Komedia Bath: January - March 2020 Programme by Komedia Bath

H E L LO & W E LCO M E TO O U R J A N UA RY MARCH 2020 BROCHURE! So long 2019, it’s been a blast! We’re kicking 2020 off in style with over 100 brand new shows, so if your new year’s resolution is to get out and see more live entertainment then we’ve got you well and truly covered here at Komedia Bath! For live music lovers, we’re proud to announce that we’re an official Independent Venue Week 2020 venue and we’ll be hosting the very best in live music throughout IVW 2020, featuring the likes of And So I Watch You From Afar, The Will Johns Band, Ego Death Star, Meeking & lots more! More on this on pages 7-8. We’re also incredibly excited to bring back our Comedy Launchpad Competition for the second year! The competition will take place throughout January & February and will see brave budding stand-ups battle to be crowned our winner, so come along, support breaking live comedy and possibly even discover your new favourite comic! There are also plenty of other diverse events to explore, from spoken word to club nights, bingo and just about everything in-between there’s something for everyone in these pages…! Happy New Year!

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SHOWADDYWADDY Music Fri 3 January Doors: 7:00pm Advanced price: £25.00 Ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Formed in the 1970s in Leicester from several local bands, Showaddywaddy have sold more than 20 million records and have toured the world. The band has been entertaining its fans on the road non-stop since 1973. With sold-out shows across the country and gigs already booked into 2020, it is as popular as ever!

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Comedy With Karen Bayley, Alistair Barrie, Jimmy McGhie & one more act TBC! Sat 4 January Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

Meal Deal Plus: £41.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Kick-off your weekend with some proper good laughs and discover the best in live comedy, featuring three top stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the business! Includes FREE entry to The Big Disco afterwards! *Line-ups are subject to change and are correct at time of printing. See website for most up-to-date listings

THE BIG DISCO

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Club Sat 4 January Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance One Enormous Party, For Everyone! We’ll be playing all your guilty pleasures from the 80s, 90s and 00s at the Big Disco. Each week there will be glitter, our photo prop booth, the fantastic big disco sign and a disco ball!

NEW ACT COMEDY

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Comedy Mon 6 January Doors: 7:30pm // Show: 8:00pm £3.00 entry // Arts Cafe - unreserved rowed seating If you love comedy and want to see something new and fresh then this is the night for you. We’ll be hosting some of Bath & Bristol’s finest aspiring comics as well as a seasoned pro to complete the night. To enquire about performing at one of our New Act nights, please contact: morganreescomedy@gmail.com, quoting ‘Bath New Act in the subject line of your email.

(01225) 489070

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Comedy With Marlon Davis, Maisie Adam, Phil Jerrod & MC Matt Rees* Sat 11 January Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

COMING SOON JANUARY OCTOBER

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Meal Deal Plus: £41.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00

Kick-off your weekend with some proper good laughs and discover the best in live comedy, featuring three top stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the business! Includes FREE entry to The Big Disco afterwards! *Line-ups are subject to change and are correct at time of printing. See website for most up-to-date listings

THE BIG DISCO

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Club Sat 11 January Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance One Enormous Party, For Everyone! We’ll be playing all your guilty pleasures from the 80s, 90s and 00s at the Big Disco. Each week there will be glitter, our photo prop booth, the fantastic big disco sign and a disco ball!

COMEDY LAUNCHPAD: HEAT ONE

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Comedy Sun 12 January Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Entry: £3 (Arts Cafe - Unreserved rowed seating) Eight brave budding stand-ups will take to the mic in the second annual Komedia Bath Comedy Launchpad Competition! Discover something new, vote for your favourite comic and enjoy the comedy stylings of last year’s winner, Gareth Williams! Each heat will be judged in part by audience vote, and in part by a panel of judges, with the top prize of a paid slot at our regular Saturday night comedy showcase, Krater! A N E D U C A T I O N A ND A W A R E NE SS R A I SI NG E V E NT SU R R O U ND I NG SI NG L E U SE PL A ST I C S

BATH OCEAN PLASTIC DAY:

THE TRUTH ABOUT PLASTICS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY Spoken Word Mon 13 January Doors: 5:30pm // Start: 7:00pm Entry: £10.00 Ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

BAT H OCEAN P L AST IC D AY 13TH JANUARY 2020

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Join us for an inspirational evening with Emily Penn, the woman behind eXXpedition Round-the-World, the all-female voyage shifting their sails in search of answers to solve the ocean plastic crisis.

