Evening events, Comedy

You'll know him best from Live at the Apollo and Mock the Week, but this is Parsons' fourth stand-up show. Does he really have a shed? Come along and find out.

• Directed by: Karen Turner
• Written by: Tim Firth

A group of extraordinary women, members of a Yorkshire W.I, persuade one another to pose nude for a charity calendar to purchase a comfortable sofa for the visitors lounge in the hospital where one of their husbands is being treated for leukaemia.

Slick wit, intelligent banter and fast-paced humour from Richard Blackwood. Also featuring Slim, Kane Brown, Shabba, Kevin J, Eddie Kadi, Glenda Jaxson, Funmbi, Axel and Mikey Carpenter.

Award-winning comedy. When Andy gives his leaving speech at his school, he is visited by the ghost of ‘Carry On’ star Kenneth Williams. Together they go on a surreal journey through their careers as Thomas seeks to perfect his speech. Hilarious and poignant, ‘Crimes’ is a must see for anyone who has been in a school! PG…

Guest acts take to the stage for an evening of laughter.

After a triumphant Radio 2 series, the New Age guru, psychic and medium returns; passing on messages, making predictions and telling fortunes. 'Fantastically original and funny enough to kill you from asphyxiation' (Magic Circle Magazine).

Sharp observational humour as the stand-up and former 8 Out Of 10 Cats team captain tries out new material ahead of a forthcoming tour.

A grumpy look at life from Ms Eclair, giving her usual wry take on life.

Baroque Theatre Company presents a satirical comedy by John Chapman, which focuses on a stage company who are attempting to put on a play.

Canadian stand-ups Craig Campbell, Glenn Wool and Stewart Francis join forces to present their individual brands of humour to the UK.

Cultural and topical observations from the Iranian-American comic living in Los Angeles.

The stand-up returns to the stage after his sell-out shows in 2008. The comic has become a regular face on TV and radio shows over the past year and has had amazing success with his stand-up DVD, Michael McIntyre Live & Laughing which became the fastest selling debut stand-up DVD of all time. The comic also starred in…

You may have caught him on one of his increasingly regular TV appearances, so here's a chance to catch the distinctively voiced Cockney in the flesh.

• Written by: Joan Greening

The lives of Nell Gwynn, Lillie Langtry, Dorothy Jordan and the loves of Dante Gabriel Rossetti are woven into this historical drama. With pathos and bawdy humour, these mistresses of Kings and artists tell heart-rending tales of love, lust and laughter.

Julia Sutherland hosts a night for comedians to try out their latest gags and see which ones go down well and which ones don't.

• Written by: Neil Simon

An adaptation of Neil Simon's famous comedy with the two leading roles performed by women.

Adult humour from the TV regular, poet and sometime singer.

• Directed by: Mark Bell
• Written by: Henry Shields

Award-winning company Theatre Mischief presents a play-within-a-play about an amateur dramatic society putting on a murder mystery production. Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields.

• Directed by: Richard Bonham
• Written by: Daniel Bye

Daniel Bye stars in a provocative and at times very funny one-man performance lecture about the concept of value. Directed by Richard Bonham.

Blue comedy from man branded 'too rude for television'. Never mind the comedy, that patchwork jacket is hardly fit for public consumption.

• 60 min

Observational humour from the two comics from the Stand Up For The Week.

Malvern Theatre Players present an adaptation Alan Ayckbourn's revision of the classic 1922 farce about inheritance, debt avoidance and faked death.

• Directed by: Will Adamsdale
• Written by: Jason Barnett

A work-shy writer finds that a Victorian man is living in the wall of his flat, in Will Adamsdale's surreal play with songs about recycling and knock-throughs. Featuring Jason Barnett and Melanie Wilson, co-directed by Lyndsey Turner.