The Be-Bop Club presents the Aidan Pope Quartet Aidan is a guitarist, composer and educator based in the midlands. During his time studying at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Aidan was awarded the Phil Miller solo guitar prize and was noted as having a strong improvisation aesthetic by British guitar legend John Etheridge. He has recorded...
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. Winner: Best Scripted Comedy – BBC Audio Drama Awards 2019 Winner: Best Comedy with a live audience – BBC Audio Drama Awards 2019
Stand Up For The Weekend with Steve Bugeja featuring Abigoliah Schamaun & Adam Beardsmore Stand Up For The Weekend is The Comedy Box's weekly flagship comedy show live at the Hen & Chicken. It features top circuit headliners and guest acts, as well as incredibly funny and engaging comperes who host the show. Online booking...
Richard Blackwood brings his jam packed hour of pure heavyweight punchlines and anecdotes. Get set for a night that's not just comedy – it's a rollercoaster of laughter, stories, and a sneak peek into Richard's incredible 30-year journey. Celebrating three phenomenal decades in the game, Richard Blackwood got us laughing on the Real McCoy, has conquered...
The Be-Bop Club presents the Dave Jones Quintet Spring 2024 saw the Dave Jones Quintet touring to mark the occasion of Dave's 60th birthday, performing a mixed programme of Dave's original compositions alongside those of Kenny Garrett. The tour included a return visit to London's Pizza Express Soho, where the band had recorded their live...
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. Connor’s burgeoning reputation as “one to watch” was cemented at the 2023 Fringe when he...
Tickets available from 2nd September Based in Portland, Oregon in the US Northwest, Jenny Don’t and the Spurs have spent over a decade building a reputation as hardworking and musically-driven stalwarts of the Country Western scene. Despite facing challenges - singer Jenny had vocal surgery in 2019 and drummer Sam Henry was lost to cancer in 2022...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Lindsey Santoro featuring Erich McElroy & compere Jack Campbell Stand Up For The Weekend is The Comedy Box's weekly flagship comedy show live at the Hen & Chicken. It features top circuit headliners and guest acts, as well as incredibly funny and engaging comperes who host the show. Online...
Adam, from Seville in Spain, comes to the UK for the first time to promote his third CD of self-composed songs and tunes. Expect an evening mix of blues, ragtime and folk mixed in with Spanish and spaghetti western influences and a hint of pink Floyd …. With superb musicianship ….Intrigued? Tickets are priced so...
Eric Berne, the founder of Transactional Analysis in the 1960s, was fascinated by the repetitive behavioural patterns we often fall into in our relationships. He called these patterns “psychological games”—cycles of interaction that leave us feeling frustrated, misunderstood, or hurt. Despite being coined decades ago, these concepts are still powerful tools today for understanding our...
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. You may have seen...
The Be-Bop Club presents The Alex Clarke & Eddie Gripper Quartet After a short stint of gigs in 2023, the quartet reunites for a swift, heavy hitting UK tour of hard-bop and feel good swing. As a finalist in the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2020, winner of the Rising Star category in...
