Drunk Women Solving Crime
2026-06-19 20:00 - 22:30 (Europe/London) | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Hit comedy podcast Drunk Women Solving Crime is back on tour for 2026!
After past sell out runs across the UK and the Edinburgh Fringe, hosts Hannah George and Taylor Glenn are taking to the road to record their award winning show LIVE at venues around the country.
You’ll get to see two episodes recorded in every show, and celebrity guests are invited to help “solve” a crime over a glass or two, plus audience members are also given the chance to share their own tale for a prize.
Past guests include: Katherine Ryan, Romesh Ranganathan, Rosie Jones and James Acaster.

The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here))
2026-06-21 19:30 - 20:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Panic! In Swedonia.
The King is dead and the prince next in line to the throne is unmarried – if he doesn’t find someone soon he must forfeit the crown!
In New York City, baker Aaron Butcher is butchering his career as a family baker. Maybe a commission in the non-location-specific country of Swedonia will fix his problems…
Following the sold-out, award-winning shows Gwyneth Goes Skiing and Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, Awkward Productions are back with a brand new show that Flicks through the Net of traditional holiday movies, bringing all their Hallmarks together in the signature awkwardprods way – queer, chaotic, comedic and heartfelt.
Written by and starring Linus Karp and Joseph Martin, with original music by Leland and multiple surprise cameos (including from faces you know from Heartbreaker, UK Drag Race, Royals, and the one and only TOVE LO!) this highly anticipated show is as much a love letter to Karp’s native Sweden as it is a subversion of heteronormative romcoms.
With over 21 five-star reviews (and counting)- grab your bags, you’re going to Swedonia!

Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It
2026-06-26 19:30 - 22:00 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Hal is back with a brand-new tour for 2025 with a show that promises to stick it to ‘The Man’, as long as ‘The Man’ doesn’t stick it back to him.
With his trademark hard-hitting ‘take no prisoners’ comedy (this is what Hal told me to write!!!) he will be hilariously pontificating on subjects like middle aged dating, social media, the insanity of modern politics and the fact that his daughters love him but don’t respect him. He believes that, after you’ve seen the show, you’ll feel exactly the same way.
His last tour was extended four times and he’s one of a select number of comics to have done Live At The Apollo three times and the Royal Variety twice, TV also includes Have I Got News For You, The Apprentice You’re Fired, Bake Off Extra Slice and Would I Lie To You.

Cally Beaton - Namaste Motherf*ckers.
2026-06-27 20:00 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Namaste Motherf*ckers is the new show from Cally Beaton (QI, Live at the Apollo) – a quick-witted, unexpected and unapologetic insight into life in midlife. Combining Cally’s comedic and storytelling prowess with extracts from her provocative, stereotype-busting book of the same name, the show has at its heart her own story of radical reinvention – taking her from meetings in boardrooms to treading the boards, thanks to a chance conversation with the late, great Joan Rivers.
A funny show about a deadly serious subject, Namaste Motherf*ckers is a celebration of and for the female of the species. Invisible no more. The show includes a Q&A and meet-and-greet with Cally (who knows, Jeff the wonder dog may even be there too).

Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote
2026-07-11 19:30 - 22:00 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Cult hit event Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote returns to Norwich with an interactive screening of the classic Murder, She Wrote episode “A Fashionable Way to Die”. Jessica Fletcher visits Paris to support her friend’s fashion show, but soon there’s a murder that only she (or you!) can solve!
Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote returns following riotous presentations of “Paint Me a Murder”, “Sing a Song of Murder” and “Broadway Malady”.
A unique and hilarious night featuring games, prizes and audience participation, with special permission from NBC Universal Television. See the show Time Out rated one of 2021 & 2019’s 50 Great Nights Out in London that has played to sell-out audiences across the UK, Ireland, the USA and Australia, as well as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023-2025, Adelaide Fringe 2025 and the Murder, She Wrote Festival 2025 (California).
Hosted by super-fan Tim Benzie, the show features:
* A race to solve to the crime, via the Fameometer and the Suspiciometer!
* A Cabot Cove quiz!
* A singalong to the theme tune with new lyrics!
* Clips and biogs of the campy guest stars!
Tim Benzie is obsessed with Murder, She Wrote, having watched the original series when it was first broadcast, and now relishing the repeats on television everywhere. An award-winning playwright and co-writer of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern’s 2017-2025 pantos, including the Offie (Off West End) Award-Winning ‘Tossed’ in 2023. He is the co-producer of PopHorror events.

