HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR SUMMER 2018 BROCHURE! It’s finally starting to look and feel like summer in the city and we’re delighted to once again be able to bring a diverse range of feel-good events to Bath! Comedy highlights include a whole month of Edinburgh Fringe previews, TWO nights with Dylan Moran and of course, we’ll be bringing breaking comedy talent to Bath every Saturday with Krater Comedy Club! We’re also delighted to have partnered up with The Children’s Literature Festival, The Bath Folk festival and Bath Mencap to bring events for everyone to the heart of the city. Our cover and listings artwork this season has been created by staff and friends of Komedia Bath and we’d like to thank Lise Richardson, Steva Antonova, Nelly Mason, Livi Wilson, Una Taylor and all our other contributors for their brilliant work! The Komedia Team x
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EVERY SATURDAY... Catch the superstars of tomorrow before they start selling out arenas! Krater Comedy Club features the best in UK live stand up comedy from three top comics and a compere every week. In the past we have welcomed many now Jim household names including Jimmy Carr, Ross Noble, Sarah Millican, Alan Carr, Jon Richardson and John Bishop to name just a few!
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JULY NEW ACT COMEDY 18+ Comedy Mon 2 July Doors: 7:30pm // Show: 8:00pm £3.00 entry // Arts Café – 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.
BRING YOUR OWN BABY 16+ Comedy Tues 3 July Doors: 11:15am // Show: 12pm // Babies of up to 12 months £11 in advance // £12 on the door
Back by popular demand, Bring Your Own Baby Comedy is the UK’s premier baby friendly comedy club - featuring the funniest comedy stars from the circuit and TV! EDINBURGH PREVIEWS SEASON:
CHRISTOPHER MACARTHUR-BOYD & ANGELA BARNES
Comedy 916 + Tues 3 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating
CHRISTOPHER MACARTHUR-BOYD: REASONS TO LIVE An hour of stand-up from someone who doesn’t want to kill themselves anymore! Three-time Scottish Comedian of the Year finalist. As heard on BBC Radio 1 and 4extra. ANGELA BARNES: WORK IN PROGRESS BBC New Comedy Award winner, Angela Barnes returns with a work in progress of her brand-new hour of jokes. As seen on Live At The Apollo & Mock The Week. EDINBURGH PREVIEWS SEASON:
TOM LUCY & SALLY ANNE HAYWARD 916
Comedy Wed 4 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating +
TOM LUCY: WORK IN PROGRESS After winning the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2016, Tom Lucy has gone on to support Jack Whitehall on his recent arena tour and sold out his entire run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017. SALLY-ANNE HAYWARD: COMEDIENNE-ESS 59 minutes of jokes from a female/woman unafraid of embracing her bitchier side.
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TONY LAW & ANDY FIELD
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Comedy 16+ Thurs 5 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating TONY LAW: WORK IN PROGRESS Tony Law is a four-time Chortle Award winner, Amused Moose Best Show winner, and Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee. Join him for a whole hour of inspired nonsense in this under-construction new show! ANDY FIELD: WORK IN PROGRESS BBC Comedy Award Finalist and Chortle Student Award Winner, Andy Field has made an impact on the comedy scene with his unique style and fresh approach to traditional stand up. Andy returns to Edinburgh in 2018 with a brand new hour of sketch meets stand-up
SUPER PIRATES Kids Fri 6 July Doors: 10:30am Adults & new-born babies go free //£4 for kids and babies who are coming to play! (Only cash payments taken on entry) SuperPirates will once again be transforming Komedia’s huge dance floor into a fun-packed pop up play area! There’ll be den-building, crazy games, dancing and FREE facepainting! There will also be entertainment for babies with play mats, toys and plenty of space for buggies and feeding. Refreshments can be bought from the cafe and enjoyed in the play area too – so parents can get that much needed coffee while the kids are thoroughly entertained!
