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We’re sorry you missed it. Be in the know and get the chance to book before anyone else with Harrogate Theatre’s White Rose Membership. Starting at £30 a year, join for exclusive membership perks such as priority booking! Find out more on our website at www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk or email karen.grouse@harrogatetheatre.co.uk for more information. We thank you for your support! Sold Out JON RICHARDSON THE KNITWIT FRI 21 OCT 8pm Royal Hall RETURNS F OR 2022!
Welcome to the 13th annual Harrogate Comedy Festival, where we put the haha back into Harrogate! Bringing the biggest acts to the town, get ready to laugh out loud and join us for the festival that celebrates funny! We hope you’ll join us this October at Harrogate Theatre and the Royal Hall for a great night out, a good laugh and simply some of the best comedy around. Tickets are selling fast, so make sure you don’t miss out!
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An original and unique new parody musical inspired by the gang in Friends, the iconic TV show. When Ross's wife leaves him for another woman, he fears he will never find love again. But then Rachel runs back into his life... will he end up with his one true love? With original new songs such as (He's her) Lobster!, Richard's Moustache and You're Over Me, When Were You Under Me?, the gang take on naked Thursdays, a power cut, and a dinosaur convention! What could possibly go wrong? 05 Harrogate Theatre
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HENNING WEHN IT’LL ALL COME OUT IN THE WASH
OCT 7:30pm
THU 06 OCT 7:30pm Royal Hall Watch German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn give everything a good rinse and witness him wring sense out of the nonsensical. An unbiased look at a certain virus might be inevitable but Henning has no agenda; he just happens to be always spot on. It’s a curse. ‘A master at using his outsider status. Dazzlingly funny’—The Times ‘He’s German but he means well’ —some bloke on Twitter ‘Wunderbar’—The Times
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La Voix - The UK’s Funniest Red Head is coming! The eighth wonder of the world the diamanté diva herself, La Voix is hot footing her way to Harrogate with her brand new show as the Countess of Comedy!
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THU 06 OCT 7:30pm Harrogate Theatre Packed by the case load with side splitting comedy, huge vocals, mesmerising diva impressions and buckets of energy, join La Voix and her incredible musicians for an unforgettable evening full of sparkling wit, show stopping tunes and even more gorgeous dresses. WONDER OF THE WORLD
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A BIT OF A CARRY ON WITH TYLER BUTTERWORTH
FRI 07 OCT 8pm
Actor Tyler Butterworth tells the funny, moving and nostalgic story of his muchloved parents, the nation’s first female TV impressionist Janet Brown, and the inimitable Carry On star Peter Butterworth. From heroic wartime escapades at POW camp Stalag Luft III, to a night at Chequers with Mrs Thatcher, A Bit of a Carry On is a warm and uplifting journey from wartime to showtime, taking us deep into the golden age of British TV & film comedy - just how did a girl from Glasgow and a lad from Manchester become the first married couple to both feature as subjects on This Is Your Life? With classic film and tv clips, rare photographs and a Q&A, get to know the stars, who lived to make us laugh.
FRI 07 OCT 7:30pm Harrogate Theatre
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JASON BYRNE Jason Byrne has not only had his heart unblocked and been given a new lease of life, but his whole career has been unblocked too! The constipation of Covid has been cleared, live entertainment has been colonically irrigated and readied up for us all. The bans from social media platforms have been lifted and Jason is back dishing up platters of fun to everyone. Join Jason live on stage as he unleashes what he does best. Guaranteed pure and utter UNBLOCKED joy and laughter. This guarantee is not guaranteed.
