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8pm The guy everyone can do an impression of is back at the Victoria Theatre Halifax with a brand-new stand-up tour. A show that will change your life and how you perceive your place in the world. Bit much? Fine, it’ll be a very funny night of grumbles and jokes in which Josh will finally tackle the
7.30pm As the dust settles and we emerge blinking into the dawn of a new year, the men and women of this great country will need answers. Answers that they know they need, answers to questions they never knew existed. And when that moment comes, who better to show the way, to provide those answers,
Friday 24th & Saturday 25th June 7.30pm & 2.30pm Saturday Matinee RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES 12+ DIRECTOR SHANE GOUGH After the success of Jeeves & Wooster, Viaduct comic favourites, Foot of the Barrel, return with Thick As Thieves, a new award-winning comedy written by Mark Whiteley. Thick as Thieves is a an anarchic comic drama about two
7.30pm Tickets £15 A fiercely powerful and critically acclaimed show about a brutally shocking story; Chris’ father was murdered in 2011. How do you forgive your father’s murderer? Only Chris knows… Inspiring uproarious laughter, tears of sincerity and standing ovations, Chris’ conscientious comedy and cutting-edge poetry makes for a truly unforgettable show. Accessibility Information:
8pm Recommended for ages 14+ Tickets from: £12.75 Special Offer: Book before 2pm on Friday 22 July and get 2 tickets for the price of 1 with code SAHM22. To celebrate South Asian Heritage Month the Victoria Theatre is hosting a special evening of comedy featuring some of the best Asian comedians on the comedy
8pm Recommended age: 14+ Will the recycling be put out on the right day? Who is going to smooth over the top of the margarine? How many lights are on upstairs when everybody is downstairs? Watch Jon pretend that these aren't his foremost concerns as he leaves home on his first tour since the last
8pm Recommended age: 16+ The hilarious Sarah Millican is back on tour with a Bobby Dazzler of a new stand-up show. In this, her sixth international tour, you’ll learn about what happens when your mouth seals shut, how to throw poo over a wall, trying to lose weight but only losing the tip of your finger,
8pm Recommended age: 14+ Will the recycling be put out on the right day? Who is going to smooth over the top of the margarine? How many lights are on upstairs when everybody is downstairs? Watch Jon pretend that these aren't his foremost concerns as he leaves home on his first tour since the last
8pm Recommended age: 14+ As featured in Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights…it’s Clinton Baptiste - and his arch psychic enemy Ramone from the massively popular Clinton Baptiste’s Paranormal Podcast Communicating with the Afterlife? What could be more mind expanding?! The public are rightly hypnotised by mere mortals with extra-sensory ability and Britain is honoured to have spawned two of the most gifted mystics in the world, the coiffured titans of the
7.30pm Due to overwhelming demand, award-winning comedian Ed Gamble extends his brand-new stand-up tour Electric with a date at the Victoria Theatre Halifax on Saturday 17 September 22. He’s been on the road since February, played three sold out nights at London’s iconic Hackney Empire and now Ol’ Broken Pancreas is charged up and ready to flick the
7.15pm Winner of six tony awards in Broadway including Best Musical, Kinky Boots features a joyous, Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper and a hilarious, uplifting book by four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein. Charlie Price has reluctantly inherited his father's shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father's
7.30pm Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most celebrated Sherlock Holmes story gets a gloriously funny makeover. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his estate, with a look of terror still etched on his face, and the paw prints of a gigantic hound beside his body, the great detective Sherlock Holmes is summoned from Baker