SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER AT 7.30PM   
THE HIT MUSICAL COMEDY
DIRECT FROM THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
BUSTING OUT!

Now in the UK for the very first time,
don’t miss the sell out show that has women
cheering on their feet and men gasping with amazement.
Join sassy songstress Emma Powell and charismatic comedian
Bev Killick and see why over quarter of a million people
Down Under were blown away with their originality, audacity and
truly jaw aching (and on occasion, knicker wetting) humour.

No matter what your age, shape or size (or gender!) you’re in
for a riotous night that will release all your inhibitions.
Join our bosom buddies for an evening that’s part musical,
part stand up, part theatre and part cabaret, and you’ll be busting
to tell your friends about the feel-good show of the year!

If you enjoyed Vagina Monologues, Hot Flush, Calendar Girls or
Mum’s the Word, book now to be the first to see this show
direct from the Edinburgh Festival.

"The audience loved every minute of it" Dominion Post

 “Tasteful, clever, liberating and laugh out loud funny”
Daily Telegraph (Sydney)

“Mega talented, these girls sing, dance, bounce and squeeze
through a non-stop show with clever skits, laugh out loud
song and dance and ripping gags” Melbourne Herald Sun

Warning:
There will be a little bit of er... nudeness on stage,
but let’s face it, we’re all naked under our clothes aren’t we
and it will, after all, just add to the joy of the occasion. 

www.busting-out.com   

CHARTER THEATRE
Tickets: £17

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FRIDAY 1 OCTOBER AT 7.45PM
PATRICK MONAHAN

Plus support by Alan Seaman
 

Following the success of his 2009 national tour,
the brilliant Middlesbrough-Irish-Iranian comic is

embarking on a full-scale 50 date British tour.

The veteran of several sell-out Edinburgh

Fringe runs and for a long time the warm-up man for Friday Night

With Jonathan Ross, Patrick's breathtaking gift for interaction

combines with sharp and hilarious observations.

  

"the best show in Edinburgh 2008"
Martin Kelner, The Guardian           
                                                                           
"He has all the charm of Ed Byrne, the energy of Adam Bloom
and wild leaps of imagination that are resonant of Ross Noble"
The List               

"This gifted livewire commands the stage with a mix of wit
and force of personality"                                                               
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard

 

www.patrickmonahan.co.uk

 

GUILD HALL FOYER BAR
Tickets: £12

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TUESDAY 12 OCTOBER AT 7.30PM   
 Phil McIntyre Entertainments proudly presents
MARK WATSON LIVE

The multi-award winning comedian and host of
BBC's We Need Answers,  Never Mind The Buzzcocks,
and a Mock The Week regular and star of cult
Radio 4 series Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better,
Mark Watson finally returns to the road in the UK, with his

most personal, most surprising, and funniest show yet.
Total sell-out seasons at the Montreal, Melbourne,

Sydney and Edinburgh Festivals.

                                                         

'A classic observational humorist, a stand-up superstar' 
Time Out New York

 

'By the end, the audience is in danger of collapsing with laughter'
Evening Standard

'The highest achiever the Edinburgh Festival has seen this decade'
Times

www.markwatsonthecomedian.com

CHARTER THEATRE
Tickets: £16.50

 

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WEDNESDAY 3 TO SATURDAY 6 NOVEMBER AT 7.30PM   
The Charity Players present
HOBSON'S
CHOICE
The classic Lancashire comedy by Harold Brighouse

Made famous by the classic 1954 David Lean movie starring
Charles Laughton and John Mills, this is the much loved story
of Henry Hobson, a Salford cobbler and his three daughters.

In aid of St. Catherine's Hospice (reg charity no. 512186)

Sponsored by BERNARD WATSON Painting & Decorating Contractors 

CHARTER THEATRE
Tickets: £7 (Wed), £8.50 (Thurs, Fri, Sat)

 

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FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER AT 8PM
LEE MACK
GOING OUT

Critically acclaimed BAFTA-winning comedian Lee Mack
returns to the live stage with a hotly anticipated new show.

Lee will be bringing his trademark brand of high energy banter,

well crafted gags and sharp one-liners to the Guild Hall as part of his

biggest ever live stand-up tour.    

  

Lee is best known to BBC One viewers as the star of multi-award winning

Not Going Out and as team captain on Would I Lie To You? 

