FRIDAY 29th JUNE
6.00pm - Revan and Fennell: Work in Progress
Revan & Fennell : £5
Award-winning and critically acclaimed comedy double-act Revan and Fennell come to Shaftesbury for one night only with their brand of observational and character-driven sketch comedy.
2013 Funny Women Variety Award Winners and 2016 New Act of the Year Finalists, the pair will be trying out some brand new material and it could be hit or miss… they’ll aim for hits. No refunds.
Age suitability : 16+
7.30pm - How To Read Minds & Influence People
Doug Segal : £5
"Imagine if Derren Brown was funny" - Evening Standard.
A comedy mind reading show unlike any other!
Learn to predict the lottery, read minds & detect lies.
“Astonishing” - Edinburgh Evening News ★★★★
“Simply brilliant” - Sunday Express ★★★★★
“A Canny Comedian” - Sunday Mail ★★★★
'Threeweeks Editors Award' - Edfringe.
Best Cabaret Brighton Fringe
Age suitability : 14+
9.00pm - If this is a Relationship, where are the lifeboats?
Luke Graves
THIS SHOW HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
10.30pm - By The Power of Greyskull
Winter Foenander : Free (with donations)
Winter Foenander finds himself in a perpetual state of madness; his stand up solo show follows his attempts to retrace his steps back to humanity.
A man of sunny disposition, Winter is continually haunted with evidence that his life is a practical joke on him.
"Bloody Funny” - Mark Dolan, Balls of Steel
Age suitability : 16+
SATURDAY 30th JUNE
12.00pm - Darren Walsh: Massive Punt
Darren Walsh : £5
Do you like puns?
Join Darren on a round-the-world flight packed with video sketches, songs and surreal nonsense.
"Punbelievable!" ★★★★★ - The Mirror
Age suitability : 14+
1.30pm - Now THAT'S What I Call A Game Show!
Stu Turner & Guests : £5
Think you’ve seen a game show? Think again!
Comedy meets game show meets improv, as 2 teams of comics picked from the Fringe, pit their skills & wit against each other, playing hysterical rounds of classic party games.
Enjoy audience participation, prizes, and non-stop laughs in this fun-packed hour of entertainment.
You'll never laugh so much at a game show!
Age suitability : 14+
3.00pm - The Stuntman
Nathan Lang : £5
Professional idiot Nathan Lang (Pinhead from Neighbours) tells the high-energy, surreal tale of The Stuntman through clowning, characters, physical comedy and real onstage stunts. It's Evel Knievel meets Looney Tunes!
"Electric, hilarious" - WhatsOnStage.com.
"An effortlessly remarkable piece of clownery…contains the funniest moment I have seen all Fringe" ★★★★ - Mumble
Age suitability : 12+
4.30pm - This is Me
Luke Graves
THIS SHOW HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
6.00pm - Mat Ricardo vs The World
Mat Ricardo : £6
The UK's No.1 variety performer bet everyone in the world that he could learn any trick they could think of.
Big mistake. For them.
“Brilliant” ★★★★★ - The Herald
“Captivating” ★★★★ - The Scotsman
“Terrific” - The Guardian
Age suitability : 12+
7.30pm - Laughs with Tricks
Stu Turner & Phil Reid : £5
Comedy magician Stu Turner and comedian & ventriloquist Phil Reid come together for an hour of stand-up, comedy magic, and variety.
Both Fringe regulars, they bring a mix of silly, surreal, baffling magic, and sheer entertainment to Shaftesbury.
"Thoroughly entertaining show" - Henley Herald
Age suitability : 16+
9.00pm - Bodily
Ian Lane : £5
Ever wondered how to get the most out of that capsized gazebo that is your body?
Using paint, placards and xylophone sticks, Ian Lane takes you on an annotated, colour-coded and possibly misleading tour of all the hidden features, cheat codes and Easter Eggs you never noticed within your body in this work-in-progress fusion of stand-up comedy and live body art.
"Inventive, cliche-phobic comedy that makes a strong impression" - Chortle
Age suitability : 18+
10.30pm - People Who Need People
Chelsea Hart : £5
Chelsea came to the UK from Alaska on a one way ticket and no real plan.
This is a coming of age story about estranged fathers, classical opera, Barbra Streisand, and growing up twice.
Once in Alaska, and then again in the real world.
"A buoyant force of nature who skips between genres with ease" - Phil Kay
Age suitability : 16+
SUNDAY 1st JULY
12.00pm - Elvis - by Andy Stedman
Andy Stedman : £5
Singer-songwriter, comedian, and lifelong Elvis fan Andy Stedman performs some of his favourite Elvis songs interspersed with funny stories and jokes about his obsession with the King!
Andy is not an Elvis impersonator but will be singing in his own style accompanied by his acoustic guitar. A show not just for fans of Elvis, but for fans of music and comedy too.
"Stedman's voice is sure to melt hearts" - UNCUT Magazine
Age suitability : 12+
1.30pm - Sing Happy
Kate Dimbleby : £7
From off-Broadway to Curry Mallet Village Hall, Kate Dimbleby takes her one-woman shows over the world.
This new show, created with Cal McCrystal (Paddington, One Man Two Guvnors), is designed to have you singing and laughing along.
"Riveting" ★★★★★ - Mail on Sunday
“A must-see show” - Sunday Times
Age suitability : All ages
3.00pm - Mask Your Lunacy
Tom Toal
THIS SHOW HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
4.30pm - MARVELus
Javier Jarquin & Gary Tro : £5
The UK's premier Nerd culture double act: The Just Us League present a sketch comedy show based on the incredibly popular MARVEL movies.
Come and geek out with us.
Age suitability : 12+
6.00pm - Secrets of the Bluestockings
Tricity Vogue, Ginger Blush and Audacity Chutzpah : £7
Join three undercover members of the renowned Blue Stocking Society in an all-singing, all-dancing cabaret - an alternative history of literary ladies, derring-do, and dangerous wandering wombs...
"London's most celebrated sorority" - Time Out
Age suitability : 12+
7.30pm - No Success Like Failure
Jake Baker : £5
Up-and-coming comedian Jake Baker (twice nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award) brings his first solo hour to The Shaftesbury Fringe.
Expect beguiling stories and big belly laughs as he examines success, failure, identity and pork pies.
Age suitability : 16+
9.00pm - Sex, drugs and other things I never do
Simon Caine : £5
"Martin Luther King Jr of comedy" returns with "his paranoid persona that's immediately entertaining" - Broadway Baby, with a show about feeling 18 in your head, but being 31 in reality.
"What you're doing is amazing... it's just nobody understands it yet." - Iain Coyle: Dave TV comedy commissioner
"Watch what Simon is doing because in 3 years' time everyone will be doing it" - Stuart Goldsmith: comedian and podcaster
Age suitability : 18+
WHERE TO FIND US
ADDRESS
Shaston Social Club
Bleke Street
Shaftesbury
Dorset
SP7 8AW
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