Description

  • Comedy, Something A Little Different and Date Night
  • Tickets from £15.00
  • City Centre
  • Over 18
  • Tuesday 15th July 2025 and 2 other dates
  • 19:30 - 22:00

Join us as some of our finest comedians on the circuit present a night of preview shows before they head to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Some bits will be comedy genius, the kind of moment that will let you say to your grandchildren ‘I was there! I was there when it was first performed! It was brilliant and beautiful and changed me as a person!”

And some bits will be... less good. It’s a preview. We will pretend to the grandchildren that these bits didn’t happen.

Unlike most other performance disciplines, comedy is unique in how it uses live shows as the rehearsal room. The audience becomes a de facto director, and it’s a fascinating insight into the creative process to watch a show develop in front of you.

Come along for a sneak peek at shows hotly tipped for success at the Fringe. 

Line Up
Tuesday 15th July - Kate Dolan & Phil Ellis 
Wednesday 17th July - Andrew Doherty & Johnny White Really Really 
Thursday 17th July - Jonny Pelham & Rob Auton




TUESDAY 15th JULY 

PHIL ELLIS was nominated for the prestigious Sky Best Comedy Show at the 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards and won The Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality for Phil Ellis’s Excellent Comedy Show. The show was ranked in the top 20 best-reviewed shows of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023.
 He starred and co-wrote three series of his own BBC Radio 4 sitcom Phil Ellis is Trying, co-starring Johnny Vegas, Lolly Adefope, Amy Gledhill, Alexei Sayle, Sindhu Vee, Jack Dee, Lee Mack, Mark Lamarr and Sean Lock. The series was nominated for a BBC Audio Award in 2019.
In 2014, Phil won the Edinburgh Comedy Award’s panel prize with his anarchic, sleeper hit show Funz and Gamez. After meeting incredible critical acclaim, Funz and Gamez was broadcast as part of BBC Radio 4’s Fresh from the Fest and BBC Comedy Feeds (BBC Three). The show went on to have an 18-show run at the Soho Theatre and all major UK comedy festivals.
KATE DOLAN is an award-winning comedian from the Midlands whose star is rapidly rising both in the UK and internationally. Kate’s debut show, A Different Kind of Unhinged, has cemented her reputation as a comedic force, winning the Emerging Artist Award at the Adelaide Fringe 2024. The List (★★★★) described her as a “phenomenal emerging comic,” while Chortle (★★★★) hailed her as a “future star” and urged audiences to “remember her name.” Following her successful Edinburgh Fringe run, she was highlighted in the UK’s Metro publication as one of the standout acts of the festival.


WEDNESDAY 16th JULY 

ANDREW DOHERTY  presents a brand-new show from the maker of the award-winning sell-out Gay Witch Sex Cult ('the funniest fringe horror since Garth Marenghi' (Guardian). Andrew Doherty completely relaunches himself with a startling piece of groundbreaking tragic theatre. In this tragic piece that breaks new ground, Andrew throws the book at AIDS and asks the Arts Council to pick it up. Watch Andrew take the cult out of cult hit and replace it with "financially prosperous." Catch it before it gets a West End transfer, moves to Broadway and finally HBO Max.


JOHNNY WHITE REALLY-REALLY is a stand-up comedian, writer and musician from Sheffield. Described by Chortle in their five-star review of his most recent stand-up hour Catland, as “a truly singular mind and talent”, his unique brand of comedy is “taking the artform in a genuinely modern direction”.
He has appeared on Starstruck (BBC), The Paddock (Channel 4), Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared (Channel 4), and cult web series Year Friends (Blink Industries). He hosts the podcast Lunchwatch from Hattrick.
As a musician and composer, Johnny has composed film soundtrack work for the National Gallery, The National Theatre, The Old Vic Theatre, the Guardian, Vice, and on the feature films How To Be (2007), and Hide And Seek (2014), which won the Michael Powell Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.


THURSDAY 17th JULY 

ROB AUTON has written seven five star rated Edinburgh fringe shows, The Yellow Show, The Sky Show, The Face Show, The Water Show, The Sleep Show, The Hair Show, The Talk Show (the second best reviewed show at the Edinburgh Festival 2018) and The Time Show, which was one of the best reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Festival 2019. He then took The Time Show on a UK tour, which continues this autumn 
He has performed his unique brand of comedy on The Russell Howard Hour (Sky One) and on Rob Delaney’s Stand Up Central (Comedy Central). The latter set went viral on Facebook with 4.7m views and couniting.  

JONNY PELHAM is one of the most exciting stand-up comedians on the circuit.
Most recently Jonny has appeared on Rosie Jones’s Disability Comedy Extravaganza as well as Live from the BBCMock The WeekRussell Howard’s stand-up Central and Live at the Apollo.

Jonny is also an in-demand comedy writer and actor having appeared in the Viceland series, Bobby & Harriet Getting Married, as well as his own short film released as part the Sky Comedy Shorts season, Late Bloomer. Jonny is currently developing a number of projects, both scripted and unscripted, for TV, and has written and starred in his own Channel 4 Comedy Blap, Brad Boyz.

Jonny’s critically acclaimed Edinburgh show, Off Limits, saw him winning the Beyond The Fringe Herald Angel Award. It received ample praise, critical acclaim and five star reviews, The Herald describing it as an ‘intensely moving and consistently funny set’, while EdFestMag calls it ‘a truly remarkable show’.



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ADMIT 1 @ 7.30PM

19:30 - 22:00 £15.00

Location

Address

4 Temple Row West, B2 5NY

Area

City Centre

Organiser

Old Joint Stock Pub and Theatre
Welcome to The Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham – the premier fringe theatre venue in the Midlands.As a leading fringe venue, we pride ourselves on our eclectic programming, featuring everything from captivating theatre productions, stand up comedy, burlesque & cabaret, high-end in house productions and everything in-between.But that's not all – being just above the stunning Old Joint Stock Pub, feel free to grab a bite to eat or a pint in our lovely pub before or after the show. Join us for an unforgettable evening of entertainment at The Old Joint Stock Theatre.

Venue

Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre

Central, homely and unique are but a few ways to describe the eye-catching Old Joint Stock Pub and Theatre. The venue regularly hosts, wedding receptions, celebrations and corporate events in their city centre pub, just a short walk from Snow Hill station and New Street Station. Born originally as alibrary…

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  • Written by Rebecca

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    What an amazing show. Genius idea I really enjoyed it. It made me wanna go out raving. Great music.
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    Great show!!!! Really intense. Fantastic acting. Right up there close with the cast. Main actress was phenomenal
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