GLENN WOOL
"Side-splittingly, jaw hurtingly funny" Time Out, Sydney

JIMMY McGHIE
"Extraordinarily good" The Scotsman

PAUL SINHA
"Life will bring him crashing down to earth soon enough. And that really ought to sustain his densely funny comedy." The Scotsman

PETE JOHANSSON
"Provocative, surreal and moving." The List

BRENDON BURNS & CRAIG QUARTERMAINE
"Race Off is a once in a lifetime show that, if you miss, you may never forgive yourself" The Australia Times

TOM WARD
"Fine writing, evoking silly images and ideas" Chortle

STEPHEN BAILEY
"He has charisma, he has his own style, (and) is achingly funny" One4Review

ELLIE TAYLOR
"Smart, self-mocking and telegenic" The Scotsman

THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

It’s Susan Calman’s tenth year in comedy and she’s back in Bristol with her current tour.  You may have seen or heard her on shows like QI, HIGNFY, News Quiz, Listomania or Mock the Week, now you have the opportunity to see her in person, life size if you will.

TOUR EXTENSION

Brand new show from star of Mock The Week, Live At The Apollo and QI, Andy Parsons tackles the real issues in the world with always a view on the best way to turn them into laughter. “Brilliantly funny and insightful” Metro

The Nerds are back with a brand new UK tour. Together they’ll be buffing up a veritable Periodic Table of new songs, science and spreadsheets that will tickle your ribs and light your Bunsen burner. Full Frontal Nerdity guaranteed!

Appearing frequently on BBC2's Mock The Week, Gary Delaney is the king of one-liners. He loves each and every gag and you can't help but be carried away by his infectious charm. “An endless flow of top quality jokes” The Guardian.

Join stand-up comedian, poet, improviser, and TV stalwart Phill Jupitus for over an hour of tales, laughs and diversions. Watch in delight and/or horror as this experienced funny man drags laughs out of the chaos of his own life and the uncertain world that surrounds it.

Robin Ince's first new stand up show in three years is a clash of the two cultures, a joyous romp through his favourite artists and strangest scientific ideas. “An evening so bursting with energy and ideas...it’s a bundle of fascinating, surprising digressions” The Times.

Craig Campbell, the majestic mountain moose in a tiger striped onesie brings his thrilling new show Easy Tiger out of the Fringe jungle and onto the world stage for his 3rd solo tour. “Loud, beautifully crafted tales of outsider adventure” The Independent

Comedy phenomenon Luisa Omielan is bringing her smash hit show 'Am I Right Ladies!?' to Bristol. Her first show 'What Would Beyonce Do?!' was hailed as "one of the biggest stand up hits of the last decade" (The Guardian) and was launched on BBC3 as a stand up special and this is the follow up!

After a hiatus from the touring scene, get ready for another epic blast of Tom Stade!  Direct from the Edinburgh Festival, the Canadian tour-de-force is back with a brand-new show for 2017.

Star of US television's Conan, NOW is the stunning new show from Daniel Sloss, Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning
stand-up. "Irreverent wit… devastating!" Advertiser, Australia. Plus special guest Kai Humphries. 

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.

James Acaster is releasing his first ever book this year, James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes, which is going to be a collection of self-deprecating anecdotes about scrapes James has gotten himself into over the years, famed from the slot of the same name on Josh Widdicombe's XFM radio show.

The Irish hip-hop comedy freestyle duo, Abandoman, take their hit show on tour. Come see the fictional autobiography that entertained over 10,000 people in a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. "Nothing short of genius" Chortle

America’s Got Talent winner 2015 Ventriloquist Paul Zerdin returns home to the UK fresh from headlining the world-famous Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas with a sparkling new show featuring his all-star cast of (in)famous puppets. 

The Comedy Box promotes top UK stand up at the wonderful Bristol Improv Theatre in Clifton - The first night of what we hope will become a residency of regular shows. This first show is a double header of titanic talents of the comedy world: Hal Cruttenden and Ian Stone. Both will be performing extended sets.

Keats, Daleks, soot, belief, osmosis and "compassionate autobiographical poems and correspondence between family members" (Poetry London). Verses spoken and sung. Hearts broken and repaired.

Few predicted the events of 2016. And even fewer seem to know where we are going. Mark Thomas sets out to discover what the future has in store for us by collecting and examining his own predictions and those of his audiences before gambling on their outcome.

Few predicted the events of 2016. And even fewer seem to know where we are going. Mark Thomas sets out to discover what the future has in store for us by collecting and examining his own predictions and those of his audiences before gambling on their outcome.

Following a sell-out Edinburgh Festival season and 2016 tour, Ellie Taylor, the star of BBC's Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and The John Bishop Show, Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats, and BBC Radio 4's The Now Show presents an unmissable new stand-up show discussing whether or not she should breed.

Austentatious is an improvised comedy play starring a cast of the country’s quickest comic performers. Every single show the cast conjure up a brand new ‘lost’ Jane Austen novel based on nothing more than a title suggested by the audience.

Jason Manford, is back with a work in progress show ahead of his national tour in 2018, which promises to feature a wealth of comedy anecdotes, misunderstandings and audience banter delivered with Jason’s likeable charm and teasingly intelligent wit.

Brexit. Trump. No more Mary Berry on the Great British Bake Off. Things are looking bleak, so wouldn’t it be better to just forget all about it? Comic maestro Stephen K Amos might not be able to provide bread to the hungry masses, but no one else is going to put on a better circus.

The Thinking Drinkers are award-winning professional drink experts who definitively prove that alcohol has influenced everything that has ever happened. Ever. Their brand new show is an intoxicating, hilarious time-travelling journey through our drink-drenched past, pouring the entire history of human civilisation into a shot glass.

The second of our stand-up specials at the Bristol Improv Theatre features two hugely charismatic comedians who are also legends of the comedy podcast world. Stuart Goldsmith and Jarlath Regan will be performing extended versions of their stand-up sets.

Following the success of last year's Straight Outta Middlesex tour, the prolific Nathan Caton is back! He's keeping it real and keeping it funny, dissecting all things from the personal to the political in this hilarious show.

Amateur Transplants frontman Adam Kay presents an evening of seasonal smut. A sell-out every year since 2008, this night of festive filth is the antidote to the pantomime horrors in every other theatre at this time of year.

Double Chortle 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.

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.