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Cracking entertainment for everyone aged 6+. The best comedians on the circuit doing what they do best... but without the rude bits! https://www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk/

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Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 7d

HULLO, KIDS. Do you want to:

See us live? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/gigs/

Listen to our podcasts? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/podcast/

Buy our book? www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk/how-to-be-an...

Join our classes? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/workshops

Get our free comedy worksheets? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/resources/

Andover, Hampshire | The Lights | Saturday 11 July 2026 | 2:30pm
Banbury, Oxfordshire | Mills Arts Centre | Saturday 31 January 2026 | 2pm
Bedford, Bedfordshire | Quarry Theatre | Saturday 20 December 2025 | 2pm | Christmas show
Bingley, West Yorkshire | Bingley Arts Centre | Saturday 18 October 2025 | 1pm
Brighton, East Sussex | Komedia | Saturday 18 October 2025 | 2pm; Saturday 6 December 2025 | 1pm
Chelmsford, Essex | Chelmsford Theatre | Saturday 1 November 2025 | 2pm
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire | Chipping Norton Theatre | Saturday 18 October 2025 | 11:30am
Colchester, Essex | Colchester Arts Centre | Saturday 7 March 2026 | 2pm
Durham, County Durham | The Gala | Saturday 28 February 2026 | 2pm
Finchley, North London | artsdepot | Sunday 19 October 2025 | 12pm & 2:30pm
Finsbury Park, North London | Park Theatre | Sundays 12 October, 9 November,
and 14 December 2025 | 3pm
Folkestone, Kent | Quarterhouse | Thursday 9 April 2026 | 1pm & 3pm
Harlow, Essex | Harlow Playhouse | Monday 16 February 2026 | 2pm
Hornchurch, Essex | Queen’s Theatre | Tuesday 17 February and Wednesday 8 April
2026 | 2pm
Kendal, Cumbria | Brewery Arts Centre | Wednesday 29 October 2025 | 2pm
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire | Royal Spa Centre | Saturday 4 October 2025 | 2pm
Leeds, West Yorkshire | Carriageworks Theatre | Friday 17 April 2026 | 2pm
Leicester, Leicestershire | De Montfort Hall | Saturday 21 February 2026 | 1pm
Market Harborough, Leicestershire | The Market Hall | Sunday 15 February 2026 | 2pm
Poole, Dorset | The Lighthouse | Saturday 8 November 2025 | 2pm
Rugby, Warwickshire | Macready Theatre, Rugby School | Wednesday 29 October 2025 | 2pm | Hallowe’en show, followed by a 3:30-5:30pm workshop for kids aged 7+.
Southport, Merseyside | The Atkinson | Saturday 11 October 2025 | 2pm
Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire | Cornerstone Theatre | Sunday 17 May 2026 | 2pm
Tunbridge Wells, Kent | Trinity Theatre | Saturday 22 November 2025 | 2pm
Twickenham, SW London | The Exchange | S…

Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 18h

Listen to John talk goldfish & chutney on this week's podcast, then see him gig in Southport with @totallyimprovised.bsky.social for us on Saturday, with @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social and Duncan Oakley!

🎟️ theatkinson.co.uk/events/comed...

On 11th October, join us at The Atkinson to see Andrew O'Neill (MC), Laura and John from improv collective Comedy Sportz, and musical comic Duncan Oakley!

The Atkinson, Southport
Saturday 11 October 2025 | 2pm | £10
01704 533 333 | theatkinson.co.uk
@ComedyClub4Kids | comedyclub4kids.co.uk

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Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 22h

Lovely bit of business in Jane Austen's Persuasion, showing:
a) the author is an excellent observer of toddlers
b) kids have ALWAYS assumed you will appreciate being used as a climbing frame
c) Captain Frederick Wentworth is a worthy object of affection (sees Anne needs help! acts on it! kindly!)

Another minute brought another addition. The younger boy, a remarkable stout, forward child, of two years old, having got the door opened for him by some one without, made his determined appearance among them, and went straight to the sofa to see what was going on, and put in his claim to anything good that might be giving away.

There being nothing to eat, he could only have some play; and as his aunt would not let him tease his sick brother, he began to fasten himself upon her, as she knelt, in such a way that, busy as she was about Charles, she could not shake him off. She spoke to him, ordered, entreated, and insisted in vain. Once she did contrive to push him away, but the boy had the greater pleasure in getting upon her back again directly.

“Walter,” said she, “get down this moment. You are extremely troublesome. I am very angry with you.”

“Walter,” cried Charles Hayter, “why do you not do as you are bid? Do not you hear your aunt speak? Come to me, Walter, come to cousin Charles.”

But not a bit did Walter stir.

In another moment, however, she found herself in the state of being released from him; some one was taking him from her, though he had bent down her head so much, that his little sturdy hands were unfastened from around her neck, and he was resolutely borne away, before she knew that Captain Wentworth had done it.

Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 1d

Families of Finsbury Park! Join us at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social this Sunday to hoot at Rich @sandling.bsky.social (MC), musical comic David Hoare, @mikerampton.bsky.social and CITVs @bechillcomedian.bsky.social!

🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
💻 #finsburypark #familyshow #standup #comedy

See Rich Sandling, David Hoare, Mike Rampton and Bec Hill on October 12th, then e.g. Rob Kemp, Sam Eley's Basil Crumbwick, and Mandeep Singh on November 9th.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty sure Britain's biggest growth industry is making apps for schools to force parents to sign up to.

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Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 2d

What an excellent human being!

Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 2d

Heheh, read this JUST as she appeared onscreen singing the praises of Jolene's flaming hair, hat-tip you and Country at the BBC (www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b017zqwb) working in beautiful harmony.

