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Comedy: Stand Up For The Weekend with Jacob Hawley & Guests
2026-04-11 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Hen & Chicken Studio
Stand Up For The Weekend with Jacob Hawley featuring Eleanor Tiernan & Ross Smith

Headliner: JACOB HAWLEY
The versatile Jacob Hawley is an actor, writer and a comedian who has appeared in numerous TV shows including BBC sitcom Ladhood, ITV’s The Stand Up Sketch Show and Sky’s The Russell Howard Hour. He is intelligent, self-aware and explores themes of class and identity in the modern world expertly.
He has also written for The Sunday Times, The BBC, and is a regular columnist for The Metro.
​Plus, if that wasn’t enough, Jacob has two hit podcasts, Jacob Hawley: On Drugs, and Jacob Hawley: On Love, both on BBC Sounds. The series have had over half a million downloads and earned Jacob a SILVER ARIA AWARD FOR BEST NEW PRESENTER. Jacob also co-hosts the hugely popular Screen Rot Podcast with Jake Farrell.
​He has also created two Radio Four stand-up specials, Welcome To Britain, and Class Act, which broadcast to rave reviews.​
“Intelligent and important, his self-aware set sees him explore themes of class and identity in the modern world expertly.” The Sunday Post

Comedy: Stand Up For The Weekend with Ignacio Lopez & Guests
2026-04-18 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
Stand Up For The Weekend with Ignacio Lopez featuring Jamie D’Souza & compere Jeremy Flynn
Headliner:
Ignacio Lopez has been wowing audiences internationally with his individual style and high gag-rate since 2010. A crazy mixture of Welsh & Spanish Ignacio has become one of the most unique voices on the UK circuit. A frequent headliner and MC in top comedy clubs all over the UK, Ignacio also performs regularly at corporate functions, private shows, military gigs, sports dinners, art centres and festivals. Ignacio soon gained TV recognition in 2011 when he appeared on ITV’s ‘Show Me The Funny‘, and since then he has gone on to become a regular face on BBC Wales Sesh, appear on Live At The Apollo, QI, Have I Got News For You, his online content has racked up nearly 40 million views across all social media channels.
“Charismatic and waspish charm” – Chortle
“Playful, brutal and bloody funny” – Moody Comedy

Comedy: Stand Up For The Weekend with Stuart Goldsmith
2026-04-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
Stand Up For The Weekend with Stuart Goldsmith featuring Micky Overman & compere Jack Campbell

Stuart Goldsmith is an internationally award-winning comedian, writer, podcaster and host. With a reputation for smart, accessible stand-up, Stuart’s enthusiasm and natural charm conceal a quick wit and fearlessness honed by his early career as a street performer. Surprisingly candid about his exploits, sexploits and textploits, Stuart likes to get his teeth into love, romance and the downside of getting what you want.

“A charming, expert stand-up” Sunday Times
In recent years, Stuart is probably better known as the “climate comedian” where he exposes the inevitable hyprocrisies in confronting the challenges facing all humans living in a more sustainable society. Recycling stories have never been funnier – that’s stories about recycling not Stuart digging out the old routines, by the way! So whether you’re frozen in fear or glued to the road, come and get unstuck as Stuart explores how to hold hope in your heart despite absolutely everything.
“He infuses the material with a sly wit and underplayed sharpness, not to mention eloquent writing. This is smooth, smart and absorbing stand-up.” Chortle
“It carries the slick professionalism of someone whose been master of their comedy voice for years.” Edinburgh Festival Magazine

Talk: The History of Punk, Goth & Alternative Fashion
2026-05-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Hen & Chicken Studio
Explore how punk, goth and alternative fashion turned clothing into protest and whether style still has the power to rebel today. With Q&A.

Have you ever been judged for what you’re wearing? Ever dressed a certain way to belong, to provoke, or to push back? Can an outfit really be an act of rebellion?
From the 1950s onwards, British youth culture turned clothing into protest. Teddy Boys shocked post-war Britain with Edwardian revival suits and rock ‘n’ roll attitude. Mods and Rockers clashed on seaside promenades. Then punk exploded out of economic crisis and political disillusionment – ripped fabrics, safety pins and DIY slogans all exuded anti-establishment energy. By the 80s, goth and alternative subcultures emerged and continued to captivate young and old alike.
In this talk, we’ll explore the history and politics of fashion through punk, goth and alternative style: how subcultures form and why they’re labelled rebellious. Together, we’ll trace how clothing became the language of resistance and ask whether dressing differently still has the power to disrupt.
Doors open at 7pm, talk starts at 7:30pm – come down early to grab a good seat!
Dr Nathaniel Weiner is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London). He holds a PhD in Communication & Culture from York University and Ryerson University’s joint program. His research interests include consumption, digital cultures, masculinity, menswear and style subcultures. He is currently researching subcultural style in heritage menswear branded content, Japanese vintage reproduction subcultures, and the Blitz Club. Nathaniel has published in The European Journal of Cultural Studies, The International Journal of Fashion Studies, Men and Masculinities and Punk and Post-Punk. His monograph Sharp Dressed Men: Menswear, Masculinity and Consumption Online is forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan.

