This event is sold out, however, due to popular demand Steve Hughes returns to Warwick Arts Centre on Mon 5 Mar. Book here

The inimitable Australian comic and ex heavy metal drummer, Steve Hughes returns to Warwick Arts Centre. Direct from sell-out shows at the Sydney and Melbourne Comedy Festivals and storming sets on BBC One’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week and Dave’s One Night Stand.

Expect intelligent, straight-talking social commentary from one of the most original and thought-provoking performers to grace the UK circuit.

“Outstanding. Hughes is gold” Metro

“Hard-hitting social commentary at it’s best” Times

“Intelligent, provocative, profound. See him while it’s still legal” Chortle

Support on the night comes from Kiwi comic Sully O’Sullivan.

Running Time: approximately 2 hours.

As seen on BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee.
Double Chortle Award Nominee: Best UK Headline Act.

Maybe you’ve caught one of his rare TV appearances. Maybe you’ve heard his Radio 4 series What To Do If You’re Not Like Everybody Else. Probably you’ve never heard of Andrew Lawrence at all. How remiss of you. Join him as he embarks on his latest UK stand-up tour.

“Lawrence, should he so wish, could be the defining stand-up comic of his generation” The Guardian

Lovable comedian Patrick Monahan blends a high energy style with hilarious and engaging stories of his Irish/Iranian/Teeside heritage. Patrick performs this hit show direct from the Edinburgh Festival. Laugh and be hugged at the same time!

The winner of ITV1’s Show Me The Funny!

“Omid Djalili meets Dave Allen.” Daily Mail

“Born to be a stand up.” Metro

As seen on BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee.
Double Chortle Award Nominee: Best UK Headline Act.

Maybe you’ve caught one of his rare TV appearances. Maybe you’ve heard his Radio 4 series What To Do If You’re Not Like Everybody Else. Probably you’ve never heard of Andrew Lawrence at all. How remiss of you. Join him as he embarks on his latest UK stand-up tour.

“Lawrence, should he so wish, could be the defining stand-up comic of his generation” The Guardian

Click here to visit Andrew Lawrence’s website.

Does anybody love anybody anyway?

So asked insane, Welsh, poet philosopher Howard Jones in 1983. Finally someone dares to answer. Having sorted out religion (Christ on a Bike), politics (Hitler Moustache) and penises (Talking Cock), the star of the award winning podcast As It Occurs To Me and Radio 4’s Richard Herring’s Objective seeks to define and destroy love. Before love destroys him. Again.

Does Richard’s dry-cleaner genuinely love him? How could a romantic gesture involving Ferrero Rochers get dangerously out of control?

“Stimulating and Exhilarating….Utterly Hilarious” ***** Chortle

“The best comedian of his generation.” GQ

“A powerful orator with tricks up his sleeve” The Independent

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Due to popular demand, the inimitable Australian comic and ex heavy metal drummer, Steve Hughes returns to Warwick Arts Centre. Direct from sell-out shows at the Sydney and Melbourne Comedy Festivals and storming sets on BBC One’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week and Dave’s One Night Stand.

Expect intelligent, straight-talking social commentary from one of the most original and thought-provoking performers to grace the UK circuit.

“Outstanding. Hughes is gold” Metro

“Hard-hitting social commentary at it’s best” Times

“Intelligent, provocative, profound. See him while it’s still legal” Chortle

Running Time: approximately 2 hours.

“Watch her transition to national treasure begin here.” The Sunday Times

Having sold out her first date in super-fast time, we have managed to secure an additional date for Sarah Millican’s Thoroughly Modern Millican tour.

Ever wondered how to make a home-made treadmill? The practicalities of an orgy? Or what to do when you don’t like parties but do like party food? Wonder no more.

Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.

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Jimeoin returns for an extra date in 2012!

Stunning world-class stand-up comedy from star of TV’s ‘Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow ‘Jason Manford’s Comedy Rocks, Just For Laughs and Best of Edinburgh Comedy Festival.

‘Inspired ramblings!’ Independent

‘Sublime’ Chortle

‘Brilliant… It gets no better than this… Hilarious!’ Time Out

Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.

