Event type: Comedy

Lieven Scheire: Artificial Intelligence

Discover the show that combines science and side-splitting comedy with Lieven Scheire! 

 

 Get ready for a night of laughter and mind-expanding insights with Lieven Scheire, Belgium’s beloved science-comedian. Dubbed the “secret love child of Stephen Fry and Dara Ó Briain,” Lieven makes the mysteries of science both hilarious and accessible. 

 

With a background in physics and razor-sharp wit, he explores everything from Artificial Intelligence to the cosmos—delighting audiences across Europe with his unique blend of intellect and charm. 

 

A sell-out sensation in Belgium and the Netherlands, Lieven’s English-language debut at the Edinburgh Fringe was a runaway success. He’s since wowed UK audiences at the Barbican, Oxford, Cambridge, and the ‘Pint of Science’ tour. In 2026, he’ll be touring across England, bringing his celebrated show to even more curious, comedy-loving fans. 

 

Lieven is also the creator of Nerdland, Belgium’s leading science brand, featuring a hit podcast, best-selling books, and the country’s biggest science festival. His mission: make science fun, engaging, and for everyone. 

 

“An excellent theatre show that provides insights into the spectacular evolution of A.I. with great flair.” 

— Focus Knack ★★★★ 

 

“So intelligent and well-read that I expect Google to make a takeover bid for him soon.” 

— De Morgen 

 

Don’t miss out! 

 

Join the growing UK audience discovering Lieven Scheire—a show that will leave you laughing, enlightened, and inspired. 

Round the Horne: 60th Anniversary Tour

Round the Horne: 60th Anniversary Tour

“Oh, Mr Horne! How bona to vada your dolly old eek!”

From the producers of the UK tour of Hancock’s Half Hour comes another radio comedy classic live on stage.

From 1965 to 1968 there wasn’t a bigger radio programme in Britain than the ground-breaking Round the Horne. For half-an-hour every Sunday afternoon, audiences of up to 15 million people would gather around the wireless to listen to Kenneth Horne and his merry crew get up to all sorts of mischief.

With its infamous movie spoofs and hilarious regular characters such as Rambling Sid Rumpo, Charles and Fiona, J. Peasemold Gruntfuttock, and Julian and Sandy, Round the Horne was one of the biggest and best radio comedy shows of all time, and still endures today, 60 years on.

So come and take a step back in time to the BBC’s Paris Studios and experience this comedy classic live.

Original scripts by Barry Took and Marty Feldman

Compiled and Directed by Tim Astley

Reviews:

★★★★★ – London Theatre 1

★★★★ – London Theatre Guide

★★★★ – Live Theatre UK

★★★★ – The Wee Review

★★★★ – Surrey Advertiser

“a superb evening’s entertainment and I left the theatre wanting more” – Robin Strapp, British Theatre Guide

“I laughed so much… I was in danger of being led out of the theatre” – Linda Kirkman, Scene One

“a must-see show for fans of 60s humour” – Bona Ruocco, London Theatre Guide

Comedy Club 4 Kids

It’s a comedy club, right, but for kids. Also any adults who enjoy a swear-free hour with the international circuit’s best stand-ups and sketch acts. Non-patronising. Pure awesome.

Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and their families… but without the rude bits!

Taking the stage will be Andrew O’Neill (MC), improvisers Comedy Sportz and musical comic Duncan Oakley.

A decade later, the company has expanded from one London residency to being countrywide, running shows and workshops all over the UK from Peebles to Portsmouth, even producing a book on how to write and perform stand-up.

The show is family friendly, but without any patronising idiocy. In fact, it’s just like a normal comedy club, but it’s on in the day, kids are allowed in, and thus there is a higher than usual chance of heckles like “why is that your face!?”

Please note: Layout has been changed to rows of chairs. Seats will be allocated on arrival.

Reviews:

“Comedy Club 4 Kids has stand-up sets from grown-up, high-quality acts who perform their usual sets, just without the swearing or rude bits.” – The Independent

‘A highlight for children… giving them a taste of some of the biggest names in comedy with the fun, rowdy feel of a real comedy club.’ – The Guardian

‘The perfect way to entertain the whole family.’ – Three Weeks

‘The ethos is just right’ – The Daily Telegraph

‘This show was great!’ – The Scotsman

Age 6+

Nurse Georgie Carroll: Infectious

Georgie Carroll is best known as the UK born, Australia based Nurse turned comedian. She grafted for 20 years on the healthcare front line before swapping the pen torch for the spotlight!

Nurse Georgie has now retired from nursing but has taken with her an unparalleled comedy voice and a staunch online medical following that have made her viral, in the best way, many times over. The most viewed of her viral clips is the ‘3 stages of nursing’ – the terms dolphin, penguin, and orca used in the clip are now ingrained in international nursing vernacular!

Georgie is an undeniable live comedy powerhouse, having sold in excess of 75,000 tickets, selling out her debut Edinburgh Fringe Festival, touring four countries, and woinning the Best Comedy Award at the Adelaide Fringe. A versatile and dynamic performer, Georgie has swapped operating theatres for the London Palladium, the Sydney Opera house, and the Hammersmith Apollo.

Not shy of the camera, Georgie has released two comedy specials on Australian television and is a regular on the box, having been seen on ‘The Project’, ‘Would I Lie to You?’, ‘Have you Been Paying Attention?’, ‘Just for Laughs’ and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Allstar and Oxfam Galas. She recently stormed her UK TV debut by reaching the live semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent and was adored by audiences and judges alike.

