Double bassist James Owston last appeared at the club back in December with saxophonist Alex Clarke, playing alongside Dave Newton and Clark Tracey, and has a growing national reputation both as a player and band leader. In 2019 James graduated from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with a first-class degree with honours, since when he has...
Neil Delamere is one of the most in demand comedians on Irish television and well on track to repeat his success here in the UK. Catch the usual, hilarious tall tales, razor sharp observations and quick-witted improvisation for which this top notch comic has become well known. As seen on Live at the Apollo, the...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Ignacio Lopez featuring Andrew White and compere Clint Edwards Headliner: IGNACIO LOPEZ Ignacio Lopez has been wowing audiences internationally with his individual style and high gag-rate since 2010. A crazy mixture of Welsh and Spanish, Ignacio has become one of the most unique voices on the UK circuit. A...
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Emmanuel Sonubi presents a whistle stop tour through the jobs that have led him to become one of the hottest stand-ups on the circuit in the brand-new show, Curriculum Vitae. Emmanuel will take the audience on a hilarious and sometimes poignant journey that explores the professions that he’s had prior to becoming a...
Pianist John Donegan's visit last year was one of our most enjoyable gigs of 2023, in which a Bristol line-up performed music from John's album Shadows Linger, originally recorded by the cream of Ireland's jazz musicians in 2022. Shortly after that performance John was back in Dublin to record the follow-up album Light Streams with...
With over 20 million views online, MC Hammersmith is a multi-award-winning freestyle rap comedian. He is the world's leading gangsta rapper to ever emerge from the ghetto of middle-class west London. He presents an evening of improvised comedy raps based entirely on your suggestions. You'll leave astounded at the speed of his brain, the spontaneity of his...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Paul McCaffrey featuring Sully O'Sullivan & compere Jack Campbell Headliner: PAUL McCAFFREY Paul McCaffrey is an award-winning comedian and headlines at the biggest comedy clubs in the country, shining with his totally natural, utterly unique storytelling which is never anything less than gut-bustlingly hilarious. He has performed critically acclaimed Edinburgh...
What would you think if someone were to call you a narcissist? In the past several decades, modern societies have immortalised individualism. Indeed, recent research suggests that individualistic practices and cultures are continuously growing! Yet people frown upon traits that promote self-interest, such as those included in the Dark Triad: Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy. How,...
Trauma and its related symptoms are not all ‘just in your head’! Recent studies indicate that the effects of trauma on the body are often overlooked. Undergoing traumatic stress greatly impacts the body: trauma not only significantly affects most psychological processes, but also your overall health, leading to the development of disease and even altering...
Communities are panicking that shadowy tech titans are busy tinkering with programmes that will out-think humankind. We will talk about what this new frontier of tech can do for us as well as confront the doomsday scenario. We’ll discuss ethical concerns, if the sector needs to be regulated, and look at its effects on employment...
Little Wander in association with Intertalent Group present... Star of BBC’s Live at the Apollo & Would I Lie To You?, comedian and TV’s Stephen Bailey makes a very welcome return to the stage with his brand new live show, CRASS. From a working-class background in Manchester, six years working at Sainsbury’s, many a carvery and putting...
John Law (“one of our finest pianists” - Jon Turney, London Jazz News, Feb 2024) presents his Re-Creations project. The idea is simple: creatively re-work some of the best known tunes from all genres and that way we musicians can do what we want with them and the audience always feels part of the creative...