The Invisible Dot Ltd are one of the most exciting and innovative production companies in the country. Having worked extensively with cutting edge comedians Tim Key, Mark Watson, Daniel Kitson, David O’Doherty and Simon Amstell we are uniquely placed to to bring you the next generation of exceptional acts emerging through the Edinburgh Fringe and the London alternative circuit… So hence this; The Invisible Dot Tour; a snapshot of the most exciting and experimental acts around…

Highly acclaimed comic Jonny Sweet brings his award-winning show to Warwick Arts Centre with a rip-roaring lecture about the recently decommissioned naval brigate the HMS Nottingham.

“A delightfully silly and inventive hour” – The Observer

Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer winner. Writer and performer of his own Radio 4 series Hard To Tell and star of Channel 4’s Chickens with The Inbetweeners’ Simon Bird and Joe Thomas.

With support from Sheeps, the most hotly tipped sketch group from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, and Will Andrews.

“Sheeps are something very exciting indeed” – **** Independent

“All hail the comedians you could never clone. William Andrews’ mix of stand-up, sketches and (let’s call it) performance art bursts with ideas.” **** The Times

Some comedians use strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.

An evening of laughs from the award-winning comedian Nathan Caton, as seen and heard on Mock the Week, ITV’s FHM Stand-Up Hero and BBC R4, tackles everything from race to school yard jokes in a hilarious show that will leave you in no doubt why Caton regarded as one of the hottest rising stars on the scene with a glittering career ahead!

“Confident, charismatic and upbeat.” Chortle

“Compelling, well-observed stand-up.” The Guardian

“The most exciting young black comic on the scene.” Fest Magazine

As seen on BBC3’s Edinburgh Gala, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Dave’s One Night Stand and winner of the Best International Comedian by the New Zealand Comedy Guild, Terry Alderton has also just been named The Sun’s top comedian of 2011.

Terry is back on the road with a brand new show, he’s a unique and unforgettable comedy performer whose popularity grows day by day.

“This is a mainstream act that dares to be different, that comes from the soul… Effortlessly enjoyable yet excitingly different.” ****The Times

“Terry Alderton is on astonishing form … Masterful” **** The Sunday Telegraph

Following his sell out tour of the UK & Ireland in 2010 and best selling DVD This Is The Show, Irish funnyman Dara O Briain hits the road again with a brand new show for 2012. Dara is one of the most recognisable faces of British TV, hosting Mock The Week, The Apprentice – You’re Fired, Stargazing Live and starring in Three Men in a Boat.

Catch one of the most charismatic, intelligent, fast-talking and down right funny live performers working in the British Isles today.

“One of the most dependably entertaining stand up comics in the land” The Times

“His set is a masterclass in intelligent, no-frills stand-up” The Guardian

“Devilishly sharp” Metro

Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.

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Please note that in order to accommodate extra demand for this event this has been moved into the Butterworth Hall. If you have already booked a ticket for this event you will be contacted soon to arrange good seats in the new venue.

Due to an overwhelming public demand, the brilliant Jon Richardson is back on tour in 2012. The new host of Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week, team captain on 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and best-selling author will be taking his show, Funny Magnet across the UK from February 2012.

Discussing the everyday items that have a profound effect on his outlook, Funny Magnet sees Jon working his pessimism with some hilarious consequences, and as always with his loveable vivacious delivery.

‘Sublimely brilliant, stunning….He is a comic right on the verge of greatness. If you haven’t seen him yet get your finger out and sort it.’ Time Out

Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.

Running time: 2 hours including interval

After successfully touring Ying and Young around the UK this Autumn, this May Seann Walsh heads to Warwick Arts Centre with his razor-sharp observational comedy.

A familiar face on Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week and new team captain of Dave’s Argumental Seann is also winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year and was nominated for Chortle Best Breakthrough Act in 2010 and Chortle Best Compere in 2011.

“a gifted observational comedian…a well rounded, accomplished performer…undoubtedly a star in the very near future” – The Scotsman

Some comedians use strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.

Amateur Transplants frontman Adam Kay sits at a grand piano and sings smutty songs. With sell-out tours and Edinburgh Fringe seasons, his cutting-edge, darkly humourous re-imaginings of pop and rock classics have gained him a cult following across the UK. His songs have over 20 million hits on YouTube (including the iconic London Underground Song) and have been in the iTunes comedy top ten consistently since 2008. This show is probably not suitable for your elderly maiden aunt.

