Held in Preston, Lancashire in June and July, 2026.
Full run down of shows. Further shows could be added.
Weds June 10 – The Ferret
SPOKEN WORD
The Chubby Northerner: Condoms & Cucumbers
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 (7.30pm)
Duration: 60mins
Condoms & Cucumbers is a bold, witty, and disarmingly honest solo show that unpacks the messy, often contradictory rules of masculinity and asks what it really means ‘to be a man’
Blending spoken word, theatre, comedy, and audience interaction, it invites you to help rewrite the rules of “being a man.” From locker rooms to leotards, sex ed to Brits abroad, it unpacks the pressures and stereotypes that shape male identity. Funny, honest, and thought-provoking, this is a shared experience that sparks conversation and challenges us to talk more openly.
Instagram: @thechubbynortherner
STAND UP COMEDY
Henning Nilsen: A Letter to My Parents
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 (8.45pm)
Duration: 60mins
Viral sensation Henning Nilsen recalls the emotional journey from leaving his Finance job to making his challenging Edinburgh Fringe debut. What makes an accountant from Norway quit his stable job and move to the UK to pursue a career in stand-up comedy? In this brutally candid show, Henning attempts to answer these questions.
Henning is an award-winning stand-up comedian making waves in the UK. He’s a viral sensation with over 100 million online views and has in a short time gained a large following through his dry humour videos. He regularly performs at the top comedy clubs in the UK and has toured internationally in the US, Europe and Asia. His first solo show ‘1 And Done’ had sold out shows at the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe in 2025.
Strong language/swearing. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes references to suicide/self harm.
Venue details: The Ferret, Fylde Road, Preston PR1 2XQ
Part of Enjoy The Show’s #Edfringe Preview season in Preston
Double bill tickets £15 from Skiddle
Fri June 12 – Artch Studios
STAND UP COMEDY
Ben Van der Velde: Van der Laugh Generator
Fri June 12, 2026 (7.30pm)
Duration: 60mins
Ben Van der Velde is one of the best improvisers on the stand-up circuit grapples with being overwhelmed by the chaos of the world. Sometimes there’s just too much stuff to process.
Join Ben as he does the comedy equivalent of reading an encyclopedia cover to cover to squeeze the comedy juice out of everything under the sun, from genetics to tattoos, XL bullies to board games and beyond. It’ll be a bit like watching Wikipedia having a nervous breakdown. For fans of Ross Noble, Jason Byrne and heroic nonsense.
‘Perfect: a master of audience interaction. The audience were hysterical’ Huffington Post
‘A sharp and crafty gagsmith, with wittily obtuse takes on an impressively wide range of topics bringing flair and confidence to them all’ Chortle
‘Wonderfully improvised riffs showcasing his impressive spontaneity and sharp tongue’ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
Instagram: @Vanderlaugh
STAND UP COMEDY
Denzil Ede: Artificially Intelligent Procrastinating Pundit
Fri June 12, 2026 (8.45pm)
Duration: 55mins
Denzil de Cristo delivers puns, parodies and pedantry on robots, relationships and religion. Expect whimsical tales, nerdy one-liners and ludicrously bad singing in a fast-moving, gleefully absurd and joyfully chaotic hour. What was the very first dad joke? What happens when he dies? Why does he have a robot girlfriend?
Warning: contains scenes of a sexually incompetent nature.
‘Ricochets from the sublime to the ridiculous’ ★★★★ One4Review
‘Witty one-liners backed up by genuinely funny concepts’ ★★★★ Lancashire Post
‘Genuine and funny’ Audience review
‘Ludicrously bad’ Simon Cowell
As seen on The X Factor.
Venue details: Artch Studios, 22-24 Gradwell Street (off Marsh Lane), Preston PR1 8SD
Part of Enjoy The Show’s #Edfringe Preview season in Preston
Double bill tickets £15 from Skiddle
Sat June 13 – Artch Studios
STAND UP COMEDY
Courtney Buchner: One of the Girls (WIP)
Saturday, June 13, 2026 (7.30pm)
Duration: 60mins
Let Courtney become your next best friend and ultimately instagram follower. A show that will make you laugh, cringe and text your best friend immediately.
Following her sold out Edinburgh Fringe Debut ‘I Wrote this Show Last Night” and her five-star follow-up “Big, If True”, Courtney returns with a story about friendship. Or rather, the end of a friendship.
‘Uniquely charming’ ★★★★★ EdFringeReview
Instagram: @courtneybcomedy
TikTok:@ CourtneyBuchner
CHARACTER COMEDY
Shaun Guff: Enuff is Enuff (WIP)
Saturday, June 13, 2026 – 8.45pm
Duration: 60mins
My name is Shaun Guff and I’ve hit rock bottom so you don’t have to. My sensational, self-funded seminar promises* to give you the metaphorical hammer to start nailing your life. (*No promises.)
Join Clementine Bogg-Hargroves with her ‘Yorkshire-based robustness and sunny charm’ ** (The Scotsman), in this very serious seminar filled with pyrotechnics, PowerPoint presentations and personality.
