Category Archives: Comedy

Daliso Chaponda: Topical Storm

By Richard |

Daliso Chaponda has been writing jokes about the news for over a decade – on Have I Got News For You, Radio 4′ News Quiz, Australia’s Good News Week and many more besides. (In fact he’s seen the news from both sides, having been in the tabloids himself.) But recently the news has been so […]

Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby

By Richard |

One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby…  Scott Bennett from Live at the Apollo, The Royal Variety Performance and The News Quiz tells the amazing true story of how his daughter fell ill with a rare genetic condition, congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI). Never heard of it?  Neither had Scott and Jemma. ‘What’s so […]

Ian Smith

By Richard |

Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty  Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ian Smith (co-host of the Northern News podcast) heads back out on tour with a new show about stress, love and buying a magic spell off Amazon. As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You and The Stand Up Sketch […]

Barnstormers Comedy – March 2026

By Richard |

Join us for a wonderful night of comedy with our regular Barnstormers compere and three comedians from the national circuit. March’s bill includes Gavin Webster, Tony Burgess and one more to be confirmed.

Barnstormers Comedy – February 2026

By Richard |

Join us for a wonderful night of comedy with our regular Barnstormers compere and three comedians from the national circuit. Tonight’s comedians are Gerry K. Percy Savage and Alex Hylton. 

Barnstormers Comedy – Jan 2026

By Richard |

Join us for a wonderful night of comedy with our regular Barnstormers compere and three comedians from the national circuit. Our comedians tonight are Ben Briggs, Seeta Wrightson and Kevin Daniel.

Lucy Porter

By Richard |

Let Yourself Go! Festival favourite Lucy returns with a brand new show about the power of letting yourself go – in every sense. Whether that means embracing your wrinkles and love handles whilst living in a slanket, or having a couple of babychams and dancing like nobody’s watching (and if you’re a middle aged woman, […]

Hal Cruttenden

By Richard |

Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can’t Take It Hal is back with a brand-new tour for 2025/2026 with a show that promises to stick it to ‘The Man’, as long as ‘The Man’ doesn’t stick it back to him. With his trademark hard-hitting ‘take no prisoners’ comedy (this is what Hal told me […]

Fun! with Barbara Nice

By Richard |

5-star award-winning entertainment from the tip-top Queen of Comedy.In Barbra Streisand’s recent autobiography, she says:“I haven’t had much fun in my life, to tell you the truth. And I want to have more fun.”Join ordinary housewife extraordinaire Barbara Nice for a laugh-out-loud joyful get-together as we reconnect with what makes life worth living.Barbara says “In […]

Barnstormers Comedy Club – Nov 2025

By Richard |

Our regular comedy club returns with our Barnstormers host and three comedians from the national circuit. Tonight’s bill features Silky, Don Biswas and Jon Pearson.

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