Welcome to Chelmsford's home of the hottest, most neurotic and downright hilarious emerging and established stand up comedy. You'll find all the stars of your favourite TV comedy shows right here in the intimate setting of Chelmsford Theatre Studio.
What's on
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Friday 7 NovemberRia Lina: Riabellion
Following her killer debut tour, Riawakening (Top Ten Best Stand-up Shows of 2024 - Telegraph), the wickedly funny Ria Lina realised she wasn’t just awake, she was ready to rebel.
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Saturday 8 NovemberHal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It
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.
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Saturday 29 NovemberTom Lucy: Golden Boy
One of the most exciting young comedians in the UK, Tom is the host of smash hit podcast Private Parts and has appeared on many TV shows such as Roast Battle, Stand Up For Live Comedy, Dating No Filter, The Lateish Show and Stand Up Central.
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Saturday 31 JanuaryIan Stone is "Looking for the Wow"
Life can’t just be the humdrum, the mundane and the routine before the inevitable slide to disease, decay and death. Why can’t we sneak in a bit of awesome, a tad of amazing and maybe a smidge of wonderful?
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Wednesday 18 FebruaryEmmanuel Sonubi: Life After Near Death
Emmanuel’s hilarious and heartfelt show explores his life after surviving heart failure, facing the cause of the trauma, and the strange and funny ways we all find to keep going when life gets hard.
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Friday 13 MarchLieven Scheire: Artificial Intelligence
Join Belgium’s top science-comedian, Lieven Scheire—hailed as the “secret love child of Stephen Fry and Dara Ó Briain”—for a night where sharp wit meets mind-blowing science.
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Saturday 14 MarchDarren Walsh: Do You Like Puns?
Combining sound effects, videos, one-liners and improvised jokes based off audience suggestions, prepare for a comedy show like no other as pun Goliath Darren Walsh takes his award winning act on the road.
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Friday 13 MarchDrunk Women Solving Crime
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 Drunk Women Solving Crime, live.
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Saturday 21 MarchAlasdair Beckett-King: King of Crumbs
Come vagabonds, come mountebanks, come coney-catchers and cutpurses and meet the King of Crumbs!
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Wednesday 25 MarchSimon Evans is Staring at the Sun
Delve into the joys of what life was like before we started living in this AI, computer-based glitchy life we find ourselves now in. It’s time to revisit the simpler, analogue days of Simon Evans’ youth: hitch-hiking, pub bets, hedge porn and the thrill o
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Friday 27 MarchJosh Baulf: Lovely Stuff
With his trademark charm and killer punchlines, Josh Bauff delves into the hilarities of millennial life in his debut solo tour.
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Saturday 28 MarchRussell Hicks: This Time It's Personal
As well as appearing in multiple films you also may have seen Russell’s phenomenally successful 'Dear Diary' series on Instagram. His tour last year was about his life in the UK. This year is about…him. He’s back. And this time… it’s personal.
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Wednesday 1 AprilRay Bradshaw: CODA
The multi award winning comedian is back on tour with a brand-new show all about growing up as a CODA; A Child of Deaf Adults. His upbringing was nothing like the Oscar winning film and he’s here to tell you why.
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Friday 17 April to Friday 1 MayAvalon Early Doors Comedy Night
Avalon presents an evening of the freshest comedy as two comedians test out brand-new material in their quest to build an hour(ish)-long show each.
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Wednesday 27 MayMC Hammersmith: Hippity Hoppity Get Off My Property
The viral sensation brings an evening of improvised hip hop comedy to venues across the UK from March-June 2026
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Wednesday 10 JunePauline Eyre: Anyone For Tennis?
Comedian Pauline Eyre has been a Wimbledon line judge for 20 years and is now ready to spill the Pimms on all the tennis gossip.
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Friday 9 OctoberJack Carroll: The Fall Guy
BAFTA-Winning Comedian and Star of Britain’s Got Talent, Jack Carroll expertly examines subjects that can make us feel awkward, within the safe confines of his northern charm.
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Saturday 17 OctoberMichael Akadiri: Don't Call Me Uncle!
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!
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Saturday 7 NovemberMorgan Rees: What A Bummer
After Morgan and his partner went on separate holidays - one to a Mathematics Forum and the other to a Bear Party - a massive revelation forced him to re-evaluate everything.
