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CAN C E L YOUR FLIG HTS TO SC OT L AND, C ALL OFF THE 3 8 8 M IL E DR IVE! For the sixth year running, Komedia Bath is proud to present the very best rising stars in stand-up with a month of exclusive new show previews ahead of the world’s largest comedy festival, the Edinburgh Fringe!
ELEANOR TIERNAN AND LOU SANDERS Wednesday 26 June Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £9:00 (Unreserved rowed seating) Ages 16+ ELEANOR TIERNAN: Eleanor Tiernan is a stand up comedian, writer and actress known for her uniquely oblique world view. Eleanor has penned 8 Edinburgh Fringe festival shows. Her 2017 show “People Pleaser” put her on the Sunday Times list of Top Ten Female Stand Ups To Watch. ‘Tiernan boasts a magnificent curl in her lip and snarl in her voice.’ – Sunday Times
As seen on 8 Out of 10 Cats!
LOU SANDERS: Lou Sanders’ surrealist style and high octane stage presence make her a joy to watch. She has appeared on ‘Alan Davies As Yet Untitled’, and starred in ‘Live from the BBC’. ‘Destined for hugeness’ – Time Out
SARA BARRON AND MAX & IVAN Sunday 30 June Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £9:00 (Unreserved rowed seating) Ages 16+ SARA BARRON: Best Newcomer Nominee at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe, Sara Barron dissects the decency inherent to of all us. Are we actually good, or do we rather perform goodness, only to crack under the pressure when it comes to all manner of genuine sacrifice? ‘Filthy & fearless’ – The Telegraph MAX & IVAN Max & Ivan will also be bringing high-octane comedy and low-fi projection in their all new work in progress show! ‘Astonishing: fast-paced and unflaggingly funny’ – Times
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Thursday 4 July Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal £36.00 // Standard Entry: £15.00 // NHS Concessions: £12.00 Ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Dr Phil is an NHS doctor, Private Eye journalist, campaigner & comedian. Join him for one night only as he presents two Edinburgh shows for the price of one! THE GREAT HEALTH CON We spend trillions on ‘health’ but like ‘Brexit’, nobody knows what it means. So who’s conning who? And who’s most likely to kill you; doctors, druids, drugs or the DUP? An Evidence Based Comedy Wellness Detox. A PEOPLE’S PLAN FOR THE NHS Tired of politicians screwing up the NHS? Now it’s your turn. Dr Phil has scoured the UK for ideas to improve the NHS. Serious, silly, satirical, Satanic. Bring yours too. Vote for the best.
GARRETT MILLERICK & MATT FORDE Sunday 14 July Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £9:00 (Unreserved rowed seating) Ages 16+
The Times
GARRETT MILLERICK Garrett Millerick is an acclaimed stand up comedian, writer and director. He is an increasing force to be reckoned with on the UK Circuit and in the few short years since debuting in new act competitions he has established a reputation as one of the stand out live acts of his generation. ‘Wickedly funny’ – The Scotsman MATT FORDE Ultra-topical comedy and presenter of Unspun. As seen on The Royal Variety Performance, Mock the Week, The One Show and Question Time. Now with added Trump. ‘Possibly the best political comedy show on the Fringe’. - The Telegraph
JULIETTE BURTON & AARON SIMMONDS Monday 15 July Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £9:00 (Unreserved rowed seating) Ages 16+ JULIETTE BURTON: DEFINED Award-winning comedian Juliette is full of contradictions: pessimistic optimist? Introverted extrovert? Successful failure? Masculine or feminine? Happy or sad? Mentally ill or healthy? Why must we choose one or the other? After a year of huge change, Juliette had to redefine her life, labels and herself. Everything she thought was steadfast has vanished. Can she be everything at once? Or must we choose how we are defined?
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AARON SIMMONDS: DISABLED COCONUTS Join the 2017 BBC New Comedy Award finalist and wheelchair enthusiast, Aaron Simmonds. Aaron is far better at stand-up than standing up and his unique perspective on life – usually of people’s belly buttons – gives him a distinctive edge in his performances as well as a sore neck. ‘A class act’ - Chortle
OLGA KOCH & JOHN HASTINGS Tuesday 16 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price £9:00 Ages 16+
Broadway Baby
OLGA KOCH: IF/THEN Fresh off her BBC Radio 4 Special, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Olga Koch is back! This time, the acclaimed stand up tells a love story through the medium of computer programming (which she studied at university, and, like, barely ever brings up). In her feminist investigation into what happens when we forget how to separate love and technology, Olga will teach you how to code and explore what happens when our expectations for love, happiness and Michael Bublé no longer compute. JOHN HASTINGS: 10 JOHN HASTINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU Comedy Central’s John Hastings started from the bottom (Canada), then moved to the bottom (Britain), and has found a new bottom (America). Currently bottoming out, John is back to talk about the highs (read: none) and lows (read: many) of the past year.
