Friday 22 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
ROBIN MORGAN
THE SPARK
As featured on BBC Two’s Mock The Week and BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, Robin Morgan is back on the road with a hilarious brand new show, The Spark - his biggest tour to date.Saturday 23 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
8.30pm (doors 7.45pm)
Stand Up For The Weekend with ERICH McELROY
and GUESTS
Stand Up For The Weekend is our weekly flagship comedy show featuring top circuit headliners and guest acts plus incredibly funny and engaging comperes who host the entire show. A choice of table seats, reserved row seats and unreserved row seats are available to book online.Sunday 24 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
MARK THOMAS
GAFFA TAPES
Jokes, rants, politics, play and the occasional sing song from veteran award-winning, political commentator, agitator and comedian, Mark Thomas. If you don’t know what he does ask your parents.Friday 29 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
CARL HUTCHINSON
TODAY YEARS OLD
What has quickly become an annual tradition, Carl Hutchinson is back for a third consecutive back-to-back tour. His storytelling skills AND ability to hold an audience is second to none.Saturday 30 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
8.30pm (doors 7.45pm)
Stand Up For The Weekend with PAUL McCAFFREY
and GUESTS
Stand Up For The Weekend is our weekly flagship comedy show featuring top circuit headliners and guest acts plus incredibly funny and engaging comperes who host the show. A choice of table seats, reserved row seats and unreserved row seats are available to book online.Sunday 1 December - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
JEFF INNOCENT
SMART CASUAL
EXTRA DATE DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND - British Comedian of the Year Winner and social media sensation Jeff Innocent is embarking on his first ever nationwide UK tour. Highly anticipated and long overdue. This will be an hour of standup comedy that you do not want to miss.Saturday 7 December - Hen & Chicken Studio
8.30pm (doors 7.45pm)
Stand Up For The Weekend with ANDREW BIRD
and GUESTS
Stand Up For The Weekend is our flagship weekly comedy show featuring top circuit headliners and guest acts plus incredibly funny and engaging comperes who host the show. A choice of table seats, reserved row seats and unreserved row seats are available to book online.Saturday 14 December - Hen & Chicken Studio
8.30pm (doors 7.45pm)
Stand Up For The Weekend with RACHEL FAIRBURN
and GUESTS
Stand Up For The Weekend is our flagship weekly comedy show featuring top circuit headliners and guest acts plus incredibly funny and engaging comperes who host the show. A choice of table seats, reserved row seats and unreserved row seats are available to book online.Sunday 15 December - Hen & Chicken Studio
7.30pm (doors 6.45pm)
CatGPT - THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CATMAS
CatGPT is the mostly true tail of a Welshman’s attempts to bring back to life his beloved dead cat Lentil by using sophisticated robotics, sensors, complex AI and visuals.Saturday 21 December - Hen & Chicken Studio
8.30pm (doors 7.45pm)
Stand Up For The Weekend with ROB DEERING
and GUESTS
Stand Up For The Weekend is our flagship weekly comedy show featuring top circuit headliners and guest acts plus incredibly funny and engaging comperes who host the show. A choice of table seats, reserved row seats and unreserved row seats are available to book online.Saturday 28 December - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
The End Of The Year Show with MARK WATSON
and GUESTS
Pioneer of the 24 hour and 36 hour non-stop stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, novelist, Taskmaster runner-up, Mark Watson is the man who never sleeps, and if he does he invariably wakes up with a brand new stand up show. Tonight he will be showcasing new material ahead of an Australian tour in the spring.Friday 31 January - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
RAY O'LEARY
YOUR LAUGHTER IS JUST MAKING ME STRONGER
The deadpan Ray O’Leary (Taskmaster NZ) is a big brain in an ill-fitting suit. Every time he does stand-up and people laugh, he gets stronger. Soon he will be the most powerful man in the universe. When the show ends, he’ll be able to lift a car above his head.Sunday 2 February - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
IGNACIO LOPEZ
SEÑOR SELF DESTRUCT
Spain’s Best Export(TM) Ignacio Lopez is on a mission to destroy himself, and build a better version; Leaner. Smarter. Funnier. Join the star of Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, Comedy Central, QI, House of Games, & more, for a riotously funny exploration of vices, intrusive thoughts, and self improvement.Friday 7 February - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
PAUL TAYLOR
F*** ME, I'M FRENCH
Paul Taylor makes fun of the French and they love it. Or they tell him to f*** off back to England! After 3 sell-out bilingual world tours, Paul shares his story of being a British expat in France, this time 100% in English. Hold onto your berets!Thursday 13 February - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
ROB NEWMAN
WHERE THE WILD THINGS WERE
