alan carr james acaster jenny eclair henning wehn richard herring alan davies stewart francis katherine ryan lee nelson matt forde ruby wax robert newman phill jupitus alex horne and many, many more... spring comedy brochure.indd 1
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welcome to our brand new stand-up
comedy season
Don’t miss your chance to see big names including alan carr, henning Wehn, Katherine ryan, Lee nelson and alex horne plus exclusive shows from alan Davies, Jenny eclair and phill Jupitus. Regular visitor matt’s comedy club returns to the Connaught Studio and we are delighted to welcome manford’s comedy club, the brain-child of Jason Manford, supporting up and coming talent.
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Some of the top names in comedy are supporting Hot Bed, a great initiative to support and develop local acts at the beginning of their careers. Worthing Theatres has teamed up with Mark Kelly, comedian and writer, to give support slots to some fabulous comedians, writers, performance poets and singer-songwriters at these great nights of entertainment. Mark, the “unsung hero of alternative comedy�, also acts as compere for each Hot Bed event. From his years with the Merseyside Poetry Circus, he now combines his long-standing writing partnership with Jo Brand with solo work, including regular radio appearances, teaching comedy and adding to his two thousand plus performances.
alan Davies Fri 24 Apr
emily barden Fri 27 Feb Wed 27 May
rachel hawker the silver peevil Wed 27 May
Fri 24 Apr Thu 4 Jun
Kate Wilson
andrew foster
Fri 24 Apr Thu 30 Jul
Thu 4 Jun
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alan carr yap, yap, yap! fri 20 feb assembLy haLL £28.50 ..................
No stranger to yap, Alan Carr yaps his way around the UK & Ireland with his brand new stand-up show. The BAFTA and British Comedy Award winning comedian, author and chat show supremo returns to his stand-up roots with his hilarious take on life. Yap it up! alancarr.net
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“an absolute natural on stage… a born storyteller, sheer entertainment.” London Evening Standard
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jenny eclair fri 27 feb, 7.30pm connaught theatre £21.50
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Jenny Eclair was the first woman to win the coveted Perrier Award and hasn’t stopped banging on about it ever since. She still gigs regularly and you might recognize her from I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, the Grumpy Old Women series, plus the Grumpy Guides, Grumpy Holidays and It’s Grim up North. Support includes Emily Barden, singer-songwriter and comic poets Marion Sharville and Liz Verlander. Visit our website for full details of all our Hot Bed support acts. jennyeclair.com
“A FIERCELY CHARISMATIC PRESENCE” The Scotsman
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henning wehn eins, Zwei, diy
fri 20 mar, 8pm connaught theatre £16, concs £1.50 off frienDs £13 ..................
After more than a decade in Britain, the German Comedy Ambassador has ‘groan’ to like puns... though he still couldn’t eat a whole one. As Henning’s assimilation is not yet complete he hasn’t lost his sense of Westphalian wonderment at the foibles of British society. Expect a crash course in personal accountability and have a right old laugh at the same time! Wunderbar! henningwehn.de
“marvellous” The Guardian
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richard herring
lord of the dance settee fri 17 apr, 8pm connaught theatre £16 ..................
After covering weighty issues like death, love, religion and spam javelins, “The King of Edinburgh” (List) is in a frivolous mood with this show about daftness, whether the term “cool comedian” is an oxymoron, bouncing joyously on the sofa and how Herring’s whole career is a failed attempt to top a piece of visual slapstick comedy he came up with at 16. Can he revisit the joke thirty years on or will it smash his old bones? richardherring.com
“a new richard herring show is a never-ending cause for delight” The List
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alan davies fri 24 apr, 7.30pm connaught theatre £21.50 ..................
Alan Davies is best-known for his role on Jonathan Creek and his time as a QI panel member. He returned to his stand-up roots a few years ago and he joins us for one night only, fresh off the back of his Little Victories UK tour. Support includes Rachel Hawker, singer-songwriter and Kate Wilson, comic and baby juggler. Visit our website for full details of all our Hot Bed support acts.
“wryly funny stuff” The Scotsman
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stewart francis pun gent
tue 28 apr, 8pm connaught theatre £18.50 ..................
The star of Mock The Week, Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow and Live At The Apollo, embarks on a brand new stand up tour with a fantastic and hilarious new show! Presented by Live Nation in association with MHA. stewartfrancis.com
“a brilliant comic brain... this stand-up cracks some of the best one liners i’ve ever heard” The Guardian
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katherine ryan glam role model thu 30 apr, 8pm connaught theatre £15.50, concs £2 off ..................
A dude who is fast becoming a recognisable face on British TV with appearances on BBC 1’s Live At The Apollo and Let’s Dance for Comic Relief, BBC 2’s Mock The Week, QI and Never Mind The Buzzcocks, C4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats and more, Katherine Ryan embarks on her second UK stand-up tour. The fresh, often dangerously fierce pop-culture obsessed Canadian was unaffected by publicised death threats and survived the world’s first crack-smoking mayor. katherineryan.co.uk
“warped wit...striking presence...killer lines... calm confidence” Scotsman
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lee nelson
suited and booted sun 10 may, 7.30pm paViLion theatre £21 ..................
