Work In Progress - Season Six

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WIP Offer - See any three £5 shows for £12 The Pleasance is becoming the home of Work in Progress shows in London, housing some of the biggest names in comedy, alongside the best newcomers on the circuit, as they road test their new material.

Now in its sixth year, our Work in Progress Season gives you the chance to hear jokes for the first (and possibly the last) time ever!

SORRY WITH JACK ROOKE GALA FOR WORLD AIDS DAY 3RD DEC 7:30 PM £18 A massive night of mega acts marking World AIDS Day 2018, featuring John Kearns, Sara Pascoe, Lou Sanders, Mawaan Rizwan, Mae Martin, Nish Kumar, Lucy Pearman – plus more acts TBA! Gala for World AIDS Day is raising money for the National AIDS Trust, and is kindly supported by Pleasance in its inaugural year.

5TH DEC 8:00PM £8 Improvised comedy sensation SORRY welcome special guest, the brilliant acclaimed comedian, presenter and writer Jack Rooke (Good Grief - Radio 4, Happy Hour - Soho Theatre, Happy Man - BBC 3.) Jack will join the cast of Sorry, inspiring a brand new show of improv comedy.

SORRY are Alison Thea-Skot, Liz Kingsman, Lola-Rose Maxwell, Naomi Petersen and Sophia Broido.

They perform as part of London’s leading improv theatre The Free Association. As seen and heard on Borderline, Drifters, Timewasters, The Literary Adventures of Mr Brown, Newsjack, Sisters, Power Monkeys.

KATIA KVINGE & FRIENDS 4TH DEC 8:00PM £5 Scottish BAFTA Nominated sketch comedian Katia Kvinge (As seen and heard on BBC, Radio 4, Comedy Central & Netflix) hits Pleasance Theatre, with a preview of her multi-character comedy show, along with sets from some of her favourite comedian friends.

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“Laugh Out Loud Funny” ★★★★★ Cream Of The Fringe

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DRUNK WOMEN SOLVING CRIME 6TH DEC 8:00PM £10 One of 2018’s most talked about and chart topping comedy podcasts takes to the stage for the first time, with a very special live recording.

Drunk Women Solving Crime is a true crime podcast with a twist...of lime.

Join writer/comedian hosts Hannah George, Catie Wilkins and Taylor Glenn as they welcome top guests from comedians to crime writers to test out their drunk detective skills. With special guests London Hughes and Suzi Ruffell.

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SECRET DINOSAUR CULT 7TH & 11TH DEC 8:00PM £8 Brand-new comedy podcast by award-winning comedians Sofie Hagen and Jodie Mitchell, in which they examine life through the lens of the dinosaur. Poignant, hilarious and highly addictive. Double episode recording! Join us in a cult meeting and bring your favourite dinosaur.

There will be badges!

BRETT GOLDSTEIN & LOU SANDERS 10TH DEC & 4TH FEB 8:00PM & 7:45PM £5 Brett Goldstein is BIFA award-winning comedian, actor, and writer.

“A good story, brilliantly told, with an emotional acuity that matches his eye for absurdity and misadventure. Very fine.” The Times Lou Sanders: As seen on 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, Comic Relief and heard on Radio 4’s The Unbelievable Truth. Lou has written for Mock The Week and Miranda Hart.

“Genuinely different” Scotsman

YURIKO KOTANI 8TH DEC 8:00PM £5 Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award 2015 and Time Out’s One to Watch, Yuriko Kotani (as seen on Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central and BBC3’s Pls Like) brings you a work in progress show.

GARETH WAUGH 9TH DEC 8:00PM £5 Scotland’s widely tipped next break-through comedy star brings his evolving show. He’s sold out two Edinburgh fringe seasons (“Honestly!”) and also supported Tom Stade, Katherine Ryan and Daniel Sloss on tour in the UK and in Europe.

‘Smart, witty... very funny!’ Scotsman

PAPPY’S FESTIVE FLATSHARE SLAMDOWN 10TH DEC 7:30PM £8 It’s the 2018 Christmas Special of the hilarious and anarchic panel game hosted by award winning sketch team Pappy’s and featuring brilliant comedian guests.

WACKY RACISTS 12TH DEC 8:00PM £5 Special Christmas edition of the bigotry-smashing comedy cabaret.

Triple-threat minority Sophie Duker hosts WACKY RACISTS, a hilarious hamper crammed full of your favouritest comedy acts.

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NICK HELM’S CHRISTMAS F**K-FEST 4

GEIN’S FAMILY GIFTSHOP

17TH DEC 8:00PM £15

16TH JAN 7:45PM £5

Ho-Ho-Ho! What better way to acknowledge the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and mark the passing of another shitty year than with a royal rumble of a seasonal Fuck-Fest as we join “comedian” and People’s Princess Nick Helm in celebrating his 38th Christmas. Expect the decking of halls, the hanging of baubles, comedy guests, crackers (cheese and crepe), music, peace on earth, joy to all people and (some) jokes.

