April 2020
Lunchtime Choir
The Komedia Lunchtime Choir – Brought to to you by Bath BID. Every Wednesday from 4th March – 8th April The Komedia Lunchtime Choir is a FREE choir for workers of Bath, lead by Matt Finch of MyPubChoir & ChoirLab20! Singing is proven to reduce stress, so grab a drink, pick up a sandwich from our lunchtime choir menu & belt-out a few well known songs in two or three part harmony! There’s no need to read music, song sheets…
Find out more »The Vivienne and Baga Chipz Show
The winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Vivienne and audience favourite Baga Chipz join forces for a full 90 minute production show! Live vocals, impressions, hilarious comedy, Appearances from Trump and Thatcher, Q & A’s and much more! Meet & Greet – A photo opportunity with Vivienne and Baga before the show. Early entry to guarantee the best seats. AUDITORIUM TICKETS are on the ground floor, in theatre style rows and are unreserved. Arrive early to get the best seats.…
Find out more »The Art’s cafe sessions
THE ARTS CAFE SESSIONS – LIVE MUSIC EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON! Introducing… The Arts Cafe Sessions: Komedia’s all-new Friday afternoon live music slot! Head down to the venue from 2pm – 4pm on Fridays to catch great live music from local musicians of all genres! If you’d like to play a slot, please email: ellierogers@komediabath.co.uk We’ve got a house piano, and a few open slots should you wish to join in, so bring a guitar, plug in and play and don’t…
Find out more »Raise The Bar
Raise The Bar Spoken Word run Spoken Word events across the South West, bringing performance poetry to life on stage with a mixture of feature sets and open mic for all!
Find out more »Spring Cider and Music Festival
Sample the delights of real, artisan cider from Somerset and beyond while enjoying top festival acts including Skimmity Hitchers, Gaz Brookfield and Imprints. The day will be split into an afternoon (1:00 – 5:00pm) and evening session (6:00 – 10:00pm), with a discounted all day ticket for those attending both.
Find out more »Mitch Benn The Distractions Musical Comedy Showcase
Mitch Benn and The Distractions – Kirsty Newton and Ivan Sheppard – present a stellar bill of the funniest musicians and the most musical of comedians – featuring the best of the comedy circuit and surprise star guests! Fresh from the Phoenix, Cavendish Square in London, expect a musical comedy showcase second to none!
Find out more »Look-a-Like Tribute Festival
We are bringing together the UK’s FINEST tribute bands for a huge indoor festival to celebrate a whole era of music and culture. Line Up: The Beatles / OASIS / Queen / Fleetwood Mac What to expect: LIVE Acts & Music / Food / Festival Style Event!
Find out more »I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again… Again!
I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again…Again! With Tim Brooke-Taylor! The Classic Bbc Radio Series Returns… On Stage… Roll up, Roll Up! Angus Prune OBE is back, with the Custard Pie of Radio Comedy. Performed on stage in classic radio comedy style with live music and sound effects, The OFFSTAGE Theatre Group recreates the anarchic and deliciously surreal cult comedy show that laid waste to BBC Radio in the 1960s and 1970s. Following their critically-acclaimed first tour, this second Greatest Hits…
Find out more »G2 Define Genesis
Having performed classic Genesis for nearly two decades, G2 Definitive Genesis are making their annual return to Komedia Bath. G2 pay tribute to a vintage period in Genesis’ long and colourful history with songs from the four-man “Seconds Out” era (1975-78), and earlier Gabriel years. In the mid-seventies Peter Gabriel had recently departed to be replaced by relatively unknown ‘singing’ drummer Phil Collins. Rather than being doomed to failure, the four man era of Hackett, Banks, Rutherford and Collins lifted…
Find out more »Victorious
Join award-winning musical comedy performer Hannah Brackenbury as she presents a joyful and poignant musical tribute to the late, great comedy genius Victoria Wood. Winner of Best Show (Funny Women Awards 2019) and Best of the Festival (Brighton Fringe 2018), this hilarious and uplifting hour-long show celebrates the life and musical work of a much-missed British comedy icon. Featuring a generous helping of classic Victoria Wood songs including ‘Pam’, ‘Bum to the World’, ‘Music & Movement’ and the unforgettable ‘Ballad…
Find out more »100% Simon Brodkin
After three hugely successful BBC series as Lee Nelson, multiple sell-out tours and various court appearances following world-famous stunts on Theresa May, Sepp Blatter, Donald Trump, Kanye West and Britain’s Got Talent, the award-winning comedian unleashes his funniest creation yet… himself! Fresh from a critically-acclaimed, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Simon takes his debut stand-up show 100% Simon Brodkin on a nationwide tour. One of The Guardian’s ‘Top Shows At The Fringe One of The Evening Standard’s ‘Best…
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May 2020
Seann Walsh: Same again?
