Ropery Hall News

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+

Another installment of our popular comedy club featuring three comedians from the national circuit and our Barnstormer’s compere.
Tonight, they are: fantastic storytelling fella Martin Mor, ‘His timing, delivery, and audience rapport are slick, sometimes sick and funny’ – Edinburgh Evening News; the delightfully dark guitar-wielding Anthony King, ‘The gags get better and better. They condense an entire sketch into a single sentence’ – The Guardian; and deadpan raconteur Kevin Dewsbury, ‘His delivery is spot on, delightfully funny’ – Broadway Baby

Another installment of our popular comedy club featuring three comedians from the national circuit and our Barnstormer’s compere. Tonight’s bill includes Duncan Oakley – “Leaping between stupidity and pure brilliance” – Yorkshire Evening Post; Peter Brush – ”I love Peter Brush, what a comic” – Jason Manford, and Hull’s very own celebrity stylist Kelli! Taylor.

Phil McIntyre Live Ltd proudly presents:

Mark Thomas: Gaffa Tapes

Jokes, rants, politics, play and the occasional sing song.

If you don’t know what he does ask your parents.

In his time he has won awards (current total is now officially ‘f*ckloads’), forced a politician to resign, changed laws on tax and protest, become Guinness Book of Records world record holder for number of protests in 24 hours, taken the police to court 3 times and won, walked the length of the Israeli Wall in the West Bank and generally mucked about trying to have fun and f*ck the right people off.

This show is more of the above.

“You’ll leave recommitted to the fight against this appalling authoritarian government, to keep that tradition alive.” Guardian 2021