leaves the theatre with an ounce of laughter left in them.
You have been warned.
Little Wander in association PBJ Management presents…
James Acaster tries new ideas for a bit.
Join self-professed prick and star of Taskmaster Rosie Jones as she heads back out on the road with her brand-new stand-up show.
She’s talking about the big stuff: being single, the pressures of representing huge sections of the population, and gravy. Oh, and boobs. The BAFTA-nominated powerhouse returns with her loveable blend of cheek and charm following a nomination for Most Outstanding Show at Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2023.
As seen on nearly everything, including Taskmaster, Live at the Apollo, The Jonathan Ross Show, The Royal Variety Performance, QI, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Cats Does Countdown, The Last Leg, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, Mock the Week, and soon to be on her very own upcoming sitcom.
‘Vigour, charm and plenty good gags.’The Guardian
While parenting teenagers, bogged down with knicker admin and considering dealing HRT on the black market, Kerry’s lost her mum bag but can’t remember what was in it as she’s outsourced her memory to her phone. The life of a middle aged woman who hasn’t got the bandwidth for any of this.
Kerry Godliman, comedian, actor, writer, podcaster and broadcaster, returns to the stage with her straight-talking charm and quick wit on a brand new stand-up show. As seen on Afterlife, Whitstable Pearl, Taskmaster, Trigger Point, Live At The Apollo and more. As heard on Radio 4 and Jon Richardson’s Absolute Radio Show.
Based on a true story of a family caught up in the 90s recession, It’s the Economy, Stupid!by Joe Sellman-Leava with Dylan Howells developed with and directed by Katharina Reinthaller
Date: 6 August 2025Time: 7pmLocation: Arts In Library , Chester Lane Library, Four Acre Lane, WA9 4DETickets: £5-£8
‘Smart, sharp writing…deftly blends the personal with the political’
★★★★ Natasha Tripney, The Stage
WINNER OF BEST ACTOR & BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
DarkChat Edinburgh Awards 2024
EDINBURGH 2024: BEST THEATRE SHOWS TO SEE
Lyn Gardner, The Stage
Based on a true story of a family caught up in the 90s recession, It’s the Economy, Stupid! reveals the heart, humour and humanity behind economics.
Using paper bags, an old board game and a pinch of magic, Joe Sellman-Leava and Dylan Howells calculate how their lives were shaped by the economies they grew up in, uncover how economics wins elections, and ask why the force that dominates people’s lives is so bloody complicated!
‘THIS SHOW ACHIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE’
★★★★ Playbill
It’s the Economy, Stupid! has been praised for making economics accessible and entertaining, while connecting a deeply personal story to the financial realities we all face today: including the housing and cost of living crises. Taking its title from James Carville (who successfully framed the 1992 American Presidential election around the recession), It’s the Economy, Stupid! combines slick staging, innovative projection-mapping and magical storytelling, to reveal the true cost of low financial literacy in money-dominated world.
Developed with and directed by internationally acclaimed Katharina Reinthaller, and produced by Worklight Theatre, It’s the Economy, Stupid! is a bold new play from the Fringe First winning creators of Labels and Fanboy.
Last year it premiered with a sold-out, critically acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe, before embarking on a national tour, which continues in 2025, before a transferring to London’s Soho Theatre. Tickets go fast for this one so be sure to book soon!
Reviews
‘IT MIGHT JUST BE WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW…’
The Times
‘AN EFFECTIVE DOUBLE ACT…BOTH BRING INTELLIGENCE AND CHARISMA’
Arifa Akbar, The Guardian
‘very funny, poignant, expertly delivered…catch it while you can!’
★★★★ Broadway Baby
‘THIS SHOW ACHIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE’★★★★ Playbill
‘BRILLIANT AND PASSIONATE’
★★★★★ City Girl Network
‘EXTRAORDINARY’
★★★★★ Adventures In Theatreland
‘PERSONAL, POLISHED AND PROVOCATIVE’
★★★★ The Scotsman on LABELS
‘BRIMMING WITH ENERGY’
★★★★ The Stage on MONSTER
‘A FASCINATING PIECE…FULL OF SURPRISES’★★★★★ Broadway Baby on FANBOY
Winner of “Best Comedic Performer” and “Best Original show’’ at Liverpool Fringe 2024, Molly Farquhar is making her Edinburgh Fringe debut with her solo show, Hairy B*stard, this summer – but before she heads up north, she’s previewing the show for ONE NIGHT ONLY here at the Studio Beyond!