Country at the BBC

Compilation of BBC archive performances by country artists, including Tammy Wynette, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 3d

💖Saturday 12pm I’m doing a great big gig at Union Chapel and if you want to join in,wherever you are, YOU CAN GET TICKETS FOR THE LIVESTREAM HERE www.waterstones.com/events/onlin... It’s going to be an hour long show drawing the most ridiculous comic ever, together, with special guests on stage too!

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Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 3d

So NO SPACE FOR YOU, Captain Curt!

Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 3d

Commander Chris Hadfield cautions about EXACTLY this: not everyone who makes it to astronaut training gets to go into space, because some are arrogant enough to be dismissive of those they don't see the value in. The kind of person who is curt to a nurse and polite to a doctor isn't a team player.

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 4d

Receptionist here. If you're rude to me on your way to a job interview, I'll always let the interviewer know and make sure you don't get the job.

Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 4d

Leamington Spa! Join us at 2pm at the Royal Spa Centre for stand-up comedy excellence & much in the way of musical shenanigans, from @eleri-morgan.bsky.social (MC), David Hoare and Duncan Oakley!

🎟️ royal-leamington-spa.co.uk/event/comedy...
💻 #leamingtoncomedyfestival #kidsshow #familyfun #comedy

Thumbs up otter ad for the Royal Spa Centre gig today

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 5d

Given today’s news, I was recently introduced to this piece by Patricia Routledge, and i always found it really moving.

**"I'll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry - worry that I wasn't quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn't live up to my mother's hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude."**
My life didn't quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily - on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions - but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn't quite found.
At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with - Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people's living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks.
It healed something in me.
At 60, I began learning Italian - not for work, but so l could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.
At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage - something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.
At 80, I took up watercolor painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.
Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I'm learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter - though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.
**I'm writing this to tell you something simple:**
**Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter - if you let yourself bloom again.**
Let these years ahead be your *treasure years*.
You don't need to be famous. Y…

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Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 6d

Consulting this handy flowchart to see if we need "help" auto-filling in our booking spreadsheet which tracks which gigs (real) are on where (verified), under what financial deal (actual), and peopled by which performers (confirmed).

Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 6d

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

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Roxy Hart @roxyhart.bsky.social · 7d

Is it national poetry day? Time for this masterpiece

The Tiger
by Nael, age 6
From 'They're singing a song in their rocket'

The tiger
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The tiger is out

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Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 6d

@scriblit.bsky.social Important content.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 7d

Four panel meme. First three panels is Bella from twilight making different expressions saying:

You're impossibly fast and strong
Your skin is pale white and ice cold
I know what you are

Fourth panel is Data from Star Trek

Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 6d

Where's all the meat coming from? Oh god, WHERE'S ALL THE MEAT COMING FROM?

Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 7d

Brighton! Join us at #Komedia on October 18th to see @katiepritchards.bsky.social hosting @joshuaseigal.bsky.social, @annasoden.bsky.social and Shelf!

And then Sunjai Arif (MC), rootin' tootin' cowboy Lil Wenker and @howardread.bsky.social on December 6th!

🎟️ www.komedia.co.uk/shows/comedy...

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Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 7d

Really enjoying the idea that when she eventually sees The Nightmare Before Christmas she will be outraged that Jack is bored with his current job, which is being in charge of birthdays, BEFORE THE REST OF THE PLOT HAPPENS.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 8d

Watching Suspiria on the BFI Player it asks, "Are you over 18?" No, I'm a ten-year-old with a subscription to the BFI Player.

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Tiernan Douieb @tiernandouieb.bsky.social · 8d

On this week’s @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social Radio Nonsense the very funny @mrsamsee.bsky.social tells me about dancing llamas, answers questions about dragons and accuses him of being Paddington Bear.

Get your kids to listen at: pod.fo/e/334ade

Available all places podcasts live.

The only person in the world who can teach llamas how to do ballet, Sam See, joins Tiernan this week to answer a big question about dragons, and accuse him of being Paddington Bear.
WE NEED YOUR QUESTIONS, JOKES AND NONSENSE TOO. SEND THEM IN TO: podcast@comedyclub4kids.co.uk
GROWN UPS: IF YOU CAN BUY US A COFFEE PLEASE DO SO HERE: https://ko-fi.com/comedyclub4kids
Website: www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk
Bluesky: comedyclub4kids.bsky.social
Facebook: facebook.com/ComedyClub4Kids
Hosted by Tiernan Douieb. Music by Paddy Gervers. Design by John Beck.

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Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 8d

What is Britain? WELL.

Angus Dunican @angusdunican.bsky.social · 8d

Fair play to Dreamland, Margate and their screening of back-to-back episodes of ‘The Flumps’ in the food court.

The stage that overlooks the dreamland food court with The Flumps playing on the big screen

Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 8d

Hat-tip Richard Frew for these excellent pictures of Stephen Halkett, @cbthorburn.bsky.social and @totallyimprovised.bsky.social from our Aberdeen Comedy Festival show last Saturday. ⭐ The glee! ⭐ The ridiculousness! ⭐ The legwax-based Schadenfreude!

Stephen gesturing to the side, in an excellent yellow Beaker tshirt

Bron (in red) and Sean (in blue, gesturing sky wards) of Comedy Sportz

Chris singing while yelping in pain as two dads peel leg wax strips from his legs

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Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 9d

Oof, taking this as a big 👎 for Downtown Abbey: The Grand Finale.

Comedy Club 4 Kids @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social · 9d

Oh that's lovely!

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 10d

The Anakin and Padme meme with alternating pics of Anakin and Padme. Anakin says We pledge a library in every primary school. Padme replies, cheerfully, With a librarian, right? Anakin merely stares at her. Now, with a look of fear, she repeats, With a librarian, right?

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