Category: Comedy
Showing 34 upcoming events:
Thursday 02 May 2024
Venue: Qudos
Address: 38 Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1BN
Telephone: 01722 433233
Event: Follow Comedy Club - 7.30pm - Stand-Up Comedy every Thursday Night at Qudos Bar Salisbury! Visit the Comedy Club on Facebook for tickets: www.facebook.com/followcomedyclub.
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Friday 03 May 2024
Venue: Salisbury Arts Centre
Address: Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UT
Telephone: Box office: 01722 320 333
Event: Comedy - Paul Foot: Dissolve - 7.30pm - Life is a stress: full of rushed breakfasts, angry people, internal conflict, and Jacob Rees-Mogg. But what happens when everything you thought was important – your problems, grievances against others, your very identity – simply disappears? Multi-award-winning and trail-blazing comedian, Paul Foot, is back on tour with Dissolve, his most personal, surprising and ground-breaking show ever.
Friday 03 May 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Richard Digance - 7.30pm - 2024 sees Richard, still going strong and performing at selected venues as well as spending more time in his studio composing soundtrack music. Richard Digance is a BAFTA Nominated entertainer and a recipient of The Gold Award from The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. He has also won a Sony Award and is one of only three British folk singers mentioned in The Virgin Anthology of Songwriters for his contribution to comedy songwriting.
Sunday 05 May 2024
Venue: Bob Blandford Memorial Scout Hall
Address: 1 Queen Street, Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 0AL
Event: Drag Bingo and Live Cabaret with Dixie Normous - 7pm - Bank holiday Sunday 5 May at Wilton Scout Hut. 3 games of Drag Bingo and Live Cabaret hosted by Dixie Normous Drag Artist, plus bonus games, a raffle and a bar. Tickets available at skiddle.com/e/38052218 or £10 from Wilton Social Club. If you want to reserve tickets e-mail wiltondragbingo@gmail.com. When you have a minimum of 6 people booked in you can start to reserve tables too and seat you all together. There will be a bar - let them know your drink preferences.
Saturday 11 May 2024
Venue: The Crook and Shears
Address: Upper Clatford, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 7QL
Telephone: 01264 748479
Event: Comedy night - 7.30pm - 4 hilarious acts performing their best jokes and stories. £12 a ticket now or £15 on the door!
Thursday 16 May 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Sherlock's Excellent Adventure - 7.30pm - Our Star Theatre Company present their acclaimed comedy, ‘Sherlock’s Excellent Adventure’! Follow Sherlock Holmes and his incomparable sidekick Dr John Watson on this riveting, hitherto unpublished case … Damsel in distress Lucy Matravers engages Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth Holmes and his partner Watson to resolve a dispute over a family will. Little do they know that this small case brings Holmes straight into the clutches of his arch-enemy, James Moriarty!
Saturday 18 May 2024
Venue: Salisbury Arts Centre
Address: Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UT
Telephone: Box office: 01722 320 333
Event: Mark Watson - 7.30pm - Mark Watson's 12-year-old son has just got a phone. His 70-year-old dad has been through the most frightening experience of his life. Both a dad and a kid himself, around the midpoint of his life, the Taskmaster star and multiple award-winner - now also famous as one-third of YouTube cult sensation No More Jockeys - returns. He'll consider the search for meaning that we're all on, with or without Google. There'll be a lot of jokes, and a show that's different every night.
Friday 31 May 2024
Venue: Salisbury Arts Centre
Address: Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UT
Telephone: Box office: 01722 320 333
Event: Comedy - Barbara Nice - 7.30pm - Join housewife superstar, Edinburgh Fringe Festival regular and 2019 Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist Mrs Barbara Nice for a laugh-out-loud joyful get together. A loveable force of nature and a perfect antidote to doom and gloom, if you’re in need of a comedy pick-me-up Barbara’s your woman. Like your favourite aunt at a family wedding, she’ll get you going with her unique comic insights and her celebrations of daily life.
Saturday 01 June 2024
Venue: Salisbury Playhouse
Address: Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RA
Telephone: 01722 320333
Event: Comedy - Punt and Dennis - 7.30pm - Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt are back on tour for the first time in 10 years. Older but not really much wiser, they are returning to what they do best; sitting in traffic jams wondering if a different route would have been better, and then in the evening, presenting their new live show. What have they learned from a decade of following the news for Mock the Week and The Now Show? What wisdom has experience taught them? And have they learned any new jokes? Let’s hope so. They promise they have.