Georgie also has a podcast because who doesn’t? Her hit podcast, The Swab, is now in its 3rd Season with over 125,000 listens and a nomination for Best Comedy podcast under it’s belt. Georgie said “The podcast didn’t set out to be funny, it was just me chatting to everyday nurses, staff room banter style. Turns out that this format is never not funny’’.

Georgie is also an acclaimed and best-selling author and wrote the best-selling nursing bible ‘Off the Charts’ (Pan Macmillan), which was nominated for the Russel Prize for humour writing.

Everything Georgie does is a genuine, hilarious, riotous celebration of the big hearted, no bullshit nurses that sooner or later play a part in all our lives.

“Very Funny…….Just Brilliant.” – Simon Cowell, BGT

★★★★★ “Nurse Georgie Carroll proves that laughter is the best medicine & you cannot miss your dose!” – Lost in Theatre Land UK

★★★★★ “Exceptional” – Mervyn Stutters Pick of the Fringe, Edinburgh 2023

★★★★★ ”Sublime comedy” – Glam Adelaide

★★★★★ “Rollicking, riotous comedy” – The Age, Melbourne

Age 14+.

Alyssa Kyria: The Funny Mummy

‘Mummy, I love your boobies…they’re so long!’

Join the Funny Mummy for this hilarious one women comedy show, all about the bonkers world of parenting. From pregnancy to playdates, WhatsApp groups to school runs – if you’re a parent, and you need a laugh, then this show is for you!

Alyssa Kyria, aka The Funny Mummy, is the co-creator of Bring Your Own Baby Comedy and performs comedy to audiences across the country. Her comedy, music videos and sketches have gone viral on Netmums and Facebook and she has starred on BBC, ITV and SKY.

Age 18+

Queens of the Runway

Queens of the Runway

Join a pick ‘n’ mix selection of your favourite RuPaul’s Drag Race UK stars for an exclusive spectacle of side-splitting laughs, breathtaking lip-syncs, jaw-dropping vocals and eye-popping outfits!

Just May (Drag Race UK Series 4), Sister Sister (Drag Race UK Series 2) and special guest host Sheela Vim sashay down the runway to The Atkinson this Autumn!

Age 18+ contains strong language and adult themes

Cally Beaton: Namaste Motherf*ckers

Following an Edinburgh Fringe 2025 sell-out, the hilarious Cally Beaton is on tour with Namaste Motherf*ckers – a quick-witted, unexpected and unapologetic insight into life in midlife.

Cally combines her comedic and storytelling prowess with extracts from her provocative, stereotype-busting book of the same name, which has made the Sunday Times’ best seller list.

The show has at its heart her own story of radical reinvention – taking her from meetings in boardrooms to treading the boards, thanks to a chance conversation with the late, great Joan Rivers.

A funny show about a deadly serious subject, Namaste Motherf*ckers is a celebration of and for the female of the species. Invisible no more. The show includes a Q&A and meet-and-greet with Cally (who knows, Jeff the wonder dog may even be there too).

Age 16+

The Dark Room

Welcome to THE DARK ROOM.

This legendary interactive comedy show fuses improv, crowdwork and gaming to create an insane live-action videogame! Come watch, and if you want – play – the choose-your-own-adventure madness…

Now its 13th year, this high-octane interactive show is the brainchild of comedian & cult leader John Robertson. Filled with stand-up, appalling prizes and more audience chanting than you’d get at a protest, The Dark Room is a gut-busting rock n’ roll comedy experience for everyone who buys a ticket.

Permanently on tour The Dark Room has headlined stages at Glastonbury, PAX, Download Festival, MCM Comic Con, Utrecht International Comedy Festival 2000 Trees, UK Games Expo and Bluedot Festival, and sold out at Edinburgh Fringe, Soho Theatre and hundreds of theatres around the world. 

Oh, and videos of The Dark Room roasting videogames and swearing at children keep popping up on people’s social media, which is nice.

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THE DARK ROOM

The crowd is trapped inside an inescapable dungeon with a sadistic videogame boss! Pick increasingly surreal options off the screen and try to escape. If you win – you get money! If you fail – YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE!

Now, will you; find the light switch, go North, abandon hope, or be sworn at by a man wearing spiked armour and a lot of leather? (This option is permanently set to “On”)

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Age 15+

Abandon Normal Devices 2011

In this short exhibition making up part of Abandon Normal Devices Festival in 2011, three artists make it their job to question our beliefs in a time where it has never been more relevant as belief systems around the world seem to be in collapse. 

The Ghost of Graves End

7:30pm & 2:30pm

THE GHOST OF GRAVES END is a perfect post-Christmas not-Panto entertainment. WOMAN IN BLACK meets the high-energy comedic silliness of THE 39 STEPS.

Charles is a penniless poet who takes a position as a tutor to a peculiar orphan boy. The previous tutor left in a hurry, and everyone is reluctant to say why. Afflicted by strange dreams, things that go bump in the night, and increasingly dire circumstance, Charles has to decide whether to stay or get the Hell out of there.

This is a spooky Victorian comedy. Inspired by classic ghost stories of the genre, with its tongue is firmly in its’ cheek, but at the same time, genuinely scary.

Written by Robert Farquhar. Plays include GODS OFFICIAL, INSOMNOBABBLE, BAD JAZZ and THE BIG I AM.

‘A true comic playwright.’ (THE GUARDIAN)

‘Strange, fast and very funny.’ (LIVERPOOL ECHO on INSOMNOBABBLE)

Cast includes Tim Lynskey (Big Wow)