Thur 2 & Fri 3 April - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
JAMIE HUTCHINSON
CAN MY MATE COME? HE'S SOUND
Following his record-breaking Waterslide tour, Jamie Hutchinson is back with Can My Mate Come? He’s Sound. — a brand-new hour of unfiltered mayhem, questionable logic and emotional chaos held together by takeaway boxes and blind optimism.
Friday 10 April - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
SHANE TODD
HOLD ME BACK
Armed with his signature wit, razor-sharp storytelling, and a complete inability to take himself seriously, Shane Todd is coming to Bristol's Hen & Chicken with his brand new stand up show.
Saturday 11 April - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
Stand Up For The Weekend with JACOB HAWLEY
and GUESTS
The versatile Jacob Hawley is an actor, writer and a comedian who has appeared in numerous TV shows including BBC sitcom Ladhood, ITV's The Stand Up Sketch Show and Sky's The Russell Howard Hour. He is intelligent, self-aware and explores themes of class and identity in the modern world expertly.
Saturday 18 April - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
Stand Up For The Weekend with IGNACIO LOPEZ
and GUESTS
Ignacio Lopez has been wowing audiences internationally with his individual style and high gag-rate since 2010. A crazy mixture of Welsh & Spanish Ignacio has become one of the most unique voices on the UK circuit.
Friday 24 April - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
MC HAMMERSMITH
HIPPITY HOPPITY GET OFF MY PROPERTY
MC Hammersmith is the world's leading freestyle rapper to emerge from the ghetto of middle-class West London. He presents an evening of improvised comedy raps based on your suggestions. Featuring brand-new routines for 2026!
Saturday 25 April - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
Stand Up For The Weekend with STUART GOLDSMITH
and GUESTS
Stuart Goldsmith is an internationally award-winning comedian, writer, podcaster and host. With a reputation for smart, accessible stand-up, Stuart’s enthusiasm and natural charm conceal a quick wit and fearlessness honed by his early career as a street performer.
Friday 1 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
SIGNING FUNNY
AN EVENING OF COMEDY PERFORMED IN SIGN LANGUAGE
Join us for an evening of signing funny - an evening of irreverent and sharp comedy - all performed in sign language - interpreted into English for the signing impaired.
Thursday 7 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
SIMON EVANS
STARING AT THE SUN
BBC Radio 4 stalwart and veteran of a quarter century of highly acclaimed stand-up comedy Simon Evans is squinting at an uncertain future, and revisiting the blue remembered hills of his youth.
Friday 8 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
NATALIE CUOMO
LIVE
Natalie Cuomo is an internationally touring stand up comedian. Her debut album Shut Up You Loved It released by The Stand Comedy Club Records debuted at #1 on the iTunes comedy charts.
Tues 12 & Wed 13 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
ASHLEY GAVIN
BIG MOMMA
Ashley Gavin has been featured on Comedy Central, Netflix, Just For Laughs, and more. Her critically acclaimed YouTube special has amassed over 1 million views. She’s best known for her viral social media clips, where her bold, raw audience interactions, authenticity, and relentless energy set her apart.
Friday 15 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
SOPHIE GARRAD
POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL
Poor Little Rich Girl is a tongue and cheek love letter to Sophie’s chaotic childhood. Think nannies, ski slopes, outrageous diary entries, even more outrageous pets, oh – and the day she was driven to private school in a police car. This high-energy, razor-sharp stand-up hour sees Sophie satirize her own experiences of class, identity, privilege and the prison system.
Sunday 17 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
7.30pm (doors 6.45pm)
MEL MOON & TAL DAVIES
BYOB (BRING YOUR OWN BESTIE) - WORK-IN-PROGRESS
Bring your bestie and prepare to sing, dance, drink, and most importantly LAUGH with two of the UK’s most relatable, frazzled middle aged (yes Tal 35 is middle aged) women. If nothing else, you’ll feel better about your own life.
Thursday 21 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
STUART McPHERSON
CRISPS AND A LIE DOWN
Join Scottish comedy powerhouse Stuart McPherson for his critically-acclaimed new show about settling down, growing up and how he’s being controlled by his step-dog.
