Cornish Comedian of the Year FINAL
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.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Peacock
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 20:00 (doors) | 20:30 (show starts)
Venue: The Poly
Show time: 75 minutes
£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).
Alex Kitson: Must I Paint You a Picture (WIP)
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.
Rajiv Karia: Ring The Bell, Look In The Mirror (WIP)
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 20:30 (doors) | 21:00 (show starts)
Venue: Underland
£8
Rajiv Karia is a changed man. Since his last show he’s got married, had a life-altering freakout on a plane, backpacked around South America, and carried a piglet in his bare hands. All things that will change a man. But will they?
Come along for a work-in-progress show from the King of Casual. Expect dry wit and subversive gags. He’ll be relaxed, almost to a fault.
Hong Kong Ping Pong: Live Gig!
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 22:00 (doors) | 22:30 (show starts)
Venue: Underland
£8
One of the most vibrant, unique, and fun DJ acts in the South West. Come and join us in wrapping up the festival’s Saturday night on the dance floor!
Magic Martin: Kids Show!
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 11:00 (show starts)
Venue: The Kimberly Park Stage
FREE!
A jam packed family show full of magic and mayhem. Everyone aged 1 to 100 will love the mad cap ways of Magic Martin as he takes you through a magical adventure!
FREE - just turn up!
Dangerous Dave: Kids Puppet Show!
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 13:00 (show starts)
Venue: Kimberly Park Stage
FREE!
Dangerous Dave, infinitely more daft than dangerous, and his ridiculous sidekick, Herbert Lemon, pesent some of the most mind-blinding silly stunts ever preformed!
“Transcends the boundray between adult and kids’ entertainment - fantastic!” Glenn Tilbrook
Kids show! FREE!
The Awkward Silence: Mind Milk
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.
Alex Kealy: The Fear
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
The Court of Kernow: A Cornish Comedy Extravaganza
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 15:00 (doors) | 15:30 (show starts)
Venue: Fives Cyderhouse
£8
Forget Charles, here in Cornwall we pledge allegiance to the Kernow King! Join our reigning king and host (otherwise known as Ed Rowe) for a mixed bill as he invites some of his most talented jesters from Cornwall to the stage. This is your chance to watch some of the titans of the Cornish comedy scene. Don’t miss it.
Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons (WIP)
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?
Sam Lake: Esméralda
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 16:30 (doors) | 17:00 (show starts)
Venue: Underland
£8
An uplifting new show about coming out as Spanish, grief and the Ice Age movie franchise. Award winning stand-up Sam Lake uncovers the mystery behind his mother’s powerful last words.
Harry Hill: The Last Caveman (Film + Q&A)
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 16:00 (doors) | 16:30 (show starts)
Film runtime: 54 mins (+ 30 min Q+A)
Rated: PG
Venue: The Poly (Theatre)
Adult: £10 | Child: £8
It’s a lonely life being a caveman, especially if you believe you’re the last one on Earth. Bear fights, love, death and new life as the last caveman finds out that maybe he’s not as alone as he thought… Join writer, director and lead of The Last Caveman, Harry Hill, for a virtual Q&A after the screening!
Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me (WIP)
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.
Alice-India: See You In Hell (WIP)
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.
Burt Williamson: Riding Bareback Through Your Mind (WIP)
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 17:30 (doors) | 18:00 (show starts)
Venue: Toast
£8
Bristol comedian and club favourite Burt Williamson, “hilarious at every turn” **** (Scotsman), performs his second hour of stand-up comedy.
Burt Williamson is a stand-up comedian, improviser and comedy producer based in Bristol. He’s had two critically acclaimed runs at the Edinburgh Fringe. ”The funniest, most unlikely, rudest yet sweetest” **** (Entertainment-Now.com).
Jessica Fostekew: Mettle
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 18:30 (doors) | 19:30 (show starts)
Venue: Solskinn - The Church
£15
Jess’ son’s joined a cult AND her cat’s learnt to talk – but despite all that she’s fine, actually. Don’t miss this brand-new show about passion, pace and purpose from the critically-acclaimed star of BBC’s QI, Live at the Apollo and C4’s Travel Man.
Jess is a regular co-host of The Guilty Feminist podcast and star and writer of BBC Radio 4’s Sturdy Girl Club. Most recently her hugely-acclaimed feature film Scrapper won the Grand Jury prize at the Sundance festival. Jess’ previous show Hench was nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards
Jess is supported by last year’s winner of our very own Cornish Comedian of the Year, Ben Treloar!