BBC New Comedy Awards
The BBC New Comedy Awards Grand Final is coming to Town Hall Birmingham!Who’s got what it takes to be crowned this year’s BBC New Comedian?Be in the audience for this epic BBC ONE show as six comics battle it out, competing for laughs, glory and the ultimate title. Join us for this blockbuster showdown here on Wednesday 14 October with Judges Amy Gledhill, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Dan Tiernan plus an A-list Comic Host!Tickets are FREE! Our exclusive free audience invites are very limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Request yours right now!
Leo Sayer
After almost 60 years of life on the road, music legend Leo Sayer returns to the UK for what will be his final full UK tour. ‘I love performing for my fans and look forward to doing so for many more years, but this will be the last time I play so many dates across the country. I am not retiring, just slowing the number of live shows down a little’.With his autobiography ‘Just A Boy’, a career spanning CD box set due for release this year and shows across the globe, 2026 will be another highlight in the hugely storied career of Leo Sayer.Known the world over for his army of hits which include ‘Thunder In My Heart’, ‘Moonlighting’, ‘One Man Band’, ‘I Can’t Stop Loving You’, ‘More Than I Can Say’, ‘Have You Ever Been in Love’, ‘The Show Must Go On’ and the transatlantic number ones, ‘When I Need You’, and of course, ‘You Make Me Feel Like Dancing’.In this performance, Leo and his band bring boundless energy, exuberance and a hit packed, high energy evening not to be missed!
Kiell Smith Bynoe’s Kool Story Bro
Kiell Smith-Bynoe (star of Ghosts, Taskmaster and Stath Lets Flats) is bringing his smash hit improv comedy show to a city near you.Featuring:A surprise celebrity guest every night!A cast of some of the UK’s best improvisers around!Stories from you, the audience, to inspire the comedy!Following a huge debut national tour, sold out runs across London and the Edinburgh Fringe, Kool Story Bro is coming back for another round of crazy audience stories from all over the UK.It’s improvised comedy. But it’s Kool.Previous special guests have included: Amelia Dimoldenberg, Lily Allen, Jamie Demitriou, Adam Buxton, Mo Gilligan, Loly Adefope and Nish Kumar.Previous improvisers have included : Emma Sidi, Lola-Rose Maxwell, Graham Dickson, Lara Ricote, Janine Harouni, Nic Sampson, Brendan Murphy and Rob Gilbert. “Every show promises to be completely different … if you’re nervous of improv, you’ll be in safe hands here.” ★★★★ London Evening Standard
Belly Laughs: Stand-Up Comedy
BELLY LAUGHS is here!The Old Joint Stock and ATIC – Stand Up Comedy —the sell-out stand-up sensation—have joined forces to bring you Belly Laughs! Birmingham’s biggest and most affordable night of comedy. Expect top-tier talent, gut-busting jokes, and an electric atmosphere!With a killer lineup of fresh faces and seasoned pros, this is a night guaranteed to leave you in stitches.So, round up your mates, grab a pint (or six), and get ready for non-stop, side-splitting laughter!Belly Laughs—where Birmingham comes to ROAR!
Belly Laughs: Stand-Up Comedy
BELLY LAUGHS is here!The Old Joint Stock and ATIC – Stand Up Comedy —the sell-out stand-up sensation—have joined forces to bring you Belly Laughs! Birmingham’s biggest and most affordable night of comedy. Expect top-tier talent, gut-busting jokes, and an electric atmosphere!With a killer lineup of fresh faces and seasoned pros, this is a night guaranteed to leave you in stitches.So, round up your mates, grab a pint (or six), and get ready for non-stop, side-splitting laughter!Belly Laughs—where Birmingham comes to ROAR!
Meera Syal: Vigilauntie
Dame Meera Syal joins us to share the hilarious and heartwarming true stories that have shaped her life and work as one of Britain’s most beloved comedy legends.Growing up in the only Asian family in a West Midlands mining village, Meera Syal wanted to take the stage long before anyone was ready to listen.As one of the creators of Goodness Gracious Me she changed British comedy forever. As the indomitable Granny Ummi she terrified the guests visiting The Kumars at Number 42. She’s topped the pop charts, been a Professor at Oxford, and written a musical with Andrew Lloyd Webber. She’s a Dame, a screenwriter, and the first British Asian novelist to enter the national curriculum. Young Meera always had the stories. Now she has the stage.From the wisdom her mother and aunties dispensed her grandfather’s attempts to arrange her marriage, her working life as an actress and writer, her journey to motherhood, and the changing attitudes towards women she has experienced over her career, Meera will share all. Funny, painful, and completely honest, this evening will stay with you long after.
Laura Smyth: Born Aggy
What if all your dreams come true and you’ve still got the hump? Laura Smyth has had a meteoric rise in comedy! Her debut tour ‘Living My Best Life’ sold out up and down the country; she has supported Jack Whitehall, Michelle de Swarte, Alan Davies, and Jason Manford and appeared on multiple panel shows, QI, Would I Lie To You, 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Live at The Apollo twice! She’s even beaten cancer; she’s done all the alternative healing sh*t you could shake a stick at and she still thinks everyone’s a d**khead. It can’t just be her, can it?
James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex To My Mum)
Lee Martin for Gag Reflex presents…James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex To My Mum)Domestic abuse isn’t funny, but this show is. Trailblazing comedian James Barr is going on tour around the UK with a bold, “genre-defying” (ArtsHub) hour of stand-up. A darkly hilarious reckoning with shame, survival and a pushy-wushy down the stairsy-wairsy.Nominee for Best Show at the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards, NextUp’s Biggest Award in Comedy and the Queer Performers Award at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex To My Mum) was also named one of the best reviewed shows of Edinburgh Fringe.’Brave, funny and gloriously empowering.’ ★★★★★ Broadway Baby (UK)’Not to be missed.’ ★★★★★Theatre Thoughts ‘Hilarious and heartbreaking.’ ★★★★★Attitude Magazine’Courageous. Original. A tour de force.’ ★★★★★ Fringe Review’Even in the uglier revelations he manages to make the audience laugh. A lot.’ ★★★★★CanalStreet.Co.Uk’Trauma collides with one-liners. Confronting and funny.’ ★★★★ The List (UK)As seen on Hits Radio Breakfast andPiers Morgan Uncensored.