What's On

DANIEL SIMONSON and MIKE O’DONOVAN
(DOUBLE BILL)

‘ So You Think You're Funny’ winner Daniel flexes his unique and unusual comedy muscles alongside the fantastic taboo busting Australian Mike O’Donovan for a double bill hour.

FRIDAY 12th June: Show 7.30pm (1 hour)

The BEST OF EDINBURGH - COMEDY ZONE
Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s longest running comedy show (18 years) which has launched the careers of acts such as Ross Noble, Harry Hill, Al Murrey and Noel Fielding bring a special show to the Festival with Nat Luurtsena (Best Newcomer 2008), Tom Deacon (Student Award Winner and Ed Byrne support), Jen Brister (BBC New Comedy Finalist) and Ed Gamble (Revels Edinburgh Award finalist).

FRIDAY 12th June: Show 7.45pm (1 Hr 15 mins)

SIMON MUNNERY
The surreal and absurdist genius Simon Munnery returns to CCF for the third year, hoping for time off for good behaviour, to kiss flying moment and do aubergine sketch on request, with new songs, considered hair and an ironed shirt.

‘ A pioneering comic genius.’ The Times.

FRIDAY 12th June: Show 9.30pm (1 Hour)

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JIM SMALLMAN: Boy Next Door Gone Wrong
Best debut show nominee - Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2009. Jim is an amusingly-tattooed, depressive, former child prodigy. And he used to be so nice ... what on earth happened?

'An instinctive storyteller' ’ Chortle

FRIDAY 12th June: Show 9.00pm (1 hour)

TIERNAN DOUIEB: 28 DAYS LATER
Tiernan's never grown up. In height or behaviour. Ever nearing 30, more and more responsibility looms and Tiernan doesn’t like responsibility. Or weaving. But he does like bad puns. How can he start to act his age but still watch cartoons? Acclaimed stand-up Douieb brings his debut hour about adulthood, childish imaginings & zombies.

FRIDAY 12th June: Show 10.30pm (1 hour)

I’ll Drive Tonight, Darling
An hour of brand new, original sketch material performed by some of the brightest performers Cambridge has to offer. Lively, fast-moving and often surreal, ‘I’ll Drive Tonight, Darling’ is scripted by regular Edinburgh Fringe writers Paul Richards and Alan Morgan, doubling up as an ideal hangover cure or simply a perfect post-lunch spot of light entertainment.

SATURDAY 13th June: Show 2.00pm (1 Hr 30)

ARTHUR SMITH: An audience with…
If your main experience of Arthur Smith comes from his appearances among the armchair wits and sworn enemies of thought that make up the cast of BBC2's Grumpy Old Men, you might get the impression that he's now a fairly safe, faintly dated relic from the dawn of alternative comedy. In fact, away from the small screen, Smith stands out among his generation for a willingness to keep pushing himself and experimenting with new forms of comedic expression. This show offers audiences another chance to see why today's hottest young comics still see him as an inspiration.

SAT 13th June: Show 8pm (1 hour)

RUSSELL KANE: Human Dressage
To love and be loved: Oh, that syrupy platitude trotting through all human endeavour. But in its pursuit, how often is goodness warped? Join double if.Comedy nominee and star of BBC’s ‘Live at the Apollo’ Kane for fast prancing, preening, and very silly sociology.

SAT 13th June: Show 9.45pm (1 hour)

IAN BILLINGS: OUT OF HIS MIND
Stand-up comedy for kids and their owners! Enter the wonky bonkers world of kid’s comic, poet and author, Ian Billings, for a tickle-filled hour of chuckle puns and giggle gags. Do dinner ladies come from outer space? Can Ian play the entire human race? What is a Ninja Teacha? What is a Snot Monster? Be prepared for belly laughs – remember to bring your belly. Ian is the author of 2 children’s books, a collection of poetry for kids and writer for the BBC’s Chucklevision.

Suitable For: Children 7 – 11 years and families
SUNDAY 14th June: 2.30pm (1 hour)

MICK FERRY - WINNING
Having never made a final of any comedy competition when he started, he has now created his own Comedy Final; surely he must win. Playing all 5 finalists with 5 different styles of comedy and MCing the event himself he could finally have a chance of winning something. Isn't that what all entertainment is about now? Winning!

SUNDAY 14th June Show 6pm (1 Hour)

JACK WHITEHALL
Expect an hour of high energy, gag-packed comedy from the one of the hottest things in stand up, as he previews his debut solo Edinburgh show. As host of Celebrity Big Brother’s Big Mouth and appearances on 8 out of 10 cats and The Sunday Night Project - it won’t be long before he’s a household name.

SUNDAY 14th June Show 7.30pm (1 Hour)

ROB ROUSE: My Family... AND THE DOG THAT SCARED JESUS.
A new stand up show about just that, Rob recently became a dad and the owner of the world’s filthiest dog. Expect an hour of high octane comedy from the former Friday Night Project host.

‘A man with genuinely funny bones’ The Times.

SUNDAY 14th June Show 9.00pm (1 Hour)

RICHARD HERRING: Hiltler Moustache
Edinburgh stalwart and Radio 4 regular Richard returns with a brand new show. His Edinburgh shows are never short of brilliant and with a distinct lack of facial hair related comedy shows these days his new outing promises to be no exception.

MONDAY 15th June Show 9.15pm (1 Hour)

CRAIG CAMPBELL
The Wild Man of Canadian comedy whose unique humour fuses together whimsical anecdotes with salty stories of sex, drugs and circumcision. However, be warned, his laid-back manner and genuine warmth belie the true outrageous nature of his material. Still, his stoner philosophy and risque subjects have won him devoted fans worldwide. Simply put, he is a very fun man.