THE SCUMMY MUMMIES SHOW Comedy 18+ Fri 6 July Doors: 7:00pm // Show: 8:00pm // Unreserved rowed seating Advance Price: £20.00 Trouble lounge are delighted to bring you an evening of live stand-up comedy with The Scummy Mummies, whose wildly popular podcasts are a sanity-saving must for less-than-perfect parents (that’s all of us, right?) A must see show that guarantees to cover a wide range of parenting topics, from pelvic floors* and play-dates to farting and fish fingers. *Don’t forget your Tena Lady.
KRATER COMEDY CLUB
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Comedy With Raymond & Mr. Timpkins, Elliot Steel, Joe Rowntree & MC Sally Anne Hayward* Sat 7 July Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change.
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THE DELIGHTFUL SAUSAGE & JAMES MEEHAN 16+ Comedy Sun 8 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating
THE DELIGHTFUL SAUSAGE: REGENERATION GAME Since inventing sketch comedy in 2015, Chris Cantrill and Amy Gledhill have been peddling their own brand of nonsense to anybody daft enough to get within spitting distance. Expect surreal sketches, unsettling illustrations and heavily implied violence. JAMES MEEHAN: WORK IN PROGRESS Offbeat, aloof, yet delightfully likeable, James Meehan is a rising star of the British comedy scene. Brilliantly unconventional, and refreshingly nonchalant, as a stand-up, James is carving out a niche for himself as a wonderfully offbeat presence on the circuit.
KRATER COMEDY CLUB 18+
Comedy With Matt Richardson, Carey Marx, Jimmy McGhee & MC Maff Brown* Sat 14 July Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change.
NATALIE MERCHANT
Music 14+ Mon 16 July Doors: 7:30pm // Unreserved rowed seating The american singer-songwriter and 10,000 Maniacs founding member brings her summer tour to Komedia Bath three decades after her first UK concert with 10,000 Maniacs and two years after her sold out Royal Albert Hall show marking the 20th anniversary of her solo debut Tigerlily. EDINBURGH PREVIEWS SEASON:
CHARLIE BAKER & NIGEL NG Comedy Tues 17 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating 16+
CHARLIE BAKER: WORK IN PROGRESS Imagine if Jack Black, Frank Sinatra and Jethro somehow had a son and that’s approximately what you’ll get with Charlie Baker. Bringing an incredible mix of jokes, song and dance to the stage, Charlie serves up a hilarious hour of new stand-up comedy. NIGEL NG: MALAYSIAN SENSATION Nigel Ng is from Malaysia. Join him as he observes & adopts your Western ways in hilarious fashion.
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LARRY DEAN & MATT PRICE JULY
Comedy 16+ Wed 18 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating
LARRY DEAN: WORK IN PROGRESS A whole hour of new material from the rising star, this performance will follow hot on the heels of Larry’s UK wide tour of his Edinburgh Fringe 2017 success ‘Fandan’, and his Live at The Apollo debut. MATT PRICE : LAST NIGHT A WEEGIE SAVED MY LIFE Find out why friendly Cornish Giant Matt Price pretended to like Death Metal, why he loves bad performance poetry and how a five foot one Glaswegian woman saved his life in this brand new show.
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BETHANY BLACK & LUCY PEARMAN Comedy Thurs 19 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating 16+
BETHANY BLACK: WORK IN PROGRESS Bethany Black is doing a show about her agoraphobia. In one of the most vibrant cities in the world, and it’s a long way from the safety of her bedroom. LUCY PEARMAN : WORK IN PROGRESS Harmless fun from the 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Nominee. Lucy will be trying out a brand new show ahead of thwe world’s largest comedy festival.
SUPER PIRATES Kids Fri 20 July // Doors: 10:30am Adults & new-born babies go free // £4 for kids and babies who are coming to play! SuperPirates will once again be transforming Komedia’s huge dance floor into a fun-packed pop up play area! There’ll be den-building, crazy games, dancing and FREE facepainting!
KITTY MACFARLANE Music
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Fri 20 July Doors: 7:30pm // Entry: £12.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Kitty Macfarlane’s lyrics combine honest snapshots of everyday humanity with the bigger questions that have connected minds and voices for centuries, driven by her own fingerpicked guitar. Kitty appeared as a themetune on Radio 4, was a featured artist for a BBC Introducing documentary and made the semi-final of the BBC Young Folk Award in 2015.
