LEICESTER SQUARE
THEATRE
LOUNGE March 2014 6 Leicester Place London WC2H 7BX
BOOKING LINE 08448 733 433 leicestersquaretheatre.com
LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE
Lewis Schaffer
Quint Fontana
Aatif Nawaz
Norman
HERO
LEAD PENCIL
Until 15 March 7pm £14, Conc £12 “Every choice has a cost...” Long ago the gypsies were visited by Hero, and each year since they come together to celebrate and tell her tale - so that it may never be forgotten... So come in! Gather round on this All Hero's Eve! Hear the legend of the HERO...and what happened to her after she saved the world.
Monday 3 March 8.30pm & Wednesday 5 March 9.30pm £7 Following on from their smash hit 2013 show Lead Pencil will be performing brand new songs and sketches. Some will go on to become the stuff of legend. Some will never be seen again. So, like, this is a total one off.
FUNNY WOMEN COMEDY WRITING WORKSHOP
Thursday 6 March 9.30pm £5 This is the hotly anticipated new stand-up comedy show from Tania Edwards, comedian (BBC1, Radio 4), and writer (credits include Stand Up For The Week, Twit of the Year, Channel 4, and Mock the Week, BBC2).
Saturday 1 March 10am £65 This is a three hour 'master class' covering how to come up with ideas for your script, characterisation, joke structure, lay-out, presentation and how to get your project in front of the right people - facilitated by Gavin Smith the Creative Director of Development for The Comedy Unit
THE NEW MUSICAL PROJECT: REHEARSED READING The Next Big Thing by David Kent Sunday 2 March 4pm £7 After a series of rejected formulaic novels, aspiring author Helena finally creates a heroine who has a will of her own. With Sally Ann Triplett on the panel.
LEWIS SCHAFFER: AMERICAN IN LONDON Sundays 2, 9, 16 & 23 March 8.30pm £10 The award-winning New York comic takes on England. Lewis Schaffer isn't a tourist. He isn't here on business. He's a hostage.
TANIA EDWARDS: ALWAYS RIHGT
THREE’S A CROWD: MAGIC AND COMEDY SHOW Friday 7 March 9.30pm £10 A night out produced by Ady Lloyd performed by a very up and coming 3 man act with absurd humour, fantastic comedy combined with stunning magic performances. With Ady Lloyd, Diobo and Clint Stevenson.
MIKE LEIGH ASSOCIATES COMEDY SHOWCASE Monday 10th March 7pm £10 Comedy agency Mike Leigh Associates takes you on a whirlwind tour of their most exciting up and coming comedy talent Featuring Rachel Stubbings, Gareth Morinan, Mrs Frankowitz, Stuart Laws and more.
LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE
Lounge - March
n Lovett
Al Lubel
Tom Wrigglesworth
SO Cabaret
MOSTLY COMEDY
PISTOL & JACK
Wednesday 12 March 9.30pm £10, Conc £8 A grab-bag of stand-up, sketches and music from some of the finest acts on the scene, hosted by small-town comic duo, Doggett & Ephgrave in March with Brian Gittins and Nish Kumar.
Wednesday 19 March 9pm £5 Delusional. Dysfunctional. Depraved. She’s an American pop princess. He’s a debauched Cockney rocker. Preaching the filth and smashing out their raucous pop-rock songs, Pistol & Jack will grope your soul and bring you to your knees.
IVY PAIGE: KISS & SELL Thursday 13 March 9.30pm £10 Ivy Paige, Cabaret Star Showgirl welcomes you into her Cabaret Club for a heady night of intimate revelations and salacious songs. Expect a tale of secrets and scandal set against a backdrop of Gangsters and Molls where Crimes of passion, blackmail and seduction will be hot off the press!
AATIF NAWAZ: TALK ROTI TO ME
AL LUBEL IN… I’M STILL AL LUBEL Thursday 20 March 7pm £6 Bob Dylan said of his last album, “Tempest,” that he didn’t make it for the public, he made it for himself. Well, similarly, Al didn’t make, “I’m Still Al Lubel,’ for the public, he made it for himself. He hopes he likes it.
“Al Lubel has one of the best jokes I ever hear”
Monday 17 – Wednesday 19 March 7pm £10 Following on from his sell out show in January, Aatif Nawaz returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for more social and cultural observations as he tells the hilarious tale of a British-Pakistanis journey to the world of standup comedy.
Thursday 20 – Saturday 22 March 9pm £10 The stand-up legend and Red Dwarf star returns with a show which contains the continuation of The Sugababes debate amongst many more subjects.
THE QUINT FONTANA SHOW
"A true master of his craft"
Tuesday 18 March 9.30pm £8 He’s alive! Quint Fontana comes to the Leicester Square theatre! Once the blue eyed boy of 80’s British pop, now a bona fide showbiz legend Quint Fontana brings you a monthly night of songs, stories, tears, laughter, delusions of grandeur, posturing, heavy drinking and occasional bouts of rage.
Jerry Seinfeld
NORMAN LOVETT – OLD AND NEW
Chortle
Funny Women present KATIE LANE AND ELF LYONS Saturday 22 March 7pm £10, Conc £8 Fresh from impressing the judges at the Funny Women Awards 2013, runners-up Katie Lane and Elf Lyons are back in 2014 with this very special double bill!
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LUKE MCQUEEN: A TERRIBLE COMEDIAN Tuesday 25 March 7pm £10 Luke McQueen is the worst comedian not working in the UK. He is an idiot for doing this show again after seeing everyone hate it so much at the Edinburgh Festival. If you enjoy seeing someone tragically believing they have any talent at all then this is the show for you.
ROB AUTON: THE SKY SHOW Tuesday 25 & Wednesday 26 March 9pm £7, Conc £6 The Sky Show is a comedy/poetry show about the sky and the things in it; you know, clouds, birds, weather etc. This show is suitable for people who have seen the sky and enjoy looking up.
SO CABARET: LIVE Wednesday 26 March 7pm £6 A showcase of the very best in comedy & comedic cabaret performance including Abandoman, Loretta Maine, Rachel Parris and Shirley & Shirley.
PAUL THORNE: THIS MONTH’S APOCALYPSE Thursday 27 March 9.30pm £8, Conc £6 Comedian Paul Thorne returns with another of his brand new regular shows based on the month’s news events, using a combination of stand-up and finely crafted songs to take a sideways look at modern evil. With guest Andy Saltzman
TOM WRIGGLESWORTH: UTTERLY AT ODDS WITH THE UNIVERSE Thursday 27 – Saturday 29 March 7pm £12, Conc £10 Comedy Award Nominee, Chortle & Time Out Award winner and Star of Radio 4 and BBC 2 Tom Wrigglesworth returns with an exquisite new show. In turns, poignant and hilarious, Tom takes an emotional journey exploring his profound relationship with his granddad.
LAUGHS AT THE LOUNGE Friday 28 February 9pm £10 Join us for another great night of stand-up comedy at Laughs at the Lounge! Line up to be announced.
The Finalists
De Profundis
By Paul Dale Vickers
Grace Notes
By Robert Gould & Christopher J Orton
The search for a new classic...
Pierced
By Tamar Broadbent
THE WINNER
Coming May 2014… @newmusicalpro /lsqtheatre
@lsqtheatre
Part A
By Freya Smith & Jack Williams
Reception
By Gary Albert Hughes & Tom Read Wilson
The Next Big Thing By David Kent
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