Saturday 01 June 2024
Venue: Bemerton Heath Harlequins Sports & Social Club
Address: Western Way, Bemerton Heath, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 9DR
Telephone: 01722 331925
Event: Ben Swords Comedy Music Extravaganza - 8.30pm
Venue notes: Social club - please check access requirements. You may need to be signed-in if you're not a member and there may be a door charge.
Saturday 01 June 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Ria Lina: Riawakening - 8pm - In the aftermath of a global pandemic, comedian and scientist, Ria Lina has had a Riawakening and sees the world differently. In this, her highly anticipated debut tour, Ria tackles the issues of coming out of a global pandemic, the new normal, divorce, dating in a new digital world, motherhood and what it really means to be a woman today. Fearless, provocative, and very funny, Ria Lina is the only Filipina comedian in British stand-up and a hugely admired talent in the comedy industry. Her extensive list of credits includes Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You?, Mock the Week, Lovestruck High, Richard Hammond’s Brain Reaction, Richard Osman’s House of Games, The Last Leg and Celebrity Mastermind.
Thursday 06 June 2024
Venue: Salisbury Playhouse
Address: Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RA
Telephone: 01722 320333
Event: Comedy - Ruby Wax: I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was - 7.30pm - After a complete sell-out first run in 2023, Ruby Wax's rawest, darkest, funniest and most compelling stage show yet announces brand new dates for 2024, thanks to enormous demand.
Friday 07 June 2024
Venue: Salisbury Arts Centre
Address: Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UT
Telephone: Box office: 01722 320 333
Event: Comedy - Sophie Duker and Matt Winning: Work in Progress - 7.30pm - Hot comedy weirdo, Sophie Duker, hits Salisbury for the first time to rustle up a new hour of comedy fire for 2024. What, like it's hard? Some new stories (wee and big) and jokes about climate change, and probably a PowerPoint too, from comedian and environmental economist Dr Matt Winning.
Tuesday 11 June 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Miles Jupp: On I Bang - 8pm - Since Miles’ last tour finished at The London Palladium in 2017, he’s been in The Full Monty on Disney Plus, The Durrells and Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? as well as many episodes of Frankie Boyle’s New World Order and Have I Got News For You. His new show, On I Bang is a tale about surprise, fear, luck, love and qualified medical practitioners.
Friday 14 June 2024
Venue: Salisbury Playhouse
Address: Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RA
Telephone: 01722 320333
Event: Showstopper! The Improvised Musical - 7.30pm - Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest – direct from the West End and now heading to Salisbury Playhouse! With fourteen years as an Edinburgh Fringe must-see phenomenon, a BBC Radio 4 series, a critically acclaimed West End run and an Olivier Award to their name, The Showstoppers have delighted audiences across the globe with their ingenious blend of comedy, musical theatre and spontaneity. A brand new musical comedy is created from scratch at each performance of this award-winning show as audience suggestions are transformed on the spot into all-singing, all dancing productions with hilarious results. These incredible performers are guaranteed to impress as they create shows packed with drama, dazzling dance routines and catchy melodies – and it's all made up on the spot! So whether you fancy Hamilton in a hospital or Sondheim in the Sahara, you suggest it and The Showstoppers will sing it!
Friday 14 June 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Pete Firman: TrikTok - 7.30pm - With over 250 million online views and countless TV appearances under his belt, Pete is firmly established as the UK's top comedy magician. You may have seen him on ITV1'sTonight at the London Palladium and The Next Great Magician, BBC1'sThe Magicians,The John Bishop Show and The Sarah Millican Television Programme, or caught one of his massively popular viral videos on social media.
Saturday 15 June 2024
Venue: Salisbury Playhouse
Address: Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RA
Telephone: 01722 320333
Event: Showstopper! The Improvised Musical - 7.30pm - Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest – direct from the West End and now heading to Salisbury Playhouse! With fourteen years as an Edinburgh Fringe must-see phenomenon, a BBC Radio 4 series, a critically acclaimed West End run and an Olivier Award to their name, The Showstoppers have delighted audiences across the globe with their ingenious blend of comedy, musical theatre and spontaneity. A brand new musical comedy is created from scratch at each performance of this award-winning show as audience suggestions are transformed on the spot into all-singing, all dancing productions with hilarious results. These incredible performers are guaranteed to impress as they create shows packed with drama, dazzling dance routines and catchy melodies – and it's all made up on the spot! So whether you fancy Hamilton in a hospital or Sondheim in the Sahara, you suggest it and The Showstoppers will sing it!
