ROB AUTON returns to Kettering Arts Centre – Saturday 11th March 2023 8pm!
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Kettering Arts Centre is proud to present this family friendly theatre event to celebrate the Jubilee. HER MAJESTY’S SHOES is a FREE event.
Laugh Out Loud Theatre is a community theatre company based in Stanwick, Northants. They are touring a brand new play, Her Majesty’s Shoes, across Northamptonshire over the Jubilee weekend.
Her Majesty’s Shoes is a 30 minute interactive play set in a Northampton shoe factory, with anecdotes and stories about how local people have met the Queen throughout the decades.
The stories are real events that have taken place across Northamptonshire, bringing history and nostalgia within a community centred performance.
This event is supported by the Arts Council England and Northampton Community Foundation and sponsored by Kettering Town Council.
Doors 12.30pm
20 minutes running time
All ages – children must be supervised
Unreserved seating
Refreshments on sale
Tickets on sale in Waterstones, Kettering at LIVE events at Kettering Arts Centre or Paul Sweeney at St Andrews Church, Kettering
Stand up comedian, singer, songwriter and winner of the Time Out Comedy Award, RICHARD MORTON is now a regular on Channel 5. You can see him on The Comedy Store Show and on the retro quiz show Wowfabgroovy. He’s also had his own half hour special Richard Morton Live At The Comedy Store. Guest appearances on other Channel 5 shows include The Jack Docherty Chat Show, Tibs & Fibs, Night Fever and Live & Dangerous.
ITV appearances include Jack Dee’s Saturday Night, Funny Business (both Granada), Good Stuff (Carlton) and The Richard Morton Christmas Special (Tyne Tees Yorkshire).
BBC TV appearances include Gag Tag, The Stand Up Show as well as an acting role in the BAFTA nominated Our Friends In The North. Richard also had several acting roles in Channel 4’s Jack and Jeremy’s Real Lives series.
A regular on BBC radio, he’ll be featured on the new series of Stand Up 2 and Four At The Store. He’s a frequent contributor to Loose Ends and The Locker Room and played alongside Caroline Quentin in Cross Questioned. He has also appeared on Radio 1’s Comedy Network, Loose Talk and Radio 4’s classic Just A Minute.
Richard has built up a formidable reputation as a live stand up, having completed several UK tours with Jack Dee, Lee Evans, Jo Brand, Lily Savage and Phill Jupitus.
A big favourite at the Edinburgh Festival, Richard has completed several sell-out runs at the Assembly Rooms. Other festivals have included the Montreal Comedy Festival, Kilkenny, and The Reading and Leeds Music Festivals.
“Comic genius”- The Daily Express
“A great stand up. Audiences laughed longer and louder at Morton than any other act on the Fringe.” – Sunday Times
“This is song writing craftsmanship at its best.” R2R Magazine
“Song-writing gold” Maverick Magazine
“Rob was amazing.” Jeremy Vine – BBC Radio 2
“Skilfully honest lyrics and outstanding musicianship.” CrossRhythms
“His deftly picked acoustic guitar is the perfect accompaniment to the lyrics which resonate with truth” Premier Magazine
A professional musician for over 15 years, Rob is an award-winning singer/songwriter and has toured across the world, gaining a reputation as a passionate and engaging performer.
After a busy 2019 which included a UK tour, album release and various TV and Radio appearances, 2020 saw the release of Rob’s 13th studio album, “Always Heading Home”, largely written and recorded during lockdown. It includes guest appearances from Wet Wet Wet’s Graeme Duffin, Ewan Cameron on Whistle and Chris Haigh on fiddle and has received 5 star reviews from the music press. The Always Heading Home tour began in autumn 2021 to sell out shows.
Rob Halligan – Guitars and Vocals
Ewan Cameron – Low Whistles
Unreserved seating
Licensed bar
Glenn began his comedy career in his hometown of Vancouver in 1995. He moved to London in 1998 and quickly became one of the rising stars of the London and international comedy circuit having performed in Australia, New Zealand, The USA, South Africa, Switzerland, France, Croatia and Arabia. Glenn was nominated for Best International Stand Up at The New Zealand Comedy Awards and twice Best Headliner at the Chortle Awards
2017 and 2018 has seen Glenn touring with Reginald D Hunter for his Some People v. Reginald D. Hunter tour. You also might have heard him on Freestyle with Frankie Boyle, or seen him on Doug Stanhope’s The Comedians’ Comedian’s Comedians (SeeSo), which was recorded at SXSW..
