Saturday 30th March 2019, 7:30pm
All Tickets £19.50*
Running Time 1Hr 50mins (including interval)

Hal's literally filled our screens recently on Have I Got News For You, The Apprentice: You're Fired, Bake Off: Extra Slice, and Live at the Apollo.

His daughters chose the title of his new stand-up show. He's now on a diet.

***** 'On top form' - Edinburgh Evening News
***** 'He had the audience in stitches' - Daily Record
**** 'Hilarious' - Evening Standard
**** ' Hugely talented' - The Times
**** 'Go and see Hal Cruttenden' - Daily Mirror

*Includes a £1.50 per ticket fee. Fees capped at the first 8 tickets. No fees to Friends of the Floral.

Monday 8th to Saturday 13th April 2019, 7:30pm
Matinee at 2:30pm on Saturday 13th April 2019
Tickets From £24.00* to £32.00*
Group Discounts are available - ask at the Box Office

Avenue Q is the laugh out loud show that’s had sell out runs on Broadway, in the West End and all across the UK and now you can see what all the fuzz is about at Floral Pavilion.



This cheekily charming musical tells the story of the loveable (and unforgettable) characters on a downtown New York street trying to make sense of life’s burning issues – like what do you do with a BA in English? How do you find your purpose? And is the internet really just for ...nevermind.

Packed with mischief, bad behavior and a little political incorrectness, Avenue Q is truly the musical like no other - so don’t let your life suck, book your tickets today!

Created by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez (Co-creator of Book of Mormon and writer of the songs for Disney’s Frozen).

From the producers of Footloose, Flashdance and American Idiot.

"X-rated Sesame Street with a hint of Friends. It's brash, vulgar, puerile, sometimes downright obscene, and I loved every minute of it" 
The Sunday Times - 2nd July 2006 / Christopher Hart

5/5 “the perfect feel-good musical. “Avenue Q is furr-larious! We couldn’t stop laughing from start to finish”
Gay Times

Suitable for Audiences 14+

*Includes a £1.50 per ticket fee. Fees capped at the first 8 tickets. No fees to Friends of the Floral.

Sunday 26th May 2019, 7:30pm
All Tickets £24.50*

“COMEDY OF A RARE SCOPE” ★★★★★ Times

Celebrating his twentieth anniversary as a comedian living and performing in the UK, Reginald D Hunter sets out on a forty date tour of the UK and Ireland in 2019 with his highly anticipated new show.

Reginald’s searingly honest material has garnered him a popular fan base that spans the generations. His appearances on television have included Have I Got News For You, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown and the hugely popular BBC2 series Reginald D Hunter’s Songs Of The South and its equally successful follow up Reginald D Hunter’s Songs Of The Border, both of which documented the growth of American popular song.

“HE HAS THE AUDIENCE IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND” ★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

*Includes a £1.50 per ticket fee. Fees capped at the first 8 tickets. No fees to Friends of the Floral.

Wednesday 29th May 2019, 4:30pm and 7.30pm
All Tickets £26.50*
Running Time 1hr 50mins (including interval)

We regret that for family reasons, Hilary O'Neil is no longer able to join the tour. Hilary will be replaced by Katherine Lynch who is currently appearing in the Scottish and Irish dates on the tour.

Starring Cheryl Fergison (EastEnders), Maureen Nolan (The Nolans), Rebecca Wheatley (Casualty) and Katherine Lynch. Menopause the Musical is heading out on another UK wide tour. This hysterical show packed full of one-liners about night sweats, hot flushes and memory loss is backed by an instantly recognisable soundtrack of innuendo-laden versions of 60s, 70s and 80s pop classics.



An all-singing, all-dancing comedy set in a department store, where four women with seemingly nothing in common, meet by chance and make fun of their woeful lives experiencing “The Change”. They soon bond as they realise that the menopause is no longer “The Silent Passage”, but an unavoidable stage in every woman’s life.

The hysterical and uplifting Menopause The Musical will have you laughing, and singing, all the way home.

The show has played sold out-out tours across the world so call your girlfriends and book now for the ultimate girls night out.

Join us on Facebook at “Menopause The Musical UK Tour”

Age advisory +16

*Includes a £1.50 per ticket fee. Fees capped at the first 8 tickets. No fees to Friends of the Floral.

Wednesday 19th June 2019, 8:00pm
All Tickets £31.00*
Not suitable for under 16s

Jimmy’s brand new show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things. Terrible things that might have affected you or people you know and love.