Lee Nelson is back with a brand new show! You may have seen him host Live at the Apollo or caught him trying to join the England Squad as Premier League footballer Jason Bent. Now see Lee live in his highly anticipated nationwide tour. Ages 16+ leenelson.com
“never lost for words, never less than ingenious ... a seamlessly entertaining touring show” The Times
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matt forde
24 hour political party people tue 12 may, 8pm connaught stuDio £11 .................. Following a sell-out run in Edinburgh, Matt celebrates the great and the good (and Ed Miliband). See his brand new show as the countdown to Election 2015 starts here. As seen on Channel 4’s three-part comedy series Jon Richard Grows up, Have I Got News For You and 8 out of 10 Cats. mattforde.com
“a first class comic” The Guardian
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ruby wax
SANE NEW WORLD Fri 22 May, 8pm connaught theatre £19, concs £ 2 off .................. In this show based on her acclaimed book Sane New World, comedian, actor and writer Ruby explains why we sabotage our sanity with our own thinking, shows how to rewire your thinking to find calm in a frenetic world and how to become the master, not the slave, of your own mind. In addition to her comedy accolades, Ruby is also a mental health campaigner and gained a Masters degree in Mindfulnessbased Cognitive Therapy from Oxford University. This show is your passport to saner living. rubywax.net
“PURE COMEDY” Time Out
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robert newman WeD 27 may, 7.30pm connaught stuDio £15.50 ..................
Writer and comedian Robert Newman, known for Newman and Baddiel and The Mary Whitehouse Experience, made a welcome return to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2014 with his first new Edinburgh show in seven years, Robert Newman’s New Theory of Evolution. Support includes The Silver Peevil, retro extra-terrestrial and Emily Barden, singer-songwriter. Visit our website for full details of all our Hot Bed support acts. robnewman.com
“one amaZing comedian” Time Out
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phill jupitus thu 4 Jun, 7.30pm connaught theatre £21.50 ..................
Phill Jupitus began his performing career in 1984, when he quit working in a Job Centre to become a left-wing punk poet, going by the name Porky The Poet. As his poetry turned into comedy, his big TV break came in 1996 when he joined BBC2’s pop quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks as a regular team captain. Support includes Andrew Foster, singer-songwriter and Rachel Hawker, singer-songwriter. Visit our website for full details of all our Hot Bed support acts.
“a true comic talent” Manchester Evening News
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alex horne
monsieur butterfly thu 25 Jun, 8pm connaught theatre £13 ..................
Stupidly ambitious, logistically problematic, potentially disastrous, this is the show Alex Horne has wanted to make for a decade. Finally, he will be Monsieur Butterfly. One flap of his delicate wings, and mayhem may prevail. alexhorne.com
“a terrific, high-concept comedy show, intricately constructed and forever whipping the rug out from under us” The Guardian
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john otway &
attila the stockbroker thu 30 JuL 7.30pm connaught stuDio £15.50 ..................
John Otway is an English singer-songwriter who has built a sizeable cult audience through extensive touring, a surreal sense of humour and a selfdeprecating underdog persona. He is joined by sharp-tongued, high-energy, social surrealist rebel poet and songwriter Attila the Stockbroker whose themes are topical, his words hard-hitting and his politics unashamedly radical. Support includes Kate Wilson, comic poet. Visit our website for full details of all our Hot Bed support acts. johnotway.com attilathestockbroker.com
“utterly charming” The Guardian, on John Otway
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matt’s comedy club
matt’s comedy club is a non-profit community club with a family-friendly ethos which has hosted shows in the town since 2008. Hosted by co-founder Russ Bravo, expect a warm welcome and a fun night out for all ages from 12 upwards. facebook.com/MattsComedyClub
james acaster and jay foreman in association with special treat fri 20 feb, 8pm connaught stuDio £9, concs £7 ..................
Striding across the comedy Bosphorus like some kind of geek god, James Acaster’s nerdy, witty material is earning plaudits quicker than you can say Jason and The Argonauts. Star of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Mock The Week and more, his star is very much in the ascendant. Supported by the “Victoria Wood for the YouTube generation” Jay Foreman, armed with surreal songs aplenty. A real treat of a line-up. jamesacaster.com | jayforeman.co.uk
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the new rope string band thu 9 apr, 8pm connaught stuDio £9, concs £7 ..................
Once seen, never forgotten: combining superb musicianship with side-splitting comic genius, the New Rope String Band are truly unique entertainers. Pete Challoner, Tim Dalling and Jock Tyldesley combine vaudeville, slapstick and silliness with beautiful acoustic music from various world traditions. After 25 years together catch them on their Farewell Tour. You’ll be talking about it for the rest of the year. newropestringband.co.uk
Zoe lyons and danny ward thu 11 Jun, 8pm connaught stuDio £9, concs £7 ..................