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Emily will be joined by speakers from City to Sea and Bath University to talk about the current state of our oceans, plastic waste, bioplastics myths as well as current research and innovation. Bath based businesses Wessex Water, Huskup and Finisterre will also present, providing practical solutions and examples of corporate and individual resolution and action. People focu sed. Data Infor med.

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KRATER COMEDY CLUB

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Comedy With Jarred Christmas, Elliot Steel, Thomas Green & MC Marcel Lucont* Sat 18 January Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

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THE BIG DISCO

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Club Sat 18 January Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance One Enormous Party, For Everyone! We’ll be playing all your guilty pleasures from the 80s, 90s and 00s at the Big Disco. Each week there will be glitter, our photo prop booth, the fantastic big disco sign and a disco ball!

COMEDY LAUNCHPAD: HEAT TWO

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Comedy Sun 19 January Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Entry: £3 (Arts Cafe - Unreserved rowed seating) Eight brave budding stand-ups will take to the mic in the second annual Komedia Bath Comedy Launchpad Competition! Discover something new, vote for your favourite comic and enjoy the comedy stylings of last year’s winner, Gareth Williams! Each heat will be judged in part by audience vote, and in part by a panel of judges, with the top prize of a paid slot at our regular Saturday night comedy showcase, Krater!

MAX & IVAN: COMMITMENT

Comedy Wed 22 January Doors: 7:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Advanced Price: £14 // Concessions: £13 (Unreserved rowed seating in the Arts Cafe) Ages 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Say ‘I do’ to the triumphant return of Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominees Max & Ivan, as seen in BBC One’s W1A and heard on BBC Radio 4’s The Casebook of Max & Ivan. Commitment is the TRUE STORY of the unreasonable lengths one best man (Max) will go to give one groom (Ivan) the greatest weekend of his life. It’s a show about dreaming big, growing up, and trying – but ultimately very much failing – to make it in the band.

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JANUARY OCTOBER

TONY LAW

Comedy Fri 24 January Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £10 (Unreserved rowed seating in the Arts Cafe) Ages 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Multi award winning comedian Tony Law – identifies as a Hominid. Homo Sapiens, Neanderthal, Indo-European horse tribesman, an Englishman a Canadian a norn iron man and a Trinidadian and a Tobagonian. A dog, a dog owner, owned by a dog a surrealist an absurdist and an artist who is comedy of person. A parent a thrower a catcher a reader and a farmer. His 16th show is turning out to be his best yet. For connoisseurs of comedy who have seen it all and are funny in their own bones. Top drawer Tony. I’ve said too much. Get in.

KRATER COMEDY CLUB

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Comedy With Ola, Joey Page, Mark Nelson & MC Sally Anne Hayward* Sat 25 January Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

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Meal Deal Plus: £41.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Kick-off your weekend with some proper good laughs and discover the best in live comedy, featuring three top stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the business! Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Line-ups are subject to change and are correct at time of printing. See website for most up-to-date listings

MOTORCITY

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Club Sat 25 January Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance Shake your tail feather to the fathers of funk and the sisters of soul! Motorcity brings a refreshing but classic mix of all the best motown, soul, funk and rock ‘n’ roll anthems to keep your feet stomping into the early hours! Expect to hear: Stevie Wonder, Gloria Jones, Earth Wind & Fire, The Jackson Five, James Brown, Rolling Stones and plenty more greats!

COMEDY LAUNCHPAD: HEAT THREE

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Comedy Sun 26 January Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Entry: £3 (Arts Cafe - Unreserved rowed seating)

Eight brave budding stand-ups will take to the mic in the second annual Komedia Bath Comedy Launchpad Competition! Discover something new, vote for your favourite comic and enjoy the comedy stylings of last year’s winner, Gareth Williams! Each heat will be judged in part by audience vote, and in part by a panel of judges, with the top prize of a paid slot at our regular Saturday night comedy showcase, Krater!

