Komedia Bath: Autumn - Winter 2019 Programme by Komedia Bath

HELLO & WELCOME TO OUR AUTUMN WINTER 2019 PROGRAMME!

This autumn at Komedia Bath, we’ve got seasonal celebrations galore! From Oktoberfest to The Bath Carnival Halloween Party & Motorcity’s Disco Inferno, there are plenty of awesome events for you to dress up and get down to in style! We’re also excited to announce our all new club night, The Big Disco, which will take place on the first 3 Saturdays of every month with a mixture of chart and classic bangers, as well as a chance for you to choose a tune via live tweeting. The last Saturday of the month will now see a supercharged version of Motorcity, with more glitter, glam and soul power than ever! Apparently, Christmas is also on its way and we’ve got plenty of treats under the Komedia tree, so if you’ve been landed with organising the office Christmas do or get-together with family and friends, fear not, we’ve got you covered! For the good girls and boys we’ve got a whole series of our famous Krater Comedy Club Christmas Specials & for those slightly more prone to naughtiness, there’s the festive & frisky Ministry of Burlesque Christmas Cabaret! There are plenty of other one-off festive events to choose from too, not to mention our legendary New Year’s Eve Party with Club Motorcity. So dive in, discover what the festive season at Komedia is all about & we hope to see you soon! The Komedia Team x

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THE ABBA SING-A-LONG: TRIBUTE DISCO Club Wed 2 October Doors: 8:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight First Release: £3.00 // Second Release: £4.00 // Final Release: £5.00 This is a club night dedicated to songs that have been written by our all time favourites, Abba, played by your favourite Tribute Disco DJs. We’ll be projecting lyrics to all the classics on screen for everyone to SING - A - LONG!

ELLIE TAYLOR: DON’T GOT THIS

Comedy Thu 3 October Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal £26.00 // Standard Entry: £15.00 Ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Fresh from recording her debut Netflix stand up special, the star of The Mash Report, Live at the Apollo and QI is back with a brand-new show. Join Ellie as she bangs on about life, love and what will happen if one more person tells her “you got this”.

LUKE KEMPNER: HOUSE OF FACES

Comedy Fri 4 October Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal £26.00 // Standard Entry: £15.00 Ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Comedian and Impressionist Luke Kempner hosts an ultimate reality show where no one is off limits. Expect celebrities, politicians and even royalty going head to head in Luke’s hit show House of Faces.

KRATER COMEDY CLUB

18+

Comedy With Luke Toulson, Abigoliah Schamaun, Dan Nightingale & MC Andy Robinson* Sat 5 October 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 The Big Disco afterwards! *Line-ups are subject to change and are correct at time of printing.

OKTOBERFEST

18+

Cabaret Sun 6 October Session One: 1pm - 4pm // Session Two: 5pm - 8pm

First Release Tickets: £5 // Second Release Tickets: £6

Hallo und herzlich willkommen! The world famous ‘Oktoberfest’ heads to Bath for 2019! Expect a fully decorated venue, authentic German beers (served in Steins), authentic German food as well as a live oompah band & DJs!

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18+

Comedy Mon 7 October 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.

COMING SOON OCTOBER

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BINGO LINGO

18+

Cabaret Tue 8 October Entry: £6.50 // Bingo Ticket (required to play) £1.00 Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 8:00pm Unreserved cabaret seating Bingo Lingo is unlike any bingo you’ve played before. We’ve taken the game, thrown away the rules and updated it for the newest generation of party animals! Expect mini-raves, on-stage dancing and utter chaos! 18

TOP DOG FILM FESTIVAL

Film Wed 9 October Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £13.50 (Unreserved rowed seating) From the producers of the Banff Film Festival tour in the UK comes a collection of heartwarming short films about dogs and their people. Age guidance 12A.

THE BIG MASSIVE KOMEDIA PUB QUIZ

18+

Cabaret Thu 10 October Entry: £1.00 // Maximum 6 players per team Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:00pm Unreserved cabaret seating Think you know your spatchcock from your shuttlecock, your Chuck Berry from your Mary Berry and your emojis from your emo punk? Put your noggin to the test and you and your mates could be crowned champions of The Big Massive Komedia Quiz and take home a tasty cash prize! Comedian host for the night Gareth Williams!

