Red Herring Comedy Club

Saturday 13th May 2023
Doors 7pm | Start Time 8pm
Tickets | £15.50 (+ booking fee) or £17 on the door
This event is for 18s and over.

The audience for this show will be seated

The headliner for May's Red Herring Comedy Club is The Raymond & Mr Timpkins Review, A comedy twosome with over two decades of mucking about behind them. They have been everywhere from New Zealand to The Falklands and Exeter to Edinburgh with many a stop in between.

In 2019 they won the UK Comedy Awards Comedian of the Year award.

Ricky Balshaw is a comedian and Paralympic, World Championship and European Championship dressage medallist. Born with cerebral palsy, he started riding as part of his physiotherapy at the age of 4. At the age of 14 he was invited to join the British Paralympic dressage team and is still the youngest person to be inducted to the senior team.

Ricky reached the semi-final stage of the 2021 BBC New Comedy Award competition and appeared on BBC One and BBC Three. He also won Best New Act in the 2021 Midlands Comedy Awards and he has performed at comedy clubs and festivals around the UK including Just The Tonic, Glee, Leicester Comedy Festival and Brighton Fringe.

Scott Bennett has appeared on Live At The Apollo, BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, The Now Show, The Likely Dads and Elephant in the Room with Sarah Millican, The Summer Festival with Daliso Chaponda, The Comedy Club with Arthur Smith, and Knock Knock with Helen Lederer. He also featured on the BBC One show, Live from The Edinburgh Fringe.

Ricky has also been Rob Brydon's Tour support, as well as a writer for Jason Manford, Chris Ramsey’s TV Show and Daliso Chaponda’s Radio 4 show.

"Great material, great delivery, a very funny man" Rob Brydon

"Brilliantly funny, a joy to watch" Chris Ramsey

Barry Dodds is your MC for the evening. Barry is a comedian, gamer, ghost hunter, minister, Erasure super fan, occasional boxer, a presenter of The ParaPod and the co-star in The ParaPod Movie, along with ParaPod co-presenter Ian Boldsworth.

Barry has been serving up his chunky comedy soup since he was 21. He’s been a finalist in comedy competitions such as Jimmy Carr’s Comedy Idol & Jongleurs Last Laugh Comedy Search and supported comedians like Jason Manford on his UK tour.

Jasper Carrott even called him “Very Impressive” once.

*Please note, the line-up is subject to change.

Tickets on sale priced at £15.50, plus the standard See Tickets commission. The age requirement for this event is 18 plus.

All of our ticket sales are handled by Seetickets.com. Seetickets’ policy is that all tickets are non-refundable unless, during the checkout process, you pay extra to protect your tickets. In this event, you will be able to claim a refund from Seetickets so long as the reason for your cancellation is covered by the policy (please check the small print). Docks Academy is unable to process refunds in all circumstances. Please note, that these events are for people aged 18 and over. Anyone aged under 18 will be refused admission and no refunds will be issued for tickets purchased for under 18s, whether or not ticket protection has been paid for. Note that the lineup is subject to change.

Accessibility:

Docks Academy has a wheelchair-accessible lift which provides access to the first floor. We are committed to making the venue accessible to everyone and we endeavour to accommodate all access requirements within the constraints of our historic building, and health and safety regulations. Please do contact us prior to your visit so we are aware of your access needs. Email tickets@docksacademy.com or phone 07733244110