CANCEL YOUR FLIGHTS TO SCOTLAND, CALL OFF THE 388 MILE DRIVE! For the fifth year running, Komedia Bath is proud to present the very best rising stars in stand-up with a month of exclusive new-show previews ahead of the world’s largest comedy festival, the Edinburgh Fringe!
CHRISTOPHER MACARTHUR-BOYD & ANGELA BARNES Tuesday 3 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 Ages 16+ 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, a regular on Mock The Week and host of BBC Radio 4’s Newsjack, Angela has also appeared on R4’s News Quiz, and sold out her run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017.
TOM LUCY & SALLY ANNE HAYWARD Wednesday 4 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 Ages 16+ 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. Join Tom as he debuts his brand-new hour of stand up.
“The best new comedian I’ve seen in ages.” – Jack Whitehall 1
SALLY-ANNE HAYWARD: COMEDIENNE-ESS 59 minutes of jokes from a female/woman unafraid of embracing her bitchier side. Watch out fussy eaters, over-sharers and definitely that busy-body of a neighbour who hasn’t returned a single one of her home produced surveys on local off street parking.
“Warm and very funny” – Sarah Millican (01225) 489070
TONY LAW & ANDY FIELD Thursday 5 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 Ages 16+ 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!
“Chaos has rarely been this much fun” – The Times 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
THE DELIGHTFUL SAUSAGE & JAMES MEEHAN Sunday 8 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 Ages 16+ 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.
CHARLIE BAKER & NIGEL NG Tuesday 17 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 Ages 16+ CHARLIE BAKER: WORK IN PROGRESS Imagine if Jack Black, Frank Sinatra and Jethro 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 Baker serves up a hilarious hour of new stand-up comedy in what Chortle has dubbed: “An absolute romp, with some shout-with-laughter moments” NIGEL NG: MALAYSIAN SENSATION Nigel Ng is from Malaysia. Join him as he observes and adopts your Western ways (he just started recycling!) in this brand new show.
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LARRY DEAN & MATT PRICE Wednesday 18 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 Ages 16+ LARRY DEAN: WORK IN PROGRESS Larry dean: Work in Progress will be a preview of the brand-new show from award-winning comedian and writer Larry Dean. It will be an 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 Friendly Cornish Giant Matt Price was going out with a woman. The only problem, is that she wasn’t going out with him, so Matt a spent a year or of his life looking like the world’s worst stalker. The experience triggered a memory from his childhood. Find out why he pretended to like Death Metal, why he loves bad performance poetry and how a five foot one Glaswegian woman saved his life.
“Fearlessly Funny” – The Scotsman
BETHANY BLACK & LUCY PEARMAN Thursday 19 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 Ages 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 nonsense from 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Nominee Lucy Pearman. Lucy will be trying out a brand new show featuring some nice grapes, probably an apple but more importantly, a worm.
HOLT AND TALBOT & MAT EWINS Monday 23 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 Ages 16+ 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.
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MAT EWINS: WORK IN PROGRESS A Bristol based ‘chuckle and giggle peddler’ who regularly performs stand-up at various venues around the UK.
“Sets the bar high for a relatively new act, with a fluid gag driven set, delivered with astute timing” - Chortle
PHIL NICHOL & LUCY PORTER Tuesday 24 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 Ages 16+ 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. She muses on what we receive from our ancestors and what we pass on to future generations. Lucy’s inherited dodgy knees and global warming from her parents, but can she leave a better legacy for her children?
JIM TAVARE & STUART GOLDSMITH Wednesday 25 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 Ages 16+ 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. 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, mishaps with appliances, and the chance to convince your son you’ve got some sort of backbone. He’ll be taking on ambition, money, and whether men as a species are worth saving.
“A master of the form” – The Independent www.komedia.co.uk/bath/edpreviews
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NUTTY NOAH: YOU MIGHT DIE! Sunday 29 July Doors: 1:30pm // Show: 2:00pm Tickets: £4.00 (Family of Four: £12.00) All ages Oscar (Noah’s son), has had numerous operations for a brain tumour and his bravery in face of uncertainty is the inspiration for the show. His sense of humour has been key to helping him through his treatment and he invites you to join him at poking your tongue out to death and stamping on the foot of St Peter. Noah has been seen on CBBC’s BAFTA Award Winning The Slammer and Britain’s Got Talent.
Featuring Magic, Music and (not so) dangerous stunts, this show will make you feel ALIVE!
o as sooooooooo w h a o N y tt u “N n the floor” funny I wee’d o 3 – Megan, aged
“He made Mummy sn ort laugh thro ugh her n ose” – Freya, ag ed 9
SAM AND TOM & JORDAN BROOKES Sunday 29 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 Ages 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. In their sophomore show, Sam & Tom will go over the basics of the job and tell you a little bit more about themselves. Successful audience applicants will display basic knowledge of punchlines and undergo a rigorous performance review.
“Extraordinary comics” - Manchester Evening News 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.
“An hour trapped in Brookes’ glitching imagination... a wild and welcome place...” – The Guardian 5
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RICHARD WILSON & JAYDE ADAMS Monday 30 July Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm Tickets: £8.00 Ages 16+ 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. Book early for this one as all of Jayde’s shows totally sold out in 2017!
“Third funniest woman in the world. FACT” – Dawn French
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KRATER COMEDY CLUB EVERY SATURDAY FROM 6:30PM // TICKETS FROM £12 // 18+ Our flagship comedy club featuring 3 top stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the busniess. All Krater ticket holder also gain FREE entry to Bath’s biggest clubnight, Motorcity from 11pm!
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SADDLEGOOSE COMEDY at the Bath Brewhouse MONDAY 14 MAY FROM 8PM // £2 OR PAY WHAT YOU LIKE A night of brand new acts trying out standup for the first time, as well as very experienced (sometimes award-winning) comedians working out new jokes. It’s a small room, so turn up in good time to secure a seat!
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EDINBURGH PREVIEWS SEASON 2018 Tuesday 3 July Christopher MacArthur-Boyd & Angela Barnes Wednesday 4 July Tom Lucy and Sally-Anne Hayward Thursday 5 July Tony Law & Andy Field Sunday 8 July The Delightful Sausage & James Meehan Tuesday 17 July Charlie Baker & Nigel Ng Wednesday 18 July Larry Dean & Matt Price Thursday 19 July Lucy Pearman & Bethany Black Monday 23 July Holt and Talbot & Mat Ewins Tuesday 24 July Phil Nichol & Lucy Porter Wednesday 25 July Stuart Goldsmith & Jim Tavare Sunday 29 July Nutty Noah Sunday 29 July Sam and Tom & Jordan Brookes Monday 30 July Rich Wilson & Jayde Adams
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