Like persistent dandruff, Gein’s Family Giftshop are back and they are itching to show you what they’ve come up with. “…the kind of sensibility that would unsettle even the darkest League of Gentlemen fan” ★★★★★ The Sunday Times

PIERRE NOVELLIE MARK NELSON

17TH JAN 7:45PM & 5 FEB 9:00PM £5

10TH JAN 7:30PM £5 The sensational hit show from Scotland’s multi-award-winning stand-up and creator of BBC’s viral phenomenon “News at 3” (more than 130,000,000 views!) has had a reboot as Nelson (and a good proportion of the rest of us on this planet) try and make sense of the past year of international insanity.

Award-winning comedian Pierre Novellie comes to Pleasance to try some new stuff out. Come, people of London, and aid me in discovering what is hilarious and what is not so hilarious. Your impact on my comedy will last a thousand years.

FIN TAYLOR & PHIL WANG 14TH JAN 7:45PM £5 Fin Taylor: “A disdain for fashionable opinion” ★★★★ The Guardian “A gutsy, ingenious and fearless truthteller with the jokes to back up his attitude” ★★★★ The Times Phil Wang has a new stand-up show to write. And he would love you to come and watch him work it out for what he thinks is a sufficiently low admission fee.

ADAM RICHES 17TH & 31ST JANUARY 8:00PM £5 Ahead of his first ever UK tour in Spring 2019, the “ballsiest interactor on the Fringe” (Telegraph) looks to blow the dust off some old material as well as buff up some new. Come be his Guinea Pig. “There’s no-one quite like him” Independent

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KAI HUMPHRIES

DANE BAPTISTE

21ST JAN 8:00PM £5

23RD JAN & 19TH FEB 7:45PM £5 Original, provocative and exceptionally prolific, Dane Baptiste is hailed as one of the most exciting acts to break in years.

The London born stand up made comedy history as the first black British act to be nominated for a Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has written and starred in his own BBC sitcom series.

Acclaimed and award-winning stand-up Kai and his brother Gav grew up on a council estate in the mean streets of Blyth.

This wonderfully affirming and downright hilarious story is how a life-changing accident in 2013 led them to create one of the country’s most prestigious comedy chains and how Punch-Drunk’s literally lifesaving Comedians Boxing charity event rejuvenated a community’s spirit.

TEZ ILYAS 22ND JAN 7:45PM £5 Fresh from his hit nationwide tour, Tez Ilyas is back with a brand new show. Expect a silly, smart and subversive ride from this breakout star. As seen on: Man Like Mobeen, Mock the Week and The Last Leg. As heard on: TEZ Talks and The Now Show (BBC Radio 4).

“Radiantly entertaining” ★★★★ The Times

MARK WATSON & SOFIE HAGEN 23RD & 25TH JAN 8:00PM £5 Sofie Hagen and Mark Watson will try out jokes and stories to go into their new shows. They would love for you to come and watch.

MAX & IVAN 24TH JAN 7:45PM £5

RHYS JAMES 22ND JAN 8:00PM £5 Rhys James from Mock The Week and his own Radio 4 series and England performs work in progress comedy for you, the public.

Edinburgh Comedy Award Winners and all round nice lads Max & Ivan are previewing their BRAND NEW SHOW! Expect high-octane comedy and low-fi projection.

“Max & Ivan are the real deal” ★★★★ Guardian

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GOODBEAR

MOON

24TH JAN 8:00PM £5

26TH JAN 8:00PM £5

Critically acclaimed sketch double act Goodbear return to the stage to show what they’ve been cooking up these last few months. As seen on BBC 3, Channel 4 and as heard on Radio 4.

After a superb debut in 2018, Boilersuited sketch-merchants MOON are back at the Pleasance to offload some new material, and they’re bringing some sketch friends with them. ★★★★ Chortle

STUART LAWS AND A FUNNIER FRIEND 25TH JAN 7:45PM £5 “On The Flop” is a new show from Stuart and a chance for him to tell you about the day his life changed forever and how he ended up on the final table in a poker tournament in Vegas. The show won’t be finished by this point so to ensure everyone is happy and the show runs to time: he’ll book a friend to do some comedy too, and the guarantee is they’ll be funnier than him.

KAT BOND & STEVIE MARTIN 26TH JAN 7:45PM £5 Kat Bond (“Brilliant” - The Times) and Stevie Martin (“Hilarious” - The Guardian) present half an hour each of new material. Some jokes will stay, some jokes will go, some jokes won’t even technically be jokes yet, but we’ll all have a great time regardless.

