Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to The Glee Club! A very magical improv show awaits…
Spontaneous Potter is an entirely improvised Harry Potter comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction title. An entirely new Potter adventure is magically improvised on the spot – with live musical accompaniment!
Previous titles performed include:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Commerce
Harry Potter and the Neville Wears Prada
Harry Potter and the Rise of the Planet of the Snapes
Harry Potter and the Struggle for a Decent Mortgage in This Economy
(Strong chance of magical mischief and unforgivable curse words!)
Audience Notice: Strong language, Scenes of an adult nature, audience interaction, flashing lights.
Brought to you by the comedy improvisers behind the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “Spontaneous Sherlock”.
Derek Award, Best PBH Show Edinburgh Fringe 2017 (Winners)
Top 100 Rated Show, Edinburgh Fringe 2017 (The List)
Best Variety, Scottish Comedy Awards 2018 (Nominees)
Note: Spontaneous Potter is an unofficial show that is not endorsed by or affiliated with Warner Bros., JK Rowling or her publishers. All rights to the ‘Harry Potter’ books and associated trademarks are the property of JK Rowling / her publishers. All film / image rights associated with the film series are property of Warner Bros.
St Mary’s Guildhall: 1.15pm (30 mins, limited capacity) FREE
Lower Precinct: 5pm (30 mins) FREE
From multiple hula hoops and cocktails served on her head to bad magic routines and a version of Swan Lake danced on traffic cones, Abi has done it all. But she still hasn’t found what she’s looking for. After all, no woman is an island
Broadgate 1.30pm & 5.15pm (20 mins) FREE
Get ready for soggy laughs and inventive absurdity. Meet the infamous and pompous speciality act ‘Spurting Man’ and his undervalued, downtrodden assistant; culminating in a waterlogged finale when he is crowned and, atop his pedestal, cascades fountains of water as he becomes a human fountain.
This presentation of The Spurting Man is supported by Severn Trent Water
St Mary’s Guildhall 1.15pm (30 mins, limited capacity) FREE
Lower Precinct 5pm (30 mins) FREE
Guaranteed giggles galore from internationally award-winning funnyman; featuring a stunt duck, a human fish, eccentric dancing and the silliest boxing match you have ever seen. Get a ringside seat for a belly-aching knockout performance.
hmv Empire presents: Peeping Toms’ Comedy Club
With Josh Pugh, Jo Enright, Eddy Brimson & Douglas Carter
Friday 9th August 2024. Doors 6PM, Show starts at 8PM
Earlybird tickets – £12.50+BF. General Admission – £15+BF.
Opening Act – Josh Pugh
‘Inarguably five stars… he’s destined for the big leagues’ – British Comedy Guide
Midlands Comedy Awards Best Live Show Winner
English Comedian of the Year 2016 Winner.
Hot Water Comedy Club Comedian of the Year 2016.
Winner of new act competitions in both the Birmingham and Nottingham comedy festivals of 2015. He also won the Midland new-act of the year in both 2014 and 2015
Middle Act – Jo Enright
As seen on Trollied, Phoenix nights, Afterlife, I’m Alan Partridge, Ideal and life’s too short to name but a few.
‘One of the most naturally gifted Comic talents I’ve ever seen’ – Peter Kay
Headline – Eddy Brimson
Eddy is one of the most in demand headline acts on both the UK and International circuits. He’s played festivals worldwide, from Edinburgh to Auckland, The Alps to Australia.
“If there were a school of comedy in the British Isles then Brimson would be top of the class.”
– Sydney Herald
MC – Douglas Carter
Doug Carter is a multi-award-winning stand-up comedian with over 100,000 online followers. He is local to the Midlands
Comedy Awards Breakthrough Talent Winner
The nation’s twelfth-favourite doctor brings his brand new show to Leeds, fresh from a record-breaking run at the Edinburgh Fringe.
This is Going to Hurt was a literary sensation, selling three million copies and becoming a multi-BAFTA-winning BBC series.
