Stay all day! Book for all the shows in the Garret Theatre on either Saturday or Sunday – or both! – and save 20% (when booked at the same time). 5.30pm
8pm
Larry Dean: Bampot
Off the Kerb Productions Present
Adam Hills Book Tour: Best Foot Forward
Fresh from a sell-out international tour and smashhit Live at the Apollo debut, Larry Dean has a new hour of ‘unexpected and excellent’ ★★★★ (TIMES) thoughts on Scottishness, sodomites and self-esteem.
Join Adam Hills as he reads some selected chapters of his best-selling autobiography Best Foot Forward, which is a hilarious and honest collection of stories, thoughts, and tales of a life in comedy. It will be a special evening of stand-up and anecdotes, with copies of the book available to purchase after the performance.
‘Extremely funny... if he continues to evolve at this pace he seems destined to become a household name’
★★★★ (TELEGRAPH) Garret Theatre | £12
‘Hills delivers stand up so effortlessly brilliant you wonder why some comedians even get out of bed’ (GUARDIAN)
‘Hills’s wit is incisively dry and sharp and his observations are bitingly precise’ (SUNDAY HERALD SUN)
Host of the Broadcast and RTS award winning Channel 4 series The Last Leg, Adam Hills is one of the most popular comedians in the UK. He was also the host of the Australian hit show Spicks and Specks which ran for 277 episodes, as well as his own Australian talk show, Adam Hills Tonight. With 16 solo shows that have toured internationally, his combination of positive, uplifting comedy and rampant spontaneity has seen him receive a swag of awards, glowing reviews and a legion of fans around the planet. Storyhouse Theatre | £16.50
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Comedy Weekend 27 & 28 October
Stay all day! Book for all the shows in the Garret Theatre on either Saturday or Sunday – or both! – and save 20% (when booked at the same time).
hello Welcome to the first ever Storyhouse Comedy weekend! On 27 and 28 October we bring you a whole weekend of brilliant comedy – stand-up, sketch, characters and songs! Take your pick or stay for the day – there’s a 20% discount if you book a full day of Garret shows at the same time. See some of the country’s best-known acts and stumble across the next big thing, all under one roof!
Saturday
Sunday 2.30pm
5.30pm
Brett Goldstein: Sleeping Trees: What Is Love Baby World Tour Don’t Hurt Me Sleeping Trees have been Sex. Porn. Love. Addiction. Can Brett tell the difference? Brett Goldstein, award-winning comic, actor and writer, returns with a new stand-up show about relationships, psychology, living in a post-porn world and the hell that is being in love. ‘Sharply written, impeccably delivered, always charming... Warm, wise stuff’
travelling around the world! They’ve been scuba-diving at the Great Barrier Reef, trekking the ancient Inca trails of Peru and gone dogging in Blackpool. A story of love, revenge and friendship, and by friendship, we mean revenge. Garret Theatre | £12
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Garret Theatre | £12
Lou Sanders: Shame Pig
1pm
Matthew is a member of sketch heroes Pappy’s (twotime Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees) and wrote and starred in BBC 3’s Badults. He’s been on 8 Out of 10 Cats (both Countdown and the normal one), he also writes on Channel 4’s The Last Leg, Mock The Week, and Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule… Garret Theatre | £12
4pm
Lakin McCarthy presents
Barbara Nice: Raffle
Join the Fringe’s favourite housewife Barbara Nice for an evening of proper good fun. Entrance price includes a complimentary raffle ticket! ‘You can’t but help fall in love with Barbara Nice’
★★★★★
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Garret Theatre | £12 Age: 14+
11am
The Story Beast: Myths, Monsters & Mayhem 8.30pm
The Horne Section ‘We can’t recommend The Horne Section highly enough’ ★★★★★ (TIME OUT) ‘An absolute blast’ ★★★★★ (METRO)
7pm
Matthew Crosby: Let’s Be Friends
2.30pm
Sanders has met some pigs – and been a mucky little pig herself – and now she’s rolling around in her own filth for your delight. As seen on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled and heard on Radio 4’s The Unbelievable Truth. Lou has written for Mock The Week and Miranda Hart. Garret Theatre | £12
Following their hit BBC Radio 4 series, and many years of sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and London’s West End, don’t miss everyone’s favourite Dictionary Corner regulars on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and the first band to ever host Never Mind The Buzzcocks! Expect a heady mix of spontaneous stand-up, spectacular performance and outlandish musical talent led by the brilliant comedian Alex Horne, the creator and cohost of Taskmaster which was Bafta and Emmy nominated in 2017, and won Best Entertainment Show at this year’s Broadcast Awards. Storyhouse Theatre | £19.50
After a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe multi-award nominated wizard, The Story Beast arrives in Chester with a show of hairy and ever-soslightly scary tales for kids. ‘White hot brilliance’
★★★★ (TIME OUT) Garret Theatre | £12 Recommended for ages 6+
Stephen Bailey: Our Kid From ITV2’s Safeword and CelebAbility, ITV’s Weekend with Aled, Comedy Central’s Live at The Comedy Store, C5’s Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side, Stephen Bailey, host of C5’s Celebs on the Farm returns with a story that is full of Northern warmth, has some working-class guilt and a bit of blue.
★★★★ (SUNDAY EXPRESS, HERALD, THE SKINNY, SCOTSGAY)
Garret Theatre | £12
4pm
1pm
Evelyn Mok: Bubble Butt In this much-anticipated hour, the sharp-witted comedian explores her own agency, the third-culture-kid-experience, weight loss and what this shift may mean for her as a woman of colour. ‘A refreshing hour of finely crafted stand-up’
★★★★ (THE SKINNY) Garret Theatre | £12
Tom Rosenthal: Work in Progress The beaky young man from Plebs, Friday Night Dinner and Drunk History tries a new comedy show out with the best of intentions. Garret Theatre | £12