Captioned Performance

Captioned Performance


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Russell Howard is backlit in a dark room smiling and looking toward the ground

Russell Howard Live | Captioned Performance: Sun 2 Jul, 3pm


Russell Howard, “one of the world’s top comedians” (Sunday Times) is back for a brand new live tour of the UK in 2023. As we reel from one global crisis to the next, join Russell, ‘the uplifting Comedy King', as he puts the world to rights in his own uniquely hilarious way.


Drawing of Frankie Boyle winning a race with fire behind

Frankie Boyle: Lap of Shame | Wed 6 Sept 2023, 7.30pm


Frankie Boyle’s on tour. Buy a ticket, because by the time he arrives, the currency will be worthless and you and your neighbours will be part of a struggling militia that could probably use a few laughs.


Bridget Christie against a pink background. She is wearing a floral dress, pink eye shadow and her long brown hair is blowing dramatically across her shoulder.

Bridget Christie – Who Am I? | Sat 9 Sep 2023, 7.30pm

Bridget Christie is hot, but not in a good way. The 51 year old critically-acclaimed stand-up leaks blood, sweats, and thinks that Chris Rock is the same person as The Rock.

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Grayson Perry dressed as Claire and pointing at the camera

Grayson Perry: A Show All About You | Sun 17 Sep 2023, 7.30pm


Grayson Perry - white, male, heterosexual, able bodied, English, southerner, baby boomer and member of the establishment - takes a mischievous look at the nature of identity in his new show that will make you laugh, shudder, and reassess who you really are.

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James Acaster feeds a goat through a wire fence in a park

James Acaster – Hecklers Welcome | Captioned Performance: Mon 25 Sep 2023

'One of comedy's most original voices' (Evening Standard) has written a new show. He's very proud of it. That being said, you are allowed to ruin it. Fill your boots

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Miriam Margolyes smiles at camera with her hands together

Miriam Margolyes: Oh Miriam! Live | Sun 1 Oct 2023, 7.30pm

Join us on another unforgettable adventure through the extraordinary life and strong opinions of Miriam Margolyes, live on stage in her biggest tour yet to mark the launch of her new book.

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May Beard stand smiling with her hands on her hips in front of a white background

An Evening with Mary Beard | Mon 2 Oct 2023, 7.45pm

Spend a fascinating evening with renowned classicist and historian, Mary Beard. Well known from the television, here she shines the spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire, from the well known Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to the almost unknown Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE).

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Lucy Worsley smiling against a country backdrop. She's a white woman in her 40s with a blonde bob wearing a red dress.

An Audience with Lucy Worsley on Agatha Christie | Sun 11 Feb 2024, 7.30pm


Following a sell-out tour in 2022, the Queen of History is heading back out on the road to share stories from the fascinating life of the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.

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A cartoon Romesh Ranganathan punches through a black screen holding a microphone in his right hand

Romesh Ranganathan: Hustle | Sat 20 Apr 2024, 8pm

After a sell-out tour in 2022, Romesh is back with a brand-new show examining the human condition... are people inherently good? Is charity always a positive thing? Is hustling the key to success? Or is all this a load of rubbish we've made up to keep people working hard for no reason.

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