MICKY BARTLETT 27TH JAN 7:45PM £5 Hailed as Northern Ireland’s fastest rising and unabashedly hilarious comedy star, Micky never got into trouble at school until one fateful day in 2002, and then he absolutely nailed it…..!

“Bartlett delights... Intelligently done and always funny” Broadway Baby

HELEN BAUER 28TH JAN 7:45PM £5 Ultimate Babe and hotly-tipped new stand up comedian Helen Bauer presents a work in progress show of her new thoughts, feelings and emotions on pretty much everything. Every thought is over thought and then has alcohol thrown on it.

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JORDAN BROOKES 28TH JAN 8:00PM £5 Jordan Brookes is working through some things. He’s spent the last year attacking himself and his audiences.

Now he wants to make amends. This is his attempt to reconnect with others and find what remaining joy there is in an ever-crumbling world, before it’s too late. It’ll be raw, playful and experimental.

“Brookes is a startingly talented comedian” ★★★★ Scotsman

ISOBEL ROGERS 30TH JAN 7:45PM £5 Isobel Rogers combines songwriting, storytelling and satire to look into why we pursue ideal lives, ideas of people and artistic idols.

“Brilliant wit... clever songwriting...complex, funny and moving” A Younger Theatre

KAE KURD 29TH JAN 7:45PM £5 Multi award nominated comedian and fast rising online star Kae Kurd returns to The Pleasance to workshop material for his brand new show.

“A soon to be household name” ★★★★ Evening Standard

GEORGE EGG 29TH & 30TH JAN 8:00PM £5 George Egg is the Anarchist Cook.

He makes food using non-culinary items and innovative methods.

“The wonderfully talented George Egg is genuinely unique” The i paper

KATE LUCAS & MICHAEL ODEWALE 31ST JAN 7:45PM £5 Kate Lucas is selling herself.

Literally. In a generation that only sees black and white, no grey, this multi-award-winning musical comedian offers her take on how extreme and intolerant we’ve become.

Michael Odewale tries to figure out where he stands and what he cares about in a world full of protest movements. A fresh new voice known for delivering sharp, slick and beautifully executed content, Odewale is set to take the comedy world by storm.

£1 booking fee per ticket, capped at £5

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ADAM HESS

SOPHIE DUKER

1ST FEB 7:45PM £5

2ND FEB 7:45PM £5 Sophie Duker is not a goddess. But she’s got it. Yeah, baby - she’s got it.

She’s your Venus, she’s your fire, at your desire. Work-in-progress debut hour from “a sparky proposition” (The Independent). Star of Channel 4’s Riot Girls, as seen on Comedy Central and BBC Three.

Adam Hess is back at the Pleasance to try out some new jokes. Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee, as seen on Tonight at the Palladium and Live at the BBC. “I’ve seen few shows that are funnier” ★★★★ Times

OLGA KOCH 2ND FEB 9:00PM £5

CIARÁN DOWD & STEVIE MARTIN 1ST FEB 8:00PM £5 Following his debut solo show Don Rodolfo at the Edinburgh Fringe and a sell out run at the Soho Theatre, character comedian Ciarán Dowd has three ideas of what to do next. On paper they’re all potential bangers, but that’s before his limitations as a writer and performer have gotten involved and stomped all over the process.

Following her debut solo show Vol. 1 at the Edinburgh Fringe and watching Ciarán‘s sell out run at the Soho Theatre (see above), sketch and character comedian Stevie Martin (“Hilarious” The Guardian) is in a similar situation re potential bangers/potential limitations to character comedian Ciarán Dowd (see above). It’ll be a rollicking good night though because she is a great laugh.

The 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee’s back at the Pleasance trying out some new jokes! ★★★★★ Broadway Baby ★★★★ Telegraph

KIRI PRITCHARD MCLEAN 5TH FEB 7:45PM £5 You might have seen Kiri on Comedy Central Live at the Comedy Store, Roast Battle, The Russell Howard Hour or heard her on The Now Show. She is also one half of All Killa No Filla and co-host of Amusical.

“Very funny and incisive, creating a few-holds-barred sense of big night out entertainment.” ★★★★★ Independent

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IAN SMITH & JACK GLEADOW

JORDAN BROOKES & KAT SADLER

6TH FEB 7:45PM £5 Ian Smith (BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff, Dave’s The Magic Sponge) is a multi-award-winning comedian, and this is a work in progress of his sixth solo show.

Join Jordan Brookes and Kat Sadler as they try out ideas for 30 minutes each. It’ll be great.

Jack Gleadow is one of the most exciting new stand-ups on the comedy circuit so come and enjoy this show featuring, stories, props, videos, sounds and more in this unique comic’s repertoire described as a one man variety show.