 

“Lee Mack’s star continues to rise…
go and see what all the fuss is about.”  Sunday Times

 

“A masterclass in pure comedy”  The List

 
www.leemacklive.com

GUILD HALL
Tickets: £20.50

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WEDNESDAY 17 NOVEMBER AT 7.45PM
& THURSDAY 18 NOVEMBER AT 7.45PM 

FRANKIE BOYLE
I would Happily Punch Every One of You in the Face

 

Following his epic record-breaking tour in 2008,
Frankie Boyle, star of BBC2’s Mock the Week and
one of the hottest and most controversial comedians of the moment,

is back on the road in 2010 with an all new live show.

“This is meat-and-potatoes stand-up, but the sauce is tart,
the meat's bleeding and the spuds are hard as rock”
The Guardian

“You can forgive Frankie Boyle's confidence and his apparent
belief that he is really that good. That is simply, because he is”
Edinburgh Evening News

Frankie’s autobiography, My Sh* t Life So Far,
will be released in October 2009.

www.frankieboyle.com

 

GUILD HALL
Tickets: £20                                

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SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER AT 8PM
AL MURRAY
THE PUB LANDLORD
Barrel of Fun

Al Murray The Pub Landlord is back on the road to roll out his
Barrel of Fun, a brand new stand-up show for 2010. 

Britain’s best-known Pub Philosopher will be serving up his own special brew of bar room banter at venues across the UK this autumn.

“The way he integrates the crowd into the show is awe-inspiring”
The Times

In 2009, the People’s Publican left over 230,000 of his regulars
over-flowing with laughter, on his one-man mission to fix Broken Britain.  This year you can tap into a whole new Barrel of Fun, and no half measures.

 
“A national treasure” ***** Daily Telegraph

www.thepublandlord.com

GUILD HALL
Tickets: £25

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FRIDAY 3 DECEMBER AT 8PM
Phil McIntyre Entertainment presents
JOHN BISHOP LIVE

New Show For Autumn 2010

The multi-award winning comedian and star of ‘Live At The Apollo’, ‘Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow’, ‘Skins’, ‘Mock The Week’ and
'8 Out of 10 Cats', performs his brand new show.

www.johnbishoponline.com

 

“I can't help falling in love with this open, optimistic show” GUARDIAN
"Bishop has funny bones" THE TIMES

“Frankly hilarious” THE TELEGRAPH

“A gloriously gifted storyteller” EVENING STANDARD

GUILD HALL
Tickets: £20

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FRIDAY 17 & SATURDAY 18 DECEMBER 
AT 7.30PM
Phil McIntyre Entertainment presents
JASON MANFORD LIVE

As seen on Live at the Apollo (BBC1), Walk on the
Wild Side (BBC1), As Seen on TV (BBC1), 8 out of
10 Cats (Channel 4), Royal Variety Performance 2009 (ITV1)
and Jason Manford & Friends (BBC Radio 2).

“Sharp observational comedy…inspired one-liners…
Manford certainly knows how to get the laughs.”
Metro

“Guaranteed to deliver laughs…incredibly funny”
Chortle

“A very funny, very engaging performer…a joy”
Scotsman

“A natural with the audience, warm, fun, engaging"
Manchester Eve News

 

www.jasonmanford.com                                FRIDAY 17 DECEMBER

GUILD HALL
Tickets: £20                                                  SATURDAY 18 DECEMBER     

         

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WEDNESDAY 26 TO SATURDAY 29 JANUARY
AT 7.30PM & 2.30PM (SAT)
Hull Truck Theatre present
APRIL IN PARIS
Written by John Godber

Designed by Pip Leckenby

 

Al and Bet are not what you’d call ‘love’s young dream’.

Bet’s bored, Al’s at his wits end and they’re stuck in a romance rut!
Then out of the blue the passionless pair win a holiday to Paris!

Will the city of love rekindle some life into this dying relationship?

Will they succumb to the allure of l’amour in ‘gay Paris’?

Or will it be battle-stations amongst the boulevards?

 

Join the intrepid pair as they sample the delights of the continent.
Will Paris persuade them that they are the perfect partnership
or is this the end of ‘la rue’ for Al and Bet?

 

Nominated for the 1994 Olivier Comedy of the Year, April in Paris
is an irresistible dose of pathos and humour. Not to be missed!

 

‘…brilliantly simple powerful piece of popular theatre.’
The Guardian

 

“…a very funny production”
What’s on Stage

 

CHARTER THEATRE
Tickets:
£15.50, £17.50 (WED & THURS 7.30PM)
£14.50, £16 (SAT 2.30PM)
£16.50, £18 (FRI & SAT 7.30PM)

Friends: 2 for 1 opening night
Concessions: £2 OFF
Groups of 10 or more: £2 OFF & 1 FREE ticket per 10