Jim Davidson Last Man Standing...just
2026-07-24 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-08-28 19:30 - 22:00 | Britannia Pier Theatre, Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2EH
In the ever-evolving book of British comedy, Jim Davidson OBE remains a best-seller, an unapologetic voice still standing tall while others bow to the tide. Through decades of laughter, controversy, and cultural change, he’s held the line. And now, in 2026, he’s back with a brand-new tour ‘Last Man Standing … Just!’ and firing on all cylinders and refusing to be silenced.
Despite the relentless efforts of a vocal woke minority to pen his final chapter, Jim’s story is far from over. Shadow-banned, de-platformed, and ‘cancelled’ more times than he can count, Davidson has turned adversity into ammunition, his live shows becoming safe havens for those who still believe in common sense, satire, and the best of British comedy.
Jim’s 2025 UK tour, The Next Chapter proved that the appetite for unfiltered, grown-up laughter is alive and well, with the General receiving standing ovations from Glasgow to Southend from loyal and new fans alike, many who feel silenced themselves. Jim’s audience loyal packed venues across the UK, cheering not just the punchlines but the principles behind them
Now, as Britain stands at a cultural crossroads, Davidson returns to do what he does best: say what others are thinking, with razor-sharp wit and bulletproof timing. It’s time to reset. To push back. To laugh again without fear.
Jim invites you to join him once again for a riotous evening where freedom of speech takes centre stage, comedy bites back, and the battle for Britain’s comedic soul rages on. He’s survived the storms, stood firm in the face of censorship, and he’s still here!
Oh, and yes—he’s got another wedding to pay for.
Tickets: £30.50

Daliso Chaponda: Topical Storm
2026-07-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Daliso Chaponda has been writing jokes about the news for over a decade – on Have I Got News For You, Radio 4′ News Quiz, Australia’s Good News Week and many more besides. (In fact he’s seen the news from both sides, having been in the tabloids himself.) But recently the news has been so absurd, chaotic and overwhelming that it more or less mocks itself. Where do we go from here?
Topical Storm is Daliso’s response. A show not about THE news but about news itself. Journalists, bloggers, fake news, satirical news: have we lost the thread of it all? Is the reporting of news endlessly polarising us as a society rather than educating us? Would we be better off going right back to the first ever news bulletin – the original caveman drawing on a wall – and starting from scratch? Daliso does just that in this explosive new standup show.

Michael Spicer - Hope All's Well
2026-09-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Michael Spicer, the online sensation who brought you the award-winning viral hit The Room Next Door, brings another hilarious and brilliantly entertaining satirical stage show packed with sketches, short films and stories about why we’re witnessing such a gigantic political and global sh*tshow, featuring characters from his BBC Radio 4 show ‘No Room’ as well as some old friends too.

Neil Delamere - Reinventing the Neil
2026-09-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Our comedic adventurer returns with a brand new standup show, packed to the brim of tall tales and hilarious stories.
Join the star of the Blame Game, Live at the Apollo, QI and Celebrity Chase as he ponders the eternal question, if it ain’t broke should he fix it?

Ginger Johnson: Show Pony
2026-09-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
You’ve seen her in the Masterchef kitchen… You’ve seen her on the Drag Race runway… Now it’s time to see her in her element: outrageous, untamed and completely off the reins.
Following the explosive success of her smash hit 2024 tour ‘Ginger Johnson Blows Off!’, the nation’s silliest sausage is back on the road with her brand new live spectacular: Show Pony!
Promising high camp, low morals, and double helpings of her trademark ridiculousness, Show Pony is a barnstorming night of whip-smart comedy and top-tier talent that proves why Ginger is one of Britain’s most beloved queens.

Larry Dean: Hellbent
2026-09-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Recently married, emotionally feral.
The Gallus Glaswegian Goon returns with a riotous show about refusing to grow up.
As seen on SNL, Live at the Apollo, QI and The Royal Variety Performance.

Jazz Emu: The Pleasure Is All Yours
2026-09-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Musical meteor Jazz Emu was born to please you.
Total and Utter Audience Satisfaction is his middle name – finally, after a long and financially ruinous Deed Poll process.
But he’s feeling uneasy. A review described his last show as ‘a bit much’. What? Was his seventeenth stage-dive too tastefully executed? Not this time. This time, he’s living up to his middle-namesake.
Following a tour of the US, a triumphant Edinburgh Fringe run and sell-out runs in London, Jazz Emu is back on tour with a brand new musical odyssey.
Jazz Emu rose to prominence online – with his videos and songs receiving 100s of millions of views/streams – before bringing his special brand of comedy mastery to the real world. He has since featured on 8 Out of 10 Cats does Countdown, won a host of awards and been listed as the 26th Funniest Comedian of the 21st Century by the Telegraph.
His latest show was among the Best Reviewed Shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2025 (British Comedy Guide) and was listed as one of The Guardian’s Golden Shows to See at Edinburgh Fringe 2025.