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MAISIE ADAM Fresh from Live at The Apollo, Mock The Week, and The Last Leg, Best Newcomer nominee Maisie Adam is back with a brand new show for 2022, ‘Buzzed’. Rammed with witty observations, high-octane energy and some right good jokes. This high-energy show promises to be better than whatever else you had planned (unless you had plans to go dancing with Cher). BUZZED JENNY ECLAIR SIXTY! (FFS) Having hit 60 (but still a year younger than Madonna), Jenny Eclair AKA ‘The Face of Vagisan’ confronts a new decade of decrepitude. Now that it takes 20 minutes of scrolling down to find her DOB when she’s filling in forms online, should she celebrate or crawl into a hole? What will her 60’s hold for this 1960’s babe and is it a legal requirement to buy Nordic walking poles? SAT 08 OCT 8pm Harrogate Theatre MON 10 OCT 7:30pm Harrogate Theatre 7
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Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest - direct from the West End and now heading to Harrogate! With twelve years as an Edinburgh Fringe must-see phenomenon, a BBC Radio 4 series, a critically acclaimed West End run and an Olivier Award to their name, The Showstoppers have delighted audiences across the globe with their ingenious blend of comedy, musical theatre and spontaneity.
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A brand new musical comedy is created from scratch at each performance of this award winning show as audience suggestions are transformed on the spot into all-singing, all dancing productions with hilarious results. 11 OCT 7:30pm Theatre
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These incredible performers are guaranteed to impress as they create shows packed with drama, dazzling dance routines and catchy melodies – it’s just all made up on the spot! So whether you fancy Hamilton in a hospital or Sondheim in the Sahara, you suggest it and The Showstoppers will sing it! IMPROVISED funny... defies this what improv can do, wonder why anyone bothers down’—The
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KIRI PRITCHARD-McLEAN HOME TRUTHS
TUE 11 OCT 8pm Harrogate Studio Theatre
Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Have I Got News For You?, Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You?, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown) is back with a brand new tour. It’s been a big few years for most of us and Kiri is no different. She’s moved back to her home island of Anglesey, struggled with lockdown and got herself some rescue chickens. You can expect jokes about skinny jeans, learning Welsh and white supremacy - something for everyone. ‘Making powerhouse stand-up from the thorniest of subjects’—The Guardian
WED 12 OCT 7:30pm Harrogate Theatre
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MITCH BENN IT’S ABOUT TIME ‘The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once’ —Albert Einstein (probably) If it feels like the past is catching up with us and the future isn’t what it used to be, then fear not! Mitch Benn, comedian, songwriter and thinker of deep thoughts, (not to mention ‘the country's leading musical satirist’ —The Times) is back, clock in one hand and guitar in the other, to help you look at time in a whole new way.
DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD? Award-winning broadcasters Fi Glover and Jane Garvey don’t claim to have all the answers (what was the question?), but for these live events to celebrate the paperback publication of their bestselling book Did I Say That Out Loud?, they guarantee an evening of behind-thescenes revelations and inconsequential, but strangely compelling, chat about living some of their lives in front of and behind the microphone. At a time of uncertainty, what you need is the wisdom and experience of two women who haven’t got a clue what’s happening either. If they can find their way to the theatre, it promises to be an evening of mildly entertaining stuff.
FRI 14 OCT 7:30pm Royal Hall
FI GLOVER AND JANE GARVEY
FRI 14 OCT 8pm Harrogate Theatre
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SOFIE HAGEN FAT JOKES Edinburgh comedy award winner Sofie Hagen presents Fat Jokes. A show bursting with big jokes and fat punchlines. Sofie returns to her craft of devastatingly brilliant joke writing and storytelling and has created this collection of fat jokes and unforgettable moments that you can laugh at without feeling like sh*t. Come as you are and enjoy an actual fat person at the top of her game.
The Hyena Lounge Closing Gala returns to this year’s comedy festival featuring a line-up of acts that are more in the style of variety rather than the usual monthly stand-up comedy focused affairs that the Hyena Lounge is famous for. After an enforced two-year hiatus it’s always been a highlight of the festival and this year is just as daft and laugh-out-loud funny as ever. HYENA COMEDY CLUB CLOSING GALA SAT 15 OCT 8pm Harrogate Theatre 1 – 2 John Street Harrogate, HG1 1JZ 01423 802 669 SERVING THE GIGGLES DURINGCOMEDYHARROGATEFESTIVAL Book a www.gigglingsquid.comtable@gigglingsquid
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