Julian Clary | Educating Rita | Rob Beckett | Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em | Jack Dee | Ed Byrne & More...
Sun 10 May
JULIAN CLARY: BORN TO MINCE
‘Are you ready for some filth? I know I am. Time once again for me to sally forth and pleasure the provinces with my particular brand of saucy innuendo. Let me at them!’ In this outrageously camp show, (that he was going to call Bed Knobs and Knee Pads but was advised might not sell too well in Harrogate), renowned homosexual Julian Clary will bare his soul as never before in the interests of light entertainment.
Tickets £28.50 (Conc. £2 off)
Thu 11 Jun
ROB BECKETT: WALLOP
g U Hs LA
Rob Beckett is back on tour with a brand-new stand-up show. It’s been a busy few years for the Mouth of the South and he’s coming to see you to fill you in and make you laugh.
Host of BBC One’s All Together Now and team captain on
Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats. Rob Beckett is also the star of BBC One’s Live At The Apollo, Would I Lie To You?, Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, BBC Two’s Mock The Week, ITV’s Play To The Whistle, ITV2’s Celebrity Juice and Sky’s A
League of Their Own. And he is a host of Dave’s podcast, The Magic Sponge, alongside Jimmy Bullard and Ian Smith.
Tickets £26.50
Box Office 01253 290 190 box@blackpoolgrand.co.uk | blackpoolgrand.co.uk
Sat 15 Feb
‘I’ve probably appeared in every TV show with my name in the title’
Sat 14 Mar
JOSH WIDDICOMBE: BIT MUCH The guy everyone can do an impression of is back with a brand
new stand-up tour. A show that will change your life and how you
perceive your place in the world. Bit much? Fine, it’ll be a very funny night of grumbles and jokes in which Josh will finally tackle the hot comedy topics of advent calendars, pesto and the closing time of his local park. Widdicombe is best known for the twice BAFTA nominated and multiple Broadcast and RTS award winning show
The Last Leg, as well as his critically acclaimed sitcom JOSH, Insert Name Here, QI, Have I Got New For You, A League of Their Own and his hit podcast Quickly
JACK DEE: OFF THE TELLY
Star of TV sitcoms Bad Move, Lead Balloon and Josh, Jack also
Jack Dee
hosts the legendary Radio 4 show I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue.
Sun 17 May
ED BYRNE: IF I’M HONEST Join Ed as he takes a long hard look at himself and tries to decide if he has ANY traits that are worth passing
Additional credits include presenting Jack Dee’s Helpdesk on BBC
on to his children.
Two, C4’s The Jack Dee Show, ITV’s Jack Dee’s Saturday Night,
Ed Byrne presents his brand-new masterclass
BBC’s Jack Dee’s Happy Hour and Jack Dee
in observational comedy hot on the heels of
Live at the Apollo.
his 17/18 Touring hit, Spoiler Alert!
Tickets £26.50
Tickets £28.50
Kevin Will He Score.
Tickets £23.50
‘One of the most bankable talents in comedy’
‘Masterful… Go see!’ Sunday Times
Guardian Guide
Sat 7 Mar
HT DOYEN OF LMIGENT ENTERTAIN
COUNT ARTHUR STRONG:
Mon 16 to Sat 21 Mar
starr
Joe Pas ing quale AS F rank
EDUCATING RITA
This hilarious and heat-warming comedy won the Olivier Award when it was produced in
SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM
London’s West End by the RSC and was
This brand-new show, the count seamlessly combines
Written by one of our greatest ever playwrights
accident-prone Frank Spencer, written & directed by Guy Unsworth.
Willy Russell and starring one of our best
Betty has exciting news for Frank, but he’s preoccupied by
the very best showbiz entertainment you’ll currently find, in the world, possibly? as he wrestles with some of the big questions that other all-round entertainers shy away from.
Tickets £23.50
which stared Julie Walters and Michael Caine.
loved actors Stephen Tompkinson as Frank and introducing Jessica Johnson as Rita.
Tickets from £24 (Conc. available)
ng
Steven Tompkin son AS Fra
nk
Hilarious mishaps and DIY disasters are bringing the house down, quite literally, as Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em hits the road with Joe Pasqual (New Faces, I’m a Celebrity, Spamalot, The Producers) as the lovable
possible new-found fame as a magician. With guests arriving for dinner and crossed wires all round, priceless misunderstandings are on the menu.
starri
cer
Tue 21 to Sat 25 Apr
IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?
adapted into the multi award-winning film
Spen
Tickets from £25.50 (Conc. available)
‘Irresistibly Daft’ Daily Star