Seann wanted to be a stand-up comedian from the age of 10. In this show, he tells us how he got here, from growing up in Brighton to gathering a slew of TV credits and glowing reviews, to becoming a tabloid villain. This fresh show mixes some of his best loved routines with new candid stories from the last ten years. Seann has many acting credits including Comedy Central’s sitcom Big Bad World, the lead role in Monks (BBC One),…
Find out more »Bird On The Wire
A 10-piece collective of outstanding musicians interpreting the music of one of the greatest songwriters of our time, Bird on the Wire has already received rave reviews. Pauline Scanlon and The Whileaways will celebrate many of Cohen’s best-loved life works. They lead a masterful collective including Will Merrigan on bass, Dave Clancy on keys, Beoga legend, Eamon Murray on drums, together with strings and brass sections. Pauline Scanlon galvanized the Irish music scene with her stunning debut album, Red Colour…
Find out more »Gelonf Thubten – A Monk’s Guide To Happiness Live
Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author from the UK. He was educated at Oxford University, and became an actor in London and New York. In his early 20’s he suffered from severe burnout and a life-threatening heart problem. This dramatic wake-up call led him to join Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Scotland, where he ordained as a monk. The term Gelong means ‘senior monk’. Thubten’s training over the past 25 years has included spending over…
Find out more »Scummy Mummies Summer Show
Back by popular demand! Following their sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn are on tour in 2020 with an all new show – new songs, new jokes and new catsuits! The show celebrates the scummier side of parenting, from drinking wine at teatime to hiding from the PTA. Expect stand-up, sketches, songs and some very Scummy stories. Guaranteed top make parents laugh and non-parents happy about their life Choices.
Find out more »Mad Dog Mcrea
Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure, drinking, love and life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless pirates and black flies – Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with their infectious songs. In constant demand and having played just about every festival and two-bit, jibe-arsed dive in Christendom, Mad Dog Mcrea are, in every sense of the word, a live,…
Find out more »Adam Hess: My Grandad has a Fringe
As seen on Tonight at the Palladium (ITV), Stand Up Central (Comedy Central) and Live from the BBC, Adam Hess is one of the UK’s hottest comedy talents. Prepare to laugh for an hour and not think once as Hess brings to you his award-winning show (Theatre Weekly’s Best Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Show) and see the comedian who critics regularly describe as having ‘more laughs per minute than any other act’ (Skinny). One of his jokes is about the face…
Find out more »Divina de Campo: A Red Wig & A Silver Dress
Divina de Campo: A Red Wig & A Silver Dress: Fan favourite from RuPaul’s Drag Race UK brings her one woman show to Bath
Find out more »Party in the city
Komedia is proud to take part in Bath’s biggest night of FREE entertainment, and will be bringing top notch music and dance performances to both the Main Auditorium & Arts Cafe Stages from 6pm – late. THE MAIN STAGE: LIFE IN MONO A blend of 90’s grunge, huge and heavy rock with the most stunning vocal. Life In Mono’s sound combines thrashy guitars reminiscent of Placebo’s early records, the darkness of Mazzy Star and lyrical sophistication of PJ Harvey. PLUME…
Find out more »Rachek Parris
The Bafta-nominated comedian is back with a brand-new show about big life changes. Join viral sensation and star of BBC’s The Mash Report as she performs stand-up and songs about sudden love, the highs and lows of relationships, family, weddings, kids, going viral, going mental, and the baffling state of play in society right now. Brought to you by Bath Festival 2020!
