What’s on

Sat 11 Jul • 8pm • Admission £15 • Comedy

Mark Thomas celebrates 40 years at the mic!

In that time he has changed laws on tax, jailed arms dealers, kick started a comedy circuit in Palestine, given evidence before three Parliamentary select committees and has taken the police to court three times and won.

The world’s moving far too fast to predict what the content will be but it is the normal stuff of government and personal mayhem, expect jokes, rants, politics, swearing, staring into apocalypse and possible nudity as he emerges from large cake singing Happy Birthday Mr President.*

*Cake correct at time of publication.

Join Mark as he tries to turn “what the f*ck is going on” into a cogent hour of stand up.

Fri 2 Oct • 7.30pm • Full £15 Concs £12 • Comedy

From classic TV game shows to zen-like word puzzles, from retro video games to modern first person shooters, WiFi Wars has something for everyone in its truly original whistlestop tour of all the ways you can have fun, in public.

The entire audience competes, both as teams and as individuals, on games, quizzes and more that are magically beamed into their smartphones and tablets using WiFi Wars’ Guinness World Record-Breaking tech, developed in residency at London’s prestigious Royal Institution.

Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on the hit TV show Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit) and Rob Sedgebeer (a Chortle “Legend of Lockdown” award winner), WiFi Warsis the Award-Winning must-see show that’s like nothing you’ve seen before. As teams and players thrive and fail, each show’s unique narrative emerges hilariously in real time, with freshly-minted heroes becoming local legends in every place they visit.DISCLAIMER: ENSURE YOU BRING A SMART DEVICE (phone/tablet) FOR EACH PLAYER – essentially you just need something with a touch-screen and a web-browser installed.

Also, make sure it’s got some battery charge in it as you’ll use it to play along with the entire show, but don’t worry – it doesn’t hugely drain your battery.

Sat 3 Oct • 7.30pm • Admission £19 • Comedy

The Screen Rot Podcast’s Jacob Hawley presents a bold new hour of blistering stand-up, questionable opinions, and stories that most people would need waterboarding to admit to.

As seen on the Have A Word podcast, most of the other podcasts, Talksport, Sky, ITV, The BBC, and OnlyFans.

Wed 14 Oct • 8pm • Admission £15 • Comedy

I grew up playing classical piano, but failed my conservatory audition at 18.

After some time focusing on MDMA, I started stand-up in 2011. During the pandemic I came back to the piano and now I’ve combined them.

It’s my favourite piece, Chopin’s Nocturne in Eb Major, presented with jokes by a bald, Australian d*ckhead with a beard.

Best Show Nominee Leicester Comedy Festival 2026

★★★★★ ‘Punchlines that will leave you laughing for days on end… This is what a well-crafted comedy set looks like!’ Advertiser, Adelaide

★★★★★ ‘A masterclass…this should not work, but it does’  The List

★★★★★ ‘The show is a delight’ Three Weeks

★★★★ 1/2 ‘The most satisfying end to a Fringe show as you’re likely to find this year’  The Quinntessential Review

★★★★ ‘Deeply moving’  The Scotsman

★★★★ ‘Both light-hearted and oddly profound’  North-West End

‘Sidesplittingly funny’  The Guardian

Winner of Best Comedy Adelaide Fringe Weekly 2025, as well as the Pegasus Comedy Award Winner 2025 and featured in The Guardian’s Best Shows at the Melbourne Comedy Festival 2025.

Fri 30 Oct • 8pm • Admission £18 • Comedy

Harriet’s life has been in constant chaos for as long as she can remember. So what happens when things start to go right for the multi-award winning stand-up comedian?

Following her eye opening appearance on Last One Laughing UK, Harriet is back on tour with a new show about dating, mushrooms and how she’s trying her absolute best to be a bit of a floozy.

As seen and heard on Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You?, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and co-host of the wildly successful Single Ladies In Your Area podcast.

★★★★ ‘Extraordinarily talented’  Scotsman
★★★★ ‘Packs in high calibre jokes’ Guardian
★★★★ ‘A masterful hour’  Skinny
★★★★ ‘Effervescent’  EdFest Mag

Wed 4 Nov • 7.30pm • Admission £20 • Comedy

ABK is the crumbliest comedian in the game: a multi-award-winning stand-up comic and (occasionally) an internet sensation.

Come vagabonds, come mountebanks, come coney-catchers and cutpurses and meet the King of Crumbs!

As seen on Mock the Week and 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

★★★★★ ‘An absolute treasure trove’  Chortle

‘Either a genius or a very silly man’  Rolling Stone

Thu 5 Nov • 8pm • Admission £17.50 • Comedy

Should you know about your dad’s seduction techniques?

In 2025 Milo Edwards found a box of old letters in the back of his late Mother’s wardrobe.

Catamaran is a show about his parents and the letters they wrote and the 1980s, in which Milo asks what remains of a human life, what’s torn out, what happens if that life was surprisingly horny… and whatever happened to Jim Lock’s catamaran?

‘Edwards has quietly become one of the UK’s smartest, most vital stand-ups’  Chortle

‘A formidable stand up force’  British Comedy Guide

★★★★★ ‘Near perfect’  The Wee Review

★★★★★ ‘Milo Edwards’ comedy is a little like marmalade’  Broadway Baby

★★★★ ‘He must surely go onwards and upwards’  The Daily Telegraph

★★★★ ‘Dexterous delivery… with inch-perfect accuracy’  The List

Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show Nominee 2023 & 2024

Sat 7 Nov • 8pm • Full £17 Concs £15 • Comedy

Pioneering alt-comedy hero and star of Cats Does Countdown Paul Foot is back on tour with a brand-new stand-up show.

Remember when people were excited for the future? With visions of jetpacks, friendly robots wheeling around, and solar-powered bidets. Well, we don’t have visions like that anymore, do we?

As seen on Would I Lie To You?, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

★★★★★ ‘Funnier and more daring than I’ve ever seen him… [has] the audience laughing so hard they’re about to leave their bodies’  Chortle

Presented by Plosive Live

Fri 20 Nov • 8pm • Admission £25 • Comedy

The grumpiest uncle in showbiz is back!

Fresh from travelling the world (and smashing it as a top husband and bunny-stepdad), the UK’s leading de-influencer returns with a brand-new stand-up show. Expect fresh jokes, furious rants, and ridiculous stories — all delivered with Tez’s trademark smart, silly, and
subversive humour.

As seen on Man Like Mobeen (BBC Three), Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Fighting Talk (BBC Radio 5 Live) and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3⁄4.

Wed 2 Dec • 8pm • Full £18 Concs £15 • Comedy

Finlay Christie (Live at the Apollo, 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Have I Got News For You) humblebrags for an hour about his f*ckboy era and his new search for meaningful, authentic connection.

His past YouTube specials OK Zoomer and Aura Farmer have nearly a million views total online, which is really good.

‘The voice of a generation’ Chortle