TUESDAY 16th June Show 7.45pm (1 Hour)

AVA VIDAL: Remember Remember the 4th of November.
The day America elected it's first black president, Barak Obama promised change for Americans and the world. Can we apply his political principles to everyday life? Yes we can! Or maybe not. What were YOU doing the day Obama got elected? Ava Vidal was having a day of extremes! As seen on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Edinburgh & Beyond & ITN’s US election night coverage.

'Confident, commanding, yet low-key, she exudes a cool authority that audiences are instinctively drawn towards.' Chortle

TUESDAY 16th June Show 9.15pm (1 Hour)

Ava now replaces Phil Nicol, who has unfortunately had to withdraw from the Festival.

RHOD GILBERT -THE EDINBURGH PREVIEW SHOW-
New material and work in progress followed by Rhod Gilbert and the award winning 'Mince Pie Show'.

Last chance to see this award winning show live before it's recorded for DVD.

UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO FAMILY ILLNESS TOM STADE HAS HAD TO RETURN TO CANADA. He has been replaced by fellow Canadian Pete Johannsson.

Pete Johansson - Naked Pictures Of My Life
Endearingly dirty, whimsically honest, an unabashed post-mortem of a very funny man's insecurities about his ageing body, non-traditional life and unusual circumstance. Canadian and American headliner Pete Johansson discusses what he feels, when he feels it in his debut Edinburgh performance, ‘Naked Pictures of My Life’.
Laid-back and observational, Pete’s ironic delivery has earned him deals with Warner Brothers, HBO and Castle Rock and landed him appearances on NBC’s prominent late night show Friday Night, HBO’s Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen and a support slot for Russell Peters at the 20,000 capacity Orpheum in Vancouver last year.

‘By far the breakout performer this year at Just For Laughs but, more importantly, made my list of best jokes, twice!” – THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

THURSDAY 18th June: Show 7.45pm (1 hour)

JOHN GORDILLO: FUCKONOMICS
Sex. Man, Consequences. Cost.Fuckonomics is the small print that comes with everyone you get involved with, the Terms and Conditions you skim over, the contract you make, the roles you play. It’s about the economy of sex.

‘An inspiring comic thinker’ The Guardian

THURSDAY 18th June: Show 9.15pm (1 hour)

ROBIN INCE Versus the Moral Majority
3 times Chortle Award winner, Time Out Award winner and British Comedy Award Nominee Robin Ince attempts a cool analysis of the self proclaimed moral majority but can't guarantee he won't get a little angry at times.

‘Makes beefburgers out of scared cows’ Time Out

FRIDAY 19th June: Show 7.00pm (1 hour)

ARDAL O’HANLON (plus support Sara Pascoe)

SOLD OUT

The hilarious star of 'Father Ted', 'Blessed' and 'My Hero' is coming over from Ireland for a rare live show and especially for the Festival. A highly acclaimed stand up, Ardal has toured to sell out audiences internationally and released two Top Ten stand up DVD's. Recently Ardal has just completed production in a lead role for the feature film, ‘Wide Open Spaces’. Ardal's debut book, ‘The Talk of the Town’ proved to not only be a Best Seller - but has recently been voted one of the 1001 books of all time, to read before you die.

‘ He is a complete joy to watch, planting the sort of silly images that bump around in your head forever.’ Times

FRIDAY 19th June: Show 8.30pm (2 hours)

SlaughterHouse LIVE
The Comedy Store’s award-winning character-cabaret team come to Cambridge with the World’s Smallest Saviour – Steve Christ, Four Fat Folkers, Pat Stephens and his Musical Eyes, Dave Media’s Esteem Masterclass, Impossible Improv, Alan Sonar - Blind Juggler (and inventor of Tabasco Eye-Drops), double-act Knockers and Cocks, Human-Clarinet – Spacker Bilk and more!

‘ Wonderful’ List

FRIDAY 19th June: Show 11.15pm (1 hour)

KIDS COMEDY WORKSHOP WITH ROB GEE
Award winning stand-up Rob Gee is a performance poet and workshop leader, he has performed with Jimmy Carr and Jo Brand, appeared at the Glastonbury and Edinburgh festivals, and clocked up over two thousand shows around the world.Over the course of the session, Rob will take you through the process of creating and performing your own comedy, whether it be a comedy sketch or your own stand-up routine. Learn how to dissolve an audience into laughter, or make them groan and howl, depending on your whim.

SATURDAY 20th June:
8-12yrs Show 10.30am (2.15 hours)
12-16yrs Show 1.45pm (2.15 hours)

JJ WHITEHEAD and BEN HURLEY
Multi-Award Winning international comedians Ben Hurley (NZ) and Jason John Whitehead (Can) combine for the first time just to show how Infamous they are in the UK as they take to the road for a month long tour.
JJ WHITEHEAD hails from Nova Scotia in Canada and the impact of his edgy delivery and unique perspective has been such that he was the winner of the prestigious BBC Comedy Award and has been short-listed for an Edinburgh Writers Guild Award . ‘Pure entertainment’ Metro

BEN HURLEY Winner of NZ's two biggest comedy awards The NZ Comedy Guild and The Billy T Award, he is one of the best Young Stand-ups to come out of NZ and was invited to support Stewart Lee and Andy Parsons on their UK tour.

‘COMEDIC LEGEND’ The NZ Herald

SATURDAY 20th June: Show 8.30pm (2 hours)

PAPPY’S FUN CLUB: 200 Sketches in 1 hour
200 sketches. 60 minutes. 1 World Record. Heroic attempt or spectactular folly? Whether they succeed or fail it’s the perfect way to spend to an hour. After an if.Comedy nomination, their own Radio 4 and Channel 4 shows, they now attempt the impossible.

‘Turbo charged brilliance’ Guardian

SUNDAY 21st June: Show 2.45pm (1 hour)