Ashcroft Arts Centre
Add to favouritesAlison Spittle: Wet
Fresh off the back of a complete sell out run at The Edinburgh Fringe and voted one of the best reviewed shows in the comedy section, Alison is diving in to her first UK tour.
Alison loves to do star jumps in the water. She also likes to watch people fight in chip shops. Her two worlds collide as a fight breaks out in aqua-aerobics and she's never felt so alive. When the foam settles, Alison realises she's an outwardly nice person who lives for confrontation. Host of BBC Sounds Wheel of Misfortune, The Guilty Feminist podcast and writer for Have I Got News For You.
Fri 19 Jan
£15.40
Laura Smyth: Living My Best Life
Star of Live At The Apollo, Laura Smyth’s brand-new show explores all aspects of modern life. She has fun mugging off all the madness of parenting, childhood, school, marriage, social media, work, and chasing her dreams.
In her own inimitable style, she gets to the truth of the human experience, treading the line between bluntness and warmth throughout. Ultimately, she is asking how ‘living your best life’ is actually achieved – heads up: it don’t involve Instagram!
Fresh from tour support for Jack Whitehall and Michelle de Swarte, this is her at her uncensored and ridiculous best.
Fri 14 Jun
£15.50
Nick Helm: What Have We Become?
Plosive Live
As the survivors of a global pandemic crawl from their fortified boltholes and begin to rebuild society, what is left of them and who amongst them dares to lead them to the light? Join critically acclaimed and multi award-winning comedian Nick Helm as he embarks on a show so insightful, so honest, so legitimate that it will fix all of society's problems and lead the way to a new plane of existence. This is the future. The future is now. 'A true mastermind' ★★★★★ (EdFestMag.com). 'Terrific' ★★★★ (Times). 'Triumphant' ★★★★ (List).
Audience participation, Contains distressing themes, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing
Age category: 16+
Sat 18 May
£18.15 (£16.50)
Shelf: The Kids Show and Teenage Men
The Kids’ Show Join best friends Rachel and Ruby for a kids' comedy show that's fun for all the family! Full of sketches, songs, pranks and silliness. Rachel and Ruby use physical comedy and silly characters to bring sketch comedy to children of all ages – a fun way to explore emotions, friendship and shyness.
Age Guidance: 3+
Winner: Best Kids' Show, 2023 Leicester Comedy Festival.
Over one million views on BBC Three.
Concession tickets available plus book a family of four for £40 using promo code: family40 at checkout.
Teenage Men In their last show, Hair, Shelf joked about being mistaken for teenage boys. Now, it’s time to grow up. It's time to stop being teenage boys and start being teenage men. This new show from the 'easy to fall in love with' (Scotsman) double-act features anecdotes, songs, jokes about performing for kids, the Instagram algorithm, confronting your toxicity, and more.
Age Guidance: 14+
As seen on BBC3 and ITVX.
Founders of the LOL Word.
Book tickets for both 'The Kids' Show' and 'Teenage Men' and get 15% off your 'Teenage Men' tickets using promo code: shelf15 at checkout (Must purchase tickets to both shows to qualify for this offer)
Fri 16 Feb
£15.40
Tom Houghton: Absolute Shambles
After an incredible sold-out debut run, the man who asked us “do you ski?” is leaving his home in the Tower of London (for good). Catch him as he departs on a second triumphant tour across our nation armed with even more outrageous takes, unbelievable tales, and biblical chat to leave you bowled over with laughter.
Having amassed a loyal fan base of over a quarter of a million followers the multi-viral, social media sensation is delving even deeper into his ludicrous life as he tries to smarten up the not so honourable aspects of himself. Take a look at the pitfalls of online celebrity, the perils of post-palace living and find out that, in an age where everyone is so obsessed with the veneer of virtual contentment, maybe it takes crashing back down to reality to discover where happiness truly lies.
As seen on Comedy Central and tour support for Milton Jones.
Sat 2 Mar
£16.50
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