But they’re just jokes - they are not the terrible things. Having political correctness at a comedy show is like having health and safety at a rodeo. Now you’ve been warned, buy a ticket.

jimmycarr.com | @jimmycarr | IG: jimmycarr

*Includes a £1.50 per ticket fee. Fees capped at the first 8 tickets. No fees to Friends of the Floral.

 

 

Sunday 24th March 2019, 8:00pm
Sunday 30th June 2019, 8:00pm
Blue Lounge

All Tickets £11.50*
A Limited number of Student Tickets are available at the Box Office (in person) on production of a valid student ID
Student £5.00

Contains strong language and adult references…
The Floral’s bi-monthly comedy club returns featuring some great stand up as well as being the showcase for up and coming young comedians.

March Line-up
MC Lewis Charlesworth

Opening act: Big Lou
Big Lou is a big guy with a big heart and guarantees big laughs with his hilarious set that is packed full of punchlines.

Middle: Howard Walker
Howard has a lovely gentle manner and his jokes are warm, truthful and his observations are insightful.

Closer: Jamie Sutherland
This popular headliner from Liverpool bridges the gap between the modern observational comedian and the gag merchants. He's popular on the after dinner circuit, the corporate circuit and it's always a hilarious treat when he features on a club bill. Laughs are assured!

*Includes a £1.50 per ticket fee. Fee capped at 8 tickets. No fees to Friends of the Floral.

Wednesday 24th July 2019, 8:00pm
All Tickets £11.50*

New Brighton Comedy Festival bring you two top comedians previewing their material ahead of the Edinburgh Festival this summer.

Steve Bugeja is one of comedy’s most exciting rising stars. Since winning the BBC New Comedy Award in 2013, Steve has gone on to host the BBC Radio 4 series Economics with Subtitles, and has made numerous appearances on TV shows such as Love Island: Aftersun (ITV2), Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central (Comedy Central), Zoe Ball on Saturday (ITV1) and Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC). Making a name for himself internationally, he has been invited to perform at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the past two years, appearing on the Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow (ABC1) and on Comedy Up Late (ABC1). Steve wrote and performed his own sketch 10 Things You Should Know as an Adult for BBC3, acted in 4Music’s sketch show Pop Sludge and starred in a viral comedy video for Lucozade alongside England footballer Harry Kane.

“Bugeja has an eye for original comic detail that’s all his own.’" - The Guardian
“Drum tight, as if polished by a sitcom writers’ room to cram as many jokes in as humanly possible” - Chortle

Award-winning comedian Nina Gilligan exploded on to the comedy scene in 2011 and is now a regular on the UK circuit, performing at clubs and venues all over the UK. She is now also proving to be a success on the after dinner and sporting dinner circuit.

Over the past few years, Nina has been a finalist in Hilarity Bites, Breaking Acts, Kill for a Seat and Real Radio XS Judged. She won an award for Hot Water Comedian of the Year in 2013 and was a finalist in English Comedian of the Year 2016.

A bolshier Mrs Merton, she's not one to suffer fools lightly - so watch out for a razor sharp wit used at will. Her act will leave you shouting for more! Catch her at the Floral Pavilion as she previews her debut show Broad Shoulders.

*Includes a £1.50 per ticket fee. Fees capped at the first 8 tickets. No fees to Friends of the Floral.

Thursday 25th July 2019, 7:30pm
All Tickets £9.50*

New Brighton Comedy Festival brings you a top comedian previewing his material ahead of the Edinburgh Festival this summer.

Larry Dean was crowned Scottish Comedian Of The Year when he was 23, and since then his star has continued to rise. His 2015 debut Edinburgh Fringe show Out Now! received both widespread critical acclaim and a nomination for the Foster’s Comedy Award for Best Newcomer. After its success in Edinburgh, January 2016 saw Larry bring the show to London for a run of packed-out performances at the Soho Theatre. He then took the show to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival where he was one of the standout performers on the Allstars Supershow Opening Night Gala.

As well as his live work, Larry’s broadcasting career continues to go from strength to strength. He’s performed on BBC2’s Live at the Apollo and Mock The Week, as well as Comedy Central UK’s Roast Battle. He also previously appeared twice on BBC Presents: Best of the Edinburgh Festival, performed stand-up on Live From the Comedy Store for Comedy Central UK and been on ITV2’s Elevenish and BBC Radio 4’s Don’t Make Me Laugh.