Making a welcome return to Matt’s, Edinburgh Comedy Award best newcomer nominee and Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe winner Zoe Lyons is also a familiar face on TV with credits including Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Dave’s One Night Stand, Don’t Sit in the Front Row. The Wright Stuff and Mock the Week. Supported by Amused Moose People’s Champion 2013 Danny Ward. zoelyons.co.uk | dannyward.org
new material night + special guests thu 6 aug, 8pm connaught stuDio £5 ..................
A show devoted to new comedy material, packed with up and coming local acts plus a special guest or two.
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manford’s comedy club Jason Manford has carefully selected some of his favourite comedians from the circuit, who haven’t had their big break on TV yet. Funny people, who thrive in the live arena and want to make you laugh. He’s set up Manford’s Comedy Club for audiences who want a proper good night for a reasonable, affordable price so you can share the evening laughing out loud with friends and family and still have enough for a taxi home. ..................
andrew ryan, rob rouse, charlie baker fri 13 mar, 8pm connaught stuDio £11
maff brown, angela barnes, jonny awesome fri 15 may, 8pm connaught stuDio £11
matt reed, jo caulfield, markus birdman fri 10 JuL, 8pm connaught stuDio £11
jojo smith, nathan caton, ray & timpkins fri 11 sep, 8pm connaught stuDio £11
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other stuff
only fools and boycie tue 10 mar, 7.30pm connaught stuDio £16, concs £1 off .................. Marlene! John Challis spills the beans on his Only Fools and Horses co-stars and tales of his glittering career.
knightmare live an audience level 2 with helen lederer fri 3 JuL, 8pm
connaught stuDio thu 9 JuL, 7.30pm £14.50, concs £1.50 connaught theatre off, frienDs £12 £16.50, concs £1.50 .................. off Welcome, watchers of illusion, to Level 2. Adventure, puzzles and monsters await in this stage adaption of the cult TV classic.
box office counter
Mon to Sat - Connaught from 9.30am, Pavilion from 10am. Sun from 1.30pm or one hour before the first event of the day.
telephone
01903 206 206 Lines open 9:30am – 8:00pm Mon – Sat. 11:00am – 8:00pm Sun & Bank Holidays.
online
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location
assembly hall Stoke Abbott Rd, Worthing BN11 1HQ connaught theatre and studio Union Place, Worthing, BN11 1LG pavilion theatre Marine Parade, Worthing, BN11 3PX pLease note
At the time of printing every effort was made to ensure all information contained in this programme was correct. However, where circumstances dictate, we reserve the right to make changes. Admission is subject to our standard terms of admission.
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for kids
THE AMAZING BUBBLE MAN From square bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, fog-filled bubbles, giant bubbles, bubble volcanoes, tornados and trampolines to people inside bubbles, The Amazing Bubble Man conjures shrieks of laughter and gasps of amazement from all ages. With audience participation and enough spellbinding bubble tricks to keep everyone mesmerized. amazingbubbleman.com
Dr Bunhead’s Secret Science Lab
BARROWLAND
International TV stunt scientist Dr Bunhead (Brainiac, Blue Peter, The Slammer) presents an explosive show. He explores everyday bits and bobs, combining recycling with science to inspire budding scientists of all ages to get their hands dirty, but not the carpet. You’ll leave armed with heaps of safe and spectacular experiments to try at home, and some you definitely shouldn’t!
A troubled family’s world turns upside down when a tiger invades. It’s chaotic, it’s dangerous but brilliantly funny as the tiger reignites the family’s love for one another. With captivating dancers and live music, enjoy the thrill of sitting right up close to the action and the chance to explore the set at the end. Suitable for ages 7+
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TIGER TALE
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FRI 24 JUL 1.30PM & 4.30PM WED 26 AUG 2pm SAT 25 JUL 11AM & 2.30PM THU 27 AUG 2pm
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PAVILION THEATRE
£8.50, FAMILY OF FOUR £28 £8.50, family of four £28
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comedy february to september february
alan carr: yap, yap, yap! James acaster and Jay foreman (matt’s comedy club) Jenny eclair (hotbeD)
Fri 20 Fri 20 Fri 27
march Fri 13 Fri 20
april Thu 9 Fri 17 Fri 24 Tue 28 Thu 30
may
Sun 10 Tue 12 Fri 15 Fri 22 Wed 27
june Thu 4 Thu 11 Thu 25
july Thu 9 Fri 10 Thu 30
manford’s comedy club henning Wehn: eins, Zwei, Diy
the new rope string band (matt’s comedy club) richard herring: Lord of the Dance settee alan Davies (hotbeD) stewart francis: pun gent Katherine ryan: glam role model
Lee nelson: suited and booted matt forde: 24 hour political party people manford’s comedy club ruby Wax: sane new World robert newman (hotbeD)
phill Jupitus (hotbeD) Zoe Lyons and Danny Ward (matt’s comedy club) Alex Horne: Monsieur Butterfly
an audience with helen Lederer manford’s comedy club John otway & attila the stockbroker (hotbeD)
august Thu 6
matt’s comedy club: new material night + special guests
september Fri 11
manford’s comedy club
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