SH*T-FACED SHAKESPEARE: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

16+

Comedy Fri 11 October Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal £31.00 // Standard Entry: £20.00 The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is finally off on a UK tour with their version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shit-faced Shakespeare is the hilarious combination of an entirely serious adaptation of a Shakespearean classic, with an entirely shit-faced cast member.

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KRATER COMEDY CLUB

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Comedy With Ninia Benjamin, Rudi Lickwood, Louis Burgess & MC Ben Van Der Velde* Sat 12 October Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

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THE MUSIC OF CREAM: 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

Music Sun 13 October Doors: 7:00pm Advanced Price: £27.00 Ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Fifty years since their earth-shaking debut album, the bloodlines of that hallowed trilogy come together to pay tribute to Cream’s legendary four-album reign over the psychedelic frontier of the late 1960s.

THE WILDHEARTS

Music Thu 16 October Doors: 7:00pm Advanced Price: £25.00 Ages 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) The Wildhearts are heading to Komedia Bath in celebration of ‘Renaissance Men’, their first full-length studio album in 10 years, out now on Graphite Records. The Wildhearts’ classic line up of Ginger, CJ, Ritchie and Danny, recorded the energetic and diverse ‘Renaissance Men’ at the Treehouse Studio. Produced by Jim Pinder ‘Renaissance Men’ finds The Wildhearts at their full creative tilt delivering hard-hitting, retooled classic rock with a modern twist. Bristling riffs and jagged, riotous hooks are their poison and the 10 songs are the perfect manifestation of the band’s immutable wit, charm and righteous anger.

GREG MINNAAR: SIZE MATTERS Spoken Word Thu 17 October Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £18.00 // Meal Deal: £29.00 Ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) In this brand new show, Greg takes audiences on the journey of his incredible enduring racing career and the story of his life, covering everything from the early days of riding enthusiasm to his rise to the very top, the bikes that helped get him there and the teams behind the legendary rider.

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OCTOBER

DRAG QUEEN BINGO

18+

Cabaret Fri 18 October Entry: £6 // Bingo Ticket (required to play) £1 Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 8:00pm Unreserved cabaret seating Fridays Just Got Bolder. Think bingo is for old ladies with perms? THINK AGAIN! This is a game like no other you have played before. With musical comedy, gameshow classics with a twist and sass galore, these queens will tickle your funny bone and bend your concept of bingo forever…! Get your inner drag out and put together the best outfit: prizes are awaiting the best dressed!

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Comedy With Larry Dean, Susan Murray, Jarred Christmas & MC Lou Conran* Sat 19 October Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

KRATER COMEDY CLUB

ELIZABETH DAY: HOW TO FAIL Spoken Word Sun 20 October Advanced Price: £20.00 Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Unreserved rowed seating Inspired by her hugely popular podcast, How To Fail is Elizabeth Day’s latest book: part memoir, part manifesto, this is a book for anyone who has ever failed i.e. EVERYONE. Based on the simple premise that understanding why we fail ultimately makes us stronger, How to Fail reveals that failure is not what defines us; rather it is how we respond to it that shapes us as individuals.

SHORTS IN FOCUS

18+

Film Mon 21 October 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.

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LUCY SPRAGGAN

Music Wed 23 October Doors: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £18.00 Ages 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Lucy Spraggan is in a good place and wants to share it with you. She is happy in love, life and music: three things that are reflected in the anthemic, upbeat, and infectious sound of her new album.

MINISTRY OF BURLESQUE

18+

Cabaret Fri 25 October Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal Plus: £41.00 // Meal Deal: £30.50 // Auditorium: £20 // Concessions: £13 Fusing the wild, weird and witty traditions of circus, cabaret and burlesque Ministry of Burlesque Cabaret unfolds as a bold and daring, ever evolving new-variety experience. Enjoy musical comedy masters, provocative prima donnas, enigmatic exotic dancers and astonishing feats of human grace. With over 15 years’ experience leading the vanguard of the genre, The Ministry of Burlesque hand-pick and curate with both modern flair and old soul to deliver electrifying evenings of exceptional entertainment.

KRATER COMEDY CLUB

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Comedy With Daliso Chaponda, Rogers Monkhouse, Daniel Muggleton & MC Cerys Nelmes* Sat 26 October 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.

