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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

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

Join Mark as he warms up ahead of his brand-new UK tour!

Sony and Writers’ Guild Award-winning writer and comedian Mark Steel is best known for his critically acclaimed BBC Radio 4 show Mark Steel’s In Town.

Mark has presented the BAFTA-nominated Mark Steel Lectures for BBC Two, and is a regular on BBC One’s Have I Got News for You and BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz. He has written several acclaimed books, including Reasons To Be Cheerful and What’s Going On? He has also written an adaptation of his critically acclaimed stand-up show Who Do I Think I Am? for Audible. 

Strictly 14+

Justin Moorhouse: The Greatest Performance of My Life

Get ready for an unforgettable experience as Justin returns with “The Greatest Performance of My Life”.

After a successful and extensively extended tour of his 2022 show Stretch and Think (which you can catch in full on YouTube), he’s back on the road with this new show.

The story covers subjects ranging from pantomimes to dreams, how to behave in hospitals, small talk, realising his Mum is a northern version of Columbo, and how being a smart-mouthed kid saved him from a life of continually being beaten up.

Above all else, it’s the Justin you have to come to expect. It’s funny and interesting, and perhaps there’s a little bit that warms the soul, too.

★★★★ “What sets him apart is the craft. Lightning fast wit, masterful delivery.” Chortle

★★★★ “If joke-telling is your thing, then Justin Moorhouse is your man…very high gag rate” Fest 

★★★★“Skilful crafting…he keeps the laughs coming” British Theatre Guide

“He charms the pants off the crowd” Sunday Times

“The amount of first-rate comic craft that goes into his routines is worthy of admiration” Guardian

“Simultaneously down-to- earth and out of this world” The List

Age guidance: 14+