EVENTS
Leicester Comedy Festival 2019 ALEX KEALY: FORGE (WORK-IN-PROGRESS)
REGIONAL PREMIERE
Political comedian and "rising star of the British stand-up scene" (The List) Alex Kealy performs a work-in-progress, plus the best material from last year's "storming show" (The Sunday Times). "This is clever comedy...you've done yourself some internal damage from laughing so much" **** - Shortcom, "A great hour of cerebral stand-up" **** - FringeGuru, "This is intelligent, informative, funny stuff from an important voice" - Three Weeks alexkealy.com
SATIRE, SOLO SHOW
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Venue: Chuckle Busters @ Queen of Bradgate
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Time: 20:00 (21:00) Entry: £5 advance or Pay What You Want
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Furthest From The Sea Music, Comedy and Arts CIC present
ALEX LEAM - THE JOY OF DECKS (WORK IN PROGRESS) Before he got into stand-up, Alex Leam's first career was as the country's only mobile DJ that couldn't drive. A stand-up show about life on the other side of the decks. An honest account of office parties, club nights, weddings, and being honey trapped for quiz answers. (Work In Progress) SOLO SHOW DATES:
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Venue: Knight & Garter
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Time: 20:15 (21:05) Entry: FREE
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Mirth of Forth productions present
WORLD PREMIERE
ALF AND RICH: ONE LINERS
Two of the UK's finest and most productive one liner comedians prop comic Alf (Britain's Got Talent 2018, "Utter Chaos" - Jethro) and Richard Pulsford (UK Pun Championship runner-up 2016, "Richard's joke rate is phenomenal" (Buxton Fringe 2018)) get together to present a show full of their best short form jokes. Be prepared for some audience interaction. Even if they aren't. #AlfAndRich www.richardpulsford.com MIXED BILL, INTERACTIVE DATES:
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Venue: O'Neills
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Time: 19:00 (20:00) Entry: £5 advance or Pay What You Want
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IAM present
ALFIE BROWN: LUNATIC After a complete sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival, Alfie Brown is returning to Leicester and he remains charming and disgusting. His new show is about identity politics, trying to be a good father in a horrible world and being responsibly horny in the wake of wide-spread male sex crimes. He provides no answers, only questions. "You come out a show simply thinking "Wow! F**k! Wow!'***** The Scotsman, ****Times ****Evening Standard www.alfiebrown.com SOLO SHOW, DISCUSSION DATES:
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Venue: The Cookie
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Time: 20:00 (21:00) Entry: £10 (£8)
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Blue Light Comedy present
ALFIE MOORE: FAIR COP WORK IN PROGRESS Join Humberside police sergeant-turned- comedian Alfie Moore for a hilarious, interactive work in progress for his critically acclaimed BBC Radio 4 comedy Series 'IT'S A FAIR COP'. Whilst the tone is funny, the subjects tackled represent the real dilemmas faced by police officers. It'd be a crime to miss it! "... offbeat, revealing and very funny" Daily Mail "Brilliantly funny... . genuinely hilarious" David Mitchell www.alfiemoore.com SOLO SHOW, STORYTELLING DATES:
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Venue: Kayal
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Time: 9th 23rd 18:50 | 16th 20:10 (60 mins) Entry: £8
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Madame Tussauds and Peter Kay present
ALI BRICE: ME LOOKING AT MYSELF LOOKING AT YOU LOOKING AT ME (LARKS IN A WATER CLOSET)
WORLD PREMIERE
Show number 6 from ol' Bricey Boy. This show was written in my bathroom. One hour at a time for a total of 24 hours. This is the first presentation of that show. I can't promise it won't just be the ingredients of TREsemmé. 4 stars from: Chortle, The List, The Skinny, Three Weeks CHARACTER, ALTERNATIVE www.alibrice.com DATES: 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Time: 16:40 (17:40)
Venue: Heroes @ The Criterion
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"Second only to Edinburgh as a showcase for comedy talent" the guardian
Entry: £5
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