Nish Kumar: Angry Humour From a Really Nice Guy
2026-09-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1RL, United Kingdom
The world is in chaos. Inequality is widening, autocracy is rising and political parties are collapsing. In these divided times, what this country desperately needs is Angry Humour From a Really Nice Guy (in many ways it’s actually the last thing this country needs, but it’s what it’s getting so tough luck).
The UK’s leading political comic Nish Kumar – co-host of hugely popular podcast Pod Save the UK, former host of axed BBC show The Mash Report, and one of Taskmaster’s greatest losers – is back on tour with a formidable batch of passionate, progressive stand-up for the ages.
Kumar is 40. His mind is breaking. His body is worse. Expect existential angst and political disquiet from comedy’s cheekiest boy.
Nish Kumar was named one of the 50 Best Comedians of the 21st Century by both The Guardian and The Telegraph, with his previous tour playing to sold out crowds across the UK, North America, Australasia and mainland Europe.

Jack Rooke's Good Grief: a decade retrospective of capitalising on my dead dad to varied levels of failure and success
2026-09-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
BAFTA-winning writer and recovering spoken-word artist Jack Rooke (Creator of Hulu / C4’s Big Boys) brings back his debut comedy-theatre show ‘Good Grief’, a decade on from it launching his career.
Featuring the original show (co-written with his 80-year old Nan Sicely) and some present day musings, this retrospective further explores grief, ambition, being a class traitor, milking having a dead dad for personal / professional gain, the innocence of writing just for oneself before the interference of “telly w*nkers”, and the palpable regret of his own decline into becoming said “telly w*nker”.
Content Warning: this show may contain potentially triggering stories around grief, suicide and Geri leaving the Spice Girls in May 1998.
Directed by Gabriel Bisset-Smith (now also a telly w*nker).

Paul Zerdin
2026-09-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Paul Zerdin, the master ventriloquist and winner of America’s Got Talent, is back on the road with his brand-new stand-up comedy tour ‘Shut Your Mouth’.
Expect an outrageous night of laughs as Paul battles to keep his unruly sidekicks in check – from the cheeky Sam and mischievous Baby to outrageous old Albert, straight-talking Roger the Bodyguard and the sharp-witted Urban Fox.
Making a much-requested return is broadcaster character Alasdair Rimmer, who proved such a hit last time he practically begged to come back! Packed with hysterical new material, incredible puppetry and Zerdin’s razor-sharp comedy, this is one show where keeping quiet is simply not an option.

Michael Akadiri: Don't Call Me Uncle!
2026-09-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Norwich Theatre Stage Two, Chantry Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1RL, United Kingdom
Following two hit UK tours, Biggest Award in Comedy nominee and resident (junior) Doctor Michael Akadiri prescribes Norwich Theatre Stage Two with a potent dose of his latest offering, Don’t Call Me Uncle!
Multi-award-winning comedian Michael is proud to wear many hats: doctor, husband & father. Evidently, that list does not include uncle.
Yet, despite only being in his early 30s, “the supremely talented and likeable” (Metro) doctor, for the first time ever, was recently called uncle in public (a term usually reserved for elders!). This has sent him spiralling!
Join the ” hugely entertaining” (Chortle) Akadiri as he fights this lurid allegation, contemplates the difference between perception and reality, all whilst keeping the laughs flowing with his trademark “sharp-wit” (Chortle) & “politically punchy” (Guardian) anecdotes.
As seen on Comedy Central LIVE, ITV’s Stand Up Sketch & Channel 4’s Stand Up to Cancer.
As heard on Capital Xtra’s Breakfast Show, LBC & BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends
Tour support for Jason Manford.
Winner – Komedia New Comedy Award
Winner – Comedian of Medicine Award, Haags Comedy Festival
NextUp Biggest Award in Comedy nominee

John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills
2026-10-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Tilting at Windmills is the brand-new stand-up show from Taskmaster alumni and double Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner, John Kearns.
A fragmented, digressing portrayal of a 38-year-old man’s life, alluding to books he hasn’t read, touching on the modern condition. Plus VAT! More allusive and bleak as ever, it is unreal the comedian you become. And for who? Decent craic with the right crowd. A show for those who have read about but not committed to the Guinness Nitrosurge.
Seen bewildered on Taskmaster (Channel 4), terrified on Live at the Apollo (BBC), getting through Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Sky), and implicating others on his Sky stand-up special The Varnishing Days. More comfortable on pods but comes alive on stage, for your pleasure!