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Comedy With Ninia Benjamin, David Longley, Lloyd Langford & MC Jim Smallman* Sat 21 July Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change. EDINBURGH PREVIEWS SEASON:
HOLT AND TALBOT & MAT EWINS
Comedy Mon 23 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating
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HOLT AND TALBOT: MANSPLAINING FEMINISM Rosie Holt is unable to grasp some of the concepts of feminism but over the course of an hour, through bickering, sketches and an audacious bit of mansplaining, Christian attempts to set her straight. MAT EWINS: WORK IN PROGRESS An hour of new material from Bristol based ‘chuckle and giggle peddler’ who regularly performs stand-up at various venues around the UK. EDINBURGH PREVIEWS SEASON:
PHIL NICHOL & LUCY PORTER Comedy 16+ Tues 24 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating
PHIL NICHOL: YOUR WRONGER Phil’s 2017 show ‘Your Wrong’ explored his big brother Andrew’s severe car accident, resulting coma and the Nichol family’s faith, pain, love, and the reality of the limits in medical science. ‘Your Wronger’ picks up the story where the last show left off, continuing the personal and hilariously compelling anecdotal style that Phil has become renowned for. LUCY PORTER: PASS IT ON A brand new stand-up show from the perennial fringe favourite. Always warm, witty and thought-provoking, this is Lucy’s best show yet. EDINBURGH PREVIEWS SEASON:
JIM TAVARE & STUART GOLDSMITH Comedy 16+ Wed 25 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating
JIM TAVARÉ: FROM DEADPAN TO BEDPAN In 2017, comedian Jim Tavaré was involved in a near fatal head-on automobile collision in Los Angeles. Returning to the Fringe for the first time in 20 years, he tells the story of how a quick trip to the shops changed his life forever. Don’t worry, it’s a comedy show.
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STUART GOLDSMITH: WORK IN PROGRESS Stu’s back with some thoughts on how it all works out in the end, and whether anyone cares. A hilarious safari through rare diseases & personal mishaps.
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Cabaret Bingo Lingo Friday 27 July Tickets: £6.50 // Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Unreserved cabaret seating // Ages 18+ 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!
KRATER COMEDY CLUB 18+
Comedy With Andy Askins, Markus Birdman, Stefano Paolini & MC Damian Clark* Sat 28 July Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change. EDINBURGH PREVIEWS SEASON:
NUTTY NOAH: YOU MIGHT DIE!
Kids/Comedy Sun 29 July Doors: 1:30pm // Show: 2:00pm // Tickets: £4.00 (Family of Four: £12.00) All ages Nutty Noah, recently crowned UK Family Entertainer of the Year 2018, invites you to join him in poking his tongue out at death and stamping on the foot of St Peter.Noah’s trademark comedy, music, magic and (not so) dangerous stunts will make you feel truly alive! EDINBURGH PREVIEWS SEASON:
SAM AND TOM & JORDAN BROOKES Comedy Sun 29 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating 16+
SAM AND TOM: INTERVIEW Sam & Tom cordially invite you to interview for the role of audience. Bring sensible footwear and examples of previous laughter experience. Successful audience applicants will display basic knowledge of punchlines and undergo a rigorous performance review. JORDAN BROOKES: BLEED The Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show 2017 nominee returns for more loosely-justified nonsense. Critically acclaimed and adored by his peers, Jordan is riding high.
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RICHARD WILSON & JAYDE ADAMS 16+ Comedy Mon 30 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating
RICHARD WILSON – STILL RELEVANT It’s a rapidly changing world and Rich Wilson is keeping up…just. Come and see one the UK’s finest comedians try to make sense of it all in hilarious fashion. JAYDE ADAMS: THE DIVINE MS JAYDE Best Newcomer nominee in 2016, comedian Jayde Adams is going full diva with glorious gowns, acerbic charm and show-stopping music by Olivier Award-winner Richard Thomas.
