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Royal Festival Hall
Mirth Control, March of the Women 2012
Sunday 11 March 2012
One of the highlights of last year's WOW - Women of the World festival returns.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
An April Fools Day Comedy Concert with Rainer Hersch
Sunday 1 April 2012
Whether you are a music professor or couldn't tell a string quartet from a string vest, this is the family-friendly show for you.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Monday 2 April 2012 - Thursday 5 April 2012
Following a sell-out autumn 2011 tour, the man behind Are You Dave Gorman? and Googlewhack Adventure performs for four nights only.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Umbilical Brothers: Don't Explain
Friday 6 April 2012 - Saturday 7 April 2012
These Perrier nominees bring you a classic two-man show of stand-up double-act interplay, rubber-limbed physical foolishness and Tarantino-cartoon violence, accompanied by gob-smackingly realistic, vocal sound-effects of everything from underwater horse racing to a martial arts battle with a fly.
E4 Udderbelly
Saturday 7 April 2012 - Saturday 7 July 2012
The Comedy Store presents the Best of the Comedy Store, bringing you the brightest comedy talent from the UK and international circuit.
E4 Udderbelly
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Sunday 8 April 2012 - Sunday 1 July 2012
The Showstoppers return to E4 Udderbelly Festival for a third year.
E4 Udderbelly
Monday 9 April 2012 - Sunday 27 May 2012
An hour of incredible musical entertainment, Vocal Orchestra is a celebration of everyone's favourite tunes using seven mouths, seven mics and no instruments!<br/><br/>Combining human beatboxing, vocal harmonies and floor-wobbling basslines, Vocal Orchestra is an original show, written and created by internationally acclaimed beatboxer Shlomo, and performed by a company of the world's most exciting beatboxing superstars.
E4 Udderbelly
Monday 9 April 2012 - Wednesday 11 April 2012
Rufus Hound: actor, television presenter, Cheryl Cole impersonator, owner of a fine moustache and also a first rate stand-up comedian comes to E4 Udderbelly for three nights only! Rufus Hound is on 'Celebrity Juice' every week, sitting next to Fearne Cotton.
E4 Udderbelly
Friday 13 April 2012 - Friday 11 May 2012
Last year's sell-out smash hit show, Abandoman, returns for two nights only! Following appearances on Radio 1, 6Music, and BBC1, the Hackney Empire New Act competition and Musical Comedy Award winners are back, this time with a full live band, for a hip-hop mash-up of the best of best new tunes that have never previously been written.
E4 Udderbelly
Saturday 14 April 2012
Star of 'Stand up for the Week', 'Campus' and 'Free Agents', Sara Pascoe presents a stand-up show that takes your mind and face to nice, silly places and cleverly make your life a bit better.
E4 Udderbelly
Sunday 15 April 2012
Lovable comedian Patrick Monahan, winner of ITV's 'Show Me The Funny', blends a high-energy style with hilarious and engaging stories of his Irish/Iranian/Teeside heritage.
E4 Udderbelly
Andy Zaltzman - Armchair Revolutionary
Wednesday 18 April 2012
The disenfranchised masses of the world have risen against oppression, teamed up with technology, and fought for freedom.
E4 Udderbelly
Saturday 21 April 2012
Winner of the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010 for Best Newcomer, Roisin Conaty is a multi-talented writer and performer.
E4 Udderbelly
Friday 27 April 2012 - Friday 22 June 2012
After multiple sell-out smash hit shows in 2010/2011, the twisted showcase of dark and delicious variety returns to the cow.
E4 Udderbelly
Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales
Saturday 28 April 2012 - Tuesday 1 May 2012
A brand new show from the award-winning Scamp Theatre (Stick Man - Live on Stage!) adapted from the bestselling books by Children's Laureate, Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler (creators of 'The Gruffalo').
E4 Udderbelly
Friday 4 May 2012 - Saturday 5 May 2012
Gina Yashere has a made a lot of changes in her life of late.
E4 Udderbelly
Saturday 5 May 2012 - Saturday 7 July 2012
Otter-ly fantastic! Now in its second year at E4 Udderbelly Festival The Comedy Club 4 Kids is back and better than ever.
E4 Udderbelly
Peacock and Gamble - Emergency Broadcast
Wednesday 9 May 2012
We have all been at a show that goes wrong.
E4 Udderbelly
Colin Hoult's Ultimate Carnival of Monsters
Saturday 12 May 2012
For the first time, Colin Hoult performs an exciting culmination of his three ground-breaking shows: 'Carnival of Monsters', 'Enemy of The World' and Inferno; combining character comedy, music, storytelling and surprise! Colin's unique style of comedy is For the first time, Colin Hoult performs an exciting culmination of his three ground-breaking shows: 'Carnival of Monsters', 'Enemy of The World' and Inferno; combining character comedy, music, storytelling and surprise! Colin's unique style of comedy is as touching and terrifying as it is hilarious.
E4 Udderbelly
Wednesday 23 May 2012 - Wednesday 13 June 2012
Nina Conti performs award-winning stand-up and ventriloquism with the incorrigible Monkey, mischievous Granny and vodka-swilling Lydia.