Derby Comedy Festival Guide 2015

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– Jonny Awsum

We’d all love your support (and laughs!) at this year’s events…

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We had such a good time at our first festival last year, that it seemed rude not to return with more gags and giggles across the city! We’re delighted to see the festival growing so quickly and involving more venues with shows across a wide range of comedy styles. We’re also really pleased to welcome the fabulous Derby-born comedian who’s taken his infectious crowd-pleasing style around the world – Jonny Awsum – as our Festival Patron.

Bob Rushton, Programme Manager, Derby LIVE

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Jonny Awsum & Friends

A night of unmissable comedy to celebrate the start of the festival. Join Jonny Awsum as he presents some of the best comedic talent including Gein’s Family Giftshop, Mark Simmons and Mickey D.

Fr i 3

Fri 3 Jul, 8pm

Funhouse Comedy have presented acts such as Sarah Millican and Rhod Gilbert to Derby as they made their way to the top.

Don’t miss Steve Royle, Yianni Agisilaou, Barry Dodds all compered by Annette Fagon. Always a fun night out.

Guildhall Theatre £8

Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

Fri 3 Jul, 8:15pm

The Old Bell Hotel £11

in advance

Little Howard Big Howard Little Howard is the world’s only live interactive animation.

He’s won so many awards and fantastic reviews and he’s only just celebrated his 6th birthday (for the tenth year in a row)! With interactive stand-up, live animation on stage and lots of jokes and songs, this is a show that all the family can enjoy.

Sat 4 Jul, 1pm QUAD £10

Sat 4 Morgan and West Parlour Tricks

Time travelling magic duo Morgan and West present a brand new show chock full of jaw-dropping, brain-bursting, gasp-eliciting feats of magic. The dashing chaps offer up a plateful of illusion and impossibility, all served with wit, charm and no small amount of panache.

Sat 4 Jul, 4pm

Guildhall Theatre £14.25

Little Howard: Stand Up Animator

This Cartoon Cabaret contains the very best of his animated comedy for adults in a unique comedy experience where cartoon stand-ups come to life and improvise with the audience.

Sat 4 Jul, 7pm

QUAD £12

Lost Boys Productions

Hollywood’s History of the World

Expect plot-holes, pie-charts and pistache as The Lost Boys explore Hollywood’s irreverent treatment of World History.

Sat 4 Jul, 7:45pm The Clubrooms £10

Edinburgh Festival Preview All-Dayer No need to go to the Edinburgh Fringe. Catch six of the best shows for just one great value ticket in a lovely covered beer garden. Featuring festival patron Jonny Awsum, Radio 4 favourites Mitch Benn and Alfie Moore, popular Irish-Iranian Geordie Patrick Monahan, Chris Turner and the amazing spoof spirit medium Ian D. Montfort.

The beer garden has heaters in the garden, so perfect whatever the weather, food and pass-outs available.

Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

Sun 5

Sun 5 Jul, 2pm Bar One £8.80

in advance

Lucky Dog Theatre Productions

Hats off to Laurel and Hardy

The play recounts the early lives of the most famous comedy duo of all time, their fledgling careers, meteoric rise to fame and their final international tours. Expect some singing and questionable dancing and an evening of laughter that will finally break your heart.

Sun 5 Jul

Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires). We have the best comedians from the UK and world circuit doing what they do best… but without the rude bits!

The Clubrooms £10

Sun 5 Jul, 2pm

Guildhall Theatre £7.50

Drunken Chorus

I Never Told A Joke In My Life

A speech about dead comedians, forgotten comedians and every comedian that’s ever been and ever will be. From fights with the audience, to sing-a-longs, walk-outs and on stage deaths and drawn from real incidents of failure in stand-up comedy including the ultimate failure of all - the death of Tommy Cooper, live on stage.

Sun 5 Jul, 8pm

Derby Theatre Studio £9.50

Furthest From The Sea in conjunction with Derby LIVE

Mon 6

From the far reaches and indeed dark recesses of Derbyshire comes a night of the finest Derbyshire Comedians, frivolity and rather amusing turns.

Is Derbyshire funny? Well this is where that perennial question gets a big fat belly chuckle of an answer, or not.

Mon 6 Jul, 8pm

Guildhall Theatre £5

Want to get involved? We’re looking for people to help develop Furthest From The Sea’s involvement in all things amusing and ‘derbyshonian’ (Derbyarian? Derbyish?) and/or to perform at the show.

