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Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2016<br />
EVENTS<br />
PBJ Management present<br />
BEARD: THE GRIN OF LOVE<br />
Innovative and playful, the brand new two-part sketch group Beard weave joyful, bizarre and enthralling comedy. Part romance, part<br />
nightmare, part darkly intimate experience, The Grin of Love is the latest offering from these masters of tension and surprise.<br />
“A real comic oddity” The Guardian<br />
REGIONAL<br />
PREMIER<br />
DATES:<br />
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21<br />
VENUE: Heroes @ The Criterion Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (12)<br />
TIME: 10.45pm (11.45pm)<br />
ENTRY: £5 advance or Pay What You Want<br />
BEASTS<br />
Big time sketch heroes BEASTS come to Leicester with an hour of inspired silliness. As heard on BBC Radio 4. “Unforgettably nutty” **** Times.<br />
“Delightfully entertaining” **** Telegraph. “Pure, unabashed silliness” **** Metro. “The new breed of sketch show” Guardian<br />
www.brcomedy.com<br />
DATES:<br />
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21<br />
VENUE: Firebug Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (10)<br />
TIME: 10pm (11pm)<br />
ENTRY: £8 (£6)<br />
Dead Cat Comedy present<br />
BEC HILL - CAUGHT ON TAPE<br />
REGIONAL<br />
PREMIER<br />
What do you regret? Bec only has one life regret and it haunts her. But now it’s time to change that... Winner: The Barry Performers’ Choice Award<br />
for Best Show, Edinburgh Fringe 2014. “Brilliantly conceived...” ***** Sunday Herald. “Bec Hill: exuberant, daft and inventive” **** Scotsman.<br />
You definitely won’t regret seeing this show! @bechillcomedian<br />
www.deadcatcomedy.co.uk<br />
DATES:<br />
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21<br />
VENUE: The Looking Glass Map Ref: MAP 2 - ZZ (49)<br />
TIME: 9.30pm (10.30pm)<br />
ENTRY: £5<br />
BlundaBus present<br />
BECKY, SORCHA, DEEDEE & ROO: BOBS ANGELS<br />
Becky Walker won the DLCF2014 Liberty Award for running Heroes bar and putting up with Bob Slayer. Then at Edinburgh Fringe, along with<br />
WORLD<br />
PREMIER<br />
Sorcha Shanahan & Rousha Browning, they all run Heroes venues whilst Bob falls over drunk. DeeDee ran Bob’s door in the first two clubs he got<br />
banned from 2008-10. Tonight all four get a promotion and are on stage in their own right. “Four of the funniest women I know...” Bob Slayer<br />
www.blundabus.com<br />
DATES:<br />
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21<br />
VENUE: Bob’s BlundaBus Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (4)<br />
TIME: 7.15pm (8.15pm)<br />
ENTRY: £5 advance or Pay What You Want<br />
The Crumblin Cookie present<br />
BEN BRIGGS - TAKING THE SAFETY OFF<br />
After sell out shows at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival in 2014 and 2015, Ben Briggs brings another hour of stand up comedy to the festival. Brash,<br />
confrontational and dark, but always very, very funny. Not to be missed. “Inherently appealing style” Chortle. Nominated Best Act in The Midlands<br />
Comedy Awards 2014. Finalist in The English Comedian of the Year 2015. No Under 18’s.<br />
www.benbriggs.co.uk<br />
DATES:<br />
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21<br />
VENUE: The Cookie Map Ref: MAP 1 - A2 (27)<br />
TIME: 12.30pm (1.30pm)<br />
ENTRY: FREE<br />
Ben Clark-Betts presents<br />
BEN CLARK-BETTS: BUMBACLARK!<br />
Join local comic Ben Clark-Betts for his first one hour show for Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival. Ben will probably unleash confessional<br />
stories, observe some stuff and maybe reflect on significant life events over the last two years, including double-barrelling his name, joining<br />
a website to walk other people’s dogs, and doing a course on data protection. Or maybe not (he hasn’t finished writing it yet).<br />
DATES:<br />
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21<br />
VENUE: Heroes @ The Criterion Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (12)<br />
TIME: 9.30pm (10.30pm)<br />
ENTRY: FREE<br />
“One of the best comedy festivals in the world” the guardian<br />
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