Hull’s annual comedy festival has announced a return for 2022 with a huge line-up of hilarious comedy acts from all over the UK.
It’s the 16th time that the festival will take place since it began in 2007, and will take over the city at multiple venues in Hull city centre including Hull Truck Theatre, Hull City Hall, Bonus Arena, Comedy Lounge, Kings and Brain Jar.
In partnership with local entertainment guide, Hull What’s On (us! ?), the festival have announced an Hullarious line-up of comedians to perform at this year’s event. There’ll be a variety of acts and performances including touring shows, big TV names, family-friendly shows, award winning performers, local and regional comedy talent with a sprinkle of the hottest shows from the UK festival scene and of course, the ‘Hullarious’ Free Fringe nights.
The full line up and how to book tickets is available on the official Hull Comedy Festival website >
The first week of the festival will be held at Hull Truck Theatre running from Wednesday 2 – Saturday 5 November, bringing exciting work to the city and giving audiences the chance to enjoy a variety of fun-filled shows, designed to bring joy, laughter and escapism during a challenging time.
While week 2 and 3 will offer a whole variety of performers with most events either free to enter or ‘Pay what you can’ which means there’s no reason at all not to attend the festival this year!
Adam Pownall, Senior Producer at Hull Truck Theatre said:
“Hull Comedy Festival is such an exciting part of Hull’s year, and we enjoy being a venue for the indoor programme and championing new work from our city.
“I think comedy is needed now more than ever and this is reflected in our audience feedback.
“People from Hull want to have a good night out, to have a laugh and we hope this programme of shows allows people to enjoy their November with us at Hull Truck Theatre.”
Kicking off the festival is Best of ‘Ull on Wednesday 2 November; a selection of Hull’s comedy talent will return for their annual showcase in a one-night-only extravaganza, celebrating the city of Hull and reminding audiences that Hull is actually jolly good fun.
Hosted by Steve Rimmer, this will be a chance for anyone looking to enjoy a variety of comedy acts in one evening, where you will be able to celebrate the different forms of standup with performances from Lucy Marti, Andy Woolston, Paul Connell, Jed Salisbury, Rosie Francis, Haseeb Malik, Milly Armstrong-Clark, and Rich Austin.
Jack Gleadow will return to his hometown on Thursday 3 November with more old-school comedy for the modern age.
As a Leicester Mercury Champion and multi-award-winner, Jack is in huge demand on the live comedy club scene, performing in top UK comedy clubs such as The Glee Club, Manfords and Just The Tonic.
If you missed him at Edinburgh Fringe Festival earlier this year, then make sure you catch this feel-good, funny show which delivers jokes, gags, stories and much more.
On Friday 4 November, the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s Stand Up for Health Stars comedy event will raise money for local NHS services. A portion of all ticket sales will go directly to the Health Stars charity, which promotes the development of exceptional health and social care services in Hull and beyond.
Through their investment in environments, resources, training, and research, they will add that ‘extra sparkle’ to local services and help create meaningful experiences for NHS staff, patients and their loved ones.
Hull’s popular comedy duo Jeddy Bear & Gary Live will bring family audiences in Hull a show full of games, music, and dancing on Saturday 5 November. They were nominated for ‘Best Kids Show’ at the Leicester Comedy Festival and UK Kids’ Comedy Festival awards, and they’ll be full of mischief entertaining the adults as much as the children, with audience participation and pie facing madness.
Finally, closing the run at Hull Truck Theatre is Pottervision on Saturday 5 November, a show about four performers recreating Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone. With audience participation, ridiculous impressions and jokes aplenty, Pottervision is the Harry Potter parody show that has something for everyone. A sell-out at Edinburgh Fringe Festival three years running and a total must-see.
Tickets for Hull Comedy Festival are now on sale and available to buy online – see hullwhatson.com/hullcomedyfest for details
