Reckless Comedy

MONDAY NOVEMBER 11TH
Doors 7.30pm, Show 8:30pm
Entry £3
LAMP, Leamington Spa

STUART GOLDSMITH
Stuart returns to his hometown of Leamington Spa! Comedy nerds will know him as the host of The Comedians’ Comedian Podcast, others may know him as host of kids’ show Mission:2110.

Stuart sparkles with the effortless charisma and quick-fire timing he honed over a misspent youth as a street-performer.

Nowadays he is internationally recognised for original, striking stand-up comedy; his last three solo shows making him an “expert standup” (Sunday Times), and a “consistent fringe must-see” (Broadway Baby).

Will Mars
Will Mars mixes black comedy, satire and observation into some fine comedy cocktails. He is ‘Fearless’ (The List), ‘Engaging’ (Chortle) and writes jokes that are ‘Thought provoking’ (Broadway Baby) and ‘Take us out of our mundane reality’ (The Guardian).

Roger Swift
Roger is one of my favourite acts on the circuit, doing a genuinely unique act that’s nearly impossible to describe. An absolute must-see.

Andrew Bird
Yes, again.

Plus: Holly Prescott, Dave Left and Dave Pitt!

This Monday is the 100th Reckless Comedy show in it’s current format, and we have a cavalcade of brilliant acts and our favourite regulars lined up.

MONDAY NOVEMBER 4th
Doors 7.30pm, Show 8:30pm
Entry £3
LAMP, Leamington Spa

OWEN NIBLOCK
“ground-breaking” – The Scotsman
“A very funny man” – Russell Howard
“inspired and offbeat” – Chortle

Ed Aczel
“Britain’s greatest living anti-comedian” The Guardian

And then most of this lot once everything is confirmed: Wow Impro, Warwick Players, Heather Charlton, Paul Savage, Jonathan Elston, Adele Cliff!

Plus there will be some amazing (and cheap) posters on sale, balloons, bubble machines, frogs, tap dancing, bad pre-show music, walking and a pun.*

*some of the above may be lies.

MONDAY OCTOBER 28TH
Doors 7.30pm, Show 8:30pm
Entry £3
LAMP, Leamington Spa

JAMES COOK
James Cook is a professional comedian based in Birmingham, UK, with over 1,000 gigs worth of experience as an act and compere.

His act has been described as “truly original” (Danny Wallace (off of the telly)), whereas he’s been called “suave and chirpy” by that publishing powerhouse, the Bromsgrove Advertiser, and a “sarcastic raconteur” by the Leeds Metro.

For some reason, this means that he has been likened to “the future Frank Skinner” (Birmingham Metro) and “Dylan Moran’s younger brother” (The Stage). How this is possible remains a mystery.

A slightly less lazy journalist said that he “shows scant regard for the hackneyed conventions of stand-up” (The Scotsman) which, he’s been assured, is a Good Thing. His two favourite quotes are that he “destroyed my concrete belief that all comperes are twats” (eyeonmoseley.com) and that “his quick tongue and dry sense of humour kept me laughing” (BBC Tees).

Andrew Bird
“Superb… the exciting rising star” – Time Out
“A natural comedian” – The Stage
“Effortlessly engaging and funny as hell” – Rhod Gilbert

Andrew McBurney
“Andrew McBurney did not deserve to go home empty-handed, because his magnificently wretched stage persona gave his material an emotionally bedraggled edge. The concept of comedy as therapy is nothing new, but he appears on the verge of tears, desperately trying to hold it together, as he revealed he has just been dumped. That raw heartache defined what should have been material, giving every funny line a pathos-laden twist. We’ll see more of him.” Steve Bennet, Chortle.

Plus David McIver, Jack Kirwan, Robert Kemp and more!

MONDAY OCTOBER 21ST
Doors 7.30pm, Show 8:30pm
Entry £3
LAMP, Leamington Spa

The Leamington Comedy Festival is over, but we are still here! Join us for more awesome comedy fun.

NICK PAGE
Nick was previously a daytime TV presenter, before being sacked from the BBC for an incident involving an antique rocking horse and a four-poster bed. He also had a Radio 4 show about farming which somehow led to him sailing a bathtub downriver to Brighton.

“A huge dose of likeability with some very clever material”
Bath Chronicle.

Andrew Bird
“Superb… the exciting rising star” – Time Out
“A natural comedian” – The Stage
“Effortlessly engaging and funny as hell” – Rhod Gilbert

Jon Wagstaffe
“Listening to Jon Wagstaffe was like listening to your slightly over-clocked mate in the pub regaling you with stories of his weekend, complete with raucous detours, unfinished sentences (not that it meant you couldn’t follow) and inappropriately mixed metaphors.” – One4review

Ed Aczel
“Britain’s greatest living anti-comedian” The Guardian

Plus Samuel Pauly, Michael Kehinde, Sam Cobb and more!

MONDAY OCTOBER 14TH
Doors 7.30pm, Show 8:30pm
Entry £3
LAMP, Leamington Spa

SARAH BENNETTO
Sarah Bennetto is a stand-up comic from Melbourne, Australia, and founder of a new comedy phenomenon called Storytellers’ Club. This monthly club is a haven for literate, friendly, lo-fi comedy – which has since transferred to great acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe.