MOTORCITY HALLOWEEN: DISCO INFERNO

18+

Club Sat 26 October Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £7 // Students: £6 // 100 tickets available in advance The team behind Bath’s biggest club will be getting downright ghoulish this year to bring you the hottest halloween party in town!! Come in you your finest and freakiest fancy dress for the chance to win some BIG prizes! There’ll be tricks, treats, a pro photographer and some terrifying 10ft clowns! Happy hour drinks deals from 11pm - 12 midnight and student offers all night long!

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OCTOBER

ARTHUR’S DREAM BOAT Kids’ Event Sun 27 October Doors: 1:30pm // Show: 2:00pm Single Ticket: £8.50 // Family of Four: £28.00 A magical playful children’s show with breathtaking puppets, so enchanting that everyone will want to sail away with Arthur’s in his dream boat! This show is brought to you by Long Nose Puppets, makers of Shoe Baby, Penguin and Out of the Hat! The music is by Tom Gray, of the Mercury Award winning band Gomez.

DESIREE BURCH: DESIREE’S COMING EARLY

16+

Comedy Sun 27 October Doors: 7:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Advanced Price: £12 (Unreserved rowed seating in the Arts Cafe)

Comedian and storyteller Desiree Burch was born late, bloomed late, and generally has difficulty with the present moment. At a moment in history where decades of societal progress have swung right back around to authoritarianism and regression, Desiree embarks on a spiritual journey of mythically ridiculous proportions into the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, to figure out how she, and maybe all of us, have gotten here–and maybe, possibly, hopefully, how we fix the suckiness. +

BINGO LINGO

18+

Cabaret Tue 29 October Entry: £6.50 // Bingo Ticket (required to play) £1.00 Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 8:00pm Unreserved cabaret seating Bingo Lingo is unlike any bingo you’ve played before. We’ve taken the game, thrown away the rules and updated it for the newest generation of party animals! Expect mini-raves, on-stage dancing, twerking, tacky prizes, pocket-money, and utter chaos! The evening consists of around 8 games of 3 bingo boards with terrible prizes to be won, and one strange mother-of-all-prizes at the end!

BATH CARNIVAL: HALLOWEEN RAVE Club Thur 31 October Doors: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £6.00 Ages 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Bath Carnival’s Halloween rave returns to Komedia for a spectacular evening of freaky funk, disco beats and spooky classics. Your musical guardians for the evening are Bedmo Disco, Bristol’s notorious DJ collective, renowned for their legendary underground parties. As if that wasn’t enough, to get you in the spirit we’ve organised a free Day of the Dead parade which will meander through the city centre towards Komedia to open the night in style.

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LITTLE COMETS

Music Fri 1 November Doors: 7:30pm Advance Price: £16.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Little Comets return to Bath with new music and classic tracks. Feel good, jarring beat pop-rockers from Newcastle with kitchen sink indie songs. Little Comets remain committed to actually saying something in a song and convincing Taio Cruz that ‘plans’ and ‘dance’ is not acceptable as a rhyme.

KRATER COMEDY CLUB

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Comedy With Andrew Bird, Lloyd Langford, MC Maff Brown & One more act TBC!* Sat 2 November Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

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BATH BOARD GAME DAY: IN AID OF JULIAN HOUSE Cabaret Sun 3 November Doors: 10:00am Tickets from £5.00 All ages welcome (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Join us for Bath’s biggest board game day, in aid of Julian House. Choose to come along for the whole day or just 4 hours. With loads of games to choose from, you’ll be playing the latest releases by well-known makers, from the big blockbuster hits to indie gems you might have missed. Whether it’s a quick and playful game of bluffing and laughter or a lengthy game full of strategy and skill, there’s something for everyone. Feel great knowing your ticket is contributing to Julian House and all the work they do to support vulnerable and socially excluded individuals.

DARREN HARRIOTT: GOOD HEART YUTE Comedy Sun 3 November Doors: 7:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Advanced Price: £12.50 (Unreserved rowed seating in the Arts Cafe) Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Best Newcomer Nominee Darren considers himself a good person. Learning more about himself and realising maybe he’s never actually been happy with who is, join Darren for his trademark passion and insightful wit as he tries to work himself out.