NB Unlike the majority of musical comedy, this is actually funny.

“This made me very, very happy” Stephen Fry

“Filthy at best, depraved at worst – and great, guilty fun” Telegraph

“A comedy classic” Scotsman

Please note, some comedians use strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.

This extraordinary new one-woman comedy show tells the story of the part Isy played in two people’s blossoming internet romance whilst on her own treacherous search for true love. Bursting with hilarity and genuinely touching, this beautifully nuanced show flits between stand-up, music and character comedy. Also known as Dobby in Peep Show (Channel 4) and Kiki in Whites (BBC2). Double British Comedy Award Nominee.

“A real gem.” The Guardian

“Touching comedy told with affection.” The Sunday Telegraph

Paul Merton returns to his stand-up roots for the first time this century, accompanied by Lee Simpson, Richard Vranch and Suki Webster.

Discover the bizarre workings of Paul Merton’s brain as he muses on the mighty behemoth that is his noggin. Away from the Have I Got New For You desk, Paul Merton proves he’s got legs in a night of sketches, music, magic, variety and dancing girls (well, two of them aren’t girls).

Please note, some comedians use strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.

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The star of Mock The Week, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Live At The Apollo, embarks on a brand new tour with a fantastic and hilarious new show!

“A brilliant comic brain… this stand-up cracks some of the best one liners I’ve ever heard”. Guardian

“Perfectly crafted gags”. Sunday Times

Official Website

Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.

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A new full length touring show from the acclaimed star of BBC2’s Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.

What can a sexless middle aged married man, whose life now consists mainly of watching Scooby Doo cartoons with a four year old boy, possibly find to write comedy about? Formerly stand-up’s youthful iconoclast, Lee now gawps blankly at News 24 as Britain burns down around him, and blinks weirdly at the vast wayside retail outlets during endless journeys to and from increasingly indistinct provincial theatres. Once he lived on the pleasure planet. Now he is trapped in Carpet Remnant World. And so are you.

“The funniest thing on television” The Guardian

“Thrilling” Metro *****

“Fascinating, funny stuff” The Times ****

“Heralds a new brand of political stand-up” The Guardian ****

“Lee’s glittering rants blend cynicism, vanity and unbearable snobbery.” Guy Stagg, Daily Telegraph

Some comedians use strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.

Star and co-creator of BBC Four’s comedy quiz show We Need Answers, award-winning comedian Alex Horne has established a reputation among critics, comics and audiences as a thoughtful and original stand-up, writer and solo performer.

Seven Years In The Bathroom is the ultimate stat-based fun-packed thought-provoking experimental-and-sometimes-stupid hour-long comedy show in which Alex aims to recreate your entire life in one hour. That’s right, he’ll do everything you’ll ever do but in sixty minutes. So in an average lifetime you’ll spend two years shopping, two weeks kissing and eighteen months looking for lost things. You’ll also spend quite a while eating, queuing, crying and googling yourself. Alex is going to squeeze all those things into one show and it’ll be tremendous. And very funny. So come and laugh at your life.

“Beautifully structured, endearingly honest… joyous” The Scotsman.

“A beguiling blend of the smart and the stupid…a real delight” Sunday Times

www.alexhorne.com

Direct from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011.

Following on from his sellout national tour of ‘Uncaged Monkeys’, with Professor Brian Cox, and as co-presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Sony Gold Award winning series ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’, Robin continues his comic exploration of the human condition in his new show.

Robin asks can you be happy and rational at the same time. Join him in a world of Schrodinger cats, multiverses and evolutionary conundrums. Spend an entertaining evening in Robin’s company as he orienteers through the craggy landscape of evolution whilst plumbing the depths of his own murky consciousness, all without the aid of a safety net.

Running Time: 90 minutes + interval

Age: 16+

The man behind Are You Dave Gorman? and Googlewhack Adventure returns with a brand new show. Always one of comedy’s most innovative thinkers this genre stretching performer is back… and for this brand new show he’s formed a double act… with a projector screen. And they’d like to show you their powerpoint presentation. Cast your powerpoint prejudice* aside, it’s not just for business meetings.

