South West Comedy Gala

Hen & Chicken Studio

THE BEST STAND-UPS IN THE WEST Our new South West showcase evening featuring the best talent the Westcountry has to offer. Over the years some of the finest comedians on the UK comedy circuit emerged from the South West including Russell Howard, Stephen Merchant, Jayde Adams, Bill Bailey, John Robins, Joel Dommett and Josh Widdicombe....

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Damon Brown and Martin Kern Quintet

Chicken Shed

Damon Brown is one of the UK's top jazz trumpeters, who released his debut album A Rhythm Indicative back in 1998 to great acclaim. He went on to work alongside most of the UK's best-known players such as Peter King and Don Weller and began to forge international links with players from Europe, Japan and the...

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Jimmy McGhie

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Stand Up For The Weekend with Jimmy McGhie featuring Marlon Davis plus compere Ross Noble. Highly acclaimed stand-up Jimmy McGhie performs all over the world when the world is behaving normally! He is “a brilliant talent” (The Scotsman) and with “an easy charm and appealing relaxed manner” (Chortle), he has performed 10 solo shows at festivals globally including the Edinburgh...

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Jim Blomfield and Michel Padrón Quintet

Chicken Shed

It was only a matter of time before Cuban born trumpeter and trombonist Michel Padrón crossed paths with ‘gringo’ Jim Blomfield, one of the South West’s best-known Jazz and Latin pianists. Two brilliant exponents of the Afro-Cuban and Salsa genres, the pair bring together some of their favourite musicians to play a dynamic set of...

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Long Live Chainsaw, Film Premiere SOLD OUT

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Coming Winter 2021, Long Live Chainsaw reveals the incredible true story of the meteoric rise, untimely death and long-lasting legacy of Canadian downhill mountain bike legend, Stevie Smith. On September 22 2013, Stevie realized a seemingly impossible dream and took the UCI Downhill World Cup Overall title in Leogang, Austria. Today, 8 years since that...

Sara Barron

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Stand Up For The Weekend with Sara Barron featuring Tom Lucy plus compere Robin Morgan. Sara Barron is a relentlessly honest and desperately funny comic, relating brutal and sometimes filthy truths in a warm and welcoming way. She is an American writer turned stand up living in London. While Stateside, she wrote for Vanity Fair, published...

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Greg Cordez Quintet

Chicken Shed

Born in the UK but raised in New Zealand, Cordez has lived and worked in London, Madrid and New York before settling in Bristol where he has become a major presence in our music scene, both as a performer and as a lecturer at BIMM music college. Over the course of three CD releases Greg...

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Roger Monkhouse

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Stand Up For The Weekend with Roger Monkhouse Featuring Plus compere Tom Toal. Roger Monkhouse is one of the most original and distinctive acts on the comedy scene. A consummate stand-up who employs a deadly combination of charm and menace to exert a masterful control over any audience. A highly original and quirky performer, Roger's trademark stage-prowling...

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Dan Waldman Quintet

Chicken Shed

Guitarist Dan Waldman is well known both in Bristol and London, where he has presented his own band at Ronnie Scott's. He spent several years living in New York and has returned to the USA several times. In 2020 he released Sources and Angles, his debut recording as leader, recorded in Brooklyn and featuring international...

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Jess Robinson- The Twelve Days Of Jessmas

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Join multi award-winning star of Spitting Image, Jess Robinson, for an evening of musical comedy and festive fun! Expect magical mash-ups, fabulous original songs and a belly full of laughs as your angelic host and her sparkling live band (if they’ve washed), transports you on an (imaginary) sleigh ride, through a winter wonderland of dazzling divas...

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Markus Birdman

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The Official Christmas Show with MARKUS BIRDMAN Featuring ERICH McELROY plus compere ROBIN MORGAN Laugh, marvel and cry at the best comedian you've probably never heard of. The completely spell-binding Markus Birdman is a master of comic timing and isn't afraid to push what society deems appropriate. He is one of British comedy's most experienced and...

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Mark Thomas- An Extra Plate

Mark Thomas is just about the last person you’d associate with “ho ho ho let’s throw a log on the fire and gather round for Christmas” but… MARK LOVES CHRISTMAS! Christmas singles, films, carols, decorations, presents, food and, most of all, Christmas stories! From this most unChristmassy storyteller comes Christmas tales from his life, time and...

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