(01225) 489 070

MONDAY 27 JANUARY – SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2020 CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE & THE CULTURE OF LIVE MUSIC Independent Venue Week is a 7-day celebration of music venues around the country and a nod to the people that own, run and work in them, week in, week out.

RAISE THE BAR

Spoken Word Mon 27 January £3 on the door (no advance booking) Ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Raise The Bar run Spoken Word events across the South West, bringing performance poetry to life on stage with a mixture of feature sets and open mic for all! This event puts the Spotlight on Bath’s outstanding emerging talent pool, providing a relaxed and welcoming environment for newbies, veterans and anybody in between to perform their work in a safe space. It’s a perfect opportunity to perform to a warm and intimate audience.

LITTLEMEN, PORT ERIN, PLEASURES OF THE DAMNED, TERRY SHEPPARD & SKY 2 FOX Music Tue 28 January Doors: 7:30pm Advance Price: £7.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Applauded and admired for many years in his proven arenas of songwriter, manager, studio owner and conceptual thinker, NICK ALLEN finally yields to popular demand and takes centre stage in his own right! With support from Port Erin, Pleasures of the Damned, Terry Sheppard & Sky 2 Fox!

SHEER MUSIC & RADICAL WESTIE PRODUCTIONS PRESENT:

EGO DEATH STAR + CHARIVARI + RAVETANK

Music Wed 29 January Doors: 7:30pm Advance Price: £5.00 // £6.00 O.T.D. Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) When Bristol-based post-punk, psych rock trio Ego Death Star focus their energies, it becomes hard to tear yourself away! Plus Charivari, Ravetank and a top secret headline act to be announced soon!

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THE WILL JOHNS BAND WITH SUPPORT FROM MEEKING Music Thu 30 January Doors: 7:00pm Advance Price: £10.00 // Concessions: £8 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

Will Johns is recognised as one of the most distinctive and exciting British Blues performers on the scene today. Born in London, Will’s parents are the legendary L.A. record producer/engineer Andy Johns and actress/model Paula Boyd. From the age of 15 Will taught himself guitar but received huge encouragement from his world renowned uncle, Eric Clapton. Having been writing and performing for over 15 years across the globe, Will has picked up many accolades along the journey, including multiple British Blues Award nominations. Will will be joined on stage by special guest and local legend Benji Bartlett. With support from Meeking. One of the south-west’s finest up and coming trios, Meeking’s soaring vocals sit above a power-house alt-rock with nods to Jeff Buckley, John Mayer, Eddie Vedder and Incubus.

AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR: JETTISON Music Fri 31 January Doors: 7:00pm Advance Price: £18.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

Long famed for their genre twisting albums and incendiary live performances, punk-come-art rockers And So I Watch You From Afar are unveiling their most ambitious project to date, Jettison. This single piece of music is massive in both content and aspiration. A convergence of disciplines, performed along side a string quartet and accompanied by a fully live visual installation.

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Meal Deal Plus: £41.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00

Comedy With Sean Collins, Njambi McGrath, Tom Lucy & one more act TBC!* Sat 1 February Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

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NEW ACT COMEDY

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Comedy Mon 3 February Doors: 7:30pm // Show: 8:00pm £3.00 entry // Arts Cafe - unreserved rowed seating If you love comedy and want to see something new and fresh then this is the night for you. We’ll be hosting some of Bath & Bristol’s finest aspiring comics as well as a seasoned pro to complete the night. To enquire about performing at one of our New Act nights, please contact: morganreescomedy@gmail.com, quoting ‘Bath New Act in the subject line of your email.

BINGO LINGO

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Cabaret Tuesday 4 February Doors: 6:00pm Entry: £7.00 // Bingo Ticket (Required to play): £1.00 Provocative, daring and more fun then you can shake your bingo balls at! Komedia, the home of BINGO LINGO in Bath! We take your average bingo and raise you the best interactive night of your life. Think Bingo, but with a smattering of dancing, twerk-offs, huge giveaways & a bonding session with our stage Grans. We can guarantee a night of bingo that would make your nan proud.