Sindhu Vee: Swanky
2026-10-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Someone once asked Sindhu Vee a very stupid question. She wants to tell you about it.
From the award-winning star of Live at the Apollo comes a brand-new stand-up show about falling through the cracks you didn’t make, avoiding the friendships you don’t want, and embracing the self-love you definitely need.
In Swanky, Sindhu Vee is taking her “outspoken, frank and funny stand-up” (Evening Standard) across the country for her first UK tour in five years.
Since 2021’s Alphabet – now available to stream on Sindhu’s website – the Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated comic has appeared on QI, Have I Got News For You and Would I Lie To You? as well as starring in Netflix’s Sex Education and Matilda the Musical as well as Amazon Prime’s Pradeeps of Pittsburgh and Picture This.
Now, having become one of the most exciting and sought-after comedy talents internationally, UK audiences can get ready for her most sophisticated, intimate and swanky show yet.

Stevie Martin: Clout
2026-10-11 19:30 - 20:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Stevie Martin (Taskmaster, Mitchell & Webb’s brand new sketch show, 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Horne Section TV Show) has been doing online comedy for a while (45 million views worldwide) but is now returning to live comedy with her latest show, which sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and at Soho Theatre this year.
It’s like her online stuff but she’ll be on a stage and you can’t pause her to get a snack (meats?). Also you have to sit in a specific room to watch it (please don’t bring your meats to this room).

Phil Wang: UH OH
2026-10-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1RL, United Kingdom
UH OH. Phil Wang’s back with a new stand-up show, and he’s older than ever before. He’s got a moustache now. It bristles with wisdom. His eyes shine with good humour. His shoulders groan under the weight of being the only cool millennial left. Everyone’s an idiot but him. Nice is out. Right is in. The vibe shift is real. Old Wang’s riding it.
You know him from one series of Taskmaster, one episode of Would I Lie to You, and one minute of Wonka.

Henning Wehn
2026-10-22 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1RL, United Kingdom
Award-deserving German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn takes an unbiased look at climate change, a topic sure to delight audiences and no surprise. After all, everyone loves talking about the weather. Rain or shine, all will be fine. Or maybe it won’t. Who knows?! Come along. Or else.
“Wehn has given us an understanding of German quirks” King Charles III
“As subtle as Schumacher on Battiston” Some bloke on Twitter
Henning’s most recent television and radio appearances include “Have I Got News For You” BBC1, “Would I Lie To You” BBC1, “House Of Games” BBC2, “Live At The Apollo” BBC2, “Guessable” Comedy Central, “Question Time” BBC1, “8 Out Of Cats Does Countdown” Channel 4, “Fighting Talk” BBC Radio 5 Live, “I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue” and “The Unbelievable Truth” BBC Radio 4.

Ignacio Lopez: Nada
2026-10-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Star of Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, QI, Richard Osman’s House of Games & Comedy Central Live; Ignacio Lopez returns with perhaps his most ambitious and pretentious project yet.
Nada is the captivating comedy experiment which sees Spain’s Best Export create a brand new, completely unique and blisteringly funny stand up show right in front of your eyes, from absolutely nothing!
Mining his hilarious upbringing, growing up in Mallorca and South Wales, as well as suggestions from the crowd, and everything he’s learnt performing comedy since 2010, Ignacio crafts an intricate story of mystery and suspense packed with sarcasm, silliness and huge laughs.
As well as dazzling viewers with his quick-wit and charm on almost every UK TV station, Ignacio’s talents have seen him headlining all the top comedy clubs, cruises, corporate and military shows worldwide and his acclaimed, sold out tour shows all over the UK prove he’s an act not to be missed.

Laura Smyth: Born Aggy
2026-10-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
What if all your dreams come true and you’ve still got the hump? Laura Smyth has had a meteoric rise in comedy! Her debut tour ‘Living My Best Life’ sold out up and down the country; she has supported Jack Whitehall, Michelle de Swarte, Alan Davies, and Jason Manford and appeared on multiple panel shows, QI, Would I Lie To You, 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Live at The Apollo TWICE! She’s even beaten cancer; she’s done all the alternative healing shit you could shake a stick at – and she still thinks everyone’s a d**khead. It can’t just be her, can it?
Like her last tour, Laura will cover all of her everyday ever-changing life with truth, warmth, and hilarity. Maybe she needs more sleep or maybe she was just born aggy.