“Gorman has seen his stock rise to such an extent that he’s poised, as never before, to make the leap from cult figure to mainstream phenomenon.” – Telegraph

“intelligent, playful, quirky, obsessive and original” Chortle

*Some bullet points will be used

The support act for this show will be Jay Foreman

The silent show that is creating a lot of talk. Mime with noise, stand-up with no talking, drama with no acting. You’ll laugh, you’ll scream and ultimately you’ll end up like The Boy – lost for words.

“The Boy With Tape on His Face is utterly spectacular! Endlessly inventive, hysterically funny. Fight for a ticket.” ***** Time Out

“Wills is the last word in silent comedy.” **** The Guardian

“It’s not often you can say you really didn’t want a show to end.” **** The Scotsman

Mark Watson was a victim of identity theft. Someone successfully posed as him and took all his money. It made him think about the power of the Internet, the nature of identity, the way to stop crime forever and live in a better world, and some other smaller matters. He has now finished thinking about these things and is ready to present his findings, laced with a barrage of new jokes, stories, observations and anecdotes, in his new show.

May contain optional audience interaction, games, improvisation and unaggressive banter.

If you’re coming, please email markwatsonspreview2012@gmail.com for pre-show briefing.

The tour revisits some of Mark’s favourite venues, some brand new territory, and a couple of places which he’s visiting as a dare.

“A kind of unstoppable funny superhero” The Sunday Times

“A huge comic presence” The Times

Some comedians express controversial opinions and use strong language. Please come prepared.

Wanderlust is the brand new show from one of the world’s most popular and travelled comedians. Fresh from sell-out tours across the world, Danny Bhoy comes to Warwick Arts Centre with a show guaranteed to leave you with a smile on your face and wanderlust in your heart.

‘Subtle. Intelligent. Perceptive. And very, very funny.’ The Scotsman

‘Like a stand up equivalent of Bill Bryson. Charming and effortlessly funny.’ The Herald

Best International Act Time Out Sydney 2011

Some comedians express controversial opinions and use strong language. Please come prepared.

After the phenomenal success of his Cirque Du Byrne Tour, Jason Byrne is bringing a brand new show back to Warwick Arts Centre. People’s Puppeteer will have new stories, new props, and more of his trademark high octane lunacy from the star of BBC1’s Live At The Apollo, Dave’s One Night Stand and The Channel 4 Comedy Gala.

Jason’s inspired, high-energy mad-cappery has made him the biggest selling comedian at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. There is no other comedian like him and his sell out shows have won him many awards including Chortle Award for Best Headliner in 2007, and two nominations for the Perrier Award.

“It’s hard to think of any other comic who matches Jason Byrne for ebullient energy and regulated chaos” Independent.

“Unmissable” Evening Standard

“Full-on, doubled-up, gasping-for-oxygen hilarious” Chortle

Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.

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Brand new show, brand new jokes, same old Jimmy.

“Gagging Order” promises to be an hilarious night out…let’s see shall we.

The show will be packed with one-liners, stories and jokes. Some clever, some rude and a few totally unacceptable.

Everybody’s welcome. Just leave your conscious, sense of common decency and moral compass at home & come on out for a laugh.

Jimmy has sold over a million DVDs and hosted countless TV shows but live comedy is what he does best, come and see for yourself.

Some comedians use strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.

N.B. Not suitable for under 16s

After more than a decade since his last stand-up show and following a hugely successful tour of Australia in 2011, Alan Davies, the much-loved star of iconic television series such as Jonathan Creek and QI, makes a long-awaited return to live stand-up this Autumn.

Kevin Bridges comes to Warwick Arts Centre in Autumn 2012 his brand new show ‘The Story Continues…’ which follows up the huge success of his sell-out UK & Ireland tour of 2010. Having made his debut on BBC 1’s ‘Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow’ in 2009 he has now gone onto host the Bafta nominated ‘Live At The Apollo’ and Channel 4’s ‘Stand-Up For The Week’, his new 6 part BBC 1 series – ‘Kevin Bridges What’s The Story’ will be transmitted in February 2012.

“It’s his eye for detail that has elevated him to a MUST-SEE act.“ The Daily Mirror

“The most exciting talent in Scottish stand-up.” The Herald

Please note that some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared.