Shalford Area Guide

In celebration of the release of her hilarious memoir of the same name, comedian, novelist, and professional show - off Jenny Eclair comes to venues nationwide with a brand - new autobiographical show. From drama school, (mostly drinking cider and eating sausage rolls), sleeping with men who looked like they lived under a carpet, punk poetry, anorexia, bedsit misery, waitressing and not really having a clue about anything, to being the first woman to win the Perrier Award, becoming a mother, author, grumpy old woman, podcaster and nana! Still gigging to sell - out crowds forty years later, Jenny invites you to look back at what she can remember before she forgets everything. Warning, punk poetry, animal impressions and baritone nursery rhyme singing may feature.

Join multi award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian Mark Steel for his new tour ‘The Leopard in My House’. The topic? His battle with throat cancer. A battle he is winning (thankfully) and which only his rapier wit could fashion a comedy tour show out of. Cancer has done nothing to dull Mark’s acute political observations or quash his “frankly bonkers” energy: you will laugh, you will cry, but you’ll laugh again, and again, and again. The Leopard in My House is proof that this leftie, working-class, Radio 4 favourite truly deserves his place in the UK comedy pantheon.

Folk, hip hop and reggae singer-songwriter from Bristol.

Russell Kane’s bringing to town his gut-punch funny, searing, award-winning take on the years we’ve just gone through. Hailed as the The Guardian’s Number 1 comedy performance to come out of 2020 (The Guardian are miserable and usually hate everything) – this high-octane show brings nuclear-energy belly laughs and pant-wetting observations which prove laughter really is the best medicine (actually, it’s probably hospital medicine). Russell Kane has two chart-topping, award-bagging podcasts: Man Baggage and BBC Radio 4’s Evil Genius. He is a regular on Channel 4, BBC, and ITV: all the usual shows you see funny people on. He’s also a writer, actor, and presenter. He drinks lots of coffee and is ‘like that in real life’. He was the first ever comedian to bag the two most prestigious comedy awards on earth in the same year, for the same show: The Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards (formerly The Perrier), and The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award, (formerly known as the Barry Award). He’s also a raving bighead that likes listing his achievements.

Nabil Abdulrashid is an award-winning comedian and writer. Nabil has come a long way since being a finalist and Alesha Dixon’s golden buzzer on Britain’s Got Talent in 2020. He is an acclaimed stand up who has performed comedy all over the UK, and across the world and is recognised for his sardonic intelligence and sharp eye for the absurdities of racial discourse.

The ticket price includes the play, a pasty and a drink! Dogs Barking by Richard Zajdlic. ‘This isn’t a domestic, it’s trespassing.’ Neil is laying claim to the home he abandoned. Alex is determined to stop him. Over the course of a single weekend they scratch in the rubble that remains of their relationship, exhuming stale rows, fresh resentments and some of the tenderness they lost. Dogs Barking is a coruscating study in jealousy, passion and emotional violence by one of the most talented and uncompromising playwrights writing today. The original production of Dogs Barking was at the Bush Theatre, London, opening on 7 May 1999. TICKETS: £25 which includes a pasty and a drink! Free drink choices include Prosecco, wine, beer or a soft drink. Choose your pasty the booking tickets. We are happy to announce we will have a Happy Hour from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm where some of our drinks will be on special offer! Please arrive no later than 30 minutes before the performance start time.