New Comedy
Alex Horne
'Birdwatching'
Thursday 22 May : 8.30pm (seated)
£10.00 : £8.00 concessions
TOUR CANCELLED
Alex Horne’s dad is a birdwatcher. Alex isn’t. But for one year he traveled round Britain, Bahrain, Birdworld and Bill Oddie in a bid to discover what makes his old man twitch. Alex has cancelled the tour for May but this will be rescheduled in the future. Original tickets not valid for future dates - please contact NAC Box Office 01603 660352 for refunds.
Daniel Kitson
'The Impotent Fury of the Privileged'
Monday 26 May : 8.30pm (seated)
£10.00 : £8.00 concessions
SOLD OUT
An angry, frustrated and beautiul new show about wanting the world to change but not doing enough to change it.
Leicester Comedy Festival Tour feat. Count Arthur Strong
+ Josie Long + Isy Suttie + Carl Donnelly
Friday 6 June : 8pm (seated)
£12.00 : £10.00 concessions
This year, the Leicester Comedy Festival has turned 15. Join us, as we pick up sticks and deliver the best and funniest acts, fresh from this year's festival, live in
Pappy's Fun Club
Edinburgh Showcase
Wednesday 2 July : 8.30pm (seated)
All tickets £6.00
Cult comedy team Pappy’s Fun Club were nominated last year for Chortle's Best Newcomer and the If.Comedy Award (formerly the Perrier) for Best Show. Expect historical characters, mythical creatures and the eternal battle between good and evil. Will Pappy's Fun Club save the day? If you consider identifying the problem and then singing about it to be saving the day, then yes.
Mark Watson
Edinburgh Showcase
Tuesday 8 July : 8.30pm (seated)
All tickets £7.50
Ahead of his brand new show at the Edinburgh Festival 2008, Mark will be previewing old and new material in a 60 minute show. ‘Mark Watson is a kind of superhero’ - Sunday Times
Russell Kane & Steve Williams
Edinburgh Showcase
Tuesday 22 July : 8.30pm (seated)
£8.00
Double bill tour featuring Kane’s twisted
brand of humour delivered with a neurotic, almost Parkinsonian, twitchiness,
plus Williams’ hybrid of bizarre stories, larger than life physicality,
spontaneous improvisation and his off-the-wall take on everyday life.