Comedy: Stand Up For The Weekend with Jeremy Flynn
2026-05-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
Stand Up For The Weekend with Jeremy Flynn featuring Andrew White & Tom Toal

Headliner: JEREMY FLYNN
Jeremy Flynn is a naturally funny comedian who after starting comedy in 2015 quickly made a name for himself as one of the best acts on the lively Bristol comedy scene. Since then he has gone on to delight audiences around the country with his unique mix of idiosyncratic observations and hilarious anecdotes leaving audiences in metaphorical stitches. He is now in high demand at some of the best and most prestigious comedy clubs in the UK.

“Routines written with ruthless efficiency, delivered in a punchy relaxed style with sparkling payoffs” Farcical Comedy

“Detailed, illustrated, and very funny indeed” From the Margins

Featuring ANDREW WHITE

With “charisma to burn and an eye for sharp punchlines” (British Comedy Guide), Andrew White is an in-demand comedian, writer and radio host who has built a strong reputation as a name to look out for.

Andrew performs year-round on all of the country’s top comedy stages, from famous clubs to packed out festival tents, and even picked up a 2025 Best Show Nomination for his last Fringe show at the Leicester Comedy Festival! Away from live work, he has written for projects like Mock the Week (BBC2) & Julian Clary’s new radio show (BBC R4); and has amassed an online following with over 2m likes and 12m views on platforms like TikTok.
​​”A plethora of memorable gags” Chortle
“Rampantly engaging” The List

Comedy: Ed Byrne & Friends
2026-05-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
This very special night of stand up is headlined by a certified comedy superstar!

With a TV career now in its third decade, ED BYRNE – seen on the likes of QI, Mock The Week, The Pilgrimage, Dara and Ed’s Road to Mandalay, The Graham Norton Show and Have I Got News For You, as well as hosting Live At The Apollo and Comic Relief Bake Off – brings an extended headline set to Bristol’s Hen & Chicken. Ed’s latest tour, Tragedy Plus Time, won British Comedy Guide’s Best Comedy Show Of The Year and sold out venues nationwide, becoming his most critically and commercially successful yet. With legions of fans both in the UK and abroad, Ed remains the observational stand-up to see. Ed will have two brilliant guest comedians with him on the night – names to be announced soon!

Comedy: Stand Up For The Weekend with Michael Shafar
2026-05-30 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
Stand Up For The Weekend with Michael Shafar featuring Milo Edwards & Tom Toal

Headliner: MICHAEL SHAFAR
Originally from Melbourne, Michael Schafar is now based in London where he has quickly become one of the most exciting new acts on the UK comedy circuit. He regularly performs at the country’s biggest clubs where he gets to mock British people for their awful history and terrible food to their faces.​​

If you have lived in Australia, or even just visited there, you might already know Michael from his appearances on Network 10’s The Project and Studio 10, ABC’s Comedy Bites and triple j’s Good Az Friday. Of course, traditional media is dead, so it’s more likely that you might be one of his 100,000+ followers on social media or the 100+ million people who have seen his videos online. You may have also watched his debut special A(LIVE) on Amazon Prime or his most recent special Alright, Next Joke on YouTube.​
“Shafar circumnavigates the line between edgy and offensive with beautiful finesse” The Age (Melbourne)

CON ACENTO - OPEN MIC GRATIS EN ESPAÑOL
2026-07-21 08:30 - 22:00 | Chicken Shed
OPEN MIC DE STAND UP COMEDY EN ESPAÑOL
Elio De Blah y Alex Ayres presentan una sola noche de una espacio hispanohablante bla bla donde gente divertido (6/7 comicos y comicas) PRUEBAN su material.
20:00 PUERTAS
20:30-22:00 SHOW

Open Mic Comedy – in Spanish

OPEN MIC OF STAND UP COMEDY IN SPANISH
Elio De Blah and Alex Ayres present a single night of Spanish-speaking comedy where funny people (6/7 comedians) TRY their material.
20:00 DOORS
20:30-22:00 SHOW

