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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!
DELIGHTFULLY DARK
11 & 12 April
Journey into the great unknown where laughter meets the afterlife in a cabaret that celebrates the absurdity of death!
Prepare for a hilarious and heart-warming journey into the great unknown with Delightfully Dark, where laughter meets the afterlife in a cabaret that celebrates the absurdity of death!
Whether you’re a fan of the macabre or just looking for a good chuckle, Delightfully Dark reminds us all to live life to the fullest – after all, we are just passing through! This one-of-a-kind show embraces the quirks of mortality, blending humour with poignant reflections that will leave you both amused and introspective.
25 - 27 April
A themed scratch night- resurrecting creativity.
After two sold out debut shows at the Canal Café Theatre, Itchy Feet is back with another themed scratch night. This time the theme is Resurrection.
Putting 5 new writers to the test to create ground-breaking new theatre inspired by this theme. Jake Mckenna, Isla Rodriguez Mulrooney, CJ Jones, Tom Rowntree and Bertie Pearson have written 5 new amazing pieces of theatre, creating new writing that speaks to the audiences of today.
Pitching their ideas back in February, going on to workshop their ideas in multiple writers groups, challenging and changing their ideas to create bold, brilliant and occasionally blasphemous work.
Not only are we creating theatre, but a new scratch night means a new zine, with poetry, illustrations, writing, art work and much more all inspired by resurrection. The endless ideas stimulated by one word is something you don’t want to miss.
We can’t wait for our second Itchy Feet night and look forward to seeing you all there to resurrect your love of theatre.
How to Steal a Billion Greenbacks: The Wall Street Frauds that Made America
22 April
Having enjoyed success in Edinburgh with his look at the City Frauds and Scandals that changed British history, Matthew Partridge, Shares Editor of MoneyWeek and author of two books on investing, moves Stateside in his latest show about the Wall Street shenanigans that changed American history.
From the man who “bought” Manhattan to the “Wolf” that broke the internet, How to Steal a Billion is a tongue-in-cheek look at four centuries of financial chicanery.
CLOSE ENOUGH
23 April & 7 May
An award-winning quartet perform a sparkling cocktail of tunes.
Close Enough Barbershop Quartet is ‘a class act’. The dapper gents won Best Small Vocal Ensemble (’22, ’23 & ‘24) in Buxton for their ‘witty repartee’ and ‘vocal acrobatics’. The four gents now head to the Big Smoke to perform their sparkling cocktail of tunes, with everything from Dvořák to Jerry Herman, Louis Prima, and the Sherman Brothers.
Woody Allen (tenor), Thomas Eyre (lead), Tom Rogers (baritone) and Johnny Shipley (bass) have spent the past decade singing their brand of light-hearted and lyrical songs across the green and pleasant parts of the UK, with performances at Alex James’ Big Feastival, and the Burford, Bath, Brighton and Buxton Festivals. They also toured the distilleries of the Hebridean island of Islay, but they’re a bit hazy about that.
Now they return to the Big Smoke to seek their fortune, with a special residency at the Canal Café Theatre. It’s a fun show for all!
RESURRECTION
25 - 27 April
A themed scratch night- resurrecting creativity.
After two sold out debut shows at the Canal Café Theatre, Itchy Feet is back with another themed scratch night. This time the theme is Resurrection.
Putting 5 new writers to the test to create ground-breaking new theatre inspired by this theme. Jake Mckenna, Isla Rodriguez Mulrooney, CJ Jones, Tom Rowntree and Bertie Pearson have written 5 new amazing pieces of theatre, creating new writing that speaks to the audiences of today.
Pitching their ideas back in February, going on to workshop their ideas in multiple writers groups, challenging and changing their ideas to create bold, brilliant and occasionally blasphemous work.
Not only are we creating theatre, but a new scratch night means a new zine, with poetry, illustrations, writing, art work and much more all inspired by resurrection. The endless ideas stimulated by one word is something you don’t want to miss.
We can’t wait for our second Itchy Feet night and look forward to seeing you all there to resurrect your love of theatre.
PAVEMENT SHARK
12 - 17 May
‘Jaws’ meets ‘The Mighty Boosh’ meets ‘The Cornetto Trilogy’ in this absurd new comedy from Hannah Henderson and Katie Lynch.
Two best friends’ lives are changed forever when they discover that sharks have evolved legs and are stalking our very pavements, feasting on innocent pedestrians. After a night at the pub our protagonists are integrated into the world of the ‘Pavement Preppers’, two eccentric conspirators who have dedicated their lives to stopping the Pavement Sharks. Chaos, PowerPoint presentations, a training montage, and dance numbers ensue as they fight together to save the world from these apex predators.
A dramatic face to face encounter with a Pavement Shark leads our characters on a valiant journey across London from an underground lair on The Thames all the way to 10 Downing St. Plot twists cause some casualties and make heroines out of best friends as they find themselves trying to stop Pavement Sharks dominating the world as we know it.
Will they save the world? Will they ever make it back to the pub?
Camp, outrageous, fun but F’in dangerous. A shark tail that will leave the audience chomping at the bait.
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.
We are very proud to announce that LONDON PUB THEATRES MAGAZINE is now an OFFIE AWARD WINNING publication
A ONEOFF Special Award (February 2024) has been awarded to London Pub Theatres Magazine and Editor Heather Jeffery for providing a vital forum for highlighting the excellent work that happens in rooms in pubs, with sensitive editing, and an acute sense of the importance of tiny fringe venues to the health and development of British Theatre
London pub theatres magazine is published in Rickmansworth by London Pub Theatres Magazine Ltd ISSN 2977-6724