Find out more »Raise The Bar Presents: Buddy Wakefield and Guests
Raise the Bar and The Bath Festival proudly present an afternoon of spoken word poetry headlined by international writer and three-time World Poetry Slam Champion Buddy Wakefield. The show coincides with the world tour of A Choir of Honest Killers, his first book of prose and poetry in eight years. One of the world’s most prolific and accomplished performance poets, he will be joined by Tom Sastry and Bath Spa University alumni poet Tierney Elliott.
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Get the Blessing
RMT Music & The Bath Festival present an evening of genre-bending jazz, post-jazz and psychedelia from members of Bristol’s melting-pot of international musicians. Get the Blessing are a Bristol four-piece who, in two decades of playing their own brand of jazz-rock, have won global acclaim. The line-up comprises Jake McMurchie saxophone, Pete Judge trumpet, Jim Barr bassist and Clive Deamer drums. ‘Trip-hop informed contemporary jazz-rock at its very best’ – TIME OUT Support acts are also Bristol-based: The Brackish is…
Find out more »Silent Movie Night
In the days of silent film, audiences were swept along with the story on the big screen by live music in the cinema. Returning to The Bath Festival following their sell-out 2019 event are skiffle band The Dodge Brothers, featuring film critic Mark Kermode on double bass and pianist Neil Brand. They provide a barnstorming live soundtrack to the 1928 silent movie Beggars of Life. Iconic flapper girl Louise Brooks stars as a girl on the run with Wallace Beery…
Find out more »Rural Music Network Project
The Rural Music Network Project Tour, March – June 2020 is part of a music project ran by Young Somerset in partnership with The Cheese and Grain and funded by Youth Music. The aim is to bridge the gap between Young People and the music industry, increasing the promotion of up and coming young people’s music across Somerset. The Tour program showcases eight new music acts from across Somerset at eight different music venues. The aims of the Rural Music…
Find out more »Uproar!
Komedia Bath and Bath Mencap are proud to present Uproar! Bath’s first club night for adults with learning disabilities. The night offers a safe, relaxed and fun environment for adults with learning disabilities and their families and friends to cut loose and dance like nobody’s watching! One of Bath’s best-loved DJ’s James Harriman will be providing the tunes which will be a classic and contemporary mix of pop & dance hits!
Find out more »The Psychology of Serial Killers
Expert Jennifer Rees will debunk common Serial Killer Myths – you may be surprised by what you learn! During this talk, you will discover how serial killers are classified. What are the differences between lust killers like the BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) killers, and visionary killers such as David Berkowitz (Son of Sam?) Jennifer will explore the different categories and discuss the typical differences between males and female serial killers incorporating case studies to illustrate. You will also investigate the…
Find out more »June 2020
Kendal Mountain Festival
Fire up your imagination with the world’s best adventure films and talks from inspiring speakers. Watch a brand-new collection of short films on the big screen – stories of human endurance, breathtaking environments and soul-stirring journeys. Plus hear from one of the world’s top adventurers, who will join us on stage to share tales from their explorations. The evening will be presented by Festival director Steve Scott and we will be giving away prizes from our fabulous tour sponsors.
Find out more »Any Suggestions, doctor? An improvised Doctor Who Parody
The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is landing near you! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop, incredible props & set and a collection of hilarious improv comedy performers. Travel on an adventure everyone can enjoy made entirely from your suggestions. Allons-y!
