A
gig
on Wednesday 8th January. The event starts at 20:00.
Our headline act for the first show or 2025 is Stuart Goldsmith!
Stuart Goldsmith is an internationally award-winning comedian, podcaster and speaker.
His TV credits include performing stand up on BBC’s Live At The Apollo (due to TX in 2025) and Conan, hosted by comedy icon Conan O’Brien.
Stuart’s stand-up career has seen him win several awards, including the Leicester Comedy Festival Award for Best New Show, and take ten solo stand-up shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to date. He has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the New Zealand International Comedy Festival and made multiple appearances at the prestigious, invitation-only festivals Just For Laughs in Montreal and SXSW in Texas. Stuart’s stand up special I Need You Alive is available to watch online.
Stuart specialises in performing stand up relating to the climate crisis. His 2023 solo stand up show Spoilers won the prestigious Best Show 2023 at Leicester Comedy Festival and was one of the best-reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023, where he played to sellout audiences and received wide critical acclaim. The Times praised Stuart’s “excellence” and his “intelligent, well-crafted act” whilst The List said: “he’s especially, piercingly funny on the hypocrisies we all indulge in.”
Opening the show is Daniel cpughtrey, with support from local acts and hosted by David Jefferies.