THE THINKING DRINKERS: HEROES OF HOOCH

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Comedy Fri 7 February Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £27.00 // Show Only: £16.00 The Thinking Drinkers return with a hilarious and intoxicating look at history’s greatest drinkers. Enjoy five free drinks as the award-winning experts reveal how alcohol has inspired pioneering explorers, politicians and painters in equal measure, from Plato and Picasso, to Nelson, Napoleon and Norm from Cheers. You’ll learn a lot, laugh a lot and, don’t forget, you get five free drinks.

KRATER COMEDY CLUB

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Comedy With Jen Brister, Sally Anne Hayward, Ivo Graham & one more act TBC!* Sat 8 February Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

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Meal Deal Plus: £41.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00

(01225) 489070

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Club Sat 8 February Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance

FEBRUARY

THE BIG DISCO

One Enormous Party, For Everyone! We’ll be playing all your guilty pleasures from the 80s, 90s and 00s at the Big Disco. Each week there will be glitter, our photo prop booth, the fantastic big disco sign and a disco ball!

COMEDY LAUNCHPAD: GRAND FINAL

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Comedy Sun 9 February Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Entry: £3 (Arts Cafe - Unreserved rowed seating)

The cream of the comedy crop will do one final battle to see who will be crowned the 2019 Komedia Bath Comedy Launchpad Champion! Come and discover something new, vote for your favourite comic and enjoy a finale set from last year’s winner, the brilliant Gareth Williams!

SHORTS IN FOCUS

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Film Mon 10 February Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £3:00 Shorts in Focus is a brand new night for filmmakers of Bath, Bristol, and the South West to screen their short films in front of an open, welcoming live audience. If you’re a filmmaker, this is your chance to network, gain valuable feedback, and discover outstanding short films from Bath and Bristol’s filmmaking community.

CLOUDBUSTING: THE MUSIC OF KATE BUSH Music Thu 13 February Doors: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £5 (Arts Cafe - unreserved standing) Ages 14+ (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult) Cloudbusting have been championed by BBC ONE as one of the most authentic tributes in the world. Their passion for Kate’s music has won over sceptical fans everywhere, challenging perceptions of what a tribute band can be and resulting in sell-out performances across the UK. This new show will be featuring all the hits you’d expect as well as many songs you wouldn’t!

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KRATER COMEDY CLUB VALENTINE’S SPECIAL

Comedy With Emmanuel Sonubi, Sally Anne Hayward, Allyson June Smith & one more act TBC!* Firday 14 February Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

Meal Deal Plus for Two: £75.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Love is in the air! So why not share a few Valentine’s Day laughs with the people you love at our award-winning comedy night. Meal Deal Plus Tickets include a glass of Prosecco on arrival, olives to share, as well as a main course & dessert from our Event Menu – all in the price of your ticket. *Line-ups are subject to change and are correct at time of printing. See website for most up-to-date listings

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Comedy With Barry Ferns, Allyson June Smith, George Lewis & MC Dave Fulton* Sat 15 February Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

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Meal Deal Plus: £41.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00

THE BIG DISCO

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Club Sat 15 February Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance One Enormous Party, For Everyone! We’ll be playing all your guilty pleasures from the 80s, 90s and 00s at the Big Disco. Each week there will be glitter, our photo prop booth, the fantastic big disco sign and a disco ball!

UPROAR!

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Club Mon 17 February Doors: 7:00pm Standard Ticket: £5.00 // Carers go free Komedia Bath and Bath Mencap are proud to present Uproar! Bath’s first club night for adults with learning disabilities. The night offers a safe, relaxed and fun environment for adult with learning disabilities and their families and friends to cut loose and dance like nobody’s watching! One of Bath’s best-loved DJ’s James Harriman will be providing the tunes which will be a classic and contemporary mix of pop & dance hits!

(01225) 489070

FEBRUARY

BINGO LINGO

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Cabaret Tuesday 18 February Doors: 6:00pm Entry: £7.00 // Bingo Ticket (Required to play): £1.00 Provocative, daring and more fun then you can shake your bingo balls at! Komedia, the home of BINGO LINGO in Bath! We take your average bingo and raise you the best interactive night of your life.

