Sept 27th Andy Hamilton & Steve Gribben

ANDY HAMILTON £12 here

 “Change Management” ( work in progress)

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Co-creater / writer – Outnumbered; What We Did On Our Holiday; Drop The Dead Donkey.Star of Old Harry’s Game; radio & TV regular on The News Quiz; I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue; Have I Got News For You; Q.I.

In his 60 years on this planet, comedy writer and performer Andy Hamilton has experienced many changes. For instance, he was once a 6’4”-tall professional basketball player, until a tree fell on him. But, of course, change is an inescapable part of the human condition. Why? Is that fair? Some changes are good, some bad. Why can’t they be more clearly labelled? How did we end up working longer hours? Where did all the sparrows go? If you’re feeling flustered because of flux, Andy will teach you how to cope with the changes we have seen and the changes yet to come. Contains mild peril.

Award winning comedian and comedy writer ANDY HAMILTON is back with a brand new solo stage show.

During the past few years Andy and his writing partner Guy Jenkin have co-created, written and directed the 2016 political comedies ‘Power Monkeys’ for Channel 4; the hit BBC 1 sitcom ‘Outnumbered’ and the acclaimed 2014 UK feature film ‘What We Did on Our Holiday’  Their impressive back catalogue includes Channel 4’s ‘Drop The Dead Donkey’.Andy is also renowned for his long-running BBC Radio 4 sitcom ‘Old Harry’s Game’ and as a panel regular on ‘The News Quiz’ and ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’; He also pops up from time to time on TV shows such as ‘Have I Got News For You’ and ‘QI’.Andy’s first novel ‘The Star Witness’ will be published by Unbound Books in Summer 2016

STEVE GRIBBEN

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SHUNTED AGAIN!

Steve Gribbin’s real story of the railways. A brand new 80 minutes work-in-progress comedy show

 

Veteran train traveller and highly experienced stand-up comedian Steve Gribbin rails against the current state of Britain’s Railway system. Using his very worst journeys as examples, Steve takes us on a (de)tour of cancellations, delays and overcrowding that’s enough to drive you to drive. It’s the antidote to Michael Portillo.

But he doesn’t stop there (it’s not scheduled): Steve shunts back into history to acknowledge the immense social change that the trains have brought, from the adoption of “railway time” (not an oxymoron), to the movement of goods and services, including, of course, troops on their way to war.

The show will be a mixture of stand-up, songs and train announcements, as Steve examines all aspects of the railways, from Beeching to Brunel, from Steam (H2O) to HS2. Along the way, audiences will be encouraged to relate their worst rail journeys and personal stories such as that of Steve’s great grandfather John Gribbin, a railwayman who was knocked over and killed at Liverpool Lime Street Station in 1932.

The show also looks at privatisation and the sheer grinding frustration of modern rail travel where it turns out the most difficult three words are not:“I Love You”, but “Bus Replacement Service.”