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HelloWe had such a good time at our first festival last year, that it seemed rude not to return with more gags and giggles across the city! We’re delighted to see the festival growing so quickly and involving more venues with shows across a wide range of comedy styles. We’re also really pleased to welcome the fabulous Derby-born comedian who’s taken his infectious crowd-pleasing style around the world – Jonny Awsum – as our Festival Patron.

We’d all love your support (and laughs!) at this year’s events… Bob Rushton, Programme Manager, Derby LIVE

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Festival Patron – Jonny Awsum

Jonny Awsum & FriendsA night of unmissable comedy to celebrate the start of the festival. Join Jonny Awsum as he presents some of the best comedic talent including Gein’s Family Giftshop, Mark Simmons and Mickey D.

Fri 3 Jul, 8pm Guildhall Theatre£8

Funhouse Comedy have presented acts such as Sarah Millican and Rhod Gilbert to Derby as they made their way to the top. Don’t miss Steve Royle, Yianni Agisilaou, Barry Dodds all compered by Annette Fagon. Always a fun night out.

Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

Fri 3 Jul, 8:15pm The Old Bell Hotel£11 in advance

Lost Boys Productions

Hollywood’s History of the WorldExpect plot-holes, pie-charts and pistache as The Lost Boys explore Hollywood’s irreverent treatment of World History.

Sat 4 Jul, 7:45pm

The Clubrooms£10

Fri 3

Morgan and WestParlour TricksTime travelling magic duo Morgan and West present a brand new show chock full of jaw-dropping, brain-bursting, gasp-eliciting feats of magic. The dashing chaps offer up a plateful of illusion and impossibility, all served with wit, charm and no small amount of panache.

Sat 4 Jul, 4pm Guildhall Theatre£14.25

Little Howard Big HowardLittle Howard is the world’s only live interactive animation. He’s won so many awards and fantastic reviews and he’s only just celebrated his 6th birthday (for the tenth year in a row)! With interactive stand-up, live animation on stage and lots of jokes and songs, this is a show that all the family can enjoy.

Sat 4 Jul, 1pm QUAD£10

Little Howard: Stand Up Animator

This Cartoon Cabaret contains the very best of his animated comedy for adults in a unique

comedy experience where cartoon stand-ups come to life and improvise

with the audience.

Sat 4 Jul, 7pm QUAD

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Lucky Dog Theatre Productions

Hats off to Laurel and HardyThe play recounts the early lives of the most famous comedy duo of all time, their fledgling careers, meteoric rise to fame and their final international tours. Expect some singing and questionable dancing and an evening of laughter that will finally break your heart.

Sun 5 Jul The Clubrooms£10

Furthest From The Sea in conjunction with Derby LIVE

From the far reaches and indeed dark recesses of Derbyshire comes a night of the finest Derbyshire Comedians, frivolity and rather amusing turns.Is Derbyshire funny? Well this is where that perennial question gets a big fat belly chuckle of an answer, or not.

Mon 6 Jul, 8pm Guildhall Theatre£5

Drunken Chorus

I Never Told A Joke In My Life

A speech about dead comedians, forgotten comedians and every comedian that’s ever

been and ever will be. From fights with the audience, to sing-a-longs, walk-outs

and on stage deaths and drawn from real incidents of failure in stand-up

comedy including the ultimate failure of all - the death of Tommy Cooper,

live on stage.

Sun 5 Jul, 8pm

Derby Theatre Studio

£9.50

Edinburgh Festival Preview All-DayerNo need to go to the Edinburgh Fringe. Catch six of the best shows for just one great value ticket in a lovely covered beer garden. Featuring festival patron Jonny Awsum, Radio 4 favourites Mitch Benn and Alfie Moore, popular Irish-Iranian Geordie Patrick Monahan, Chris Turner and the amazing spoof spirit medium Ian D. Montfort.

The beer garden has heaters in the garden, so perfect whatever the weather, food and pass-outs available. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

Sun 5 Jul, 2pm Bar One£8.80 in advance

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Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires). We have the best comedians from the UK and world circuit doing what they do best… but without the rude bits!