Part of the night will be towards Derby Comedy Business awards Funny Business, so, if you’ve got the office clown, then get your business represented by them live on stage!

Email dan@furthestfromthesea.co.uk if you’re interested.

Furthest From the Sea and MissImp

Interrobang

Tue 7

Derby’s unique show, Interrobang, returns from last year’s triumphant debut.

Take part in or witness the improvised comedy jam, followed by a showcase of the region’s best improv.

Unscripted, unplanned, unmissable, un-something else…

Interactive Theatre International presents

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

Waited upon by Basil, Sybil and Manuel, this is fully immersive, highly improvised and site-specific comedy theatre at its best.

Only a third of the show is scripted, so anything can happen as you take a seat in the ‘Fawlty Towers’ restaurant... Expect all the best gags, shambolic service and a 70s style 3-course meal. Just don’t mention the war!

Tue 7 – Thu 9 Jul, 7:30pm The Old Bell Hotel

Tue 7 Jul, 7:30pm

£45

£5

interactive show

Déda – CUBE Café | Bar in advance

Includes drink on arrival,

3 course meal and 2 hr

Lewis Schaffer is Free until Famous

The award-winning New York comic takes on England.

Tue 7 Jul, 8pm

Guildhall Theatre FREE, a collection will be made post-show

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Champions’ Special

Comedy’s answer to The X-Factor and Britain’s Got Talent. 10 winners of the heats go head to head. Audience judges vote on who to keep on and who to send off! Lots of fun and laughs, compered by Spiky Mike.

Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

Wed 8 Jul, 8.15pm Bar One £4.40

in advance

Wed 8

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Call Me Merman

Rosemary Ashe, Olivier Award nominated star of London’s West End, pays tribute to Ethel Merman, the legendary first lady of the musical comedy stage. Funny and touching by turns, Call Me Merman visits all of the Broadway star’s biggest shows from Gershwins’ Girl Crazy, which made her a star overnight, through to Styne and Sondheim’s Gypsy.

Thu 9 Jul, 7:30pm

Guildhall Theatre £16.25

Edinburgh Festival Preview Special: Paul Sinha supported by Markus Birdman

You might have seen Paul Sinha on the telly, as ‘The Sinnerman’, catching unlucky contestants on ITV’s tea-time quiz, The Chase. He’s also a great stand-up comedian having been nominated for the highest accolade in live comedy at the Edinburgh Festival.

Thu 9 Jul, 8pm Bar One £11

in advance

Bitter & Twisted The Last Broad Bridge in Halifax Hall

Retired super-models Michèle and Shirley invite you to an intimate evening of wine, women and sing-along in celebration of that ridiculous experience we’ve come to call middle age.

Thu 9 Jul, 7:45pm The Clubrooms £10

The Tom Show

The Tom Show has got it all! Comedy, magic, sword swallowing, ventriloquism, music and a breath-taking, death-defying underwater escape. Tom is a regular at London’s Covent Garden and the Edinburgh festival where he entertains and amazes the masses with his quick-wit, debonair charm and skill.

Fri 10 Jul, 7:30pm Déda £10

Sameena Zehra Homicidal Pacifist

It’s time to cull the human race. But how is a lifelong believer in non-violence to choose? By making a list.

A culling list. Be ready to gasp, guffaw & maybe suggest a person or two for the cull.

A whirlwind hour of comedy and storytelling.

Fri 10 Jul, 7:45pm The Clubrooms £10

Jimmy Carr Funny Business

Jimmy’s been described as ‘the hardest working man in comedy’. Which, let’s face facts, is not that impressive. It’s like being the ‘tallest dwarf’ or the ‘healthiest glaswegian’.

Really not that big a deal. Come for the witty and incisive musings on the human condition; stay for the knob gags.

Multiple choice. Jimmy Carr’s ‘Funny Business’ will be: a) Packed with Jokes b) Rude and offensive* c) A great night out If you answered a, b or c you were right! * If you are easily offended. Don’t be a dick about it.

Fri 10 Jul, 8pm Derby Arena £27

Fr i 10

The Thinking Drinkers Guide to The Legends of Liquor

Alcohol: One minute a soul mate, the next a psychopath. The Thinking Drinkers explore the liquid lives of history’s most extraordinary elbow-benders. Slide onto the bar stool of discovery and enjoy several free deluxe drinks.

