Richard Herring & Pete Firman ★ EDINBURGH PREVIEW ★

Thursday 19th July, 8.00pm
Firebug, Leicester

Buy Tickets £10/£8 Concessions

Two of the circuits finest road testing material before the Edinburgh Fringe…

Richard Herring

Richard Herring is a bone fide Fringe legend. Recent TV appearances include Genius (BBC Two), Have I Got News For You (BBC One) and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC Two). As one half of the prolific comedy duo Lee & Herring, Richard Herring enjoyed phenomenal cult success as a writer and performer with shows such as Lionel Nimrod’s Inexplicable World, Fist of Fun (BBC Radio 1/BBC Two) and This Morning with Richard Not Judy (BBC Two).

“Herring is a superior comedian… hilarious.” – The Guardian

Pete Firman – Jiggery Pokery

Following a fantastic run at this year’s Edinburgh Festival everyone’s favourite comedic conjuror is taking his hilarious new 5-star show Jiggery Pokery to Edinburgh.

Expect amazing feats that defy logic, a fast and furious delivery of gags and astounding tricks that will leave you dumbfounded for days! As seen on Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford, Saturday Live Again! and For One Night Only, all ITV1, Dirty Tricks and Derren Brown’s 3D Magic Spectacular (Channel 4) and The Secret World of Magic (Sky 1).

“A gob-smackingly talented magician…equally good at stand up and boasts immaculate timing” The Metro

“The Man from Middlesbrough sets the pace for comedy-meets-magic in the 21st Century” The Times

“Funnier than most comedians and more magical than Dumbledore on a good day” Time Out

SHOW STARTS: 8PM

Abandoman & Peacock + Gamble ★ EDINBURGH PREVIEW ★

Sunday 22nd July, 8.00pm
Firebug, Leicester

Buy Tickets £8/£6 Concessions

Two of the circuits finest road testing material before the Edinburgh Fringe…

ABANDOMAN

Following appearances on Radio 1, 6Music, BBC1 and BBC3 plus a recent sell-out tour with Ed Sheeran, the Hackney Empire New Act competition and Musical Comedy Award winners will present a hip-hop mash-up of the best new tunes that have never previously been written.

PEACOCK & GAMBLE – Don’t Even Want To Be On Telly Anyway…

Following a national tour of their hit 2011 Emergency Broadcast show,
everyone’s favourite underdogs Ray Peacock & Ed Gamble present a new show for 2012. Join the stars of the Peacock & Gamble Podcast (“Pure Gold” The Guardian) for an hour of fun, idiocy and very-handsomeness live on a stage.

Chortle Comedy Award nominees 2011 & 2012, and seen on Russell Howard’s Good News loads.

“**** Moments of stupendous invention” The List 2011

“**** natty punchlines and big, silly images throughout…fun stuff”
Chortle 2011

“***** Incredibly enjoyable – can’t recommend it enough” Absolute Radio 2011

“No” BBC Three 2011

SHOW STARTS: 8PM