AUGUST CATFISH +
14 Music Fri 3 August Tickets: £10 // Arts Café - Standing Doors: 7:30pm (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)
British Blues Award winners Catfish have carved a reputation for themselves as an excellent live band with a phenomenal frontman in 22 year old guitarist/vocalist Matt Long who plays with a real passion for the blues.
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KRATER COMEDY CLUB
Comedy With Keith Farnan, Otiz Cannelloni, Andrew Bird & MC Ben Van Der Velde* Sat 4 August Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change.
NEW ACT COMEDY Comedy Mon 6 August Doors: 7:30pm // Show: 8:00pm £3.00 entry // Arts Café – rowed seating
18+
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 give it a go yourself, contact: danielfitzhenry@hotmail.co.uk
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Comedy With Paul Thorne, Mark Maier, Paul Tonkinson & MC Jo Jo Smith* Sat 11 August Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm
AUGUST
KRATER COMEDY CLUB 18+
Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change. BATH FOLK FESTIVAL PRESENTS:
BETH PORTER & THE AVAILABLES Music
14+
Sun 12 August Doors: 7:30pm // Entry: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Beth is a well-known cellist on the UK folk and acoustic music circuit; being one of few cellists playing outside the classical genre. On the road with various bands, it wasn’t long before she was drafted in for gigs and recording sessions with the likes of Newton Faulkner, Eliza Carthy, The Unthanks and The Heavy. With support from Saskia Maxwell.
UPROAR! 18+ Club Mon 13 August Bath’s first club night for adults with learning disabilities, in association with Mencap Tickets: £5 // Carers go free Doors: 7:00pm // Family, friends & carers welcome
A safe, fun and relaxed environment for adults with learning disabilities to cut loose and dance like nobody’s watching! Exclusively for adults with learning disabilities, their carers and families. Komedia and Bath Mencap are facilitating this event but will not be providing a support or drop-in service. BATH FOLK FESTIVAL PRESENTS:
NASRUDIN: Music & Stories from the Balkans Music
14+
Tues 14 August Doors: 7:30pm // Entry: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) The music of The Balkans and beyond takes us on a journey: lyrical, compelling and compulsive. The band Nasrudin have been part of that journey for the last 6 years. Now they link up with a storyteller to expand the experience through the music of Nasrudin and the stories that Nasrudin, the storyteller, told.
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CLAIRE WATTS & ALI GEORGE Music
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Wed 15 August Doors: 7:30pm // Entry: £8.00 // Arts Café – rowed seating (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Claire Watts, a keen Irish traditional flute and tin-whistle player, will be launching her new album at the Bath Folk Festival this year at Komedia. She will be joined by local folk favourite Ali George.
BINGO LINGO Cabaret Bingo Lingo 18+ Fri 17 August Tickets: £6.50 // Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Unreserved cabaret seating // Ages 18+ 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!
KRATER COMEDY CLUB
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Comedy With Marlon Davis, Alex Boardman, Andy White & MC James Alderson* Sat 18 August Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change.
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ÅKERVINDA Music
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Sun 19 August Doors: 7:30pm // Entry: £12 (Concession £10) // Arts Café – rowed seating (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Åkervinda are an all-female vocal quartet from Sweden and Denmark. The four singers have a beautiful, vivid and engaging take on traditional Nordic music. Their vocal arrangements are intricate and unusual, and the singers leave lots of room for improvisation and invention.
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Comedy With Erich McElroy, Dave Fulton, Nick Page & MC John Ryan* Sat 25 August Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm
AUGUST
18+
Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change.
MINISTRY OF BURLESQUE Cabaret 18+ Friday 31 August Komedia’s regular night of camp comedy, risqué song and frisky burlesque… Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £29.50 // Auditorium: £18 // Concessions: £11 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 a myriad of musical comedy masters, provocative prima donnas, glittering enigmatic exotic dancers and astonishing feats of human grace – all balanced on a contemporary knife edge.
SEPTEMBER KRATER COMEDY CLUB
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Comedy Line-up TBC - please check website for latest information* Sat 1 September Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change.
