2024 Line Up
OUR FIRST PROGRAMME DROP IS LIVE! THE FULL PROGRAMME WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON 2nd MAY 2024… KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED!
OPENING NIGHT
Date: Thursday 4th July
Time: 18:30 (doors) | 19:30 (warm up) | 20:00 (show starts)
Venue: Solskinn The Church
£15
A show about trying to be a good person while staying a badman. Join the star of Live at the Apollo for this “unapologetically funny” (Telegraph) exploration of empathy, morality and political contradiction. ★★★★ - The Guardian
Date: Friday 5th July
Time: 18:00 (doors) | 18:30 (show starts)
Venue: The Cornish Bank
£10
Star of Live At The Apollo and QI Olga Koch is finally addressing the elephant in the room. Directed by Jet Vevers. Nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018. ★★★★ - The Guardian ★★★★ - The Telegraph ★★★★ - The Scotsman
Date: Friday 5th July
Time: 18:30 (doors) | 19:00 (show starts)
Venue: The Chintz
£6
Yuriko Kotani is going to tell stories of her experiences, thoughts and imagination as a work in progress. “Kotani has a magical way of telling a story... her imagination transforms everyday battles into something extraordinary” ★★★★ The Scotsman
Date: Friday 5th July
Time: 19:00 (doors) | 19:30 (show starts)
Venue: Underland
£8
The wonky and worried award winning comedy of the Stoke-on-Trent urchin. Holding a spoon up to society and himself, expect high energy stand-up, laced with music and real voice notes. The Times Top 3 Rising Stars of the Fringe.
Date: Friday 5th July
Time: 20:00 (doors) | 20:30 (show starts)
Venue: The Chintz
£6
Off-kilter Funny Women finalist and BBC New Act nominee on raising kids, rinsing homophobes, and confronting her wild past. As heard on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 4. ‘Absolutely enthralling’ Broadway Baby ★★★★ ‘Brilliant’ BRIDGET CHRISTIE
FRIDAY 5th JULY
SATURDAY 6th JULY
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 15:30 (doors) | 16:00 (show starts)
Venue: Underland
£8
Last year, John was visited by a series of terrible plagues. Now, he’s desperate to tell you about it (preferably over many drinks and the tiniest cigarette?). ***** (EdFestMag.com). **** (Guardian). **** (Telegraph).
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 16:30 (doors) | 17:00 (show starts)
Venue: The Poly (Gallery)
£9
The critically acclaimed, half fuck half soft-boy of comedy returns with another dazzling display of everything and nothing. After headbutting a wall while on stage at a mental health fundraising gig and thinking he was going to die, Jordan has been taking a long hard look at himself. This show is not about that, but it is inspired by it.
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 17:30 (doors) | 18:00 (show starts)
Venue: The Cornish Bank
£10
A brand new character show from Rachel Fairburn. (Live At The Apollo, All Killa No Filla) Expect nepo babies, Hollywood icons and new best mates. We’d say Rachel can’t wait to see you there but she’s not technically in the show. In a Way.
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 19:00 (doors) | 19:30 (show starts)
Venue: Underland
£8
Erika’s razor-sharp, dark and visceral writing paired with precise delivery makes her one of the most exciting young comedians on the circuit. Erika has written for Late Night Mash (Dave), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (Sky), Have I Got News For You (BBC1) and Death to 2020 (Netflix).
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 15:30 (doors) | 16:00 (show starts)
Venue: The Cornish Bank
£10
After two smash-hit, sell-out runs, Chloe Petts returns with a brand new show and this time it gets personal. ★★★★ Guardian. ★★★★ Evening Standard. ★★★★ Metro.
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 19:30 (doors) | 20:00 (show starts)
Venue: Solskinn The Church
£10
The Cornish Comedian of the year Competition is back for the third year running. The final will be an audience vote to crown the new champion. There will be a pro headliner, host and finalists performing their best 10 minutes.
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 20:00 (doors) | 20:30 (show starts)
Venue: The Poly
Show time: 95 minutes plus a 20 minute interval
£15
Last year, we welcomed Kiri to The Falmouth Cringe for a super secret opening night gig. This year, she’s back with the final version of that show. Star of 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Have I Got News For You and QI Kiri Pritchard-McLean has had a busy few years. As well as hosting Live at the Apollo, fronting the Radio 4 panel show Best Medicine and starting a comedy school, she’s become a foster parent. Join the co-creator and co-host of cult hit podcast All Killa No Filla for a joyous and uplifting show from a comedian known for making "powerhouse stand-up from the thorniest of subjects" (The Guardian).
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 20:00 (doors) | 20:30 (show starts)
Venue: The Chintz
£6
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian with a secret. One he's fed up of keeping. Come watch this 'incredible... so clever' (BBC Radio Bristol) 'master of his craft' (Capers Comedy) perform the show he never thought he'd do.
SUNDAY 7th JULY
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 14:30 (doors) | 15:00 (show starts)
Venue: The Cornish Bank Church
£10
What are you storing in the back rooms of your brain? Who's lurking behind your eyes? A kaleidoscope of characters collide in this hallucinatory sketch comedy feast from award-winning duo The Awkward Silence. You wouldn’t dream of missing it.
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 15:00 (doors) | 15:30 (show starts)
Venue: Underland
£8
The ‘almost sexily cerebral’ (★★★★ (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably), after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace… wonderful new hour’ (★★★★ (The List). As heard on BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show. Writer for Mock the Week and The News Quiz. “A storming show” Sunday Times
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 16:00 (doors) | 16:30 (show starts)
Venue: The Cornish Bank
£10
Social media sensation Christopher tells of his life, as a ‘boy who’s a bit girly really’. From unhealthy obsessions with pop princesses, falling in line behind the School Classroom Queen Bees, and gaining life lessons from the cast of ‘Bad Girls’ why wouldn’t everyone strive to be girlier?
Alice-India: See You In Hell (WiP)
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 17:30 (doors) | 18:00 (show starts)
Venue: The Chintz
£6
See You In Hell poses the question, “What happens to the manic pixie dream teen when they grow up?”. Utilising charm [reluctantly] and joke writing mastery [gladly], Alice-India pulls apart the problem of the Quirky Girl and reveal the 3 dimensional person that lies beneath.
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 17:30 (doors) | 18:00 (show starts)
Venue: The Cornish Bank
£10
Harriet’s fine! She’s just got to rebuild her whole life and she can’t work out which way the building blocks go. As seen on Live At the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Roast Battle & Hypothetical.