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Edinburgh Preview: Sarah Keyworth & Catherine Bohart
Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress An hour of new material from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee Sarah Keyworth. Winner: Herald Angel Award. Winner: Pleasance Best Newcomer Award. As seen and heard on Roast Battle, The Stand Up Sketch Show and The Now Show. ★★★★★ Herald ★★★★ Times ★★★★ Telegraph Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress An hour of new material from the star of BBC2’s The Mash Report. As seen and heard on Roast Battle, 8 Out of 10 Cats, The Stand Up…
Find out more »July 2020
Edinburgh Preview: Laura Davis & Stuart Goldsmith
Laura Davis: Work in Progress A new hour of stand-up comedy from multi-award-winning Laura Davis. ‘A different kind of provocative… smart, challenging, ambitious, playful and funny’ ★★★★ (Chortle) ‘Supremely witty… hilarious’ ★★★★ (Scotsman) ‘Laura Davis is excellent’ (Daniel Kitson) Stuart Goldsmith: Work in Progress Not a show, but the undercoat, base coat or petticoat of what may one day be a show. Stu ties his hair back like Moana and gets to it. Open-hearted, honest and *guaranteed* potentially funny. Host…
Find out more »The Vivienne and Baga Chipz Show
The winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Vivienne and audience favourite Baga Chipz join forces for a full 90 minute production show! Live vocals, impressions, hilarious comedy, Appearances from Trump and Thatcher, Q & A’s and much more!
Find out more »Absolute Bowie
Absolute Bowie, awarded the UK’s ‘Best Tribute Band’ and ‘Best Bowie’ act, would like to come and meet you and they might just blow your mind… With an electrifying performance from our main Starman, and theatrical mid-set costume ch-ch-ch- anges, Absolute Bowie will take you on a musical journey through the greatest hits of David Bowie with their huge stage show. “A lovingly crafted Bowie show” says NME, and “an unmissable tribute act” hails the Mail on Sunday, the band…
Find out more »The Darkside of Pink Floyd
More than just an ordinary Pink Floyd tribute band, The Darkside of Pink Floyd entertain audiences with a fantastic light show and passionate performances. Due to the demand for their exquisite reproduction of Pink Floyd’s classic music, The Darkside of Pink Floyd are a regular feature at major National music venues, festivals and theatres. They were also the first band to play a live public performance inside the prehistoric caves of the world famous Kents Cavern and they’ve had four…
Find out more »August 2020
Indigo Girls
On their 16th studio album, Indigo Girls tell their origin story. They have reunited with their strongest backing band to date to create Look Long—a stirring and eclectic collection of songs that finds the duo of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, chronicling their personal upbringings with more specificity and focus than they have on any previous song-cycle. These eleven songs have a tender, revealing motion to them, as if they’re feeding into a Super 8 film projector, illuminating a darkened…
Find out more »Look-A-Like Bath Tribute Festival
Tribute Festival Comes to Bath! We are bringing together the UK’s FINEST tribute bands for a huge indoor festival to celebrate a whole era of music and culture. Line Up: The Beatles / OASIS / Queen / Fleetwood Mac What to expect: LIVE Acts & Music / Food / Festival Style Event! ---- AUDITORIUM TICKETS are standing on the ground floor. Please contact us if you have specific access requirements. STANDING // DOORS 15:00 // AGES 14+ (UNDER 16’S MUST…
Find out more »September 2020
Flash – A Tribute To Queeen
FLASH – A Tribute to QUEEN – has been created and is performed with love and admiration for the late great Freddie Mercury and the musical legacy of Queen. A desire in each member to replicate what made queen so special and to bring back some of the live magic that made Queen the international super-group it is today.