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Spoken Word Mon 4 November Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £25.00 Ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

NOVEMBER

GRAEME SWANN & HENRY BLOFELD: DANCING DOWN THE WICKET

After two sell out tours with ‘The Great British Spin Off’ great mates Graeme Swann and Henry Blofeld are back on the road in 2019. With Graeme hot off the dance floor and Henry’s quick wit, storytelling and sparkling personality in equally good shape, the show is set to be a rip-roaring, belly laughing evening of entertainment that is not to be missed.

WAYNE HUSSEY

Music Wed 6 November Doors: 7:00pm Advance Price: £22.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Former member of Sisters Of Mercy, Wayne Hussey quit the band to form the highly successful gothic rock band The Mission in late 1985. Still recording and touring with The Mission, Wayne brings his solo acoustic show to Komedia Bath, mixing Mission classics with other material.

WHOLE LOTTA LED

Music Thu 7 November Doors: 7:00pm Advance Price: £17.00 // Students: £12.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) 2019 sees the 50th anniversary of the release of one of the greatest albums of all time – Led Zeppelin II. Celebrating this incredible album, Whole Lotta Led will be bringing all the classics back to life such as ‘Ramble On’, ‘Thank You’ and of course, ‘Whole Lotta Love’.

MARIANAS TRENCH

Music Fri 8 November Doors: 7:30pm Advance Price: £15.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Time to dust off the shiny pants, the Trench is back! The show will feature the powerhouse Vancouver quartet’s signature high-energy performance, While showcasing material from their new studio album Phantoms in addition to hits from their previous double platinum and gold-selling albums.

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Comedy With Peter Brush, Jeff Innocent MC Jarred Christmas & one more act TBC!* Sat 9 November 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 The Big Disco afterwards! *Line-ups are subject to change and are correct at time of printing.

SINDHU VEE: SANDHOG

Comedy Sun 10 November Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm Advanced Price: £17.50 // Concessions: £16.00 Ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Loving your children, spouse and ageing parents (in that order, please don’t tell my mother) is very hard work, very intense and a lot of the time it sucks. But who wants to live without love? Highly anticipated debut from the host of BBCR4’s Comedy of the Week podcast.

THE OPHELIA RAY BAND

Music Tuesday 12 November Doors: 7:30pm Advance Price: £8.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Ophelia Ray return to Komedia Arts Cafe, fresh off the summer BBC Introducing circuit, to launch their debut EP. This trio provide unique new music with echoes of Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and classic British rock- executed with a dark and ethereal twist. Expect stunning guitar solos, intricate, sweeping piano and soulful vocals

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Comedy With Eleanor Tiernan, Rob Deering, Chris Kent & MC Rob Mulholland* Sat 16 November Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

KRATER COMEDY CLUB

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Comedy Mon 18 November 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)

NOVEMBER

LOST VOICE GUY: I’M ONLY IN IT FOR THE PARKING

Lee is the first stand-up comedian to use a communication aid. His cutting edge material combines the political and personal with razor-sharp observations about disability and daily life. He may not be able to talk but he definitely has something to say – and his comedy will leave you speechless. +

BINGO LINGO

18+

Cabaret Tue 19 November Entry: £6.50 // Bingo Ticket (required to play) £1.00 Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 8:00pm Unreserved cabaret seating Bingo Lingo is unlike any bingo you’ve played before. We’ve taken the game, thrown away the rules and updated it for the newest generation of party animals! Expect mini-raves, on-stage dancing, twerking, tacky prizes, pocket-money, and utter chaos! The evening consists of around 8 games of 3 bingo boards with terrible prizes to be won, and one strange mother-of-all-prizes at the end!

JOHN ROBINS: HOT SHAME

16+

Comedy Thu 21 November Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £28.50 // Standard Entry: £17.50 Join John Robins for his new stand-up show following the critically lauded, sell-out smash, ‘The Darkness Of Robins’. As well as receiving widespread acclaim for his radio show with Elis James, John Robins has gained a reputation as a stand-up for finding humour in our bleakest moments. Expect soul-bearing, self-lacerating, piping-hot shame!