JOSIE LONG: TENDER

Comedy Thu 20 February Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £27.00 // Standard Entry: £16.00 // Concessions: £14.00 Ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and very-hard-to-pin-down-indie-underdog-nightmare Josie Long is back with a brand new show after a brief hiatus, during which she had a baby and so on. +

ARTIFICIAL MONKEYS Music Fri 21 February Early Bird: £12.00 // Advanced Price: £14.00 Doors: 7:00pm Artificial Monkeys are four experienced musicians that are dedicated to reproducing the sound and performance of the Arctic Monkeys. They have gained a reputation of energetic and exciting shows, and achieving a note for note reproduction of all the hits. Mo

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Meal Deal Plus: £41.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00

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Comedy With John Lynn, Tom Deacon, Robert White & one more act TBC!* Sat 22 February Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

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THE BIG DISCO

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Club Sat 22 February Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance One Enormous Party, For Everyone! We’ll be playing all your guilty pleasures from the 80s, 90s and 00s at the Big Disco.

www.komedia.co.uk/bath

THE FLEETWOOD MAC SONGBOOK

Music Sun 23 February Doors: 7:00pm Advance Price: £17.50 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) The Fleetwood Mac Songbook’ is made up of six experienced musicians who are dedicated to celebrating one of the all time great Rock, Pop & Blues bands in the World – FLEETWOOD MAC. Playing sellout shows across the UK since 2017 and with many years of performing experience between them you can be assured of an excellent evening of entertainment in their company.

JANEY GODLEY’S SOUP POT TOUR

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Comedy Tue 25 February Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £26.50 // Standard Entry: £15.50

Live voice overs and stand up like you’ve never seen before. Check out some hilarious patter from Big Tereeza in Torremolinos, Boris and his bawjaws and see Nicola up on the big screen with all the latest patter. With over 40 million hits online and regular sold out shows at Edinburgh and Glasgow Comedy Festivals, book early to avoid disappointment & come see the woman who Billy Connolly called “A Fu%king great comedian”

DRAG BINGO WITH CHARLIE HIDES

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Cabaret Wed 26 February Meal Deal: £18.00 // Standard Entry: £7 / / Bingo Ticket (required to play): £1 Doors: 6pm // Show: 7:30pm Unreserved cabaret seating After selling out all over the UK, Charlie Hides is bringing his shiny balls to Bath. An outrageously fun event hosted by internationally famous Drag Queen Charlie Hides with stand up comedy, sing a longs and camp prizes to be won! “Dame Charlie Hides, you are one fierce queen” - RuPaul

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Meal Deal Plus: £41.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00

Comedy With Paul McCaffrey, Nigel Ng, Andy Askins & one more act TBC!* Sat 29 February Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

Kick-off your weekend with some proper good laughs and discover the best in live comedy, featuring three top stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the business! Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Line-ups are subject to change and are correct at time of printing. See website for most up-to-date listings

(01225) 489070

MARCH

MOTORCITY

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Club Sat 29 February Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance Shake your tail feather to the fathers of funk and the sisters of soul! Motorcity brings a refreshing but classic mix of all the best motown, soul, funk and rock ‘n’ roll anthems to keep your feet stomping into the early hours! Expect to hear: Stevie Wonder, Gloria Jones, Earth Wind & Fire, The Jackson Five, James Brown, Rolling Stones and plenty more greats!

FLO & JOAN: BEFORE THE SCREAMING STARTS

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Comedy Sun 1 March Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £25.00 // Standard Entry: £14.00 Following last year’s sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Festival, London’s Soho Theatre, national UK tour and at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, musical comedy sisters Flo & Joan have a new hour of their dark and waggish songs to parade about the place.

NEW ACT COMEDY

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Comedy Mon 2 March Doors: 7:30pm // Show: 8:00pm £3.00 entry // Arts Cafe - unreserved rowed seating If you love comedy and want to see something new and fresh then this is the night for you. We’ll be hosting some of Bath & Bristol’s finest aspiring comics as well as a seasoned pro to complete the night. To enquire about performing at one of our New Act nights, please contact: morganreescomedy@gmail.com, quoting ‘Bath New Act in the subject line of your email.