Comedy: Mark Thomas - 40 IN STAND-UP YEARS
2026-09-30 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
What?! Mark Thomas has been ‘standing up’ for 40 years? Impossible!! But how old does that make you…? Alas it is true; one of our oldest surviving alternative comics celebrates 40 years at the mic.
So, here’s what he has done so far in numbers; performed comedy for 40 years, won 8 awards for performing, 4 for human rights work and 1 he invented for himself, made 6 series of the Mark Thomas Comedy Product (Channel 4), written 6 books and 5 play scripts, made 5 series of the Manifesto for Radio 4, made 3 Dispatches for Channel 4, sued the police (and won) 3 times, curated and authored 2 art exhibitions with artist Tracey Moberly and had 1 Guinness World Record for holding 20 protests in 24 hours.
If that’s not enough, he’s also walked 724km around the length of the Israel Wall in the West Bank, been credited with changing the law on tax avoidance, started a comedy club in Palestine with Dr Sam Beale and campaigned successfully for things like trade union recognition for cinema workers and getting multinationals to change their practices. You’re right, there’s more, but your attention is running out and we’re running out of space. So let’s just say he’s generally mucked about trying to have fun and upset the right people…which he is really, really good at.
So basically expect a taster menu of government and personal mayhem, jokes, rants and a personal state of the nation broadcast as he tries to turn ‘what the f*ck is going on’ into a cogent hour of stand-up.
★★★★★ “Once again shooting laughter-laden political bullets from the lip” THE RECS

Comedy: Jacob Hawley- FIGHTING AGE MAN
2026-10-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
The Screen Rot Podcast’s Jacob Hawley presents a bold new hour of blistering stand-up, questionable opinions, and stories that most people would need waterboarding to admit to. As seen on The Have A Word podcast, most of the other podcasts, Talksport, Sky, ITV, The BBC, and OnlyFans.

COMEDY: GREIPUR HJALTASON - THE ICEBREAKER UK TOUR
2026-10-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
Greipur Hjaltason — Iceland’s Comedian of the Year 2020 (yes, the competition wasn’t exactly fierce up north 😏) — has rapidly become one of the most recognisable voices in European stand-up comedy. Now, for the very first time, he’s taking his unique brand of humour on tour across the UK , ready to meet the people who helped propel him to international fame.

With over 2 million followers on Instagram, more than 800,000 fans on TikTok, and 1+ billion views, Greipur has taken the internet by storm. His rise began with viral videos featuring his razor-sharp wit, perfectly deadpan delivery, and brutally honest observations on parenting, relationships, and life on a tiny island full of volcanoes, glaciers, and questionable weather choices.

Online he’s known simply as @greipjokes — a comic voice that travels far beyond Iceland. His material leaps from everyday quirks to cultural weirdness, with a twist of Icelandic charm. One moment he’s lecturing about elves, the next he’s dismantling Nordic stoicism — and audiences everywhere crack.

Fresh off his digital domination and a guest spot on the award-winning Comedy Roundtable podcast, Greipur now steps off the screen and onto real stages across the UK. Expect sharp storytelling, sneaky sarcasm, and a mischievously charming presence that’s even better in person.

From volcanoes and glaciers… to audiences across the UK.

Greipur Hjaltason — live, unfiltered, and funnier than ever.

Comedy: DAN TIERNAN QUARTZ AND ALL
2026-10-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
Dan Tiernan is back at it again: and this time he’s got magic rocks in his pocket.
With a hat trick of sold-out Edinburgh Festival runs, Dan’s a two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee who has received countless five-star reviews. No wonder the Guardian has named him ‘one of comedy’s most distinctive new voices’.
“Loud, inventive, visceral… it’s a blast” **** The Times
Dan returns on tour armed with an amethyst, a bucketful of sage and a rose quartz the size of his impossibly large head.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown, The Last Leg, and QI.
NOMINEE: Best Newcomer – Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023
NOMINEE: Best Comedy Show – Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2025
NOMINEE: Most Outstanding Show – Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026
“One of the most compelling voices to emerge in stand-up in recent years” ***** Mail on Sunday

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Comedy: Fatiha El-Ghorri - COCKNEY STACKING DOLL
2026-11-18 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
BRUV. The break-out star of Taskmaster and Mr Bigstuff is only embarking on her first ever stand-up tour, isn’t she?! Fatiha El-Ghorri’s ironed her swaggest hijab and she’s ready to hit the road to serve up her one-of-a-kind and award-winning stand-up.
Expect strong language, stereotype-smashing, and to fall side-splittingly in love with this knock-out comic who is destined for stardom.
As seen on Live At The Apollo, QI, The Last Leg, The Jonathan Ross Show, Cats Does Countdown and Donkey. As heard on Off Menu, Alan Carr’s Life’s A Beach and A Match Made Inshallah for BBC Radio 4. Winner of Leicester Comedy Festival’s Best Debut Show award.
“You’re a funny c**t, you are” – Danny Dyer
“Fatiha El-Ghorri’s impeccable timings and tough-girl shtick add warmth, raunch and surprise” – New York Times

Comedy: Tez Ilyas - TEZ THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU
2026-11-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
The grumpiest uncle in showbiz is back.

