What’s On

Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

Age Rating and Advisories - moderate violence, threat, domestic abuse, infrequent strong language

Award winning comedian and local lad Josh Pugh returns to the stage after a year in lockdown with all of the thoughts and ideas he hasn't been able to tell anyone. An hour of new and old jokes from an English Comedian of the Year Winner.
"Flashes of Genius" - Ticketmaster.
"An almost certain future star" - Chortle

MTS bring you something new (for them) - two short one-act plays live on stage at the Abbey

Anger Management - A group anger management session takes a turn for the worse when the facilitator suggests the participants re-enact the things that got them sent there in the first place.

Charlie to the checkout, please - It’s Riley’s first day on the checkout, and things are not going well: product returns, complaints, queue-jumping and an armed robbery! Charlie said he’d be on hand, but he’s not answering the PA. So Riley steps up.

"If you need evidence of just how special the duo Winter Wilson is, then Live & Unconventional delivers in abundance"

Steve Caseman, RnR magazine.

But it is in live performance that these two really excel, bringing a sense of intimacy to every venue, blending superb original songs, stunning harmonies and musicianship with hilarious off-the-cuff humour. Kip Winter (vocals, accordion, guitar, flute) "simply has a voice to die for” (John Roffey, Maverick Magazine), whilst Dave Wilson (vocals, guitar and banjo) is now recognized as being amongst the best of British songwriters. You will laugh; you may cry. You will certainly want to see them again! In 2019 Winter Wilson toured the UK, Australia, Spain, Belgium and Canada. They also released Live & Unconventional, the long-awaited live album, recorded on tour with folk-rock icons Fairport Convention.

All Acts are subject to change. Where an act is substituted on or before the day of the event, we are unable to offer any refunds.

PAUL MCCAFFREY - HEADLINER

Star of Live at the Apollo, Impractical Jokers, Russell Howards Good News, Stand up Central, and as seen on The Dog Ate My Homework and Channel 4’s 5o Funniest.
Paul has recently appeared on major UK tours with two of Britain’s foremost stand ups, Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges – playing to more than half a million people in Arenas and theatres to great critical acclaim. He has also been the support act for Michael Mcintyre, John Bishop and Lee Mack. 2019 saw McCaffrey take to the road for his first solo headline tour ‘I thought I’d have grown out of this by now’, playing to packed houses across the UK. In Spring 2020, he’ll be hitting the road again in his own right this time, with hilarious new show LEMON.

ROGER MONKHOUSE - COMPERE

One of the most intellectual comics in the business, Roger Monkhouse oozes class with every syllable he utters, be it a wry observation or a witty oneliner, all delivered with a laconic, urbane Surrey posh accent, that has not been crushed by far too many years living in the north of the country. A comedy club owner himself when he is not performing, Roger knows exactly what an audience wants and delivers it with a deadly combination of charm and as an equally cerebral critic put it: ''he packs in more observations on the human condition in a twenty minute set than a whole lecture on Jean-Paul Satre''.  

SHAZIA MIRZA

Shazia Mirza is an award winning British stand up comedian and writer.
‘But what do awards mean anyway? Everyone’s got an award. You get awards these days just for leaving the house and recycling your yogurt pots.’
Her latest show; ‘Coconut‘, was on tour – but then… well here's how she put it; “My new tour ‘Coconut’ has been cancelled due to the world ending. It will either resume in the afterlife or in 2021 whichever happens first”.
Her parents just want her to get married....

JAY HANDLEY

Jay Handley used to make beautiful sculpted oak furniture before ********* it all off to become a comedian instead. A decision that has been financially catastrophic.
That said he does get to perform all over the country at some of its very best venues. These include The Glee Club, Jongleurs, The Stand, The Comedy Store & Baby Blue.
Clearly, what he has lost financially he has gained artistically.