Undoctored follows on from This is Going to Hurt, leaving audiences laughing and crying with Adam’s unique tales of life on and off the wards.
It also contains the ‘degloving’ story because people ask for refunds if they don’t hear it.
Bestselling show of Edinburgh Fringe 2023.
The nation’s twelfth-favourite doctor brings his brand new show to Coventry, fresh from a record-breaking run at the Edinburgh Fringe and a sell-out season in the West End.
This is Going to Hurt was a literary sensation, selling three million copies and becoming a multi-BAFTA-winning BBC series. Undoctored follows on from This is Going to Hurt, leaving audiences laughing and crying with Adam’s unique tales of life on and off the wards. It also contains the ‘degloving’ story because people ask for refunds if they don’t hear it.
“Very funny and very moving – Adam Kay has done it again, the talented c***”. Charlie Brooker
“Darkly hilarious – this show will have you in stitches”. The Standard
“A horse in the Guildhall? The mess!”
Step back in time as St Mary’s Guildhall comes to life with a bold original production set in medieval Coventry.
One October evening in 1548, Coventry man Whitfield Saunders prepares to take on the mantle of Lord Mayor.
As preparations for the lavish festivities spiral out of control, and a band of minstrels mock his every move, he scrambles to salvage the city’s coffers from financial ruin. But when the nation’s greatest powers converge on Coventry in the pursuit of lost treasure, Whitfield’s big day may become his last.
This October, Coventry’s EGO Arts brings you Unholy Trinity, a raucous medieval tale 476 years in the making.
Two actors. Six beloved films. One hilarious parody!
Fresh from a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, this smash-hit comedy parodies your favourite chick flicks in one hysterical, fast-paced show.
From the deck of the Titanic to the glittery pink halls of Harvard Law, watch as New York City comedians Kerry Ipema and KK Apple transform the stage with songs, dance breaks, and pop culture hilarity. If you love chick flicks, you’ll love this show. If you hate chick flicks… you’ll love this show!
This joyfully funny show heads out on tour after rave reviews at Edinburgh Fringe, an off-Broadway run, and audience awards across North America. Grab your besties, your cinephile pals, or even your brunette nemesis for a night of fun, frothy comedy.
★★★★★
‘Not to be missed’
Daily Mail
It has been thirty years since viewers got their first glimpse of such iconic characters as Suits You Sir, Ted and Ralph, Does My Bum Look Big In This, Competitive Dad and so many more.
Now, to celebrate this anniversary, The Fast Show team are taking to the stage to give audiences a unique behind-the-scenes insight, telling you how they came up with the characters and the catchphrases and recreating some of your favourite moments – without the need for old age make up!
The tour is not just a performance; it’s a celebration of the enduring appeal of The Fast Show and the laughter it has brought into the lives of millions.
Get ready to laugh, sing, reminisce, and create new memories.
‘I’ll get me coat’…
TV favourite Ed Byrne brings his Best Reviewed Show at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival and his most personal show to date to Coventry!
From the quote attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join one of our leading laugh specialists as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in his life for laughs.
With his TV career now in its third decade, Ed has regularly appeared on the likes of QI, Mock The Week, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, and Live At The Apollo.
With legions of fans both in the UK and abroad, Ed remains the observational stand-up to see.
The undisputed godfather of modern stand-up is going back with his new show – Authentic Stupidity.
Ben says ’Since my last live tour a whole new existential threat has emerged to threaten humanity! Apparently Artificial Intelligence is going to destroy us all! Well I reckon our real problem isn’t Artificial Intelligence it’s good old fashioned Authentic Stupidity! Forget AI! It’s AS we need to be worrying about!’
Ben Elton first exploded into the national consciousness back in the 1980’s hosting Channel 4’s ground breaking Saturday Live and he’s been setting the standard for gag filled, taboo busting, tonsil rattling, mind expanding stand-up comedy ever since!