Event type: Performance

Murder Mystery – Murder at Rydel...

DBY Interactive present a brand new Murder Mystery Show inspired by Grease!

This fun packed, music filled, Murder Mystery takes place in the famous Rydell High where some not so friendly students from Aurora Heights High have been placed due to an unexplained explosion back in their schools science labs. But these dudes and chicks have got history!

Someone wants revenge! Sing for clues, hand jive for evidence and take place in our interactive and completely bonkers Grease themed Murder Mystery!

Show type: Comedy, based on the popular film Grease. Singing and dress up encouraged!

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Jen Brister – The Optimist

If Jen Brister has learned anything in the past 18 months, it’s that she’s no good in a crisis. (Unless you count getting into the foetal position in under 30 seconds.)

Has the pandemic changed her for the better or is she the same old pessimistic naysayer she’s always been? I think we all know the answer to that. Let’s just hope she can make it funny.

“Furiously funny”
The Guardian

Comedy Queers

Comedy Queers is a cult show that’s been selling out at the Edinburgh Fringe since 2018.

If you want to enjoy live comedy without wondering if your identity will be the punchline, this is the show for you!

Hosted by award-winning Liverpool comedian Sian Davies (“Compelling and distinctive” The Scotsman) and featuring outstanding queer comics from across the UK, live at Unity Theatre.

Comedy Queers is a fiercely outrageous safe space for the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies. We laugh at ourselves and each other, we punch up and we do it with pride.

If you’ve seen enough cis, straight dudes with the same haircut/t-shirt/jokes/toxicity, come and party with the Kings, Queens and Non-Binary Royal Titles of comedy.

 

Passports, Mo Salah, Jinn and Other Co...

For Palestinians, places and journeys have different meanings than others. Cities, towns, villages, borders, transport, passports and identity all carry history and existential issues.

From being writers based in the UK, Dubai or Brazil, to having passports thrown in their faces while asked intimate questions at airports or checkpoints, Ahmed and Farah process this experience differently. As writers, they observe, write and often fill forms for other Palestinians who have never travelled before.

“What is your name?”, is the question often asked while officials stare at the passports for what seems like an endless moment.

Self-Entitlement

Mahmoud El Haddad is an Egyptian actor and dancer, based in Paris since 2018. Inspired by the artist’s own experiences moving from Egypt to France, Self-Entitlement questions how intersectional identity shifts between different cultures, and the problems of categorising people using often prejudiced labels.

Both challenging and comedic, this intimate performance is a UK premiere.

Mahmoud is a founder of Liberacts for Arts, a non-profit organisation based in France that aims to create an artistic bridge between East and West by creating, developing and promoting art projects in all forms.

 

Reginald D. Hunter: The Man Who Could ...

In these supercharged socio-political times the challenge is more and more becoming separating what’s true and what’s real.

Lucille Hunter proudly proclaimed “It’s easy to see through shit, the hard part is pretending you haven’t.” Join Reginald D. Hunter for an hour of exploring this phenomena in this progressive work in a pre next-variant world.

As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You, and 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

★★★★★
“This is comedy of a rare scope”
The Times

“Stand-up comedy’s coolest customer”
The Telegraph

Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill

A show about trying to be a good person while staying a badman. Join the star of Live at the Apollo for this “unapologetically funny” (Telegraph) exploration of empathy, morality and political contradiction.

As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You, The Big Narstie Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Unapologetic.

Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress

Rose Matafeo is working on stuff and you’re more than welcome to witness.

As seen on Taskmaster, Would I Lie to You, Big Fat Quiz of the Year, QI, Have I Got News for You, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Conan, The Great British Bake Off and Horndog, her own special for HBO Max.

The Brain Charity – Midsummer Po...

Shortlisted Liverpool Poetry Prize entrants will read their poems at this event and the winning entry in each category will be announced on the night – with the overall winner receiving a prize of £1,000.

Ticket price includes nibbles and a welcome drink. There will be a bar available on the night too.

The Brain Charity are not issuing paper tickets for this event, but will be operating a guest list system on the door.

All profits support The Brain Charity’s front-line work.

Julia Masli – Choosh!

One of the best-reviewed and most in-demand debut shows of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, from the award-winning Julia Masli.

An absurd homage to migration, in which a hungry Eastern European clown voyages to America for a hot dog. Choosh, by the way, means ‘bullshit’ – of all kinds. Julia Masli is an Estonian-born, London-based clown. She trained at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier, and now is a visiting teacher there.