DRAG QUEEN BINGO

18+

Cabaret Fri 22 November Entry: £6/ / Bingo Ticket (required to play) £1 Doors: 6pm // Show: 8pm Unreserved cabaret seating Fridays Just Got Bolder. Think bingo is for old ladies with perms? THINK AGAIN! This is a game like no other you have played before. With musical comedy, gameshow classics with a twist and sass galore, these queens will tickle your funny bone and bend your concept of bingo forever…! Get your inner drag out and put together the best outfit: prizes are awaiting the best dressed!

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Comedy With Andrew Ryan, Ben Van Der Velde, Steve Harris & MC Sally Anne Hayward* Sat 23 November Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

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THE ABBA TRIBUTE: LIVE IN CONCERT Music Sun 24 November Doors: 7:00pm Advance Price: £20.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

Had back to the ‘70s and expect a jam packed 90 minutes of all of Abba’s greatest hits! The band have toured all over the world with their fantastic live show to millions of attendees & they are bringing their incredible show LIVE to Komedia Bath. They have also meticulously recreated the ABBA costumes from every source available, including several trips to the ABBA Museum in Stockholm.

SIR WAS Music Mon 25 November Doors: 6:00pm Advance Price: £8.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) RMT Music& Funnel Livepresent sir Waswho returns to the UK with the stunning, sophomore LP, ‘Holding On To A Dream’ – combining Pan-African rhythms, funk, electronica and jazz.

MR B’S EMPORIUM WELCOMES ERIN MORGENSTERN Spoken Word Tue 26 November Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 7:00pm Ticket and Book: £16.99

The author of beloved The Night Circus returns with her much anticipated second novel. In The Starless Sea, a tale which will not just tickle your imagination but leave it positively buzzing, Erin Morgenstern takes us on an adventure in the company of Zachary Rollins, game designer and solitary figure who one day stumbles upon an underground library.

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NOVEMBER

THE COMET IS COMING

Music Wed 27 November Doors: 7:30pm Advance Price: £15.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) The Comet is Coming to destroy illusions. It will manifest new realities, perceptions, levels of awareness and abilities to coexist. It is a musical expression forged in the deep mystery. It is the overcoming of fear, the embracing of chaos, the peripheral sight that we might summon the fire. Mo 18+

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Comedy With Paul McCaffrey, Keith Carter, Jake Lambert & MC Sally Anne Hayward* Sat 30 November Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm

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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 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.

MOTORCITY 10TH BIRTHDAY: DECADE OF 1,000 DANCES

18+

Club Sat 30 November Doors: 11:00pm // Last Entry Strictly Midnight Standard Entry: £6 // Students: £5 // 100 tickets available in advance Join us on Saturday November 30th to celebrate 10 years of bath’s biggest Saturday night with the greatest Motown, Soul, Funk, Disco & Rock ’n’ Roll party city of Bath has ever seen! Expect glitter, confetti, dancers and a professional photographer to capture all those mad Motown moments!

GARY DELANEY: GAGSTER’S PARADISE

16+

Comedy Sun 1 December Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £28.00 // Standard Entry: £17.00

Due to exceptional demand and an array of sold out dates all over the UK, Britain’s leading one-liner comic extends his brand new 2018 tour with even more dates for 2019 and 2020, returning to the road with another onslaught of lean, expertly crafted gaggery. A Mock The Week regular and recent star of the new Live At The Apollo series, Gary’s shows are renowned in the business for a near unrivalled volume of high-class gags. You should expect no different from this highly acclaimed show. Please note Coolio will not be appearing.

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THE SMYTHS

Music Thu 5 December Doors: 7:00pm Advance Price: £14.00 Ages: 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) In 1984, The Smiths released their debut album to critical acclaim. In 2019, the world’s foremost tribute to the band, The Smyths presents the debut album in full – live on stage.

KRATER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

18+

Comedy With Mike Dunn, Carey Marx & MC Jarred Christmas* Fri 6 December Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 8:30pm

3 Course Meal & Show: £43.00, 1 Course Meal & Show: £32.00, Auditorium: Show Only: £20.00, Balcony Show Only: £18.00, If you’re looking for something a little out of the ordinary this year, forgo the awkward office disco and beige buffet, and head to Komedia for one of our unbeatably funny and fantastically festive Krater Christmas Specials! Each Krater Christmas Special is complete with an all-star comedy line-up, an optional 3 course or 1 course meal, and dancing to cheesy floor-filler classics until the early hours with after-parties courtesy of The Big Disco and FAME. *Line-ups are subject to change and are correct at time of printing.

