<img src='' title='Event Category: Comedy' alt='' id='templ_icon_' width='' height='' /> Event Category: Comedy

Join one of the UK’s top stage hypnotists and mind readers – direct from London’s West End.

Blending truly jaw-dropping moments, comedy and music, Daniel Sinclair takes you on a rollercoaster ride of your minds – leaving you questioning your own realities while laughing out loud. Prepare for the ultimate evening of amazement.

“The next Derren Brown” (Phoenix Arts)
“Mind Blowing Entertainment” (BBC)
“Blew me away” (Jimmy Carr)

Two unmissable shows in one incredible night…

Comedy Hypnosis Show
A mesmerisingly hilarious hypnosis show where volunteers have their imaginations unlocked and realities altered, all through the power of hypnosis. Buckle up tight. Prepare to be spellbound and in fits of laughter. Choose to SEE the show or BE the show.

The Mind Reader Live
A mind reading and mentalism show that will leave you on the edge of your seats. Expect Derren Brown-style mind games, comedy and all-round psychological wonder as Daniel reads volunteers’ minds and makes astonishing predictions live on stage.

About Daniel
Daniel Sinclair is one of the UK’s leading stage hypnotists, a renowned mind reader and mentalist. He has been described as ‘the most impressive’ in his industry with performances spanning the globe from London’s West End to theatres around the world, festivals, TV, radio and viral podcasts. Daniel has a knack for leaving crowds gobsmacked wherever he goes and has in recent years read the minds and hypnotised tens of thousands of people.

Age guidance: 13+ (at parent’s/guardian’s discretion – the majority of the show is family friendly).

Please note: Volunteers who wish to be hypnotised must be 18+ and can stop participating at any time.

 

NOW IN MAIN AUDITORIUM DUE TO HUGE DEMAND

Champion of the Black Country, Jonny Cole is one of the most unique, exciting and hilariously funny acts to come out of the Black Country and unstoppable force in musical comedy.

Comparisons to Jasper Carrott and Tim Minchin (depending on the reviewers age) tell only half the story. One of the freshest and funniest new comedians to hit the comedy circuit in the last few years. Jonny Cole is packing out comedy clubs everywhere.

With his individual patter and commentary on life, coupled with his original songs, he is being described as a ‘breath of fresh air’. Never forgetting his ‘Black Country’ roots Jonny has written original songs about life, love and loss (his Xbox) with hilarious results.

Comedy’s greatest mad scientist of one-liners arrives back in town, armed with an enormous vessel of puns to be tested on selected members of the general public.

See Gary’s new jokes months before your friends and family do!

Age restriction 16+

Would you like to have some FUN! with Queen of Comedy Barbara Nice?

With her Over-60s bus pass tucked safely into her bestest handbag, the nation’s favourite housewife is preparing to tour the country, bringing joy and laughter to every destination.

5-star award-winning entertainment from the tip-top Queen of Comedy.

Join ordinary housewife extraordinaire Barbara for a laugh-out-loud joyful get-together as we reconnect with what makes life worth living.

Barbara says “In these dark days, we need to find fun whenever we piggin’ can”. Expect Barbara’s unique comic insights into the current state of play on how we are all getting on.

This smashin’ show is suitable for anyone aged from fourteen to four score & ten, guaranteed to lift the spirits and put a spring in your step.

Edinburgh Festival regular and comedy circuit headliner Barbara Nice brings out the hidden joy in all of us.

Age: 14+

A message from Barbara about fun & laughter: “Laughter is the noise we make when we make connections. It’s like a two live wires meeting. Me and Vera and were talking about laughter and why we make the noise – we came up with idea that it’s when two opposing forces or ideas meet head on and the energy of the clash between them makes a thunderclap of laughter. Is this a new idea?” #BarbarasBigBangTheory.

Laughter is loud and attracts attention, it’s a signifier to tell others there is something good and important going on – Fun! Fun increases the production of positive hormones, namely oxytocin, serotonin and dopamine. These are neurotransmitters that improve your brain activity. So, Fun! is guaranteed to make you feel better.

Barbara Nice is a loveable force of nature. Hilarious and uplifting, she’s the perfect antidote to doom and gloom and if you’re in need of a comedy pick-me-up Barbara’s your woman – like your favourite aunt at a family wedding she’ll get you going with her unique comic insights and her celebrations of daily life.

Her husband knows nothing of her burgeoning comedy career – he thinks she’s either at bingo or dog sitting. Having supported comedians Johnny Vegas and Peter Kay on tour in the past, Barbara Nice is a circuit headline act in her own right, as well as being one of the most experienced comperes in the country.

In a smash hit audition for ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent in 2019, Barbara wowed the judges with her humour and eccentric style, which saw her reach the semi-finals.

“You are a comedy whirlwind. Everything was funny. I felt like tonight we watched as a star was born.” David Walliams
“A warm and wonderful act, an enthusiastic, livewire force of nature it’s hard not to love.” Chortle
“I have a feeling the public are going to love you.” Simon Cowell

***** The Independent
***** Chortle
***** Edinburgh Eve News
**** The List

“Brilliant Life affirming Comedy“ The List

5-star award-winning entertainment from the tip-top Queen of Comedy
Semi-finalist of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent 2019
Comedy creation of Janice Connolly BEM (perhaps best known as Holy Mary in Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights)
North West Comedy Awards Legend Award winner 2024

If you know, you know. Don’t miss three laugh-out-loud comics fearlessly taking to the mic in front of what’s sure to be a sell-out audience.

Book early to make sure you don’t miss out…

We’re talking all things The Inbetweeners at this special evening with actor/comedian Joe Thomas.

It wasn’t long after audiences were first introduced to hapless sixth-formers Will McKenzie, Neil Sutherland, Jay Cartright and Simon Cooper that The Inbetweeners became one of the nation’s best loved shows. With its endlessly quotable lines and outrageous laugh-per-second banter, the sitcom attracted record-breaking viewing figures and inspired two incredibly successful feature films.

Celebrating seventeen years since the show’s debut, Joe Thomas aka Simon Cooper is here in-conversation all about the series and taking questions from the audience. Hearing all about Joe’s favourite Inbetweeners moments and behind the scenes misadventures, as well as its impact on his own life as an actor/comedian, this promises to be an exciting evening of humour and insight from one of the nation’s best loved young sitcom stars.

We’ll also, of course, be touching on Joe’s other work, including Fresh Meat, White Gold and TaskMaster!

Joe is happy to stay around for a short while after the show, meet fans and take pictures.

HOMEWORK

Circa 2007, Joe Thomas was a budding actor/writer headed for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival alongside university writing partner, Simon Bird. While performing their two-man show The Meeting, the pair were spotted by Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, TV producers who were developing an as-then untitled E4 sitcom about four hapless sixth-formers, chronicling their various misadventures.

Later titled The Inbetweeners, the series went on to become Channel 4’s most-watched show ever, winning a Rose D’or for Best Situation Comedy and spawning two feature films, the first of which broke records for having the most successful opening weekend for a comedy film in the UK.

So come along, bring your friends (ooh, friends!), and enjoy an evening of hilarity and insight into the nation’s best loved teen sitcom from one of its key stars.

Age 14+