Ropery Hall News

Featuring three comedians from the national circuit and our Barnstormers compere.

Tonight’s comedians are:

award winning Bolton-born comedian Chris Kehoe, ‘A damn fine satirist.’ – The Skinny; face of the Mash report Steve N Allen, ‘Allen hits the mark, with an effusive mix of biting satire and gleeful mud-slinging that recalls Russell Howard by way of Ian Hislop. More than worth a look’ – Three Weeks; and Welsh Wizard of Word-Play (As Seen On BGT) Noel James, ‘ Stands out like a droll giant in a comedy land of trite dwarfs’ – The Independent

Our regular comedy club returns with a selection of comedians from the national circuit and our Barnstormer’s compere.

Tonight, they are: the Big Man of Northern Comedy Steffen Peddie, ‘A fresh Geordie talent’ – Metro; warm friendly observationalist with set pieces Tony Vino, ‘A great show; the assured Tony Vino copes with a mixed audience really well’ – The Scotsman; and the uniquely insightful Steve Day, ‘Revelatory and very funny’ – The Guardian.

Our regular comedy club returns with a selection of comedians from the national circuit and our Barnstormer’s compere.

Tonight’s comedians are: Fran Garrity – ‘one of the North East’s finest comedic exports of recent years…’; Stephanie Laing – ‘a mix of silliness, filth and unusual observations’ and Dave Williams – “Charming storyteller with a delightful grasp of silliness.”

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre present

Post Office Scandal The Musical 

Their 13th brand new comedy show, all done in the best possible taste. Honest! An hour of songs, sketches, socks and violence, telling the true story of the Post Office Scandal, and much much more.

★★★★ “A distracting tonic for the times” – The Scotsman

★★★★★ “Had every single audience member… laughing until they cried” – Edinburgh Evening News

 ★★★★ “The finest, funniest fringe comedy you will see in Edinburgh” – Everything Theatre

Post Office Scandal is the Socks’ 13th new hour long comedy show, following such Edinburgh Fringe hits as Socks Do Shakespeare, Socks Do Superheroes, Eurovision Sock Contest, Boo Lingerie The Socky Horror Show, and Minging Detectives.

Completing the Trilogy begun with Genius 2.0 and The Work of the Devil, Have We Met? finds Simon standing, like Ulysses in Tennyson’s famous verse, gazing out over the moaning deep and the twinkling rocks and wondering whether to seek a newer world? To smite the sounding furrows? To strive, to seek, and to find? Or whether in fact, to put the kettle on, crack open the Hobnobs and simply yield?

Drawing on Joyce, Proust and the career of Philip Schofield to make sense of his own tangled past and possible future, Evans skilfully weaves comedy, pathos and narrowly averted cancellation into an unforgettable two hours of unique entertainment.

“A typically amazing show… Masterful really. There’s no one quite like him.” Dan Jackson, @Northumbriana.

“An incredibly heartfelt and, of course, bloody funny evening.” Duncan Wainscott, @folkyvale.

“Still ruminating on an incredible night of storytelling/ comedy with Simon Evans last night – real genius in the elegiac tales woven perfectly through the sharp humour.” Mike Rea, @IdeaPharma

“We saw you last night at Tiverton. A 100-mile round trip and worth every foot of it. What an amazing show. Humour and pathos. A rare and beautiful thing. We absolutely loved it…” Chas Newport, @chas_newport

‘ A Masterclass’ ★★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN

‘ Jaw-dropping’      CHORTLE

Cop-turned-comedian Alfie returns with a brand-new show ahead of recording his BBC Radio 4 comedy It’s a Fair Cop. The audience are sworn in as cops before Alfie shares a real-life scenario from his own casebook. He playfully challenges them to say what they would’ve done – with often unexpected and entertaining results. Policing decisions are easy in hindsight, aren’t they? Now you can experience the thrills, spills and laughter of making high-risk calls in the moment. Fair Cop: Live! is challenging, thought-provoking and fun. It’d be a crime to miss!

 “…offbeat, revealing and very funny” ***** – You Magazine

“Brilliantly funny, genuinely hilarious” – David Mitchell

“His charisma shines through as bright and colourful as a twirling blue light” – Times