His TV credits include John Oliver’s ‘New York Stand-Up Show’ as well as appearances on The Green Room with Paul Provenza, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Russell Howard’s Good News and numerous other UK stand-up shows. In 2016 Glenn was featured on The John Bishop Show on BBC1 and hosted a new NBC series Before the Morning After. He also lent his voice (along with Katherine Ryan) to the BAFTA award-winning Lottie Bearshout: Good as Goaled for Disney XD.
In recent years Glenn has dominated the international comedy circuit, performing to huge crowds in Holland, Singapore, Dubai, Cape Town, Melbourne, Montreal, LA, New York, Auckland and Sydney. He is a hugely popular addition to many of the great summer music festivals in the UK, including Reading & Leeds, Bestival, Download, Sonisphere and Glastonbury.
“Effortlessly funny with an affability that other comics can only dream of – You have to go and see Glenn Wool. ” The Guardian
“Edgy, imaginative, funny and original, Canadian born Wool sets the standards at the fringe” Daily Telegraph
“Why aren’t you in a queue somewhere buying a ticket?” The Scotsman
“Seeing Glenn Wool perform should be made compulsory for the melancholy. There’s no way you won’t feel a bit better about the world afterwards. Lethally funny” ****Metro
“Absolutely hilarious” Independent
Star of Spitting Image, Steph’s Packed Lunch and with over 10 million views of his online videos, LUKE KEMPNER is one of the UK’s hottest mimics and stand-up comics.
Licensed bar! Potbelly Brewery Limited on sale.
With a hilariously razor sharp roster of contemporary impressions, LUKE KEMPNER has become a household name and is bringing his highly anticipated brand-new show, Macho Macho Man on the road.
LUKE KEMPNER tries to work out what masculinity really means with the help of Piers Morgan, Louis Theroux and even Jürgen Klopp.
Don’t miss this remarkable one-man show from one of Britain’s most exciting, new comedy talents.
Gabby Killick is a talented comedian, singer, rapper and actress based in London.
Gabby’s hit comedy show ‘Girlfriend From Hell’ was listed by the Funny Women organisation as one of their top three shows and was rated a top ten show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show has played to venues across the UK, Europe and the USA to wide acclaim.
As well us being an acclaimed stand-up, Gabby is a versatile actress taking on a number of leads in independent films and plays, most recently the British Indie film, ‘No Fruit At The Bottom’.
During lockdown she made a series of videos, the most notable being her hit rap song, ‘Masturbation in Isolation’ which went viral.
Headliner OTIZ CANNELLONI won the Lifetime Achievement Comedy Award voted for by his fellow pro’s. He is one of the most respected acts on the circuit, with almost perfect comic-timing and an ability to mix jokes, props and silly magic seamlessly.
Join us for a FANTASTIC night of COMEDY!
Licensed bar, local Potbelly Brewery Limited onsale!
Unreserved seating Age 14+ recommended
We’ve had an amazing BIG weekend at Kettering Arts Centre with LIVE Comedy, Music, a community ‘Have a go’ Arts Day and Theatre, phew we are exhausted!
Thank you to everyone who attended events this weekend, we had a blast!
HUGE thanks to all our arts day practitioners & participants and to those who performed some absolutely outstanding live shows! ANDY PARSONS, EMPYRE, KEIRON FARROW, CHRIS WILKINSON, THE PANTALOONS AND ALL THE AMAZING PRACTITIONERS who supported our ARTS DAY.
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Roll on the next live event (after we have a rest!)
ROLLING IN THE AISLES COMEDY CLUB – Headliner OTIZ CANNELLONI
“Cracking adlibbing…a joke-rich rallying call for a better Britain” – THE GUARDIAN
“Coruscating live performer specialising in lacerating topical gags” – THE INDEPENDENT
“Potent live performer… can nail a nonsense with beautiful economy of words” –
THE TIMES
Join us to ‘HAVE A GO’ at Kettering Arts Centre ARTS FESTIVAL!
Saturday 12th March 2022 10am-2pm
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