Find out more »Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Doctor Who Parody
The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is landing near you! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop, incredible props & set and a collection of hilarious improv comedy performers. Travel on an adventure everyone can enjoy made entirely from your suggestions. Allons-y! “Laughter so hard the seating shook” ***** One4Review “A must see” ***** Scottish Field “The Doctor would approve” **** BroadwayBaby “A talented cast, sharp improv skills and a slick live soundscape” Recommended by the British…
Find out more »Only Fools And Boycie
Only Fools And Boycie – An intimate evening with Only Fools And Horses actor John Challis. Enjoy an intimate evening with John Challis, one of the nation’s greatest comedy actors, best known as Boycie in BBC1’s Only Fools and Horses. In this one-off show the national treasure will reveal secrets from the set with stories and anecdotes from his dazzling career. Having worked with some of the biggest names in show business, he’ll be spilling the beans about Only Fools…
Find out more »Ocean Film Festival
Dive into a night of mesmerising ocean adventure! The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is back for 2020 with a brand-new collection of the world’s most incredible ocean films!
Find out more »Oas-is
The only tribute to use official Oasis equipment, tour DJs and visuals/screen footage. Oas-is-The world’s BEST Oasis tribute band-as seen of Channel 4’s The Last Leg. Oas-is are Five Oasis fanatics who live and breath Manchester’s finest band and are now dedicated to giving you the best look and sound that you should expect from an Oasis tribute band. Oas-is are made up of experienced musicians who have toured all around the world and who take great pride in reproducing…
Find out more »October 2020
Marty Wilde And The Wildcats
A chance to see live on stage one of the only performing Rock’n’Roll Pioneers in the World today! Marty began his career in 1957 – and was one of the first British singers to play a leading part in those early formative ‘Rock’n’Roll’ years’. With his many hits and a host of wonderful songs from that era – Marty Wilde and his fabulous band the Wildcats take you back through some of the most exciting musical times this country has…
Find out more »Steve Hillage
Following a sold-out tour last year, acclaimed musician Steve Hillage has announced a brand-new tour for October 2020 including a date at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town. Since he began playing guitar in the early 1960s, through his time with Gong and beyond as a solo artist and one half of System 7, Steve Hillage has embodied what it means to be a truly progressive musician. One of the most respected and beloved players arising from the Canterbury Scene and…
Find out more »Gengahr + Special Guests
AUDITORIUM TICKETS are standing on the ground floor. Please contact us if you have specific access requirements. STANDING // DOORS 19:30 // AGES 14+ (UNDER 16’S MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT)
Find out more »Smack the 80s – Live Retro Party Band!!
SMACK THE 80S – LIVE 80S BAND PLUS DJ PM KEEPING YOU DANCING ALL NIGHT SMACK THE 80s Are famous for delivering a lively, fun-packed, authentic tribute 80s show that will fill the dance floor and create an event that will never be forgotten. The Band instantly transcend audiences’ memories to this golden era with sounds from Wham, Human League,Madonna, Depeche Mode,Kim Wilde, The Bangles, Cyndy Lauper, ABC, Gary Numan, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Belinda Carlisle,Thompson…
Find out more »The George Michael Story
The only touring show to perform George Michael’s hits in chronological order. The George Michael Story tells in detail the career of George and his 100 million record selling history. The show starts with George in the Wham! days and then into the Grammy Award winning ‘Faith’ album. After the interval we have George’s more mature hits and touch some of his emotional and heartfelt songs. A full live band with video screens supporting the show including video footage of…
Find out more »November 2020
100% Simon Brodkin
After three hugely successful BBC series as Lee Nelson, multiple sell-out tours and various court appearances following world-famous stunts on Theresa May, Sepp Blatter, Donald Trump, Kanye West and Britain’s Got Talent, the award-winning comedian unleashes his funniest creation yet… himself! Fresh from a critically-acclaimed, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Simon takes his debut stand-up show 100% Simon Brodkin on a nationwide tour. One of The Guardian’s ‘Top Shows At The Fringe One of The Evening Standard’s ‘Best…
Find out more »Jon Boden
He is best known as the lead singer and main arranger of the progressive folk juggernaut Bellowhead. After twelve years, a quarter of a million album sales, seven singles on the Radio 2 playlist and selling out hundreds of venues throughout the land and beyond, including notably the Royal Albert Hall, Jon announced in 2015 that he wanted to move on. The rest of the band decided not to continue without him. Bellowhead played their final gig on May 1st…
Find out more »Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs + Special guests
AUDITORIUM TICKETS are standing on the ground floor. Please contact us if you have specific access requirements. STANDING // DOORS 18:30 // AGES 14+ (UNDER 16’S MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT)
Find out more »Iain Stirling: Failing Upwards
Iain Stirling (Love Island and Taskmaster) is taking his ‘extremely funny’ (Telegraph) comedy back on the road for his biggest ever nationwide tour, following his 2018 sell-out smash U OK HUN? x.
