The Joke Starts Now

Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant with the couple's first child, Antoine finds himself enraptured with a young Japanese beauty. The complications change the course of their relationship forever.

Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles cans.

When you read the title ‘Summer on the Balcony’ you probably think it will be a light Berlin summer comedy but it’s not. This film is an intimate study of two women friends who come to each other because of troubles with everyday life and with men and thus try to enjoy a life based on their ideas.

Raised a mostly only-child and now a New-York based comedian with a tiny throat and no health insurance, Jeff Scheen turns his real life experiences into comedy gold.

Full stand up special

A stand-up comedy special written and performed by Samuel Tallent

Kiwi comic Rhys Darby brings silly wonder to the stage in his latest stand-up show. His unique brand of physical comedy combines obscure observations and sound effects as he takes you on a fantastical journey into the world of mysticism, past lives...and birds.

Addressing relationship issues from the familial to the familiar, Joyelle Nicole Johnson states her case for why everyone needs to get therapy.

Various experiences of childhood are seen in several sequences that take place in the small town of Thiers, France. Vignettes include a boy's awakening interest in girls, couples double-dating at the movies, brothers giving their friend a haircut, a boy dealing with an abusive home life, a baby and a cat sitting by an open window, a child telling a dirty joke, and a boy who develops a crush on his friend's mother.

Jack Whitehall takes the stage at London's O2 Arena to riff on dogs, drinking, dining alone, and finally deciding to settle down and become a father.

Filmed Live at The Lowry, the spectacular waterfront theatre in Salford Quays, Reginald D. Hunter In the Midst of Crackers showcases his unique, unpredictable and bound-pushing stand-up, making it clear that he has firmly cemented himself as one of the UK comedy industry's best. As frank, honest and cutting-edge as ever, Reginald D. Hunter tackles subjects only the bravest of comedians will touch, so prepare yourself for a feast of shockingly controversial, yet searingly honest and brilliantly intelligent stand-up.

Recorded live at Hammersmith Apollo, Russell questions the values of heroes and leaders. ‘Messiah Complex’ is a disorder where sufferers think they might be the messiah. Did Jesus have it? What about Che Guevara, Gandhi, Malcolm X and Hitler? All these men have shaped our lives and influenced the way we think. Their images are used to represent ideas that often do not relate to them at all. Would Gandhi be into Apple? Would Che Guevara endorse Madonna? Would Jesus be into Christianity? He concludes it’s all a load of rubbish and encourages the audience to stop voting, ignore advertising, look to the transcendent within themselves and others...and kick over some bins on their way home. Plus there’s sex. Obviously.

Force Majeure (French) (pronounced: fors mah-ZHur), "superior force", "chance occurrence, unavoidable accident": 2 years and 27 countries, Force Majeure Live was filmed during Eddie's mammoth 2013/2014 tour and takes you on a truly hilarious journey, offering a rare glimpse in to the mind of the master of surrealism.

After receiving rave reviews in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, Bill Bailey brings ‘Qualmpeddler’ to the Hammersmith Apollo London. A brilliant mix of stand-up, stories, music and old-fashioned wit distilled from his own extraordinary experiences and reactions to the modern world, he looks at Cut-Price Shark Diving, The Hiding Skills of Dentists, A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance & Internet Shopping, Mandarin Ambiguity, Religious Dubstep, and Fashioning Replacement Hamsters. All in all, vintage Bill Bailey with trademark musical mash-ups, multi-lingual riffs, films, songs, philosophizing and silliness on a grand scale…plus one amazing owl. “Qualmpeddler is... part rock-concert, part political discourse, part philosophical enquiry... masterfully constructed... the thinking person’s comedian...” - Herald Sun, Melbourne.

Seann To Be Wild is the highly anticipated, debut live DVD from one of the most dynamic and charismatic young comedians to emerge in years. Nominated for the Fosters Comedy Award at this year's Edinburgh Festival, Seann's unique style of comedy has audiences in the palm of his hand. Packed with hysterical personal anecdotes and observations we can all relate to, and mixing off-the-wall reflections on young modern life with wild physical humour, don't miss the chance to see the debut live DVD from one of the most exhilaratingly fresh talents around. The real wild cat of comedy! "Sharp, creative observational comedy... See him now, before the stadium tour" - Sunday Times "...with the looks, gags and charm to become something quite special, Walsh is this generation's Dylan Moran" - Time Out

L'art d'être rigolo en 10 leçons

Rob Beckett is back - the Mouth of the South has had a busy few years and now returns to tour to fill audiences in.

South African-born Manxman Pierre Novellie is anything but quiet when it comes to emergency trousers, the apocalypse, anatomically-correct Halloween costumes, and Christmas Day with The Queen. “Quiet Ones” was recorded in September 2021 at the Pleasance Theatre in London.

Je m'appelle Paul, je suis Anglais et j'habite en France. J'ai fait un premier spectacle de stand-up intitulé "#Franglais" which was half in English and half in French. It went pretty well, so I've decided to do another show called "So British (ou presque)". It's the same concept. A show that is in both languages but with brand new jokes and stories that you've never seen before. Et si tu te poses la question: "Est-ce que je vais comprendre son anglais?", j'ai une astuce: si t'as compris cette description, c'est bon. Sinon, j'ai un pote qui peut t'aider à préparer le TOEIC. Si tu ne sais pas ce que c'est le TOEIC, là, je peux vraiment pas t'aider. If your French is good enough to understand this description, you'll bee laughing. See you on stage!

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