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EVENTS<br />
Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2016<br />
Big Difference Company & Equity present<br />
I SAY - THE ANNUAL <strong>COMEDY</strong> CONVERSATION<br />
A very special festival event. Comedy legend Nicholas Parsons (Just A Minute, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Comic Strip, The Benny Hill Show)<br />
talks to Festival Director Geoff Rowe about the state of British comedy, how it has changed over the years and whether it’s in a fit state. A must<br />
see event for everyone interested in comedy and the comedy industry. In association with Equity & De Montfort University. As part of Beyond a Joke.<br />
In aid of Big Difference Company. Registered Charity 1135167 www.dmu.ac.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: Hugh Aston Building Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (14)<br />
TIME: 6pm (7pm)<br />
ENTRY: £5<br />
Heroes present<br />
I, THE UNIVERSE - MATTHEW HIGHTON<br />
2225 space is overrun with tourists, amongst them a young couple who just want a ‘real’ experience. In order to get it they will travel<br />
WORLD<br />
PREMIER<br />
galaxies to watch the last God die. A story so moving the Universe itself personified just to tell it. Compelling, silly, hilariously absurd, it’s show,<br />
like no other “Highton has the storyteller’s gift.” **** Chortle “Disorientating, bizarre and rather brilliant” **** Broadway Baby<br />
www.matthewhighton.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: Heroes @ The Criterion Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (12)<br />
TIME: 2.20pm (3.20pm)<br />
ENTRY: £5 advance or Pay What You Want<br />
Avalon Promotions present<br />
IAIN STIRLING - TOUCHY FEELY<br />
Double BAFTA nominated Iain Stirling is back following 4 successive sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A show about<br />
post-referendum Scotland and that time he annoyed the armed forces! Credits include; Love Island (ITV), Drunk History (Comedy Central)<br />
The Now Show, Dilemma (Radio 4), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3),The Josh Widdicombe Show (XFM), Russell Howard’s Stand<br />
www.iaindoesjokes.com<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: The Cookie Map Ref: MAP 1 - A2 (27)<br />
TIME: 9.30pm (10.30pm)<br />
ENTRY: £8<br />
IAN COGNITO: WORK IN PROGRESS<br />
Outspoken, opinionated and totally clued up, Ian Cognito’s take on the world will have you convinced and convulsed (with laughter) as he<br />
spits his darkly humorous vitriol over an unsuspecting crowd.<br />
www.justthetonic.com/leicester-comedy<br />
DATES:<br />
03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21<br />
VENUE: Just the Tonic at Hansom Hall Map Ref: MAP 1 - B2 (16)<br />
TIME: 9.15pm (10.15pm)<br />
ENTRY: £5<br />
Club Smashing present<br />
IAN HALL - IANERTIA<br />
Winner Best New Show 2014 and Best Poster 2015. Maybe Best Fake Hair this year? Ianertia: a gormless man’s attempt to escape a creative<br />
WORLD<br />
PREMIER<br />
cul de sac of spent ideas. Emerging from a skip of broken dreams with a plethora of absurd comic characters he made out of his brain, features<br />
wigs (obvs), props, terrible puns, slapstick, karaoke and cardboard. “Brilliantly daft. Something for just about everyone” Leicester Mercury<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: 5pm (6pm)<br />
ENTRY: £3<br />
Jokes on Us Free Festival present<br />
IAN LANE - ALOOF!<br />
This one man stand-up comedy show by Ian Lane contains the following: 3 types of sneezes; 3 impressions of screensavers; 4 impressions<br />
of toilet seats; 6 rejected designs for Fire Exit signs; 6 wooden spoons they don’t tell you exist in pubs; 1 song about sudokus; 1 short play<br />
about car indicators; 1 joke my mum wrote; 0 photos of my roof. Stats correct at time of printing. “Likeable enough” Broadway Baby<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: The Exchange Bar Map Ref: MAP 1 - A3 (29)<br />
TIME: 9.15pm (10.15pm)<br />
ENTRY: FREE<br />
76<br />
OFFICIAL<br />
TICKETING<br />
PARTNER<br />
WANT TICKETS?<br />
visit www.comedy-festival.co.uk or call the box office 0116 242 3595
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