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Craig's unique ability to find humour in the mundane, coupled with his own natural eccentricity makes for truly inventive storytelling. An internationally acclaimed act, Craig's whimsical travel anecdotes never fail to surprise. In 2010 Craig supported Frankie Boyle on his massive 120 date National tour, playing to over 300,000 people as well as performing on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Russell Howard's Good News.
Amateur Transplants frontman Adam Kay sits at a grand piano and sings smutty songs. With sell-out tours and Edinburgh Fringe seasons, his cutting-edge, darkly humourous re-imaginings of pop and rock classics have gained him a cult following across the UK. His songs have over 20 million hits on YouTube (including the iconic London Underground Song) and have been in the iTunes comedy top ten consistently since 2008. This show is probably not suitable for your elderly maiden aunt. NB Unlike the majority of musical comedy, this is actually funny.
Only single seats. Call 020 7388 8822 to book. 2008 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, 2010 Hot Press Irish Comedian of the Year, 1990 East Leinster under 14 triple jump bronze medalist, founder member of Destiny's Child, inventor of the iPad, star of 2Fast 2Furious, and until recently he always mispronounced the word 'hyperbole'. The number one ranked person called 'David O'Doherty' on Google returns to The Bloomsbury with small keyboards/talking.
The world is full of problems, but it's also full of brilliant people, chipping away at those problems with their ideas and expertise. Focus on the Positive is your chance to choose how to improve the world. Meet some of UCL’s inspiring researchers, who’ll tell you exactly how they want to tackle the big issues. With the help of our host, comedian James Acaster, you get to decide which one to fund. The winning idea, as voted for by you the audience, wins £5000 to fix the world!
Charity performance with Paul Tonkinson, Pajama Men, Paul Foot, Terry Alderton, Robin Ince, Alex Horne and Jen Brister. In aid of Crisis.
Following stellar performances on BBC One's Live At The Apollo and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Ch4's Stand-Up For The Week, don't miss hugely talented Canadian émigré Tom Stade on an extended leg of his nationwide tour. His magnetic stage presence, irrepressible charm and first-class story-telling have established him as one of the finest stand-ups around. Join his inimitable, offbeat world for a truly unforgettable night of comedy.
Stars of BBC1's The Magicians and winners of the World Magic Awards: Best Comedy Illusionists, twisted warlocks Barry & Stuart will be stunning audiences with their amazing new show, Show & Tell. In the first half of the show, expect their trademark innovative tricks and devious illusions, then in the second half, be prepared to have your minds blown as they exclusively reveal all the secrets behind the magic, in showing you, for the first time ever, exactly how those tricks were done!
Straight from BBC 1's documentary We Won't Drop The Baby, Laurence is the only stand-up comedian commissioned by the London 2012 festival. Whenever Laurence gets told he's inspirational for doing very ordinary things, he feels like he's being told he's exceeded people's low expectations of him. A wife? A job? And two gorgeous sons? In his own imitable style that's brought him twenty-five four and five star reviews, Laurence Clark brings you what he does best – a comedy show... not a series of very ordinary achievements. If you're sceptical when told to climb every mountain, reach for the skies and follow your dreams then this is definitely the show for you!
Star of Comedy Central's Comedy Blue, MTV's Kojo's Comedy Funhouse, BBC Radio 4 Extra's Comedy On The Boat, and host of Supreme FM’s Breakfast Show, the award-winning Quincy, brings his sellout show to The Bloomsbury. A unique night of stand-up and sketches from the 'big man' and 'Cockney Prince' with special guests with a house band, this show is for one night only!
Jo Brand hosts the winning acts and a top selection of finalists from New Variety’s New Act of the Year 2012 showcase: Patrick Cahill, Mark Stephenson, Adams & Rea, Bobby Mair, Mark Simmons, Mae Martin and The Fabulous Russella.
We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So it's time to prepare yourselves for Horrible Histories live on stage! Using actors and ground-breaking 3D special effects, these two astounding shows – The Terrible Tudors and The Vile Victorians – are guaranteed to thrill you and your children. Historical figures and events will come alive on stage and hover at your fingertips.
A few years back, I launched a campaign (wrote some letters) which successfully saw the return of Roast Beef Monster Munch to our supermarket shelves. You're welcome. This is a loosely-based stand up/breakdown show which revolves around a handful of other letters I have penned out of frustration, with mixed results. It's a show about those little annoyances. Too frivolous to be a cause. Too inconsequential to be a campaign. But just about right for that couple from Berwick-Upon-Tweed who come to the Edinburgh Fringe every year.
Prepare to enlist as international mega-myth Nick Helm takes you on a blood-spattered tour of duty through the carnage filled battlefields of his love-life with the most epic and romantic show ever attempted. Romance has a new name. Ladies, bring a cagoule to sit on and get ready to leave pregnant.
Scoundrels Comedy Club with Tom Price, Isy Suttie, Doc Brown and Gareth Richards.
Stunning new show from Scotland's award-winning comedian and internationally acclaimed half-man-half-Xbox, Daniel Sloss. Having starred on TV shows such as Michael Mcintyre's Comedy Roadshow, 8/10 Cats, Mock The Week, and more, plus his own BBC show The Adventures Of Daniel, Daniel started gigging aged just 16. In October 2009, aged 19, his debut in London's Soho Theatre made him the youngest stand-up ever to perform a solo season in the West End. Now 21, he has toured internationally, sold out 4 Edinburgh Fringe seasons and to top it all off, he's recently left home. So, now the gloves are really off! (although the dirty socks are still on the floor...)
Award winning comic Andi Osho (Live At The Apollo - BBC1, Mock the Week - BBC2, Stand Up For The Week - Channel 4) is back on tour with her second stand-up show. Andi presents a brutally honest dissection of the perils and pitfalls of dating reporting her findings to the audience in this hilarious and heart-warming show.
Welcome to Jenny Eclair's new stand-up show. After thirty years in the business she should vaguely know what she's doing? Professional Grumpy Old Woman, writer and panto star; Eclair has been round the block that many times she's lost count. You may recognise her from Loose Women where she is happy to be one of 'The Coven'. She is also a Pilates Ninja and a disgrace in her own kitchen.
Mark Little dances his way through the upheavals of the modern #wikileaks #twitter #murdoch #arabspring #nuclear #doomsday epoch with his own unique comedy take on 'EARTH 2012' and its unnerving popularisms with a funny little dog in this black and white, silent comedy romp. More MIND BENDING than Schwarzenegger in 'Total Recall'. More POWERFUL than Stallone in 'Rocky 4' and '5'. Mark Little is THEbullshitARTIST.
After sellout success in 2012, Festival of the Spoken Nerd are back at the Bloomsbury Theatre with a brand new show. In a comedy night for the insatiably sci-curious, stand-up mathematician Matt Parker, geek songstress Helen Arney and experiments guy Steve Mould are looking at Life, Oh Life. They're asking: Who are we? Where do we come from? And... are we nearly there yet?