“But the undeniable star of the show is the scintillating storyteller who is our hostess, narrator and raconteur, Sarah Bennetto. Her stories and anecdotes are particularly funny (ask her about the time her father tried to pimp her for some more land).” – Broadway Baby
“Her amusing anecdotes highlighted the importance of locking toilet doors, and why quiche and misogyny are inextricably linked.” – Three Weeks
“Feisty” -Time Out, London

Andrew Bird
“Superb… the exciting rising star” – Time Out
“A natural comedian” – The Stage
“Effortlessly engaging and funny as hell” – Rhod Gilbert

Nicky Wilkinson
A bright and quick-witted Hullonian, her warm, likeable, down-to-earth style instantly puts audiences at ease; as ready and eager to laugh as they would be sharing a great joke with a friend.
Her comedy mixes charming, real-life anecdotes with just the right dose of self-deprecation and often brilliantly funny improvised riffs with the crowd.

Marshal B Anderson
Marshal B Anderson spends some of his time being angry on stage. Some people think he’s quite good; he reached the national finals of the national Silver Stand-up competition 2013.
Things he gets angry about include getting old, stupid governments, greedy people, anyone who knows they’re right, the cold-dead hand of management (you know who you are) and the army of thoughtless dicks who make the rest of us miserable just because they can.

Plus Jim Carroll, Kate Cherrell & more..

And at least two more acts to be announced!

We are back! We have an amazing series of nine weekly shows lined up, this is the first one, and it’s going to be ace.

MONDAY OCTOBER 7TH
Doors 7.30pm, Show 8:30pm
Entry £3
LAMP, Leamington Spa

STEVE DAY

Andrew Bird
“Superb… the exciting rising star” – Time Out
“A natural comedian” – The Stage
“Effortlessly engaging and funny as hell” – Rhod Gilbert

Will Mars
“Fearless” – The List
“Engaging” – Chortle

Kate Cherrell
Kate is trying out new material at four of our shows this season. She will probably have different coloured hair at each one.

And at least two more acts to be announced!

Dean Love will be MCing. He will have at least one new joke.

TUE 23RD JUL, 2013
Doors 7.30pm, show 8.30pm
Entry £3
SOLD OUT

We’re doing a special one-off Tuesday show in July featuring an Edinburgh preview from the amazing Tony Law, plus a preview from one of our favourite regulars, Will Mars.

Tony Law: Nonsense Overdrive

Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee 2012 and triple Chortle Award winner, Mr Tony Law, presents a deeply hidden, powerfully meaningful show. Tony has been traveling forth through historical empires, deep space and time zones to bring you Nonsense Overdrive. As seen on Have I Got News For You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Alternative Comedy Experience and more. Fringe sell-out 2011, 2012.

“Law’s genius for the random makes Salvador Dali look about as abstract as Constable” ★★★★★ Metro
“An ever-changing, hard-to-contain, force of nature” ★★★★ The Guardian
“Form-busting and hugely enjoyable” ★★★★ The Times
“One of the finest and funniest comics around… destined for stardom” ★★★★ Time Out
“Clever and blithely zany” ★★★★ The Telegraph

Will Mars: Americana

A show about how America changed the world. Well, how America changed the world for one man. Not that having your world changed is a good thing. Sometimes it is but sometimes it’s not. Let’s just say it’s a show about how America did something, to someone, once upon a time (it’s a show about a bloke).

Will Mars is ‘Fearless’ (The List), ‘Engaging’ (Chortle) and writes jokes that ‘Take us out of our mundane reality’ (The Guardian).

Rescheduled extra show!

Two Edinburgh previews for just £3!

MONDAY JULY 15TH
LAMP, Leamington Spa
Doors 7.30pm, Show 8:30pm
Entry £3
Advance tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/230278

Tom Binns is Ian D Montfort: Psychic Fayre

After a triumphant BBC Radio 2 series, the New Age guru, psychic and medium returns; passing on messages, making predictions and telling fortunes.

‘Fantastically original and funny enough to kill you from asphyxiation’ (Magic Circle Magazine).

Ivan Brackenbury and Others

‘Audiences are laughing their heads off’ – Metro

He’s bonkers!

Ivan Brackenbury’s fantastic ‘Hospital Radio Roadshow’, complete with inappropriate records and bungled cues, is now a regular fixture on the live circuit. A daft, inept yet adorable radio DJ takes you on a hilarious broadcasting journey. This is a unique, wonderfully brilliant show, guaranteed to make you cry with laughter.

Ivan captures the fun and excitement you’d expect from being in hospital, with games, giveaways, patients requests and his special blend of music and chat. An absolute must-see.

‘Deliciously enjoyable’ – The Guardian

The mighty Simon Munnery brings his very unique take on comedy to Leamington as part of this double-bill of Edinburgh previews.

MONDAY JUNE 17TH
LAMP, Leamington Spa
Doors 7.30pm, Show 8:30pm
Entry £3

Simon Munnery: Fylm

Simon Munnery stabs at the void between dead film and live theatre in his latest fylmtastic fylm. As seen on Comedy Central’s Alternative Comedy Experience and heard on BBC Radio 4’s News Quiz.

‘In one audacious, ingenious leap of imagination, Munnery has escaped the bounds of stand-up as we know it’ ***** (Scotsman)

‘Ambitious, artistic and hugely funny – comedy connoisseurs will love it’ **** (Time Out London)

‘One of the most consistently original minds in comedy’ (Guardian)
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Owen Niblock: Calculating Comedy

Can a computer be funny? Will computer comedians ever replace humans on the stage? Owen Niblock looks at these questions and more as he delves into the fascinating world of Computational Humour. A light-hearted and informative look at the current state-of-the-art with special guests (both humans and computers).

“Not since Jimmy Carr have I seen a cold computer program on stage generate so much laughter.” – Robin Ince

“I don’t think I’ve ever come across anyone quite so talented at being geeky as Owen Niblock; he’s the master of all geekdom.” – Three Weeks