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The Wurzels
OOO ARR! Them Wurzels are back on the road! Performing a career spanning set consisting of all the hits, stories and jokes from a career lasting more than 50 years. Drink up thy Zider!
Find out more »Whole Lotta Led
The music of Led Zeppelin performed by Whole Lotta Led Whole Lotta Led are five musicians dedicated to performing the music of Led Zeppelin with skill, passion and respect. Now in their twenty-fourth year they are the longest running, professional tribute to the music of Led Zeppelin with their customary two and half hour shows receiving acclaim from Zeppelin lovers the length and breadth of the UK and abroad.
Find out more »David O’Doherty: Whoa is me
Here he comes again, trotting on to the stage with all of the misplaced confidence of a waiter with no pad. Is he going to remember it? OH YES HE IS. There’ll be lots of talking, some apologising and some songs on a glued together plastic keyboard from 1986.
Find out more »The Kopycat Killers – The Killers Tribute
The Kopycat Killers attention to detail is intense, featuring authentic tones and sequenced studio sounds to emulate ‘The Killers’ own, backing musicians, along with the stage wear, the instruments, set choice and decoration (including the Killers own famous ‘K’ keyboard stand), it’s all present and correct. Above all though, the musicianship, energy and the atmosphere created is top tier – and as huge fans, they take recreating The Killers wonderful songs and amazing shows very seriously indeed. AUDITORIUM TICKETS are…
Find out more »December 2020
Krater Christmas Special
TOP-UP YOUR LEVELS OF CHRISTMAS CHEER WITH OUR FESTIVE COMEDY EXTRAVAGANZA! If you’re looking for something a little out of the ordinary this year, forgo the awkward office disco and beige buffet, and head to Komedia for one of our unbeatably funny and fantastically festive Krater Christmas Specials! Each Krater Christmas Special is complete with an all-star comedy line-up, an optional 3, 2 or 1 course meal, and dancing to cheesy floor-filler classics until the early hours with after-parties courtesy…
Find out more »The Ministry of Burlesque: Christmas Cabaret
Celebrate Christmas in style with The Ministry Of Burlesque’s Christmas Cabaret An uproarious revue of camp Christmas comedy and festive friskiness… With a night of festive treats – both naughty and nice – all under one roof, guests are invited to eat, drink, laugh and dance the night away in true vaudevillian excessive style. Prepare to witness amazing aerial displays, breathtaking feats of human grace and the daring antics of scantily clad showgirls. Hear songs from the sultriest of sirens…
Find out more »February 2021
SHOWADDYWADDY
‘The Greatest Rock & Roll Band In The World’ is a bold statement but Showaddywaddy has lived up to that title for the last 4 decades! Formed in the 1970s in Leicester from several local bands, they have sold more than 20 million records and have toured all corners of the World extensively. Their live show is dynamic and uplifting featuring all of their biggest hits, many of which reached number one in the pop charts of Europe. ‘Under The…
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