New shows for Gervais, Gadsby, Edinburgh Fringe and more

A raft of new live comedy shows have been announced today:

• Ricky Gervais is to perform at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, North London, next Thursday. Tickets go on sale at 10am tomorrow here.
• The only Edinburgh Fringe venue so far, the Corn Exchange, producers Live Nation have announced a further four shows for both Jason Byrne and Henning Wehn and one more for Kiri Prichard-Mclean. Tickets
• Hannah Gadsby has added an extra date to her Body Of Work tour, March 18 at the London Palladium, adding to Manchester, Glasgow, Brighton, Edinburgh gigs plus two existing shows in the capital. Tickets
• Manchester’s Frog And Bucket has introduced a new 4.30pm show on  Saturdays to meet demand as its capacity is hit by social distancing. It features the same line-up as the later shows, put open to accompanied over-15s.
• Mischief Theatre - the company behind the ‘Goes Wrong…’ theatre shows, will return to the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in London on Sunday August 29 with their movie night, in which they improvise a full film.

Published: 10 Jun 2021