Rob Newman's epic stand-up show goes from cave paintings to car-free cities, by way of Imperial Rome's chariot ban, Rapper’s Remorse, and the dance steps of Homo Ergaster.Thursday 20 February - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
CONNOR BURNS
1994
From one of the most exciting emerging new stars in the UK’s live stand-up scene,1994 is Edinburgh native’s Connor Burns third solo hour. A prolific joke writer, his Scottish-level cynicism and self-deprecation punctuates a disarmingly relaxed persona and an intelligent, razor-sharp wit.Wednesday 26 February - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
MELANIE BRACEWELL
ATTACK OF THE MELANIE BRACEWELL
Fresh off a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run, Melanie Bracewell is taking her show “Attack of The Melanie Bracewell” around the UK! This is a story of revenge. A story of justice. Mostly, it's Melanie's signature style of goofy, punchline-heavy comedy that has earned her sell-out shows all around the world. But also the revenge bit.Thursday 6 March - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
SHABAZ ALI
I'M RICH, YOU'RE POOR
Join Shabaz Ali as he takes to the stage in his debut live comedy tour. Jam packed with his roaring, on point and hugely requested observations of the mindboggling lengths that are taken to present a ‘perfect’ life online.Friday 7 March - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
JAKE LAMBERT
THE SUNSHINE KID
Jake Lambert returns to Bristol for a second date on his first national tour. Described as "A joke machine" by The Telegraph, the show will see the comedian talk about trying to navigate his way through everyday life, why he has a fear of being normal, and asking why we all feel the need to ask strangers what breed their dogs are.Sunday 23 March - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
ESHAAN AKBAR
LIVE 2025
Eshaan Akbar is back doing jokes on tour! Eshaan’s previous tour, the Pretender, was described by The Times as “pretty sick” (not an actual quote) so this one is likely to be mad good.Friday 28 March - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
SCOTT BENNETT
STUFF
Award-winning Comedian and Award-winning Product Designer, Scott Bennett is desperately trying to cleanse his life of stuff, but is this even possible anymore? As heard on BBC Radio 4!Thursday 10 April - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
MRS SMITH
SEE ME!
Ever wondered what your teacher was thinking? Let Facebook's Mrs Smith enlighten you! Following her sellout debut at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023 she is stepping out from behind her mask of anonymity on tour, and is ready to tell all....Friday 11 April - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
RACHEL FAIRBURN
SIDE EYE
Rachel Fairburn, star of Live at the Apollo and co-host of All Killa No Filla, is a renowned stand up and “rock’n’roll star of British Comedy” Rolling Stone, is bringing not only her (“Bright, brave and bitterly enjoyable” The Skinny) stand-up comedy out on the road but also some brand-new characters along for the ride.Sunday 13 April - Hen & Chicken Studio
7.30pm (doors 6.45pm)
NABIL ABDULRASHID
URBAN BATTUTA
Award-winning, international touring comedian Nabil Abdulrashid returns with a riotous new stand-up show. As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and the Last Leg.Thursday 17 April - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
TOM LAWRINSON
BURIED ALIVE (AND LOVING IT)
Everything is awful but that’s okay, argues Tom Lawrinson in his ridiculously entertaining show about family and growing up in a Spanish subterranean cave. A show for siblings who shared a rubbish childhood and comedy fans alike.Friday 2 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
MC HAMMERSMITH
TOUR 2025
MC Hammersmith is the world's leading freestyle rapper to emerge from the ghetto of middle-class west London. He presents an evening of improvised comedy raps based on your suggestions.Thursday 22 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
NATHAN CATON
MY BIG FAT BLASIAN WEDDING
It's official. Nathan Caton's married and off the market - sorry ladies... and gentlemen! What should've been the happiest time of his life turned out to be the most stressful and expensive time ever. The end result? Well, it was either therapy or turn it into comedy. Nathan chose the latter...Thursday 29 May - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
JACK SKIPPER
SKINT
Carpet-fitter turned comedian Jack Skipper delivers his debut, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated, stand-up hour with a show about how he went from a tradesman with no qualifications to a full-time comedian (with no qualifications) – offering insights into the endeavours of a working-class father struggling to navigate his way through life.Friday 26 September - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
STEPHEN BAILEY
TART
Star of BBC’s Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie To You? and Channel 5’s The Madame Blanc Mysteries, comedian and TV’s Stephen Bailey makes a very welcome return to the stage with his brand new live show, TART, touring in 2025.Thursday 2 October - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
SAM AVERY
THUNDERSTORM!
