February 2022
Welcome to our monthly Open Mic Night (2nd Monday of every month) in our custom-built music room 'The Chicken Shed' Hosted by James Slater, Elliot Hall and Sarah Larkham, we welcome musicians and music lovers alike. We can get very busy, so if you wish to play, you can book your slot in advance. Simply message us on our dedicated Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/henandchickenopenmic Entrance is free so please come down and enjoy an evening with wonderful, local musicians sharing their talent.
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Does emotion help us make moral judgments? In this brand new show, Alfie Brown will address this question. It will address this question using jokes. There is a joke about Formula1 that isn’t actually about Formula1. There is a joke about shopping in a supermarket that is not really about shopping in a supermarket. There is a joke about parking tickets, and so on. These jokes will weave together to create something greater than the sum of their parts, answering…
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Saxophonist Alex Merritt has circulated in the upper echelons of London jazz society for a number of years, appearing at Ronnie Scott's, Pizza Express and so on, but fairly recently moved to Bristol, from which base he travels to teach at the Royal Welsh College. He's already had quite an impact on the Bristol scene, popping up at various venues and notably collaborating with trumpeter Nick Malcolm. For tonight however he reunites with his London colleagues as part of a national tour…
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Stand Up For The Weekend with Scott Bennett Featuring Catherine Bohart & Sally-Anne Hayward After starting comedy in late 2009, Scott Bennett is a stand-up comedian and writer who’s star is most definitely on the rise, very recently culminating in a triumphant appearance on BBC's prestigious Live At The Apollo in 2021 and impressing with a phenomenal punchline hit rate, largely with gags about his long-suffering wife and mischievous children. His last two shows solo Leap Year and Relax were nominated for ‘Best…
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The multi-award winning comedian Paul Foot presents his brand new show. Tired of the goose? Swan Power is here. Paul opens his beak and explores topics including Nanna on the rack, murdering Santas and interfering ambulance drivers (self-appointed busybodies!). Plus Billy Zane’s Valuable Diamond (c/o RMS Titanic). Live by the swan, fly by the swan. "Like a rare exotic bird, he's special" The Daily Express Paul Foot has made numerous television and radio appearances, the most recent of which include 8 Out…
Read MoreOur special guest soloist tonight is Simon Spillett, who over the past twenty years or so has established himself as one of the UK's pre-eminent saxophonists. Simon is a firm advocate of straight-ahead hard-swinging modern jazz, and his lack of pretention has made him a huge hit with the UK jazz audience, although he sometimes jokes online about his lack of eligibility for Arts Council grants. Alongside his playing career Simon is also a jazz author and reviewer, perhaps best…
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One of the UK’s most charismatic comedians, Aurie Styla, is touring nationwide to 13 cities with his fourth solo show, GREEN. March 2022 see’s Aurie kick off the tour in Birmingham, all the way April 2022 to Leeds. This comes off the back of his previous sold-out tour ‘Just Like That’, starring in two movies (The Living Dead & On The Other Foot), an array of TV appearances, and presenting his Monday night BBC Radio show ‘The Scene’. The global pandemic…
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Featuring his signature blend of philosophical inquiry, personal examination, and sweet gags, Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ahir Shah returns to stand up with a new show about significance, insignificance, and scurvy. Ahir’s last show, Dots, was recorded as a special for HBO Max (albeit after a 14-month delay brought about by events you may recall). That show was about uncertainty. Ideally, this tour will end in a way that is less on the nose. As seen on Mock The Week,…
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Sam Outlaw is a singer-songwriter living in Nashville, TN. Born Samuel Morgan in South Dakota, his stage name comes from his late mother’s maiden name. On November 12, 2021 Sam will release a new full length album, titled “Popular Mechanics”. Working as an advertising executive in his twenties, he performed small bar gigs near his home in Los Angeles starting in 2009 but kept his advertising career until 2015, when he left his corporate job to become a full-time touring…
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A lot has happened since Nathan Caton last hit the road with his sensational The Pursuit Of Happiness tour. As ever, he's got it all tackled in this hilarious show, covering topics such as race, politics, his passion for scented candles and being in lockdown with his girlfriend. Plus support! "Laidback, on-the-nose material, chopping down fools of all colours, both in day-to-day life and in the media" - The Guardian "Caton is probably the most exciting young black comic on the scene"…
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