Sunday 24 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
7.30pm (doors 6.45pm)
JOE LIST
LIVE ON TOUR
Joe List is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor whose movie FOURTH OF JULY (which he co-wrote and starred in) played in theatres all over North America. Joe has released his last 3 specials on YouTube, where they’ve totalled nearly 14 million views.
Tuesday 26 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
ED BYRNE AND FRIENDS
This very special night of stand up is headlined by a certified comedy superstar! With a TV career now in its third decade, ED BYRNE – seen on the likes of QI, Mock The Week, The Pilgrimage, Dara and Ed’s Road to Mandalay – brings an extended headline set to Bristol's Hen & Chicken.
Friday 29 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
PAUL McCAFFREY
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE
A new show from one of the funniest comics working in the UK today. Modern life is annoying but was it really much better before? Paul McCaffrey asks in this warm, charming hour of comedy.
Tuesday 2 June - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
MC HAMMERSMITH
HIPPITY HOPPITY GET OFF MY PROPERTY
EXTRA DATE ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND - MC Hammersmith is the world's leading freestyle rapper to emerge from the ghetto of middle-class West London. He presents an evening of improvised comedy raps based on your suggestions. Featuring brand-new routines for 2026!
Friday 12 June - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
ROB ROUSE
FUNNY BONES UK TOUR
Funny Bones is Rob Rouse’s brand-new stand-up show: a relentlessly funny and daft evening of comedy, from a one-man whirlwind who pulls the audience into his craftily spun tall tales with bucketfuls of manic energy, first-class stagecraft, eerily convincing characters, and a barrage of brilliant one-liners.
Sunday 14 June - Hen & Chicken Studio
7.30pm (doors 6.45pm)
GOLF IS RUINING MY LIFE - An Evening For Swingers
with TOM GREEN and TOM PRICE
Toms Green and Price, the stars of GB’s 2nd biggest golf podcast, bring you an un-fore-gettable evening of links based lols. Prepare to experience the game as you never have before.
Saturday 27 June - Redgrave Theatre
4pm & 8pm
MARK SIMMONS
JEST TO IMPRESS
Mark Simmons is back on tour in 2026 with Jest To Impress, a brand new show packed with even more expertly crafted one-liners, alongside his trademark off-the-cuff jokes based on random audience suggestions.
Friday 26 & Saturday 27 June - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (Fri) & 7.30pm (Sat)
RUFUS RICE
RICE AGE
A rambunctious evening of comedy and music from TikTok's favourite lovable rogue.
Thursday 2 July - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
LOUIS HANSON: LIVE
GOOD BOY!
Last year, Louis hanson made a certain discovery that prompted him to take a walk down memory lane, metaphorically hold a mirror up to his face, and ask himself “how did I end up here?” (Sounds daunting, right?) (Cue the pensive, orchestral music…).
Wednesday 9 September - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
JAMIE HUTCHINSON
CAN MY MATE COME? HE'S SOUND
EXTRA DATE DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND - Following his record-breaking Waterslide tour, Jamie Hutchinson is back with Can My Mate Come? He’s Sound. — a brand-new hour of unfiltered mayhem, questionable logic and emotional chaos held together by takeaway boxes and blind optimism.
Sunday 27 September - Hen & Chicken Studio
7.30pm (doors 6.45pm)
IGNACIO LOPEZ
NADA
Star of Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, QI, Richard Osman's House of Games & Comedy Central Live; Ignacio Lopez returns with perhaps his most ambitious and pretentious project yet.
Sunday 4 October - Hen & Chicken Studio
7.30pm (doors 6.45pm)
JOE WELLS
DADDY AUTISM
Joe and his wife are having a baby. He's autistic so statistically it's quite likely the baby will be too. In this new show, critically acclaimed comedian Joe Wells explores fatherhood through the lense of neurodiversity. Plus, there’s a really good joke about a parrot.
Friday 9 October - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
JACOB HAWLEY
FIGHTING AGE MAN
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.
Wednesday 14 October - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
ROBERT WHITE
'THAT' GAY AUTISTIC KEYBOARD TANKTOP COMEDY GUY!
As seen on Britain's Got Talent, Robert White is ‘THAT’ Gay Autistic Keyboard Tanktop Comedy Guy. You’ll want to see his mix of songs, stories, stand up, gags, props, improvisation, interaction and all sorts of other engaging naughty nonsense besides!
