Saturday 21 April Stand Up For The Weekend with PIERRE NOVELLIE & CO (otd) Hen & Chicken Studio
Following on from a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, award-winning comedian Pierre Novellie brings his unique brand of comedy to the Hen & Chicken. “The dawn of a major talent” The Guardian. Plus guests.
Thursday 26 April SIMON MUNNERY: RENEGADE PLUMBER (UK Tour) Hen & Chicken Studio
A new hour of stand-up and miscellany from British Comedy Award nominee, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and Chortle Award winner, Simon Munnery. Featuring tales of plumbing woes, his attempts at under tent heating, jokes, songs, poems and the ridicule of capitalism.
Friday 27 April RADIO ACTIVE - REACTIVATED (UK Tour) Redgrave Theatre
Angus Deayton, Helen Atkinson Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens and Philip Pope reunite to take classic scripts from the award winning BBC Radio 4 show following a sell-out and critically acclaimed run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and performances at the Glastonbury, Underbelly and Southbank Festivals.
Friday 27 April TEZ ILYAS: TEZTIFY (UK Tour) Hen & Chicken Studio
Armed with his trademark cheek and uncompromising approach, Tez Ilyas presents his slick, smart and typically subversive new stand-up show. As seen on BBC2’s Mock The Week, Live at the BBC, Channel 4’s The Last Leg – and heard on BBC Radio Four with two series of Tez Talks.
Saturday 28 April BRIDGET CHRISTIE: WHAT NOW? (UK Tour) Bristol Old Vic Theatre
This new show from multi-award winning member of the Metropolitan Liberal Elite, and star of her own Netflix special, is for you. Join Bridget Christie (Room 101, Have I Got News for You, Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule) for a night of hope and despair.
Saturday 28 April Stand Up For The Weekend with CAREY MARX & CO Hen & Chicken Studio
Carey Marxis an unapologetic gagsmith. The jokes are short and sharp, often uncomfortably so, as any morality is sacrificed on the altar of quick laughs. And there’s no better way of guaranteeing a reaction than storming headlong into decidedly dodgy territory. Plus guests.
Sunday 29 April DR PHIL HAMMOND: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NHS? (UK Tour) Tobacco Factory Theatre
Nye Bevan's beautiful baby is 70 this year, but will she make a ton? A decade of austerity with a Brexit cherry on top has brought her to her knees. Do we just keep doing what we're doing, or is it time for a radical rethink? Dr Phil Hammond looks back to the start of the NHS and forward to the future.
Wednesday 2 May JOHN ROBINS: THE DARKNESS OF ROBINS (UK Tour) Hen & Chicken Upstairs
EXTRA DATES
Edinburgh Comedy Award winning comedian John Robins – one of the most exciting and distinctive voices in comedy – returns reflecting on love, loss and lamenting the fact he can’t break up with himself.
Thursday 3 May JOHN ROBINS: THE DARKNESS OF ROBINS (UK Tour) Hen & Chicken Upstairs
EXTRA DATES
Edinburgh Comedy Award winning comedian John Robins – one of the most exciting and distinctive voices in comedy – returns reflecting on love, loss and lamenting the fact he can’t break up with himself.
Sunday 6 May TOM ALLEN: ABSOLUTELY (Tour Extension) Tobacco Factory Theatre
As seen on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Live at the Apollo and The Great British Bake Off’s Extra Slice, Tom Allen, the sharply dressed, well-spoken, disparagingly camp son of working class Bromley, embarks on his debut solo tour this autumn.
Friday 11 May STUART GOLDSMITH: LIKE I MEAN IT (UK Tour) Hen & Chicken Studio
Comedian’s Comedian Podcast host and "expert stand-up" (Times) Stuart Goldsmith now commits to the bit with his second international tour, seven million downloads, critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe run. Come see how "a master of the form" (The Independent) "makes it look easy" (Chortle.co.uk).
