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The grumpy one from Do The Right Thing returns to apologise for his last show.
Feb 2020
Way back when, Paul Sinha had it all: a flourishing TV career and a great relationship. Fast forward a year and things are different. Join him as he spins many yarns of misery and chaos.
May 2018
The show is a unique and innovative full embracing of virtual comedy as Stuart explores his life after a vasectomy, catching spiders, what live comedy is, the government gilet contract and living with his twin brother.
Jan 2023
During lockdown, comedians experimented with hundreds of online comedy gigs that connected people worldwide. Access Festival curates the best examples of these, beaming comedians from their homes into yours via Zoom and NextUp. So this January - stay in, warm up and enjoy over 15 unique and hilarious virtual gigs that pioneer a new way to enjoy comedy, streamed directly into your home.
It’s 5 years since Laura’s critically acclaimed show 'Trying', her searingly honest, achingly funny experience of depression and trying for a baby. Since then she’s written another hit show, published two books, conquered TV comedy, created two hit podcasts, oh, and gained zero babies (unless you count the dog, which no one does). In this brand new show Laura explores life in the continuation of being childless; trying to be body positive about a body you loathe and trying not to get too attached to pigeons.
Northerner and self-confessed “Slave to the Sesh”, Maisie relays her experiences of navigating the recklessness of youth whilst dealing with a medical condition that required her to be a ‘Sensible Susan’.
Jan 2018
After 21 years and 224 days Hal's back being single. But it's all going to be fine. Instead of getting the therapy he clearly needs, he's made a cracking show about it. He's lost enough weight to almost get his wedding ring off and, while he may be flying solo, he's far from alone; he's got his grown-up daughters, his dogs and his divorce lawyer. The fickle finger of fate has turned Hal's life upside down but he's sticking a finger right back at it.
Aug 2022
Mark Smith (Russell Howard's Good News) returns to Edinburgh with a new show and Lord have mercy is he excited. Expect to hear him cram as many funny, stupid and potentially dangerous observations into the show as possible on topics as diverse as bowling, going bowling, and do you like bowling? There's also a couple of dick jokes. In a nutshell then, something for everyone.
Jul 2017
Award-winning idiot Joz Norris presents an experiment in chaos and order. You, the audience, are in control. You will be presented with a series of verbs, materials and stories. It is up to YOU what to do with them. Joz Norris, a bemused puppet who cannot tell the difference between a thought and a feeling, will enact your instructions. You can use your power for good or evil. To create or to destroy. We can create something beautiful together. Or you can subject this poor man to ritual humiliation by turning his ideas against him. What happens next, as ever, is up to you.
Myra is dead; long live Myra! Realising she stands to miss out on the most attention she'll ever receive, the 'acid-tongued and funny to the bone' (Time Out) Myra brings forward her funeral to make sure people get it right! An irreverently sardonic and 'incredibly quick-witted' **** (Scotsman) side-eye at death, dying and the theatrics of grief, direct from sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Sydney Opera House. Get ready to RIPee your pants! As seen on Britain's Got Talent and in upcoming feature film Everybody's Talking About Jamie.
Oct 2021
Lou is vulgar and fearless, intelligent and inviting - an expert in painting characters and riding the energy of the room. This special demonstrates the best of storytelling comedy; it's about presumption, misunderstandings, misgivings and a bloke called Darren.
Jan 2020
A very personal show of Luisa Omielan's journey in comedy and stand-up and the frustrations of navigating the UK entertainment industry. Omielan is a critically acclaimed comedian, the first to get a BAFTA breakthrough, and this is her experience of comedy in the UK. Incredible audiences, ridiculous gate keeping.
Aug 2024
Get stuck into an hour of rap-infused comedy like you've never seen it.
The New World Order writer questions what her kids are being sold, and if any of it makes sense. Meryl O'Rourke compares her own sexy teens with this age of pop, porn & popcorn; where consent is a hashtag, feminism a t-shirt & looks back on her youth through the lens of MeToo...
Jun 2022
Debut show from the Malawian-born Britain's Got Talent breakthrough act, Dalisio delivers his cheekily charming take on recent news, old news, fake news, and stories that were never quite but ALMOST news. Having lived in countries where it is forbidden to criticise the the status quo, Daliso is the disarming comic making the most of his freedom to be very, very funny.
Oct 2018