NEW ACT COMEDY Comedy Mon 3 September Doors: 7:30pm // Show: 8:00pm £3.00 entry // Arts Café – rowed seating
18+
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 give it a go yourself, contact: danielfitzhenry@hotmail.co.uk
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OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL Film Thurs 6 September Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £14 (Concession: £12) Calling all ocean lovers! The annual Ocean Film Festival is sweeping towards Bath with a brand new selection of the world’s most amazing ocean films, from both above and below the surface. Brought to you by the team behind the Banff Film Festival UK Tour, this collection of short films celebrates divers, paddlers, surfers and oceanographers who live for the sea’s salt spray.
SUPER PIRATES Kids Fri 7 September Doors: 10:30am Adults & new-born babies go free //£4 for kids and babies who are coming to play! (Only cash payments taken on entry) SuperPirates will once again be transforming Komedia’s huge dance floor into a fun-packed pop up play area! There’ll be den-building, crazy games, dancing and FREE facepainting!
BINGO LINGO Cabaret 18+ Bingo Lingo Fri 7 September Tickets: £6.50 // Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Unreserved cabaret seating // Ages 18+ 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!
KRATER COMEDY CLUB
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Comedy Line-up TBC - please check website for latest information* Sat 8 October Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change.
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Kids Fri 14 September Doors: 10:30am Adults & new-born babies go free //£4 for kids and babies who are coming to play! (Only cash payments taken on entry)
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SuperPirates will once again be transforming Komedia’s huge dance floor into a fun-packed pop up play area! There’ll be den-building, crazy games, dancing and FREE facepainting!
G2: DEFINITIVE GENESIS Music
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Friday 14 September Doors: 7pm // Tickets: £15 in Advance // £17 On the door (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) G2 Definitive Genesis pays tribute to a vintage period in Genesis’ long and colourful history, the four-man “Seconds Out” era (1975-78), whilst also dipping back into the earlier Gabriel years. It’s the mid/late seventies; Peter Gabriel has recently departed to be replaced by relatively unknown singing drummer Phil Collins...
KRATER COMEDY CLUB
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Comedy Line-up TBC - please check website for latest information* Sat 15 October Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change.
BRING YOUR OWN BABY Comedy 16+ Tues 18 September Doors: 11:15am // Show: 12pm // Babies of up to 12 months £11 in advance // £12 on the door Back by popular demand, Bring Your Own Baby Comedy is the UK’s premier baby friendly comedy club - featuring the funniest comedy stars from the circuit and TV! We provide soft flooring, toys, buggy parking and baby changing, so that your baby is happy and you can relax, have a drink and be entertained!
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BINGO LINGO Cabaret 18+ Bingo Lingo Tues 18 September Tickets: £6.50 // Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Unreserved cabaret seating // Ages 18+ 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!
DYLAN MORAN: DR. COSMOS
Comedy 16+ Thurs 20 & Fri 21 September Doors 6:30pm // Show 8pm Tickets: £25 (unreserved rowed seating) // Meal Deal: £36 (cabaret seating) BAFTA and Perrier award winning comedian Dylan Moran embarks on his brand new tour – Dr Cosmos. Moran will offer his unique take on love, politics, misery and the everyday absurdities of life, all served with poetical panache from one of the finest comedians of his generation Moran has been called the Oscar Wilde of comedy and his famed style – deadpan, witty and crackpot lyricism – promises to be an unmissable journey through his interpretations of the world, swerving cliche to offer a cutting blow to our idiosyncrasies.
KRATER COMEDY CLUB
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Comedy Line-up TBC - please check website for latest information* Sat 22 September Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change.
BINGO LINGO 18+ Cabaret Bingo Lingo Thur 27 September Tickets: £6.50 // Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 7:30pm Unreserved cabaret seating // Ages 18+
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!
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Kids Fri 28 September Doors: 10:30am Adults & new-born babies go free //£4 for kids and babies who are coming to play! (Only cash payments taken on entry)
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SuperPirates will once again be transforming Komedia’s huge dance floor into a fun-packed pop up play area! There’ll be den-building, crazy games, dancing and FREE facepainting!