PIERRE NOVELLIE & JONNY AND THE BAPTISTS Wednesday 17 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price £9:00 Ages 16+ PIERRE NOVELLIE An acclaimed live act, Pierre has supported Hal Cruttenden and Gary Delaney on their national tours and was nominated for Best Club Comic at the Chortle Awards for two years running. His previous Edinburgh shows have been well received by both audience and critics alike, with his last two shows placing in the top 20 best reviewed comedy shows across the entire Edinburgh Festival in 2017 and 2018 ‘A show packed full of belly laughs’ - Metro JONNY & THE BAPTISTS Musical satirists Jonny & the Baptists are among the hottest musical comedy acts on the UK scene, regularly appearing on TV, radio, at festivals and most recently a 50-date UK tour of their hit show “Eat The Poor”. From silly songs to satirical anthems, their riotous live blend of comedy and rock gig has won adoring fans across the country.
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CATHERINE BOHART & STUART GOLDSMITH Thursday 18 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price £9:00 Ages 16+ CATHERINE BOHART Fresh from “the sort of perfectly structured Edinburgh debut you always hope for and rarely get to see” (The Times), Catherine Bohart has some new jokes she’d like to try. As seen on BBC2’s The Mash Report and Comedy Central’s Roast Battle. Writer for BBC’s The News Quiz, The Now Show & Frankie Boyle’s New World Order. STUART GOLDSMITH: PRIMER The undercoat, base coat or petticoat of what may one day be a show. Stu ties his hair back like Moana and gets to it. Open-hearted, honest and *guaranteed* potentially funny.
The Independent
‘Truly a comedy masterclass… Endlessly inventive.’ - The List
CALLY BEATON & ALEX FOX Sunday 21 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price £9:00 Ages 16+ CALLY BEATON: INVISIBLE A laugh-laden, unflinching look at the business of being an adult. Cally nearly died in Iceland (country, not shop) and here, she relives that journey into snow-capped desolation.
As seen on BBC’s QI
Does she have the stomach for radical reinvention? She won’t go gentle into that good night. She might go mental – but never gentle. ALEX FOX: ROSANNA In 2011, Alexander Fox left school and went to music college, where he began an illicit affair with his drum teacher, Mrs Richardson. Their lives became intertwined, then increasingly dark and dangerous, as Alexander learned a few more lessons up at college than he’d anticipated. Following his ambitious cult-status debut ‘Ringo’, comedian and drummer Alexander Fox brings his long-awaited second show to the Festival. Set in a recording studio, with the action taking place around a live electronic drum kit, Whiplash meets The Graduate in this drumming comedy experience, from the mind of one of the UK’s most adventurous and innovative new talents.
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JAYDE ADAMS & SOPHIE DUKER Wednesday 24 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price £9:00 Ages 16+ JAYDE ADAMS Award-winning comedian and proud Bristolian Jayde Adams is an uncut gem; a force of nature; dangerous and unafraid. As a live act, Jayde is in-demand having performed the main comedy arena at Latitude and MC’s regularly for Knock2Bag and BBC Studios, as well as co-hosting the popular monthly night Amusical with Kiri Pritchard McLean and Dave Cribbs.
Edinburgh Best Newcomer 2016 nominee!
It’s hard to believe that she started out life as a fishmonger in Asda, and had no idea that she was any good at anything. ‘Jayde Adams is the 3rd funniest woman in the world. Fact.’ - Dawn French SOPHIE DUKER Sophie is an alumna of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve, has been shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award and is a previous finalist of the Funny Women Awards.
PHIL NICHOL & LUCY PORTER Thursday 25 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price £9:00 Ages 16+
Evening Standard
PHIL NICHOL: TOO MUCH ‘Too Much’ follows the roller coaster ride of Phil’s hilarious relationship with the modern world. And what a confounding, hilarious and messed up world it is. It’s too much. The planet is messed up, society has devolved, mankind is hopeless, vegans are right, you aren’t supposed to punch facists, the left are self-righteous morons, everyone is a selfish prick, Phil’s a bleeding hypocrite. It’s all too much. Too much. LUCY PORTER: BE PREPARED Fringe favourite Lucy Porter returns with another fantastic stand-up show. At Brownies, Lucy thought she’d be prepared for anything as long as she had her emergency 10p for a phone box, and knew how to tie a Fisherman’s knot. Life turned out to be slightly more complicated than Brown Owl let on. ‘A treat from start to finish’ – The Herald
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Wednesday 26 June ELEANOR TIERNAN & LOU SANDERS Sunday 30 June SARA BARRON & MAX AND IVAN Thursday 4 July DR. PHIL HAMMOND Sunday 14 July GARRETT MILLERICK & MATT FORDE Monday 15 July JULIETTE BURTON & AARON SIMMONDS Tuesday 16 July OLGA KOCH & JOHN HASTINGS Wednesday 17 July PIERRE NOVELLIE & JONNY AND THE BAPTISTS Thursday 18 July CATHERINE BOHART & STUART GOLDSMITH Sunday 21 July CALLY BEATON & ALEX FOX Wednesday 24 July JAYDE ADAMS & SOPHIE DUKER Thursday 25 July PHIL NICHOL & LUC Y PORTER
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