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR Music Tue 3 February Doors: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £29.50 Ages 14+ (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult) Joanne Shaw Taylor is embarking on her most unique UK tour to date! Playing ‘Reckless Heart’ in its entirety in track order combined with songs from her extensive back catalogue, voted for by the fans. Limited VIP tickets will give a rare opportunity to watch the band soundcheck in front of just a handful of people as well as meeting Joanne – these tickets are exclusively available through www.joanneshawtaylor.com.

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BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR

Film Wed 4 - Thu 5 March Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £15.00 // Concession:s £13.50 // Tickets for both nights: £27.00 Embark on a thrilling night of adventure with a brand-new collection of short films from the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival The Banff Mountain Film Festival joins the world’s best adventure film-makers and explorers as they push themselves to the limits in the most remote and stunning corners of the globe. Witness epic human-powered feats, life-affirming challenges and mind-blowing cinematography – all on the big screen! There are two shows, each with an entirely different selection of films – the red film programme (Wednesday 4 March) and the blue film programme (Thursday 5 March). Double the adventure by coming to both with a two-show discount, available online. Mo

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Comedy With Abigoliah Schamaun, Joanne McNally, Yuriko Kotani & MC Bethany Black* Sat 7 March Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

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THE BIG DISCO

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Club Sat 7 March Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance One Enormous Party, For Everyone! We’ll be playing all your guilty pleasures from the 80s, 90s and 00s at the Big Disco. Each week there will be glitter, our photo prop booth, the fantastic big disco sign and a disco ball!

HARRY BAKER: 10,000

Spoken Word Mon 9 March Doors: 7:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Advance Price: £12.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Mathematician-turned-World-Slam-Champion Harry Baker turns 10,000 days old, celebrating numbers, words and life itself. From winning his school’s Battle of the Bands competition with a Jay-Z maths homage, to his prime number poetry TED talk being watched by millions online, Harry’s love of language and logic has got him through literal marathons, seen him rap battle in front of Ice Cube, and now has him analysing the technical accuracy of So Solid Crew’s 21 seconds. He’s got 99 problems but maths ain’t one.

(01225) 489 070

MARCH

TOMMY TIERNAN: TOMFOOLERY

16+

Comedy Wed 11 March Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £32.00 // Standard Entry: £21.00

Tommy Tiernan’s brand new show TOMFOOLERY sees the now 50 year old comedian back onstage with an exhilarating mix of the highly personal and flamboyant storytelling that audiences have come to love. Renowned for his no holds barred approach to the art of stand-up, this promises to be a deightful trip through the mouth and mind of one the world’s most respected comic performers.

DALISO CHAPONDA: BLAH BLAH BLACKLIST

Comedy Thu 12 March Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £26.00 // Standard Entry: £15.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

Daliso shot to fame on Britain’s Got Talent and has gone on to amass over 100 million YouTube views, write and star in his critically acclaimed Radio 4 show Citizen of Nowhere, and appear on QI, The Apprentice: You’re Fired, News Quiz and The Now Show. In his hilarious, daring new show, Daliso looks at disgraced, blacklisted celebrities and historical figures we’re ashamed we once admired.

ARABELLA WEIR: DOES MY MUM LOOM BIG IN THIS?

16+

Comedy Fri 13 March Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £28.00 // Standard Entry: £17.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

The mother of all confessional shows from the bestselling author and star of The Fast Show and Two Doors Down. Does My Mum Loom Big In This? is for everyone who’s had a mother or been a mother, featuring hair-raising hilarious true stories from Arabella’s dysfunctional childhood and her life as a single working mother. Devastatingly funny, excruciatingly honest and definitely embarrassing for all of Arabella’s relatives, not to mention herself, this is a helter-skelter tour of appalling – and appallingly funny – maternal behaviour. 18+

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Meal Deal Plus: £41.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00

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Comedy With Jarred Christmas, Catherine Bohart, Fin Taylor & MC Ian Stone* Sat 14 March Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

KRATER COMEDY CLUB

www.komedia.co.uk/bath

THE BIG DISCO

18+

Club Sat 14 March Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance One Enormous Party, For Everyone! We’ll be playing all your guilty pleasures from the 80s, 90s and 00s at the Big Disco. Each week there will be glitter, our photo prop booth, the fantastic big disco sign and a disco ball!