KRATER COMEDY CLUB
18+
Comedy Line-up TBC - please check website for latest information* Sat 29 September Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 8:00pm Meal Deal: £30.50, Auditorium: £20.00, Balcony: £16.50, Balcony Concession: £13.00, Student Balcony: £9.00 Ages 18+ // Includes FREE entry to Club Motorcity afterwards! *Please note that Krater Comedy Club Line ups are subject to change. BATH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FESTIVAL PRESENTS:
DAN FREEDMAN, ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS, JANINA RAMIREZ & MELVIN BURGESS Kids
Sun 30 September 4 Events from 11am - 6pm (please see website for detailed timings) Entry: £6.50 - £7 // Unreserved rowed seating The Bath Children’s Literature Festival, the largest dedicated children’s literature festival in Europe, always offers a vibrant array of talks and activities for children with a dedicated young adult programme, and this year is no exception. Head to Komedia Bath to meet 4 of the finest contemporary children’s authors as they discuss the topics that have inspired their novels - from football, exploration and adventures to Vikings, mysteries and fantasy!
THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE CHRISTMAS DISCOUNT! It may seem a little premature to be mentioning the ‘C-word’, but it’s never too early to start thinking about booking your office Christmas bash or celebration with family and friends! 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 the unbeatably funny and fantastically festive Krater Christmas Special! FIND OUT MORE AND SAVE £5 PER TICKET WHEN YOUBOOK NOW AT WWW.KOMEDIA.CO.UK/BATH/CHRISTMAS
www.komedia.co.uk/bath
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JULY Mon 2
New Act Comedy
Tues 3
Bring Your Own Baby
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Christopher MacArthur-Boyd & Angela Barnes
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Mon 16 Tues 17 Wed 18
Tom Lucy & Sally Anne Hayward Tony Law & Andy Field Super Pirates The Scummy Mummies Show Krater Comedy Club Motorcity The Delightful Sausage & James Meehan Krater Comedy Club Motorcity Natalie Merchant (Sold Out) Charlie Baker & Nigel Ng Larry Dean & Matt Price
Thur 19
Bethany Black & Lucy Pearman
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Super Pirates Kitty MacFarlane Krater Comedy Club Motorcity Mon 23 Holt and Talbot & Mat Ewins Tues 24 Phil Nichol & Lucy Porter Wed 25 Jim Tavare & Stuart Goldsmith Fri 27 Bingo Lingo
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Wed 4 Thur 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun 8 Sat 14
Fri 20 Fri 20 Sat 21
Sat 28 Sun 29 Sun 29 Mon 30
Krater Comedy Club Motorcity Nutty Noah Sam and Tom & Jordan Brookes Richard Wilson & Jayde Adams
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AUGUST Fri 3 Sat 4 Mon 6 Sat 11 Sun 12
Catfish Krater Comedy Club Motorcity New Act Comedy Krater Comedy Club Motorcity Beth Porter & the Availables Key:
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Music:
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Mon 13 Tues 14 Wed 15 Fri 17
Uproar! Nasrudin Claire Watts & Ali George Bingo Lingo
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Sat 18
Krater Comedy Club Motorcity Ã…kervinda Krater Comedy Club Motorcity Ministry of Burlesque
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Sun 19 Sat 25 Fri 31
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SEPTEMBER Sat 1 Mon 3 Thur 6 Fri 7 Sat 8 Fri 14 Sat 15
Krater Comedy Club Motorcity New Act Comedy Ocean Film Festival Super Pirates Bingo Lingo Krater Comedy Club Motorcity Super Pirates G2: Definitive Genesis Krater Comedy Club Motorcity
Tues 18
Bring Your Own Baby Bingo Lingo Thur 20 Dylan Moran Fri 21 Dylan Moran Sat 22 Krater Comedy Club Motorcity Thur 27 Bingo Lingo Fri 28 Super Pirates Sat 29 Krater Comedy Club Motorcity Sun 30 Dan Freedman, Alastair Humphreys, Janina Ramirez & Melvin Burgess
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