Fresh from travelling the world (and smashing it as a top husband and bunny-stepdad), Tez Ilyas, the UK’s leading de-influencer returns with a brand-new stand-up show. Expect fresh jokes, furious rants, and ridiculous stories — all delivered with Tez’s trademark smart, silly, and subversive humour.

Star of: Man Like Mobeen (BBC Three), Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Fighting Talk (BBC Radio 5 Live) and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3⁄4.

Book early. You’ll hate yourself if you miss it.

Comedy: Peter Antoniou 'PSYCHIC' COMEDIAN
2026-11-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
From amazing the judges on America’s Got Talent, to headlining in Las Vegas, to selling out shows in London’s West End, Peter Antoniou’s mind reading skills have astounded audiences around the globe.
Combining razor-sharp British wit with a stunning ability to know exactly what you are thinking, Peter’s shows are interactive and unforgettable. Join him as he reads minds and tickles funny bones, telling jokes and fortunes live onstage.

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Comedy: Comedy: Peter Antoniou ‘PSYCHIC’ COMEDIAN
2026-12-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio

Comedy: Ian Stone IAN STONE IS LOOKING FOR THE WOW
2026-12-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
EXTRA SHOW DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND

“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? A forest canopy opening onto a huge vista would be enchanting for some but my ancestors wandered in the desert for forty years, I think we’ve been outdoors enough. Others get their fix from the spiritual but I’ve been harbouring a grudge against God since my mother stopped me going to Arsenal after my Barmitzvah. Forty nine years ago. ’God will be watching’ she said. Well, at least he got to see the game. The point is, life could be so much better so I’m on the lookout. Come and join me on the hunt.”

Ian Stone is a hugely experienced broadcaster, podcaster and writer and a brilliantly funny comedian. He performs at major comedy festivals and venues globally. His popular posts and reels on social media have quickly earned him a following of over 60k across BlueSky, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook, amassing millions of views.

In the last three years, Ian has performed his one-man shows at the Edinburgh Festival to packed rooms and great reviews. In 2023, he won the prestigious Spirit of the Fringe Award. He took his last show on tour across the UK, finishing with a sold-out performance at London’s Comedy Store. Ian recently returned from making his debut at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. He will be returning to Edinburgh with Looking for the Wow before kicking off his UK tour.

Aside from stand-up comedy, Ian co-hosted the award-winning Rock ‘N’ Roll Football show on Absolute Radio for five years with Ian Wright. He currently presents a very popular (50k downloads per episode), twice-weekly Arsenal podcast, Handbrake Off, for The Athletic. A live version of the podcast recently sold out Leicester Square Theatre in London. Ian is also a regular contributor on Times Radio. His book To Be Someone was published in 2020 and has received nearly 500 four- and five-star reviews on Amazon.

Comedy: Carl Hutchinson - FINE WHINE
2027-01-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
Carl Hutchinson has a unique blend of storytelling and physical comedy, with a dash of down-to-earth banter. He’s known for his sharp characterisations, impeccable timing, and energetic delivery, which has earned him a reputation as a “powerhouse comedian” on the UK circuit.

‘Fine Whine’ is a brand new show and is Hutchinson’s biggest and best tour yet! The show centres around Carl’s demands of being a modern-day dad & finding his place in society. He’s a must-see act for anyone who loves laughter and good storytelling.

As seen on Prime Video, BBC One, Comedy Central & ITV2.
“Amazing…Brilliant…An Absolute Gem…Must See!” Prime Video

Comedy: Andrew Bird - BIRD ON EDGE
2027-02-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Hen & Chicken Studio
Back with a brand-new show Andrew Bird has just supported Russell Howard on his current national tour including four straight shows at The London Palladium. He has also recently supported Rhod Gilbert and Troy Hawke and at The UK Comedy Awards 2023 was voted Comic’s Comic-Best Act.

Andrew is always worried or stressed about something. From global events to finding free parking. From a wife hitting the perimenopause combined with two teenage kids, to hanging a wine-rack. How can he not be “on edge”?

Having previously supported Russell at Bristol’s Ashton Gate Football stadium he’s also supported Rob Brydon, America’s Brian Regan and Michelle Wolfe on their only London shows and Michael McIntyre on an entire arena tour including Wembley and the O2.

He was only 1 of 7 comedians to perform in front of Banksy at Dismal Land and he’s written on the recent series of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
“A brilliantly funny comedian” Russell Howard