Saturday 12 May Stand Up For The Weekend with BRENDON BURNS & CO Hen & Chicken Studio
Award-winning, opinionated Aussie comic Brendon Burns is definitely not afraid to speak his mind - what ever the subject. As close to rock 'n' roll as stand-up gets. "Jaw dropping" Time Out. Plus guests.
Friday 18 May HAL CRUTTENDEN: WORK-IN-PROGRESS Hen & Chicken Studio
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED
Host of Live At The Apollo and star of Radio 4, the great Hal Cruttenden is back ranting about the real evils of the modern world is this work-in-progress show. The more he complains the funnier he gets. Plus support.
Saturday 19 May Stand Up For The Weekend with STEPHEN GRANT & CO Hen & Chicken Studio
Stephen Grant possesses an energy and intellect which, when combined, make for dynamite comedy. His speed and dynamism create a magical energy which has audiences rapt and hanging on his every word. “Consummate comedian” Time Out. Plus guests.
Sunday 20 May TOM ALLEN: ABSOLUTELY (Tour Extension) Bristol Old Vic Theatre
As seen on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Live at the Apollo and The Great British Bake Off’s Extra Slice, Tom Allen, the sharply dressed, well-spoken, disparagingly camp son of working class Bromley, embarks on his debut solo tour this autumn.
Thursday 24 May 2018 DALISO CHAPONDA: 'WHAT THE AFRICAN SAID...' (UK Tour) Tobacco Factory Theatre
Britain’s Got Talent finalist and golden buzzer act, comedian Daliso Chaponda has announced his debut stand up tour for 2018 entitled ‘What The African Said…’. The Malawian born stand up was a stand out star from this year’s show, finishing third in the popular talent show.
Friday 25 May DALISO CHAPONDA: 'WHAT THE AFRICAN SAID...' (UK Tour) Tobacco Factory Theatre
EXTRA DATE
Britain’s Got Talent finalist and golden buzzer act, comedian Daliso Chaponda has announced his debut stand up tour for 2018 entitled ‘What The African Said…’. The Malawian born stand up was a stand out star from this year’s show, finishing third in the popular talent show.
Friday 25 May DANE BAPTISTE: G. O. D (Gold. Oil. Drugs) Hen & Chicken Studio
RESCHEDULED DATE.
Fresh from hosting Live at the Apollo and another total sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Dane Baptiste brings his third smash hit show on national tour. Original, provocative and exceptionally crafted, G.O.D. (Gold. Oil.Drugs) explores our worldwide pursuit of wealth, power and pleasure.
Saturday 26 May RICHARD HERRING: OH, FRIG, I'M 50! (Tour Extension) Tobacco Factory Theatre
"Podfather” (the Guardian) and star of Radio 4’s Relativity, Richard Herring gets to the half century (against all odds) and looks at how his life has changed in the last decade.
Saturday 26 May Stand Up For The Weekend with ZOE LYONS & CO Hen & Chicken Studio
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and The John Bishop Show, terrifically charismatic Zoe Lyons takes a sideways view of life, picking out the many absurdities and turning them into hilarious routines. Plus guests.
Friday 8 June ANDY HAMILTON: CHANGE MANAGEMENT (UK Tour) Redgrave Theatre
Award winning comedian and comedy writer Andy Hamilton, co-creator of Outnumbered and Drop The Dead Donkey, and star of News Quiz, Have I Got News For Your and Q.I., is back with a brand new solo stage show.
Friday 21 September JAMALI MADDIX: VAPE LORD (UK Tour) Hen & Chicken Studio
Critically acclaimed comedian and host of Viceland’s Hate Thy Neighbour, Jamali Maddix is embarking on his first World Tour. He’ll be bringing brutally honest and unflinching material on the state of society along with personal tales from his travels around the world of hate and moral confrontation.
Sunday 7 October MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE: DEVIL MAY CARE Bristol Old Vic Theatre
As we divide each other up into more and more unpleasant categories of evil, it is time to establish, once and for all, what is good and what is bad. Who better to arbitrate in these challenging divisive times than Lucifer himself? A new stand up show from multi-award winning comedian Marcus Brigstocke.