Meet Magenta. She’s a 20-something icon, who lives in her pink filled world. She’s confident, creative, and also incredibly hairy – particularly on her face. Today she’s going out on a date- perhaps he’ll be the love of her life!! OR…perhaps he’ll just stare at her moustache. But hey, at least she’ll get a free dinner out of it and a story to tell her therapist (her dog) about. Its time to pop a pill (birth control), wax ya eyebrows and throw on a primarni special dress, because tonight – this hairy bastard is hitting the town.
This is a semi autobiographical play, all centered around the writers struggle with Hirsutism and PCOS. With lots of interactive and comedic moments, this one woman show will leave the audience questioning what it truly means to be ‘normal’.
This Play is heading to Edinburgh Fringe this summer, and Molly is the recipient of Ed Fringe’s ”Keep it Fringe Fund” 2025.
The most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) embark on their annual tour once again!The Cambridge Footlights are back with five of Cambridge’s best student comedians putting on a brand-new show featuring their funniest sketches!’The Cambridge Footlights are at the top of their game and that is on display throughout the entirety of the show’ **** – (BroadwayWorld.com, Footlights International Tour 2023).In case you had any doubt, Broadway Baby can confirm it’s pretty ‘special to witness such an established organisation at work’ (Footlights International Tour 2024)
We’re sowing the seeds for the Everyman’s legendary Rock ‘n’ Roll panto 2025, as we twist and sprout with Jack and the Beanstalk!
Join us on a musical adventure, with our awesomely talented actor musicians taking you to new heights, as hero Jack battles the greedy giant to grab the gold and save the day. Expect cheeky one-liners, soaring solos and heaps of wacky costumes in a show for everyone from 3 to 103!
Part fairy tale, part concert, and 100% fun, Jack and the Beanstalk is the panto you’ve all bean waiting for…
‘I know that it does sound weird to say, yeah? But I proper envy Steven Gerrard. You know, the football player?’
It’s Liverpool. The Champion’s League Final in Istanbul was 13 years ago. The buzz is still rife. The obsession is still real. Steven Gerrard has left Liverpool Football Club, but his legacy keeps on growing; a legacy that Shane wants to embody and emulate. Though Shane shares an ambition no different to many of those around him, it soon transpires that he yearns for something far beyond football. And in a city where ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ is the mantra, why does Shane constantly feel like he’s the only one on the sideline?
Shane is back home to see his dad for the first time in three years. To heal old wounds. To attempt to find his place in a world that he has never felt a part of. To get answers. What secrets will come to light? And who will they come from? Could these revelations have saved everyone from heartache?
Following sell-out runs at The Hope Street Theatre and Liverpool’s Royal Court, Tip Tray Theatre presents I Am Steven Gerrard, a story of football, aspiration, music, Steven Gerrard, loneliness, reality television, love, religion, friends, loss, passion, enemies, Davina McCall, politics, ambition, family, virginity, past generations – and the impact they leave behind.
Written by Sean McLoughlin, directed by Amy Roberts and starring Joe Cowin, it explores the complexities of masculinity, and what it means to be a real man in society today.
It has nothing to do with football. It has everything to do with football.
A new show about extinct gigantic, charismatic, megafauna from 3-time Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominated Comedian, and very good comedian Josie Long.
In these troubled times, in this wicked world, it can feel like apocalypse is everywhere but did you know 11,000 years ago there were some really big armadillos? I’m talking about as big as a car. Really big. And they were vege-tarian so don’t even worry about them. Also my daughter has a hamster and I’m not saying dis-tract yourself from everything, but I’m saying he’s also part of everything. Josie is back with a new show about discovery, wonder, extinction and how to walk through a landscape of monstrous disaster. There is also a good tip about silt, guaranteed.