KRATER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

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Comedy With Larry Dean, The Noise Next Door & MC Jarred Christmas* Sat 7 December Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 8:30pm 3 Course Meal & Show: £43.00, 1 Course Meal & Show: £32.00, Auditorium: Show Only: £20.00, Balcony Show Only: £18.00,

If you’re looking for something a little out of the ordinary this year, forgo the awkward office disco and beige buffet, and head to Komedia for one of our unbeatably funny and fantastically festive Krater Christmas Specials! Each Krater Christmas Special is complete with an all-star comedy line-up, an optional 3 course or 1 course meal, and dancing to cheesy floor-filler classics until the early hours with after-parties courtesy of The Big Disco and FAME. *Line-ups are subject to change and are correct at time of printing.

UPROAR! CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Club Mon 9 December Doors: 7:00pm // 6:00pm for diners Standard Ticket: £5.00 // Meal Deal: £17 // Carers go free to the club! Komedia Bath and Bath Mencap are proud to present Uproar! Christmas Special – A festive edition of our ever-popular our club night exclusively for adults with learning disabilities, their families and carers. For this festive edition of Uproar! we are also offering a limited number of festive meal tickets.

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DECEMBER

THE BIG MASSIVE KOMEDIA CHRISTMAS QUIZ & SHITTY OFFICE DISCO

18+

Cabaret Wed 11 December Entry: £3.00 // Maximum 6 players per team Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:00pm Unreserved cabaret seating Think you know your elves from your Elvis, your Christmas number ones from the absolute turkeys, and your Quality Street from your Coronation Street? Put your noggin to the test and you and your mates could be crowned champions of The Big Massive Komedia Christmas Quiz and take home a tasty cash prize! We’ve taken everything you love about the humble pub quiz and made it massive! Expect music, video & picture rounds, bonus prizes, audience participation, quick fire questions, forfeits and lots and lots of laughs! Tickets include entry to the SHITTY OFFICE CHRISTMAS DISCO starting straight after the quiz at 10:30pm!!

THE SCUMMY MUMMIES CHRISTMAS SHOW

18+

Comedy Thu 12 December Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £31.00, Standard Entry: £20.00

Comedians Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn are back in Bath this December to celebrate the scummier side of parenting, from drinking wine at teatime to hiding from the PTA. Expect stand-up, sketches, songs, and some very scummy stories. Guaranteed to make parents laugh and non-parents happy about their life choices. Based on the hit Scummy Mummies podcast and best-selling book. As seen in The Sunday Times and heard on Radio 4 & at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019.

“Likeably straight-talking” – The Telegraph

KRATER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

18+

Comedy With Charlie Baker, Michael Fabbri & MC Sally Anne Hayward* Fri 13 December Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 8:30pm 3 Course Meal & Show: £43.00, 1 Course Meal & Show: £32.00, Auditorium: Show Only: £20.00, Balcony Show Only: £18.00,

www.komedia.co.uk/bath

KRATER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

18+

Comedy With Charlie Baker, Michael Fabbri & MC Sally Anne Hayward* Sat 14 December Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 8:30pm 3 Course Meal & Show: £43.00, 1 Course Meal & Show: £32.00, Auditorium: Show Only: £20.00, Balcony Show Only: £18.00,

MISS HOPE SPRINGS: CHRISTMAS AGOGO!

16+

Cabaret Thu 17 December Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 8:00pm Advanced price: £15.00

Winner of Broadway World Awards Best Cabaret of the Edinburgh Fringe 2019. Once the toast of Las Vegas (now down on her luck and highly medicated) live at the piano ‘recovering showgirl’ Miss Hope Springs rummages under her Christmas tree to unpack a glittering array of all original self-penned festive songs from her acclaimed repertoire.

KRATER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

18+

Comedy With Raymond & Mr. Timpkins, Rob Mulholland & MC Sally Anne Hayward* Sat 21 December Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 8:30pm

THE WURZELS’ WEST COUNTRY CHRISTMAS PARTY!