*Includes a £1.50 per ticket fee. Fees capped at the first 8 tickets. No fees to Friends of the Floral.

Thursday 25th July 2019, 9:00pm
All Tickets £13.50*

From ITV2’s Safeword and CelebAbility, ITV’s Weekend with Aled, Comedy Central’s Live at The Comedy Store, C5’s Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side and having supported Katherine Ryan on her tour, Stephen Bailey, host of C5’s Celebs on the Farm returns with a story that is full of Northern warmth, has some working-class guilt and a bit of blue.

‘Stephen’s show was hilarious from the first line, and for the whole performance I don’t think a single joke died’ (Voice)
‘An outrageous, hilarious hour of comedy. Stephen Bailey is a superstar in the making’ (British Comedy Guide)
★★★★★ (Voice, Fringe Guru, One4Review)
★★★★ (Sunday Express, Herald, Skinny, Scotsgay)

*Includes a £1.50 per ticket fee. Fees capped at the first 8 tickets. No fees to Friends of the Floral.

Friday 26th July 2019, 8:00pm
All Tickets £16.50*

Our Rita’s Present a fantastic night of headline comedians off the telly with the cream of the UK and International comedy circuit for the first annual New Brighton Comedy Festival. With previous headliners including Joe Lycett and James Acaster, you're certainly in for a treat, so get your glad-rags on and get down to the Floral Pavilion for a night guaranteed to have you rolling in the aisles with laughter**!

'We've got a lot of time for Our Rita...' Amble ★★★★★
'A brilliant night of live comedy with many belly laugh moments from some very talented performers...' North West End ★★★★

** All-star line-up is to be announced soon and may be subject to change without prior notice

*Includes a £1.50 per ticket fee. Fees capped at the first 8 tickets. No fees to Friends of the Floral.

Wednesday 9th October 2019, 7:30pm
All Tickets £23.75

Based on her bestselling book, Ruby’s new show How To Be Human answers every question you've ever had about evolution, thoughts, emotions, the body, addictions, relationships, sex, kids, the future and compassion.

We can’t stop the future from arriving, no matter what drugs we’re on. But even if nearly every part of us becomes robotic, mechanical fingers crossed we’ll still have our minds. Hopefully we’ll use them for things like compassion, instead of just chasing what’s ‘better’ like a hamster on a wheel. If we can do that, we’re on the yellow brick road to happiness.

This show is the follow up to Ruby’s sell out shows Sane New World and Frazzled and incorporates what she discovered whilst writing her latest book, including finding out about how the mind works with monk Gelong Thubten and learning from neuroscientist Ash Ranpura where everything that makes us ‘us’ can be found in the brain.

Outrageously witty and smart, blending brilliant comedy and insightful life lessons, How To Be Human is the show you need to help you upgrade your mind as much as you’ve upgraded your iPhone.

rubywax.net | @Rubywax

All prices advertised include a booking fee. No fees to Friends of the Floral. A postage fee may apply.

Thursday 17th October 2019 7.30pm
All Seats £22.75

HENNING WEHN: GET ON WITH IT
You couldn’t make it up; surely the German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn hasn’t bosched out yet another new show? And what’s he still doing here anyway? Well, his lack of transferable skills is what keeps him here and his belief that practise makes perfect is what keeps him going.

This show is a much needed call to arms. Listen, everyone: stop pondering and hand-wringing. Instead get on your bike and put your face to the grindstone!

“As subtle as Schumacher on Battiston” some bloke on Twitter
“Die entgueltige Teilung Europas - das ist mein Auftrag” Henning himself

Henning's most recent television and radio appearances include "Live At The Apollo" BBC2, "Have I Got News For You" BBC1, "Would I Lie To You" BBC1, "8 Out Of Cats Does Countdown" Channel 4, "Fighting Talk" BBC Radio 5 Live and "The Unbelievable Truth" BBC Radio 4.

"Wehn wraps his vowels around the issues of immigration and identity. And he triumphs at it" The Times
"Cor blimey" The Guardian

www.henningwehn.de

All prices advertised include a booking fee. No fees to Friends of the Floral. A postage fee may apply.

Saturday 19th October 2019, 8:00pm
All Tickets £22.75

As well as being the all-round entertainer we all know and love from the telly, Count Arthur Strong is also a lifelong fan of astronomy, since having been given a microscope, or whatever it is they use, for Christmas when he was a small precocious baby. In fact, it’s said the first word he spoke was ‘Uranus’. In this, his brand-new show, he seamlessly combines the very best showbiz entertainment you’ll currently find, in the world, possibly? as he wrestles with some of the big questions that other all-round entertainers shy away from. Such as:

Are we alone in the universe?
Is there life on Mars bars?
2lbs of potatoes.
Packet of ginger nuts.
Don’t lose this shopping list.

