Pinocchio: Adult Panto
2026-12-05 20:15 (Europe/Paris)
Age 18+

After Dark Entertainments presents: Pinocchio (Adult Panto)

Did you wish upon a star for another year of Adult Panto pandemonium? Lucky you – it came true!

The team has pulled all the strings (and who nose what else) to bring you their seasonal spin on the tale of Pinocchio! Come and join the gang for a night of song, laughter and festive frivolity, all wrapped up in a Christmas cracker of a show!

Just make sure you carve out some time to book your Jiminy ticket. You woodn’t want to miss this one… and that’s no lie!

For those who received a promo code via email on Monday 8th December 2025. Please note this expires on 31st December 2025.

Ahir Shah: Golden
2027-02-03 20:00
HBO and Netflix star Ahir Shah (Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You,
QI) is back with his new stand-up show Golden. His last show, Ends, won the prestigious
Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show, sold out shows across the world and was recorded as
a comedy special for Netflix.

Ahir has also been seen and heard on shows including Ahir Shah: Dots (HBO), Jurassic World 3,
Foundation (Apple TV), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC2), The Last Leg (C4), The Mash
Report (BBC2), Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC2) and The Now Show (BBCR4).

“The most important stand-up of the year, if not decade.”
Stephen Armstrong
“this is truly outstanding stand up” ★★★★★
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard
“A show so magnificent on every level…Absolutely my show of the Fringe”
Dominic Maxwell, The Times
“intricately crafted, profoundly moving, howlingly funny… he’s a blazing talent firing on all cylinders”
★★★★★
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Daily Telegraph
“an astonishing comedy hour… takes audiences to the highest of highs of human emotion” ★★★★★
Isobel Lewis, The Independent
★★★★★
Brian Logan, The GuardianAge 14+

Henry Paker: Pencil Case
2027-03-04 19:30
Little Wander presents…
Henry Paker: Pencil Case

New comedy show from Henry Paker, featuring live illustration.

You’ve looked behind a Wizard’s Curtain. You’ve visited a sausage factory. Do you dare to gaze inside a cartoonist’s pencil case?
Leave your preconceptions about comedy/illustration at the door and expect to find them in an absolute state on the way out.

As heard on Three Bean Salad podcast. As seen on The Last Leg and Russell Howard’s Good News. Cartoons as seen in Joe Wilkinson: My Autobiography and Kay’s Anatomy.

Reviews of Henry’s work:
“He pulls laughs out of the air like a magician pulls rabbits out of a hat” Evening Standard
“wonderfully ingenious” The Times
“combines Daniel Kitson’s romanticised notion of introversion with Gary Larson’s comic-strip absurdity” Chortle

★★★★ Chortle

★★★★ The Guardian

★★★★The Times

Ages 14+

Count Arthur Strong: And It’s Goodnight From Me!
2027-04-22 20:00
Live Nation & Komedia Entertainment Presents
Count Arthur Strong
And It’s Goodnight From Me!

The second part of Count Arthur Strongs’ Farewell Tour of the World (Including the north east).
Count Arthur Strong continues on for one last time, as he says what just might be his final goodbye, to whoever’s listening.

Don’t miss this potentially wonderful event. Because if you do miss it, you can’t say you were there, like some people do. NB. Bring a hankie because you might get emotional.

Here’s what some people said about the last farewell tour:
‘…two hours of constant delight!’
The Mail on Sunday
‘…a masterclass in character comedy!’
The Recs
‘Al Pacino was mesmerising!’
Norman Barry, off Film Night

Mike Wozniak: The Bench
2027-04-23 19:30
New stand-up tour show from Mike Wozniak in which a story about a bench will be prominent.

Previous experience of or strong opinions about benches not required. Let Mike worry about that.
As seen on Taskmaster, Man Down and Junior Taskmaster.

As heard on Three Bean Salad podcast.

“deliciously distinctive fun… The story of Wozniak might be the shaggiest of shaggy dog stories you will ever hear” The Evening Standard

“a comic of adorably skewwhiff charm” The Times

“Wozniak has a talent for [the] slightly absurd… a charming storyteller with a splash of the surreal” The I Paper

“Wozniak is a great crafter of a story… A great performer with an interesting style

” The Skinny
“Wozniak is extremely funny” Beyond The Joke

Age 14+

Ed Byrne: No Dramas
2027-04-30 20:00
Ed Byrne – No Dramas

Ed just wants to live a life free of hassles or drama. He feels he’s earned it, but the world has other plans for him. Come, hear the conquistador of petty gripes air his grievances with a world hell bent on irritating the bejeezus out of us all and, who knows, perhaps it will make you feel better about your own bouts of impotent rage.

✭✭✭✭✭ “Hilarious… verging on greatness ” ROLLING STONE UK
✭✭✭✭✭ “Fantastically funny ” EVENING STANDARD
✭✭✭✭✭ “Funny above all else ” CHORTLE
✭✭✭✭✭”Masterful… a must-see performance” ENTERTAINMENT NOW
✭✭✭✭✭ “Ed Byrne breaks the five-star rating system to the point where multiples of stars could be added ” BROADWAYBABY
✭✭✭✭ “Dead funny… the Irish comic is in great form ” DAILY MAIL
✭✭✭✭1/2 “Byrne is disarmingly hilarious”METRO
✭✭✭✭ “Just glorious” THE TIMES

“Byrnes skill is to make you think you know where he’s going, only for him to spin you round in another direction leaving you breathless with his skill and audacity and laughing with him at his world view.” EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

Rhys James: Chop Logic
2027-05-15 20:00
Rhys has made a discovery that could fix everything. It’s been staring him in the face the whole time, in a mirror held behind his head. If he can ignore his own problems for long enough, he might just be able to solve yours.

A fast, forensic show of big ideas and gag-dense overthinking from one of the nation’s sharpest stand-ups.

Star of TLC’s Mock The Week and BBC Radio 4’s Rhysearch, also seen furrowing his brow on QI, Live At The Apollo and his viral U&Dave lecture, ‘I Stalk Strangers Online’.

‘Scintillating stand-up’ ★★★★ The Times
‘Flip your head back, laugh out loud, clap spontaneously, snort uncontrollably and pee your pants funny’ ★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
‘One of the funniest men in the world’ Richard Osman

Age 14 plus