Music Sun 22 December Doors: 7:30pm Auditorium Standing Tickets: £18.00 // Balcony Seated Tickets: £20.00 Ages 14+ (Under 16 must be accompanied by an adult) Drink up thy zider! Them Wurzels are back in Bath, just in time for Christmas! Expect to hear all the songs, stories and laughs from their 50 year career. With support from the Skimmity Hitchers.

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

THE MINISTRY OF BURLESQUE’S CHRISTMAS CABARET Cabaret Fri 20 December Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 8:30pm 3 Course Meal & Show Ticket: £43.00 1 Course Meal & Show Ticket: £32.00 Auditorium Show Only Ticket: £20.00 Balcony Show Only Ticket: £18.00 After-party included Strictly for ages 18+

Celebrate Christmas in style with The Ministry Of Burlesque’s Christmas Cabaret An uproarious revue of camp Christmas comedy and festive friskiness... TS HA

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For one night only, our baroque auditorium will be transformed into a glittering festival of the weird and wonderful to dazzle, beguile and utterly amaze party-goers this Christmas.

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With a night of festive treats - both naughty and nice - all under one roof, guests are invited to eat, drink, laugh and dance the night away in true vaudevillian excessive style. Prepare to witness amazing aerial displays, breathtaking feats ofhuman grace and the daring antics of scantily clad showgirls. Hear songs from the sultriest of sirens and be entertained by the edgiest comedy and cabaret maestros the Ministry of Burlesque crew has to offer! IW

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So dig out your festive frock and finery and get in line to join Santa’s naughty list!

THE ALL IMPORTANT DETAILS: FOOD & DRINK PRE-ORDERS:

If booking a 3 Course or 1 Course Meal & Show Ticket, we will email you a food pre-order form with your tickets, which you must complete and return to us prior to the event. You can also pre-order drinks for your table, whether or not you will be eating with us.

PAYMENT DEADLINES:

If you book online you will need to pay the balance in full at the time of booking. If you book over the phone or in person you can secure your booking by paying a 20% non-refundable deposit. The remaining balance will need to be paid no later than Sunday 1st December 2018. Any tickets purchased on or after 1st Decembermust be paid in full at the time of booking.

www.komedia.co.uk/bath

Once stuffed to satisfaction and thoroughly entertained, guests can dance the night away to their favourite songs, courtesy of club FAME right through to 3am - all included in the ticket price!

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To complete the experience, choose from our Christmas Menu and enjoy a fabulous 3 course or 1 course meal before the show. There’ll be delicious homemade starters, mains featuring Jon Thorner’s staggeringly good festive pie range, sweet treats and plenty of Christmassy cocktails to indulge in!

KOMEDIA BATH NEW YEAR’S EVE EXTRAVAGANZA Comedy/Club Tue 31 December Doors: 6:30pm // Comedy: 8:30pm // Club: 10:30pm Comedy + Club Night Bundle: £30.00 Comedy Only Ticket: £22.00 Club Night Only Ticket: £15:00 Strictly for ages 18+

Give 2019 the ultimate send-off before all those pesky New Year’s resolutions take over! Krater Comedy Club New Year’s Eve Special Kick-off your last night of 2019 with our Krater Comedy Club New Year’s Eve special, featuring two circuit-leading stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the business! We’ll be serving delicious food from our award-winning kitchen before the show and if you want to party until the early hours, just make sure you select one of our Krater + Motorcity Gold Bundle Tickets!

O P T I O N S COMEDY SHOW, MEAL & CLUB ENTRY BUNDLE: £40.50 COMEDY SHOW & CLUB ENTRY BUNDLE: £30.00 COMEDY SHOW & MEAL ONLY: £30.50 COMEDY SHOW ONLY: £20.00 CLUB ENTRY ONLY: £15.00

Motorcity Gold

New Year’s Eve with Soul! The team behind Bath’s best Saturday night out will be throwing the ultimate New Year’s Eve Party to see 2019 out in style! Forget overpriced disappointment and join the Motorcity soul train as it steams straight ahead for non-stop fun, dancing and music all the way into 2019! There will be glitz, glamour and plenty of surprises as well as a professional photographer to capture those mad midnight moments! Expect to hear endless greats from the likes of Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, The Jackson Five, James Brown, Diana Ross, Jackie Wilson, Dollie Parton, Marvin Gaye, Sly & The Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Elvis and many more!

