Event type: Comedy

Kerry Godliman: Bandwidth

‘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.

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IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!

 

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

 

Hairy B*stard

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 CAMBRIDGE FOOTLIGHTS INTERNATIONAL TOUR SHOW 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)

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto 2025: Jack and the Beanstalk

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 Am Steven Gerrard at The Epstein Theatre

‘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.

 

Josie Long: Now is the Time of Monsters

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.

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Joel Dommett: Happy Idiot

 

Joel returns to his stand-up roots with a brand-new show.

 

 

With glamorous tales from behind the camera and less glamorous anecdotes of first-time fatherhood, Joel remains a charming, exhausted, happy idiot.

As one of the nation’s most familiar faces on television, Joel has established himself as one of the UK’s most trusted and beloved presenters and a firm favourite in UK households.

As presenter of Saturday night smash-hit The Masked Singer, ITV2’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here: Extra Camp, BBC’s reboot of Survivor, the hugely popular quiz show In With A Shout and the front man of the National Television Awards, Joel has also hosted BBC’s Live at the Apollo and co-hosts hit podcast, Never Have I Ever with his wife, Hannah.

 

George Lewis: The Best Thing You’ll Ever Do

Described as ‘the funniest dad on Instagram’, stand-up comedian George has racked up hundreds of millions of views for his hilarious online sketches about the big things in life, like owning an air fryer, watching a David Beckham documentary, and the excruciating experience of trying to do a jigsaw with your kid.

Now he’s bringing his brand new stand up show to the stage. It won’t just be about parenting though, because he has done loads this year. He’s bought a new hoover, watched some more stuff on Netflix… loads.

Between #makingmemories with his kids, George has also appeared on The Stand Up Sketch Show and Comedy Central Live, written a best selling book (Don’t Panic! All the stuff the expectant dad needs to know) and has supported Romesh Ranganathan, Tom Allen, Russell Kane and Josh Widdicombe on their national tours.

So, activate the parents’ whatsapp groups, dump the kids with whoever is willing to have them, and join George for a brilliant night out.

Mark Steel: The Leopard in My House

The Leopard in My House is proof that this leftie, working-class, Radio 4 favourite truly deserves his place in the UK comedy pantheon.

“The consultant had told me he was confident I had throat cancer that had spread into the lymph glands. Joyfully, I held his hand, and looked up to the heavens like a South American footballer after scoring a goal. It was one of the happiest moments of my life.”

Join multi award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian Mark Steel for his new tour ‘The Leopard in My House’. The topic? His battle with throat cancer. A battle he is winning (thankfully) and which only his rapier wit could fashion a comedy tour show out of. Cancer has done nothing to dull Mark’s acute political observations or quash his “frankly bonkers” energy: you will laugh, you will cry, but you’ll laugh again, and again, and again.

Mark Steel is best known for his critically-acclaimed BBC Radio 4 show Mark Steel’s in Town (now in its 13th series), as well as his hit podcast What The F*** Is Going On…?. He has presented the BAFTA-nominated Mark Steel Lectures for BBC Two, and is a regular on BBC One’s Have I Got News for You and BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz. He has also written several acclaimed books, including an adaptation of his critically acclaimed stand-up show Who Do I Think I Am? for Audible.