Creator and star of Skank and The Times Critics Choice Edinburgh Fringe 2021. Creator and star of the critically acclaimed gig-theatre show Please Love Me, 2023.
‘Winning humour and infectious irreverence’ ★★★★ The Stage
‘Infectious wit’ ★★★★ List
‘Mesmerising’ ★★★★★ BroadwayBaby
‘Was my life changed, well no, but I was still giggling on the way home’ ★★★★ The Lancashire Post
Venue details: Artch Studios, 22-24 Gradwell Street (off Marsh Lane), Preston PR1 8SD
Part of Enjoy The Show’s #Edfringe Preview season in Preston
Double bill tickets £15 from Skiddle
Weds June, 24 – The Ferret
SPOKEN WORD and COMEDY
Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin: Good News! It’s Been Destroyed
Weds June 24, 2026 (8pm)
Duration: 60mins
Award-winning comedian and poet Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin turns his eye towards the state of the nation, everything changing too quickly and the rumours that his dad’s a dog – he’s not a dog, stop saying he is.
Join the co-founder and host of cult nights Everything Is F*cked and Poetry and Comedy for Palestine, as he tries to make sense of the world around him, and life as he knows it, being destroyed. Is it for the best? Only time will tell! But probably not.
Praise for previous work:
★★★★★ ‘Riveting, hilarious… addictive’ EdFringe Review
★★★★ ‘At the top of his game’ Bunbury Magazine
★★★★ ‘His unique style sets him apart’ North-West End
★★★★ ‘A star’ Broadway Baby
‘Star of the future’ The Sunday Times
Winner – Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Show
Winner – G&B Comedy New Act Competition
Winner – Manchester Word War Slam
Finalist – Hammer and Tongue National Slam
Nominee – Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Performer
Instagram: @broccantyzack
Venue details: The Ferret, Fylde Road, Preston PR1 2XQ
Part of Enjoy The Show’s #Edfringe Preview season in Preston
Tickets £8 from Skiddle
Weds July 08 – The Ferret
STAND UP COMEDY
Tom Little in His Comfort Zone
Wednesday, July 08, 2026 (7.30pm)
The Ferret, Preston PR1 2XQ
Duration: 60mins
‘A properly talented comic. Unique is an appallingly overused word. But you know it when you see it. I see it in Tom Little’ ★★★★ The Scotsman
‘Inventive, unexpected and often very silly… with material as strong as he has, he surely can’t remain a hidden treasure for long’ ★★★★ Chortle
‘His elevation to TV panel show favourite is surely only a matter of time’ ★★★★ The Wee Review
‘Catch him on his way to stardom’ i Newspaper
‘The real deal… Could end up in movies’ Spectator
‘Gut-wrenchingly funny’ FringeReview
‘An unashamed crowd-pleaser’ BeyondTheJoke
‘Hilarious’ The Mirror
@thisistomlittle
Venue details: The Ferret, Fylde Road, Preston PR1 2XQ
Part of Enjoy The Show’s #Edfringe Preview season in Preston
Tickets £8 from Skiddle
Fri July 17 – Artch Studios
STAND UP COMEDY
Anna Thomas: How To Juggle A Ferret (WIP)
Friday, July 17, 2026 (7.30pm)
Duration: 60mins
In this work-in-progress show, Anna recounts tales of hibernation, loss and what to do when life gives you ferrets.
Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award. Finalist of the Sean Lock Comedy Award. Co-host of the Early Worms podcast with Phil Ellis. From BBC Radio 4’s One Person Found This Helpful, Live From the UK, Kiri’s Comedy Club, BBC One’s Stand-Up Comedy Awards and BBC Wales’ What Just Happened.
‘Whatever planet she’s from, they know funny’ ★★★★ Chortle
‘Welsh delight’ Skiddle.com
Instagram: @annathommy
STAND UP COMEDY
Natalie Patuzzo: Every Single Sound in the World
Friday, July 17, 2026 (8.30pm)
Duration: 55mins
An alien arrives on Earth with a simple task: collect every single sound on the planet.
Please help her!
She can’t go home until she’s collected them all.
In this hilarious, interactive show, Natalie Patuzzo uses voice, objects, and audience interaction to construct (and dismantle) a world one sound at a time.
Described as an ‘endearing yet wickedly funny physical performer’, Natalie Patuzzo’s debut solo clown show is chaotic, playful and full of sounds you may have heard before and may never want to hear again.
Natalie is a clown and director with training from Ecole Philippe Gaulier, Ecole Jacques Lecoq, HAMU, and Rose Bruford College. Based in Manchester, she teaches clowning workshops for ImproQuo and is the host of VILLAGE IDIOTS alternative comedy night at Fairfield Social Club. She is debuting her new solo show ‘Every Single Sound In The World’ at festivals this year!
‘Will send you back out into the world feeling a little brighter’ ★★★★ Reviews Hub
Instagram: @nataliepatuzzo
Venue details: Artch Studios, 22-24 Gradwell Street (off Marsh Lane), Preston PR1 8SD
Part of Enjoy The Show’s #Edfringe Preview season in Preston
Double bill tickets £15 from Skiddle
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