If you would like to discuss our ticket options, please call us on 01225 489 090

(open Mon - Fri from 9am - 5pm)

THE ALL IMPORTANT DETAILS: AGE RESTRICTIONS:

Our New Year’s Eve events are strictly 18+. You are advised to bring valid photo ID (driving license or passport) with you on the night - no photocopies will be accpeted!

BUNDLES:

Standard Krater New Year’s Eve Special tickets DO NOT include entry to Motorcity Gold. We advise customers who want to stay & dance away into 2019 to buy a Bundle Ticket.

(01225) 489 070

www.komedia.co.uk/bath

OCTOBER Wed 2 Thu 3 Fri 4 Sat 5 Sat 5 Sun 6 Mon 7 Tue 8 Wed 9

The ABBA Sing-A-Long Ellie Taylor: Don’t Got This Luke Kempner: House of Faces Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco Oktoberfest New Act Comedy Bingo Lingo Top Dog Film Festival

p.3 p.3 p.3 p.3 p.20 p.3 p.4 p.4 p.4

Thu 10

Big Massive Komedia Pub Quiz

p.4

Fri 11 Sat 12 Sat 12

Sh*t-faced Shakespeare

p.4

Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco

p.5 p.20

Sun 13 Wed 16 Thu 17 Fri 18 Sat 19 Sat 19 Sun 20 Mon 21 Wed 23 Fri 25 Sat 26 Sat 19 Sun 27 Sun 27 Tue 29 Thur 31

The Music of Cream The Wildhearts Greg Minnaar: Size Matters Drag Queen Bingo Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco Elizabeth Day: How to Fail Shorts in Focus Lucy Spraggan The Ministry of Burlesque: Cabaret Krater Comedy Club Motorcity Halloween Special Arthur’s Dream Boat Desiree Burch Bingo Lingo Bath Carnival Halloween Rave

p.5 p.5 p.5 p.6 p.6 p.20 p.6 p.6 p.7 p.7 p.7 p.7 p.8 p.8 p.8 p.8

NOVEMBER Fri 1 Sat 2 Sat 2 Sun 3 Sun 3 Mon 4 Wed 6

Little Comets Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco Bath Board Game Day Darren Harriott: Good Heart Yute Graeme Swann & Henry Blofeld Wayne Hussey

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Music:

p.9 p.9 p.20 p.9 p.9 p.10 p.10

Cabaret:

Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sat 9

Whole Lotta Led Marianas Trench Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco

p.10 p.10 p.11 p.20

Sun 10

Sindhu Vee: Sandhog

p.11

Tue 12 Sat 16 Sat 16 Mon 18 Tue 19

The Ophelia Ray Band Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco Lost Voice Guy Bingo Lingo

p.11 p.11 p.20 p.12 p.12

Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Sat 23 Sun 24 Mon 25 Tue 26 Wed 27 Sat 30 Sat 30

John Robins: Hot Shame Drag Queen Bingo Krater Comedy Club The Big Disco The ABBA Tribute: Live in Concert Sir Was Mr B’s Presents: Erin Morgenstern The Comet is Coming Krater Comedy Club Motorcity: 10th Birthday Party

p.12 p.12 p.13 p.20 p.13 p.13 p.13 p.14 p.14 p.14

DECEMBER Sun 1 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Mon 9 Wed 11 Wed 11 Thu 12 Fri 13 Sat 14 Tue 17 Fri 20 Sat 21

Gary Delaney: Gagster’s Paradise The Smyths Krater Christmas Special Krater Christmas Special Uproar! Christmas Special Big Massive Komedia Christmas Quiz The Shitty Office Disco The Scummy Mummies Krater Christmas Special Krater Christmas Special Miss Hope Springs: Christmas Agogo! Ministry of Burlesque Christmas Cabaret Krater Christmas Special

p.14 p.15 p.15 p.15 p.15 p.16 p.16 p.16 p.16 p.17 p.17 p.18 p. 17

Sun 22

The Wurzels Christmas Party

p.17

Tue 31

Krater Comedy Club NYE Special

p.19

Tue 31

Motorcity NYE Special

p.19

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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.