8TH FEB 7:45PM £5

Jordan Brookes “Digressive, deeply unsettling and very funny” ★★★★ Guardian Kat Sadler writes for The Daily Mash, BBC2’s The Mash Report. Nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award 2018.

BIRTHDAY GIRLS 9TH FEB 7:45PM £5

CHRIS BETTS & EVELYN MOK 7TH FEB 7:45PM £5 New jokes and stories from Pleasance Reserve alumni, comedian and huge Point Break fan Chris Betts and lactose-intolerantdairy-romantic Evelyn Mok. Chris Betts “Amazingly funny” ★★★★ The List Evelyn Mok “Really funny, really rude, but also refreshingly honest and smart” Graham Norton

Birthday Girls are back at the Pleasance for ONE NIGHT ONLY! They’ll be trying out some brand new material that is fresher than a steaming shit. It could be super, it could be super stinky, come along and see for yourself. Birthday Girls have been on the telly (BBC3, BBC2, ITV2, C4), the radio (BBC Radio 4) and even film (one of them has been in a film). They also have their own podcast for BBC Radio 1 because they are very young and current.

“This is joy” ★★★★★ The Skinny

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GHOST(S) 10TH FEB 7:45PM £5 A dark comic monologue about haunted people and places. A new piece of writing from one of the brains behind Great British Mysteries, who enjoyed sold out runs in the Pleasance Courtyard in 2017 and 2018.

WILL DUGGAN 13TH FEB 7:45PM £5 Will Duggan (Funz and Gamez, Sky1, BBC3, Radio 4) brings his new show ‘And Friends’ a show about potential, inaction, and garments. Ready to put it straight in your ears.

“A must see for comedy aficionados” Ed Fest Mag

CATHERINE BOHART 11TH FEB 7:45PM £5 Fresh from “the sort of perfectly structured Edinburgh debut you always hope for and rarely get to see” (★★★★ The Times), Catherine Bohart has some new jokes she’d like to try. BBC New Talent Hotlist 2017.

JACK BARRY & BEN POPE 13TH FEB 9:00PM £5

CHLOE PETTS 12TH FEB 7:45PM £5 Chloe Petts’ “inexhaustibly funny mind” (Diva Magazine) and “compelling presence” (Steve Bennett, Chortle) has established her as one of the most exciting new acts on the circuit.

Chloe is an alumna of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve, has been shortlisted for the BBC Comedy Award, was a finalist in the most recent Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Awards and came runner-up in the Funny Women Awards 2017.

Jack Barry, the face of McCoy’s crisps, hurls some shit at a wall. Come to see if anything sticks. His last two shows have been about sex and drugs, this hopes to be a beautiful union of the two. ★★★★ Sunday Times Ben Pope (“buckets of enthusiasm and energy” The Skinny) throws new jokes and ideas at you like one of those tennis-ball machines you use if you want to play tennis but are also lonely.

“Undeniably funny and a clear crowd favourite” ★★★★ Ed Fest Mag

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VIKKI STONE 15TH FEB 7:45PM £5 As seen and heard on BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show, BBC One’s John Bishop Show and the BBC Proms Podcast, award winning comedian and musician Vikki Stone, returns to the Pleasance Work In Progress season with a brand new show for 2019.

“The love child of Victoria Wood and Tim Minchin” ★★★★ The Scotsman

ANNIE MCGRATH 16TH FEB 7:45PM £5 As seen/heard on Channel 4, BBC3, ITV2, Sky Sports, BBC Radio 4 Extra.

“Spot on comic timing…delightfully dark” ★★★★ Three Weeks “Hilarious” ★★★★★ EdFringe Review

JONNY PELHAM 18TH FEB 7:45PM £5 Jonny Pelham (Russell Howard’s Stand-up Central, Live From The BBC, Bobby and Harriet Get Married) is a multi-award-winning comedian, and this is a work-in-progress for his fourth, and almost certainly best, Edinburgh show.

“Brilliant Stand-up” ★★★★ Chortle

ALICE SNEDDEN & LOLA & JO 15TH FEB 9:00PM £5 New Zealander Alice Snedden (★★★★★ Ed Fest Mag) returns to the U.K. after her sell out debut hour with some brand new jokes. She’s written & appeared in a bunch of NZ TV shows, and now she’s in London to try and make you laugh.

Lola & Jo (“Bloody brilliant” ★★★★ Chortle) are character comedians who sometimes write sketches.

Come see what “damn good scenes’” (★★★★ Fest) they’re cooking up this time.

LARRY DEAN 20TH FEB 7:45PM £5 Fresh from an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination, “unexpected and excellent” (Sunday Times) Larry Dean tries out some new jokes for the very first time. As seen on BBC2’s Live At The Apollo and Mock The Week.

“Destined to become a household name” ★★★★ Telegraph

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