friday 16TH JUNE
show listings
The crypt
8pm Friday Night Comedy at the Crypt
Comedy at the Crypt brings you a packed line up some of the best established and emerging talent from the UK comedy scene, live and underground at the prestigious Crypt Hastings.
Sold Out 2021/ Sold Out 2022 Don’t miss this! (Doors 7:15pm)
Book online to reserve seat for £10 plus small booking fee/£12.50 on the door
Electric Palace
7:30pm Juliet Burton
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Juliet will be performing a preview of her Edinburgh Fringe show. The Sunday Times Culture Pick August 2018 The Times Best Of Edinburgh Festivals 2018
The Telegraph Top 25 Rising Stars Of Edfringe 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Sold Out Run 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
"Burton's knockout show drips with charm - it's a joyous request for a kinder world" The Times "Burton shows the world it's cool to be kind" Sunday Mail "Huge talent and then some!" ★★★★★Daily Mirror
"A force to be reckoned with. Educational and hilarious" ★★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
"Powerful" ★★★★ Sunday Express
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8:45pm Barry Ferns: In the Room (with Barry Ferns) (Work In Progress)
An hour in a room, not just with Barry Ferns but also a whole load of other people you don’t know. It sounds humdrum, everyday even - or it did until March 2020, when it suddenly felt like the most dangerous thing you could do.
This is an hour of comedy about being with people - in life and in a room, and in particular with Barry Ferns. Barry has been performing stand up and sketch comedy for over 15 years. He’s only the second UK comedian whose MC-ing has built into “a comedy institution” (Time Out) - Angel Comedy. He is a Chortle Award-nominated compere and winner of both the Mervyn Stutter Spirit of the Fringe award and The Malcolm Hardy award.
"A marvellous, personal, beautifully constructed and laughter-packed hour" ***** (ThreeWeeks)**** (Scotsman)**** (Broadway Baby)
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10pm Jaz Mattu (Work In Progress)
Jaz, an innocent man from Kent, wants to bring joy and absurdity to people's lives.
Some people have very fixed ideas about how he should achieve this.
Will Jaz manage to stay on his own path or will he be lured by the promise of global domination and instant fame?
A show about ploughing your own furrow.
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OSCARS
7:30pm Sikisa: Words
Just back from doing her acclaimed debut hour, Sikisa is here with a new show, and she is worried about words! She always thinks she’s gonna say the wrong thing at the wrong time but asks the question – can you live in the modern world without speaking the language? ‘Uproariously hilarious.’ Scotsman
As seen and heard on Live at the Apollo (BBC); Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club (ITV), The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2) and The Off- Menu podcast.
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8:45pm Russell Hicks: Next Level
Russell Hicks hosted an 'immersive' reality show for a major platform. Thrown into a bizarre metaverse where facial augmentation and social media influencers are de rigueur, he watches society chase unnatural ideals. When does self-improvement become self-harm? Are we trapped in an immersive reality? With fearless honesty and hilarious insight, this first scripted show from Hicks (Best Show Nom. 2021) explores the Next Level. But at what cost?
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THE NEST
7:30pm Zoe Brownstone and Dom McGovern: Tied for Second
Tied For Second is a split bill from two rising stars of the UK comedy scene. Dom McGovern and Zoe Brownstone who met on reality TV, and are using that experience to trauma bond with audiences. Dom and Zoe are two comedians with different styles, backgrounds, and approaches to comedy, but a shared biting wit, astute cultural observations, and ability to make audiences howl with laughter. Spit Bill is an hour of fast paced jokes from two comedians from different religious backgrounds who somehow share the same God complex.
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8:45pm RH Experience
The RH Experience present their improvised sketch show full of anarchic silliness & bizarre storytelling featuring sketches and songs made up on the spot, never seen before, never seen again and all inspired by your suggestions.
The RH Experience have been performing live shows & producing sketches for over a decade, and between them have performed at Glastonbury and Latitude Festivals, Edinburgh & Brighton Fringes, and have featured on BBC One, BBC Radio 4 & E4.
★★★★★ "The RH Experience are not the pioneers of tomfoolery: they are the masters" Three Weeks ★★★★★ "A masterful, magical adventure from truly gifted improvisers"
JokePit ★★★★★ "Their sheer amount of brainpower and comedic instinct led to hilarity TenEighty Magazine
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THE GOOD PLACE
7:30pm Nathan Roberts: PRESENT/TENSE
In PRESENT/TENSE comedian Nathan D’'Arcy Roberts (The Emily Atack Show, The Lenny Henry Show, Horrible Histories, winner of BBC'’s prestigious Felix Dexter bursary, twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) takes an analytic look at his life. An hour of stand-up comedy full of observations and anecdotes touching on issues that his therapist has described as ''funny'', ''relatable'', and ''unresolved.”
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8:45pm Sam Savage: Soar Like a Pigeon
A work in progress show by Sam Savage about getting older but never wiser. About all that time you wasted hoping for the wings of an eagle but ending up with the face of a pigeon. 'Sharp and funny' Three Weeks 'She's a comedy natural' Chortle 'She writes proper jokes' Jenny Eclair
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ALBION
7:30pm Thanyia Moore: August (Work in Progress)
After 10 years of comedy, Thanyia was set to do her long awaited, anticipated debut hour at Edinburgh festival fringe. Everything was going to plan, until August came. A month that was forecasted to be bright and sunny, became dark and grey, and it took every bit of strength that Thanyia had, to make it through. From running around Edinburgh, to hospital visits, all whilst being triggered by strangers who review you - Thanyia's month was not the 'norm’. A show about mental strength, the female body and how awesome the NHS is in Scotland!
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8:45pm Josh Baulf: Bulldog (Work in Progress)
Newly 30 year's old, and struggling, 'Bulldog' is the hilarious new show from one of the UK’s fastest rising stars. Josh Baulf has recently appeared on ITV, BBC and his online sketches has amassed millions of views worldwide. 'A very funny man' (David Walliams) 'A cross between Micky Flanagan and Russell Howard' (Chortle)
Winner Get Up Stand-Up. Runner-Up Leicester Square New Comedian. Finalist Amused Moose New Comedian
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ye olde pump house
7:30pm Jake Baker
A brand new show of ideas, jokes and stories. The perfect blend of the whimsical with the political. 'Quietly impressive... He has a talent that should not be overlooked'. (Chortle.com). 'Endearingly offbeat, great
comic timing and an engagingly whimsical mind' ****(TheEdinburghReporter.co.uk). 'Naturally funny without trying too hard' (The Stand Comedy Club). Shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award 2015, 2017 and 2018.
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8:45pm Scott McPherson: Life, is an intimate window into the inner workings of Scott’s mind on the often bewildering nature of modern life.
In the first half Scott addresses what it is like to be mocked for not drinking alcohol in the UK, life in his 40’s and those awkward life moments. The second half of the show is littered with comic insights into Scott’s relationship with himself and those around him.
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Listings are subject to change