‘Do not miss this not to be missed type of thing! If I wasn’t in the show I’d definitely be in the audience watching myself intently. Laughing and learning in equal measure. Thoroughly happy to pay the admission fee and definitely not asking for a refund. Also not rustling sweet wrappers and fiddling with my sodding telephone with a gormless expression on my face. See you there!’. Arthur

“Undeniably brilliant” - Brian Logan, The Guardian

“Pure genius and pure tribute to the golden age of vaudeville” - Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard

“Can safely be mentioned in the same breath as Tommy Cooper” - Steve Bennett, Chortle

All prices advertised include a booking fee. No fees to Friends of the Floral. A postage fee may apply.

Thursday 28th November 2019, 8:00pm
All Tickets £26.75

Phil McIntyre Entertainment Proudly Presents
Ed Byrne - If I'm Honest...

For Ages 16+

Join Ed as he takes a long hard look at himself and tries to decide if he has ANY traits that are worth passing on to his children.

Ed Byrne presents his brand-new masterclass in observational comedy hot on the heels of his 17/18 Touring hit, Spoiler Alert! A TV household name, in the past year Ed has appeared on Live At The Apollo (Host, BBC), Mock The Week (BBC), The Pilgrimage (BBC), Top Gear (BBC) and QI (BBC).

www.edbyrne.com
TWITTER @MrEdByrne

Praise For The Last Tour:
✭✭✭✭✭ “A one-hour tour de force performance from the master comedian” BROADWAYBABY
✭✭✭✭✭ “Hysterical…..a must see show. My face hurts from laughing so much!” The Student Newspaper
✭✭✭✭✭“The hour is self-deprecating, never self-indulgent, and his packed audience are well entertained” SUNDAY EXPRESS
✭✭✭✭✭ “Expert stand up from the brilliant Ed Byrne” FRINGE BISCUIT
✭✭✭✭ “Thoroughly entertaining… he is a total pro and terrific company” THE TIMES
✭✭✭✭ “There is a reason why he has become a household name” ED FEST MAG

All prices advertised include a booking fee. No fees to Friends of the Floral. A postage fee may apply.

Friday 31st January and Saturday 1st February 2020, 7:30pm
MATINEE Saturday 1st February 2020, 2:30pm
Tickets £16.75 (£14.75 conc)

Not Suitable for Children - Adults 18+ Only

Hot on the heels of the hit summer show, the quintessential Desperate Scousewives are back with Desperate Scousewives 2- "PULLIN A CHRISTMAS CRACKER", a festive comedy full of abrasive Liverpool wit written by and starring Lynne Fitzgerald.

A laugh along festive comedy that tells the tale of Susan (Lynne Fitzgerald), Vanessa (Charlie Griffiths), Lily (Lynn Francis), Trisha (Sophie Fraser) and new resident male body beautiful Jay and their hilarious festive capers...

It’s Christmas Eve and the girls are spent up and ready to celebrate. that is until Susan and Nessa discover escaped con and Vanessa’s new husband Jay hiding out in a derelict house, masquerading as Susan’s cousin, the duo get him past the twitching net curtains as Jay intends to be around for the birth of Vanessa baby, is Jay really the father, with Vanessa’s track record it's s anyone’s guess!

Meanwhile, relative newcomer to the street Trisha is determined that nobody is going to spoil Christmas for her and her brood this year as she celebrates her first Christmas away from her abusive ex, Lily is on hand to make it a Christmas to remember... but will it be one they would all rather forget?

All prices advertised include a booking fee. No fees to Friends of the Floral. A postage fee may apply.

Wednesday 12th February 2020
All Seats £31.00

Not Suitable for under 16's

Jimmy Carr: Terribly Funny

Jimmy’s brand new show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things.
Terrible things that might have affected you or people you know and love.
But they’re just jokes - they are not the terrible things.
Having political correctness at a comedy show is like having health and safety at a rodeo.
Now you’ve been warned, buy a ticket.

jimmycarr.com | @jimmycarr | IG: jimmycarr

*Includes a £1.50 per ticket fee. Fees capped at the first 8 tickets. No fees to Friends of the Floral.