In his trademark punchy style, Sam Avery takes you on a whirlwind journey through the chaos of the modern world - from parenting disasters to culture wars, conspiracy theories to political morons.Thursday 6 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
STEPHEN K AMOS
NOW WE'RE TALKING!
How good’s a laugh? My joke book is overflowing, so let’s get talking about what gives me the ick and what makes me tick. It’s time to get down to the nitty gritty. No filter, no limits.Thursday 13 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
NEIL DELAMERE
ACHILLES NEIL
Join Neil Delamere as he takes on life's absurdities in his own inimitable way. A celebration of the altogether too frequent weaknesses that make us human. Don't miss the hilarious Achilles Neil.Thursday 20 November - Hen & Chicken Studio
8pm (doors 7.15pm)
TOM HOUGHTON
DEEP
After a phenomenal, sold-out, international tour. Plus, a second round of supporting Milton Jones. The man who asked us, “Do you ski?” is turning everything upside down and asking, “Do you scuba?”REFUND POLICY
Due to contractual arrangements with agents and our commitment to artists, as a business we are unable to refund, part-refund or transfer tickets if a customer is unable to attend a show. Nor can we issue credit notes. We can put your whole ticket order on resale* (we cannot split a ticket order into individual parts - see terms below in item 2) or you are welcome to pass your tickets onto someone else - they will need to use your name and reference number to gain entry. Although if a show is cancelled then all ticket holders will be refunded automatically.
1. The Comedy Box does not issue refunds unless a show is cancelled. If an advertised headliner on a multiple act show is unable to appear then we will replace them with an act of equal quality or status - we will notify customers via email of the change of headliner. If you had booked your tickets specifically to see the advertised headliner and you don't wish to see the replacement act then you will be entitled to a refund - your request for a refund must be registered prior to the show taking place. PLEASE NOTE: we will not be able to issue a refund if the compere, support or guest act have been replaced.
2. If you are unable to attend a show for what ever reason we can put your tickets on resale* - request must be put in writing to admin@thecomedybox.co.uk quoting your CBOX or COMX reference number. However, it is always our priority to sell our remaining tickets first before we sell returns. There is a small admin charge of £1 or £1.50 (depending on ticket value) per head for this service. If we think it is unlikely that we will sell out then we will say so. You will be notified by email if we have successfully resold your ticket. (Alternatively, you always have the option to give your ticket to someone else but please remember that a web ticket contains a unique reference number and can only be presented once at the box office and it is your name they will need to use. If they show up without a ticket they will be refused entry - PLEASE NOTE: Once your tickets are on resale you cannot also pass your tickets to someone else).
3. If you wish to switch dates for the same show containing the same artists at the same venue we'll ask you to re-purchase your tickets for the alternative show then we'll process your refund for the original show. (Switching shows is at our discretion and is dependent on availability). There is a small admin charge of £1 or £1.50 (depending on ticket value) per ticket for this service.
*TICKETS ON RESALE
It is important to stress that while we can put tickets on resale for customers who are unable to attend an event, our own remaining unsold tickets will take priority. These unsold tickets include those allocated to an external agency and unused guest tickets by the artist. We are unable to properly assess what tickets have been sold until after the event. If customers choose not to put their tickets on resale they are welcome to pass their ticket order** onto someone else, but tickets cannot be passed on to another person once they are on resale.
** A ticket order refers to the total quantity of tickets made in one order. A ticket order cannot be split into individual tickets.