Thursday 15 October - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
JACK CARROLL
THE FALL GUY
Join Jack Carroll,BAFTA-Winning Comedian and Star of Britain’s Got Talent, Live at the Apollo and Coronation Street as he expertly examines subjects that can make us feel awkward, within the safe confines of his northern charm.
Friday 16 October - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
TOM WARD
POST-MILLENNIUM TENSION
Before Tom Ward bails out on the modern world entirely to commit to nostalgia full-time, the burner phone using, Discman carrying, 1988-1995 obsessed freak is giving the present tense one last try.
Friday 23 October 2026 - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
RACHEL FAIRBURN
VEXY BEASTS
Hot on the heels of her critically acclaimed 2025 show Side Eye, Rachel Fairburn is back with new personalities and some old favourites for you to love and hate. Expect nepo babies, middle class rock stars, terrifying mothers, biting social commentary and lots of big laughs.
Friday 13 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
FINLAY CHRISTIE
NEW SUPER SPECIAL SECRET TOUR
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 fuckboy era and his new search for meaningful, authentic connection.
Sunday 15 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
7.30pm (doors 6.45pm)
THE DARK ROOM
with JOHN ROBERTSON
Welcome to THE DARK ROOM – the legendary interactive comedy show that fuses improv, crowdwork and gaming to create an insane live-action videogame! Now its 13th year, this high-octane interactive show is the brainchild of comedian & cult leader John Robertson.
Thursday 19 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
TEZ ILYAS
TEZ THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU
Fresh from travelling the world (and smashing it as a top husband and bunny-stepdad), Tez Ilyas, 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.
Thursday 26 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
PETER ANTONIOU
'PSYCHIC' COMEDIAN
Combining razor-sharp British wit with a stunning ability to know exactly what you are thinking, Peter Antoniou’s shows are interactive and unforgettable. Join him as he reads minds and tickles funny bones, telling jokes and fortunes live onstage.
Friday 27 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
CARL HUTCHINSON
FINE WHINE
Carl Hutchinson has a unique blend of storytelling and physical comedy, with a dash of down-to-earth banter. He's known for his sharp characterisations, impeccable timing, and energetic delivery, which has earned him a reputation as a "powerhouse comedian" on the UK circuit.
Thursday 3 December - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
PETER ANTONIOU
'PSYCHIC' COMEDIAN
Combining razor-sharp British wit with a stunning ability to know exactly what you are thinking, Peter Antoniou’s shows are interactive and unforgettable. Join him as he reads minds and tickles funny bones, telling jokes and fortunes live onstage.
Friday 4 December - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
IAN STONE
IAN STONE IS LOOKING FOR THE WOW
EXTRA SHOW DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND - Ian Stone is a "A masterful exponent of self-mocking Jewish humour" according to The Times, he’s been ranked “one of the top ten comedians in the UK” by the The Independent and The Guardian said that he’s "Seriously funny”.
Thursday 25 February - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
ANDREW BIRD
ON EDGE
Back with a brand new show, esteemed stand up Andrew Bird is always worried or stressed about something. From global events to finding free parking. From a wife hitting the perimenopause combined with two teenage kids, to hanging a wine-rack. How can he not be “on edge”?
JOHN ROBINS:
HOT SHAME
UK Tour 2019
“One of the most naturally gifted comedians I’ve seen” Daily Telegraph
Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2017, Digital DJ, Vibe-Magnet, Internet-Based Quiz Show Host, Radio 5 Live presenter, yells into a well.
Join John Robins for his new stand-up show following the critically lauded, sell-out smash, ‘The Darkness Of Robins’.
As well as receiving widespread acclaim for his radio show with Elis James, John Robins has gained a reputation as a stand-up for finding humour in our bleakest moments.
Expect soul-bearing, self-lacerating, piping-hot shame!
As seen on Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, Live At The BBC, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
“He fills the room with complicated joy” - The Guardian
“An hour in his charming, generous and honest company is so effortlessly entertaining” – Chortle
“Comedy’s best kept secret, I urge you to see this show” – Skinny
"A broken heart in a jesters cap” – The Guardian
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