Thursday 27 June 2024
Venue: Arundells
Address: 59 Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2EN
Telephone: 01722 326546
Event: Comedy - Sherlock and Watson: A Murder in the Garden - 7.30pm - Brought to you by award-winning comedy troupe Calf 2 Cow, this brand-new adaption is an outrageous comedy full of slapstick, multi-rolling and of course pumped full of live music and rock n roll. Arundells, Cathedral Close, Salisbury Thursday 27 June, 7.30pm Adult £18 | Child £12 | Family (2 Adults + 2 Children) £45
Monday 08 July 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Chloe Petts & Josh Weller: Before the Fringe - 8pm - Edinburgh is 397.5 miles from Andover. So, The Lights is bringing Edinburgh Comedy Festival Previews to the heart of Hampshire in July. No long distances and no hotel required. £14 a ticket, 2 comedians a night. What a week of comedy ahead!
Tuesday 09 July 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Rob Auton & Travis Jay: Before The Fringe - 8pm - Edinburgh is 397.5 miles from Andover. So, The Lights is bringing Edinburgh Comedy Festival Previews to the heart of Hampshire in July. No long distances and no hotel required. £14 a ticket, 2 comedians a night. What a week of comedy ahead!
Wednesday 10 July 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Sara Barron & Susan Riddell: Before the Fringe - 8pm - Edinburgh is 397.5 miles from Andover. So, The Lights is bringing Edinburgh Comedy Festival Previews to the heart of Hampshire in July. No long distances and no hotel required. £14 a ticket, 2 comedians a night. What a week of comedy ahead!
Thursday 11 July 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Garrett Millerick & Nic Sampson: Before The Fringe - 8pm - Edinburgh is 397.5 miles from Andover. So, The Lights is bringing Edinburgh Comedy Festival Previews to the heart of Hampshire in July. No long distances and no hotel required. £14 a ticket, 2 comedians a night. What a week of comedy ahead!
Friday 12 July 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Bella Hull & Glenn Moore: Before the Fringe - 8pm - Edinburgh is 397.5 miles from Andover. So, The Lights is bringing Edinburgh Comedy Festival Previews to the heart of Hampshire in July. No long distances and no hotel required. £14 a ticket, 2 comedians a night. What a week of comedy ahead!
Thursday 18 July 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Richard Herring: Can I Have My Ball Back? - 8pm - In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger. It turned out that he had testicular cancer and one month later he was lying in hospital waiting to have his murderous gonad removed. Would he survive? (No spoilers!) For a comedian who had done a whole show on male genitalia (Talking Cock) and written a book about toxic masculinity (The Problem With Men) this felt like some cruel trick of fate. In his much-anticipated return to stand-up after six years, Richard talks bollocks and answers the question on everyone's lips: Is a severed gonad in a jar a fitting prize to bring in for Taskmaster?
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Venue: Salisbury Arts Centre
Address: Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UT
Telephone: Box office: 01722 320 333
Event: Comedy - Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Peacock - 7.30pm - Star of Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You and QI, Kiri Pritchard-McLean is back with a brand new tour, her funniest and most personal to date. Prepare for a joyous and uplifting show from a comedian known for making "powerhouse stand-up from the thorniest of subjects" (The Guardian).
Tuesday 17 September 2024
Venue: Salisbury Playhouse
Address: Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RA
Telephone: 01722 320333
Event: An Evening with Pam Ayres - 7.30pm - The Bookseller magazine recently stated that Pam Ayres is the best-selling poet since records began, after Ted Hughes. Pam has been making the nation laugh for almost 50 years. Her performance will include a selection of poems and stories, from across her long career, including Pam Ayres on Animals, which was the UK’s bestselling poetry book of 2021, and her latest book, Who Are You Calling Vermin?
Thursday 19 September 2024
Venue: Salisbury Playhouse
Address: Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RA
Telephone: 01722 320333
Event: Russell Kane: HyperActive - 7.30pm - Whirlwind, FitBit-breaking comedian, presenter, actor and author Russell Kane is out on the road again, setting it on fire with his unique recipe of sharp wit and “storming physical comedy” (Mail on Sunday). The brand-new tour for 2024 and 2025 comes with a safety warning: wear strong underwear - pants will be spoiled. Russell is high-energy, high-octane, and hyper-active!