Fri 10 Jul, 8pm

Guildhall Theatre £16.25

Lost Boys Productions

The Revenge of the Gargantuan Poo Monster

The small rural town of Quolon is threatened by a terrifying creature and only two cowboy-plumbers stand in its way. Can Dave and Barry step up and be the heroes that Quolon needs? Can they prove their innocence in time to defeat the monster? Will the people of the world live to poo another day? There is only one way to find out.

Sat 11

CQ Street Circus

Roll up and join Changofuego and friends at the CQ Saturdays Street Circus event – a glorious mix of street circus and theatre acts for all the family.

Sat 11 Jul, 11am – 3pm

Waterfall, Market Place FREE

“Genuinely witty and original work” Remote Goat

Sat 11 Jul

The Clubrooms £10

Vikki Stone Instrumental

Award-winning comedian Vikki has blagged, stolen and borrowed twenty musical instruments. Some she can play really quite well and others, at the time of writing, not so well.

This collection of instruments, each with a story, will become the underscore for this tale of love, loss and music.

Sat 11 Jul, 8pm

Guildhall Theatre £13.25

Edinburgh Festival Preview All-dayer

No need to go to the Edinburgh Fringe. Catch six of the best shows for just one great value ticket in a lovely covered beer garden. Featuring Jollyboat, Addy Van Der Borgh, Ali Cook, Keith Farnan, Bobby Mair, Eddy Brimson and Rich Wilson.

The beer garden has heaters in the garden, so perfect whatever the weather, food and pass-outs available. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

Sun 12 Jul, 2pm Bar One £8.80

in advance

Sun 12

Chris Fitchew Ooops!

Derby boy Fitchew returns with his tour de force brand new one-man show.

A hilarious journey from Derby to London and back again with a fabulous tale between his legs sporting a glittery pair of leggings dipped in gold. “ a passionate, larger-than-life, full-on entertainer who brings infectious exuberance and bold ambition to his creations….” Chortle

Sun 12 Jul, 8pm

Derby Theatre Studio £9.50

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save £2 Mon 7 Dec – Sun 3 Jan Derby Arena £13.25

- £30.25

VIP Night R

Includes top priced ticket, programme and access to an exclusive post-show drinks reception, with a chance to meet the cast.

Fri 11 Dec, 7pm £45.25

Fri 3 - Sun 12 Jul 2015 Fri 3

Jonny Awsum & Friends

Guildhall Theatre

Funhouse Comedy Club

The Old Bell Hotel

Sat 4

Morgan and West

Guildhall Theatre

Hollywood’s History of the World

The Clubrooms

Little Howard Big Howard

QUAD

Little Howard: Stand Up Animator

QUAD

Sun 5

Edinburgh Festival Preview All-Dayer

Bar One

Comedy Club 4 Kids!

Guildhall Theatre

Hats off to Laurel and Hardy

The Clubrooms

I Never Told A Joke In My Life

Derby Theatre Studio

Ey Up Mi Duck!

Guildhall Theatre

Mon 6

Tue 7

Interrobang

Déda – Cube Café | Bar

Faulty Towers

(also on Wed & Thu)

The Old Bell Hotel

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Bar One

Call Me Merman

Guildhall Theatre

Wed 8

Thu 9

Edinburgh Festival Preview Special: Paul Sinha Bitter & Twisted

Bar One The Clubrooms

Fri 10

The Tom Show

Déda

Sameena Zehra

The Clubrooms

Jimmy Carr

Derby Arena

The Thinking Drinkers Guide

Guildhall Theatre

The Revenge of the Gargantuan Poo Monster

The Clubrooms

CQ Street Circus

Waterfall, Market Place

Vikki Stone

Guildhall Theatre

Sat 11

Sun 12

Edinburgh Festival Preview All-dayer

Bar One

Chris Fitchew

Derby Theatre Studio

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How to book Check where the event you want to book for is taking place and then book direct with the venue via their website or through their Box Office.

Guildhall Theatre, The Clubrooms and Derby Arena

derbylive.co.uk

01332 255800

Déda

deda.uk.com

01332 370911

Derby Theatre

derbytheatre.co.uk

01332 593939

QUAD

derbyquad.co.uk

01332 290606

Bar One (covered Outdoor Beer Garden)

funhousecomedy.co.uk

The Old Bell Hotel (Funhouse Comedy Club)

funhousecomedy.co.uk

The Old Bell Hotel (Faulty Towers)

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All venues have wheelchair spaces and welcome assistance dogs.

Most venues have digital, infra-red or a loop system. For full details of the provision made by each of the venues please visit the venue websites or check with the venue box office or promoter.

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