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The Bristol Comedy Garden returns to Queen Square this July 3-7 with stand-up luminaries Stewart Lee and Sean Lock leading yet another outrageously good line-up performing at the Southwest’s favourite comedy extravaganza.
Kicking this year off in surreal style is the 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown team captain Sean Lock with the legendary Stewart Lee headlining a fantastic festival finale in the Big Top on the Sunday night, with a whole lot more enlightening entertainment in between.
Elis James and John Robins are joining BBC Radio 5 Live. The renowned comedians, who have been presenting together on commercial station Radio X since 2014, will host a new weekly entertainment show on 5 Live, beginning on Friday 31st May.
Elis and John have been mates since meeting on the comedy circuit in 2005.
Comedians Elis James and John Robins are to leave Radio X. This Saturday 30th March will be their last show, having started their digital indie show five years ago.
John Robins posted the news on their show's Facebook group, thanking their fans and explaining the reasons.
John Robins, joint winner of the lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2017 and co-host of The Elis James and John Robins Show on Radio X, will tour the UK with a brand-new show, Hot Shame from September 2019. Beginning with a six-night run at The Tobacco Factory, Bristol from 2nd September 2019, concluding at Birmingham Town Hall on 30th November 2019 and with a night at London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith on 25th October 2019, the tour will take in an initial total of 44 dates.
Underbelly Festival Southbank has announced the first 74 acts of its 2019 line-up which includes comedians John Robins (pictured), Feiicity Ward (pictured), Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Vikki Stone (pictured), Mark Watson and Fin Taylor plus new programming strands.
UKTV’s award winning entertainment channel Dave is making its first programme with VICE Studios, Beat The Internet with John Robins is hosted by the 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner (which is lucky as his name is in the title). The new show pits members of the public against each other in a quest to predict how search engines respond to a series of questions – from images to wordplay. The results are both unpredictable and hilarious.
Comedians Elis James and John Robins are writing a book to be published later this year.
The Holy Vible will be published by Trapeze Books on October 18 inspired by the duo's chats and in-jokes about obsessions, trivia, beer and more on their cult Radio X show.
Lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Award joint winner John Robins has added 28 extra shows to his forthcoming UK tour, The Darkness of Robins. The tour will now take in 65 dates around the UK in total. Beginning in Leamington on 25th January 2018 and concluding at Machynlleth Comedy Festival on 4th May 2018. The London show at the Eventim Apollo on April 26 includes "Welsh support", which may or may not be his fellow Radio X presenter Elis James.
Three major London shows have been announced featuring lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Award winners and nominees. The shows will take place at the Duchess Theatre in London on October 16, 23 & 30.
Update 23/8/17: This is a review of an early version of John Robins' Edinburgh Fringe show that has been nominated for a lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show. See nominees here.
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