Friday 12 October FELICITY WARD: BUSTING A NUT (UK Tour) Hen & Chicken Studio
Fresh off the back of her new BBC Radio 4 series (Appisodes) and a Netflix special (Live from the BBC), multi-award winning comedian and regular co-host of The Guilty Feminist Podcast Felicity Ward embarks on her second nationwide tour with a brand new show.
Friday 2 November PHIL NICHOL: YOUR WRONG (UK Tour) Hen & Chicken Studio
The wild and wonderful veteran performer Phil Nichol tours his latest acclaimed show, Your Wrong. “A show that makes you laugh and think while you are watching, and then wakes you up in the night to laugh and think again.” The Scotsman
Sunday 4 November MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE: DEVIL MAY CARE Bristol Old Vic Theatre
As we divide each other up into more and more unpleasant categories of evil, it is time to establish, once and for all, what is good and what is bad. Who better to arbitrate in these challenging divisive times than Lucifer himself? A new stand up show from multi-award winning comedian Marcus Brigstocke.
Monday 5 November DAVID O'DOHERTY: YOU HAVE TO LAUGH (UK Tour) Tobacco Factory Theatre
Unhook your mindbras. David O’Doherty is back on tour with a brand-new show made up of talking and songs played on a crappy keyboard from 1986. As seen on BBC2’s Live At The Apollo and Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
Tuesday 6 November DAVID O'DOHERTY: YOU HAVE TO LAUGH (UK Tour) Tobacco Factory Theatre
Unhook your mindbras. David O’Doherty is back on tour with a brand-new show made up of talking and songs played on a crappy keyboard from 1986. As seen on BBC2’s Live At The Apollo and Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
Wednesday 7 November DAVID O'DOHERTY: YOU HAVE TO LAUGH (UK Tour) Tobacco Factory Theatre
Unhook your mindbras. David O’Doherty is back on tour with a brand-new show made up of talking and songs played on a crappy keyboard from 1986. As seen on BBC2’s Live At The Apollo and Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
Friday 9 November DARREN HARRIOTT: VISCERAL (UK Tour) Hen & Chicken Studio
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee Darren Harriott, returns with a brand new show, following recent appearances on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central (Comedy Central), The Now Show (BBC Radio 4), and Fighting Talk (BBC Radio 5 Live).
Sunday 18 November DR PHIL HAMMOND: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NHS? REDGRAVE THEATRE
TOUR EXTENSION
Nye Bevan's beautiful baby is 70 this year, but will she make a ton? A decade of austerity with a Brexit cherry on top has brought her to her knees. Do we just keep doing what we're doing, or is it time for a radical rethink? Dr Phil Hammond looks back to the start of the NHS and forward to the future.
Thursday 22 & Friday 23 November SARA PASCOE: LadsLadsLads (UK TOUR) Redgrave Theatre
Following a sell-out run in London’s West End, the multi-award winning comedian, Sara Pascoe, and star of Live at The Apollo, Mock the Week, QI and Taskmaster, takes her new, hugely personal show on tour. “She is a comic in her prime” The Times
Friday 23 November GEOFF NORCOTT: TRADITIONALISM (UK Tour) Hen & Chicken Studio
The star of BBC2’s The Mash Report and Live At The Apollo takes to the road with his latest show direct from the Edinburgh Festival. The world is changing at a dizzying rate, and Geoff Norcott is trying to hold modern views, but worries that tradition is becoming a dirty word.
Friday 30 November DANIEL SLOSS: X (UK Tour) Hen & Chicken Studio
Don’t miss the stunning new show from Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy star, Daniel Sloss, who is fast becoming one of the world's biggest comedy names! "Simply world class… hilarious" Herald Sun, Australia
Friday 22 February 2019 PAUL FOOT: IMAGE CONSCIOUS (UK Tour) Hen & Chicken Studio
Award-winning "deranged genius" Paul Foot is back with his latest collection of sublime witterings. You may have seen him on Never Mind The Buzzcocks or Would I Lie To You, now you can see him live in all his surrealist glory.