Mike Bubbins - Ideas Man
2026-10-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Ideas Man, noun : ‘A person who is particularly good at thinking of new or original ideas.’ That’s what Mike Bubbins is. Not an admin man. Not an organised man. Not an especially dedicated man. This comedy tour, for instance, is a case in point. Mike has got loads of really funny stories. He’s wonderful at telling them. So he had the idea of sharing those stories with people, to give them some big laughs and a great night out. He’s left every single other thing that needs to be done in order to make that happen, to other people. Except the name. IDEAS MAN was his idea.

Morgan Rees: What a Bummer
2026-10-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Following a sold-out 2024 tour, acclaimed stand-up and online sensation Morgan Rees is back on the road with a hugely anticipated brand-new show.
After Morgan and his partner went on separate holidays – one to a Mathematics Forum in Coventry and the other to a Bear Party in Barcelona – a massive revelation forced Morgan to re-evaluate everything. Being banned from Great Western trains, being fired as a Naked Butler, and ghosting Paul McCartney… were they really his fault?
Has that got you hooked? Good, because that’s the only stuff appropriate enough to include in the blurb. A stand-up show about the trials and errors of falling in love and keeping the spark alive, the spiral-inducing limbo of awaiting a diagnosis, and the experience of being a white Welsh valley boy integrating into a proud Gujarati family. Oh, he’s got plenty to talk about.
As well as garnering millions of views online and rave-reviews for his live shows, Morgan has supported Joanne McNally, Rhys James and Jayde Adams on tour, appeared as a finalist in the BBC New Comedy Awards, and hosts hit podcasts My Bad and Chatting With Cherubs alongside Josh Jones and Gearóid Farrelly.

Celya AB: We must Stop Meeting Like This
2026-10-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Have you ever forensically over-thought your life choices? Are they all somehow connected to a passing comment your Spanish teacher made when you were 15? Has it impacted everything from your love life to your career?
Following sold-out shows across the UK, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Soho Theatre, Celya AB (“One of the most gifted joke writers of her age” – Chortle) is back with a new show with her brand of “exceptional, not to mention impressively original” (British Comedy Guide) jokes and sharp observations.
This is a show about breaking free from shame, and what ensues when you do
As seen on Live At The Apollo, the Off Menu podcast and Comedy Central Live.

Christopher Hall - Pizazz
2026-10-31 20:00 - 22:00 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Showman, Jester, Attention Chaser, come with Chris on the ultimate hometown holiday night out. From your 1.5 star hotel, he’ll give you a hilariously fun soirée and have you tucked up back in bed at a sensible time.
Christopher Hall, once first on the dancefloor and last on the night bus is now in his early mid 30s (very different to the late early’s) and reflecting on his younger life-of-the-party self. This theatrical showboy started out putting on shows in the front room for his parents then spent his early and late mid 20s having dance-offs in Soho’s gay bars and performing in musicals on cruise ships.
Background Singers featuring collabs with Sugababes, Natasha Bedingfield, Sophie Ellis Bextor and Shania Twain shot him to fame on Instagram and TikTok. Now Chris is back IRL with his new, brilliantly hilarious stand up show, with a high possibility of an outbreak of dancing. This chorus boy takes centre stage for a fun, glamorous and unforgettable night, don’t miss your chance to get your dose of ‘Pizazz’.

Mark Simmons
2026-11-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Winner of Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024, Mark Simmons is back on tour with his new show Jest to Impress – delivering another hour of back to back finely crafted gags from the master of one liners.
His debut tour, Quip Off the Mark, lasted three years, with over 215 dates across the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and sold over 25,000 tickets. As well as picking up the Joke of the Fringe Award alongside Danny Ward, he also won the Victoria Wood Panel Prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and won the Comic’s Comic of the year in 2022.
Mark has previously appeared in ITV’s Out There, Mock The Week, BBC Radio 4Extra Stands Up, a Channel 4 pilot starring alongside Bridget Christie, as well as BBC3’s One For The Road. Mark also presents his popular podcast, Jokes With Mark Simmons, where he invites a fellow comic (including Rob Beckett, Milton Jones, and Seann Walsh) to discuss jokes that they’ve written but just haven’t worked, and see if there is a way to salvage them or should they simply be thrown on the rubbish heap.

Jack Carroll: The Fall Guy
2026-11-04 19:30 - 22:00 | Norwich Theatre Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AB, United Kingdom
Join BAFTA-winning comedian and star of Britain’s Got Talent, Live at the Apollo and Coronation Street as he expertly examines subjects that can make us feel awkward, within the safe confines of his northern charm. Expect jokes about the broken promises of modern life, internet rabbit holes, and his disability, obviously. That being said, buy a ticket to prove you don’t hate people with cerebral palsy.