BINGO LINGO

18+

Cabaret Tuesday 17 March Doors: 6:00pm Entry: £7.00 // Bingo Ticket (Required to play): £1.00 Provocative, daring and more fun then you can shake your bingo balls at! Komedia, the home of BINGO LINGO in Bath! We take your average bingo and raise you the best interactive night of your life. Think Bingo, but with a smattering of dancing, twerk-offs, huge giveaways & a bonding session with our stage Grans. We can guarantee a night of bingo that would make your nan proud.

PALACE + SPECIAL GUESTS Music Wed 18 March Doors: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £14.00 Ages 14+ (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult) Leo Wyndham, Matt Hodges and Rupert Turner have been friends since they were thirteen and released their debut album “So Long Forever” in 2016. Following extensive touring of the festival circuit and a sold-out UK headline tour including Shepherds Bush Empire, the London based three-piece have been busy writing and recording at their own studio in Tottenham. Relaxed to the bone, the alt blues-rock trio will be hitting Komedia Bath for the first time this March.

THE GEORGE MICHAEL STORY Music Thu 19 March Doors: 7:00pm Advanced Price: £23 Ages 14+ (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult) The only touring show to perform George Michael’s hits in chronological order. The George Michael Story tells in detail the career of George and his 100 million record selling history. The show starts with George in the Wham! days and then into the Grammy Award winning ‘Faith’ album. After the interval we have George’s more mature hits and touch some of his emotional and heartfelt songs.

(01225) 489 070 www.komedia.co.uk/bath

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Comedy With Sean McLoughlin, Robin Morgan, Tanyalee Davis & one more act TBC!* Sat 21 March Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

MARCH

18+

KRATER COMEDY CLUB

Meal Deal Plus: £41.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00

THE BIG DISCO

18+

Club Sat 21 March Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance One Enormous Party, For Everyone! We’ll be playing all your guilty pleasures from the 80s, 90s and 00s at the Big Disco. Each week there will be glitter, our photo prop booth, the fantastic big disco sign and a disco ball!

TOM SEALS Music Wed 25 March Doors: 7:00pm Advanced Price: £21 Ages 14+ (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult) The mantle of UK Piano Man has been dominated by Elton John, Jools Holland and Jamie Cullum over the past five decades and no one else has come remotely close – until now that is! Fresh from a number one UK Blues Chart album, sell-out shows in jazz clubs across the world including the infamous Birdland Jazz Club on Broadway and London’s Ronnie Scotts, the incredible Tom Seals’ star truly on the rise.

ULTIMATE EAGLES Music Thu 26 March Doors: 7:00pm Advanced Price: £25 Ages 14+ (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult) Ultimate Eagles are definitive devotees to the music of The Eagles, performing songs from every album and every era, delivering more than forty years of brilliance with both accuracy and reverence. The band is comprised of seasoned International professionals who have spent their time performing alongside Queen, Paul Young, Roger Daltrey, Lulu, Van Morrison, The Commitments, Cliff Richard, John Legend and Thunder.

www.komedia.co.uk/bath

KRATER COMEDY CLUB

18+

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Meal Deal Plus: £41.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00

MOTORCITY

18+

Club Sat 28 March Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance Shake your tail feather to the fathers of funk and the sisters of soul! Motorcity brings a refreshing but classic mix of all the best motown, soul, funk and rock ‘n’ roll anthems to keep your feet stomping into the early hours! Expect to hear: Stevie Wonder, Gloria Jones, Earth Wind & Fire, The Jackson Five, James Brown, Rolling Stones and plenty more greats!

ONLY FOOLS & BOYCIE

16+

Comedy Sun 29 March Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £29 // Standard Entry: £18 Enjoy an intimate evening with John Challis, one of the nation’s greatest comedy actors, best known as Boycie in BBC1’s Only Fools and Horses. In this one-off show the national treasure will reveal secrets from the set with stories and anecdotes from his dazzling career. Mr Challis will also meet fans after the show to sign autographs and pose for pictures, while signing copies of his autobiography, Being Boycie, and novel, Reggie: A Stag At Bay.

