Friday 9th June From 8pm – Doors open 7:30pm
Award-winning comedian Paul Kerensa has no bellybutton. Never had one. What’s the point? He keeps his fluff in his pockets. In a world divided into innies and outies – Paul is a smoothie. Hear tales of bellybuttonlessness, step-bladders, and how a bottle can save motorway toilet stops (so long as you save the lid), from the British Comedy Award-winning writer for BBC’s Miranda, Not Going Out, Top Gear, C4’s TFI Friday, R4’s The Now Show and Dead Ringers… ‘Ingenious’ – Evening Standard
Big Howard and Little Howard are the world’s first and only human/cartoon double-act. But being a grown-up has snuck up on Big Howard, and Little Howard has remained unchanged. How does one tackle the harsh realities of adult life artistically when your co-star wants to close the show on his fart-psychic routine?
Perrier-nominated Big Howard and Little Howard have graced stage and screen all over the world, won a Writer’s Guild Award and can reverse-park a caravannette. Howard Read is also a stand-up who writes for classic kids’ TV shows like Horrible Histories and Danger Mouse. “Incredibly, achingly funny.” The Daily Mail.
Ticket Prices: £4 per event (Available from the front desk only)
Weekend pass: £20 (Please see bottom of page for purchasing options)
Saturday 10th June 2017 From 2pm – Doors open 1:30pm
2pm Josh Pugh A Boy Named Pugh
Debut show from current English Comedian of the Year Josh Pugh, who won the much-coveted title after just two years of performing, establishing him as one of the UK’s brightest newcomers. Join him for an hour of left-field ideas as he invites us onto a very tame roller coaster ride through his childhood, much-loathed job and journey into showbiz. An hour of surreal autobiographical comedy. Chortle Comedian to Watch 2017. ‘A keen comic mind’ (BeyondTheJoke.co.uk). ‘Pleasingly off the beaten track’ (Londonist.com). ‘A peculiarly offbeat mind… certain future star’ (Chortle.co.uk).
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Conspiracy theorist Elliot Steel has grown up a lot in the last year. Join him for his hilarious views on growing up, before the Illuminati murder him and make it look like an accident.
Angela Barnes (Mock The Week, BBC R4’s The News Quiz, host of Newsjack on BBC R4Extra) is back with her brand new show. “She’s just a gloriously down-to-earth, straight talking and extremely funny comic” The Guardian
Triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee returns ‘as inventive as ever’ (Guardian) with his eighth solo stand-up hour about change, pain, honour and gain. Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe Award winner. As heard on Radio Four. ‘Spectacular displays of verbal pyrotechnics’ (Observer).
Matt is one of the country’s most in-demand satirists appearing on Have I Got News For You (BBC One), Rory Bremner’s Coalition Report (BBC Two), Mock the Week (BBC2 Two), 8 out of 10 Cats (Channel 4), Question Time (BBC One), This Week (BBC One) and Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC Three). He also starred alongside Jon Richardson in Channel 4’s Jon Richardson Grows Up.
2015 saw Matt take his sell-out, critically-acclaimed 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show 24-Hour Political Party People for a week-long run at the Soho Theatre as well as tour it nationwide. He returned to the Edinburgh Festival with his new show, Get the Political Party Started, which enjoyed a sell-out run in the prestigious Cabaret Bar, before going on to run for a week at Soho Theatre.
Matt’s monthly residency in London, The Political Party, sells-out Westminster’s St James’ Theatre. Alongside Matt’s trademark topical current affairs stand-up, the show brings Parliament to life as he interviews some of politics’ most notorious figures, past guests have included Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell, Nigel Farage, Michael Portillo, Dame Tessa Jowell, John Prescott, Alan Johnson, David Davis, Stella Creasy, Jack Straw and George Galloway. The show is also released as a podcast which has amassed over 500,000 downloads on Soundcloud, hit the top spot of the iTunes comedy chart, was picked as the Daily Telegraph’s podcast of the week, and was nominated for the Internet Award in the 2015 Chortle Awards.
‘One of the most tirelessly silly stalwarts of the Fringe’ (Time Out), Simon Munnery provides tales of plumbing woes, his attempts at under tent heating and ridicules the insanity of capitalism. A brand new hour from the Chortle Award winner, Sony Radio Award winner and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee. ‘An annual must-see for any comedy connoisseur’ (Guardian).
Ticket Prices: £4 per event (Available from the front desk only)
Weekend pass: £20 (Please see bottom of page for purchasing options)
Kettering Arts Centre presents an amazing line
up of 8 top comedians bringing their brand new 1 hour shows right to your doorstep, over the KETTFEST weekend of 9th/10th June 2017.
This will be an incredible opportunity to catch some of the country’s best talent at unbelievable prices, with hot off the press, exciting new content.
Featuring the bone fide comedy legend Simon Munnery, Dave channel’s hottest star Matt Forde, TV’s Angela Barnes, hugely popular headliners Dan Antapoloski and Howard Read, star of Kettering’s favourite Christmas show, “Carols and Comedians”, Paul Kerensa and upcoming stars Josh Pugh and Elliot Steel!
Tickets for individual shows can be bought on the door for just £4 each, OR for outstanding value you can buy a Festival ticket for ALL SHOWS for only £20!! There will be 2 shows from 8pm on Friday 9th June and 6 shows beginning at 2pm on Saturday 10th June.
It’ll be a taste of the legendary cultural phenomenon that is the Edinburgh Comedy Fringe Festival, right here in Kettering. Don’t miss out on the buzz, excitement and the laughs!
Tickets for this and other events are available from Waterstones, High Street, Kettering. By post including an SAE to Jaime Ferreira at Flat 1, 15 Havelock St, Kettering NN16 9PZ (cheques made payable to “PCC of St Andrew’s Kettering”).
You may also buy tickets by emailing office@ketteringartscentre.com or online at We Got Tickets (subject to a booking fee) or call 07759765824 if you prefer to pay by card. All major credit cards accepted (subject to a booking fee).
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