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NEWSREVUE
Four nights a week
Thursday – 7.30pm
Friday – 9.30pm
Saturday – 9.30pm
Sunday – 7.00pm
The world’s longest running live comedy show. A fast-moving mix of sketches and songs, NewsRevue propels you through the world’s news and current events at breakneck pace — all-kicking, idol-burning comedy, with brand new content injected into the show weekly by a crack team of writers and cast alike.
This current affairs parody song and sketch show is acknowledged as a “rite of passage for all comedy newcomers” (Chortle). Alumni include The League of Gentlemen, Sarah Pascoe, Bill Bailey, Saskia Reeves and Michelle Collins. The cast members, described as having “Herculean levels of talent” (WhatsOnStage.com), together with an on-stage musical director receive 5-star reviews at Edinburgh Fringe Festival every year. Masochistically popular amongst politicians, you may see an MP in the audience!
FRENZY
27 & 28 May
A gloriously frenetic hour of physical comedy.
Bursting with all the whacky dynamism and giddy joy of a Roadrunner cartoon, like witnessing Mr Bean on Acid.
Kit Loyd is an award-winning writer and performer. Using audio-visuals and mime he performs one-person physical comedy sketch with a narrative. Loyd was the winner of the British Comedy Guide Talent Award 2023. He was shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award 2024. His 2023 split bill show, Nightwatchman, received a 4 star review in The Scotsman and was included on their ‘Best Fringe Comedy’ list.
SITCOM MISSION
4 June
Sitcom Mission Showcase 2025. Showcasing 15 minute sitcom scripts, written by the long list of our competition finalists.
After our visit to Canal Café last year, Sitcom Mission is back! With an emphasis firmly on script development, Sitcom Mission is an international sitcom writing competition. We showcase 15-minute sitcom scripts in front of the British TV and radio comedy industry.
Over the last 12 years, several of our winners have had their work optioned and are now working as full- time comedy writers. They’ve also had their scripts seen by a who’s who of British comedy commissioning, including Shane Allen, Lucy Lumsden, Ben Boyer, Saskia Schuster, Myfanwy Moore, Gregor Sharp, Tilusha Ghelani, Chris Sussman, Paul Schlesinger, Iain Coyle and Tanya Qureshi.
For our 2025 competition, we’ve selected 6 scripts and worked with the writers to develop them for tonight’s showcase. These 6 will be whittled down to 4 and developed further, ready for the industry showcase at the end of June.
WUMMY
6 June
A whirlwind one-woman comedy play about a wannabe yummy mummy on her mission to have it all.
Wummy is broke, flat-sharing and craving luxury. Her dream? “A Chelsea townhouse, husband, baby, nanny, and – most importantly – a bin hidden within a kitchen island!” Wummy attempts to manifest her dream life, but the universe answers her call with an unexpected bump in the road.
“I would pay to watch Charis drink a cup of tea – let alone perform a show.” Sophie Winkleman – (Peep Show)
FLIPPERS
20 June 7.30pm
Two mismatched lodgers attempt to renovate a crumbling house while quietly trying to fix their own lives in the process.
A fast-paced, character-driven comedy play about big dreams, bad decisions and unexpected friendship.
Lodgers Karl and Gary have been handed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity by their elderly landlady: renovate her crumbling London home, sell it on and split the profits. Sounds simple enough – but they’re not exactly the dream team.
Gary’s a micro-managing control freak. Karl’s already spent their non-existent budget on scatter cushions and exotic pets. As the walls (literally) start to crumble around them, it’s clear that flipping a house – and staying friends – might be more than they bargained for.
Flippers is a high-energy, odd-couple comedy packed with fast dialogue, physical gags and heart. Underneath the chaos, it explores themes of loneliness, chosen family and the unlikely bonds that form when life hasn’t quite gone to plan.
This brand-new play is the first live show in over a decade from long-time comedy duo Kyle Eaton & Daryll Sidney, and is directed by Adam Colborne (Ted Lasso). Perfect for fans of Bottom, Peep Show, or anyone who likes their comedy with heart, chaos and a decent amount of DIY disasters.
BEXUAL HEALING
21 June
You’ve had your main course, now it’s time for an After 8 Bint, a hot hand towel and an alternative character comedy show.
Bexual Healing is a character comedy show in which the audience come across four awkward females from the 1920s-1990s. Each struggling to find love through the barriers that being neurodiverse brings.
Bex is a high energy, eccentric, surreal, stand up/character comic. Her likeability combined with her comedic sense of adventure makes audiences love her.
Leicester Square New Act of the Year Quarter Finalist 2018
Laughing Horse New Act of the Year Semi Finalist 2015
La Petite Valise au bord du canal
25 June
Vintage jazz and cabaret as they are meant to be.
Allow us to introduce on vocals the ever vivacious and effervescent Ms Janey Gardiner and tickling the ivories musical maestro Mr Will Hall, a veritable impresario of unique and original arrangements à la cabaret, La Petite Valise, (from Et Sa Valise-Vintage Cabaret).
Vintage jazz and cabaret as they are meant to be- from the grimy underground sounds of 1920s Berlin and songs of gay Paris to the fun, frivolous, and frankly fabulous, grab your feather boa and do not miss this unique night out. The intimate cabaret space of Canal Café Theatre provides the perfect setting to immerse yourself in a world of torch songs, show songs and vintage jazz loveliness, expect the unexpected, old-school escapism at its best…
All that remains is for you to relax and enjoy a wonderful Wednesday with us. Life is a cabaret old chum, so come to the cabaret.
LOSE YOUR MARBLES
30 June
An evening of pure absurdist comedy with extreme ASMR practitioner Yogie Belle and friends.
Get ready to Lose Your Marbles at the Canal Café Theatre in Little Venice, Maida Vale!
Curated by the worlds #1 extreme ASMR practitioner and sound beautician, Yogie Belle, this vaudevillian extravaganza delivers a hand-picked line-up of alternative acts who’ll leave you wailing with joy like a dolphin that’s escaped from Leningrad zoo.
Unapologetically original absurd alternative comedy— from the front trenches of the fringe.
Lose Your Marbles celebrates the theatre of the weird, the wild, and the wonderfully bizarre in a collision of storytelling, performance, music and clowning in a kaleidoscope of unlimited limitless silliness.
What to Expect:
· Fringe artists who dare to be different.
· A chaotic night of pure comedic anarchy.
· The perfect evening for fans of boundary-pushing brilliance.
Grab your tickets before they’re gone—this show sells out fast! Book now—and get your *FREE sound shower on the house!
*Disclaimer: Sound Shower is only available on a first come basis
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