Thursday 19 September 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Carl Hutchinson: Today Years Old - 7.30pm - In what has quickly became an annual tradition, Carl is back for a third consecutive back-to-back tour. His storytelling skills and ability to hold an audience is second to none. Rich in observations and exaggerated physical comedy, a night out with this Geordie is guaranteed to have you belly laughing from start to finish.
Friday 20 September 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: The Merry Wives of Windsor from The Pantaloons - 7.30pm - Sir John Falstaff, everyone's favourite Shakespearean sleazeball, has fallen on hard times. In order to fix his finances he plans to seduce the wives of two wealthy merchants. But, wise to his wily ways, the ladies take the opportunity to punish Falstaff by playing a series of hilarious tricks on the nincompoop knight. Expect silly slapstick, abundant anachronisms and memorable music nestled amongst Shakespeare’s poignant poetry as the critically-acclaimed Pantaloons put their own innovative and interactive spin on this classic comedy.
Friday 04 October 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Giggles and Garters (A Burlesque and Cabaret Show) - 8pm - Get ready for a night of Burlesque, Cabaret, Music and comedy! A true variety show with something for everyone! Your compere Dave Allon will be introducing amazing acts: Goldie Luxe, Fae Wildfyre, El Duo Bongo, Miss Anticipation, Akasha Wilde, Frisky Whispers, King Crimson, Lena Lenman, Chi Chi Revolver and Miss Sugar Rush.
Friday 11 October 2024
Venue: The Lights
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Graffiti Classics 2024 - 7.30pm - 16 strings, 8 dancing feet and 4 voices with one aim: to make classical music wickedly funny and fantastically exhilarating for everyone, young and old. Graffiti Classics bursts the elitist boundaries of the traditional String Quartet with its hilarious all-singing, all-dancing musical comedy show. It’s a classical concert, a gypsy-folk romp, an opera, a stand-up comedy set and a brilliant dance show - all rolled into one! Graffiti Classics never fails to get audiences laughing, clapping, and singing along. It’s an uplifting and virtuosic variety of musical styles, all tied together with cheeky audience interaction. Graffiti Classics grew from graduates from London’s top musical conservatoires whilst street-performing in London’s Covent Garden. They decided that classical music should be made fun and inclusive for everyone, creating a unique virtuosic comedy show.
Thursday 07 November 2024
Venue: Salisbury Playhouse
Address: Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RA
Telephone: 01722 320333
Event: Comedy - Jenny Eclair: Jokes, Jokes, Jokes Live! - 7.30pm - Comedian, novelist and professional show-off Jenny Eclair comes to Salisbury Playhouse with a brand-new autobiographical show. This is to celebrate the release of her hilarious memoir of the same name, which is available to pre-order with your ticket purchase.
Friday 15 November 2024
Venue: Salisbury Arts Centre
Address: Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UT
Telephone: Box office: 01722 320 333
Event: Comedy - Pierre Novellie: Why Are You Laughing? - 7.30pm - Pierre Novellie is known for his award-winning comedy/observations which you might have enjoyed on The Frank Skinner Show on Absolute Radio, the hit podcast BudPod with Phil Wang, World’s Most Dangerous Roads and The Now Show on Radio 4.
Saturday 23 November 2024
Venue: Salisbury Arts Centre
Address: Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UT
Telephone: Box office: 01722 320 333
Event: Comedy - Russell Hicks: Happy To Be Here - 7.30pm - Russell Hicks heads out on his first tour, but not his first rodeo. (Warning: This is a stand up show. NOT a rodeo.) Russell Hicks is here to stay and he really is happy to be here. So, why don’t British People believe him? Hot off the back of a starring role in an Amazon Prime show that nobody watched, and was cancelled immediately, American Stand Up comedian Russell Hicks, lives in the UK where he allegedly performs stand-up comedy. Naturally, his parents still think he makes his money through some kind of illegal activity, so buy some tickets and help prove his legitimacy!
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Spotlight
TODAY, Monday 29 April 2024
Salisbury Recorded Music Society: The curse of the ninth
Venue: The Georgian Room - Salisbury Recorded Music Society
7.30pm
Alan Forshaw explores the myth of why nine composers couldn't or wouldn't write a tenth symphony.
