What's on at Chelmsford Theatre

Comedy Stand Up

Daniel O'Reilly: Let's Have It

Sat 5 Sep 2026

Famous for his unapologetic humour and electric stage presence, hold on to your seats for a night of outrageous laughs as Daniel O’Reilly takes to the stage with his brand new, in-your-face tour: Let’s Have It.

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Lucy Porter: Let Yourself Go!

Fri 11 Sep - Sat 12 Sep 2026

Lucy’s brand-new show celebrates the power of letting go whether it’s owning your wrinkles and love handles to dancing like no one is watching after downing a few Babychams.

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Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of)

Fri 11 Sep - Sat 19 Sep 2026

Men, money and microphones will be fought over in this irreverent but affectionate adaptation of Jane Austin's most iconic love story, where the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to romance.

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A Brief Case of Crazy

Tue 15 Sep 2026

Inspired by the timeless genius of Mr Bean, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, A Brief Case of Crazy is a heart-warming and hilarious physical comedy told through slick choreography, mime, clowning and puppetry.

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Paul Sinha: 2 Sinha Lifetime

Fri 18 Sep - Sat 19 Sep 2026

Paul celebrated his 30th anniversary in stand-up last year and despite his continued quiz successes, Radio 4 series, and decision to write a memoir, Paul is not ready to exit the stage just yet.

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Bring Your Own Baby Comedy

Tue 22 Sep - Thu 3 Dec 2026

Come along for an afternoon of side splitting comedy, where you can relax and have a good laugh at some hilarious comedians without needing childcare!

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Ian Stone is "Looking for the Wow"

Thu 24 Sep 2026

Life can’t just be the humdrum, the mundane and the routine before the inevitable slide to disease, decay and death. Why can’t we sneak in a bit of awesome, a tad of amazing and maybe a smidge of wonderful?

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Comedy Improv

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunit

Fri 25 Sep - Sat 26 Sep 2026

Welcome aboard Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit, the totally improvised, totally hilarious murder mystery, where killing the cast and cracking the case is in your hands!

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Tim Key: Loganberry

Sun 27 Sep 2026

Tim Key again pops his suit on, plods about, in a brand new show. This show has poems in, and he’ll stamp and howl.

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John Shuttleworth: It's Nice Up North

Sun 4 Oct 2026

This 20th anniversary screening of It’s Nice Up North follows the legendary comic character John Shuttleworth - on a gently absurd journey through the Shetland Islands to test the theory that the further north you go, the nicer people become.

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Jeff Innocent: Work In Progress

Mon 5 Oct 2026

After his sellout Smart Casual tour in 2024 and his hit comedy special of the same name, British Comedian of the Year alumni Jeff Innocent returns with a work-in-progress for his new show!

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Finlay Christie: Champagne Casanova

Wed 7 Oct 2026

Finlay Christie humblebrags for an hour about his f**kboy era and his new search for meaningful, authentic connection.

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Rainer Hersch: All Classical Music Explained, Live!

Wed 7 Oct 2026

Whether you are a music professor or can’t tell string quartets from a string vest, relax: All Classical Music Explained will teach you nothing but it will make you laugh. Really laugh.

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Comedy Improv

Kiell Smith-Bynoe's Kool Story Bro

Tue 13 Oct 2026

Kiell Smith-Bynoe brings his smash hit improv comedy show to Chelmsford with a surprise celebrity guest each night from a cast of some of the UK’s best improvisers around

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Flo & Joan: With Feeling

Wed 14 Oct 2026

The time has come for critically acclaimed musical comedy duo Flo & Joan to write another bio as they make their highly anticipated return to the stage with a brand-new show.

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Gary Delaney: Gary On Laughing

Thu 15 Oct 2026

All new jokes and utterly splendid filth. Come along. It’ll be fun. Don’t bring the kids or people who like to get their knickers in a twist. Do wear a Tena pad or dark trousers.

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Michael Akadiri: Don't Call Me Uncle!

Sat 17 Oct 2026

Despite only being in his early 30s, “the supremely talented and likeable” (Metro) doctor, for the first time ever, was recently called uncle in public (a term usually reserved for elders!). This has sent him spiralling!

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By Royal Appointment

Tue 20 Oct - Sat 24 Oct 2026

A funny, poignant and celebratory new play about the kind of power that only a Queen can wield – she charms the world through coats and admonishes her family through a carefully chosen hat.

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Cult Figure

Thu 22 Oct 2026

Celebrated actor and impressionist, Colin Elmer tells the Kenneth William’s story using anecdotes, writings and some of the material for which the comedy legend was so well-known.

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Ode to Joyce

Sat 24 Oct 2026

The songs and monologues of Joyce Grenfell, one of the greatest female entertainers of the twentieth century, loved the world over.

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Joe Wells: Daddy Autism

Sat 24 Oct 2026

This new show by critically acclaimed comedian Joe Wells explores fatherhood through the lens of neurodiversity. Plus, there’s a really good joke about a parrot.

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