Sun 5 Jul, 2pm Guildhall Theatre£7.50

Want to get involved? We’re looking for people to help develop Furthest From The Sea’s involvement in all things amusing and ‘derbyshonian’ (Derbyarian? Derbyish?) and/or to perform at the show.

Part of the night will be towards Derby Comedy Business awards Funny Business, so, if you’ve got the office clown, then get your business represented by them live on stage!

Email dan@furthestfromthesea.co.uk if you’re interested.

Interactive Theatre International presents

Faulty Towers The Dining ExperienceWaited upon by Basil, Sybil and Manuel, this is fully immersive, highly improvised and site-specific comedy theatre at its best.

Only a third of the show is scripted, so anything can happen as you take a seat in the ‘Fawlty Towers’ restaurant... Expect all the best gags, shambolic service and a 70s style 3-course meal. Just don’t mention the war!

Tue 7 – Thu 9 Jul, 7:30pm The Old Bell Hotel£45 Includes drink on arrival, 3 course meal and 2 hrinteractive show

Lewis Schaffer is Free until FamousThe award-winning New York comic takes on England.

Tue 7 Jul, 8pm Guildhall TheatreFREE, a collection will be made post-show

Thu 9

Furthest From the Sea and MissImp

InterrobangDerby’s unique show, Interrobang, returns from last year’s triumphant debut. Take part in or witness the improvised comedy jam, followed by a showcase of the region’s best improv.

Unscripted, unplanned, unmissable, un-something else…

Tue 7 Jul, 7:30pm Déda – CUBE Café | Bar£5 in advance

Should I Stay or Should I Go?Champions’ SpecialComedy’s answer to The X-Factor and Britain’s Got Talent. 10 winners of the heats go head to head. Audience judges vote on who to keep on and who to send off! Lots of fun and laughs, compered by Spiky Mike.

Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

Wed 8 Jul, 8.15pm Bar One£4.40 in advance

Call Me MermanRosemary Ashe, Olivier Award nominated star of London’s West End, pays tribute to Ethel Merman, the legendary first lady of

the musical comedy stage. Funny and touching by turns, Call Me Merman visits all of the Broadway star’s biggest shows from Gershwins’ Girl Crazy, which made

her a star overnight, through to Styne and Sondheim’s Gypsy.

Thu 9 Jul, 7:30pm

Guildhall Theatre£16.25

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Edinburgh Festival Preview Special: Paul Sinha supported by Markus BirdmanYou might have seen Paul Sinha on the telly, as ‘The Sinnerman’, catching unlucky contestants on ITV’s tea-time quiz, The Chase. He’s also a great stand-up comedian having been nominated for the highest accolade in live comedy at the Edinburgh Festival.

Thu 9 Jul, 8pm Bar One £11 in advance

Bitter & TwistedThe Last Broad Bridge in Halifax HallRetired super-models Michèle and Shirley invite you to an intimate evening of wine, women and sing-along in celebration of that ridiculous experience we’ve come to call middle age.

Thu 9 Jul, 7:45pm The Clubrooms£10

Sameena ZehraHomicidal PacifistIt’s time to cull the human race. But how is a lifelong believer in non-violence to choose? By making a list. A culling list. Be ready to gasp, guffaw & maybe suggest a person or two for the cull.

A whirlwind hour of comedy and storytelling.

Fri 10 Jul, 7:45pm The Clubrooms£10

Jimmy CarrFunny BusinessJimmy’s been described as ‘the hardest working man in comedy’. Which, let’s face facts, is not that impressive. It’s like being the ‘tallest dwarf’ or the ‘healthiest glaswegian’. Really not that big a deal. Come for the witty and incisive musings on the human condition; stay for the knob gags. Multiple choice. Jimmy Carr’s ‘Funny Business’ will be: a) Packed with Jokes b) Rude and offensive* c) A great night out If you answered a, b or c you were right!

* If you are easily offended. Don’t be a dick about it.

