Jarred Christmas/Tom Allen - T307171778Jarred Christmas - Dogdish: New Zealander Jarred Christmas has a unique style that deftly mixes gags with storytelling. Full of passion and charisma, he takes the audience on an hilarious thrill ride of laughs and gasps. He has a dynamic onstage persona making his comedy sizzle with originality. Tom Allen - Raconteur and comedian Tom Allen is a wonderfully laconic anecdotalist, and bears an uncanny stage presence to what might be described as the love child of Kenneth Williams and Stephen Fry. He has a genius for digression and an ear for hilariously mundane comments and platitudes. A rare talent, indeed. | |
26 Jul 14 | The Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol :: V1384579886 listing details L807438949 |
John Robins/Carey Marx - T0762850529John Robins - John Robins is a young, effortlessly funny former Bristol comedian who is a contemporary of Russell Howard and Jon Richardson. His distinctive, self-absorbed comedy marks him out as someone who is uniquely different and deserves your attention if you've not seen him before. Carey Marx - Brand new show from this unapologetic gagsmith. Carey Marx is definitely one for the connoisseur of comedy writing. The jokes are short and sharp, often uncomfortably so, as any morality is sacrificed on the altar of quick laughs. | |
25 Jul 14 | The Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol :: V1384579886 listing details L548700246 |
Erich McElroy/Caimh McDonnell - T1600010216Erich McElroy - The Brit Referendum: American Erich McElroy became British in 2007. Then the SNP won in Scotland. Now they want freedom. Coincidence? Yes. But it worries him. And while he's originally from America his ancestry is Scottish. Being British felt like coming home. Now they're tearing the top floor off his old family house. Who better than an American turned Brit with Scottish ancestry to sort it all out? Caimh McDonnell - Southbound and Down: In his decade on the British stand-up circuit, Caimh McDonnell has firmly established himself as the white-haired Irishman whose name nobody can pronounce. This is the new stand-up show from the BAFTA nominee and writer for The Sarah Millican TV Programme and Mock The Week. | |
24 Jul 14 | The Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol :: V1384579886 listing details L2077972195 |
Lloyd Langford/Jariath Regan - T01550146835Lloyd Langford - Old Fashioned: stand up show about feeling bamboozled by the modern world. Join Lloyd Langford for a brand new hour of gags, anecdotes, riffs and occasional exasperated pleas to the sky. Will contain jokes about CGI, plugs and gang bangs. As heard on BBC Radio 4's The Unbelievable Truth and BBC Radio Wales' The Rhod Gilbert show. Jariath Regan - Award-winning comedian, writer and star of the hit Irish panel show, The Panel, Jarlath Regan has taken six solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe. Between enjoying sell-out runs and earning rave reviews, it's easy to see why he has become a darling of the festival circuit for his uplifting, inventive and relentlessly funny stand-up. | |
23 Jul 14 | The Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol :: V1384579886 listing details L829885980 |
Nathan Caton/Zoe Lyons - T1238456766Nathan Caton - Teenage Mutant Nathan Caton: As seen and heard on BBC's Mock The Week, Russell Howard's Good News & Radio 4's Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing, Nathan Caton, delivers a brand new hour of hilarity. Filled with heart-warming tales of his larger-than-life West Indian family, and his sharp, on-the-point social anecdotes, this is a show not to be missed! Zoe Lyons - Mustard Cutter: Zoe Lyons is a familiar face on TV including Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, DAVE's One Night Stand and Sky's Don't Sit In The Front Row. A regular headliner at comedy venues all over the world and an annual visitor to the Edinburgh festival, Mustard Cutter is her brand new show. | |
22 Jul 14 | The Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol :: V1384579886 listing details L203918289 |
Sara Pascoe/Lucy Porter - T01461026389Sara Pascoe Vs History - The past contains wars, witches, Kim Jong-il and your ex. Your brain can recall being a child, while your body remembers being a monkey. Everything that has happened shapes who we are today?does free will even exist? Who cares! As seen on QI, Buzzcocks and Live At The Apollo, Sara Pascoe is here to amuse us with her joking. Lucy Porter - Since 2001, Lucy Porter has been a huge hit with comedy audiences up and down the country with her distinctive, bouncy, feel-good comedy. There's always a philosophical element to her shows, covering the topics that matter in her life. The Edinburgh Fringe favourite ? familiar from countless TV and radio appearances ? previews her latest show during BrouHaHa. | |
21 Jul 14 | The Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol :: V1384579886 listing details L0236606318 |