BINGO LINGO

18+

Cabaret Tuesday 31 March Doors: 6:00pm Entry: £7.00 // Bingo Ticket (Required to play): £1.00 Provocative, daring and more fun then you can shake your bingo balls at! Komedia, the home of BINGO LINGO in Bath! We take your average bingo and raise you the best interactive night of your life. Think Bingo, but with a smattering of dancing, twerk-offs, huge giveaways & a bonding session with our stage Grans. We can guarantee a night of bingo that would make your nan proud.

Comedy With Stu Goldsmith, Keith Farnan, Dave Johns, & MC Ninia Benjamin* Sat 28 March Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

(01225) 489 070

www.komedia.co.uk/bath

JANUARY Mon 17 Tue 18

Uproar! Bingo Lingo

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Thu 20 Fri 12 Sat 22 Sat 22 Sun 23

Josie Long: Tender Artificial Monkeys Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco The Fleetwood Mac Songbook

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Tue 25

Janey Godley’s Soup Pot Tour

p.13

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Wed 26 Sat 29 Sat 29

Drag Queen Bingo Krater Comedy Club Motorcity

p.13 p.13 p.14

Fri 3 Sat 4 Sat 4 Mon 6 Sat 11

Showaddywaddy Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco New Act Comedy Krater Comedy Club

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Sat 11

The Big Disco

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Sun 12

Comedy Launchpad: Heat 1

Mon13 Sat 18 Sat 18

Bath Ocean Platic Day Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco

Sun 19

Comedy Launchpad: Heat 2

p.5

Wed 22

Max & Ivan: Commitment

p.5

Fri 24

Tony Law

p.6

MARCH

Sat 25 Sat 25

Krater Comedy Club Motorcity

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Sun 1

Flo & Joan: Before The Screaming Starts

Sun 26 Mon 27 Tue 28

Comedy Launchpad: Heat 3 Raise The Bar Spoken Word Littlemen, Port Erin & Support

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Wed 29 Thu 30 Fri 31

Ego Death Star, Charivari & Ravetank The Will Johns Band & Meeking And So I Watch You From Afar

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Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thur 5 Sat 7 Sat 7 Mon 9 Wed 11 Thu 12

New Act Comedy Joanne Shaw Taylor Banff Mountain Film Festival Banff Mountain Film Festival Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco Harry Baker Tommy Tiernan: Tomfoolery Daliso Chaponda: Blah Blah Blacklist

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Fri 7 The Thinking Drinkers: Heroes of Hooch Sat 8 Krater Comedy Club Sat 8 The Big Disco

Fri 13 Sat 14 Sat 14 Tue 17

Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big in This? Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco Bingo Lingo

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Wed 18

Palace

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Thu 19 Sat 21

The George Michael Story Krater Comedy Club

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Sun 9 Mon 10

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Sat 21

The Big Disco

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Wed 25

Tom Seals

p.18

Thu 26

Ultimate Eagles

p.18

Sat 28

Krater Comedy Club

p.19

Sat 28

Motorcity

p.19

Sun 29

Only Fools & Boycie

p.19

Tue 31

Bingo Lingo

p.19

FEBRUARY Sat 1 Sat 1 Mon 3 Tue 4

Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco New Act Comedy Bingo Lingo

Comedy Launchpad: Grand Final Shorts in Focus

Thu 13 Cloudbusting: The Music of Kate Bush

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Fri 14 Sat 15

Krater Comedy Club: Valentine’s Day Special Krater Comedy Club

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Sat 15

The Big Disco

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Ts&Cs: The premises will adopt a general age of entry policy for evening shows (shows or other entertainment after 20:00 hours on any day as follows: Monday to Saturday: All cabaret, music & theatre shows - 9 years & over unless otherwise stated. Monday to Saturday: All limited seating & standing events - 14 years & over unless otherwise stated (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult). Stand-up comedy shows: 18 years & over unless otherwise stated. All children under the age of 14 years to be accompanied by an adult.