Fri 10 Jul, 8pm Derby Arena£27

The Tom ShowThe Tom Show has got it all! Comedy, magic, sword swallowing, ventriloquism, music and a breath-taking, death-defying underwater escape. Tom is a regular at London’s Covent Garden and the Edinburgh festival where he entertains and amazes the masses with his quick-wit, debonair charm and skill.

Fri 10 Jul, 7:30pm Déda£10

Fri 10

The Thinking Drinkers Guide to The Legends of LiquorAlcohol: One minute a soul mate, the next a psychopath. The Thinking Drinkers explore the liquid lives of history’s most extraordinary elbow-benders. Slide onto the bar stool of discovery and enjoy several free deluxe drinks.

Fri 10 Jul, 8pm Guildhall Theatre£16.25

CQ Street CircusRoll up and join Changofuego and friends at the CQ Saturdays Street Circus event – a glorious mix of street circus and theatre acts for all the family.

Sat 11 Jul, 11am – 3pm Waterfall, Market Place FREE

Vikki StoneInstrumentalAward-winning comedian Vikki has blagged, stolen and borrowed twenty musical instruments. Some she can play really quite well and others, at the time of writing, not so well. This collection of instruments, each with a story, will become the underscore for this tale of love, loss and music.

Sat 11 Jul, 8pm Guildhall Theatre£13.25 Edinburgh Festival

Preview All-dayerNo need to go to the Edinburgh Fringe. Catch six of the best shows for just one great value ticket in a lovely covered beer garden. Featuring Jollyboat, Addy Van Der Borgh, Ali Cook, Keith Farnan, Bobby Mair, Eddy Brimson and Rich Wilson.

The beer garden has heaters in the garden, so perfect whatever the weather, food and pass-outs available. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

Sun 12 Jul, 2pm Bar One£8.80 in advance

Lost Boys Productions

The Revenge of the Gargantuan Poo MonsterThe small rural town of Quolon is threatened by a terrifying creature and only two cowboy-plumbers stand in its way. Can Dave and Barry step up and be the heroes that Quolon needs? Can they prove their innocence in time to defeat the monster? Will the people of the world live to poo another day? There is only one way to find out.

“Genuinely witty and original work” Remote Goat

Sat 11 Jul The Clubrooms£10

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Chris FitchewOoops!Derby boy Fitchew returns with his tour de force brand new one-man show. A hilarious journey from Derby to London and back again with a fabulous tale between his legs sporting a glittery pair of leggings dipped in gold.

“ a passionate, larger-than-life, full-on entertainer who brings infectious exuberance and bold ambition to his creations….” Chortle

Sun 12 Jul, 8pm Derby Theatre Studio£9.50

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VIP NightIncludes top priced ticket, programme and access to an exclusive post-show drinks reception, with a chance to meet the cast.

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Fri 3 - Sun 12 Jul 2015

Fri 3

Jonny Awsum & Friends Guildhall Theatre

Funhouse Comedy Club The Old Bell HotelSat 4

Morgan and West Guildhall Theatre

Hollywood’s History of the World The Clubrooms

Little Howard Big Howard QUAD

Little Howard: Stand Up Animator QUADSun 5

Edinburgh Festival Preview All-Dayer Bar One

Comedy Club 4 Kids! Guildhall Theatre

Hats off to Laurel and Hardy The ClubroomsI Never Told A Joke In My Life Derby Theatre Studio

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Ey Up Mi Duck! Guildhall TheatreTue 7

Interrobang Déda – Cube Café | BarFaulty Towers

(also on Wed & Thu) The Old Bell Hotel

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Bar OneThu 9

Call Me Merman Guildhall TheatreEdinburgh Festival Preview Special:

Paul Sinha Bar One

Bitter & Twisted The ClubroomsFri 10

The Tom Show Déda

Sameena Zehra The Clubrooms

Jimmy Carr Derby Arena

The Thinking Drinkers Guide Guildhall TheatreSat 11

The Revenge of the Gargantuan Poo Monster The Clubrooms

CQ Street Circus Waterfall, Market Place

Vikki Stone Guildhall TheatreSun 12

Edinburgh Festival Preview All-dayer Bar One

Chris Fitchew Derby Theatre Studio

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